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|tab1 = Villain Overview
|image = MrKrabs.png
 
|size = 170
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|tab2 = Synopsis
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|tab3 = Gallery}}
|fullname = Eugene H. Krabs
 
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{{Villain Infobox
|alias = Mr. Krabs
 
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|image = Mr._Krabs_in_2018.png
|origin = ''Spongebob Squarepants''
 
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|size = 200
|occupation = Owner of the Krusty Krab restuarant
 
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|fullname = Eugene Harold Krabs
|skills = Skilled at both business and confidence games
 
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|alias = {{Scroll box|Mr. Krabs<br>
|hobby = Counting his money, being unbelievably cheap.
 
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Armor Abs Krabs<br>
|goals = To continually increase his own wealth.
 
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Krabs <small>(by Plankton)</small><br>
|type of villain = Money–Obsessed Con Artist, On and Off villain}}{{Quote|Donate to the children' fund why? What have children ever done for me?|Mr. Krabs}}
 
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Mr. K<br>
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Crustaceous Cheapskate<br>
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Cheapy the Cheapskate<br>
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Uncle Krabs<br>
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Harold Flower<br>
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Sir-Pinch-Alot<br>
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Mr. Grabs<br>
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Old Man Krabs<br>
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Rags <small>(as a child)</small><br>
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Captain Tightwad<br>
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Old Man<br>
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Boss<br>
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Rag Boy}}
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|origin = ''SpongeBob SquarePants''
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|occupation = Navy cadet<br>
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Pirate <small>(both formerly)</small><br>
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Founder and owner of the Krusty Krab Restaurant
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|skills = {{Scroll box|Near-indestructible shell <small>(only at his youth)</small><br>
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Wealth<br>
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Superhuman strength<br>
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Teleportation<br>
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Swordsmanship<br>
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Business management<br>
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Manipulation<br>
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Charisma<br>
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Wisdom<br>
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Strong claws<br>
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Fourth Wall Awareness<br>
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Skilled violin player<br>
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Can detach and reattach his limbs}}
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|hobby = Bathing in/touching/counting his money.<br>
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Being ridiculously cheap with those who compete with him.<br>
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Scheming to make more money <small>(by any means, whether legal or not)</small>.<br>
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Abusing his employees <small>(mostly SpongeBob and Squidward)</small>.<br>
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Laughing at Plankton's misfortunes.
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|goals = Continuously increase his wealth while keeping the Krusty Krab afloat.<br>
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Make his daughter Pearl happy <small>(both ongoing)</small>.<br>
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Get rid of Plankton <small>(even if it means killing him; also ongoing)</small>.<br>
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Retrieve the Krabby Patty Formula by any means necessary and later stop Burger-Beard <small>(''Sponge Out of Water''; succeeded)</small>.
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|crimes = {{Scroll box|Multiple acts of abuse<br>
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Theft<br>
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Fraud<br>
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Scamming<br>
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Blackmail<br>
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Attempted enforced suicide<br>
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Psychological abuse<br>
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Attempted murder<br>
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Money laundering<br>
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Trespassing<br>
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Graverobbing<br>
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Tax evasion<br>
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Soul selling<br>
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Kidnapping<br>
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Torture<br>
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Poaching<br>
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Citizen rights violation<br>
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Breaking and entering<br>
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Harassment<br>
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Parental negligence<br>
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Counterfeiting money<br>
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Endangerment<br>
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Racketeering<br>
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Stalking<br>
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Grand larceny<br>
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Piracy<br>
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Slander<br>
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Numerous minor offenses}}
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|type of villain = Greedy Businessman}} {{Quote|Hello! I like money!|One of Mr. Krabs' recurring phrases.[[File:MoneyKrabs.ogg|noicon]]}} {{Quote|You're fired!|Mr. Krabs' famous catchphrase.[[File:FiredKrabs.ogg|noicon]]}}
   
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'''Eugene Harold Krabs''', mostly known as '''Mr. Krabs''' (born November 30, 1942), is one of the main characters in Nickelodeon's popular animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. He is the money-obsessed founder of the Krusty Krab and the business rival of [[Plankton]].
"''Ar, ar, ar, ar, ar, ar, ar, ar, ar''" - Mr. Krabs' laugh
 
   
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Although he is one of the series' [[w:c:hero:Mr. Krabs|protagonists]], Mr. Krabs has been frequently been depicted as an unfair and villainous businessman who mistreats his employees as slaves and uses them for personal and financial gain, serves no consideration for anyone (including his own daughter) unless if money is involved, and is even shown to show absolutely no respect for Plankton even at his most harmless possible, even if it means driving him to suicide for his own amusement. Those continuous traits overtime serve him as an antagonistic or yet, outright villainous character on multiple occasions, and even the main antagonist of several episodes. In fairness however, his cheapness is all to blame for which as he deep down does care about SpongeBob, and his daughter Pearl at heart.
'''Mr. Krabs''' is a character in ''Spongebob Squarepants ''who often causes trouble for others due to his obsession with money. He was known for being a sailor and was the chef for the navy ship ''S.S. Diarrhea. ''Along with this, he cleaned the bathrooms on the ''S.S. Gourmet.''
 
   
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He was voiced by {{w|Clancy Brown}}, who also played [[Byron Hadley]] in ''The Shawshank Redemption'', [[Viking Lofgren]] in ''Bad Boys'', [[the Kurgan]] in the ''Highlander'' film franchise, [[Lex Luthor]] in the [[Lex Luthor (DC Animated Universe)|DCAU]] and other DC animated works, [[Uka Uka]] and [[Dr. Neo Cortex]] in the ''Crash Bandicoot'' franchise, [[Hades (God of War)|Hades]] in ''God of War III'', [[Trident]], [[Undertow]], [[Parallax]] in ''Green Lantern'', [[Baron Praxis]], [[Taskmaster]] in ''Ultimate Spider-Man'', [[Rahzar (2012 TV series)|Rahzar]] in the 2012 ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' series, [[Gunmar]] in ''Tales of Arcadia'', [[Ray Schoonover]] in ''Marvel's Daredevil'', and [[Surtur (Marvel Cinematic Universe)|Surtur]] in ''Thor: Ragnarok''. While in a few video games, he is voiced by {{w|Joe Whyte}} and {{w|Bob Joles}}. In ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Typing'', he is voiced by {{w|Patrick Pinney}}. In the Broadway musical adaptation, he was portrayed by Brian Ray Norris.
Mr. Krabs will do almost anything to obtain money or not lose it, usually with no regard to the safety or well-being of others or even himself or the restaurant. He is even selfish to his own daughter and mother, who all ask for an allowance from him since he has a lot more money than them. He is and on-and-off villain from either being an antagonist to a friend to SpongeBob while always proving how greedy he is. Critical reception for Mr. Krabs, along with the entire animated series, was more positive during the show's first three seasons.
 
   
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==Villainous Side==
His arch-nemesis and business rival is [[Plankton]], who was his friend in their childhood but now constantly attempts to steal the Krabby Patty Secret Formula.
 
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Since the beginning of the series, Mr. Krabs' overall characterization has become more and more negative. Sometimes, he becomes the villain in some episodes of the show, with Mr. Krabs being just as bad as, if not worse than, Plankton himself.
   
