Kwarantined Krab

**Kwarantined Krab** is a semi-infamous episode of *SpongeBob SquarePants* from Season 12. In this episode, the Krusty Krab goes under an extremely dangerous and emergency quarantine, and nobody figured out who is carrying the mysterious illness and why the Krusty Krab is under emergency quarantine...

## Kwarantined Krab

So you see, that's where an entire COVID related and themed episode and counting of misfortune began. Those smiles. Those damn smiles.

### Main Reason for being ScumBob

* Very Boring.
* Horrible and disturbing ending.
* Rip off of Fungus Among Us, Restraining SpongeBob & Plankton Paranoia
* Gross Out

**Air date for this episode: April 29, 2022**

## Why It's Kwarantined Krap

1. To start things off, it's an 11-minute COVID themed pandemic similarity episode and this is the episode that, as stated by many, kickstarts the *episode's plot acted very similar to the COVID-19 pandemic.*
	* It's the first thing that this episode did! The first thing that episode did was the Health Inspector arrived at the Krusty Krab and said that someone in this restaurant has the Clam Flu and lockdown the restaurant and put the restaurant in quarantine! This causes everyone except for SpongeBob to run around, screaming and panicking!
	* SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Mrs. Puff, and Pearl, are forced to stay at the restaurant because of this reason until the answer to someone has the Clam Flu has arrived!
	* Mr. Krabs had a very big threat on this episode and suspicious trying to find out who has the Clam Flu, and is really scared and terrified trying to not get infected! These actions are just like how he did in Plankton Paranoia, and this episode is a ripoff of that episode!
	* Mr. Krabs mistakenly thought that SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mrs. Puff, and Pearl all had the Clam Flu because of the launching pepper that goes straight into SpongeBob's nose, causing him to sneeze, Patrick pretends to be sick by rubbing relish all over himself, Squidward itches his arm normally, Mrs. Puff yawning normally, and Pearl had money leftover from last time she went to the mall, and put all of them in the freezer, because they're sick when they're not really sick! After all, they were all not counted as sickness nor they showed any signs that they were sick or are ill, or that they had the flu!
	* After realizing that "Mr. Krabs" had the Clam Flu, SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mrs. Puff, and Pearl, decided to "catch" Mr. Krabs and put him in the freezer, so they could start their lives normally, but repeatedly fails, and they, alongside Mr. Krabs, all got sick at the end!
	* The gang started fighting while trying to catch Mr. Krabs and end up destroying the inside of the restaurant and even make the restaurant worse and filthier than it used to be!
	* Plankton was the real person who had the Clam Flu and there was no way the gang should start screaming and running for their lives!
	* The health inspector was holding his tracking equipment upside-down the whole time, so they should be no reason why the restaurant should be in lockdown and in quarantine!
	* The Krusty Krab is in full lockdown mode and is trapped inside a box because of the gang unsuccessfully catch Mr. Krabs and is placed on top of the Chum Bucket, and destroying it in progress! Had they not fight, the restaurant would've not went into full lockdown mode! But they didn't, and the Krusty Krab did! How very, very, very shocking!
2. The unnecessary sequence of the fight inside the Krusty Krab is just as bad as it used to be.
3. **Misleading title**: Despite the episode being named "Kwarantined Krab", it is actually more like "In Search Of The Clam Flu" or "One Flu Over The Krusty Krab" instead of "Kwarantined Krab" because SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Mrs. Puff, and Pearl, are trying to find the Clam Flu, and a flu is happening inside the Krusty Krab.
4. Although SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mrs. Puff, and Pearl are easy to sympathize with this episode, they don't realize that Plankton has the Clam Flu and still thought that Mr. Krabs has the Clam Flu when he doesn't have the Clam Flu. Also, why did SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mrs. Puff, and Pearl trying to catch Mr. Krabs and put him in the freezer when he doesn't have the Clam Flu?
	* It should be noted that this is the only unlikable bit from the gang we get.
5. **Plot Hole:** Why did the Health Inspector didn't realize that he was holding his tracking equipment upside-down the whole time?
	* Another plot hole is that Plankton has the Clam Flu the entire time so there should be no reason why the gang got scared of having the restaurant in quarantine start to panic.
6. **Horrendous ending:** The Krusty Krab goes in full lockdown mode because of the gang all getting sick and ruining the inside the restaurant and making the restaurant filthier than it used to be and the whole restaurant gets trapped in a box and is placed in the Chum Bucket, thus destroying it in progress. The whole gang were all sent home because of that reason with SpongeBob going back to his pineapple house, Squidward going back to his tiki house, Patrick going back to his rock house, Mrs. Puff going back to her actual home, and Mr. Krabs and Pearl going back to their anchor home. And not to mention the fact that Plankton also got sick and is sent to bed even when his restaurant got destroyed. So basically, not only does the gang got sent back home after they all got sick inside the restaurant but also the HAZMAT team locked the restaurant and closed the restaurant until the restaurant is clean, the gang being better again, and is back in business again.
7. This episode ending had been the most shocking, unhappy, and cliffhanger ending that this series had ever had. Also, this episode is a ripoff of Fungus Among Us, Plankton Paranoia and Restraining SpongeBob.

