Well, chum is just ground up fish. So plankton could easily get that for free, all he has to do is find already dead fish and put them in a bucket. His only employee is his computer wife Karen, and you don’t have to give an AI money, meaning that whatever little money plankton earns, he gets to keep. Plankton also doesn’t need to eat food or worry about food and water bills, since plankton eat light and they live underwater. He pays his electric bill and rent by.. well, he doesn’t. The chum bucket is literally a bucket
How do we KNOW it's not true. . . Maybe he changed some aspects. . . like how the Other Crew Members looked; just to appeal to His Employees, by likening the other characters in his story, as Pre-existing Characters!!
@MatPat, see normally I'd agree with you, but on this topic I can't for many reasons. Firstly, in Mr Krabs' flashback from season 1 or 3 about his history with Plankton, he clearly shows how he creates the Patty by mistake after knocking a bunch of ingredients into a mystery meat pot. He tastes it and he's shocked at how good it tastes so he writes down the ingredients and markets it the next day. He's not a master chef, he was an intermediate chef at best and just happened to stumble on to a master recipe. My second point is remember in another episode when they run out of pattys? Mr Krabs and SpongeBob are talking in the kitchen and Krabs tells SpongeBob to just make a fresh batch, but since it's been so long since either of them have made a Patty from scratch, they've both forgotten how to actually make one so SpongeBob and Patrick go on a train heist to go to a super secure bank where the real formula is stored. As a side note, it's also been shown that Krabs apparently licensed the formula for the Patty to another company to mass produce them for him and gets them delivered via armored truck as seen in another episode but I forget which. Lastly, if the recipe is a huge placebo as you claim it to be, why is it that every time Plankton manages to make a good burger, or take over the sea, it's only after he gets and reads and forgets apparently (for the sake of plot) the Krabby Patty formula? He's not an idiot, if he read it and found out it's a placebo like the dragon scroll in Kung Fu Panda, he'd say so... loudly. My point is, I think the placebo theory is too much of a cop out. Hillenburg may have made something that is harder to find than the holy Grail, garden of Eden, Atlantis, and the library of Timbuktu combined, but I believe that it is there somewhere. It just doesn't add up that it would be a placebo, or else that's one hell of a reality warping placebo.
Yeah, I was thinking about that Krusty Krab origin story too. Maybe we can look at what droped into the pot to get an idea of what the formula could be?
Love osu! But wasn’t there an episode where sponge bob and krabs looked at the list and realized that they didn’t have the right ingredients to make the sauce?
@Dead Cool also the fact that it’s the only story where a 2nd Krusty Krab exists and the only story where Spongebob would become manager, reaching the peak of his employment in the Krusty Krab
Well, the formula isn't how the patty is put together, it's the spices and herbs put into the meat. The episode Friend or Foe explains that the formula was created when several different ingredients fell into the meat Mr. Krabs uses, thus creating what he called, "the perfect patty batter." So the formula actually hasn't been solved!
Alternate theory: The secret that makes the Krabbi Pattys so good is actually Spongebob. His high integrity and extreme love of his work means that he produces burgers at a level of quality that no ordinary person ever would. The secret formula is a mcguffin that only exists so that Plankton will keep trying to steal it instead of simply abducting and/or recruiting Spongebob. It's why he's the only fry cook, and why The Krusty Krab was never franchised even though Mr Krabbs is so money obsessed, and why the product failed once they tried to mass produce it in factories, and why the Krusty Krab has to practically shut down whenever Spongebob can't work. No other employee will have the same passion Spongebob has while working for so little as Spongebob does, so Mr Krabbs can never simply replace him.
@@gladioluss2919 you're not mistaken. I can't remember the title of that episode but there was a fry cook who used to work at the Krusty Krab before SpongeBob came along. SpongeBob thought that the guy was going to replace him until he found out that the Original Fry Cook went into business on his own.
The secret is in the patty, it's made out of crab meat, in one episode mr krabs takes a burger from an orange child fish, bites a bit and says, "so that's what I taste like", which makes sense, because crabs are cannibals. And if it's real, that the patty is made out of crab meat, it makes sense why it's called "krabby" patty or "Krusty krab"
Well, two things. First, in Friend or Foe, we see Mr Krabs create the formula by accidently adding a bunch of ingredients to the patty batter when they fell in, and it made the burger taste perfect after many failed attempts. Next, in the SpongeBob movie, which is cannon, Plankton steals the formula and is able to turn his burgers into being as good, so there is a real secret ingredient. However, Mr Krabs has created fake formulas before, so you'd be correct in thinking that one was gibberish.
But there's a couple flaws...in the season 9 episode 'Salsa Imbecilicus', we see that at the very end of the semester, the day of everyone's graduation from Bikini Bottom University that Mr. Krabs has devised the Krabby Patty's secret formula. It's also shown in ' Larry the Floor Manager' that bodybuilders who have never tried the krabby patty fall instantly in love with it, and that in many instances we see that Bikini Bottomites follow the sweet smell of a Krabby Patty. Not only those points, but it is also mentioned that there is mayonnaise in the Krabby Patty burger in 'Planet of the Jellyfish.' That may also be made of crab since in The Netherlands, the show's name for Krabby Patties means "Crab Burgers." In the episode 'Selling Out,' when people eat the synthetic Krabby Patties, they immediately notice the difference in taste, further proving the fact that there is a secret formula. I love Matt, his theories, and his channel, and this is my first time actually doing something like this, but these were just a couple of things I noticed and found out. Help Matt see this message!! Thanks
Well he does say that it’s about brand. People convince themselves that krabby patties are the best. And no one realized there was anything different about the synthetic patties until mr krabs freaked out about it. I think a better argument would be when squidward made the patties because sponge bob was off somewhere. And the time when sponge bob brought new rich clientele. Anyway, I think the secret is really spongebob. He’s a good fry cook. 🙂
French salad dressing is the secret formula! It makes cheeseburgers taste delicious! Also, how the cheeseburgers are made: first the bun, then the burger, then lettuce, then cheese, then tomato, then onions, then pickles, followed by French dressing and then mayonnaise and then top bun. If you want it spicy, add jalapeños below the pickles. Cheddar cheese is even better.
