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
- Eugene H. "Armor Abs" Krabs
- Squidward Tentacles
- Mr. Krabs's Navy buddies
- Customers at Krusty Krab
- Other fish at Navy Reunion
Songs: None
Plot
In the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob is making Number five's order, and when he is finished, he gives it to Squidward so that he can give it to the fifth customer. The fifth customer is revealed to be SpongeBob, who grabs the order, and eats it. Meanwhile, outside the Krusty Krab, 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". After he has heard all about the Navy, SpongeBob goes to the kitchen to get it in "shipshape." After a few minutes, he makes a perfect Krabby Patty. Meanwhile, Mr. Krabs molts his shell, leaving him a fleshy pink mess, and very fat and not strong. With his exoskeleton still intact, he puts SpongeBob in it and tells him to go to the reunion, and take Mr. Krabs' identity. 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 he is now. It then turns out everyone has had a drastic change of themselves. For example, Torpedo-Belly had his torpedo removed. Mr. Krabs is still fleshy, pink, and fat, but he tells SpongeBob that his shell will grow back.
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 was Originally Titled "Molting"
- This episode is very similar to the The Fairly OddParents episode, "Truth or Cosmoquences".
- Mr. Krabs had no nose when he was out of his old shell. His shell didn't have it ether. Somehow his nose disappeared when he molted!
- When SpongeBob spits out his skeleton, his teeth are both in the skeleton and still in his mouth, not that he should have any of those things, as he is a sponge.