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I think the reason why the kept plankton the same was because of how likable he was on his own. His unending attempts of trying to steal the crabby patty formula really made him a funny character and good villain. Especially his dynamic with spongebob and the gang But mostly with him and Mr. Krabs rivalry.

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

I'd also add (which I should've in the video), that him losing all the time is fine because he's both a villain AND usually the antagonist of the video, compared to Mrs. Puff or Squidward, who lose often and it's not always a fun watch.

@gregzotter6189

Жыл бұрын

This was a wonderful twist on that plotline; a brand-new way to handle the formula theft that was quite charming.

@TheBuckweat33

Жыл бұрын

Plankton is and has always been my favorite character.

@AdamantWind2071

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaJayShow Is so right!

@MenacingNutella

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaJayShow You probably wont respond but what plankton did in this episode, does that represent well "catfishing?"

Fun fact: according to Doug Lawrence's page on the Spongebob wiki, Plankton was only supposed to appear in one or two episodes, but Lawrence (whom was also a writer on the show) liked the character so much that after his first recording session, he also wrote down some ideas of his own for Plankton and took them to Stephen Hillenburg. After that, Plankton was promoted to recurring cast member. It was also his idea to have Karen and Plankton be an inseparable duo, with Karen being the brains.

@F0re5tMan

Жыл бұрын

@@thecoolme1697 Dunno.

Honestly plankton probably got better with time. His dog episode and wife Karen gave him a lot more depth and emotional attachment.

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

Spot is a great great addition

@ivanbluecool

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaJayShow way better than Krabs dog who comes and goes same as snelly who Squidward gave away but shows up sometimes. Honestly the whole cast could do with different animals But nobody tops rocky. He won a race

I was actually surprised Karen was so supportive of Plankton's change. I was so sure the writers would've made her the reason for everything going back to "normal".

@rickygamingproductions

Жыл бұрын

Karen in the past, atleast in the earlier seasons never liked supporting plankton, but was kind of indifferent. While suggesting ways for Plankton to succeed (Like being a better business man instead of stealing someone else's Formula) Plankton doesn't stop nor does Karen try to stop him. Karen always been indifferent to his plans.

@rickygamingproductions

Жыл бұрын

Though again, it's inconsistent since there are a few times she does help Plankton. Usually just by telling him a plan that Plankton's Brain just couldn't come up with, even if he went to college

@TheBuckweat33

Жыл бұрын

@@rickygamingproductions i wouldnt say indifferent but maybe dismissive. She wants her husband to succeed but she knows he will fail and rarely takes her advice. Nevertheless, she is fully supportive of his plans for world domination and always has been even in her debut episode.

@rickygamingproductions

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBuckweat33 guess I was wrong then.

“Not only did you play with Squidward’s heart.” That’s the _first_ thing Mr. Krabs said after Plankton was exposed.

@Pablo.673

Жыл бұрын

Mr. Krabs being actually based and caring for Squidward.

@fluffy5302

4 ай бұрын

I feel the same because tha t character would have been great for Squidward 😭.

My theory as to why he alone hasn’t failed is because he’s the only one of the main characters to be played by a writer, that being Mr Lawrence. Someone who, to my knowledge, has been writing and continued writing for the show since season 1

Episodes like this that show us under all the rushed deadlines and corporate interference there are still good writers. Its just a shame that they're stuck on something that's being milked dry

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely!

I actually think this episode was good. I wish they did more with Plankton's flower addiction which was a good plot twist. I also really found the "Me Free Me Free Me Freee" joke really funny lol.

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

Mrs. Puff should've destroyed Petunia.

Plankton plan is always constant, steal the formula He does want to take over the world, but stealing the formula is number 1 and I’m glad that has never changed for how long he’s been on the show

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

He's amazing!

Plankton became the anti-hero by comparison to the later-season evils of Mr. Krabs. Consider: Did Plankton ever trick children (who weren't Spongebob) into spending all their money at a theme park where their lives were in danger (and then try to skip town with the money)? I mean the mind-controlling in the movie was real but it didn't target the most vulnerable, right? After a while everyone wanted Mr Krabs' downfall and Plankton was always working toward it from minute one. It's like the old saying: "You couldn't live with your own flanderization. And where did that lead you? Back to me." -Plankton

Plankton may be evil but he also has moments of emotional vulnerability. Compare him with Krabs who is willing to shave off all his morals for money. He's an entirely one note character who acts exactly how you'd expect every time.