Except theres a later episode where we see how Krabs and Plankton actually started the krusty krab and then got in a fight when krabs accidentally makes the perfect krabby patty mixture. Episode Name: Friend or Foe, Season 5 episode 1 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_or_Foe_(SpongeBob_SquarePants) Sorry b, had to do it to em
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Here's a giant hole in this theory. In the episode "Friend or Foe", Karen says that when Krabs and Plankton were kids and had their own restaurant together, they had a falling out and ended up tearing a recipe. Plankton got a tiny portion that only said "Chum" while Krabs got the rest of the recipe. Now a really interesting Spongebob theory would be on Old Man Jenkins. The various incarnations, all the odd things that happen to him (he literally got poisoned in the episode I mentioned), etc
I could easily be wrong here, I haven't seen this episode in a long time so don't take this as me attacking you. But I'm pretty sure I remember the friendship between Plankton and Mr. Krabs being revealed to have been a fictional story.
Idk if this is true though... In one episode, I don't remember the name, they ran out of Patties and lost the formula, so Mr Krabs who doesn't know the formula by heart asked SpongeBob to make the patties since he remembers it cause he reads and uses it all the time, but SpongeBob makes himself forget it so he can't be made to give it to someone,they spend the rest of the episode to get it back. Mr Krabs needed the secret formula to make one, this proves the theory wrong, I like this theory but my SpongeBob knowledge is too much
Plus im pretty sure in another episode they say that Plankton and Mr Krabs made the secret formula and then mr. Krabs run off with it or something- i remember it but i forget what episode.
in the first spongebob film where Neptunes crown was stolen, Plankton actually stole the formula and started selling krabby patties. If it really was marketing wouldn't had Plankton just sold them after the movie anyway ?
I CRACKED THE CODE!!! the second formula had secret sauce but it was missing tomatoes, mustard, and ketchup. I believe that you get secret sauce by putting tomatoes, mustard, and ketchup in a blender and mixing the up.
I think I remember hearing somewhere that McDonald's ice cream machines aren't actually broken down all that much: they just take a lot of work to clean and the workers just claim they're broken because they're too lazy/busy to clean them at that exact moment.
Your theory gets more and more believable, the longer I watch the video. I feel like this c po old be very true in the spongebob universe but the writers probably set it up perfectly like that, unintentionally
It's a nice idea and honestly not the theory I thought you were gonna go with but there's one problem, and episode which told the tale of Mr Crabs and Plinkton's friendship. In the episode the two depart ways and we see Mr Crabs create the Krabby Patty. When creating it he says "I've done it, I've crested the perfect patty batter!" He's not branded at this point and he sure as hell isn't tricking himself into thinking it's special, especially since a load of spices and other ingredients fall into the patty batter, so the formula has to be something.
Are we forgetting the Spongebob Movie where Plankton actually stole the formula and became famous for selling them? Plus the show died after the movie when Stephen stepped away from the series. So the following seasons don't follow the continuity of the first movie.
Nah brother krabby patties are made of crab Evidence: Few krabs in the show, Krusty Krab is a crab trap, and mr krabs eats a krabby patty and say, "Oh so that's what I taste like."
If you watched the episode it was about Mr krabs thinking he's getting old the customer said the patty tasted old and dried up Mr krabs thought he was old and dried up that's the joke
the Sponge on The Run movie basically confirms this since they did a whole song saying that the reason why everyone loves Krabby Patties so much is because Spongebob cooks them in a pratically flawless way
2:58 this list is wrong. The "secret sauce" is a marketing trick used by Mr Krabs to make his burgers seem more original and unique; it's just ketchup and mustard. It's never heard in the show other than on advertisements. the "Undersea veggies & cheese" are lumped together because the cheese is in between the veggies. The "Undersea veggies" include tomatos, lettuce and onions.
2:10-3:10 In the Hashslinging slasher episode the secret sauce is also mentioned. However it’s possible the secret sauce is also some type of marinade used for the patties
Wasn't there a episode when it was a flashback when Plankton and Mr Krabs worked together and Mr krabs accidentally knocked ingredients into a pot to make the secret formula?
I have a disk on that. Yes that did happen and the people loved it even thought he didn't tell them there was secret sauce or anything. I might be wrong but this theory does have a lot of holes.
Don’t forget that Mr Krabs has 2 bottles with the formula, shown in a movie. The bottle that plankton stole could be the fake one , and the real formula could be somewhere else.
It’s more likely that it tastes good because of SpongeBob The proof of this is in just ONE episode I can’t remember the name but There’s an episode where the original fry cook, Jim returns to the Krusty krab and when he makes a krabby patty it tastes ALOT better than when SpongeBob makes it It’s not about the recipe, it’s about the chef SpongeBob and Jim’s way of cooking makes the krabby patty irresistible
Sorry to throw a wrench in this theory but the episode friend or foe actually disproves this. It shows a time when Mr. Krabs and Plankton couldn't make a good burger until it got a random ingredient added to it making it taste great. It proves that it actually is an ingredient as opposed to marketing.
Sorry to throw a wrench in your theory but isn't the majority of "Friend or Foe" a story, told from the perspective of Mr. Krabs? If anything this confirms this theory as it may be part of his marketing strategy.
the inconsistanties with the toppings on a paty can be easily solved its just a different menu item and any good restaraunt would want to change its menu semi-frequently to stay relevant and so customers dont get bored with the menu. thats why the menu changes everytime its shown and toppings and such
we all know that "love" is the secret ingredient that spongebob puts in the krabby patties. he just wants his customers to eat and experience the best burger.
Me before watching the video: "Please don't go for the "There is no secret formula" cliché" The video: *goes for the "There is no secret formula" cliché*
@@monroerobbins7551 Well yeah that is true, but still. I've seen millions of videos explaining the exact same principle. Honestly I am not sure if the "evidence" is enough to justify making another video of this kind.
Although his name has the word "squid" in it and he has six arms, Squidward is an anthropomorphic octopus.(copy and pasted from wiki) plus squids have 10 arms (8 arms and 2 tentacles).
