Mr. Krabs

"Hello, I like money!" - Mr. Krabs, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Eugene Harold Krabs, better known as Mr. Krabs, is a major character in Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants franchise.

He is a red sea crab who is the owner of the Krusty Krab, as well as the boss of both SpongeBob SquarePants and Squidward Tentacles.

He is extremely greedy, bossy, selfish, and quite literally obsessed with money itself. Mr. Krabs is mostly respected by SpongeBob, while Squidward tends to loathe him. Mr. Krabs' greed in the series is exaggerated with him often anthropomorphizing money. He will do almost anything to obtain money or not lose it, usually with no regard for the safety or well-being of others or even himself.

His arch-nemesis is Sheldon J. Plankton, a villainous copepod who runs the rival restaurant, the Chum Bucket, located across the street from the Krusty Krab, who was his best friend in their childhood, but is constantly attempting to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula. Mr. Krabs has a daughter, a sperm whale named Pearl. Mr. Krabs is also the main leader of the Krusty Crew since the beginning of the series.

Even though he is a lot of times an anti-hero and is cheap throughout the series, he does do some good and heroic things for SpongeBob and Squidward, and he's now a good person after all despite some mistakes that he has to do for money. He can be fatherly to his daughter, Pearl, and his love for her temporarily transcends his love for money.

He is voiced by Clancy Brown.

Appearance[]

Mr. Krabs is an elderly red crab who has a very thick shell. He also has very tall eyestalks, a crinkled nose, large claws, and very short, pointy legs. He wears a light blue shirt and slackers with a black belt. When he comes out of his shell (like in some in "Shell of a Man," "Shell Shocked," and "Company Picnic"), he has a wrinkled pink body.

Personality and traits[]

Mr. Krabs is extremely greedy, irrationally cheap, and sometimes hypocritical. He is sometimes portrayed as being even just as bad, if not worse, than Plankton. His main interest is to have money, and his greed is often shown to be so bad that it causes him to make stupid decisions, mistakes, and/or immoral actions, and put money above everyone else, or even his own life. He treats money as if it is royalty in some aspects. He frequently associates his customers and products with money, with lines such as "That's me money walking out the door!" or "The money is always right." Also, whenever SpongeBob or anyone else does something he does not like, he often says "This is coming out of your paycheck."

He is prone to insanity if he has to give up as much as a penny. He often goes to irrationally great lengths to acquire or retain money with little, if any, regard to the safety or well-being of others or even himself. In "Squid's Day Off," he loses both arms and suffers a severe head injury while attempting to pull a dime out of the sink. "Krab Borg" reveals that Mr. Krabs always remembers the price for everything he has bought, which proves his greed has a strong memory. In "Born Again Krabs," he sells SpongeBob's soul to the Flying Dutchman for 62 cents, despite the fact that SpongeBob put his life on the line to protect him from the Dutchman. In the same episode, he forces SpongeBob to serve a contaminated patty that he found under the grill, refusing to let anything that he could potentially make money with go to waste. Ironically, this results in the Krusty Krab losing weeks of business. He also tries to rip somebody's arm off for a penny, saying "Unhand that penny or the arm comes off." He has little respect for the dead, most notably seen in "One Krabs Trash," where he defiles a grave to obtain a rare drink hat worth a million dollars. Additionally, he has little respect for royalty. In "Rule of Dumb," when Patrick is believed to be the king of Bikini Bottom, Krabs allows him to eat at the Krusty Krab in the hopes of getting more money. Krabs promptly kicks Patrick out when he discovers that he never intended to pay at all, shouting, "No one eats at my restaurant for free, king or no king!" In "The Clash of Triton," he fails to take Krabby Patties away from King Neptune when ordered to do so and is promptly electrocuted when he asks who was to pay for them all. In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, he raises the price of a Krabby Patty to $101.99 when he finds out King Neptune is coming to the restaurant. He has also risen the price of food in "Truth or Square" in which it is the 117th anniversary of the Krusty Krab, and adds an extra zero at the end of every price on the menu in hopes of getting more money. Mr. Krabs has even admitted his cheap nature before, such as in "Squirrel Jokes," showing that he has some awareness of it. There have been occasions where SpongeBob has burst into the Krusty Krab to warn him about an oncoming disaster, only for him to think of it as an opportunity to try to serve his customers Krabby Patties. The first attempt is to an oncoming biker gang in "Born to Be Wild." The second is in "Whelk Attack" when he tries serving Krabby Patties to giant whelks when SpongeBob describes them as ravenously eating everything in their paths.