This episode alongside "Mid-Life Crustacean" were pulled for future reruns on Nickelodeon because of their episodes contain something that is not appropriate to little children nor young kids to watch. Wheras in "Mid-Life Crustacean", that episode got banned because of the panty raid scene, Kwanrantined Krab was banned for its similarities to the COVID-19 pandemic, most likely to avoid backlash.

## Redeeming Qualities That Shouldn't Be Kwarantined

Even though this episode is very similar to the COVID-19 pandemic, this episode did had some really fun scenes, some few funny scenes and moments in this episode, and it even does have some funny humor too:

* The scenes SpongeBob is having fun in the freezer, sledding on a mountain of snow and eating ice cream as well as when SpongeBob and Patrick end up having a snowball fight with ice cream was really cool and really nice too. Also, did someone mention the Christmas tree in the freezer as well? Nice! May not be a Christmas episode, but at least it was fun having that tree in a non-Christmas episode. On top of that, SpongeBob spitting Krabby Patties from his eyes to deliver Mrs. Puff and Pearl was really funny and hilarious, as well as the "EYE Hope You Enjoy Your Meal!"
* This episode did start off normally, which was really nice and cool, that was, until the main and big problem started.
* Unlike Fungus Among Us, this episode is not as gross.
* Some people say at least this episode is Fungus Among Us done right.
* At least there was very good voice acting and animation as usual.
* It's suspenseful.
* SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mrs. Puff, and Pearl finally realize how crazy Mr. Krabs was in this episode, and they do try to catch him and put him in the freezer.
* Upon realizing that Mr. Krabs is crazy trying to figure out who has the Clam Flu and is gone insane trying to make such that everybody trying not to get sick, SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mrs. Puff, and Pearl did realize that Mr. Krabs did got crazy and insane in this episode. They did tried to catch Mr. Krabs and put him in the freezer, but still they repeatedly failed and they, alongside Mr. Krabs, all got sick at the end.
* Despite SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mrs. Puff, and Pearl going more ballistic than usual, they are sadly the most likable characters in this episode.
* In the ending, the Chum Bucket got destroyed and we figured out that Plankton has the Clam Flu the whole time, but that's it and that's all the episode got.

## How to fix this episode

* Make the ending less horrible and disturbing.
* Make this episode less boring and more eventful.
* Don't have Mr. Krabs throw anyone in the freezer just for sneezing, coughing or being ugly.
* Censor the entire chase scene at the Krusty Krab.
* Don't make this episode similar to the COVID-19 pandemic this disgusting.

## Reception

It is one of the lowest-rated episodes on Episode Ninja, with an average score of 5.50/10 based on four votes.

## Trivia

* Ironically, this episode is paired up with the famous episode Who R Zoo?, despite the fact that this episode is still not included in the Season 12 DVD, making it the second episode to not be included on the Season's DVD set, first being the HYPER-famous episode Help Wanted. Despite this however, Vincent Waller said that this episode may be included on the Season 13 DVD as a bonus feature.
* It was originally known as **The** Kwarantined Krab, before changing it to just simply as "Kwarantined Krab".
* Both this and "Fungus Among Us" deal with sicknesses spreading.
* This is one of PhantomStrider's least favourite episodes of the show, alongside Choir Boys, Truth or Square, Yours, Mine and Mine, Rodeo Daze, Gramma's Secret Recipe, Summer Job, One Coarse Meal and Ink Lemonade.
* Although this episode aired in the USA in April, the final frame from this episode was revealed by mistake at the end of the premiere of its sister episode, Who R Zoo? , in the UK and Ireland airing.
* Tas1coolguy on Fandom ranks this episode as SCUMBOB!-infamous.
* SParklY-Ketchup4544 on Fandom ranks this episode as ULTRA-infamous