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Characters[]

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Margaret SquarePants
• Harold SquarePants
• Gary the Snail
• Patrick Star
• Eugene H. Krabs ^(cameo)
• Bunny Star
• Cecil Star
• Mermaid baby ^{(single appearance)}
• Squeakers the Clown ^{(single appearance)}
• Baby Prunes
• Zookeeper ^(cameo)
• Anchovy triplets ^{(single appearance)}
• Sea baboon
• Incidentals
  • Mary
  • Incidental 115

Synopsis[]

SpongeBob is playing checkers with Patrick when he gets a phone call from his parents, who tell him they have a surprise for him. He leaves Gary to play checkers, and he wins, then Patrick eats the entire board. At Avocondo Acres, SpongeBob looks around for his new surprise until he finds it under his foot: Plankton. That morning, Plankton had shown up in a baby basket right outside the house and got himself adopted by the SquarePants family. Saying that brothers do not keep secrets, Plankton tries to get SpongeBob to tell him the Krabby Patty secret formula, but SpongeBob wants to have bonding experiences first.

They go out and play catch, where Plankton is repeatedly squashed by the baseball. He asks to share secrets, but SpongeBob claims their "brotherly love meter" is not yet full and suggests they bond through helping their neighbors. They offer to do housework for Baby Prunes and Mary, who tell them to mow their kelp lawn. Plankton starts the lawn mower while SpongeBob steers it, but Plankton ends up getting shredded by the blades, and they are paid a nickel for their work.

As they head to the junkyard, Plankton has had it with SpongeBob's bonding and is about to give up, when they stop outside the clown college. An angry clown shows up and threatens Plankton, but SpongeBob saves him by getting in the way of the clown's foot and bouncing him away. Plankton is touched and accepts SpongeBob as his big brother. They go out to do more activities, such as visiting the zoo and going jellyfishing.

They finish by watching the clouds outside SpongeBob's parents' house. Plankton confesses that while he had a lot of siblings growing up, none of them were nice to him like SpongeBob is. SpongeBob feels ready to share secrets, when Plankton confesses he only acts tough because he does not want the world to hurt him, but he is afraid of pushing everyone away and ending up alone. SpongeBob is about to share his own secret, and Plankton expects to hear the secret formula. However, SpongeBob just says that he never learned how to tie a tie and wears a clip-on.

Plankton is outraged and explains his plan, when SpongeBob says he keeps the formula locked up in his brain. Plankton tries to chainsaw SpongeBob to get it, when SpongeBob's parents decide to send him to another home: Bunny and Cecil Star's. They take Plankton in and call for Patrick, who spits out the checkers game and bashes Plankton against the board, to his dismay.

Production[]

This episode was confirmed on November 23, 2023.^[1]

Art[]

Background design[]

• Art direction by Peter Bennett, layouts by George Nachev and other artists, traditionally painted in gouache by Abril Aello Fregozo and Amy Lewis, lines drawn digitally on top in Adobe Photoshop.^[2][3][4][5]

Payphone in SpongeBob's body

Harold and Margaret's window

Slippin’ Peel’s School O’ Yucks

Sea baboon enclosure

SpongeBob shedding a tear

The Star family's house

Process photo #1

Process photo #2

Process photo #3

Process photo #4

Character design[]

• Designed by Shakeh Haghnazarian.^[6]

Storyboards[]

• Directed by Dave Cunningham.^[7][6]

Music[]

 • Earl's Revenge - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card.]
 ‣ ? [SpongeBob gets a phone call.]
 ‣ Bond Street - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob calls his parents.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 39A - Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick eats the checkerboard.]
 ‣ Around The Town - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob visits his parents.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 38A - Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton stepped on.]
 • Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Plankton?"]
 • SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [Start of flashback.]
 ‣ Sculpture - Georges Behar [Plankton laughing evilly.]
 ‣ Zoo Doings 60 - Jack Shaindlin [Plankton imitating a baby.]
 • SpongeBob Flashback Vibes - Nicolas Carr [End of flashback.]
 ‣ Zoo Doings 60 - Jack Shaindlin ["I'm your new brother!"]
 ‣ A Cute Angle 59 - John Charles Fiddy ["You're right, Plankton."]
 • Lap Steel-spce_01 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
 ‣ ? [SpongeBob and Plankton playing catch.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31D - Jeremy Wakefield [Transition to next scene.]
 ‣ Spindlelegs - Cedric King-Palmer [Baby Prunes appears.]
 • Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton tugging the starter cord.]
 • Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Lawn mower goes out of control.]
 ‣ Spindlelegs - Cedric King-Palmer [Lazy Mary pays SpongeBob and Plankton.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 25E - Jeremy Wakefield ["We're rich!"]
 • Whats This Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Wait a second."]
 • Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Slippin’ Peel’s School O’ Yucks.]
 ‣ Punctuations - Ralph Dollimore [Squeakers the Clown appears.]
 ‣ Mutations (c) [#55] - Trevor Duncan [Squeakers confronts Plankton.]
 ‣ Superquick B - Daniel Jean Jeannin [SpongeBob saves Plankton.]
 ‣ Now Is The Time (a) - David Robidoux [Plankton thanks SpongeBob.]
 • 60's Happy Times Faster - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Montage of SpongeBob and Plankton together.]
 • Koa Constrictor - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Plankton watching clouds.]
 ‣ Woodwind Comedy Transitions - Part 18 - Van Phillips [Plankton smiling evilly.]
 ‣ Tragic Romance - Anthony Gilbert [Plankton shares his secret.]
 ‣ ? ["Now it's my turn."]
 ‣ Epic Tragedy - Gerhard Trede [SpongeBob reveals his secret.]
 • Humorous Conversation Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["That's it?! That's your secret?!"]
 • Vibe & Harp Hits - Nicolas Carr ["The secret formula?"]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 22C - Jeremy Wakefield ["SpongeBob's brain box."]
 ‣ Eight Dramatic Bridges - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [Plankton wielding a chainsaw.]
 ‣ Burlesque - Jack Shaindlin [Harold grabs Plankton.]
 ‣ Cartoon Cameo 6 - Remastered - Ronald Hanmer [Ending.]

Trivia[]

General[]

• Plankton had previously tried to join SpongeBob's family in "Gramma's Secret Recipe," where he pretended to be SpongeBob's great-grandma in order to gain access to the secret formula.
• Both this episode and its sister episode involve two characters coming together in some way.
• The ending of this episode hints that Patrick's parents from The Patrick Star Show are canonically alive outside said show.
• Plankton previously acted like SpongeBob in "The Inside Job", "Plankton's Good Eye," and "Mimic Madness".

Video[]

References[]

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