His treatment of his employees is just as bad while inconsistent throughout the series; SpongeBob and Squidward's wages are always stated to be extremely low, far below minimum legal wage as shown in "Squid on Strike." However, in "Dying For Pie" Squidward states that Mr. Krabs pays him minimum wage. In "Bummer Vacation," SpongeBob comments that nickel is "more than [he makes] in a year." In "Big Pink Loser," SpongeBob implies that instead of being paid, he actually has to pay his boss. He is also shown to abuse his employees, most notably in "Fear of a Krabby Patty," in which he forces them to work nonstop 24 hours a day, seven days a week without rest for more than 40 days. In "Squid on Strike," Mr. Krabs gives SpongeBob and Squidward bills instead of checks on payday, which charge them for any non-work-related activity, including standing, breathing, and even existing. SpongeBob even reveals in "One Coarse Meal" that Mr. Krabs actually pays him in play money. His safety measures and maintenance of the restaurant are extremely poor, if not nonexistent, frequently resorting to improvised and inadequate measures to avoid paying for actual insurance and repairs. In "Pickles," he takes money out of SpongeBob's paycheck for one small mistake.

In multiple episodes, Mr. Krabs takes advantage of the situation in order to make money, only to have it backfire later on. For example, in "The Krusty Sponge," after a food critic gives the Krusty Krab a good review because of SpongeBob, he completely changes the Krusty Krab to center all around SpongeBob, with SpongeBob condiments, SpongeBob train rides, SpongeBob napkins, SpongeBob ice cubes, and even "Spongy Patties." However, "Spongy Patties" give all the customers food poisoning, and one of the customers, who happens to be a cop, arrests Krabs. "Money Talks" reveals that Krabs has sold his soul multiple times to various evil spirits and demons, including the Flying Dutchman and even SpongeBob because "he was five bucks short on payday." In "Drive Thru," he turns a hole in the wall into a drive-thru. SpongeBob buys several things, including a menu, a microphone, and a light-up arrow. However, Krabs turns it down as he already made a menu made of napkins, a microphone made of tin cans on a string, and a very small fish-shaped sign, despite the fact that SpongeBob already paid for them, thus making Mr. Krabs not have to spend anything. Because of the increase in customers, he keeps knocking more holes in the walls of his restaurant until it eventually collapses. In "SpongeBob You're Fired," he fires SpongeBob, his best employee, just to save a nickel, although he regrets that later on. In "Out of the Picture," Krabs, after SpongeBob telling him that when paintings get older, they get more expensive, buys all of Squidward's paintings, including the one that SpongeBob bought. After an art appraiser tells him that the paintings of an artist that is out of the picture (meaning dead) are a lot more expensive than those of an alive artist, he sends Squidward to a series of deliveries to dangerous locations to get him killed in the process. After getting lucky, Squidward survives all of them, including delivery to Mars. Krabs in anger takes out a huge hammer and tries to directly kill him.

Mr. Krabs can also be incredibly petty, especially regarding money. An example of this is seen in "Plankton's Regular," where when the Chum Bucket gets a regular customer, Mr. Krabs breaks down crying, saying that he cannot let Plankton have even one solitary customer, even though Plankton says beforehand that he would not try to steal the Krabby Patty formula anymore because he "just can't afford it." Another example is in "Penny Foolish," where he goes to ridiculous lengths to acquire a penny that SpongeBob finds, setting up numerous tricks that would ironically cost far more than a penny. In "Born Again Krabs," he attacks an innocent bystander who finds a penny on the floor and nearly tears his arm off to get the penny. During his schemes, he often forces SpongeBob to help him by threatening to fire him. In "InSPONGEiac," Mr. Krabs scolds SpongeBob for using 1% more mustard than he was supposed to and calls him an insomniac for getting two minutes less sleep than normal.

Mr. Krabs is very protective of the secret formula, as he is always going to great lengths to make sure it is safe from Plankton. However, he is so used to Plankton making attempts to steal it that if Plankton does not make any attempts for a certain length of time, he begins to lose his sanity. As shown in "Plankton Paranoia," Mr. Krabs is willing to leave the formula in plain sight, make new laws about all Krabby Patties having to be eaten on Krusty Krab premises, and even ban his customers and his employees just to get Plankton to reveal himself, and he ends up hallucinating that Plankton is everywhere.

