Karen (Undersea Adventures)

Karen Plankton (originally Karen Classic) is the secondary antagonist and occasional protagonist of SpongeBob SquarePants: Undersea Adventures. She is Plankton's wife and the co-owner of the Chum Bucket. 
== Appearance ==
=== Mobile Form ===
Karen is a robotic being with a computer monitor as her head, with a black screen and a bright green line that moves when she talks, though she sometimes has a digital face. She has a long silver pole for her body, connected to two more which act as arms, with metallic blue hands at the end. She has a blue platform at the bottom of her "body" with two cyan lights and four black wheels on it. 
=== Wall Form ===
In her wall form, Karen is a larger version of her monitor/"head" and now embedded in the wall. She also has various machines attached to her. This form is rarely seen .
== Personality ==
Despite being a machine, Karen has been shown to express many feelings and emotions. She seems to be intelligent, often more so than Plankton as she will often be the one who comes up with the plans to steal the formula, though gets annoyed when believes they were his plans. Karen loves Plankton very much, though she does not often admit it. 
== History ==
Karen was programmed as a child of Fredrick and E.M.I.L.P. Classic. At some point, she became a security system for a restaurant opened by Eugene Krabs and Sheldon Plankton, and while Mr. Krabs saw only a free security system, Plankton saw a bit more in her. Eventually the two started dating, Plankton even came back for Karen after ending his friendship with Mr. Krabs. The two later married and started restaurant called the Chum Bucket together, though they would never get any customers due to their food being awful. 
== Role in Series ==
=== Season 1 ===
==== Krusty Krab.com ====
When Plankton finds out that it the Krusty Krab now had a website, he has Karen hack into it. She does this within half a second as there was no software protection. 
==== Squidward's Breakup ====
Karen is seen enjoying herself with Plankton on Valentine's day. 
==== The Raisin ====
Karen is seen playing with Chip when Plankton calls her in to show her sometimes. Plankton reveals it to be a machine that will change a raisin into a clone of himself, though Karen immediately jumps to the conclusion that it will fail. After the procedure, the raisin clone turned out to be a baby, which Karen thought was adorable and though Plankton initially would not admit it, he immediately saw something in the baby, which they named Raisin. Plankton and Karen then took Chip and Raisin to Jellyfish Fields, and while Raisin turned out to like the baby-brand chum, Karen taunted Plankton on how someone finally liked it. After Plankton saved Raisin from a swarm of jellyfish, Karen scans him, confirming he was unharmed. Later, Karen would tuck Chip in, and play a song on her monitor that would put Raisin to sleep. She is last seen going to bed with Plankton. 
==== Heroic Heroes of the Deep ====
Karen makes an appearance in a picture when Plankton is deciding he would not die in his robot suit. 
==== SpongeBob the Musical ====
Karen first appears telling Plankton to quiet down with his work, as she was putting Raisin down for a nap. Plankton asks Karen why she no longer enjoyed his evil schemes, to which she replies that the "magic was lost" for years. Later, at the announcement of Mount Enormous' eruption, Plankton comes up with a scheme to evacuate everyone while hypnotizing them to like his chum, while this also gets Karen back into his schemes. Later that night, Karen and Plankton had just put Chip and Raisin to bed. After discussing how they are ready for a success, the two begin speaking slang and kiss each other. When finding out that SpongeBob and Sandy would foil their plan, Karen brings the Earthquake-maker 4000 and foil their attempt. Later, when it turns out the pod could not be afforded, Karen and Plankton realize their mistake. Karen is then seen with Plankton, Chip and Raisin when SponeBob gives a speech to calm the town. She is then seen at the celebration of the saving of Bikini Bottom. 
=== Season 2 ===
==== Haunting Under the Sea ====
Karen appears dressed as the bride of Frankenstein when SpongeBob and Patrick enter the Chum Bucket for the Horrors of the Krusty Krab. After the two leave, Karen readies to take Chip and Raisin trick or treating, while asking Plankton if he was sure he could handle the Chum Bucket alone. 