Spoilers for the episode “the hankering” I think that krabby Patties are made from chum, I know what you’re thinking, since chum is terrible and krabby Patties are delicious, it can’t possibly be chum, right? Well, in the episode “the hankering” it is revealed mr krabs has a love for chum, and the chum place that he goes to shuts down, and so the only other place that serves chum is the chum bucket, but mr krabs refuses to go there, and even if he wanted to plankton would not allow it unless it was for the secret formula in return, so he gets SpongeBob to cook a chum alternative, and the first thing SpongeBob uses for chum is krabby Patties, mr krabs tries it and says it’s delicious, but he turns it down, only because it’s “too delicious” not because it doesn’t taste like chum, so it is possible that krabby patties are made from chum, however they are reshaped so they do not look gross and seasoned so they do not taste gross, of course there is one problem, if krabby Patties are made from chum, why doesn’t mr krabs just eat the chum that is used to make krabby patties? Well, 1.He could have forgotten And 2. It is shown that it seems like he can’t control himself when it comes to chum, he could accidentally eat too much chum in one sitting resulting in not as many, or no krabby patties, and mr krabs values money more than he values his own life (this is the same crustacean who buried himself alive to ensure people would come to his restaurant) and at the end of the episode mr krabs has to eat all of plankton’s chum to get to the secret formula since the secret formula fell into the chum supply, and he loses his taste for chum, so he would never even have to dip into the krusty krab’s chum supply, so I do think it’s very possible that the krabby patty secret ingredient is chum
All you gotta do is say *Raviolli Raviolli give me the formuloni* Edit: it's a joke there is an episode where plankton becomes a mr. Krabs robot and tries to get the formula but spongebob told him to say that
yo same, like they say crabs is the only crab, but then there's that episode when crabs went to the cheapskate contest, with like 50 other CRABS, and theres larry
There is a new and upcoming youtube channel called "Food Theory", you should really collab with them. Combining food and film theories is just brilliant.
According to the new movie Sponge On The Run, SpongeBob is the secret formula. (Not literally, of course, but he is the one that makes the krabby patties taste so good.)
"It's finally time I tell you the secret ingredient in my secret ingredient soup! The secret is... *NOTHING!* If you make people believe something's special, it will be special!" - Whatever the heck Po's Dad's name is
The secret is it’s made from Crab. The restaurant is a crab trap, Their main food people want is a Kraby patty, and one episode Mr Crab goes like mmmm now that’s what I taste like. It was in everyone face but no one caught on.
@@nicolejones1579 I'm thinking the same thing. But, crab meat is very expensive. Mr. Crabs wouldn't be making money hand over fist using crab meat. But then again, under the sea crab meat may be cheaper and easier to come by than us humans.
Same metaphor about the dragon warrior. The scroll contained nothing but a reflection. Meaning you and your talent got far enough to see this scroll. And now that you have. The big secret is you.
The gibberish formula could've just been a decoy, and Mr. Krabs just acts like it's the real deal so everyone will believe him. Nobody would leave something like that just lying around inside the safe in the restaurant.
no he did not figure it out in 14 minutes, if anything he showed his results in 14 minutes. but not even that is true since he does not talk about it the whole video
I saw a theory that said that the secret ingredient was crab meat. The official ingredient is labelled as "crab meat imitation". The argument for it being actual real crab meat is a couple of things: 1) The Krusty Crab is designed after a real life Crab trap for fishermens. Might be a clue. 2) Apart from Mr Crab and his mother, we never actually saw another rab in Bikini Bottom itself (crabs outside of the town in some episodes or coming from another place ? Sure, a lot, inside the town everyday ? Not so much...), so Mr Crab might be killing the other crabs to make the recipe, which might be why he never tried to taste one his own burgers because: a) He want to avoid health problem provoked by cannibalism... b) Well he deosn't want to eat another crab... It is also important to note that once trapped in the crab trap I talked earlier, real crab will often eat each other out of panic and stress. 3) The name, Krabby Patty... Krabby... Patty... Just... Like the name itself is a clue. 4) Mr Crabs is often represented as a parody of american and capitalist society, the kind of buisnessman who could cross any line for a few pennies. So it wouldn't be surprising for him to murder his own kind just to run his buisness...
Anybody watching this show knows that, and it is probably nothing because he gets more pennies from people coming back because they know its good. It just makes sense. There is no formula.
Though I like the idea, I don’t think it goes well with the Mr Krabs and Plankton backstory episode (Friend or Foe). Mr Krabs just wanted to make an amazing burger, not money, and he did have a recipe. As well as that, the kids they sold it to (who may have hated them, IDK) loved it when it didn’t even have the marketing name. No answer just doesn’t seem to fit the plot here.
Yeah but they may have hated plankton and krabs but you gonna hate someone if they make you good tasting food? Yeah you don't have to love them or kiss their ass but you'll most likely say "Hey this isn't half bad." And yeah they could have been just trying to make a good burger but i'm pretty sure to a poor person like how krabs and plankton grew up if they could make money off that it'd make life a bit easier for them. Which could have sparked the idea of a secret recipe. It would grab attention and make Krabs money and for some reason deter plankton from trying to make his own burger until he had that recipe knowing how much people liked that recipe. And over the years a good bit has changed so it just becomes simple if you just boil it down to all being an illusion to get people buying the food and coming back. So yeah i'm staying away from the whole secret recipe idea because it's just never going to be revealed or it will just keep changing because like MatPat said it's what drives people to want a Krabby Patty a unique burger you wont find anywhere else.
Maybe it was all a ruse by Mr Krabs. Remeber he TOLD his side of the story of how random ingredients fell in with his half of the recipe he was using. It could be that what really happened is Mr Krabs started to focus on marketing with his lack of companion, then kept the mystery aspect of the burger which made it intresting. If he did this the story he came up with could purley be to keep Sponge Bob in the mystery of the formula (with him now knowing how it was created) and to keep Plankton guessing as well. So in short, he could have lied to keep the secret.
how's this theory, i think Krabs doesn't know the exact ingredient himself, and that the ingredient is chum. i think that this was what they were trying to imply in a special episode(i don't remember the name) showing the origins of the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket, where plankton and Krabs were friends both going to a burger trailer that made burgers better than the Krabby Patty according to Krabs. it used the current krabby patty formula, plus chum. its shown in that episode that krabs and plankton had a falling out where they tore the formula paper apart, where krabs got the normal ingredient list, and plankton got the last ingredient, chum. that would be the ultimate irony, that plankton has the answer he always wanted. this also fits with the theory here, Krabs could've known there was an ingredient missing, but pretended the one that mattered was still on the list, both creating a competitor to beat, and maybe accidentally staring this mystery around his store, and capitalizing on it.
That's a good theory, but it's also been established that through the years of trying to steal the formula, plankton has uncovered every ingredient but one. That would presumably include the chum. And the chum would be the missing ingredient from the current crabby patty that makes it not as good as the original. I'm personally a fan of the theory that since every other product on the krusty krab menu has the main ingredient in the title, the missing ingredient is actually implied to be crab meat.