Despite his cruel and money-grubbing behavior, Mr. Krabs is not completely heartless. He has apologized and shown regret for his actions on occasion, and he does care for his daughter Pearl, going to great lengths to acquire food for her in "Growth Spout," and in "Bossy Boots," he makes Pearl manager and gets heartbroken having to fire her, asking SpongeBob to do it in his place. In "Pearl Wants to Be a Star," he dances to Pearl's song and congratulates her after the performance. Despite his somewhat abusive treatment of SpongeBob and Squidward, he does care for and appreciate them, as the two help keep his restaurant afloat. He has also stated that he would not stoop so low as to physically abuse them, as shown in "Selling Out." In "Krusty Love," Krabs finds his second love after money: Mrs. Puff, and they are still dating to this day. Also, in "Best Day Ever," when SpongeBob is sad, he actually uses his money to try to cheer him up. Additionally, in "Born Again Krabs" he strikes a deal with the Flying Dutchman for a second chance at life in exchange for being a non-cheap, generous crab, something that he does very well until he discovers that he has no money in the cash register. As seen in "Little Yellow Book," Mr. Krabs is upset at Squidward for reading SpongeBob's secret diary, and he does not laugh at all. In "Welcome to the Chum Bucket" Mr. Krabs is heartbroken over losing SpongeBob and even says he will give it all away to have him back. He also shows some sort of fatherly concern towards SpongeBob and Patrick, making them promise never to go near the hooks in "Hooky" and forbidding them from using vulgar words in "Sailor Mouth," as well as warning them of getting the face freeze for doing face in "Face Freeze!," and in "Yours, Mine and Mine," he reprimands them for fighting over a toy of little importance. He also apologizes for selling SpongeBob for 62 cents in "Born Again Krabs," even going as far as throwing the coins to the ground in disgust and saying "I don't want this foul money! I want SpongeBob back!". In "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation," he also stops two bank robbers from robbing the money factory with SpongeBob's help. In "No Nose Knows," he recruits Squidward and Sandy to destroy Patrick's nose. This shows that Mr. Krabs has a softer side.

Obsession with money and wealth[]

Mr. Krabs is an extremely selfish and greedy individual when it comes to his money and will go to any lengths for just a single penny. This is shown in "Penny Foolish" where he breaks into SpongeBob's house just to obtain a penny. He even chases a penny for miles in "Imitation Krabs."

He will even abuse SpongeBob and Squidward at work in many episodes. He makes them work for 24 hours in "Graveyard Shift" and "Fear of a Krabby Patty," but changes it to 23 hours. He forces them to fish for his millionth dollar, even going as far as to use them as bait in "Clams." In "The Cent of Money," he abuses SpongeBob and Gary when he forces Gary to steal change and keep SpongeBob occupied. He is even shown to make them pay him instead of them getting their paycheck, such as in "Squid on Strike." In said episode, he fires SpongeBob and Squidward, and in the end, when they are reemployed, he forces them to work for him for the rest of their lives after SpongeBob destroyed and trashed the Krusty Krab. In "Krabs à la Mode," he forces them to work with the thermostat at 62 degrees, making them freeze in the process. It is shown in "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm" that he cares more about money than he does about anyone else, even their lives, as shown when Sandy wanted him to pay her. It is also shown in "The Slumber Party" that he can prioritize money over Pearl's happiness when he gives her only tap water with crackers and ketchup (in place of pizza) and a lot of rules. In "Whale of a Birthday," it is revealed that Mr. Krabs ruined 15 of Pearl's birthday parties due to being cheap, and almost ruined her 16th birthday party, only angry to find out that SpongeBob bought a lot of gifts with his credit card. He also has abused animals for money, as shown in "Jellyfish Hunter" and "The Cent of Money." He has also said many times how much he would want to marry money such as in "Money Talks" and "Married to Money."

"Krusty Love" shows his generous side when he finds someone he loves just as much as money, which appears to be Mrs. Puff, and he reluctantly spends $100,000 just for their date. He then tells SpongeBob to make him not spend any money even though he forces SpongeBob to spend money for him as he scolds him, prompting him to finally snap at him, yet Krabs is able to win Mrs. Puff's heart and keep his money. In "Born Again Krabs," he gives children free toys, gives people the ability to watch movies that have not even been in theaters, and free refills; Mr. Krabs is completely relaxed and does not mind having to pay a fine of $10,000 despite being bankrupt until he realizes that he was not dreaming and is instead fully awake.

