Krabby Patty

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## Krabby Patty

* Animated
* Realistic

### Ingredients

Seaweed-sea buns with sesame seeds, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Onions, Sauce, Cheese, Pickles, Veggie patty

The Krabby Patty (alternatively spelled "Krabby Pattie") is a fictional burger sold at the Krusty Krab, a fast-food joint from SpongeBob SquarePants. The burger was created by Eugene H. Krabs and Sheldon J. Plankton in order to get a "fatter stack of loot" than their predecessor, rich yet health inspector-violating fast food owner Stinky.

## Krabby Patty Secret Formula

Similar to the real-life Coca Cola formula, the Krabby Patty secret formula (the recipe for making the patties in a Krabby Patty) is heavily guarded and is "100% secret," although series creator Stephen Hillenburg has hinted that "there is absolutely no meat in the Krabby Patty." However, one ingredient to the secret formula has been revealed to be, in the words of Sheldon J. Plankton, "salt! It's got salt in it!"

### Running Gags

The Krabby Patty formula is an item that the antagonist, Plankton, wishes to obtain, similar to how Wile E. Coyote wishes to obtain the Roadrunner, or how the Trix Rabbit wishes to obtain his own cereal. But all three have one thing in common—they each fail time and time again. Plankton works hard to build inventions and machines to steal and analyze the Krabby Patty secret formula; and yet, he fails to obtain the elusive formula.

## Health hazards

Krabby Patties are shown to be addictive and fattening. If eaten too much, the patties can go "right to your thighs" or worse, "a fish will be gone in a week due to eating too many Krabby Patties."

However, due to the burger being addictive, if not consumed by a long period of time, the consumer will experience Krabby Patty withdrawal, where they will crave the sandwich, and if not given a Krabby Patty, "will mumble about it for the next three and a half minutes." Side effects to the withdrawal include severe stomach aches.

## Trivia

* Krabby Patties are fry cook SpongeBob SquarePants' favorite food.
* Tom Kenny, voice actor of SpongeBob, once jokingly said in an interview that "Krabby Patties are hummus!"
* According to the series' pitch bible, Krabby Patties were originally called "Barnacle Burgers."
* A Krabby Patty saved the life of squirrel scientist and karate sensei Sandy Cheeks after she tried to eat raw chum to break a world record.

## References

1. ↑ "Pickles." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. August 21, 1999. Television.
2. ↑ "Friend or Foe." *SpongeBob SquarePants.* Nickelodeon. April 13, 2007. Television.
3. ↑ Coca Cola Australia. "Who knows the formula of Coca-Cola?" https://www.coca-colacompany.com/au/faqs/who-knows-the-formula-of-coca-cola
4. ↑ "Plankton!" *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. July 31, 1999. Television.
5. ↑ Cinemablend. Joest, Mick. July 22, 2017. "What's In A Krabby Patty? Here's What The Spongebob Producer Knows." https://www.cinemablend.com/television/1684060/whats-in-a-krabby-patty-heres-what-the-spongebob-producer-knows
6. ↑ "SpongeBob on Parade." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. March 31, 2023. Television.
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Fandom. Encyclopedia SpongeBobia. "Krabby Patty." https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Krabby\_Patty
8. ↑ Project Management Institute. Slone, Kelly R. November 1, 2001. "Five lessons learned – from the memoirs of Wile E. Coyote." https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/lessons-learned-risk-mistakes-memoirs-wile-e-7794 "*Wile E. Coyote. Certainly, he had a clear goal—to catch the roadrunner. And, he undertook many projects to achieve this objective. All of them were miserable failures by most standards.*"
9. ↑ YouTube. Validskibum. September 26, 2021. "Why the Trix Rabbit ISN'T ALLOWED to Eat His Own Cereal." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuj6zNOPSk8
10. ↑ "Just One Bite." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. October 5, 2001. Television.
11. ↑ Tibbitt, Paul, et al, Mike Mitchell. *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Sponge Out of Water*. Paramount Pictures. 2015.
12. ↑ "Pat No Pay." *SpongeBob SquarePants.* Nickelodeon. August 2, 2007. Television.
13. ↑ "You Don't Know Sponge." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. August 9, 2010. Television.
14. ↑ Elite Daily. Kolokathis, Tina. July 22, 2017. "'Spongebob' Cast Squashes Krabby Patty Theory With The Real Formula – EXCLUSIVE." https://www.elitedaily.com/entertainment/spongebob-krabby-patty-theory-formula/2024695
15. ↑ "Squirrel Record." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. July 21, 2012. Television.