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Although he has moral standards and being a reasonable father figure for SpongeBob at best despite his greedy and recurring antagonistic behavior, the controversial Post-First Movie Seasons utterly removed it all in favor of more out of character moments where he's much more villainous that he supposed to be as much as Patrick Star. Subsequently, this turned him into a full-blown [[:Category:Protagonists|Protagonist Villain]] who proved time and time again more detestable than Plankton in his worst episodes. His most controversial episode was ''One Coarse Meal'', where he exploited Plankton's fear of whales to the point where Plankton attempts suicide out of fear, an act that the series' fans and plausibly, Krab's pre-First Movie Seasons self understandably appalled with. As a result, this arguably became one of the reasons for the late Stephen Hillenburg revised the show starting from the second half of the end of Season 9 and the second movie of the franchise, reverting Krabs' portrayal back to his likable Pre-First Movie Seasons self. Even then, he is notably more ruthless than he was in the first few seasons.
Mr. Krabs has a daughter, a sperm whale named Pearl - who often suffers due to her father's incredible cheapness, to the point he often tries to swindle his way out of buying the things she wants and even trying to be as cheap as possible on important days such as her birthday.
 
   
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Even prior to controversial Post-First Movie Seasons, Mr. Krabs does has fair records of villainous and antagonistic acts, notably his recurring tendency to exploit his employees and even exhibits unnecessary sadism towards Plankton upon the latter's defeat. Krab's most prominent antagonistic role, as well as only instance where he truly came close to, if not outright crossing Moral Event Horizon without the franchise's degradation, is ''Jellyfish Hunter'' (where he abuses captured jellyfish in favor of producing as much jellyfish jelly as he can and nearly eradicate them all had the blue jellyfish save the day by exposing his crime on SpongeBob). He was also willing to harm SpongeBob for attempting to foil his scheme.
Since the beginning of the series, Mr. Krabs' overall characterization has become more and more negative, to the point that Stephen Hillenburg himself once said in an interview that he and Plankton are both the primary antagonists (in some episodes) of the show, with Mr. Krabs being just as bad, if not worse than, Plankton himself. After the movie, Mr. Krabs' role as a father figure to Spongebob is pretty much completely destroyed, and he is pretty much considered a full-blown villain now.
 
   
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Even after Season 9 reverted him back to his old characterization, Mr. Krabs still has his moments of villainy. Examples include trying to kill Squidward so that he could make money from his art, trying to con Patrick out of his coupon, and several other crimes. As with most characters, however, his morality depends on who is in-charge of writing the episode. One should also note that while it doesn't excuse his actions, he did try to convince Squidward to leave, so he wouldn't have to resort to murdering him.
For a very good example of Mr. Krabs as a prominent antagonist one should watch the episode "''Born Again Krabs''" (though he does show signs of redemption near the end) - another good episode to consider is "''Jellyfish Hunter''" and "''One Coarse Meal''" - which all show Mr. Krabs at his worst.
 
   
A hideous, demonic version of Mr. Krabs that appeared for one second in an episode of the show and now is seen frequently in videos on the internet is [[Moar Krabs]].
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A hideous and demonic version of Mr. Krabs that appeared for one second in the episode "Jellyfish Hunter", and now is seen frequently in videos on the internet is called [https://villainsfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Moar_Krabs Moar Krabs].
   
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==Personality==
Mr. Krabs also rarely says ''my'' and rather says "Me" such as ''They're after me money!'' and ''Me millionth dollar!". ''
 
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===Mainstream===
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As stated above, Mr. Krabs is extremely greedy, cheap, quite cruel, callous, arrogant, and sometimes he is even a hypocrite and avaricious, often being portrayed as being just as bad as, if not even worse than, Plankton. His only interest is to have money, and he could not care less for his customers, employees, family or even himself as he is shown to risk his life several times if it means making more money.
   
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He frequently associates his customers and products with money, with lines such as "That's me money walking out the door!" It should be noted that, while Mr. Krabs portrayal shows him as being obsessed with money to the point of anthropomorphizing it from the beginning, he became more miserly, cheap, and immoral as the series progressed. His money hunger may stem from his childhood poverty. When SpongeBob uses the term, obsession, to describe his relationship with money during "Plankton's Good Eye", he denies it and claims it to be a strong word.
==Notable Crimes / Misdeeds==
 
[[File:Mr._Krabs'_Love_of_Money.jpg|thumb|250px|Mr. Krabs with a whole bag of cash and coins.]]Due to his popularity many people find it hard to see Mr. Krabs as an outright antagonist and in fairness he doesn't always show himself as one - however he has done some nasty things in the show, some of the more notable are as follows:
 
   
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He is prone to fits of insanity if he has to give up as much as a penny. He often goes to irrationally great lengths to acquire or to avoid losing money with little (if any) regard to the safety or well-being of others or even himself (in "Squid's Day Off", he loses both arms and suffers a severe head injury while attempting to pull a dime out of the sink). In "Krab Borg" (and shown earlier in "Squeaky Boots") reveals that Mr. Krabs always remembers the price for everything he has bought which proves his greed has a strong memory. In "Born Again Krabs", he sells SpongeBob's soul to the Flying Dutchman for 62 cents, despite the fact that SpongeBob put his life on the line to protect him from the Dutchman. Even Squidward was angry and told Mr. Krabs off (even though he hates SpongeBob).
*Making his employees at the Krusty Krab pay him for their services, which is a hint of extortion or swindling.
 
   
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In the same episode, he forces SpongeBob to sell a disgustingly old and contaminated patty that he found under the grill, refusing to let anything that he could potentially make money with go to waste. Ironically, this results in the Krusty Krab losing weeks of business. Twice, he has been shown to have little respect for the dead, most notably in "One Krabs Trash", where he defiles a grave to obtain a presumably rare drink hat to obtain $1,000,000.
*In the short endless summer, Mr. Krabs was trying to make global warming even worse to make tempuratures rise drasticly, just to make more money for the public pool he opened.
 
*He copies a dollar bill into a printing machine that creates hundreds of copied images of dollars. This is called counterfeiting which is extremely illegal.
 
   
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Additionally, he is somewhat disrespectful of royalty. In "Rule of Dumb", when Patrick is believed to be the king of Bikini Bottom, Krabs allows him to eat at the Krusty Krab in the hopes of getting tons of money. Krabs promptly kicked Patrick out (literally) when he discovered that he never intended to pay at all, shouting, "No one eats at my restaurant for free, king or no king!". In "The Clash of Triton", when he failed to take Krabby Patties away from King Neptune when ordered to do so, he was promptly electrocuted when he asked who was to pay for them all while also showing little respect towards the king's mourning his son. Also in ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', he raises the price of a Krabby Patty to $101 when he finds out King Neptune is coming to the restaurant. He has also risen the price of food in "Truth or Square" in which it was the 117th anniversary of the KK and he added an extra zero on the end of every price on the menu in hopes of getting more money. This shows that he is willing to inflate the prizes if it means making more money for himself.
*In the ''SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', he made Sandy pay more money to see the grand opening of the Krusty Krab 2 than everyone else most likely because she is a land animal, which is illegal segration and/or discrimination. Or he could just have let Mrs. Puff, who had said she paid less than Sandy, get in a little cheaper because of the feelings he has for her.
 
   
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There have been at least two occasions where SpongeBob has burst into the Krusty Krab to warn him about the oncoming disaster, only for him to think of it as an opportunity to try to sell them Krabby Patties. The first time was to an oncoming biker gang. The second was when he tried selling Krabby patties to giant whelks when SpongeBob described them as ravenously eating everything in their paths, he continued to try to push his products, despite them obviously being vicious wild monsters and he was promptly eaten. His treatment of his employees is just as bad while inconsistent throughout the series, SpongeBob and Squidward's wages are always stated to be extremely low, far below minimum legal wage.
*Mr. Krabs has also stolen many, many items throughout the series.
 
