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Plankton
A fictional cartoon character from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, Plankton owns a restaurant called the The Chum Bucket that makes the only competition of Mr. Krabs’ business in Bikini. It is only in an episode like Plankton’s Army that viewers learn the full name of the character: Sheldon J. Plankton. Not even his computer wife Karen knows the full name of her husband. When she finds out together with the rest of us, she is terribly amused by it, making Plankton feel really embarrassed. The funny part about this character consists in his continuous attempts to steal Mr. Krabs secret recipe.
Sheldon Plankton is the smallest of the characters in SpongeBob SquarePants, he is so tiny that he can fit into SpongeBob’s hand. This one-eyed zooplankter is easy to recognize by his voice too, that will surprise the first time viewer with its deep tonalities. In a funny episode, within an equally funny context, Plankton is very close to becoming Mr. Krabs’ stepfather: now, picture that! In the movie version of the animation, Plankton finally succeeds in stealing the Krusty Krabs’ secret recipe and he is the happiest zooplankter in the world. Unfortunately, SpongeBob ruins his dream of world domination.
There is a lot of contradiction between Plankton’s humble tiny appearance and his aspirations and goals. Who would expect mighty things from the jelly green bean-shaped creature that is 99% evil and only 1% good. The flaws of his nature keep him away from getting hands on the Krabby Patty formula, because he makes stupid mistakes out of impatience and too much haste. Jealous and sneaky, Plankton ignores the fact that he and Mr. Krabs used to be friends, with Krabs as his only protector against those who bullied him. Plankton’s anger is often targeting SpongeBob that looks to Plankton as both silly and babyish, and who on top of everything knows the ingredients of the Krabby Patty recipe.
We could say that there is no antagonist or villain in the SpongeBob SquarePants series other than Plankton. He makes all sorts of major schemes to achieve his goals and most of the time gets involved with characters that are a lot stronger than him; actually, the fact that he is so small does not prevent him to have a huge ego and a really self-deceptive perception. From a certain point of view, Plankton wins viewers over by his miserable failures at getting something that seems so important for him. No matter the way one feels towards this character it is obvious that he gives a grain of salt to the cartoon.