"The Krabby Kronicle" shows him making counterfeit notes. He has also paid SpongeBob fake money and stole people's belongings to avoid paying, as shown in "Life of Crime." He endangers townsfolk and even children, as shown in "The Wreck of the Mauna Loa" and "Krabby Land." He is overprotective of his money, as shown in "Squid's Day Off," "Can You Spare a Dime?," and "Clams." In the episode "Krabs vs. Plankton," his eyes turn in golden bars when the lawyer says, "We'll counter sue Plankton for everything he's got!" He also raises the price of Krabby Patties to $50.00 in "The Googly Artiste."

Krabs' greed is a double-edged sword, as he has made business decisions in order to save or acquire more money, which turn out to be counter-productive. In "SpongeBob You're Fired," he fires his best employee simply to save a nickel and opts to do the fry cooking himself, which backfires since his terrible fry cook skills scare all the customers away. In "Hello Bikini Bottom!," he sells his restaurant to fund a band tour for SpongeBob and Squidward, but almost goes bankrupt.

Worker rights violations[]

Many times, Mr. Krabs has violated worker's rights out of being cheap, and/or to make more money.

In "Hooky," he reveals that no one at the Krusty Krab has taken a break "Since the chum famine of '59," and he gets mad at SpongeBob for taking a break. This is illegal, as all employees are entitled to a break.
In "Big Pink Loser," he reveals that he makes SpongeBob pay him $100 an hour to be able to work.
In "Squid on Strike," he refuses to pay his employees and instead makes them pay him for reasons as ridiculous as breathing and existing, and he also fires Squidward and SpongeBob when the latter tells him they are going on strike and tries to hire new employees while SpongeBob and Squidward are on strike. Both of these acts are illegal.
In "Clams," he rewards SpongeBob and Squidward by taking them on a fishing trip. Squidward is injured, but Krabs could care less. Mr. Krabs then loses his one-millionth dollar to a giant blue-lipped clam. They search for days until they try to leave, so Krabs threatens to starve everyone, and then even goes so far as to feed them to the clam.
- This may cross the line between gross negligence manslaughter and second degree murder, but as this is not a court of law, that distinction is moot.
In "Graveyard Shift," when Mr. Krabs realizes he can earn more money by staying open longer, he forces SpongeBob and Squidward to work 24 hours, while Mr. Krabs himself goes back home. He does this again In "Fear of a Krabby Patty," when he realizes that Plankton is open for 23 hours, so he opens the Krusty Krab for 24 hours. This time he works SpongeBob, Squidward, and even himself to near-death for 43 restless days straight, not letting any of them even go home.
In "Krabs vs. Plankton," Squidward reveals he has not had a day off in over 3 years, which is illegal, as all employees have to have days off throughout the year.
In "Le Big Switch," he sells Squidward when he goes bankrupt.
In "No Hat for Pat," he hires Patrick to give entertainment to the customers by repeatedly falling. This eventually gets to a point where he makes Patrick fall into a bucket of sea urchins.
In "One Coarse Meal," he reveals that Mr. Krabs pays SpongeBob with fake money.
In "Chum Fricassee," he uses Squidward as a doormat, only after re-hiring him.
In "SpongeBob You're Fired," it is revealed that SpongeBob's yearly salary is a nickel, which is much less than minimum wage.
In "Mutiny on the Krusty," he cancels payday for Squidward.
In "Bottle Burglars," he stuffs SpongeBob and Squidward in the safe of the Krabby Patty formula as his "new security system."

Occupation[]

Before he established the Krusty Krab, he tried to open a business along with his former best friend, Plankton. Their first customer was Old Man Jenkins, which their burger poisoned. Plankton and Krabs blamed each other and fought over the recipe, resulting in ingredients dropped into the meat, which became the Krabby Patty. At the end, Plankton only got one ingredient: Chum.

Krabs was a Navy cadet for some time and retired to running a business again. He bought a retirement home named the Rusty Krab and made it into the Krusty Krab restaurant. Currently, he has two employees: one loyal and hardworking and the other who does not care about his job and sleeps during his shifts. Occasionally, he has extra employees to boost his success, often being better off without them in the end. Less often, he works for someone else or has another business.