The problem with this theory, that I can see at least, is that we see in canon that there IS a secret recipe. While there's some conflicting evidence about where the recipe comes from (Krabs once says it was an old family recipe, I believe), there was a flashback episode featuring Plankton where they explore when Krabs and Plankton tried opening their first food stand. Initially they served chum, like the chum at the Chum Bucket, but then Krabs knocks some ingredients into a stock pot and it drastically changes the taste. From there, Krabs took whatever ingredient mix was in the pot and turned it into Krabby Patties. Since this story is accepted as truth by Krabs, Plankton, and Karen, it can be reasonably assumed that it's the true origin of the Krabby Patty. What's more, we know that the incomplete recipe minus whatever Krabs added (Since Plankton only has half a recipe himself), makes chum. Since that's what Plankton makes at his restaurant and seems to be what Krabs and Plankton were making prior to the ingredients change. In the real world, chum is essentially the guts, blood, bones, and other inedible pieces of fish that are typically used as bait. When we see what Plankton makes, that lines up. He essentially had a stomach on a bun, at one point. I'll also go on a limb and assume that these fish parts are from non-sentient fishlife, rather than assume Krabs is cannibalizing other citizens of Bikini Bottom. Given all of this, I'd guess that the secret ingredient is a binding agent +spices. It's very hard to make a fish-based ground patty without some form of a binding agent, like a flour, starch, egg, etc. The binding agent would help the chum stay in the traditional patty shape, while the excessive spices would help mask that they were using cheap cuts of meat. It's a bit like a hot dog or a cheap sausage. You're talking about a product that's made from scraps, designed to make those scraps taste good. Without being packaged properly and without a lot of added spices, none of that is going to be appetizing. Hell, you get a badly made hotdog and it's downright gross.
I was also thinking about this episode as well. Plankton doesn't remember the rest of the ingredients, but Mr. Krabs easily knows the ingredients listed on the side that plankton took, the chum. So does Mr. Krabs include the chum as part of the Krabby Patty, or did he continue to make a patty with only the list of ingredients he tore off?
The only flaw I see in your theory is that we don't really see a whole lot of non-sentient sea animals and plankton's chum is made of fish (according to u/BATIRONSHARK in r/FanTheories) so if kraby patties are made of the same stuff then they also have fish in them
What if the it was made from crab meat as we don’t see many crabs apart from mister crabs himself which would explain the name of the patty(unless he named it after him self but let’s assume he didn’t). This would explain how he could get the base ingredient (chum) and then combine it with the other ingredients.
I remember as a kid buying a magazine from Clan, the channel that screened spongebob and other cartoons in my country (Spain), because it had the krabby patties (burguer cangreburguer in Spain) formula, and just getting completely traumatized when I read that it had crab sauce over the patty.
There’s a few problems with your theory: 1.Earlier In that band episode you mentioned plankton hears sponge bob singing the recipe, well gibberish and the amounts, most likely that’s a reference to it and the real formula is hidden in crabs house , in another episode (the one where plankton comes for the formula with his family) get scared and runs when he learns what in the fake formula , crabs says he hide it somewhere else , squidwards guess his house and he’s right.Crabs must have been hiding the real formula at his house the whole time. 2.Most likely crabs didn’t include the whole list of ingredients because remember it was the patty with the works and he just listed the main ingredients to save money on how long his commercial was, and the reason sponge bob doesn’t include secret sauce is because if you look , you see crabs didn’t bring the sauce fearing plankton might try to steal it. 3.we see in one episode that the sauce isn’t made in the restaurant, we see it get delivered by military men, and we see crabs stealing it to try not to pay to get it made. Finally: we see in the movie a pirate using a magic book to steal the formula to make crabby patties on the surface and we see people buying the burgers and loving it even though they haven’t seen or heard of it before, proving you theory false! Check and mate matpat
ITS LITERALLY CRABS. Think about, we don’t really see much crabs except for Mr.Krabs and when the health inspector comes to the Krusty Krab and Mr,Krab tries the Patty out, he says, “so that’s what I taste like”.
RetroIsGamingYT Awesome Retro It's canon that Krabby Patties are made out of chum. Chum, technically, is chopped up fish. Krabby Patties are made out of fish.
your next spongebob theory should be how Plankton stays in business
LOL
Get roasted plankton
Prostitution pays well in many places.
Well, chum is just ground up fish. So plankton could easily get that for free, all he has to do is find already dead fish and put them in a bucket. His only employee is his computer wife Karen, and you don’t have to give an AI money, meaning that whatever little money plankton earns, he gets to keep. Plankton also doesn’t need to eat food or worry about food and water bills, since plankton eat light and they live underwater. He pays his electric bill and rent by.. well, he doesn’t. The chum bucket is literally a bucket
Arms dealing
“Mr.Krabs is not a master chef”
Mr.Krabs: *peels and entire potato at once with no mistakes*
Gordon Ramsay: 0o0
In that episode it was a story that he told which wasn't true soooooo
How do we KNOW it's not true. . .
Maybe he changed some aspects. . . like how the Other Crew Members looked; just to appeal to His Employees, by likening the other characters in his story, as Pre-existing Characters!!
I thought that was a coconut lol
I thought it was a burger bun
The secret ingredient is actually love ❤️
Booooooooo
Love? What's that Bryson?
*slices heart apart* love? what love?
Haminations nah its old tofu
Haminations oh nah
Matpat: "We treat nothing as sacred"
Diet coke: Am I a joke to you?
Store Brand Diet Cola with Citric Acid: You are now.
@MatPat, see normally I'd agree with you, but on this topic I can't for many reasons. Firstly, in Mr Krabs' flashback from season 1 or 3 about his history with Plankton, he clearly shows how he creates the Patty by mistake after knocking a bunch of ingredients into a mystery meat pot. He tastes it and he's shocked at how good it tastes so he writes down the ingredients and markets it the next day. He's not a master chef, he was an intermediate chef at best and just happened to stumble on to a master recipe.
My second point is remember in another episode when they run out of pattys? Mr Krabs and SpongeBob are talking in the kitchen and Krabs tells SpongeBob to just make a fresh batch, but since it's been so long since either of them have made a Patty from scratch, they've both forgotten how to actually make one so SpongeBob and Patrick go on a train heist to go to a super secure bank where the real formula is stored. As a side note, it's also been shown that Krabs apparently licensed the formula for the Patty to another company to mass produce them for him and gets them delivered via armored truck as seen in another episode but I forget which.
