Leader Plankton!

This article is about the spin-off series. For the character, see Leader Plankton.
Leader Plankton! is a spin-off series created by The Terrible Travis and produced by Pineapple Entertainment of the highly-successful series SpongeBob SquarePants. The series ran for four seasons, with a total of 90 episodes being aired. A feature film, meant to serve as a finale for the series, was eventually canceled. Originally, it was to have 105 episodes.
==Synopsis==
In an alternate universe, Plankton finally manages to take over the ocean. He's managed to get Eugene (Mr. Krabs) and Squidward to be his minions and SpongeBob as his prisoner. Meanwhile, a freedom group known as Anti-Plankton, consisting of Sandy, Pearl, and Gary try and take down Leader Plankton.
==Episodes==
=== Season 1 ===
*The Take Over! - Pilot
*Stuck On The Moon
*The Search For Patrick
*Life As A Prisoner
*Squirrel And Plankton Fight - First episode of 2012 LPSM
*The Big Cook-Off
*SpongeBob Escapes
*The Mystery of the Black Sponge
*Wanted: The Black Sponge
*Moon Races
*An Unwanted Visitor
*The New Moonian Baby
*Trip To The Moon - Last episode of 2012 LPSM
*Back To The Ruled Ocean
*The Universe Traveler - Season finale
=== Season 2 ===
*Plankton's Big Birthday Bash - First episode written by IHeartSpongeBob and of Season 2
*Prehistoric Plankton
*Ocean Fright Night of Doom - Halloween special
*Beach Day
*The No Thanks-Giving Gifts To Leader Plankton Special - Thanksgiving special
*The Fight Against Bubble Buddy
*The Leader Plankton! Christmas Special - Christmas special written by Travisplatypus, IHeartSpongeBob, and SpongeTechX, as well as being the first collaboratively-written episode and the first to be written by SpongeTechX
*It's Almost A New Year! - New Year's Eve special
*It's a Ruling New Year! - New Year's Day special
*New Nicknames
*Stalker Sweethearts - Valentine's Day special
*The Black Sponge Is At It Again
*The New Cafeteria
*Sandy's Easter Friend of Doom - Easter special
*4 Out of 4: Admin Status
*Clem vs. Sheldon
*The Powerful Chum
*Moonian Invasion
*Rocket Building
*Universe Traveling
*The Moon's War
*Clammy Chips
*Quag Is Growing Up
*Wrestling The Gloopians - First Leader Plankton! Summer Special
*Strict Plankton Diet
*Young Leader
*The Team Up!
*Leader Plankton's The Take Over! Play - Series' anniversary special
*Twina Testing
*Zombie - Season finale
=== Season 3 ===
*Ghostly Plankton - First episode of Season 3
*Escaping The Cliff's Death
*Stuck On The Moon Again
*Eliminating The Ghost
*How Leader Plankton Kidnapped Santa - Christmas special
*New Year Snail - New Year's special
*Snail Slave
*Twina Tyrant
*Timmy's Crush
*Leader Gary
*Anti-Gary
*New Member
*Reviving Bubble Buddy
*Komputer Killer Karen - Second collaboratively written episode, first episode to be written by SuperFanon'D!
*Fight For Freedom - First episode written by Ghastlyop
*Get New Members But Lose The Old
*Mind Controlled Twina
*Count Plankula - Halloween special
*Now Hiring - First episode of PETM
*Re-Modified
*Invader Plankton! - Crossover with Invader Zim
*Origins
*Happy No Thanks-Giving Gifts To Leader Plankton - Thanksgiving special
*Resolutions - New Year's Eve special
*Planning - First episode of 2015 LPNYM
*Clem's Return
*Spiritual Suicide
*Rebellion
*Plankton's Poof - Crossover with Fairly OddParents
*Tree Chicken
===Season 4 ===
*Time Travel Take Over - Season premiere
*An Alternate Present
*Time Traveling Mess - Last episode of 2015 LPNYM
*Gloopian Revenge
*A New Enemy
*Bottomless Rescue
*Adherent Amoeba
*Sea Sponge Day
*The Good Ol' Days
*Mini Cyan
*The Other Take Over!
*The Encounter
*Mind Wipe
*Filler Space
*The Downfall - Finale
===Film (cancelled)===
In 2012, Travisplatypus announced that there was to be a theatrical film as the finale of the series. The film's release date has been delayed several times, and there is no current slated release date. In December 2017, Travis said there would be a 50/50 chance for both cancellation and continuation of the film. In 2019, Travis stated that the film was neither actively being worked on nor cancelled. However, on April 7, 2022, it was confirmed in his retirement blog that the film was cancelled.
===DVDs===
DVD boxsets were released two-three months after each season finale of Leader Plankton! in Region 1, with Region 2 about a year after Region 1, and Region 3 about a year after Region 2. Season 4 took 3 years to be released on DVD for unknown reasons, and it was the only one manufactured by Jasbre DVDs.
