Plabs

Plabs is the slash ship between Mr. Krabs and Plankton from the SpongeBob SquarePants fandom.

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Mr. Krabs and Plankton are primarily arch-nemeses and rivals in the main series, though upon occasion referred to as frenemies. However they weren't always this way, as they were best friends during their childhood as mentioned in multiple episodes. Most information about their friendship is taken from the episode Friend or Foe, where Plankton was said to be Mr. Krabs' first friend and the two were inseparable. When Mr. Krabs attended elementary school he was bullied by other kids for being poor, though Plankton never cared about that. Plankton was even shown to have helped Mr. Krabs seek revenge a number of times.

Together, the both of them opened a food truck at the dumpster in Bikini Bottom, the only thing they could afford. However their business venture was unsuccessful because they had no customers, with Old Man Jenkins being the only person to try their burger. However, when Old Man Jenkins passed out immediately after eating the Plab Patty, Plankton started an argument over who was more to blame for what was wrong with the recipe. When he claimed that he was "taking the recipe and fixing it," the two got into a tug of war fight over who had more ownership over the recipe. When the recipe tore in half, Plankton stormed out of their clubhouse with a declaration of war. By slamming the door, he ended up accidentally assisting Mr. Krabs in the creation of what would soon become the Krabby Patty when a shelf of ingredients fell into the leftover patty batter.

This prototype recipe being more flavorful and edible than what Plankton would create on his own would become integral to the brand loyalty that citizens of Bikini Bottom would hold for the Krabby Patty in the future. Since then, the two began to compete with each other, wanting to beat the other. Envious of Mr. Krabs' success as proprietor of the Krusty Krab, Plankton is said to later open the Chum Bucket as direct competition. But his continued failure to create an appetizing menu of his own eventually results in the status quo of the series: where Plankton makes continuous efforts to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula from Mr. Krabs, but always being met with repetitive failure.

Having made many attempts at the formula over the years, many of Plankton's schemes have relied on taking advantage of Mr. Krabs emotions - one of the most notable being Married to Money, an episode where Plankton disguises himself as a sapient stack of money named Cashina. Over the course of several days, Plankton-as-Cashina seduces Mr. Krabs, with the endgame of enticing him into telling Plankton the formula himself. This eventually culminates in a marriage between Cashina and Mr. Krabs, with wedding held at the Krusty Krab. When Mr. Krabs nearly reveals the formula to his bride at their honeymoon, Plankton's disguise is ruined in the process. Though he was initially furious with this deception, Mr. Krabs sadly reveals that he'd been alone for so long he was desperate for companionship and even if Cashina wasn't real, his feelings were. When he asks Plankton if it was all just a scheme to him, Plankton dodges the question and storms out of the honeymoon suite.

Plankton: The College Years
A short comic story that was published in the Nickelodeon Magazine, written by Sam Henderson, depicts the two as college roommates. This comic is presumably not canon to the series, or at the very least not to episodes like Friend or Foe, as it appears that Plankton and Mr. Krabs might not have known each other prior to rooming together at Bikini Bottom University. In this story, Mr. Krabs is shown to repeatedly inconvenience and harm Plankton unintentionally, though seemingly wanting to be friends with the much smaller copepod. The climax of the story involves Mr. Krabs arranging double dates for the two, only to accidentally trap Plankton within the confines of a book when answering the door for their dates. The penultimate panel is Plankton swearing eternal vengeance upon Mr. Krabs for this unintentional slight.

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Taking place 16 years before the original series, Kamp Koral is a spinoff based on the flashbacks featured in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run. However, both film and the spin-off series are said to take place in an alternate universe that was created by Sandy's interference. As a result, the details of their friendship differ from the main series. Rather than their friendship coming to an end over the creation of the prototype Krabby Patty, the Krabby Patty was never invented and the two remained close friends into their 20s. A year after the flashbacks shown in the film, Mr. Krabs has become the new proprietor of the camp. With their friendship still intact, Mr. Krabs hired Plankton as the new chef prior to the beginning of the series. The two are shown often hanging out when not busy wrangling campers, and playing board games with each other (and Mrs. Puff) when the campers are asleep.

Fanon
is not such a popular ship within the SpongeBob SquarePants fandom. It's often overshadowed by the most popular ships within the fandom, SquidBob and PatBob. The two of them are usually shipped alongside Karen and Sandy.

Usually, in these fan works, Plankton and Karen divorce each other and Karen and Sandy get together, while Plankton and Mr. Krabs go from enemies to lovers, a dynamic many fans of the ship love to explore.

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Trivia

 * Plabs used as a ship name for the two originates from the name of their original patty in Friend or Foe, the Plab Patty. However, a fusion of the two used in an obscure Nick bumper seemingly predates the Plab Patty.