Krabby Patty: The Secret Formula

The popular, long-term running children's cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants is obviously famous for its bubbly main character, SpongeBob, who is an employee at the Krusty Krab: home of the famous Krabby Patty.

In various episodes, the Krabby Patty's Secret Formula is talked about, even some minor ingredients have been mentioned discretely, but I'm sure everyone has the desire to find out the full recipe.

As a younger child I was brought up with the cartoon and always aspired to find out the formula. It was fun guessing all the possible ingredients, but I never really found anything. Until recently...

I don't usually pay attention to any of the episodes, it's really my sister who's a big fan of the show. But recently I've been careful to try and focus on the details to solve the Secret Formula mystery.

SpongeBob's manager, Mr Krabs is (obviously) a crab and is very secertive about the formula. After re watching a few episodes, I found it perculiar that Mr Krabs, his mother and his grandfather are the only crabs ever seen (except for his 3 nephews who make a minor appearance). And Larry is the only lobster. Now, I'm pretty sure that crabs and lobsters spend a lot of time on the sea bed, in this case 'Bikini Bottom'.

Krabs is very protective over the secret formula, and insists that it's either an 'Old Krabs Family Recipe' or a mistake after an arguement with childhood (used to be) good friend Plankton. Of course I understand why you'd want it to be unknown, as the Krabby Patty is a desired delicous creation. But has anyone really thought about why it's called a Krabby Patty?

I have thought about this, and in my opinion, I think that the Krabby Patty secret ingredient is crab meat. I know it sounds crazy, why would you cook and sell your own kind? But as seen, Mr Krabs is a cheapskate and only (usually) cares about money, maybe he just wants to make money. As he is very protective about the formula, I reckon that he wouldn't like it if his customers knew they were eating his kind.

It makes sense if you think about it, and Plankton is no better. In the episode where he creates an arena to attract new customers he reveals the revolting ingredients that go into his chum on a stick. Not to mention he is the owner of the Chum Bucket, chum as in bits and pieces and wasted fish mixted together to attract fish to catch.