Plankton

Plankton is one of the animated characters in the cartoon series, SpongeBob SquarePants; he is the owner of the Chum Bucket restaurant competing for customers with Krabs' rival business. The full name of this queer character is Shedon J. Plankton but it is only disclosed in the episode, Plankton's Army. Not even his computer wife Karen knows the full name of her husband. When she finds out she laughs at Plankton, but without being mean. All throughout the series Plankton will try to get his hands on Mr. Krabs' secret recipe.

Sheldon Plankton plays the smallest of the heroes in SpongeBob SquarePants, being able to fit into SpongeBob's hand. This one-eyed zooplankter is easy to recognize by his voice too, that will surprise the first time viewer with its deep tonalities. There is one funny episode, Enemy-in-Law, when Plankton nearly becomes Mr. Krabs' stepfather in a very funny context that viewers definitely like. Plankton's lifelong wish to get his hands on the Krusty Krabs' secret recipe is fulfilled only in the movie version of the production, because in most cases when Plankton gets close to fulfilling his dream, SpongeBob ruins all his claim of world domination.

There is a lot of contradiction between Plankton's humble tiny appearance and his aspirations and goals. This small, jelly, green bean-shaped creature with long antennas is 1% good and 99% evil. His repeated failures at stealing the Krabby Patty formula are caused by his over-haste and impatience. Sneaky and jealous, Plankton ignores the fact that he and Mr. Krabs used to be friends, with Krabs as his only protector against those who bullied him. Plankton's anger is often targeting SpongeBob whom he thinks to be too silly and babyish, and who on top of everything has the privilege of knowing the ingredients of the Krabby Patty recipe.

We could say that there is no antagonist or villain in the SpongeBob SquarePants series other than Plankton. He makes all sorts of major plans to achieve his goals and most of the time gets involved with characters that are a lot stronger than him; actually, the fact that he is so small does not prevent him to have a huge ego and a really self-deceptive perception. From a certain point of view, Plankton gets viewers' sympathy by his miserable failures at getting something he puts so much emphasis on. No matter the way one feels towards this character it is obvious that he gives a grain of salt to the cartoon.