Plankton's Intern/transcript

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This article is a transcript of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Plankton's Intern" from season 12, which aired on April 30, 2021.

[The episode begins at the Chum Bucket where Plankton struggles to build his new invention.]
Plankton: Karen, can you give me a hand with my new Dodanatron?
Karen: Sorry, Sheldon, I'm off to visit my motherboard. [she leaves the Chum Bucket]
Plankton: [gasps, runs after Karen] Wait! How am I supposed to get anything done without you?
Karen: Don't worry, I put up Help Wanted flyers for an intern. See? [Karen throws intern flyer, and it flies until it hits Plankton's eye]
Plankton: [sees flyer] Ooh. "INTERN WANTED." Apply today at Chum Bucket Labs? [crumbles flyer] I'm a mad scientist! If getting help was that easy, I wouldn't have built a computer wife!
Person: Is this where I apply for the intern job?
[Plankton sees the newly-formed line for his new intern job and gets an exhausted look on his face. Bubble transition to inside the Chum Bucket.]
Plankton: Ahem. Hello and welcome to Chum Bucket Labs. As an intern, you will gain valuable work experience and a sub-minimum wage. [the crowd sighs and leaves, leaving only Patrick] Well that narrowed it down.
Patrick: I wanna do the science!
Plankton: [quietly] Oh boy.
[Bubble transition]
Plankton: Okay, let's see how ya handle scientific equipment. This is my Duplo Maker! It's very, very simple.
Patrick: Oh, like me!
Plankton: [takes out a coin] Just put this coin in the chamber-
Patrick: Gotcha! [grabs the coin and squishes Plankton]
Plankton: Ow! No! Just the coin, you idiot! [he gasps as Patrick steps inside the machine]
[The Duplo Maker creates a ton of Patrick doubles. It is no longer duplicating, as the door opens and many Patrick clones appear. Plankton then screams and runs as a Patrick double tries to land on him, but fails]
Plankton: Oh.
Patrick clones: Do we get the job?
Plankton: I'll tell ya what ya get. [takes out a remote] You get out! [pushes the button on the remote, and a robot hand with a glove smacks the Patrick clones out of the Chum Bucket]
Patrick clone #1: Hi, I'm Patrick.
Patrick clone #2: No, I'm Patrick.
Patrick clone #3: Who's Patrick?
Plankton: Well, great. Not a single applicant left.
Pearl: Hello? I'm still here.
Plankton: [shouting as his iris turns into a whale] Whale! [Pearl steps closer to him as he climbs up to his desk] No! Not you! Whales eat Plankton!
Pearl: I don't eat Plankton. That's baby food. I'm just here for the job.
Plankton: Really? You're not gonna eat me?
Pearl: Eww, no! I just need money, but my dad's such a skinflint with my allowance.
Plankton: Alright, you're hired. Whatever.
[Bubble transition to next scene at the Chum Bucket.]
Plankton: As the junior intern of Chum Bucket Labs, you're responsible for extremely important tasks.
Pearl: Oh wow! Like what? [Plankton is then seen standing on Pearl to reach for a high-up object] Ugh.
Plankton: [screws a lightbulb onto a robot] You make an excellent ladder, junior intern. [he finishes screwing in the lightbulb] Yes! My evil robot is complete! [he jumps up onto it and goes inside it. The robot comes alive and starts walking shortly after] Nothing can stop me now! [he tries squeezing through a door but is too big to do so. The robot sputters and explodes. Plankton, still inside the robot's intact head, comes rolling towards Pearl. A tiny door on the head opens, revealing him]
Pearl: Except that tiny doorway.
Plankton: No one asked you, junior intern. And by the way, [he holds up something] I forgot you give you your very own lab instrument.
Pearl: [she holds the object] Ooh! What's it do? [the object unfolds, revealing it to be a broom and Pearl is launched across the room]
Plankton: Why don't ya push it around and find out?
[Pearl takes the broom. Bubble transition to next scene]
Plankton: Observe, my lonely intern, and tremble at the power of my mighty, uh, laser thingy. [he takes a curtain off his large invention] It'll blow the door off a safe. [he presses a red button on the invention. A tiny hand holding a laser gun comes out and shoots the gun.]
