Stinky Burgers was a restaurant that was the only place to buy a burger when Mr. Krabs and Plankton were kids. It was a fast food business owned by Stinky, an overweight rich man. It appears in a flashback in the episode "Friend or Foe."
About[]
Description[]
Stinky Burgers was a small store with a rustic and lousy look. It had a metal roof of low quality and the sign was an orange rectangle shape with the text "Stinky" in bold yellow letters and a black "Burgers" text. Next to that was a dried-out clam spouting out a rancid yellow breath. It had a small foghorn coming out from the left side of the store, an ordering window, and a door that only Stinky was able to enter. It also had four tables.
Inside Stinky Burgers was a kitchen. Customers did not eat inside though. Outside the cooking area were seats and chairs with an umbrella, shielding bad sun or rain. They were not of great quality. There was also an overfilled trash can to the right of the entrance. The outdoor area was surrounded by a very low brick wall.
Food and inspiration[]
The food was terrible, but it was the only place to get a burger, so people ate the food anyway. This gave Plankton and Mr. Krabs an idea to make their own burger called the Plab Patty.
Closure[]
Because Stinky Burgers was extremely filthy, disgusting, and stinky, it was closed down by the health department for cleanliness issues. Outside the brick wall was also a bin that was spilled, which caused bad germs.
Stinky Burgers after being shut down by the health department.
As Plabs Burgers[]
Shortly after Stinky Burger's closure, young Mr. Krabs and Plankton took over the restaurant and renamed it to "Plabs Burgers." Mr. Krabs, who saw how successful Stinky was, wanted to earn "a fatter stack of loot." Plankton had the goal of gaining his classmates' "li-spect."
While Mr. Krabs and Plankton remember Plabs Burgers being a huge success, in reality the restaurant was extremely unpopular, and the food even worse than Stinky Burgers. While Stinky Burgers were of low quality, Mr. Krabs and Plankton's Plab Patty was outright hazardous to one's health. The restaurant only had one customer, Old Man Jenkins, who was K.O'd after taking one bite of a Plab Patty.
Plabs Burgers closed only after two days of operation following a falling out between Mr. Krabs and Plankton over whose fault it was for poisoning Old Man Jenkins. They would go on to open the Krusty Krab and Chum Bucket respectively, sometimes after the success of Mr. Krabs' Krabby Patty.