Lastly, if the recipe is a huge placebo as you claim it to be, why is it that every time Plankton manages to make a good burger, or take over the sea, it's only after he gets and reads and forgets apparently (for the sake of plot) the Krabby Patty formula? He's not an idiot, if he read it and found out it's a placebo like the dragon scroll in Kung Fu Panda, he'd say so... loudly.
My point is, I think the placebo theory is too much of a cop out. Hillenburg may have made something that is harder to find than the holy Grail, garden of Eden, Atlantis, and the library of Timbuktu combined, but I believe that it is there somewhere. It just doesn't add up that it would be a placebo, or else that's one hell of a reality warping placebo.
This needs more upvotes. It's exactly what I was thinking while watching the video
Pr!me Tim3z someone’s been watching their spongebob
Yeah, I was thinking about that Krusty Krab origin story too. Maybe we can look at what droped into the pot to get an idea of what the formula could be?
Pr!me Tim3z *thoughtful nodding* Valid points
Do you know about the Theorist subreddit? I think you would enjoy yourself there haha
Matt: "There is NO secret"
Me: *Kungfu Panda flashback *
Love osu! But wasn’t there an episode where sponge bob and krabs looked at the list and realized that they didn’t have the right ingredients to make the sauce?
That scene got me triggered 👀
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I feel like they're gonna reveal what the secret formula is in the final episode...if Spongebob ever ends.
Dead Cool technically the first spongebob movie could be considered how spongebob’s story ends chronologically
@@JeffYanzi yeah that makes sense, since that was the only version were Neptune looked different, and the fact that they never bring it up again.
@Dead Cool also the fact that it’s the only story where a 2nd Krusty Krab exists and the only story where Spongebob would become manager, reaching the peak of his employment in the Krusty Krab
@@JeffYanzi yep
I would rather never know the secret Krabby Patty formula than seeing Spongebob end.
Well, the formula isn't how the patty is put together, it's the spices and herbs put into the meat.
The episode Friend or Foe explains that the formula was created when several different ingredients fell into the meat Mr. Krabs uses, thus creating what he called, "the perfect patty batter."
So the formula actually hasn't been solved!
What can be deducted in the formula was that it included seaweed sauce, dried kelp, chum, and glass bottles.
but in that same episode it shows that Krabs and Plankton have differing recollections of that same event. so it may not have even happened at all.
@@chumuheha yeah, but Karen said what actually happened, since she was a security camera back then.
For real life it should been solved
Alternate theory: The secret that makes the Krabbi Pattys so good is actually Spongebob. His high integrity and extreme love of his work means that he produces burgers at a level of quality that no ordinary person ever would. The secret formula is a mcguffin that only exists so that Plankton will keep trying to steal it instead of simply abducting and/or recruiting Spongebob. It's why he's the only fry cook, and why The Krusty Krab was never franchised even though Mr Krabbs is so money obsessed, and why the product failed once they tried to mass produce it in factories, and why the Krusty Krab has to practically shut down whenever Spongebob can't work. No other employee will have the same passion Spongebob has while working for so little as Spongebob does, so Mr Krabbs can never simply replace him.
For real! It was love all along. Nice theory
Unless im mistaken, i remember an episode where mr krabs speaks of a former employee who is not spongebob
Seriously tho, correct me if im wrong 😅
technically plankton did "take" spongebob away after mr krabs lost a bet in one of the early seasons.
@@gladioluss2919 you're not mistaken. I can't remember the title of that episode but there was a fry cook who used to work at the Krusty Krab before SpongeBob came along. SpongeBob thought that the guy was going to replace him until he found out that the Original Fry Cook went into business on his own.
Melissa Cooper I believe it’s season 5 ep 2 “The other fry cook” is the title
"Telling you your favourite cartoon characters are addicted to cocaine is like my favourite pastime"
Lol same
@@noodleedits9016 I'm sorry what?
i have a question what about the episodes about flashbacks
Ooo nice hat
Nvm hats aren’t cool anymore
Apart from the misspellings, spot on hahaha
I’m honestly shocked you haven’t done this one before
kremit
I am honestly shocked you beat Justin Y
Hmmmmmm.......
Ah. You've changed your profile pic.
Kremit
Teacher: remember to show ur work!
Matpat:
“There is no secret ingredient... To make something special, you just have to believe it’s special.” -Mr. Ping, Kung Fu Panda
Emmet, Spongebob, etc.
The secret ingredient is... nothing.
Emmet
Kung Fu Panda is so good!
@@JoseATurner From lego?
Telling you that your favorite cartoon characters are addicted to cocaine is like my favorite pastime - MatPat 2019
Love dat
Good ol' Steven Hillenburg...
The Stan Lee of Nickelodeon.
CalypsoSteampunX R.I.P both of them
Hi
In more ways than one -
The secret formula is krab because the krusty krab is a krab trap. And I don't think you have seen any other krabs.
So trueeeeeeeeeeeee
The secret is in the patty, it's made out of crab meat, in one episode mr krabs takes a burger from an orange child fish, bites a bit and says, "so that's what I taste like", which makes sense, because crabs are cannibals. And if it's real, that the patty is made out of crab meat, it makes sense why it's called "krabby" patty or "Krusty krab"
1:03 Flashbacks to how “Sweet Victory” wasn’t shown at the Super Bowl.
Thank god it wasn't.
The super bowl couldn't FIRMLY GRASP sweet victory
Well, two things. First, in Friend or Foe, we see Mr Krabs create the formula by accidently adding a bunch of ingredients to the patty batter when they fell in, and it made the burger taste perfect after many failed attempts. Next, in the SpongeBob movie, which is cannon, Plankton steals the formula and is able to turn his burgers into being as good, so there is a real secret ingredient. However, Mr Krabs has created fake formulas before, so you'd be correct in thinking that one was gibberish.
XD That would have been good too!
He also went home to find another hiding place when he found out that squidward knew the location of the formula.
Yeah suck on that mat pat
Handington and sponge out of water the pirate manages to make patties using the stolen formula
Well.
