Morality with Chum

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Inspired by this thread, that claims how much have Plankton's Chum dish changed over the years, I have decided to research a bit more about chum.

In the season 6 episode, "Spongicus", Plankton explains to Sadie how he makes his Chum on a Stick-

Sadie: "That was appalling! What was in that?"
Plankton: "Oh, just the usual ingredients. Some jellyfish squeezings, whale blubber, sea horse snout, and a sprinkle of anchor rust."



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Whale blubber.

In order to make his dish, Plankton killed whales and used parts of their bodies.

However, in the season 9 episode, "Jailbreak!", the recipe for chum is:


Cultral fungus growth medium
Subtropical vegetal matter
Organic filler
Live bacterial culture

Not only did the recipe changed completely, but it doesn't use any living creatures now. And, of course, he doesn't use any whales anymore.

In the middle of those two episodes, there's the infamous episode "One Coarse Meal", where Mr. Krabs nearly drives Plankton to suicide because of his fear of whales.


Now, my theory is that either:

According to the normal food chain, whales eat planktons, and in order to take an ironic revenge, Plankton decided to kill them and make them to food himself.. Or;
He felt regret for putting them in his dish, and that's why he started to get scared of the whales revenging him.

IN EITHER CASE, after One Coarse Meal, Plankton was too afraid and he changed his chum recipe.

Well, doesn't that actually make Krabs the good guy in OCM?

Think about it- He might have know about the thing that Plankton was doing, and he tried to teach him a valuable lesson not to kill whales. Perhaps he tried to protect his daughter- If Plankton has so much chum, who knows how many whales Plankton had to kill? It might have been Pearl's friends, or Pearl herself as a chance! After scaring him away, Plankton learned to respect whales.

It could be that Krabs didn't know about the recipe, but that's unlikely, because when Plankton told it to Sadie, Krabs and Spongebob were right next to them, listening to every word. And, even if Krabs didn't know about it and he wanted to revenge Plankton just for the sake of it, he still did a good act.


Thank you for listening.


#swag
 
One thing I have to point out:


Ohad said:
Inspired by this thread, that claims how much have Plankton's Chum dish changed over the years, I have decided to research a bit more about chum.

In the season 6 episode, "Spongicus", Plankton explains to Sadie how he makes his Chum on a Stick-

Sadie: "That was appalling! What was in that?"
Plankton: "Oh, just the usual ingredients. Some jellyfish squeezings, whale blubber, sea horse snout, and a sprinkle of anchor rust."



..
Whale blubber.

In order to make his dish, Plankton killed whales and used parts of their bodies.

However, in the season 9 episode, "Jailbreak!", the recipe for chum is:


Cultral fungus growth medium
Subtropical vegetal matter
Organic filler
Live bacterial culture

Not only did the recipe changed completely, but it doesn't use any living creatures now. And, of course, he doesn't use any whales anymore.

In the middle of those two episodes, there's the infamous episode "One Coarse Meal", where Mr. Krabs nearly drives Plankton to suicide because of his fear of whales.


Now, my theory is that either:

According to the normal food chain, whales eat planktons, and in order to take an ironic revenge, Plankton decided to kill them and make them to food himself.. Or;
He felt regret for putting them in his dish, and that's why he started to get scared of the whales revenging him.

IN EITHER CASE, after One Coarse Meal, Plankton was too afraid and he changed his chum recipe.

Well, doesn't that actually make Krabs the good guy in OCM?

Think about it- He might have know about the thing that Plankton was doing, and he tried to teach him a valuable lesson not to kill whales. Perhaps he tried to protect his daughter- If Plankton has so much chum, who knows how many whales Plankton had to kill? It might have been Pearl's friends, or Pearl itself as a chance! After scaring him away, Plankton learned to respect whales.

It could be that Krabs didn't know about the recipe, but that's unlikely, because when Plankton told it to Sadie, Krabs and Spongebob were right next to them, listening to every word. And, even if Krabs didn't know about it and he wanted to revenge Plankton just for the sake of it, he still did a good act.


Thank you for listening.


#swag
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He wouldn't have to have killed them himself in order to use it - just 'harvested' from already dead whales - not an improbable possibility, as we know how many whales humans have killed and thrown back. Or there's also the "Fight Club" possibility... (raiding trashcans at liposuction fascilities... LOL!)

Other than that, your points are very interesting, and I like your conclusion that One Course Meal served in changing his recipe for the better, moral-wise.
 
Yeah that's what I was thinking of when I was referencing the whale blubber yesterday. I still think it's just a joke. Even a person that loves to delve into the show has her limits. :p
 
Wow, that's brilliant and makes perfect sense. Of course since Spongebob has no continuity, a lot of theories should be scrapped. Don't get me wrong, it's great.
 
I do agree that It's a great theory but still Plankton is a villian and that doesn't change the fact that Mr. Krabs drives him to suicide and laughs at it. Seriously, that's not funny, Mr. Krabs. Suicide is not funny. He was supposed to be a good guy, not a bad guy.
 
Nice observations. I think this theory is great, but on the other hand, like I've said many times, this show is just full of inconsistency :P
 
Squidina said:
One thing I have to point out:



He wouldn't have to have killed them himself in order to use it - just 'harvested' from already dead whales - not an improbable possibility, as we know how many whales humans have killed and thrown back. Or there's also the "Fight Club" possibility... (raiding trashcans at liposuction fascilities... LOL!)

Other than that, your points are very interesting, and I like your conclusion that One Course Meal served in changing his recipe for the better, moral-wise.
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It's actually fascinating to think that Plankton could benefit from the acts of humans :) You got a point, though I think Krabs would still not be happy if his arch enemy messes around with bodies that look like his daughter.