*He decides to charge SpongeBob and Squidward for extra expenses to the most unfair reasons, including existing, talking, and standing which they both must do to do their jobs. Squidward decided to go on strike while SpongeBob was too stupid to realize what a strike is and was misguided by his stable obedience to Mr. Krabs.
 
*He forces SpongeBob to pay him often, and SpongeBob is either too stupid or too generous to realize he is being scammed. SpongeBob mentioned he paid Mr. Krabs $100 per hour at the beginning of his career rather than Mr. Krabs paying him. SpongeBob is actually also underpaid in the episode ''Bummer Vacation'', SpongeBob claims he earns less than 10 cents for a year.
 
   
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In "Bummer Vacation", SpongeBob comments that a nickel is "more than (he makes) in a year".
*Mr. Krabs pays his employees in "''Wacky Bucks''," which aren't usable as money.
 
*Used a sealion to terrify customers into overpaying Krabby Patties.
 
   
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In "Big Pink Loser", he implies that instead of being paid, he actually has to pay his boss. He is also shown to abuse his employees, most notably in "Fear of a Krabby Patty", in which he literally forces them to work nonstop 24 hours a day, seven days a week without rest for more than forty days. He did, however, relent when he saw how tired Squidward was.
==Antagonistic Side==
 
Mr. Krabs has an extremely prevalent antagonistic side and plays a villainous role, along with his rival [[Plankton]], and one of his employees [[Squidward Tentacles|Squidward]] to his extreme greed mostly because he's the villain side in conning and criminality.
 
===Season 1===
 
   
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In "Squid on Strike", Mr. Krabs gives SpongeBob and Squidward bills instead of checks on payday, that charge them for any nonwork-related activity, including standing, breathing, and even existing, and SpongeBob even reveals in "One Coarse Meal" that Mr. Krabs actually pays him in play money. His safety measures and maintenance of the restaurant are extremely poor; if existent, frequently resorting to improvised and obviously inadequate measures to avoid paying for actual insurance and repairs.
   
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In "Pickles", he took money out of SpongeBob's paycheck for one small mistake. In multiple episodes, Mr. Krabs takes advantage of the situation in order to make money, only to have it backfire later on. For example, in "The Krusty Sponge", after a food critic gives the Krusty Krab a good review because of SpongeBob, he completely changes the Krusty Krab to center all around SpongeBob, with SpongeBob condiments, SpongeBob train rides, SpongeBob napkins, SpongeBob ice cubes, and even "Spongy Patties" (really old, rotten Krabby Patties). The "Spongy Patties" give all of the customer's food poisoning, and one of the customers, who happens to be a cop, arrests Krabs.
*'''''Pizza Delivery''''': He antagonized Squidward by making him deliver the Krusty Krab Pizza with Spongebob. This marks the first time Mr. Krabs acted antagonistic.
 
*'''''Squeaky Boots''''': He took Spongebob's boots away from him, because of the squeaky noise. The squeaky noise halucination forced him to tell the truth, eating them, and at the end of the episode, he got hiccups sounding exactly like the squeaky noise of the boots.
 
*'''''Karate Choppers''''': He fired Spongebob, believing he was practicing karate until Sandy told him he didn't fight back and she was doing all the karate herself.
 
*'''''Arrgh!''''': Mr. Krabs gets SpongeBob and Patrick to be pirates and help him find the Flying Dutchman's treasure. The two eventually see that Mr. Krabs was using their gameboard as a map and that he wanted the treasure for himself.
 
*'''''Hooky''''': Ruins Spongebob and Patrick's funtime by telling them to stop playing on the hooks, though technically he was right to do so as the hooks were fishhooks. He also joined Squidward in "teaching Spongebob a lesson".
 
===Season 2===
 
   
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The next episode "Money Talks" reveals that Krabs has sold his soul multiple times to various evil spirits and demons, including to the Flying Dutchman and even SpongeBob because "He was five bucks short on payday" (ironically, this actually saved his soul since no single specter could fully claim it). In "Drive Thru", he turned a hole in the wall into a drive-thru. SpongeBob bought several things (including a menu, a microphone, and a light up arrow). However, Krabs turned it down (because it wasn't "free") as he already made a menu made of napkins, a microphone made of tin cans on a string, and a very small fish-shaped sign, despite the fact that SpongeBob already paid for them, thus meaning that Mr. Krabs does not have to spend money on any of those things. Because of the increase in customers, he keeps knocking more holes in the walls of his restaurant until it eventually collapses.
   
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Mr. Krabs can also be incredibly petty, heartless and despicable. In "Plankton's Regular", where the Chum Bucket gets a regular customer, Mr. Krabs breaks down crying, saying that he can't let Plankton have even one solitary customer, even though Plankton said beforehand that he wouldn't try to steal the Krabby Patty formula anymore, because he "just can't afford it". At the end of the episode, Mr. Krabs finds out that Plankton's wife [[Karen Plankton|Karen]] bribed the guy to eat at the Chum Bucket. Because of this, Plankton feels miserable again and realizes that he actually never had a regular customer. While Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob are caught in Plankton's trap, SpongeBob tells Mr. Krabs they can make their escape, but Mr. Krabs decides to stay and laugh at Plankton's misery. Another example is in "Penny Foolish", where he goes to ridiculous lengths to acquire a penny that SpongeBob found, setting up numerous tricks that would ironically cost far more than a penny. In "Born Again Krabs", he attacks an innocent bystander who found a penny on the floor and nearly tore the man's arm off to get the penny. During his schemes, he often forces SpongeBob to help him by threatening to fire him.
*'''''Bossy Boots''''': Hires Pearl much to Squidward's dismay. He also made Spongebob take the Kuddly Krab stuff to his house crushing Gary, though it was Spongebob's idea.
 
*'''''Bubble Buddy''''': Joins Squidward and everyone else in popping Bubble Buddy until they found out he was alive.
 
*'''''Patty Hype''''': Takes over Spongebob's Pretty Patties stand so he can earn money. However, the Pretty Patties have side effects that anger the customers and they chase Mr. Krabs back and forth, even though it was SpongeBob who sold them the patties.
 
*'''''Life of Crime''''': Steals various objects from people and lies to Spongebob and Patrick about borrowing. The lesson he taught them caused them to fight after a candy bar incident and the lollipop incident (Patrick also accused the policemen).
 
*'''''Pressure''''': Joins Spongebob's dare in proving Sandy that sea creatures are best at everything.
 
*'''''The Smoking Peanut''''': Mr. Krabs steals Clamu's pearl and abuses Free Day. SpongeBob believed he was the one who did it, but it was Patrick who became the scapegoat and people threw peanuts at him as revenge. When the zookeepers explain Mr. Krabs angered Clamu by stealing her pearl (containing a baby clam), the people instead throw peanuts at Mr. Krabs.
 
*'''''Graveyard Shift''''': Made his employees work 24 hours without a break or hiring extra employees for the night shift (much to Squidward's dismay).
 
*'''''Sailor Mouth''''': He used foul language along with Spongebob and Patrick.
 
*'''''Jellyfish Hunter''''': Tricks Spongebob into collecting jellyfish. Spongebob soon discovers that Mr. Krabs is squeezing jelly out of them so more jelly krabby patties can be made at the cost of their lives. The jellyfish are set free and sting Mr. Krabs all at once, burning his body. He has no choice but to take jelly off the menu.
 