It's canon, not cannon, but I'm just nitpicking here, so don't mind it '-'
But there's a couple flaws...in the season 9 episode 'Salsa Imbecilicus', we see that at the very end of the semester, the day of everyone's graduation from Bikini Bottom University that Mr. Krabs has devised the Krabby Patty's secret formula. It's also shown in ' Larry the Floor Manager' that bodybuilders who have never tried the krabby patty fall instantly in love with it, and that in many instances we see that Bikini Bottomites follow the sweet smell of a Krabby Patty. Not only those points, but it is also mentioned that there is mayonnaise in the Krabby Patty burger in 'Planet of the Jellyfish.' That may also be made of crab since in The Netherlands, the show's name for Krabby Patties means "Crab Burgers."
In the episode 'Selling Out,' when people eat the synthetic Krabby Patties, they immediately notice the difference in taste, further proving the fact that there is a secret formula.
I love Matt, his theories, and his channel, and this is my first time actually doing something like this, but these were just a couple of things I noticed and found out.
Help Matt see this message!! Thanks
You should go work for film theorie iam form the netherlands btw
It's just a fucking show
@@d_estroyz5685 says a person watching a film theory video...
So it is a cocain after all?😄
Well he does say that it’s about brand. People convince themselves that krabby patties are the best. And no one realized there was anything different about the synthetic patties until mr krabs freaked out about it.
I think a better argument would be when squidward made the patties because sponge bob was off somewhere. And the time when sponge bob brought new rich clientele.
Anyway, I think the secret is really spongebob. He’s a good fry cook. 🙂
French salad dressing is the secret formula! It makes cheeseburgers taste delicious! Also, how the cheeseburgers are made: first the bun, then the burger, then lettuce, then cheese, then tomato, then onions, then pickles, followed by French dressing and then mayonnaise and then top bun. If you want it spicy, add jalapeños below the pickles. Cheddar cheese is even better.
Except theres a later episode where we see how Krabs and Plankton actually started the krusty krab and then got in a fight when krabs accidentally makes the perfect krabby patty mixture. Episode Name: Friend or Foe, Season 5 episode 1
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_or_Foe_(SpongeBob_SquarePants)
Sorry b, had to do it to em
What's the secret ingredient?
only seasons 1 to 3 are reliable cuz thats when spielberg was on the show
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nice evidence tho. i remember that episode
Lmao Wikipedia
Nice to explain it a lot better, than i could
Rest in peace Stephen Hillenburg. You was love and will be remembered forever.
He will be missed
Who is Stephen hillenburg
Here's a giant hole in this theory. In the episode "Friend or Foe", Karen says that when Krabs and Plankton were kids and had their own restaurant together, they had a falling out and ended up tearing a recipe. Plankton got a tiny portion that only said "Chum" while Krabs got the rest of the recipe.
Now a really interesting Spongebob theory would be on Old Man Jenkins. The various incarnations, all the odd things that happen to him (he literally got poisoned in the episode I mentioned), etc
Bonderito this is what I thought of while watching the episode too
I thought of this too. With the movie as well (how could Plankton recreate the Krabby Patty if there is no formula?), this theory doesn't work at all.
I could easily be wrong here, I haven't seen this episode in a long time so don't take this as me attacking you. But I'm pretty sure I remember the friendship between Plankton and Mr. Krabs being revealed to have been a fictional story.
@@fullorganicalchemyst2715 the two stories told earlier in the episode are false but in the end Karen tells the real story
Well I wouldn't blame him for missing it. There are so many episodes of Spongebob after all.
Mr.Krabs is just stashing Pearl’s Mother and that’s the secret formula
Idk if this is true though... In one episode, I don't remember the name, they ran out of Patties and lost the formula, so Mr Krabs who doesn't know the formula by heart asked SpongeBob to make the patties since he remembers it cause he reads and uses it all the time, but SpongeBob makes himself forget it so he can't be made to give it to someone,they spend the rest of the episode to get it back. Mr Krabs needed the secret formula to make one, this proves the theory wrong, I like this theory but my SpongeBob knowledge is too much
At least he didn't fall into the cocaine bait. It also ruins my idea that it was just a strange kind of meat
Oh yeah that was an episode but im not sure if bobby made himself forget it
They just have to found the bottle where the formula is, in a lot of episodes they show it, so maybe it your theory is wrong
Plus im pretty sure in another episode they say that Plankton and Mr Krabs made the secret formula and then mr. Krabs run off with it or something- i remember it but i forget what episode.
PaceTry that is one example I thought of but maybe it's to keep up the ruse idk
in the first spongebob film where Neptunes crown was stolen, Plankton actually stole the formula and started selling krabby patties. If it really was marketing wouldn't had Plankton just sold them after the movie anyway ?
maybe he was zapped with an amnesia ray lol
Wouldn't he remember the formula anyways?
Hellingburg said the movie is chronologically the end of spongebob. Every episode or other movie takes place before the first movie.
Abel Raregroove maybe the formula is really forgettable
Abel Raregroove He just used them to get everyone to wear his helmets, he probably just made a few batches
I CRACKED THE CODE!!! the second formula had secret sauce but it was missing tomatoes, mustard, and ketchup. I believe that you get secret sauce by putting tomatoes, mustard, and ketchup in a blender and mixing the up.
OMG LIKE THIS COMMENT GET IT TO THE TOP
Cool
But ketchup is tomatoes 🤔🤔🤔
BRILLIANT JUST BRILLIANT
The secret formula is KRABS!
Can I just say this guy would be an amazing lawyer in an advertisement court case
he would 😂
“The McDonalds brand is about reliability”
“Sorry the ice cream machine isn’t working”
Exactly, it reliability doesn't work
I think I remember hearing somewhere that McDonald's ice cream machines aren't actually broken down all that much: they just take a lot of work to clean and the workers just claim they're broken because they're too lazy/busy to clean them at that exact moment.
@@sentinel7672 Thank Zeus for small lies, amirite?
Understandable, have a nice day
the ice cream machine is reliably broken all the time.
Imagine if they open a real Krusty krab restaurant and the whole spongebob series was just a huge commercial
RaMoNa oh my god yes 😂
honestly that’s genius because I would definitely try it
@@user-fv7om7qf4o Me too
They have one in nyc
He he crappy patty
Telling people our favorite cartoon are addicted to cocaine is like cocaine for Mat
word
Yes
jah
Whatever the secret ingredient is, it has to fit within the price point of a Krabby patty. I highly doubt Mr Krabs would lose money
Mr. Krabs even got me talking. Crazy how a fictional character got me helping his market.
