Welcome to the Chum Bucket (Episode)

"Welcome to the Chum Bucket" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two. It premiered on January 21, 2002. Template:Spoiler Brief summary: During a card game, Mr. Krabs bets SpongeBob's contract. Plankton is usually bad, but this time, he wins, not the Krabby Patty secret formula, but SpongeBob. Now SpongeBob has to work for Plankton! He misses the Krusty Krab. Will he win the Krusty Krab back, or will he become an employee of the Chum Bucket forever?

Time/Date:

Thursday
Friday

Time cards shown: None

Characters Present:

Songs:

Without You, performed by SpongeBob SquarePants and Mr. Krabs

A stove is a stove no matter where you go.
A patty is a patty. That's what I say.
A grill is a grill. This is surely so.
And fries should be fries either way.
But this grill is not a home. This is not the stove I know.
I would trade it all away if you come back to stay.
This kitchen's not the same without you.
It's just a greasy spoon (Just a greasy spoon)
without you.

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 title card is similar to the one for Enemy In-Law.
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.
The Episode title sounds like Welcome to the Jungle By Guns And Roses