In some episodes such as "Culture Shock" and "Squirrel Jokes," he provides entertainment to the customers.

Other businesses that he has owned include the Pretty Patties restaurant and the Kuddly Krab, which were not successful in the end. Krabs also has owned a hotel, until it crashed.

In "The Krabby Kronicle," he is the editor-in-chief of the newspaper that he uses to advertise the Krusty Krab.

During "Squilliam Returns," he serves as the chef for the "five-star restaurant" that Squidward "owned." In "Selling Out," he looks for a job when he is looking for something to do which leads him to become the dishwasher.

Businesses owned[]

Some restaurants or businesses that he has owned are a reformed version of the original Krusty Krab, a separate store, or a different idea. Some changes of the Krusty Krab turned the restaurant into others like the Kuddly Krab, 5 Star Krusty Krab, Krabby O'Monday's, and The Krusty Sponge. Separate restaurants include the Pretty Patties Store and Krusty Krab 2. New ideas were made such as hotels like the Krusty Towers.

Residence[]

Mr. Krabs and Pearl live together in a hollow anchor. Its address has been inconsistent in the show: it is at 3541 Anchor Way, Bikini Bottom in "Sleepy Time" and at 2219 Anchor St. in "Mall Girl Pearl." Mr. Krabs and Pearl own a pet worm named Mr. Doodles, as seen in "Sandy's Rocket" and "As Seen on TV." Krabs has a mother, who lives in a nearly identical version of his anchor home, except it is pink and slightly smaller.

Production[]

When Stephen Hillenburg created the main characters of the show, he wanted each one to be a different animal. He had already designed Pearl as a whale, so he decided to make her father a small crab; Stephen Hillenburg thought their contrasting sizes would make for a funny dynamic Clancy Brown, the voice of Mr. Krabs, has also said there is "something touchingly metaphorical in the idea of a parent-child relationship being analogous to the difference between a crab and a whale."

Mr. Krabs is based on one of Hillenburg's former bosses. When he designed Mr. Krabs, Hillenburg drew inspiration from his former manager at a seafood restaurant. According to Hillenburg, his manager was redheaded, muscular, and a former army cook; these three traits were adapted into Krabs' character, with Krabs' red color standing in for hair. Krabs' speaking manner was also inspired by the restaurant owner, who reminded Hillenburg of a pirate with his strong Maine accent. However, the owner was not greedy, with this detail added by Hillenburg to "give him more personality."

When Stephen Hillenburg first created Mr. Krabs, his and Pearl's surname was spelled with a C rather than a K. Thus, the name of Krabs' restaurant was the "Crusty Crab." Hillenburg changed the name shortly before production began on the show's pilot episode, deciding that K's were funnier and more memorable The decision to have Mr. Krabs and Pearl live in an anchor was made after production on the first season had started. The original map of the show's setting, which Hillenburg showed Nickelodeon executives as part of his pitch to the network in 1997, did not include an anchor house and instead labeled the Krusty Krab as both of the characters' residence.

In most cases, Mr. Krabs has a distinct manner of walking; when he moves, he moves his feet very quickly and he is drawn as if he has more than two legs. When directing animation for early episodes, one of Stephen Hillenburg's goals was for each character to have a separate walk cycle that showed their personalities; storyboard artist Erik Wiese designed Krabs' walk cycle with the intention of making it cartoonish. Wiese recalled in 2012, "I animated Mr. Krabs' little feet on a four-frame multi-blur cycle—I think it was the best solution to making him walk like a crab." Stephen Hillenburg approved of the walk after Wiese demonstrated it on a pencil test machine.

Voice[]

Mr. Krabs' voice usually is provided by actor Clancy Brown. Brown describes the voice he uses for the character as "piratey," with "a little Scottish brogue." According to Brown, Krabs' voice was improvised during his audition and it was not challenging for him to find the correct voice. Brown is fond of playing the role, having told the New York Post in 2015, "I wouldn't mind doing [the voice] until the end of time. There's just no corollary in live-action work—television or films or anything—to playing a miserly crab on the bottom of the ocean." Brown has defended Mr. Krabs as a character, saying he is "not a bad guy, just like your local banker or businessman. He loves Pearl too!"