*'''''Squid's on Strike''''': Forcedfully charges his employess for their "slacking", even though the stuff they did on the slacking list were needed to do their jobs, fired both of them, and got them to work for him "forever" (in reality in eternity with only their skeletons).
 
===Season 3===
 
   
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In "InSPONGEiac", Mr. Krabs is defamatory, opprobrious, harsh, cold and vituperative, as he scolds SpongeBob for using 1% more mustard than he was supposed to, and calls him an insomniac for getting two minutes less sleep than normal. Mr. Krabs has also shown that he believes that he has full control over SpongeBob's personal life: in "Karate Choppers", he forces SpongeBob to give up karate altogether, including outside work, or else he would be fired. In "My Pretty Seahorse", where Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to not just stop bringing Mystery to work, but to get rid of her entirely, and once forced his employees to work nonstop and told them that they could never go home (which is actually illegal).
   
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Despite his covetous and acquisitive behaviour, Mr. Krabs is also completely compassionate and tolerant. He has apologized for his actions on occasion, and he does care for his daughter Pearl, going to great lengths to acquire food for her in "Growth Spout". Despite his abusive treatment of SpongeBob and Squidward, he does care for and appreciate them, as the two help keep his restaurant afloat. In "Krusty Love", Krabs finds his second love (after money): [[Mrs. Puff]]. However, their relationship has not been explored at all after this episode. Also in Best Day Ever, when SpongeBob is sad, he actually uses his money to try to cheer him up.
*'''''The Algae's Always Greener''''': Tried to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula in the Mr. Plankton universe.
 
*'''''My Pretty Seahorse''''': Mr. Krabs tried to get rid of Mystery (in which Spongebob tries to hide her from him and Squidward). He told Spongebob about a story about losing a friend (actually a dollar he spent on soda) which guilted Spongebob into releasing Mystery into the wild. While he was almost proud about getting rid of Mystery, Squidward told Mr. Krabs that Mystery ate his money. With no other choice Mr. Krabs and Spongebob tried to get Mystery back.
 
*'''''Nasty Patty''''': Lead Spongebob into making a Nasty Patty, because he thought the health inspector in his resteraunt was a phony. He along with spongebob try to get rid of the "body" which was still alive, getting the health inspector injured more and more.
 
*'''''One Krabs's Trash''''': Mr. Krabs tries to take back a soda-drinking hat he sold to SpongeBob after hearing about its price. He scares SpongeBob out of it with a paper ghost, defiles a grave, and fights an army of skeletons to get it back, only to find out it was worthless.
 
*'''''Can You Spare A Dime?''''': Accuses Squidward for stealing his first dime, until Spongebob shakes him. He then accuses Squidward for putting the dime in his pants at the end of the episode.
 
*'''''Wet Painters''''': Messes with Spongebob and Patrick by scaring them into thinking the paint they were using was permanent and tells them if any paint got onto anything but wall, he would chop their butts off. After they get some on his first dollar, he licks it off and confesses his lie and that it comes off with saliva and laughs while the two walk out angriliy. He ruins Spongebob and Patrick's work by laughing about his own joke, causing saliva to hit the walls.
 
*'''''Clams''''': He throws away the food, made Spongebob and Squidward stay in the fishing boat, and holds them hostage to get back his millionth dollar from a giant clam. It gets worse when he refuses to take another dollar Squidward had. He gets his dollar back after trading his body with the clam.
 
*'''''Born Again Krabs''''': Tries to sell a rotten Krabby Patty to customers. He gets sick after eating it and is persuaded to be generous by the Flying Dutchman. However - after realizing it wasn't a dream - he steals back toys from children, soda from a customer, stopped another customer from watching free TV, nearly rips someone's arm off for a penny, and trades SpongeBob's soul for 62 cents. [[Even Evil Has Standards|Even Squidward was horrified]] that Mr. Krabs would sell Spongebob's soul especially when Spongebob defended Krabs.
 
*'''''Krabby Land''''': Creates a bogus theme park and masquerades as a clown so he can collect children's money. SpongeBob calls him cheap, and the children beat Mr. Krabs up and take his money after finding out Mr. Krabs didn't care one bit about the children, only their money.
 
   
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Additionally, in "Born Again Krabs", he struck a deal with the Flying Dutchman for a second chance at life because he is a charitable and generous man, something that he did very well until he discovered he had no money in the cash register. As shown in "Hooky" (free water for Pearl and her friends), "Whale of a Birthday" (cardboard cake, dishwater for party drink, stale popcorn, an "It's a Girl" (with the word Boy crossed out) banner, and Boys Who Cry (really Squidward)), and "The Slumber Party" (crackers and tap water, and "how about some pizza, just put sauce on crackers"), he loves money more than his own daughter. In addition, as seen in "Little Yellow Book", even Krabs was upset at Squidward for reading SpongeBob's diary telling Squidward, "That's low, Squidward, even for you." He is also never shown rallying against Squidward along with most of the residents (at least on screen).
===Season 4===
 
   
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Krabs acts like Plankton does in the mainstream continuity, but with some differences. He prefers to steal the Krabby Patty formula simply sneaking in and taking a sandwich rather than using ingenious plots or devices. Also, like Plankton, he is always naked, but because he was much crazier, he hates wearing clothes to the point where he surrenders when SpongeBob successfully makes him wear something. On top of this, his deranged nature makes Plankton realize how terrible Mr. Krabs' life is at times because of him. Because of this, he leaves this timeline and goes back to his own despite knowing he would never get the formula. However, due to the lack of continuity, Plankton never learned his lesson and continued his quest. That or, he ended up continuing their feud because he enjoyed tormenting his former friend.
   
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==Quotes==
*'''''Fear of a Krabby Patty''''': Makes the Krusty Krab open for 24 hours, making Squidward upset, and Spongebob fearing Krabby Patties (although he conquered his fear by sleep) he then decides that 23 hours a day is enough.
 
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{{Scroll box|{{Quote|(Squidward: I'm not taking an order for a bubble!) Sure you are! Or I'll fill your life with misery and woe. Even if you quit.|Mr. Krabs' threat to make Squidward serve Bubble Buddy.}}
*'''''Krusty Towers''''': Plagiarises the law of the hotel he visited into the Krusty Towers making Squidward miserable. Squidward quitted and returned as a customer ragging Mr. Krabs the same way he did with him. At the end of the episode, he decides to build a hospital making Squidward miserable again.
 
*'''''Bummer Vacation''''': Keeps SpongeBob away from the Krusty Krab to avoid paying a fine, eventually leaving him lost in the forest. Doing so, he managed to save five cents - more than what SpongeBob makes in a year.
 
*'''''That's No Lady''''': Mr. Krabs falls in love with Patrick as Patricia (along with Squidward) as well as annoying him, until he learns the truth.
 
*'''''Rule of Dumb''''': Gets in Patrick's bad side by kicking him and Spongebob out.
 
*'''''Born To Be Wild''''': Invites the Mild Ones to the Krusty Krab much to Spongebob's chagrin. Counts as an antagonism because Spongebob still mistook the Mild Ones as the Wild Ones.
 
   
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{{Quote|Krusty Krab is unfair! Mr. Krabs is in there standing at the concession, plotting his oppression!|SpongeBob rioting against Mr. Krabs.}}
===Season 5===
 
   
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{{Quote|Am I really going to defile this grave for money? Of course, I am!|Mr. Krabs before robbing the grave.}}
   
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{{Quote|(Customer: Hey man, please, you're crushing my arm!) Unhand that penny or the arm comes off!|Mr. Krabs threatening to rip off a customer's arm for a penny on the ground.}}
*'''''Krabs a la Mode''''': Makes the Krusty Krab cold much to Squidward's chagrin.
 
