History Fridge / SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E1FriendOrFoe

** The episode also highlights why it is that Mr. Krabs can be so cruel and vicious to Plankton in a number of later episodes, arguably to disproportionate degrees; because while Mr. Krabs ''might'' be willing to truly bury the hatchet with his former friend, he's also been backstabbed and hurt by Plankton just as often as he's hurt Plankton in return. In his eyes, Plankton was also just as willing to betray him as he claimed Krabs was, and given that behavior hasn't changed at all even at the end of the episode, why would he want to keep giving him the benefit of a doubt? It doesn't justify the cruelty behind his actions, but it does highlight how both of them have become poisoned by their feud, unable to truly bury the hatchet [[NeverMyFault so long as even one of them continues to refuse to address the issue.]]

** The episode also highlights why it is that Mr. Krabs can be so cruel and vicious to Plankton in a number of later episodes, arguably to disproportionate degrees; because while Mr. Krabs ''might'' be willing to truly bury the hatchet with his former friend, he's also been backstabbed and hurt by Plankton just as often as he's hurt Plankton in return. In his eyes, Plankton was also just as willing to betray him as he claimed Krabs was, and given that behavior hasn't changed at all even at the end of the episode, why would he want to keep giving him the benefit of a doubt? It doesn't justify the cruelty behind his actions, but it does highlight how both of them have become poisoned by their feud, unable to truly bury the hatchet so long as even one of them continues to refuse to address the issue.

* This episode also puts the events of WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie into a very different light as to why Plankton would want to TakeOverTheCity so badly, despite his earlier episodes seemingly focused on him wanting only the formula for his failing restaurant; because Plankton also wants to get back at the people ([[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp many of whom were probably the exact same bullies]] when he was a kid) who harmed and scorned him for so many years for his genius.

* This episode also puts the events of WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie into a very different light as to why Plankton would want to TakeOverTheCity so badly, despite his earlier episodes seemingly focused on him wanting only the formula for his failing restaurant; because Plankton also wants to get back at the people ([[SchoolyardBullyAllGrownUp many of whom were probably the exact same bullies]] when he was a kid) who harmed and scorned him for so many years for his genius. [[ItsPersonal Him going after Krab's formula is also extremely personal]], because above all else, [[WeUsedToBeFriends his former friend betraying him in his eye]] would make his hatred of Krabs exceptionally strong, and thus want to steal the very thing that tore them apart out of spite.

* This episode also puts the events of WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie into a very different light as to why Plankton would want to TakeOverTheCity so badly, despite his earlier episodes seemingly focused on him wanting only the formula for his failing restaurant; because Plankton also wants to get back at the people ([[BullyAllGrownUp many of whom were probably the exact same bullies]] when he was a kid) who harmed and scorned him for so many years for his genius. [[ItsPersonal Him going after Krab's formula is also extremely personal]], because above all else, [[WeUsedToBeFriends his former friend betraying him in his eye]] would make his hatred of Krabs exceptionally strong, and thus want to steal the very thing that tore them apart out of spite.

* Krabs choosing to lie about the latter half of the story makes a fair bit of sense, given that not only would he want to pain Plankton in a worse light due to their feud, he was also surrounded by an audience of his customers. Even if he didn't remember the real half of the story, why would he tell his own customers that his recipe was the result of pure dumb luck and the fallout from his and Plankton's collective greed?

** Maybe that dress is something she inherited from a relative?

* Krabs choosing to lie about the latter half of the story makes a fair bit of sense, given that he was surrounded by an audience of his customers. Even if he didn't remember the real half of the story, why would he tell his own customers that his recipe was the result of pure dumb luck and the fallout from his and Plankton's collective greed?

* Mr. Krabs says that times were tough, and so his mother had to fashion his clothes from rags. Yet his mother is wearing the same nice-looking dress that she always does in the series. You'd think she would prioritize getting her son clothed first...