In a 2005 interview with the magazine Starlog, Brown described his work on SpongeBob as a "whole other career" compared to his live-action roles. Brown's other acting projects have brought some guest actors onto SpongeBob SquarePants, including Dennis Quaid, whose work with Brown on The Express: The Ernie Davis Story led to his selection as a guest star for the episode "Grandpappy the Pirate."

Biography[]

Eugene H. Krabs was born on November 30, 1942 (alternatively, on September 25, 1960) to Krabs Senior and Mama Krabs.

When he was less than three years old, he went to a Nursery. Here, he met Sheldon J. Plankton, who was born on the same day as him.

When Mr. Krabs was very young, he was put in the custody of his paternal grandfather, Redbeard Krabs, who was a pirate. Mr. Krabs learned how to be a pirate during this time.

When Mr. Krabs was five years old, he got a dollar from his father. He loved that dollar a lot, but he eventually had to spend it to buy a soda on a hot day. Around the same age, he sold all his teeth to the Tooth Fairy for money.

As a kid, Mr. Krabs was part of a gang called the "Kelp Bed Kids," along with GrandPat Star, Granny Tentacles ("Squigly"), Mrs. Puff ("Puffy"), and Old Man Walker ("Hoops").

He attended Poseidon Elementary School. During his time here, he was cruelly considered an outcast by other kids, particularly a circle led by a mean young boy (Incidental K1) due to being poor, leaving him in an only close friendship with Plankton.

After being humiliated by the class bullies, Plankton and Mr. Krabs wanted revenge. When Plankton and Mr. Krabs were planning it, they went to the carnival and Mr. Krabs found a penny. He thought it was the most beautiful thing that he had ever seen. He then asked Plankton what it was. Plankton explained that it was money and that he could buy things with it. Mr. Krabs then spends the penny on balloons for Plankton. This began Mr. Krabs' lifelong obsession with money and wealth.

One of the popular eateries of the time was Stinky Burgers. One day, Mr. Krabs and Plankton tried to get some burgers, but the owner, Stinky, told them that they could not eat at the restaurant, acting out of favor of the shallow Billy and his gang who were his customers that day. Later, Mr. Krabs and Plankton went to the back of the building. Stinky told them that he did not want them there because they would drive away his customers. When Stinky's shift was over, he drove off in a limousine, accidentally leaving a dollar behind. Plankton realized that starting a fast food restaurant had the potential to get the kids to like and respect the two, while Mr. Krabs was focused on the money part. Mr. Krabs was worried that they did not have the skill to make the patties. Plankton was not worried about that since they had science.

Soon, they found an old trailer in The Dump and, using science, created a great-looking burger. They were going to rub it in the face of the other kids, but Stinky Burgers was shut down. They tested the burger on Old Man Jenkins, who was a family friend of Mr. Krabs. The burger was delicious, but it knocked out Old Man Jenkins. The newspaper the next day said that the burger poisoned the old man. Mr. Krabs and Plankton then fought and eventually the two were fighting over the recipe. The force of the two sides pulling caused Mr. Krabs to go towards the wall and Plankton to go out the door. Mr. Krabs got most of the recipe and Plankton got only one part, which was only the corner, reading "...and a pinch of chum." When Mr. Krabs hit the wall, he caused several different ingredients to fall in the cauldron of patty batter, which made the burger good.

Soon after, Mr. Krabs and Plankton went back to school. Plankton had created a chum-based patty, which was the ingredient that he got. Mr. Krabs showed off his Krabby Patties. It was decided that the way that they would determine whose was better was by having the other kids try them. Mr. Krabs won. Plankton then vowed to steal the formula from that day forward.

Somehow, most likely through the Krabby Patties' success and/or the war that occurred during Mr. Krabs' childhood, Mama Krabs was able to buy a house and give Mr. Krabs proper clothes.

Mr. Krabs formerly worked as a dice inspector, before moving on to a new job as a clown. He was highly successful, until one day, he performed a trick by making a giant balloon dog out of smaller balloon animals. It got too big and exploded, injuring the audience and making him quit the job for good.

Mr. Krabs became quite good with money, even able to scam a vending machine to get a soda.

At some point, Mr. Krabs worked on the S.S. Diarrhea as head chef and S.S. Gourmet as a bathroom attendant.