Boxset	Boxset 	DVD release date 	DVD release date 	DVD release date
Boxset	Boxset 	Region 1 	Region 2 	Region 4
 	The Complete First Season (2012) 	December 4th, 2012	December 15, 2013	January 8, 2015
 	The Complete Second Season (2012 - 2013)	December 30, 2013 	January 3, 2015 	January 15, 2016
 	The Complete Third Season (2013 - 2015) 	April 2, 2015 	April 24, 2016 	May 14, 2017
 	The Complete Fourth Season (2015) 	April 17, 2018 	May 7, 2018 	May 27, 2018
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Leader Plankton! series overview
Season	Season	Episodes	Originally aired	Originally aired 	DVD release date 	DVD release date 	DVD release date
Season	Season	Episodes	Season premiere 	Season finale 	Region 1 	Region 2 	Region 4
 	1 	15 	June 30, 2012 	September 29, 2012	December 4th, 2012	December 15, 2013	January 8, 2015
 	2 	30 	October 3, 2012 	July 16, 2013 	December 30, 2013 	January 3, 2015 	January 15, 2016
 	3 	30 	July 19, 2013 	January 15, 2015 	April 2, 2015 	April 24, 2016 	May 14, 2017
 	4 	15 	January 23, 2015	September 12, 2015	April 17, 2018 	May 7, 2018 	May 27, 2018
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
== Crossovers ==
The series was originally meant to have a crossover with SpongeBob SquarePants: The Reality Show, however this was cancelled. 
Quag appeared in a handful of episodes of Even Moar Raw!, and Sir Sandy made a cameo appearance in Election Night in the Shallow Seas: Battle for the Soul of the Nation. 
== Fan-Made Reboot ==
A fan-made reboot of the series, Leader Plankton! Remade premiered on September 20, 2019, however so far only four episodes have been released. 
==Accolades==
Year	Award 	Category 	Result
2012	The 2012 Television Awards 	Best New Show 	
2012	SpongeBob Fanon Wiki 	Featured Article September 2012 Previous Revision, October 8, 2012 - Featured Content 	
2012	SpongeBob Fanon Wiki 	"Patrick Approved" Award Leader Plankton!#Gallery 	
2012	The Golden Sponges 2012 	Choice Episode The Big Cook-Off 	
2012	The Golden Sponges 2012 	Best Spin-Off 	
2012	The Golden Sponges 2012 	Best Writer Travisplatypus 	
2012	SpongeBob Fanon Wiki 	"Exceedingly Entertaining" Award Leader Plankton!#Gallery 	
2012	SpongeBob Fanon Wiki 	"To Good" Award 	
2012	The Second Annual Krusty Krab Pizza Awards 	Choice Spin-Off Second Annual Krusty Krab Pizza Awards Voting at SurveyMonkey.com 	
2012	The Second Annual Krusty Krab Pizza Awards 	Choice Episode From a Spin-Off Plankton's Big Birthday Bash 	
2012	The Second Annual Krusty Krab Pizza Awards 	Choice Special Episode Ocean Fright Night of DoomUser blog:Jon23812/Second Annual Krusty Krab Pizza Awards - Winners	
2012	The Second Annual Krusty Krab Pizza Awards 	Choice Special Episode The No Thanks-Giving Gifts to Leader Plankton Special 	
2012	The Second Annual Krusty Krab Pizza Awards 	Choice Writer Travisplatypus 	
2012	The Second Annual Krusty Krab Pizza Awards 	Choice Writer IHeartSpongeBob 	
2012	The Second Annual Krusty Krab Pizza Awards 	Choice Writer SpongeTechX 	
2012	Nickelodeon's Best SpongeBob Series 	Best SpongeBob Series 	
2012	WOOO! Awards 	Most Entertaining Show WOOO! Awards 	
2012	Krabby Patty Award 	Creativity Leader Plankton!#Gallery 	
2012	We Want Moar Awards 	Great Spin-Offs We Want Moar Awards 	
2012	The First Annual SpongeBob Awesome TV Show Awards 	Favorite Television Series 	
2012	December 2012 Winter Choice Awards 	Favorite Spin-Off December 2012 Winter Choice Awards 	
2012	December 2012 Winter Choice Awards 	Favorite Character Leader Plankton 	
2012	December 2012 Winter Choice Awards 	Favorite Character Black Sponge 	
2012	MMXII (2012) Spin-off Awards 	Gold Award 	
2013	The 70th Golden Globe Awards 	Best Comedy/Drama Series 	
2013	The 70th Golden Globe Awards 	Best Comedy Series 	
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Wiki: People's Choice Awards 2012 - 2013	Overall Best Spin-Off SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Wiki: People's Choice Awards 2012 	
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Wiki: People's Choice Awards 2012 - 2013	Most Successful Spin-Off 	
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Wiki: People's Choice Awards 2012 - 2013	Greatest Action Spin-Off 	
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Wiki: People's Choice Awards 2012 - 2013	Most Suspenseful Spin-Off 	