SOMEONE SHOULD PUT YOU IN A BOX FLOWING DOWN THE RIVER *GRANDMA!!!* Plankton is one of my most liked characters in spongebob

I do enjoy that they keep coming up with new ways for plankton to be nefarious

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

100%

Plankton has possibly been the best character in the show, both back then and now. Back then, he was a villain who wasn’t taken all that seriously aside from his first appearance and the movie, where he finally succeeds and almost enslaves everyone in Bikini Bottom except for Sponge and Pat. Now, he’s completely unchanged from how he was before. He isn’t a one dimensional character like the others, he isn’t unnecessarily beaten up like Squidward, and there’s his amoeba pet, son, and the song he wrote for Karen. If anything, Plankton has improved over time.

@javierfraire8741

Жыл бұрын

His voice actor was and is still gold

I haven’t got to see that episode yet, but it seems amazing! I’m glad that there’s at least one character in the show that can make old fans laugh. I’m hoping that season 14 will try to do something different and make the characters a little more likable and give them that special touch or something.

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

Season 13 has some gems

@Cosmic_Lemon

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaJayShow You’re right, it does!

@Yukimi6345

7 күн бұрын

It really does, which some of the older fans don’t like to watch since they will automatically think they are bad. I was fine with some of the season 13 episodes. Some of them I actually thought were funny. There are some gems, like you guys said. I also like how they toned down the overly exaggerated faces. I also like how they will sometimes try to sneak an adult joke into the episode, like with Squidward, Plankton or SpongeBob. Sure, this will never compete to seasons 1, 2, 3, and 4, but it’s not terrible. The new writers are still at least trying their best.

Aw heck yeah, so happy to hear our favorite college graduate is still just as iconic as ever ✌️😁

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

And getting better honestly

@Orangemo

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaJayShow What did you study?

I feel like Plankton and Squidward are the most consistently good characters in this show after all these years.

@KingKazuma777

Жыл бұрын

I honestly agree.

Excellent job for the writers to make sure that this episode is more than just a hybrid between "New Leaf" & "Imitation Krabs" as well as keeping Plankton's character relatively intact.

Tbh, i am kinda sympathetic to Plankton. At the beginning he was like: "the clear evil guy" but now, with mr.Karbs becoming more and more... i wanna say "greedy uncaring Scum", something that he clearly wasn't in the early seasons (At least not to that degree), i feel sometimes so much despisemeant toward the new mr.krabs that i find myself hoping for Plankton to win at least once.

I've noticed that too about Plankton. I attribute that to Mr. Lawrence who has written for Plankton for years now

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

He really fought for Plankton too

Although my favorite character is Squidward, you still have to agree that plankton is one of, maybe even the best spongebob character due to how entertaining he is in some episodes

@paulgilbert5278

Жыл бұрын

I don’t like Modern Squidward. He has none of the nuances of Classic Squidward.

@Robert-ux9tf

Жыл бұрын

@@paulgilbert5278 ik. It kinda destroyed the child and adult thing that spongebob and Squidward had. Although, modern squidward does have his moments

IMO Plankton always has been one of the best written characters on the show.

@paulgilbert5278

Жыл бұрын

Everyone was written perfectly back in the earliest seasons. Plankton managed to survive seasonal rot

@donathan2933

Жыл бұрын

@@paulgilbert5278facts. Plankton was always my favorite character in the dark age seasons of the show

@supermarionoobs2639

Жыл бұрын

@@paulgilbert5278 so true

He’s too powerful

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

Shaggy vs Plankton, who wins

@AndreastheTTTE_BE_SBSPfan2000

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaJayShow shaggy is the gigachad, you have a good point

@XtraGreen_

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaJayShow if we’re being honest, plankton has a easy dub.

Quite surprised to hear Karen put under unlikable. I thought she was most improved of the main cast from old to new, and one of my favorites overall

@donathan2933

Жыл бұрын

Agreed

Crazy how the villain of the show is the only one that didn’t fall off.

honestly, yeah. they've never screwed up plankton's character and it only feels like they've improved it. i don't watch a lot of modern episodes due to both me having dvds of the first 10 seasons and the issues signing in i have online, but this episode feels like i need to go out of my way to enjoy it

I know the show has evolved over the years, but I could've gone my whole life without hearing Squidward say "think of me as your _begonia pappy"_

Best spongebob villain

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

Most likely

@renamon5658

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaJayShow hope you had a fun Easter

Plankton will and will always be my favorite character. I hope there will be more episodes surrounding him in the future!

I do enjoy the way that they kept Plankton relatively funny throughout the series. His attempts to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula made him a really likeable villain.

Fun fact: Mr Lawrence originally auditioned for the role of SpongeBob. The writing staff thought it was absolutely hilarious but wouldn't be a good fit for SpongeBob. Because of this, they created a character specifically for Mr Lawrence with the same voice as his audition, who went on to become Sheldon J Plankton.