*Krabbs
speech! '-' crabs*
Godzillaphoenix Krabs*
@@chickennugget8955 kArbS*
JayKayLi 183 Krabs*
***keep it going everybody***
*The secret ingredient to the Krabby Patty formula is*
HOOPLA
HOPPLA!!!
Its fish.
no it's not, the secret formula is
LEEDLE LEEDLE LEEDLE LEEDLE
everyone knows the krabby patty secret formula is in area 51
2 months left!
@@thehiddenninja3428 I think plankton is also gonna go to area 51
Fhfdzu$hjdtyfghsfhghxfghz why is Area 51 memes popular
I didn't go to area 51 and learn the secret Krabby Patty formula I know cuz I'm the one who created it it's crab meat duh.
Aeyen The Lobster omg
Your theory gets more and more believable, the longer I watch the video. I feel like this c po old be very true in the spongebob universe but the writers probably set it up perfectly like that, unintentionally
It's a nice idea and honestly not the theory I thought you were gonna go with but there's one problem, and episode which told the tale of Mr Crabs and Plinkton's friendship.
In the episode the two depart ways and we see Mr Crabs create the Krabby Patty. When creating it he says "I've done it, I've crested the perfect patty batter!"
He's not branded at this point and he sure as hell isn't tricking himself into thinking it's special, especially since a load of spices and other ingredients fall into the patty batter, so the formula has to be something.
Plinkton lol it's plankton 😂
Crazy Gal Who is he lying to?
@Crazy Gal I was about comment that but I'm happy u did because u explained it better than I would
@Crazy Gal Can't be, Caren the robot filmed the whole thing, what we saw was true
But this episode has been contradictory to other episodes, so keep it with a grain of salt
there is no secret ingredient - kung fu panda
Oh damn. I just posted that. Good to know there are those that thought that from the start lol
Damn it I just posted that
Its just you~poe
overtflow oh wow I did this with my tough
Ninja panda
So it’s like the soup from Kung fu panda 😂
Lol! This needs more notes 😂
Or the dragon scroll
I was just about to comment this! If you think it's special, then it becomes special.
@@michaelm9688 *Upvotes
The Krabby Patty
Is More legendary
Just getting to see how the editing has improved over the years is just great ( it’s still great here btw )
Are you sponsored by Chum Bucket or something?
this is my favorite comment A+
I was going to like but you had 420 sooooooooo.....
@@blujay8342 *the number of the stuff he puts in his secret sauce*
Underated comment
@@snowflakeserpert6834 Krabs*
*Plankton has joined the chat*
Uh oh
Oh s***I serious some one get me a lighter and some hair spray so I can get get the little f***
*Plankton has rejoined the chat*
*Spongbob calls the police*
*_Plankton breaks out and takes the formula_*
Next theory: How much money does Mr. Krabs have?
DUN DUN DUN
Lots
A penny oh yeah yeah
@Ruffa Proschwitz oh no no
Is it enough to top Scrooge McDuck?
I accept Alex Bale’s theory that it’s pearl’s dead mother. She was so huge that crabs has practically an endless supply
*Plankton has entered the chat*
LOL
Mat pat what have you done!😉
Yo is this like in kung fu panda. there is no secret in the noodles
I'm glad someone else thought of this too
I literally am watching that scene right now
Vaseante indeed it is my friend. Indeed it is.🧐
You just got to believe it's special
I was looking for this comment
Are we forgetting the Spongebob Movie where Plankton actually stole the formula and became famous for selling them?
Plus the show died after the movie when Stephen stepped away from the series. So the following seasons don't follow the continuity of the first movie.
That happened in the timeline before the 1st movie
i was just going to put that
It's because he had an idea of something better than the krabbypatty
He only went through the episodes
NOO NON NO
Nah brother krabby patties are made of crab Evidence: Few krabs in the show, Krusty Krab is a crab trap, and mr krabs eats a krabby patty and say, "Oh so that's what I taste like."
it’s pearls mother
Bro watching UA-cam shorts ☠️
@@HaNZ_UCF tt has more crazier things dude
If you watched the episode it was about Mr krabs thinking he's getting old the customer said the patty tasted old and dried up Mr krabs thought he was old and dried up that's the joke
The secret recipe is love... duh
No
It was Mr. Krabs, it was love
deSuperNoodle no it’s imitation crab meat
Nah its crab sorry to break it to ya.😅
Awesome Mystery? I said that too :D
“Mr Crabs is NOT an expert chef”
*plays clip of him peeling a potato in ONE PEEL while SPINNING IT ON A CLAW LIKE A BASKETBALL*
Krabs*
@@mrkrabs8112 canible
*cannibal
LOOK OOUUUT ITS THE APPETIZER
Crotchwhistle Purple omg man chill out
*The real formula is under Mr krabs mattress.*
o boi
mr pay oh I see
CURSE YOU SQUIDWARD!!!!
No it's in him ass
I thought it was in his pants.
the Sponge on The Run movie basically confirms this since they did a whole song saying that the reason why everyone loves Krabby Patties so much is because Spongebob cooks them in a pratically flawless way
2:58 this list is wrong. The "secret sauce" is a marketing trick used by Mr Krabs to make his burgers seem more original and unique; it's just ketchup and mustard. It's never heard in the show other than on advertisements. the "Undersea veggies & cheese" are lumped together because the cheese is in between the veggies. The "Undersea veggies" include tomatos, lettuce and onions.
Patrick Star that’s what the episodes about g
But spongebob said the secret ingredient was love
Agreed. I quit @ 2:58, and clicked dislike.
Weedy Sneedy find out yourself
Hmmmm something’s missing...
I know! The secret ingredient!
*Salt*
SEA salt
Chicken
Grease
Salt
The patty gets soaked in salt water
Was that a Simpson's reference or an ocean joke?
Lol
"ITS LOVE! THE SECRET INGREDIENT IS LOVE!" -The Spongebob Movie: Sponge out of Water
I thought it was from the episode where pearl was going through something (sorry my spongebob knowledge is a little rusty)
That’s canon
Christopher Brijalba I guess you could say that your Krusty Krab knowledge is a bit KRUSTY
thought it was plankin...
I knew it
2:10-3:10
In the Hashslinging slasher episode the secret sauce is also mentioned. However it’s possible the secret sauce is also some type of marinade used for the patties
Wasn't there a episode when it was a flashback when Plankton and Mr Krabs worked together and Mr krabs accidentally knocked ingredients into a pot to make the secret formula?