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Wiki: People's Choice Awards 2012 - 2013	Biggest Break-Through Spin-Off 	
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Wiki: People's Choice Awards 2012 - 2013	Best Spin-Off Writer IHeartSpongeBob 	
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Wiki: People's Choice Awards 2012 - 2013	Best Spin-Off Writer Dillon9988 	
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Wiki: People's Choice Awards 2012 - 2013	Most Anticipated Film Leader Plankton!: The Underwater Dimensional Battle 	
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Wiki: People's Choice Awards 2012 - 2013	Best Logo Creator SpongeTechX 	
2013	SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Wiki: People's Choice Awards 2012 - 2013	Best Logo Creator William Leonard 	
2013	Spring 2013 Krusty Krab Pizza Awards 	Choice Spin-Off Writer IHeartSpongeBobSpring 2013 Krusty Krab Pizza Awards - Voting at SurveyMonkey.com 	
2013	Spring 2013 Krusty Krab Pizza Awards 	Choice Special The Leader Plankton! Christmas Special 	
2013	Spring 2013 Krusty Krab Pizza Awards 	Choice Spin-Off Show Creator Travisplatypus 	
2013	Spring 2013 Krusty Krab Pizza Awards 	Choice Spin-Off Show IHeartSpongeBob 	
2013	Kids' Choice Awards 2013 	Best Cartoon 	
2013	Best on TV 	Best Spin-Off 	
2013	Best on TV 	Best Writer 	
2013	SpongeBob Polo Awards 	Best Spin-OffSpongeBob Polo Awards 	
2013	SpongeBob Polo Awards 	Best Spin-Off Episode Plankton's Big Birthday Bash 	
2013	...Is a Hit! Awards 	Featured Spin-Off Leader Plankton!#Gallery 	
2013	We Love this Series Award! 	Best Spin-Offs 	
2014	Flyer Awards 	Best Cancelled Spin-Off 	
== Gallery ==
Exc.png|Your series is Exceedingly Entertaining!
Patrick Approved Award 2.png|This series has been Patrick Approved! :D
TOGOOD2.jpg|Your show is "to good!" :3
Krabby Patty Award.jpg
Moar_Award_LP!.png|We hope to see "moar" of this spin-off!
Squilliams favorite.jpg|This Series has own the Squilliam's Favorite Award! :) Because this series cause Squilliam to Faint!
Just Cool Award 4.JPG|This series is Just Cool.
LP! Gold Award.png|This series has won the Gold Award of the MMXII Spin-Off Awards!
TKKPA.jpg|This spin-off is the winner of Choice Special in the Spring 2013 Krusty Krab Pizza Awards!
WS4A1.png|Leader Plankton! is a hit!
Karens_pick.png|This spinoff has won the Karen's Pick Award!
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Yourewelcomehussie.jpg
BREATHING.png|This show has won: The Michael Rosen Award for Being Really Plumtastic!
Patchy Picks.png|This series has earned the patchy picks award.
==Production Crew==
Member 	Position(s)
Travisplatypus 	
*Creator
*Writer (2012 - present)
*Title Card Creator (2012 - present)
IHeartSpongeBob	
* Writer (2012 - 2013)
SpongeTechX 	
* Writer (2012)
* Title Card Creator (2012 - 2013)
William Leonard	
* Title Card Creator (2012 - 2014)
JCM 	
* Editor (2012 - 2014)
JellyfishJam38 	
* Title Card Creator (2013)
SuperFanon'D! 	
* Writer (2014)
Ghastlyop 	
* Writer (2014)
==Crazy Poll==
<poll> 
Are you excited about the upcoming spin-off series?
Yeah, I can't wait!
No, Leader Plankton! needs to die!
I'll need to see more information about it first.
</poll>
== Story Arcs ==
Segment 	Episode Run 	Episode Run
Segment 	Debut 	Conclusion
Leader Plankton 	The Take Over! 	Present
Stuck On The Moon 	The Take Over! 	Trip to the Moon
Black Sponge 	SpongeBob Escapes 	Present
Dimension Hopping 	Universe Traveling	Present
Clem vs. Sheldon 	The New Cafeteria 	Clem vs. Sheldon
The Defeat of Quag 	The Powerful Chum 	Timmy's Crush
The Defeat of Leader Plankton	Moonian Invasion 	The Team Up!
The Death of Leader Plankton 	Zombie 	Eliminating the Ghost
Evil Snailster Gary 	
New Year Snail 	New Member
The Return Of Clem 	
Clem's Return 	
Rebellion
Prevented Plankton! 	
Time Travel Take Over	
Time Traveling Mess
==References==
Category:Spin-Offs
Category:Leader Plankton!
Category:Squilliam Fancyson's Favorite
Category:Pineapple Entertainment
Category:Karen's Pick Award
Category:Karen's Pick Award Winners
Category:Travisplatypus
Category:2012 shows returning in 2013
Category:2012 shows returning in 2014
Category:2012 shows returning in 2015
Category:2013 shows returning in 2014
Category:2013 shows returning in 2015
Category:2014 shows returning in 2015
Category:Patchy Picks
Category:Spectromite Studios