Goo Goo Gas (Episode)

Goo Goo Gas
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Episode No.:	91a
Season:	5
Airdate:	19 July 2009
Previous Episode:	The Krusty Plate
Next Episode:	Le Big Switch
Characters	Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny
Patrick Star	Bill Fagerbakke
Squidward Tentacles	Rodger Bumpass
Mr. Krabs	Clancy Brown
SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, and Squidward as babies © Viacom

"Goo Goo Gas" is an episode from Season 5.

Plot

Plankton is at it again... he tries to steal a Krabby Patty from the Krusty Krab, but like always, he fails. Mr. Krabs discovered that he was disguised as a pepper shaker (P-epper, P-lankton). This time, Mr. Krabs puts him inside SpongeBob's head, and Plankton is launched off back into the Chum Bucket after a countdown. Frustrated, Plankton decides to go to the park to chill out and think of his next plan. There, he sees a mother and her baby, and his light bulb turned on! If SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs were to be babies, they would be weak, and Plankton would win for sure!

When Mr. Krabs gets mail from the mailbox outside the restaurant, he spots a coin tied to a rope. It leads Mr. Krabs into a telephone box and Plankton sprays some "Goo-Goo Gas" on him. Then Mr. Krabs turns into a baby and Plankton steals the Krusty Krab key. But Plankton cannot jump high enough to reach the door locks, so he asks SpongeBob to do this for him. Since Plankton tells his plans out loud, he was heard by SpongeBob. He then informs the police, whereupon Plankton is arrested, but is easily able to escape (the police should use smaller handcuffs!).

Plankton now wants SpongeBob to turn into a baby, but when he tries to spray baby Mr. Krabs again, he turns back into the regular Mr. Krabs. Plankton tries even more times, and realizes that when sprayed with a second dose of the gas, babies turn into adults.

Plankton does not give up and starts a further attempt - this time however Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob are sprayed with Senior Citizen Spray. Plankton then tries to steal a Krabby Patty. Then, they knit a net which catches Plankton and various senior citizens take turns hitting him with their canes and walkers, foiling his plot once again. He then revises the gas which when he sprays everybody to turn into babies, they stay babies! But first he needs to test it on someone. And who does he test it on but his own wife, Karen! After Karen becomes a calculator, Plankton goes to the Krusty Krab and turns Mr. Krabs into a baby. When he sees SpongeBob come out of the kitchen, he turns him into a baby. Plankton then sprays everyone in the Krusty Krab.

Now, not only SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs are babies, but also Patrick, Squidward and other customers of the Krusty Krab. Baby SpongeBob then plays with the gas, turning everyone in the Krusty Krab back into adults, possibly because the process of destroying it reversed its effects on the babies. Because of the gas, Plankton turns into a baby, and is in a atom asking for a diaper change.

Trivia/Goofs

You can see 2 clips from Goo Goo Gas on the commercial for the SpongeBash.
Baby Mr. Krabs doesn't even like Krabby Patties, his own creation.
In this episode, the key to the Krusty Krab does not have two Ks, unlike in the episode Patty Hype. It also has no Ks in The Lost Mattress or in Krabby Road.
When Karen turns into a calculator, she says "Hello," to represents the upside-down number "07734", which when read upside-down says "HELLO".
The title card music for Squidville is heard when Plankton visits the Barg'n Mart.
This is the first and only episode where the Krusty Krab has a mailbox.
Plankton didn't actually turn into a baby in this episode. He shrunk!
When Plankton is writing the equation on the chalkboard, it looks like he's floating. This is a possible reference that since the show is underwater they should be able to float like in Squid Wood.
This episode was supposed to air on August 19, 2009 but instead it got moved to July 19, 2009 as part of The Ultimate SpongeBob Sponge Bash.
Strangely, this episode aired at least two months earlier in other countries (i.e. Germany) than it did in America, its original country.
This is a Season 5 episode despite premiering with Season 6 and Season 7 episodes.
How can Mr. Krabs still remember that Plankton having the Krabby Patty was a bad thing after getting sprayed with senior citizen spray?
If you watch the Krabby Patty formula, Plankton is longer than the paper. Then he is not in the zoom up.
It is revealed in this episode by Plankton, that either Friend or Foe is Fake or he doesn't remember how big baby Mr. Krabs was.
Mr. Krabs says "I remember when a quarter used to cost a nickel." but being sprayed with the Senior Citizen Spray wouldn't make the years go by, it just makes them older.