*'''''Money Talks''''': Does not listen to his money when they want to be spent on objects. He also kicks an elderly couple out of their seat after being bribed by a fish who wanted the seat. This also episode shows that he has sold his soul to many demons, depressing the Flying Dutchman. He also sold his soul to Spongebob because he was five cents short on payday.
 
*'''''The Krusty Sponge''''': Mr. Krabs makes Squidward cook spongey patties (rotten patties), which made the customers ill and brought Mr. Krabs to court.
 
*'''''''The Krusty Plate''''''': He left Spongebob alone with the Krusty Krab burnt in a flashback. At the end of the episode he chased Spongebob for destroying the Krusty Krab.
 
*'''''''Le Big Switch''''''': He got rid of Squidward and replaced some workers from a fancy restaurant. After getting Spongebob back, along with rich, new customers, he lets them eat on the floor after he had to sell his tables and chairs due to failing business when the previous chef refused to degrade himself to cooking krabby patties. He also said he wasn't going to buy new chairs and tables and was fine with customers eating on the floor.
 
*'''''Pat No Pay''''': He made Patrick do some work and threatened him that if he can't to do something right, he will not give him a Krabby Patty to eat again. After Patrick destroyed the Krusty Krab, he disagreed with Patrick's question "Can I eat now?".
 
*'''''What Ever Happened To Spongebob?''': ''He forced Spongebob to leave Bikini Bottom forever (along with Squidward, Sandy, and Patrick).
 
   
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{{Quote|(SpongeBob: But Mr. Krabs, what about the true meaning of summer? What about the children?) The children? I don't care about the children, I just care about their parents' money. Ah, the fact that their feeble minds are easily distracted by cheap playgrounds and talentless clowns is no skin off my nose! Survival of the fittest, SpongeBob. Survival of the fittest. Heh heh.|Mr. Krabs talking about deceiving the children.}}
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{{Quote|What do I do?! I can't let Plankton have so much as one single customer!|Mr. Krabs' motive.}}
   
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{{Quote|Where is my formula Plankton? (Plankton: I don't know, it just disappeared.) '''''WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU, YOU LYING LIAR?!'''''|Mr. Krabs enraged overseeing that his formula is missing.}}
*'''''Penny Foolish''''': Mr. Krabs sees SpongeBob picking up a "penny" (which was actually $500 dollar bill) and tries various plans to take it from him, even to the point of insanely breaking into SpongeBob's house with a metal detector.
 
*'''''Patty Caper''''': He stole the secret ingredient of the secret formula, so he wouldn't have to pay for delivery ($1.99). As punishment, he was forced to sell free Krabby Patties all day and watching it go down.
 
*'''''Plankton's Regular''''': Grows jealous of Plankton having a regular customer (even though he gets way more), and tries to steal his secret recipe. His motive was simply, "I can't let Plankton have so much as one customer."
 
*'''''Krabby Kronicle''''': Creates a newspaper and makes SpongeBob write lies about people, ruining their lives. Spongebob tries to stop him but Mr. Krabs threatens to take away his spatula. Soon Mr. Krabs' scheme is found out, and an enraged crowd steals his money. However, one dollar is left behind and he puts it on the newspaper printer creating counterfeit cash.
 
*'''''The Slumber Party''''': Makes SpongeBob spy on Pearl and her friends. Pearl's party is ruined and Mr. Krabs is forced to spend his money for a new party.
 
*'''''Krusty Krushers''''': Puts SpongeBob and Patrick in danger of being killed by huge wrestlers so he can earn the $1,000,000 prize. However at the end of the fight, SpongeBob and Patrick choose wrestle camp instead, much to Mr. Krabs' dismay.
 
*'''''No Hat for Pat''''': Made a fortune when Patrick kept falling on his face, disappointing SpongeBob. Eventually, people take their money back after a Patrick stunt failed. Also he made Patrick cry by firing him and taking his Krusty Krab hat away.
 
   
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{{Quote|Enough with the niceties, Plankton! This is the last time I'm gonna ask ya: '''''WHERE IS ME FORMULAR?!''''' (Plankton: I told you, Krabs, I don't have it!) Wrong answer! [Nearly steps on Plankton]|Mr. Krabs accusing Plankton of stealing the Krabby Patty formula, before nearly killing him.}}
===Season 7===
 
   
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{{Quote|(Customer: They're in cahoots!) Yeah I guess that's a short way of saying it. STOP THAT BUBBLE!|Mr. Krabs ordering the customers to pop the bubble containing SpongeBob and Plankton.}}
   
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{{Quote|Jackpot! Money money money money! Come to papa! Oh boy.|Mr. Krabs about to be injured by a huge wave of coins.}}}}
*'''''Greasy Buffoons''''': Mr. Krabs and Plankton sell customers greasy food. This eventually turns people (including Patrick) into overweight, mindless zombies. Spongebob calls a health inspector, resulting in both the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket being shut down.
 
*'''''Kracked Krabs''''': Mr. Krabs charged everyone $1 per footstep.
 
*'''''One Coarse Meal''''': Mr. Krabs dresses up as Pearl and terrorizes Plankton for 17 days. He scares Plankton into being too scared to eat dinner, having nightmares, and even trying to commit suicide. This is possibly the worst thing Krabs had done, and has even caused many fans to believe that he has crossed the [[Moral Event Horizon]].
 
*'''''The Play's The Thing''''': Mr. Krabs made money by letting customers throwing objects and food at his employeess.
 
*'''''The Cent of Money''''': Mr. Krabs uses Gary as a coin magnet. He steals everyone's money, brings Gary to exaustion, and distracts Spongebob by giving him tedious chores. Mr. Krabs is soon crushed by a tidal wave of money and put in the hospital, where every cent he collected is used up to pay his bill.
 
*'''''The Wreck of the Mauna Loa''''': Mr. Krabs gives away Spongebob and Patrick's secret by turning it into an amusement park. He nearly gets everyone killed, and gets arrested.
 
