Plankton Got Served

About

Plankton Got Served refers to an alleged "lost episode" of SpongeBob SquarePants in which the character Plankton commits suicide. The episode's lore centers on a creepypasta which purports that the episode was replaced by the season 7 episode "One Coarse Meal." Inherently, the creepypasta is similar to Squidward's Suicide.

Origin

The original Plankton Got Served creepypasta was posted to the Creepypasta Wiki^[1] sometime before October 8th, 2013, in accordance with comments^[2] that date that far back. Over the course of 10 years, the post received over 120 comments.

The creepypasta referenced a "lost episode" of SpongeBob called "Plankton Got Served" which was the original version of the season 7 episode "One Coarse Meal"^[3] where, in both versions, Plankton tries to commit suicide. However, in the allegedly lost "Plankton Got Served" episode, a bus actually runs over Plankton, killing him and sending him to an afterlife where he sees whales, in reference to Mr. Krabs' daughter Pearl, floating around him.

The full-length creepypasta from the Creepypasta Wiki^[1] site reads:

I am sure many have heard of Lost Episode Creepypastas. They are usually an incredibly graphic episode that conveys such fear for children that it was never aired, though someone managed to sneak a viewing or owns one of the tapes. The most popular example of this is Squidward's Suicide, in which Squidward commits suicide, hence the title.

Of course all of these Creepypastas are false. Yet, I remember a SpongeBob episode that was altered heavily, but still remains in circulation today. This is One Coarse Meal, from season 7. In the episode Mr. Krabs finds out that Plankton is horrified of whales, and uses it to his advantage. This is one of the least popular episodes of the show due to the dark nature of the episode, even after the episode was heavily altered.

Now how would I have seen this episode before it was edited? It’s simple really. This is one of the seven SpongeBob episodes that was revealed on the internet before it aired on TV. Always a big fan of the show I was excited of the idea of having a SpongeBob episode premier on the internet before television. I rapidly reloaded The Nick page, and finally the episode came up. It was known as “Plankton Got Served”, though it was eventually changed.

Most of the episode is identical to the one that is circulated today. Plankton manages to break into the Krusty Krab and ties up Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob. As he is about to finally get the secret formula from SpongeBob, Mr. Krab’s daughter, Pearl walks in. This terrifies Plankton and causes him to run out. Plankton later claims his ancestors were eaten by whales and that is why he fears them so.

Mr. Krabs realizes this fear that Plankton has and decides to use it against him. He dresses up as his daughter and begins to follow Plankton around, frightening him. Plankton decides he can no longer take it and decides to make the ultimate decision. Plankton decides to commit suicide. Yes, this is still in the show today, you are free to watch it.

Plankton waits for the bus, as he lies in the street, waiting to get run over. That is when SpongeBob comes over to try to convince him to continue his existence. This is where the alteration in the two versions begins. Plankton fails to heed SpongeBob’s words, and remains there. In the altered version that was shown, SpongeBob tells Plankton that it was Mr. Krabs as Pearl the entire time, and he gets up.

In another altered version SpongeBob says the same things, but Plankton refuses to believe him. SpongeBob decides that the only thing he can do to show him the truth is to drag Mr. Krabs outside. Soon after he leaves the typical red bus comes speeding along. Plankton sits up, and watches it hit him as everything fades to darkness.

Plankton finds himself standing on a single platform, overlooking darkness. In the darkness he sees whales, all looking up at him. There are members of his family he can faintly make out, calling for him to jump down. Plankton looks above and sees a light, a light he can scarcely believe. This would seem to represent Heaven and Hell.

Plankton, resigned to his fate, jumps and plunges down into the darkness. This is when the episode ends, and the traditional credits for the show are shown, parallel to Plankton’s descent into the darkness.

Now some of you may say you saw the show as soon as it came available online. Apparently not fast enough. After seeing the episode online, I reloaded the page to find the altered version shown on the website. I kept reloading, curious of how I had seen the first version. The only answer I can imagine for my viewing of the original episode was that the creators uploaded the wrong file, and moments after uploading it recognized such. I may be the only one who saw this version.

I truly do not know the sick ambitions the creators of SpongeBob had in mind with this episode. Why would a kid’s show portray death? Why would a kid’s show portray Heaven and Hell?

Nonetheless the unaltered version is impossible to find. I’ve searched as hard as I can, and I have failed to find anything legitimate about the episode I had seen. People had told me that I had seen only the altered version, and they too were surprised of the dark themes portrayed in the episode. Nonetheless I know what I saw.

I know people would fail to believe me. People will accuse me of just trying to scare people. People would say I have no evidence. There are no photos. There is no video evidence of this occurrence. I only saw it once, and it never occurred to me to do such.

I know the truth, and I want other people to know as well. Maybe, maybe someone out there saw this episode as well as I and can confirm it. Until then, I hope you enjoyed reading about my experience.

Spread

The creepypasta gained mass awareness directly following a video uploaded by YouTuber^[4] SomeOrdinaryGamers on April 25th, 2015, which has since been deleted or made private. Regardless, the audio of the episode has been reuploaded to the Internet Archive ^[5] and YouTube^[6] (shown below).

On October 21st, 2015, YouTuber^[7] LinkinParkRulz 227 posted a video about Plankton Got Served that used an image of Plankton with a human-like face gasping as its thumbnail. The image was originally created by DeviantArt ^[8] user Moopintot on April 22nd, 2010, gaining roughly 24,100 views in 13 years (shown below).

On May 20th, 2016, YouTuber^[9] Cybergrunge uploaded the first known "remake" of the lost "Plakton Got Served" episode, receiving roughly 11,800 views in seven years (shown below, left). Remakes of the episode continued to trend going into the 2020s, predominantly gaining traction when YouTuber^[10] VibingLeaf uploaded a remake on April 23rd, 2023, gaining roughly 284,800 views and 15,000 likes in six months (shown below, right).

Original video remakes and reuploads from YouTube surfaced on TikTok^[11][12] in 2023 as well.

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