"[7], Mr. Krabs is the only character in SpongeBob initially based on a specific person from Hillenburg's life. The second was in "Whelk Attack" when he tried serving Krabby Patties to giant whelks when SpongeBob describes them as ravenously eating everything in their paths, he continues to try to push his products, despite them obviously being vicious wild monsters and he was promptly eaten. Occasionally, he would have extra employees to boost his success, often being better off without them in the end. You will fight tooth and nail in order to make ends meet for your crippling ketamine addiction. Mr. Krabs treats his employees very poorly, paying them far below minimum wage, and even forcing them to pay him. He and his crew were devoured by the beast and forced to wait "for nature to take its course" to escape the creature's stomach. It's also noted that in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, SpongeBob would risk his own life to save Mr. Krabs. Ironically, this results in the Krusty Krab losing weeks of business. He is voiced by actor Clancy Brown and first appeared in the series' pilot episode "Help Wanted" on May 1, 1999. In "Born Again Krabs," he sells SpongeBob's soul to the Flying Dutchman for 62 cents, despite the fact that SpongeBob put his life on the line to protect him from the Dutchman. [14] Mr. Krabs revels in his success against Plankton and will go mad if Plankton has one customer, that said, Plankton does try to run Mr. Krabs' business to the ground by stealing the Krabby Patty secret formula, although he always fails, with The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie being a notable exception. SpongeBob even reveals in "One Coarse Meal" that Mr. Krabs actually pays him in play money. The controversial episode "One Coarse Meal" involves Mr. Krabs driving Plankton to suicide. They are very close since Mr. Krabs was raised solely by his mother and for that, he loves her as shown when he affectionately calls her "Mommy," in spite of being an adult. "[15] He eventually faced the abominable snow mollusk, a fearsome beast of the high seas. After SpongeBob left, dozens of hungry anchovies flooded the restaurant. In "My Pretty Seahorse," Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to not just stop bringing Mystery to work, but to get rid of her entirely and has on many occasions forced his employees to work nonstop and told them that they could never go home, which is illegal. Krabs, in hopes of getting money, then destroys his own restaurant just to impress the appraiser. Puff's heart and keep his money. His safety measures and maintenance of the restaurant are extremely poor, if not nonexistent, frequently resorting to improvised and obviously inadequate measures to avoid paying for actual insurance and repairs. He'll do whatever it takes to make his daughter Pearl happy and he goes to extreme measures to help protect his fast-food business. When they do interact though, they seem to get along. 1 Synopsis 2 Transcript 3 Code 4 Trivia 4.1 References Hoopla introduces the viewers to the town of SpongeThorne, and is called to investigate a ghost sighting at The Krusty Krab. He and his relatives are very similar looking, all almost looking the same except with a few different facial features. With the little money he had, he bought a local bankrupt retirement home, "The Rusty Krab," which he decided to turn into a restaurant, adding a K to "Rusty," thus naming it the Krusty Krab[17] after his pirate ship. Krabs owns and operates the Krusty Krab, a prominent fast food restaurant located in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. This is shown in "Penny Foolish" where he breaks into SpongeBob's house just to obtain a penny. 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Eugene H. Krabs (born November 30, 1942) is a red crab who lives in an anchor with his daughter Pearl. It randomly switches from being bright red to having a slight pinkish orange tinge in season 9 and onwards. However, after SpongeBob saves Bikini Bottom and Krabs' life, he is appointed the new manager of the Krusty Krab 2. Despite his cruel and money-grubbing behavior, Mr. Krabs is not completely heartless. Classification: After being humiliated by the class bullies, Plankton and Mr. Krabs wanted revenge. Mr. Krabs showed off his Krabby Patties. His relatives such as William Krabs act similar to him as they are cheap, somewhat selfish, and always want money. Many times when he appears on-screen, sea-shanty sailor music is playing. Mr. Krabs learned how to be a pirate during this time. He had already designed Pearl as a whale, so he decided to make her father a small crab; Stephen Hillenburg thought their contrasting sizes would make for a funny dynamic. Plankton was not worried about that since they had science. Later, Mr. Krabs and Plankton went to the back of the building. "[43] An episode of the sketch comedy series Robot Chicken titled "Major League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" includes a skit that stars Mr. Krabs and Pearl. Plankton and Krabs blamed each other and fought over the recipe, resulting in ingredients dropped into the meat, which became the Krabby Patty. "[48] The game would achieve enormous popularity on Twitch with the speedrunning community, with the goal of seeing who would be the fastest to complete the game. Mr. Krabs served in the navy, at an unknown age. Mr. Krabs Also in "Best Day Ever," when SpongeBob is sad, he actually uses his money to try to cheer him up. Education: SpongeBob also seems to be oblivious of Mr. Krabs's greed, however, he has called him a "Crustaceous Cheapskate" out of anger twice, in "Pickles" and "Can You Spare a Dime" SpongeBob also got mad at Mr. Krabs when he abused Gary in "The Cent of Money" Mr. Krabs also thinks he can control SpongeBob's life, such as forcing him to give up Mystery the Seahorse in "My Pretty Seahorse" or to give up karate in "Karate Choppers." Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. On multiple occasions, Plankton states that he has never had a single customer. "[16], When Hillenburg first created Mr. Krabs, his and Pearl's surname was spelled with a C rather than a K. Thus, the name of Krabs' restaurant was the "Crusty Crab." He did take her in and made her work at the Krusty Krab in the episode "Karen 2.0.". [22] Brown's other acting projects have brought some guest actors onto SpongeBob SquarePants, including Dennis Quaid, whose work with Brown on The Express: The Ernie Davis Story led to his selection as a guest star for the episode "Grandpappy the Pirate. The segment, animated in stop motion like most other sketches on the program, features Mr. Krabs using crab legs as the secret ingredient for Krabby Patties. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie – Music from the Movie and More... Music from The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, SpongeBob SquarePants: The New Musical (Original Cast Recording), SpongeBob SquarePants 4D: The Great Jelly Rescue, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mr._Krabs&oldid=1000810602, Wikipedia pages semi-protected against vandalism, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles using Infobox character with multiple unlabeled fields, Articles using infoboxes for fictional elements with invalid color combination, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 16 January 2021, at 20:54. "[26], In his 2011 book SpongeBob SquarePants and Philosophy, political scientist Joseph J. Foy discusses Krabs' antagonistic side over several chapters. Puff's Boating School (in "Teacher's Pests") Pearl is a whale with blonde hair styled in a ponytail, big blue eyes, and a large head in the shape of a rectangular prism. [24] Mr. Krabs cares very deeply for her and raised her by himself. He owns the … The original map of the show's setting, which Hillenburg showed Nickelodeon executives as part of his pitch to the network in 1997, did not include an anchor house and instead labeled the Krusty Krab as both of the characters' residence. He bought a retirement home named the Rusty Krab and made it into the Krusty Krab restaurant we see today. He sometimes struggles to let go of his greed for Pearl but does what is right for her in the end. [6] Clancy Brown, the voice of Mr. Krabs, has also said there is "something touchingly metaphorical in the idea of a parent-child relationship being analogous to the difference between a crab and a whale. Some changes of the Krusty Krab turned the restaurant into others like the Kuddly Krab, 5 Star Krusty Krab, Krabby O'Monday's, and The Krusty Sponge. She commonly wears a pink shirt with a dark pink letter P on the front, a purple skirt, and white boots. Play as Mr. Krabs in this all new action packed platformer. He makes them work for 24 hours in "Graveyard Shift" and "Fear of a Krabby Patty," but changes it to 23 hours. Mr. Krabs was worried that they did not have the skill to make the patties. He has apologized for his actions on occasion, and he does care for Pearl, going to great lengths to acquire food for her in "Growth Spout" and in "Bossy Boots" he makes Pearl manager and gets heartbroken having to fire her. In the same episode, he shows how selfish he is when he sells SpongeBob's soul just for 62 cents and almost rips somebody's arm off for a penny. He also shows some sort of fatherly concern towards SpongeBob and Patrick, making them promise never to go near the hooks in "Hooky" and forbidding them from using vulgar words in "Sailor Mouth." They start a relationship in the episode "Krusty Love.". There have been at least two occasions where SpongeBob has burst into the Krusty Krab to warn him about an oncoming disaster, only for him to think of it as an opportunity to try to serve his customers Krabby Patties. "Remember when I went to that fancy hotel?" [9] A major plot point throughout the series is Plankton failing to steal the Krabby Patty formula with the help of his computer wife, Karen, under the assumption that they would be able to replicate the burgers and put the Krusty Krab out of business. In "Drive Thru," he turns a hole in the wall into a drive-thru. It is also shown in "The Slumber Party" that he can prioritize money over Pearl's happiness when he gives her only tap water with crackers and ketchup (in place of pizza) and a lot of rules. Mr. Krabs, along with Captain Scarfish and the ensign, captured the pirates. or "The money is always right." Patrick's most significant character trait is his lack of common sense. The "Spongy Patties" give all the customers food poisoning, and one of the customers, who happens to be a cop, arrests Krabs. Eugene H. Krabs, simply and better known as just Mr. Krabs,[5] is a fictional character in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. Current employees: SpongeBob SquarePants • Squidward Tentacles, Former employees: Jim • Patrick Star • Sandy Cheeks • Pearl Krabs • Sheldon J. Plankton • Karen Plankton • Mrs. Squidward in the process is forced to destroy his paintings and the art appraiser appraises the destruction. His mother, Betsy Krabs, is seen in several episodes. [13], When he was less than three years old, he went to a Nursery. Additionally, he has little respect for royalty. He temporarily hired Sandy at the end of "Karate Choppers" due to her karate skills being excellent for chopping food; although earlier in the same episode, he showed a distaste for her smell since she was a mammal. Since 1999, he has played the role of Mr. Krabs of SpongeBob SquarePants (as well as The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and its sequel The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water). He is voiced by actor Clancy Brown and first appeared in the series' pilot episode "Help Wanted" on May 1, 1999. Stinky told them that he did not want them there because they would drive away his customers. Mr. Krabs can also be incredibly petty. Eugene Harold “K-Ab” Krabs (Born November 30, 1942) is a main character from SpongeBob SquarePants. "[21], In a 2005 interview with the magazine Starlog, Brown described his work on SpongeBob as a "whole other career" compared to his live action roles. Mr. Krabs was designed by Stephen Hillenburg, a marine biology teacher. He has also risen the price of food in "Truth or Square" in which it was the 117th anniversary of the Krusty Krab and adds an extra zero at the end of every price on the menu in hopes of getting more money. 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