CowBob RanchPants said:
Yeah that's what I was thinking of when I was referencing the whale blubber yesterday. I still think it's just a joke. Even a person that loves to delve into the show has her limits. :P
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It's for fun, you cha, you.
SB_DW_Fan said:
I do agree that It's a great theory but still Plankton is a villian and that doesn't change the fact that Mr. Krabs drives him to suicide and laughs at it. Seriously, that's not funny, Mr. Krabs. Suicide is not funny. He was supposed to be a good guy, not a bad guy.
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This shouldn't affect users' opinion about the episode; I was just stating a possible theory.
 
Ohad said:
It's actually fascinating to think that Plankton could benefit from the acts of humans :) You got a point, though I think Krabs would still not be happy if his arch enemy messes around with bodies that look like his daughter.

It's for fun, you cha, you.
This shouldn't affect users' opinion about the episode; I was just stating a possible theory.
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It didn't affect me actually. I still hate that episode a lot.
 
SB_DW_Fan said:
It didn't affect me actually. I still hate that episode a lot.
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Yes, that's what I said- I didn't try to change the view about the episode, I was simply throwing a crazy idea to the air and hoping it'll catch on. You can think whatever you want about OCM.
 
Ohad said:
It's actually fascinating to think that Plankton could benefit from the acts of humans :) You got a point, though I think Krabs would still not be happy if his arch enemy messes around with bodies that look like his daughter.

It's for fun, you cha, you.
This shouldn't affect users' opinion about the episode; I was just stating a possible theory.
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Well, thank you!
I definitely agree with you about Krabs not liking the fact - there's no way to make that not sound... terrible from Krab's POV... or almost anyone in Bikini Bottom's POV.

Did the episode Plankton's Army come before or after? 'Cause in that episode, Krabs kinda touched on the same topic reversed. (Luckily just gave it up in the end that it wasn't real.)
 
Squidina said:
Well, thank you!
I definitely agree with you about Krabs not liking the fact - there's no way to make that not sound... terrible from Krab's POV... or almost anyone in Bikini Bottom's POV.

Did the episode Plankton's Army come before or after? 'Cause in that episode, Krabs kinda touched on the same topic reversed. (Luckily just gave it up in the end that it wasn't real.)
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Plankton's Army was in season 3, so it was a lot before the rest of the episodes.

Are you talking about the part that the krabby patty formula contained Planktons (as a prank)? I agree, if it was instead of the events of OCM, that'd be an awesome revenge xd

BUT, my theory is- Maybe Krabs knew from the beginning that Plankton uses whales in his recipe, and he wanted to scare him away out of it in Plankton's army, thinking that he'll change the recipe. But, after hearing in Spongicus he didn't change the recipe, he took a much more drastic step to change Plankton's act. Hey, I mean, the drastic act did work.
 
Ohad said:
Plankton's Army was in season 3, so it was a lot before the rest of the episodes.

Are you talking about the part that the krabby patty formula contained Planktons (as a prank)? I agree, if it was instead of the events of OCM, that'd be an awesome revenge xD

BUT, my theory is- Maybe Krabs knew from the beginning that Plankton uses whales in his recipe, and he wanted to scare him away out of it in Plankton's army, thinking that he'll change the recipe. But, after hearing in Spongicus he didn't change the recipe, he took a much more drastic step to change Plankton's act. Hey, I mean, the drastic act did work.
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Yeah, I was. And... Ahh, okay. And, yeah, that was where I'd have gone with that, if.

Your theory sounds great. (I also don't hate the episode 'One Course Meal', and actually kinda like it - and your theory regarding it makes a lot of sense.)
 
Driving someone to suicide = good guy. I like your analyzing, but it just sounds like very loose continuity. Although new chum looks a lot more like dead animal than old chum :krabsnote:
 
homestuck said:
Driving someone to suicide = good guy.
Plankton in the movie: "I've already hired someone to take care of those two. He's a vicious, cold-blooded predator!"
Yes, I still think that what Mr. Krabs did was immoral- But, Plankton is not exactly a good guy itself.
You see, Spongebob is a complex show. A lot of kid shows describe a 'good guy' and a 'bad guy', when the bad guy is nothing but pure evil and the good guy is close to perfection, and we should be always sympathic with him- In Spongebob, though, both Krabs and Planktons are decipted as 'bad'.
In the quote I mentioned, Plankton LITERALLY sent a psychotic killer to slay Spongebob and Patrick. Krabs is obviously at a threat when he has this much danger, and he can't win Plankton simply by being nice.

I like your analyzing, but it just sounds like very loose continuity.
Again, it's just for fun. On the worst case, the writers didn't make this intended, and it's just a nice observation/coincidence. On the best case, they made it as an inner joke. It shouldn't be any theory that completely changes your opinion about the show and the characters.
Although new chum looks a lot more like dead animal than old chum :krabsnote:
Agreed.
:krabsnote: Note to self: Watch out for chum
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Responses in blue.
 
You're right about the last part, although I've always considered pre-movie/movie and post-movie to be different timelines. But yeah, it's not like Plankton is innocent either. Though technically they ARE equally as bad.
 
homestuck said:
You're right about the last part, although I've always considered pre-movie/movie and post-movie to be different timelines. But yeah, it's not like Plankton is innocent either. Though technically they ARE equally as bad.
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Fun fact- According to Spongebob Wiki, the series creator Stephen Hillenburg said that Mr. Krabs is a main antagonist (along with Plankton).
 
Interesting theory. That could be true that Plankton simply got rid of the whale blubber since the events of "One Coarse Meal"

However, there's also a whale in "Jailbreak", maybe one of the writers thought, "Hang on! We can't use whale blubber as an ingredient when there's an actual whale watching this!" :P
 
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