The Algae's Always Greener (Episode)

The Algae's Always Greener
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Episode No.:	41a
Season:	3
Airdate:	22 September 2002
Previous Episode:	Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm
Next Episode:	SpongeGuard on Duty
Characters	Voice actors
Sheldon J. Plankton	Doug Lawrence
SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny
Squidward Tentacles	Rodger Bumpass
Mr. Krabs	Clancy Brown
Holographic Meatloaf

Info

Characters

Plot

At the Krusty Krab, Old Man Jenkins grabs a bottle of ketchup and heads to a table. Since he is old, he accidentally shoots it at a wall. Plankton is inside a capsule that is inside the bottle of ketchup, and doesn’t expect this. He has been fired, through the wall, and landed in Mr. Krabs office. Mr. Krabs throws him back to the Chum Bucket, and he tries to think of a new plan. His W.I.F.E insists that he uses the machine he made last Tuesday. So he used the machine to swap lives with Mr. Krabs (and gets rid of Mr. Krabs), then he woke up in Mr. Krabs' desk. There is a name plate reading Mr. Plankton, and there is a photo of him with Mr. Krabs' teenaged daughter, Pearl. He only cares about the Krabby Patties, and neglects everyone else. SpongeBob is promoted to co-cashier, where he tears the restaurant down. Squidward is at the grill and makes horrible garbage burgers, because he says he likes his life to be a little less yellow (without SpongeBob). Then, Pearl rushes into the Krusty Krab, and she asks Plankton to have some allowance.Plankton gives her only 1 dollar, and Pearl cries and cries until Plankton swallows all the tear water, then Nat presses hard on Plankton and tells him SpongeBob and Squidward gave him a nasty patty and a large-sized soda ("I soiled the name of the Krusty Krab! Soiled it! Soiled it!" SpongeBob says).Then, just as Plankton gets ready to snap, an alarm goes off, and the naked Mr. Krabs (who is now playing Plankton's role as the villain), now named "Krabs", comes in, destroying the restaurant and trying to steal the Krabby Patty formula. SpongeBob shoots a bikini at Krabs, and he must throw the Krabby Patty back. Then, the customers have a *victory screech*, and Krabs says that he'll come back tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day, and the next day, and the next day, and the next day, and the next day, (then on the telephone), and the next day, and the next day, and the next day, and the next day (Plankton screams). Plankton rips out his Mr. Krabs uniform, and presses the button again to go back to the present time in real life, and then eats Holographic Meatloaf.

Trivia/Goofs

The title is a parody of the sayings The Grass Is Always Greener on the Other Side of the Hill or The Grass Is Always Greener on the Other Side of the Fence.
A live shrimp features in this episode.
When Plankton is talking to Karen about the life swapper device when he is drinking, his soda cup moved across the table without Plankton touching it.
Plankton reveals in this episode that his restaurant, The Chum Bucket does not have any food.
The patty that Plankton takes a closer look at resembles the nasty patty from the episode: Nasty Patty.
It seems that although Plankton had switched lifes with Krabs, the restaurant is still called the Krusty Krab.
The quote Plankton says to Karen before he switches lifes with Mr. Krabs (Rolling stones gather no algae) is similar to an old saying, Rolling stones gather no moss.
When SpongeBob says, he is around here somewhere the captions say, he's around here somewhere.
Plankton can afford holographs but not food.
How can Mr. Krabs get on the telephone if he doesn't have a phone or has some clothes to have the phone inside?
This is the first time Mr. Krabs is completely naked. The second is in the episode Best Frenemies.
When Mr. Krabs shoots him out of the Krusty Krab, it is closed again.