Karendy

Karendy is the femslash ship between Karen Plankton and Sandy Cheeks from the SpongeBob SquarePants fandom.

Canon
Sandy is enchanted by Karen upon first meeting her. When Plankton invites Sandy to his laboratory, Sandy meets Karen for the first time. She squalls in excitement, quickly getting closer to her. Sandy calls Karen "beautiful," and Karen is so happy about the compliment, that she thanks Sandy.

The two of them are later shown as really close friends. This is shown in Girl's Night Out, when, after making a scientific discovery, Sandy excitedly asks Karen out on a date. Karen was so fed up with Plankton, that after asking him to stop, she sweetly agrees to Sandy's offer. Sandy bites her lip in excitement as she hears Karen agreeing.

Sandy later calls Ms. Puff too and she joins the two in the cafe. At the place, Ms. Puff and Karen share their frustrations, which make them cry. Sandy tells them to not worry since they're already together. And promises to make sure they have the best night.

So Sandy suggests making a prank on Plankton, specifically for Karen to do so. After the fact, they all laugh together. Karen thanks Sandy and tells her that she was right about this making her feel much better.

Fanon
is considered to be a rarepair within the Spongebob SquarePants fandom, as it's a newer invention of fandom without as much history or interactions in canon. While most SpongeBob ships have had history dating back to the early 2000s, the earliest instance of fanart depicting Karen and Sandy as a couple dates back to somewhere in mid-2016. As a result it is often overshadowed by the fandom's more popular ships, like SquidBob. Despite this, it should be noted that it's become the most popular femslash ship within the fandom regardless.

It should be noted that the relationship didn't gain much attention within the fandom until after SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical, previously titled The SpongeBob Musical, opened on Broadway in late 2017. As the musical featured actors representing various SpongeBob characters as semi-officially endorsed humanized designs, this increased the popularity of many ships by depicting them as conventionally attractive humans. Thus when the popularity of the musical grew, so did the popularity of various ships involving characters featured in the musical. So as fans online started making fan works of the two in humanoid forms as a result, the ship began to gain more attention.

In fan fiction, a common scenario is for Sandy to have a crush on her married friend while serving a supportive role as Karen navigates her dysfunctional marriage with Plankton. It is not uncommon for such works to end with Karen divorcing Plankton, and then reciprocating Sandy's feelings.

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Trivia

 * Karen affectionately calls Sandy "bushy tushy."