Hand: Pew! [the laser hits the safe, causing the safe to turn into smithereens.]
Plankton: [Sighs] And everything in it. Get to work, intern.
Pearl: Okay. [she sweeps the floor using the broom]
[Bubble transition to next scene, where Pearl is about to dunk Plankton into a pool]
Plankton: Behold my instant monster maker. [he rips off the top of the packaging with his teeth, and pours the contents into the pool]
[the pool starts bubbling pink, and Pearl yelps as they jump away. The pink monster emerges from the pool and screams]
Plankton: Yes! The creature's strong enough to open a safe with its bare hands!
Pearl: Tentacles.
Plankton: Their tentacles, even worse! [laughs evilly]
[the monster grabs Plankton and throws him directly onto the laser machine.]
Hand: Pew! [the laser from the hand hits the monster, causing it to explode all over the place, including Pearl's body]
Pearl: Eww! Gross!
Plankton: Don't bother sweeping it up.
Pearl: Thanks, Mr. Plankton.
Plankton: You're gonna need a mop.
[Bubble transition to the next scene; Pearl groans as she walks over to her house]
Pearl: Oh...
Mr. Krabs: Aww, how was your day at your first summer job, sweetie?
Pearl: It's so boring. My boss doesn't let me do any of the fun stuff.
Mr. Krabs: Now, now, my little cetacean. Work ain't supposed to be fun.
Pearl: But daddy, my boss is-
Mr. Krabs: Uh-uh-uh-uh-uh, it don't matter who your boss is. A good employee follows the boss' orders.
Pearl: If you say so, daddy.
[The scene cuts to the dawn of the next day at the Chum Bucket. The scene then goes to the Chum Bucket lab.]
Plankton: I'll just power up the ol' rectifier. Install the free-range poultry, [he inserts a literal chicken breast as chicken sounds play] plus a final adjustment.
[Plankton is about to turn a knob on the machine, but then Pearl arrives with her stomping.]
Pearl: Morning, Boss!
Plankton: Watch it! This instrument is very delicate!
Pearl: Can I help with a cool science stuff today, Mr. Plankton? Please?
Plankton: Can you materialize me a Krabby Patty, Junior Intern?
Pearl: No.
Plankton: Didn't think so.
Pearl: But I can give you the recipe.
Plankton: What? [smiles] You can get me Krabs' secret formula?
Pearl: Well, he is my dad.
Plankton: Eugene Krabs is your father?
Pearl: Duh. Everyone knows that.
Plankton: Are you free to attend a conference tonight, Senior Intern?
Pearl: Oh, yes! [violently shakes Plankton's hand]
French Narrator: [reading timecard] Later that night...
[The scene changes to Mr. Krabs' house. Mr. Krabs is sewing a quilt made with money.]
Pearl: [now wearing a ski mask; kisses her father] Thanks for the advice, daddy. I've already got a promotion and I'm working an extra shift tonight. Love you!
Mr. Krabs: Remember, the boss always knows best. [resumes sewing]
[The scene changes to the Krusty Krab.]
Plankton: Overlord to Flunky, come in Flunky.
Pearl: Flunky here. I read you overlord. Over.
Plankton: Give me a boost up to the window. Over.
Pearl: You got it, boss. Over.
[Pearl tries jumping to the window, but accidentally launches Plankton upwards instead.]
Pearl: Oops.
[Plankton lands inside the top pipe of the Krusty Krab, and he falls straight to the ground of the kitchen. Pearl unlocks and opens the back door to the kitchen]
Plankton: Oooh! Ahem.
Pearl: I forgot I had a spare key.
Plankton: [groans] Come on.
[they both gasp as they see a shadowy figure moving from the door window]
Plankton: [whispering] Somebody's coming. Hide!
[Plankton shoves Pearl into the cabinet and they both hide. SpongeBob walks into the kitchen.]
Plankton: [opens cabinet doors] That perforated peabrain should be home in bed! Let's get outta here! [he tries to flee, but Pearl catches him by the antennae]
Pearl: Wait, I think SpongeBob's sleep cooking.
