Plankton Empire Arc

The **Plankton Empire Arc** is the twelfth Story Arc of the Spongebob series. The arc spans through Volumes 31 - 37, Chapters 308 - 364 and Episodes 117 - 133. The arc began April 14, 2006 and ended May 25, 2007. It is preceded by the Realm of the Lost Arc and followed by the Bikini Bottom Festival Arc in the manga.

## Synopsys

After Spongebob and Hagga got sent into the Realm of the Lost Plankton took this opportunity to take Hagga's staff and empower his mind control devices in order to take over Bikini Bottom. 2 Years pass and Spongebob finally returns from the Realm of the Lost, but finds out that Bikini Bottom is not as he remembers it. It is now up to Spongebob to free everyone from Plankton's mind control and save Bikini Bottom.

## Volumes

1. Volume 31: Equivalent Exchange (Ch. 299 - 308)
2. Volume 32: Plankton Empire (Ch. 309 - 318)
3. Volume 33: Infiltration (Ch. 319 - 328)
4. Volume 34: Execution Ground (Ch. 329 - 338)
5. Volume 35: Neo Neptune (Ch. 339 - 348)
6. Volume 36: Doomsday (Ch. 349 - 358)
7. Volume 37: Dawn of a New Age (Ch. 359 - 368)

## Chapters

1. Ch. 308 Worst Timeline
2. Ch. 309 Enemy
3. Ch. 310 Flow of Time
4. Ch. 311 Plankton Empire
5. Ch. 312 Operation: Seize Karen
6. Ch. 313 Trapped
7. Ch. 314 Versus Patrick
8. Ch. 315 Escape
9. Ch. 316 Upgrade
10. Ch. 317 Versus a Killing Machine, Part 1
11. Ch. 318 Versus a Killing Machine, Part 2
12. Ch. 319 Data Bank
13. Ch. 320 Infiltration, Part 1
14. Ch. 321 Infiltration, Part 2
15. Ch. 322 Mecha-Spongebob, Part 1
16. Ch. 323 Mecha-Spongebob, Part 2
17. Ch. 324 Mecha-Spongebob, Part 3
18. Ch. 325 Mecha-Spongebob, Part 4
19. Ch. 326 Bug in the System
20. Ch. 327 Shutdown
21. Ch. 328 Escape from Doom
22. Ch. 329 Surrounded
23. Ch. 330 Neo Chum Bucket
24. Ch. 331 Entertainment
25. Ch. 332 Execution Ground, Part 1
26. Ch. 333 Execution Ground, Part 2
27. Ch. 334 Execution Ground, Part 3
28. Ch. 335 Execution Ground, Part 4
29. Ch. 336 Execution Ground, Part 5
30. Ch. 337 Execution Ground, Part 6
31. Ch. 338 Execution Ground, Part 7
32. Ch. 339 Execution Ground, Part 8
33. Ch. 340 Execution Ground, Part 9
34. Ch. 341 Execution Ground, Part 10
35. Ch. 342 Enough
36. Ch. 343 Neo Neptune, Part 1
37. Ch. 344 Neo Neptune, Part 2
38. Ch. 345 Neo Neptune, Part 3
39. Ch. 346 Neo Neptune, Part 4
40. Ch. 347 Neo Neptune, Part 5
41. Ch. 348 Neo Neptune, Part 6
42. Ch. 349 Return of the King
43. Ch. 350 Freedom
44. Ch. 351 A Bad Feeling Lingers
45. Ch. 352 Doomsday, Part 1
46. Ch. 353 Doomsday, Part 2
47. Ch. 354 Doomsday, Part 3
48. Ch. 355 Doomsday, Part 4
49. Ch. 356 Doomsday, Part 5
50. Ch. 357 Doomsday, Part 6
51. Ch. 358 Doomsday, Part 7
52. Ch. 359 Doomsday, Part 8
53. Ch. 360 Doomsday, Part 9
54. Ch. 361 Doomsday, Part 10
55. Ch. 362 True Freedom
56. Ch. 363 Fall of an Empire
57. Ch. 364 Dawn of a New Age

## Episodes

1. Ep. 117 Worst Timeline (Ch. 308 - 310)
2. Ep. 118 Operation: Seize Karen (Ch. 311 - 314)
3. Ep. 119 Versus a Killing Machine, Part 1 (Ch. 314 - 317)
4. Ep. 120 Versus a Killing Machine, Part 2 (Ch. 317 - 319)
5. Ep. 121 Mecha-Spongebob, Part 1 (Ch. 320 - 323)
6. Ep. 122 Mecha-Spongebob, Part 2 (Ch. 323 - 326)
7. Ep. 123 Execution Ground, Part 1 (Ch. 327 - 331)
8. Ep. 124 Execution Ground, Part 2 (Ch. 331 - 335)
9. Ep. 125 Execution Ground, Part 3 (Ch. 335 - 339)
10. Ep. 126 Neo Neptune, Part 1 (Ch. 339 - 343)
11. Ep. 127 Neo Neptune, Part 2 (Ch. 343 - 347)
12. Ep. 128 Neo Neptune, Part 3 (Ch. 347 - 350)
13. Ep. 129 Doomsday, Part 1 (Ch. 351 - 354)
14. Ep. 130 Doomsday, Part 2 (Ch. 354 - 357)
15. Ep. 131 Doomsday, Part 3 (Ch. 357 - 360)
16. Ep. 132 Doomsday, Part 4 (Ch. 360 - 362)
17. Ep. 133 Dawn of a New Age (Ch. 363 - 364)

## Notes

* The Plankton Empire Arc is heavily inspired by The Spongebob SquarePants Movie.