Welcome to the Chum Bucket (Episode)

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Welcome to the Chum Bucket
Episode No.:	34a
Airdate:	21.1.2002
Season:	Season 2
Previous Episode:	Gary Takes a Bath
Next Episode:	Frankendoodle

"Welcome to the Chum Bucket" is an episode from Season 2

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Info

Characters

Places

Robot SpongeBob

Songs

A Stove is a Stove

Plot

It is closing time at the Krusty Krab, and Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob that he's going to play a card game. He's going to play against Plankton. SpongeBob is surprised when he hears this, and asks why he'd play against such an evil person. Mr. Krabs explains that Plankton's the worst card-player ever, and he's been winning every week for the last 15 years. In the morning, he tells SpongeBob that he lost, and he bet SpongeBob's contract. SpongeBob is forced to work for Plankton, and Plankton tells him to make a Krabby Patty. SpongeBob doesn't want to, and Plankton 'bribes' him. Soon, SpongeBob's got everything he wanted. He still refuses to make a Krabby Patty. So he takes out his brain and implants it in a Robot SpongeBob. The robot also refuses to make a Krabby Patty, but Plankton never puts the brain back in SpongeBob's head.

Trivia

If you look closely at the magazine Robot SpongeBob is reading when he starts to rebel against Plankton, it has a SpongeBob comic strip in it, which includes SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward.
The 4th wall is broken in this episode when Plankton says "I put the brain in the robot, you know." as he was saying it to the viewers.
The song "Without You' is a lot like the song A House Is Not a Home.
The "Without You" sequence is a parody of a similar scene in An American Tale
Squidward has a brief appearance in this episode.