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(...the robot sputtered and froze)

(SpongeBob peeled himself off the floor and stood up, wondering what the robot was doing)

(Inside the robot's head, Plankton stared at a gauge. The needle pointed to E)

Plankton:

Oh, barnacles. I'm out of gas?

(He opened a little door, climbed out of the robot's head, and walked down its extended arm to Mr. Krabs)

Plankton:

I'm not through yet. I've got something that will make you hand over that formula. Something you can't resist.

(Plankton whipped out his wallet)

Krabs:

(GASPS) Money!

Plankton:

Yes!

(Swaggering over his long-awaited victory, Plankton opened his wallet)

(It was empty)

(Plankton's eye bulged in disbelief)

Plankton:

Huh? That's... That's... That's impossible! Well, it was full of money just last week.

(He thought hard about where all his money could possibly have gone)

Plankton:

And then I bought that airplane and built that tank.

(Mr. Krabs chuckled)

KRABS:

Sounds to me like someone's just a wee bit broke!

(Plankton shrugged)

Plankton:

Well, Krabs, I guess you've won. I've spent every penny I've ever made trying to put you out of business.

(He pulled out a single penny)

Plankton:

Except this one. My last penny. (CRYING) Besides, what can I do with one measly cent anyway?

(Mr. Krabs looked at the penny and licked his lips)

Krabs:

You could give it to me. Just a suggestion.

(Plankton stared at his last penny. He closed his eye and sighed)

Plankton:

Here, take it.

(He tossed the penny to Mr. Krabs, who caught it with one eager claw. Mr. Krabs kissed the penny. Then he opened his safe, tossed the penny inside)

(Plankton began to sob)

Plankton:

You've taken everything else. Why not? (SOBBING)

(Huge tears flowed from Plankton's single eye)

(INT. DINING AREA, THE KRUSTY KRAB — DAY. Mr. Krabs picked him up and carried him out of his office, stopping in the restaurant's dining area. SpongeBob followed his boss)

(Mr. Krabs holds Plankton in his big claw)

Krabs:

Well, Plankton, like a reheated Krabby Patty, you've been foiled again.

(He dropped the tiny villain onto the floor)

SpongeBob:

I guess this means the secret formula is safe forever, right, Mr. Krabs?

Krabs:

It sure does, boy.

(Plankton let out a big sigh)

Krabs:

Why don't you scurry along?

(He and the other customers laughed. Plankton gave another sob, hung his little green head, and slunk out of the Krusty Krab)

Krabs:

Thanks for coming! Have a nice day!

(BUBBLE TRANSITION to:)

(MOMENTS LATER. Outside, Plankton walked over to a signpost, leaned his forehead against it, and wept)

(A little while later, Mr. Krabs watched Plankton through a telescope. He was still leaning against the signpost)

KRABS:

He's been out there crying for 20 minutes. Pathetic.

(He peered through the telescope, then snapped it shut)

Krabs:

I'm just going to go out there and gloat a little.

(Humming a happy tune, Mr. Krabs hurried out the front door)

(INT. SAFE, OFFICE — DAY. Meanwhile, inside the safe in Mr. Krabs's office, Plankton's last penny was doing something unusual for a coin)

(It was moving)

(The penny wiggled, stood on edge, rolled, and suddenly popped open. Hidden inside the penny was...PLANKTON!)

(He laughed and spoke into a tiny microphone hidden inside the penny)

Plankton:

Cyclops to Laptop. Come in, Laptop.

(INT. THE CHUM BUCKET — DAY. In the Chum Bucket, Plankton's computer wife, KAREN, was playing solitaire on her screen. She heard her husband)

Karen:

"Laptop." You do realize that nickname is demanding? I have twice the processing power of a lap top.

(INT. SAFE, OFFICE — DAY. Plankton answered in code)

Plankton:

(WHISPERING) Never mind. Maintain radio silence.

(He looked around the inside of Mr. Krabs's safe and spotted the Krabby Patty secret formula rolled up and corked in a bottle)

Plankton:

(LAUGHS) Finally!

(He was about to grab the bottle when he noticed it was sitting on a metal plate)

Plankton:

A pressure plate, eh, Krabs? Amateur hour.

(INT. OFFICE, THE KRUSTY KRAB — DAY. Plankton opened the door to the safe and cautiously looked around Mr. Krabs's office)

Plankton:

Hmm.

(Then he saw a ship in a bottle on Mr. Krabs's desk)

Plankton:

Perfect!

(He yanked the miniature ship out of the bottle and tossed it in the trash. After finding a pad of paper and a pencil, he quickly scribbled a fake formula, tore out the page and rolled it up, then shoved it in the bottle)

(Plankton pushed the cork back in the bottle and admired his work)

Plankton:

Not a bad likeness. Good enough to fool that idiot Krabs.

(INT. SAFE, OFFICE — DAY. Back in the safe, Plankton carefully slid the fake formula bottle onto the pressure plate, simultaneously easing off the real bottle)

Plankton:

Easy, easy.

(He worked. After a moment, he'd done it: the fake formula bottle was on the pressure plate, and the real formula bottle was in his dishonest hand!)

(INT. DINING AREA, THE KRUSTY KRAB — DAY. In the dining area, SpongeBob was using the telescope to watch Mr. Krabs outside. His boss was gleefully dancing around around the sobbing Plankton)

(As he danced, Mr. Krabs sang a little song)

Krabs:

(MOCKINGLY) Plankton's broke! Ooh-ooh.

SPONGEBOB:

Look at Mr. Krabs go. I've never seen him gloat this hard before.

(EXT. THE KRUSTY KRAB — DAY. Mr. Krabs stopped dancing and laughed)

Krabs:

Hey, well, Plankton, me bunions are telling me it's time to stop gloating.

(He picked up Plankton, who was still sobbing)

(He noticed what looked like a loose thread)

Krabs:

Huh? Looks like you're falling apart at the seams.

(When Mr. Krabs pulled on the thread, Plankton's skin unraveled, revealing metal underneath. It wasn't Plankton he was holding. It was a tiny Plankton robot!)

Plankton Robot:

Poor me. Sob, sob.

Krabs:

A robot?

(INT. OFFICE, THE KRUSTY KRAB — DAY. Inside the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob walked into Mr. Krabs's office and saw... the open safe!)

SpongeBob:

(GASPS) Plankton?

(Startled, Plankton whirled around, knocking the fake formula bottle off the pressure plate with the real formula bottle. An alarm sounded. WHOOP! WHOOP! WHOOP!)

Plankton:

Uh-oh. That ain't good.

(A computer voice came over a loudspeaker)

FEMALE COMPUTER VOICE: Initiating lockdown sequence.

(EXT. THE KRUSTY KRAB — DAY. Mr. Krabs heard the alarm go off)

Krabs:

Me formuler!

(Mr. Krabs ran to the front door)

(INT. THE KRUSTY KRAB — DAY. The lockdown sequence had begun. Metal shudders slammed down around every part of the restaurant. SLAM! SLAM! SLAM! The big sheets of metal surrounded Squidward's work station)

Squidward:

Huh?

(Another metal shutter slammed into place)

Squidward:

Ow!

(Metal shutters closed off the kitchen, the bathrooms, and even the customers' food so no one could possibly escape from the restaurant)

(EXT. THE KRUSTY KRAB — DAY. Mr. Krabs watched a heavy metal shutter cover the front doors)

(He ran as fast as he could)

Krabs:

No, no, no!

(But he was too late. The last shutter closed. SLAM!)

Krabs:

No! Squidward! Open up!

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