In the early 1960s, Mr. Krabs joined the Navy. Krabs earned the nickname "Armor Abs Krabs," due to being the manliest of the crew. His shipmates were Torpedo Belly, Mutton Chop, Iron Eye, and Lockjaw Jones. Krabs was apparently also an officer in the navy, for he was a "naval cadet." In "End of Summer Daze," it is shown that he was honorably discharged.

During this time, Mr. Krabs' cooking skill improved, and towards the end of his career as a Naval officer, he found himself on a Naval cargo ship, which was carrying suntan lotion. The crew loved his cooking, but Mr. Krabs' superior, Captain Scarfish, did not like that they were not having slop. One day, the cargo ship was invaded by pirates. Mr. Krabs, along with Captain Scarfish and the SpongeBob guard, captured the pirates. Mr. Krabs then freed the pirate leader, the pirate queen, and joined her as a pirate.

Mr. Krabs was proficient in golf during his time in the navy, earning him the title Lord of the Links.

Eventually, using the training that his grandfather gave him as a kid, he managed to become captain of his own ship, which he called, "the Krusty Krab." He eventually faced the abominable snow mollusk, a fearsome beast of the high seas. He and his crew were devoured by the beast and forced to wait "for nature to take its course" to escape the creature's stomach.

Eventually, Mr. Krabs and his crew were not doing so well (namely the fact that he had to share the profits with the crew), and Mr. Krabs had to give up his crew and sell his ship. It was also the seemingly last time he met his grandfather, who told him to carry on the Krabs pirate tradition and to never tell a lie. Mr. Krabs did not have the heart to tell him he retired.

Following the war, he retired from the naval business and stayed secluded in his home, struggling with a deep depression that seemed endless. But his luck turned for the better once he came out of it.

With the little money he had, he bought a local bankrupt retirement home, "The Rusty Krab," which he decided to turn into a restaurant, adding a K to "Rusty," thus naming it the Krusty Krab after his pirate ship. He decided to go into business, serving his Krabby Patties, the Krusty Krab was extremely successful from the beginning and has stood for years as Bikini Bottom's premiere daytime eatery.

In the early days of the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs was not that successful due to his own rusty cooking skills.

Eventually, he hired Jim.

At some point during the earlier days of the Krusty Krab, Plankton opened a restaurant called the Chum Bucket across the street from the Krusty Krab.

After Pearl's birth, Krabs worked at Kamp Koral as a chef and there he met for the first time a happy young sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants that told him that he should open a restaurant someday. A year later, he became director of the camp and renamed it to Kamp Koral.

Krabs then hired Cecil Star to work at the Krusty Krab. The rest of the Star family then took jobs, causing destruction that had to be reversed by the time closet. Since Squidward was the only one left in the restaurant, Mr. Krabs thought he fixed everything, and officially hired him.

During this period of time, the Krusty Krab became very successful due to Jim's exceptional fry cooking skills. One day, Jim quit his job because he felt that he was not being paid enough.

After Jim left, Mr. Krabs hired another fry cook.

Eventually, the other fry cook quit too, once again leaving the restaurant without a fry cook.

It was after this that Squidward's neighbor, SpongeBob SquarePants applied for a job at the Krusty Krab. At first, Mr. Krabs was reluctant to hire SpongeBob since he "didn't even have his sea legs." To get rid of SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs asked SpongeBob to get a ridiculously specific item and to not come back until he got it. After SpongeBob left, dozens of hungry anchovies flooded the restaurant. Before long, SpongeBob arrived back with the spatula (to the disbelief of Mr. Krabs and Squidward) and after proving his competence as fry cook, Mr. Krabs gave SpongeBob the job.

Some time before Mr. Krabs hired SpongeBob as the fry cook, Plankton returned with a new Chum Bucket.

Plankton, now a mad scientist and technological scientific genius, constantly attempts to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula as he vowed to do all those years ago, frequently using his various robots and other creations. Occasionally, Plankton uses other tactics besides stealing the formula in order to hinder Krabs and attract customers to him. However, all of Plankton's schemes are doomed to fail and are constantly thwarted by Krabs, with help from SpongeBob, Patrick, and other allies. On multiple occasions, Plankton states that he has never had a single customer.

In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Mr. Krabs opens the Krusty Krab 2 right next door to the original Krusty Krab. He chooses Squidward to manage the restaurant, much to SpongeBob's dismay. However, after SpongeBob saves Bikini Bottom and Krabs' life, he is appointed the new manager of the Krusty Krab 2.