@paulgilbert5278

Жыл бұрын

Ironically in his debut he got to play Spongebob..kinda

I really liked this episode. Reminds me of something from season 3-5. I like the squidward subplot the most as I think it’s funny that he falls in love with a robot and breaks down at the end causing them to fight plankton cause he broke squidward

@paulgilbert5278

Жыл бұрын

Season 3-5?

I feel that this episode is a blend of new leaf,f.u.n,married to money and squidwards tiki dream(because there's a place full of flowers)

Honestly, this just seems like another Rehash to Imitation Krabs, especially Married to Money, mixed with Plankton's Good Eye ending.

Plankton was always a favorite. He was so underutilized which I think gives credence to his character whenever he shows up

I really liked this episode and the parade episode was even better! It's already one of my favorite episodes of the ENTIRE SERIES!!!

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

It's a fantastic ep

@Pablo.673

Жыл бұрын

The parade one was just solid imo, but I respect your opinion because the ending of that one is hilarious.

Doug Lawrence does such a great job as plankton's voice actor. Nobody else could come close

Plankton has always been my favorite character more than sandy, very underrated etc, finally getting some recognition

You also forgot he already did a persona to get close to Krabs with Cashina.

Thanks for all the effort you put into these videos, it always shows

5:03 oh my god its so weird watching newer episodes in my language because a lot of jokes are references that i do not understand + they are impossible to translate. In one episode while squidward was angry a spoiled piece of cheese appeared above his had and fell on him which made no sense and had no reason to happen unless you understand the reference if it even is one, it might just be there for no reason.

Love your video Alpha Jay show

This episode is great imo. And yes, even though I think all the main characters work well rn, Plankton is by far the most consistent. I recommend checking out the newest episodes of TPSS btw, the show is storyboard driven now, and you can clearly see more charm and better writing in these newer episodes.

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

TPSS?

@Pablo.673

Жыл бұрын

@@TheAlphaJayShow The Patrick Star Show

@Pablo.673

Жыл бұрын

I hated the show before, but the newest episodes are enjoyable (A Space Affair to Remember is an exception, that one was meh. Neptune's Ball wasn't very good either, but it was an ok episode to me).

The TLDR version seems to be "Flanderization kills characters."

Honestly I see the show split into 3 eras as far as character and tone Seasons 1-3: The Golden Era Seasons 4-8: (I don’t have a name lol) Seasons 9-13: The Wacky Era

It's crazy how out of all the characters to change in this show, the recurring antagonist is the one who changes the least.

Plankton never fell off because of how straight foward his charecter is

Wouldn't it be nice if Plankton allowed the Petunia personality to take overr for a bit? It'd give us a break from the Krabby Patty Secret Formula arc, and give us a new sort of thing for a while.

The part where Squidward fucks everything up is the funniest part

Haha squidwards rizz is honestly pretty good

Plankton never successfully steals the formula but he really does steal the show in many appearances

Lore of Why Plankton Never Fell Off Momentum 100

While we're on the subject of this episode, the way Plankton's robot kept ending its sentences with "Huh" honestly got really annoying.

i think this video is super good from differentiating “good” and “liked” characters, because people LOVE squidward and gary, but because of other characters, their quality drops as theyre commonly the punching bag.

The fact that all the characters besides plankton were blacked out in unlikable is just seriously sad to look at ngl

am i the only one who LOVES the gag at 7:22?? aligning with what alpha jay was saying - "it's just a nice change of pace for a character some of us have seen for two decades!" - his panda's expression is drawn in a much more cutesy art style, the red parts of the design change to pink, and the hoodie lightens up! a short change of pace for alpha jay himself, too! or maybe i'm reading into it too much??

You know even tho the quality’s dropped since I was younger, I still find myself sitting next to my younger sister and watching it from time.planktons probably the best part of the new episodes.

Bru that sponsorship insertion was fucking beautiful

funny that out of all characters, they make the villain the most likable

I think the Flower Pot episode would've been better the shop owner turned out to be even WORSE than Plankton. It would be awesome if Mr. Krabs begged Plankton to come back and put the flower shop out of business.

7:20 Is that refrencing how your mascot changed in this moment? xD

2:58 you can tell Squidward just watched The Mask

i like how they still kinda stay to the aquatic theme with the bee beeing (pun intended) a jellyfish

A mountain has 1 peak but many paths to reach it. Maintaining the same plot but with new apporaches, reptitive but dynamic.

Bro that ad was so smooth and good! Wasn’t to long but got the The point across and ended as smooth as it started! I may go and buy one just because of how good that was😂

I'm pretty sure there'd be a less complicated way to set off all those explosives in the krusty krab

Interesting essay😊

plankton is so versatile and iconic, love that dude.

I have a theory, what if the characters that did fall off are actually pod people. The real characters who had the personality everyone loved was replaced by other people trying to imitate them.