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*Mr. Krabs is often considered more of a villain than Plankton. In fact, Plankton acts like a rather stereotypical villain like [[Mojo Jojo]] from ''The Powerpuff Girls'' and [[Heinz Doofenshmirtz|Dr. Doofensmirtz]] from ''Phineas and Ferb'', and just like those villains, Plankton is actually shown to be sympathetic sometimes. Mr. Krabs, on the contrary, often behaves like a selfish sociopath, who barely cares about how others feel and only cares about himself and the money he earns. At least, Plankton shows to have a soft spot for his computer wife [[Karen Plankton|Karen]] and pet amoeba Spot. That being said, many people debate otherwise pointing out that Krabs never once got as evil as Plankton was in the first movie (before the episode "One Coarse Meal", when he psychologically tortured the last one and nearly had driven him to suicide; as far the only time, when he became more evil, than Plankton in the first movie) and he rarely wants cause harm on purpose mostly getting carried away by his greed while Plankton wants to take over the world.
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**Mr. Krabs has also broken the law more than Plankton. Unlike Plankton, Krabs only three times went to prison onscreen for it.
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*In the episode "Jellyfish Hunter", Mr. Krabs demands more jellyfish from SpongeBob, upon which he begins to repeat the words "more", which is eventually followed by a grotesque image of Mr. Krabs with his claws raised up. The image is commonly featured and parodied in YouTube Poops and has been dubbed "[https://villainsfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Moar_Krabs Moar Krabs]".
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*Not surprisingly, in the theory about how SpongeBob's cast represents the Seven Deadly Sins, Mr. Krabs represents the Deadly Sin of '''Greed'''.
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*Even in his old age, he is quite tough. He was also in the navy for several years.
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*At the beginning of the series, Mr. Krabs genuinely cared about SpongeBob and was even somewhat of a father figure to him (since SpongeBob's real dad lives far away from him). This fatherly behavior has waned in the later series, although it occasionally surfaces (depending on the writer of the episode).
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*Despite the claim of him always paying his employees below minimum wage, there are instances where Krabs paid them more proper wage such as "Skill Crane" or "Squeaky Boots". Once again, this all depends on the writer.
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*Unsurprisingly, many fans and ex-fans of SpongeBob alike consider Krabs to be the worst character in the entire series, as well as Patrick in post-movie episodes. It is debatable who is worse, but some can make the argument that Krabs is obviously worse because, unlike Patrick, he is more fully aware of his actions, plus he almost made Plankton commit suicide by his fear of whales and was proud of this, whereas Patrick was just aware of himself being dumb. Both ended up re-earning most of their love by the middle of season 9 although some fans have never forgave them for their horrible actions before the post-second movie era.
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**For this reason, Krab's negative portrayal due to the flanderization ultimately brought enough controversy that near the end of Season 9 (the release of the second movie), this eventually revised where he eventually reverted back to their Season 1 selves, re-earning the love from fans. That said, some episodes portray him as a bit more depraved than he was during the first four seasons like the time he tried to get rid of and then kill Squidward for his art.
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*Despite his bottomless obsession of money, Mr. Krabs has absolutely 0% of knowledge about finance and banking as he stupidly makes absurd behavior at the bank and getting himself kicked out as well as only depositing a penny instead of huge tons of money to gain big interests due to being ignorant about how a bank works. That said, one could say that he does know, but he is unwilling to give up the slightest amount despite banks providing better protection.
   
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==See also==
*'''''Drive Thru''''': Destroys the Krusty Krab by destroying several walls to make very poor and shabby drive thru windows. Mr. Krabs cries of this. Technically, this was more an act of greed and stupidity than villainy.
 
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*[[w:c:hero:Mr. Krabs|Mr. Krabs]] in [[w:c:hero|Heroes Wiki]].
*'''''Barnacle Face''''': Decides not to help Pearl with her barnacle problem. It was soon revealed that he used krabby patty grease to make the soap used by Pearl, thus revealing the cause for the barnacle problem. He loses his diamonds because of this and tries to run after Pearl for his diamonds.
 
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*[[w:c:nickelodeon:Mr. Krabs|Mr. Krabs]] in [[w:c:nickelodeon:Nickelodeon Wiki|Nickelodeon Wiki]].
*'''''The Krabby Patty That Ate Bkini Bottom''''': Steals growth serum from Sandy's house so he could test it on a Krabby patty to increase the success in his business. This results in a monstrous krabby patty creature wreaking havoc.
 
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*[[w:c:spongebob:Mr. Krabs|Mr. Krabs]] in [[w:c:spongebob|Encyclopedia SpongeBobia]]
   
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Revision as of 20:55, 15 July 2020

Villain Overview

Hello! I like money!
~ One of Mr. Krabs' recurring phrases.
You're fired!
~ Mr. Krabs' famous catchphrase.

Eugene Harold Krabs, mostly known as Mr. Krabs (born November 30, 1942), is one of the main characters in Nickelodeon's popular animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is the money-obsessed founder of the Krusty Krab and the business rival of Plankton.

Although he is one of the series' protagonists, Mr. Krabs has been frequently been depicted as an unfair and villainous businessman who mistreats his employees as slaves and uses them for personal and financial gain, serves no consideration for anyone (including his own daughter) unless if money is involved, and is even shown to show absolutely no respect for Plankton even at his most harmless possible, even if it means driving him to suicide for his own amusement. Those continuous traits overtime serve him as an antagonistic or yet, outright villainous character on multiple occasions, and even the main antagonist of several episodes. In fairness however, his cheapness is all to blame for which as he deep down does care about SpongeBob, and his daughter Pearl at heart.

He was voiced by Clancy Brown, who also played Byron Hadley in The Shawshank Redemption, Viking Lofgren in Bad Boys, the Kurgan in the Highlander film franchise, Lex Luthor in the DCAU and other DC animated works, Uka Uka and Dr. Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot franchise, Hades in God of War III, Trident, Undertow, Parallax in Green Lantern, Baron Praxis, Taskmaster in Ultimate Spider-Man, Rahzar in the 2012 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, Gunmar in Tales of Arcadia, Ray Schoonover in Marvel's Daredevil, and Surtur in Thor: Ragnarok. While in a few video games, he is voiced by Joe Whyte and Bob Joles. In SpongeBob SquarePants: Typing, he is voiced by Patrick Pinney. In the Broadway musical adaptation, he was portrayed by Brian Ray Norris.

Villainous Side

Since the beginning of the series, Mr. Krabs' overall characterization has become more and more negative. Sometimes, he becomes the villain in some episodes of the show, with Mr. Krabs being just as bad as, if not worse than, Plankton himself.

Although he has moral standards and being a reasonable father figure for SpongeBob at best despite his greedy and recurring antagonistic behavior, the controversial Post-First Movie Seasons utterly removed it all in favor of more out of character moments where he's much more villainous that he supposed to be as much as Patrick Star. Subsequently, this turned him into a full-blown Protagonist Villain who proved time and time again more detestable than Plankton in his worst episodes. His most controversial episode was One Coarse Meal, where he exploited Plankton's fear of whales to the point where Plankton attempts suicide out of fear, an act that the series' fans and plausibly, Krab's pre-First Movie Seasons self understandably appalled with. As a result, this arguably became one of the reasons for the late Stephen Hillenburg revised the show starting from the second half of the end of Season 9 and the second movie of the franchise, reverting Krabs' portrayal back to his likable Pre-First Movie Seasons self. Even then, he is notably more ruthless than he was in the first few seasons.

Even prior to controversial Post-First Movie Seasons, Mr. Krabs does has fair records of villainous and antagonistic acts, notably his recurring tendency to exploit his employees and even exhibits unnecessary sadism towards Plankton upon the latter's defeat. Krab's most prominent antagonistic role, as well as only instance where he truly came close to, if not outright crossing Moral Event Horizon without the franchise's degradation, is Jellyfish Hunter (where he abuses captured jellyfish in favor of producing as much jellyfish jelly as he can and nearly eradicate them all had the blue jellyfish save the day by exposing his crime on SpongeBob). He was also willing to harm SpongeBob for attempting to foil his scheme.

Even after Season 9 reverted him back to his old characterization, Mr. Krabs still has his moments of villainy. Examples include trying to kill Squidward so that he could make money from his art, trying to con Patrick out of his coupon, and several other crimes. As with most characters, however, his morality depends on who is in-charge of writing the episode. One should also note that while it doesn't excuse his actions, he did try to convince Squidward to leave, so he wouldn't have to resort to murdering him.

A hideous and demonic version of Mr. Krabs that appeared for one second in the episode "Jellyfish Hunter", and now is seen frequently in videos on the internet is called Moar Krabs.