[SpongeBob is snoring, and uses his spatula as if he is flipping Krabby Patties]
Plankton: [jumps on top of SpongeBob] SpongeBoob is even more oblivious than usual. [repeatedly opening and closing SpongeBob's eyelids] Look, he has no idea what's going on.
[Plankton laughs and slides down SpongeBob's nose. He then starts bouncing on his nose.]
Plankton: [grunts] Hey, hey, hey! [cackles]
Pearl: Shh! You're gonna wake him up!
[Plankton continues to bounce on SpongeBob's nose laughing until SpongeBob grabs him.]
Plankton: Huh? [SpongeBob smacks him onto the grill] Oww!
[Muffled whimpers come from Plankton as SpongeBob hits him with his spatula. Pearl groans over the sounds.]
Plankton: Over. [SpongeBob hits him some more. Plankton whimpers as SpongeBob puts salt, pepper and cheese on him and flips him onto the bottom bun he is holding. He then squirts mayonnaise on the cheese] Mayonnaise? Eww! [SpongeBob puts on the top bun, squashing Plankton. He exits the kitchen]
SpongeBob: [snores] Order up...
[Pearl dashes out the kitchen, grabs SpongeBob and the patty, and throws SpongeBob into the trash can. SpongeBob continues snoring inside the trash can. Plankton lifts up the burger contents.]
Plankton: Huh. [throws the contents away] Why didn't I think of that? [cut to Pearl and Plankton emerging from the cashier boat]
SpongeBob: [wakes up and yawns inside the trash can] Where am I? [He pops out of the trash can and notices Plankton and Pearl, causing him to gasp.] Plankton. [he hops over to the phone and dials Mr. Krabs]
Mr. Krabs: Money? I mean. Hello?
SpongeBob: [with his tongue] Mr. Krabs! Mr. Krabs!
Mr. Krabs: I'm not singing anymore lullabies, SpongeBob.
SpongeBob: No, I'm at the Krusty Krab! Plankton and a giant goon are trying to steal the secret formula!
Mr. Krabs: Me formuler?! I'll be right there, boy-o!
Plankton: Ooh, what's your plan to open the safe? Power drill? Explosives? The large Hadda collider?
Pearl: Nah, I'll just use the combination. [starts inputting the combination]
Plankton: Diabolical!
[Pearl opens the safe and grabs the formula]
Plankton: I can almost taste that Krabby Patty now. The formula is mine.
Mr. Krabs: [turns on the lights] You'll have to get past me first, Plankton.
Plankton: Krabs!
SpongeBob: And you'll have to get past me too. [he punches his fists together, and hurts his hand] Ow.
Mr. Krabs: Tell your giant goon to hand over me formuler, Plankton!
Pearl: Daddy, [takes off her disguise] I'm a flunky, not a goon.
Mr. Krabs: Stay out of this, Pearl. Pearl?! What are you doing with me bitter enemy?!
Pearl: Working for Plankton is my summer job. I was just doing what you said. Remember? A good employee follows their boss's orders. [teases Plankton with the formula bottle]
Mr. Krabs: Yeah, but-but-but, not when your boss is- Oh, [facepalms] me and my big mouth. Honey, you don't have to work for this loser. Give Papa the formuler, and you can come work for me.
Plankton: [jabs Mr. Krabs in the stomach] You're too late, Krabs. Your daughter works for me now.
Pearl: I'll give you the formula back, daddy, on one condition. Triple my allowance, so I don't have to work for anyone this summer.
Mr. Krabs: Tri-tri-tri-triple?! [Pearl is still teasing Plankton with the formula bottle] Oh, alright...
[Pearl gives Mr. Krabs the formula bottle]
Pearl: Sorry, Mr. Plankton, but I quit! [grabs Plankton and puts him in her mouth]
Plankton: Sweet Neptune! She is gonna eat me!
[Pearl shuts her mouth, and uses her blowhole to shoot Plankton out of the same pipe he came from. Plankton screams.]
Plankton: [stops screaming momentarily] You can forget that letter of recommendation. [lands in the Chum Bucket]
[Bubble transition]
Karen: Sheldon, I'm back from ma's. So how did your day go?
Patrick clones: Hi, I'm Patrick!
Plankton: Don't ask. [bangs himself in the table in disappointment]
[The episode irises out.]