@paulgilbert5278

Жыл бұрын

Well I gave hard time believing Season 1 Spongebob and Season 13 Spongebob are the same character so you might be onto something

Some people claim that Plankton obsession with the Krabby patty formula is falling off. I disagree this obsession is people like him.

Petunia was hitting those onion-son "HUH?"

I searched for a vid specifically about Plankton because how I realized in retrospect, how good he was as a character and I wanted to see if other people agreed.

0:52 "A tried and true *formula* with Plankton..." 4:44 "...turning into a *shell* of their former selves..." I see what you did there, Alpha Jay 😉

the little green bean is the onlt one who gas had an expansion of his character rather than being trimmed down to fit in a box. honestly he deserves his own spin off for his character surviving this long;

" I ALWAYS COME BACK"

Day 1 million of waiting for the next mordecai/margaret-cj arc.(I never learned how to count)

Goodbye everyone I'll remember you all in therapy - Plankton

Any idea what happened to Jem Reviews? I found your channel because of the Collab you two did on his SpongeBob episode and he's been inactive for 3 years. I've always wondered what happened.

I genuinely liked the idea of plankton actually realizing he wanted to do something else nicer than wanting to steal the secret formula once again. Iv seen plankton in lots of times as a casual relatable guy who is not as evil as who i thought he was. That chum clan episode was an example for it. At first i thought plankton only liked those alive chum monsters just because they would help him steal the formula and take over the krusty krab. When they failed to destroy and scare krabs into giving them the formula. Plankton actually still wanted to hang out with them. Surprisingly. I thought plankton would just stop talking to them and just call them useless or another failed attempt. But plankton actually gained emotion for them and wanted to spend more time with them acknowledging the fact he actually found some friends. The chum monsters were the ones not wanting to hang out with plankton anymore which was surprising. But at the end of the episode. I really liked that about plankton. It shows he really does have a heart for some people. He actually just wants some friends and just wants to have a good time.

The thing is plankton was always refreshing to see, even the his thing of trying to steal the formula every day wasn’t repetitive because he always came up with a new idea or scheme that was always fresh. Plus the character himself, unlike a lot of others plankton legitimately has two sides to his character His evil side and the good side that comes out every now and again showing that while yes he can be angry and a jerk sometimes he does have the compassion and ability to care as he can be very open to help or pitch in outside of schemes to get what he wants Ex: the mermaid man movie he was there and wanting to help more or less by choice and never tried to steal the formula

I never knew I'd love a happier, more wholesome Plankton. And yeah, it'd be great if they kept "Petunia" for a couple more episodes, IF SQUIDWARD DIDN'T MUCK UP HIS PLANS!! He also could've taken over the world by using hypnotic flowers.

7:21 Ani-Jay isn't real. He can't hurt you.

@TheAlphaJayShow

Жыл бұрын

Lmaoo

I think Season 13 has had a very random upkeep in quality from the earlier episodes you criticized. Episodes like this one, Ma and Pa’s Big Hurrah and Delivery to Monster Island are all great. I think it’s mostly due to the work on the spin-offs and the main show finally being split in between different crews. The Patrick Show is finally (mostly) funny due to its new staff being filled with many Billy and Mandy as well as Ren and Stimpy veterans. Also SpongeBob hasn’t been completely Flanderized like you made it seem he has in your Yellow Pavement review, it just depends on the writer, in Ma and Pa’s Big Hurrah, he shows many more emotions than just happiness like annoyance and even anger.

@LeSlayREAL

Ай бұрын

i found you

7:06 sunflower :0

When did this come on? I don't remember hearing about any new episodes or even seeing this on

Deathloop was just a little undercooked, but Redfall seems like an overall disaster.

@AlphaJayShow unicorn dark warriors eternal premieres tonight on adult swim I’m definitely going to watch it.

Plankton's my favorite character on the show.

Plankton should get his own spin-off show instead of Patrick

you forgot to include larry the lobster and the flying dutchman i think both are pretty interesting

I thought he left for hood but then I remember what happened at dulls ville

“I will now present to you a slideshow on why everyone else has fallen off, meanwhile I have remained on top” -Jackmanifold (A KZreadr I don’t watch but have still heard that quote from a random clip)

Poor squidward

The masterplan

1:42 gosh how does a fish get that thicc? I mean... I guess she likes the crusty crab, right? 1:55 ah. Still that's a thicc fish. 2:50 and squidward is a cultured man.

At first I was skeptical, but now that I think of it, I never recall watching an episode with Plankton in it and thinking “That feels out of character”, unlike literally every other main character

the reason plankton never got bad was because his character was already simple to begin with, simple as you cant fuck up something thats so simple to begin with

they left the season after 12 to the dust ben on Paramount +, and didn't even put season 13-16 on paramount +

I mean even when I didn't like Plankton at first he had always made me laugh with his over the top voice.