Relationships[]

Family[]

Krabs Senior (father)
Betsy "Mama" Krabs (mother)
Unnamed sister
Mrs. Krabs (wife or ex-wife)
Cashina (wife)
Pearl Krabs (daughter)
PlanKrab (son / clone)
Unnamed brother-in-law
Unnamed nieces and nephews
Redbeard Krabs (paternal grandfather)
Grandma Krabs (paternal grandmother)
Alan Quaterkrab (maternal uncle)
Sally (grandaunt)
Unnamed cousin
Prehistoric Krabs (ancestors)
King Krabs (ancestor)
Princess Pearl (ancestor)
Capn' A, Krabs (ancestor)
Giant Krabs (ancestor)
Pappy Krabs (ancestor)
Other ancestors
Unnamed paternal great-grandfather
Unnamed paternal great-great-grandfather
Unnamed paternal 3x-great-grandfather

Enemies[]

Sheldon J. Plankton (former best friend and arch-rival)
Karen Plankton
Mystery the Seahorse
Squilliam Fancyson III
Flying Dutchman
Carl
Lord Poltergeist
Burger Beard
PlanKrab
Cuda
Sue Nahmee
Hydra Karens
- Super Snarky Karen
- Super Smart Karen
- Super Evil Karen
Coach Tuna

Trivia[]

Mr. Krabs has broken the law more than Plankton.
In the episode "Jellyfish Hunter", Mr. Krabs demands more jellyfish from SpongeBob, upon which he begins to repeat the words "more", which is eventually followed by a grotesque image of Mr. Krabs with his claws raised up. The image is commonly featured and parodied in YouTube Poops and has been dubbed "Moar Krabs".
Even in his old age, he is quite tough. He was also in the navy for several years and he was a pirate for several other years.
At the beginning of the series, Mr. Krabs genuinely cared about SpongeBob and was even somewhat of a father figure to him (since SpongeBob's real dad lives far away from him). This fatherly behavior has waned in the later series, although it occasionally surfaces (depending on the writer of the episode).
Despite the claim of him always paying his employees below minimum wage, there are instances where Mr. Krabs paid them more proper wage such as "Skill Crane" and "Squeaky Boots." Once again, this all depends on the writer.
Pearl often takes Mr. Krabs' money as a way to discipline him, such as when he and SpongeBob ruined her sleepover in "The Slumber Party" and when he took her on a terrible vacation that only he himself would enjoy in "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation." She also threatened to eat his money in "Growth Spout" to make him find food for her.
As shown in "Bucket Sweet Bucket" and "Walking the Plankton", he takes the secret formula with him whenever he goes on vacation in case Plankton ever decides to take advantage of his absence.
Mr. Krabs also leaves behind decoys of the secret formula in case Plankton ever gets his hands on it.
Not surprisingly, in the theory about how SpongeBob's cast represents the Seven Deadly Sins, Mr. Krabs easily represents the Deadly Sin of Greed.
Even though it's speculative, Krabs' Post-First-Film Seasons portrayal could be attributed to newer showrunners involved misunderstanding his character as much as the rest of the main cast. While they understandably shared fans and ex-fans' sentiment regarding his infamy (which isn't helped by the fact that the anthropomorphic crab broke the law more often than Plankton), the same showrunners unfortunately only saw the worst in Krabs just as they found Plankton sympathetic enough to deserve the anti-heroic role that Krabs always had in the series proper. This in turn, explained his depraved actions throughout said seasons where some of them (ex. the aforementioned attempt to force Plankton to commit suicide) proved to be too out-of-character for him in some respects, even at his worst.
Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob make a cameo appearance in the first Alvin and the Chipmunks film when Simon and Theodore watch SpongeBob SquarePants on TV before Dave arrives home. Their cameo appearance is from the Season 4 episode, "Have You Seen This Snail?"
Unlike most characters, Mr. Krabs does not usually wear a helmet in Sandy's treedome, as real-life crabs can survive out of water in the air. He does, however, wear one in "Overbooked."
The Krusty Krab has a lost and found, but Mr. Krabs constantly fails to inform anyone of its existence, leading to the lost and found being a hoard of lost items and even children and long extinct marine reptiles. He even took clarinets from Squidward's locker to put them there and went as far as to leave SpongeBob and Squidward lost in the lost and found.