Personality

Mainstream

As stated above, Mr. Krabs is extremely greedy, cheap, quite cruel, callous, arrogant, and sometimes he is even a hypocrite and avaricious, often being portrayed as being just as bad as, if not even worse than, Plankton. His only interest is to have money, and he could not care less for his customers, employees, family or even himself as he is shown to risk his life several times if it means making more money.

He frequently associates his customers and products with money, with lines such as "That's me money walking out the door!" It should be noted that, while Mr. Krabs portrayal shows him as being obsessed with money to the point of anthropomorphizing it from the beginning, he became more miserly, cheap, and immoral as the series progressed. His money hunger may stem from his childhood poverty. When SpongeBob uses the term, obsession, to describe his relationship with money during "Plankton's Good Eye", he denies it and claims it to be a strong word.

He is prone to fits of insanity if he has to give up as much as a penny. He often goes to irrationally great lengths to acquire or to avoid losing money with little (if any) regard to the safety or well-being of others or even himself (in "Squid's Day Off", he loses both arms and suffers a severe head injury while attempting to pull a dime out of the sink). In "Krab Borg" (and shown earlier in "Squeaky Boots") reveals that Mr. Krabs always remembers the price for everything he has bought which proves his greed has a strong memory. In "Born Again Krabs", he sells SpongeBob's soul to the Flying Dutchman for 62 cents, despite the fact that SpongeBob put his life on the line to protect him from the Dutchman. Even Squidward was angry and told Mr. Krabs off (even though he hates SpongeBob).

In the same episode, he forces SpongeBob to sell a disgustingly old and contaminated patty that he found under the grill, refusing to let anything that he could potentially make money with go to waste. Ironically, this results in the Krusty Krab losing weeks of business. Twice, he has been shown to have little respect for the dead, most notably in "One Krabs Trash", where he defiles a grave to obtain a presumably rare drink hat to obtain $1,000,000.

Additionally, he is somewhat disrespectful of royalty. In "Rule of Dumb", when Patrick is believed to be the king of Bikini Bottom, Krabs allows him to eat at the Krusty Krab in the hopes of getting tons of money. Krabs promptly kicked Patrick out (literally) when he discovered that he never intended to pay at all, shouting, "No one eats at my restaurant for free, king or no king!". In "The Clash of Triton", when he failed to take Krabby Patties away from King Neptune when ordered to do so, he was promptly electrocuted when he asked who was to pay for them all while also showing little respect towards the king's mourning his son. Also in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, he raises the price of a Krabby Patty to $101 when he finds out King Neptune is coming to the restaurant. He has also risen the price of food in "Truth or Square" in which it was the 117th anniversary of the KK and he added an extra zero on the end of every price on the menu in hopes of getting more money. This shows that he is willing to inflate the prizes if it means making more money for himself.

There have been at least two occasions where SpongeBob has burst into the Krusty Krab to warn him about the oncoming disaster, only for him to think of it as an opportunity to try to sell them Krabby Patties. The first time was to an oncoming biker gang. The second was when he tried selling Krabby patties to giant whelks when SpongeBob described them as ravenously eating everything in their paths, he continued to try to push his products, despite them obviously being vicious wild monsters and he was promptly eaten. His treatment of his employees is just as bad while inconsistent throughout the series, SpongeBob and Squidward's wages are always stated to be extremely low, far below minimum legal wage.

In "Bummer Vacation", SpongeBob comments that a nickel is "more than (he makes) in a year".

In "Big Pink Loser", he implies that instead of being paid, he actually has to pay his boss. He is also shown to abuse his employees, most notably in "Fear of a Krabby Patty", in which he literally forces them to work nonstop 24 hours a day, seven days a week without rest for more than forty days. He did, however, relent when he saw how tired Squidward was.

In "Squid on Strike", Mr. Krabs gives SpongeBob and Squidward bills instead of checks on payday, that charge them for any nonwork-related activity, including standing, breathing, and even existing, and SpongeBob even reveals in "One Coarse Meal" that Mr. Krabs actually pays him in play money. His safety measures and maintenance of the restaurant are extremely poor; if existent, frequently resorting to improvised and obviously inadequate measures to avoid paying for actual insurance and repairs.

In "Pickles", he took money out of SpongeBob's paycheck for one small mistake. In multiple episodes, Mr. Krabs takes advantage of the situation in order to make money, only to have it backfire later on. For example, in "The Krusty Sponge", after a food critic gives the Krusty Krab a good review because of SpongeBob, he completely changes the Krusty Krab to center all around SpongeBob, with SpongeBob condiments, SpongeBob train rides, SpongeBob napkins, SpongeBob ice cubes, and even "Spongy Patties" (really old, rotten Krabby Patties). The "Spongy Patties" give all of the customer's food poisoning, and one of the customers, who happens to be a cop, arrests Krabs.

The next episode "Money Talks" reveals that Krabs has sold his soul multiple times to various evil spirits and demons, including to the Flying Dutchman and even SpongeBob because "He was five bucks short on payday" (ironically, this actually saved his soul since no single specter could fully claim it). In "Drive Thru", he turned a hole in the wall into a drive-thru. SpongeBob bought several things (including a menu, a microphone, and a light up arrow). However, Krabs turned it down (because it wasn't "free") as he already made a menu made of napkins, a microphone made of tin cans on a string, and a very small fish-shaped sign, despite the fact that SpongeBob already paid for them, thus meaning that Mr. Krabs does not have to spend money on any of those things. Because of the increase in customers, he keeps knocking more holes in the walls of his restaurant until it eventually collapses.

Mr. Krabs can also be incredibly petty, heartless and despicable. In "Plankton's Regular", where the Chum Bucket gets a regular customer, Mr. Krabs breaks down crying, saying that he can't let Plankton have even one solitary customer, even though Plankton said beforehand that he wouldn't try to steal the Krabby Patty formula anymore, because he "just can't afford it". At the end of the episode, Mr. Krabs finds out that Plankton's wife Karen bribed the guy to eat at the Chum Bucket. Because of this, Plankton feels miserable again and realizes that he actually never had a regular customer. While Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob are caught in Plankton's trap, SpongeBob tells Mr. Krabs they can make their escape, but Mr. Krabs decides to stay and laugh at Plankton's misery. Another example is in "Penny Foolish", where he goes to ridiculous lengths to acquire a penny that SpongeBob found, setting up numerous tricks that would ironically cost far more than a penny. In "Born Again Krabs", he attacks an innocent bystander who found a penny on the floor and nearly tore the man's arm off to get the penny. During his schemes, he often forces SpongeBob to help him by threatening to fire him.

In "InSPONGEiac", Mr. Krabs is defamatory, opprobrious, harsh, cold and vituperative, as he scolds SpongeBob for using 1% more mustard than he was supposed to, and calls him an insomniac for getting two minutes less sleep than normal. Mr. Krabs has also shown that he believes that he has full control over SpongeBob's personal life: in "Karate Choppers", he forces SpongeBob to give up karate altogether, including outside work, or else he would be fired. In "My Pretty Seahorse", where Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to not just stop bringing Mystery to work, but to get rid of her entirely, and once forced his employees to work nonstop and told them that they could never go home (which is actually illegal).

Despite his covetous and acquisitive behaviour, Mr. Krabs is also completely compassionate and tolerant. He has apologized for his actions on occasion, and he does care for his daughter Pearl, going to great lengths to acquire food for her in "Growth Spout". Despite his abusive treatment of SpongeBob and Squidward, he does care for and appreciate them, as the two help keep his restaurant afloat. In "Krusty Love", Krabs finds his second love (after money): Mrs. Puff. However, their relationship has not been explored at all after this episode. Also in Best Day Ever, when SpongeBob is sad, he actually uses his money to try to cheer him up.

