Shell of a Man

Template:SpongeBob episode "Shell of a Man" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season four. Template:Spoiler Brief Summary: Mr. Krabs molts his shell before his Navy Reunion, so SpongeBob must go for him.

Time/Date: Unknown

Characters Present:

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Mr. Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles
• Mr. Krabs's Navy buddies
• Customers at Krusty Krab
• Other fish at Navy Reunion

Songs: None

Plot

Mr. Krabs calls SpongeBob to go to his 'Hidy Hole', where he keeps his old Navy stuff in a treasure chest. They drag it into Mr. Krabs's office. Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob about the Navy reunion and also tells him about his old Navy buddies and his nickname "Armor Abs Krabs". Later, Mr. Krabs molts his shell, leaving him a fleshy pink mess. With his exoskeleton still intact, he puts SpongeBob in it and tells him to go to the reunion. When he gets there, he almost reveals his identity by telling a jellyfishing and bubble-blowing story. So he goes to leave, but an old Navy friend of Mr. Krabs (Torpedo-belly) wants to do a body-slam, to test if he still has "armor abs". When he punches SpongeBob, he flies around the room, cracking the exoskeleton, revealing SpongeBob. When they get angry, the real Mr. Krabs pops out (he was watching from the bush the whole time) and reveals himself. He then talks about how he is still the same person even though he is what is is now. It then turns out everyone has had a drastic change of themselves. For example, Torpedo-Belly had his torpedo removed.

Trivia

• On YTV airings of this episode, Mr. Krabs says "He's not Eugene Krabs!", but captions say "He's not your gene Krabs!".
• This episode is very similar to the The Fairly OddParents episode, "Truth or Cosmoquences".