==== Babysittin' ====
Karen is first seen waiting for Plankton to get ready for their datenight. When the babysitter canceled at the last second, SpongeBob and Patrick randomly appear and offer to babysit Chip and Raisin. While Plankton initially refueses to hire SpongeBob and Patrick, Karen runs a scan to find that they were the last available babysitters and convinces Plankton to let them babysit as they go on their datenight. When they return, Karen finds Chip and Raisin asleep as is left impressed as she pays SpongeBob and Patrick. 
==== Wish You a Spongy Christmas ====
Karen appears confronting Plankton as he failed to steal the formula. While Plankton did initially become angry, Karen told him it was almost Christmas and he should spend it with her and their children, which he agrees to. Karen is later seen on Christmas morning opening presents with her family, her's turning out to be some new software. 
==== Birthday Flake ====
Karen is first seen helping Chip wrap a present for Raisin's birthday. When Plankton realizes he forgot Karen reminds him that he became too obsessed with the formula which prompted him to leave to buy a present. Karen is then seen when Plankton reveals the playhouse he got for Raisin. She then asks where he got it just as Mr. Krabs showed up in a failed attempted to retrieve his shell which Plankton used to make the playhouse. 
==== One Last Stand ====
Karen appears with Plankton when Mr. Krabs arrives to give up the formula. When the Chum Bucket is attacked by jellyfish, Karen is quick to grab Chip and Raisin before fleeing. 
== Relationships ==
=== Friends ===
==== Gal Pals ====
Karen is part of a friend group called the "Gal Pals" which consists of her, Sandy, Mrs. Puff and Pearl. The group is always seen playing pranks and telling inside jokes with one another. 
=== Enemies ===
==== Mr. Krabs ====
After Plankton and Mr. Krabs' friendship ended, Karen seemed to not like the way Mr. Krabs treated her. She would always be annoyed by how Mr. Krabs would constantly ask her if she saw any missing money and never get her name right. She seems to still be haunted by this today, and by extension always tries to avoid Mr. Krabs. 
=== Family ===
==== Plankton ====
Plankton and Karen are a married couple, it was stated that the two started dating when Plankton was in high school. They have been married for twenty six years, as they have been married so long, they are prone to getting into arguments. Karen will often come up with plans, though Plankton dismisses them only to pass them off as his own. It also seems that Plankton needs Karen, as otherwise he would not even forget to blink. Despite all this, Karen loves Plankton, as she sees him as the first thing to actually care about her. The two also seem to enjoy talking about their plans to conquer Bikini Bottom together. 
==== Chip and Raisin ====
Chip and Raisin are Karen and Plankton's children. She is often seen spending time with them, and will care for and raise them. 
== Abilities ==
Intelligence: Karen is highly intelligent, as seen by how she always comes up with plans to steal the formula. Though Plankton will almost never admit this. 
Hacking: Being a computer, Karen has the ability to flawlessly hack any system. She rarely uses this however. 
== Trivia ==
*Unlike in the canon series, this adaptation always calls Plankton "Sheldon" which is his first name.
**This was thought of by how they were married, and were believed to be called by their first names.
**It also makes her one of few characters to call Plankton by his first name.
*Though typically green in color, Karen's line on her screen changes depending on what mood she feels, for instance: it turns red when she is angry, and blue when she is sad.
*She is often shown to be smarter than Plankton, though the latter refuses to admit this.
*The glove on the Chum Bucket looks similar to Karen's hands.
*Of Karen's two forms, her mobile form is more frequently seen.
**Her wall form is also less frequently appears than it does in the canon series. 
*Karen is named after Stephen Hillenburg's own wife, Karen Hillenburg. 
*Karen mentions that she is a Wired Integrated Female Electroencephalographic model, which conveniently spells "W.I.F.E."
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