Additionally, in "Born Again Krabs", he struck a deal with the Flying Dutchman for a second chance at life because he is a charitable and generous man, something that he did very well until he discovered he had no money in the cash register. As shown in "Hooky" (free water for Pearl and her friends), "Whale of a Birthday" (cardboard cake, dishwater for party drink, stale popcorn, an "It's a Girl" (with the word Boy crossed out) banner, and Boys Who Cry (really Squidward)), and "The Slumber Party" (crackers and tap water, and "how about some pizza, just put sauce on crackers"), he loves money more than his own daughter. In addition, as seen in "Little Yellow Book", even Krabs was upset at Squidward for reading SpongeBob's diary telling Squidward, "That's low, Squidward, even for you." He is also never shown rallying against Squidward along with most of the residents (at least on screen).

Mr. Plankton Universe

Krabs acts like Plankton does in the mainstream continuity, but with some differences. He prefers to steal the Krabby Patty formula simply sneaking in and taking a sandwich rather than using ingenious plots or devices. Also, like Plankton, he is always naked, but because he was much crazier, he hates wearing clothes to the point where he surrenders when SpongeBob successfully makes him wear something. On top of this, his deranged nature makes Plankton realize how terrible Mr. Krabs' life is at times because of him. Because of this, he leaves this timeline and goes back to his own despite knowing he would never get the formula. However, due to the lack of continuity, Plankton never learned his lesson and continued his quest. That or, he ended up continuing their feud because he enjoyed tormenting his former friend.

Quotes

(Squidward: I'm not taking an order for a bubble!) Sure you are! Or I'll fill your life with misery and woe. Even if you quit.
~ Mr. Krabs' threat to make Squidward serve Bubble Buddy.
Krusty Krab is unfair! Mr. Krabs is in there standing at the concession, plotting his oppression!
~ SpongeBob rioting against Mr. Krabs.
Am I really going to defile this grave for money? Of course, I am!
~ Mr. Krabs before robbing the grave.
(Customer: Hey man, please, you're crushing my arm!) Unhand that penny or the arm comes off!
~ Mr. Krabs threatening to rip off a customer's arm for a penny on the ground.
(SpongeBob: But Mr. Krabs, what about the true meaning of summer? What about the children?) The children? I don't care about the children, I just care about their parents' money. Ah, the fact that their feeble minds are easily distracted by cheap playgrounds and talentless clowns is no skin off my nose! Survival of the fittest, SpongeBob. Survival of the fittest. Heh heh.
~ Mr. Krabs talking about deceiving the children.
What do I do?! I can't let Plankton have so much as one single customer!
~ Mr. Krabs' motive.
Where is my formula Plankton? (Plankton: I don't know, it just disappeared.) WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU, YOU LYING LIAR?!''
~ Mr. Krabs enraged overseeing that his formula is missing.
Enough with the niceties, Plankton! This is the last time I'm gonna ask ya: WHERE IS ME FORMULAR?! (Plankton: I told you, Krabs, I don't have it!) Wrong answer! [Nearly steps on Plankton]
~ Mr. Krabs accusing Plankton of stealing the Krabby Patty formula, before nearly killing him.
(Customer: They're in cahoots!) Yeah I guess that's a short way of saying it. STOP THAT BUBBLE!
~ Mr. Krabs ordering the customers to pop the bubble containing SpongeBob and Plankton.
Jackpot! Money money money money! Come to papa! Oh boy.
~ Mr. Krabs about to be injured by a huge wave of coins.

Trivia

  • Mr. Krabs is often considered more of a villain than Plankton. In fact, Plankton acts like a rather stereotypical villain like Mojo Jojo from The Powerpuff Girls and Dr. Doofensmirtz from Phineas and Ferb, and just like those villains, Plankton is actually shown to be sympathetic sometimes. Mr. Krabs, on the contrary, often behaves like a selfish sociopath, who barely cares about how others feel and only cares about himself and the money he earns. At least, Plankton shows to have a soft spot for his computer wife Karen and pet amoeba Spot. That being said, many people debate otherwise pointing out that Krabs never once got as evil as Plankton was in the first movie (before the episode "One Coarse Meal", when he psychologically tortured the last one and nearly had driven him to suicide; as far the only time, when he became more evil, than Plankton in the first movie) and he rarely wants cause harm on purpose mostly getting carried away by his greed while Plankton wants to take over the world.
    • Mr. Krabs has also broken the law more than Plankton. Unlike Plankton, Krabs only three times went to prison onscreen for it.
  • In the episode "Jellyfish Hunter", Mr. Krabs demands more jellyfish from SpongeBob, upon which he begins to repeat the words "more", which is eventually followed by a grotesque image of Mr. Krabs with his claws raised up. The image is commonly featured and parodied in YouTube Poops and has been dubbed "Moar Krabs".
  • Not surprisingly, in the theory about how SpongeBob's cast represents the Seven Deadly Sins, Mr. Krabs represents the Deadly Sin of Greed.
  • Even in his old age, he is quite tough. He was also in the navy for several years.
  • At the beginning of the series, Mr. Krabs genuinely cared about SpongeBob and was even somewhat of a father figure to him (since SpongeBob's real dad lives far away from him). This fatherly behavior has waned in the later series, although it occasionally surfaces (depending on the writer of the episode).
  • Despite the claim of him always paying his employees below minimum wage, there are instances where Krabs paid them more proper wage such as "Skill Crane" or "Squeaky Boots". Once again, this all depends on the writer.
  • Unsurprisingly, many fans and ex-fans of SpongeBob alike consider Krabs to be the worst character in the entire series, as well as Patrick in post-movie episodes. It is debatable who is worse, but some can make the argument that Krabs is obviously worse because, unlike Patrick, he is more fully aware of his actions, plus he almost made Plankton commit suicide by his fear of whales and was proud of this, whereas Patrick was just aware of himself being dumb. Both ended up re-earning most of their love by the middle of season 9 although some fans have never forgave them for their horrible actions before the post-second movie era.
    • For this reason, Krab's negative portrayal due to the flanderization ultimately brought enough controversy that near the end of Season 9 (the release of the second movie), this eventually revised where he eventually reverted back to their Season 1 selves, re-earning the love from fans. That said, some episodes portray him as a bit more depraved than he was during the first four seasons like the time he tried to get rid of and then kill Squidward for his art.
  • Despite his bottomless obsession of money, Mr. Krabs has absolutely 0% of knowledge about finance and banking as he stupidly makes absurd behavior at the bank and getting himself kicked out as well as only depositing a penny instead of huge tons of money to gain big interests due to being ignorant about how a bank works. That said, one could say that he does know, but he is unwilling to give up the slightest amount despite banks providing better protection.

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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie:
Mr. Krabs | Plankton | Dennis | Karen Plankton | Victor | Cyclops | Boat Jacker | The Frogfish | The Thug Tug Gang
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Plankton | Mr. Krabs | Burger-Beard
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Plankton | Mr. Krabs | Karen Plankton | King Poseidon | El Diablo

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Evil Syndicate | King Gorge | The Mawgu | Robots (SpongeBot SteelPants, Robot Plankton, Robo-Patrick, Robo-Sandy) | Prawn (Admiral Prawn) | Mutant Krabby Patty | Dreaded Patrick | Globulous Maximus | Seymour Scales | Madame Kassandra | Cosmic Jelly Monsters