We must look at at it
Those were basic sauces but we know for a fact that the krabby patty was made with chum
That was powerpuff girls
I have a disk on that. Yes that did happen and the people loved it even thought he didn't tell them there was secret sauce or anything. I might be wrong but this theory does have a lot of holes.
They were also inside the jar so there are crushed glass on the patty.
Don’t forget that Mr Krabs has 2 bottles with the formula, shown in a movie. The bottle that plankton stole could be the fake one , and the real formula could be somewhere else.
You're right!
mabye both are fake
you should do who is Phineas's dad from Phineas and ferb
OR STEVEN UNIVERSE....like theories on the new movie
@DocJones1010 Not to mention it explains why he always wants to build stuff.
fuck you guys
rice is laifuuu LMAO
its Dr. Doof or is that a coincidence?
It’s more likely that it tastes good because of SpongeBob
The proof of this is in just ONE episode
I can’t remember the name but
There’s an episode where the original fry cook, Jim returns to the Krusty krab and when he makes a krabby patty it tastes ALOT better than when SpongeBob makes it
It’s not about the recipe, it’s about the chef
SpongeBob and Jim’s way of cooking makes the krabby patty irresistible
This video is brought to you by the Chum Bucket: Come eat at the Chum Bucket, where we now will start selling Krabby Patties.
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Can you do a theory about how rich is mr. Krabs
I need to see that
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Succ
Why do you need to know?
@@eugenekrabs5820 Afraid to reveal questionable sources of wealth mr. Krabs : )? [COUGHembezzler/cough]
Sorry to throw a wrench in this theory but the episode friend or foe actually disproves this. It shows a time when Mr. Krabs and Plankton couldn't make a good burger until it got a random ingredient added to it making it taste great. It proves that it actually is an ingredient as opposed to marketing.
Wouldn't Chum is Fum disprove this and demonstrate the power of marketing?
Sorry to throw a wrench in your theory but isn't the majority of "Friend or Foe" a story, told from the perspective of Mr. Krabs? If anything this confirms this theory as it may be part of his marketing strategy.
You got it
@@mj1695 true
also in the episode where plankton made a robot mr. krabs and asked spongebob to bring his the formula, spongebob was able to do so.
What if the ingredients text is actually a form of Lorem ipsum used by the writers to keep the formula as vague as possible to the audience!
the inconsistanties with the toppings on a paty can be easily solved its just a different menu item and any good restaraunt would want to change its menu semi-frequently to stay relevant and so customers dont get bored with the menu. thats why the menu changes everytime its shown and toppings and such
The problem with that is that there really isn’t different varieties of Krabby Patty’s in the menu.
A customer just don't want all the toppings and the problem solved
I still don't get how either of the SpongeBob SquarePants movies would work without a formula
Same
Agreed. Plankton actually finds, replicates, and sells Krabby Patties at least ONCE, so there MUST be a logic he cracked.
Lol
The movies are not cannon
@@Ayacakes95 Are you special.
Mr. Krabbs Wife is the Ingredient
ummmmmm ok, thats dark
Oh jeez you both have convincing evidence
I get it
The Theorizer was she that FAT?
its obviously krabs
we all know that "love"
is the secret ingredient that
spongebob puts in the krabby patties.
he just wants his customers to eat
and experience the best burger.
Me before watching the video: "Please don't go for the "There is no secret formula" cliché"
The video: *goes for the "There is no secret formula" cliché*
At least they presented a believable and detailed argument instead of just going "lol what a twist".
At least he covered it well, and had actual evidence beyond ‘no consistency in ingredients revealed’.
@@monroerobbins7551 Well yeah that is true, but still. I've seen millions of videos explaining the exact same principle. Honestly I am not sure if the "evidence" is enough to justify making another video of this kind.
Dave, well, that I can agree with. I’m just trying to be optimistic.
Thanks for saving me 14 minutes of my life lol
The Secret Ingredient™ is actually just Hoopla
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HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HOOOOOOOOPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
CHOCALATE!!!!!
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.
*Yes*
If the krabby patty is made from Krabs it makes sense that squidward loves them as octopodes eat krabs
Fun fact: squidward is an octopus
@@primalamanna7349 doesn't squids have 10 legs?
Is Squidward's nose his.... ya know.
Prima Lamanna Because squids mouths are in between their legs so it makes sense that his pp would be above his mouth...
@@primalamanna7349 just because. :3 YOUR WELCOME!!!!! Also I'm geeey.
Although his name has the word "squid" in it and he has six arms, Squidward is an anthropomorphic octopus.(copy and pasted from wiki) plus squids have 10 arms (8 arms and 2 tentacles).
Spoilers for the episode “the hankering”
I think that krabby Patties are made from chum, I know what you’re thinking, since chum is terrible and krabby Patties are delicious, it can’t possibly be chum, right? Well, in the episode “the hankering” it is revealed mr krabs has a love for chum, and the chum place that he goes to shuts down, and so the only other place that serves chum is the chum bucket, but mr krabs refuses to go there, and even if he wanted to plankton would not allow it unless it was for the secret formula in return, so he gets SpongeBob to cook a chum alternative, and the first thing SpongeBob uses for chum is krabby Patties, mr krabs tries it and says it’s delicious, but he turns it down, only because it’s “too delicious” not because it doesn’t taste like chum, so it is possible that krabby patties are made from chum, however they are reshaped so they do not look gross and seasoned so they do not taste gross, of course there is one problem, if krabby Patties are made from chum, why doesn’t mr krabs just eat the chum that is used to make krabby patties? Well, 1.He could have forgotten
And 2. It is shown that it seems like he can’t control himself when it comes to chum, he could accidentally eat too much chum in one sitting resulting in not as many, or no krabby patties, and mr krabs values money more than he values his own life (this is the same crustacean who buried himself alive to ensure people would come to his restaurant) and at the end of the episode mr krabs has to eat all of plankton’s chum to get to the secret formula since the secret formula fell into the chum supply, and he loses his taste for chum, so he would never even have to dip into the krusty krab’s chum supply, so I do think it’s very possible that the krabby patty secret ingredient is chum
All you gotta do is say
*Raviolli Raviolli give me the formuloni*
Edit: it's a joke there is an episode where plankton becomes a mr. Krabs robot and tries to get the formula but spongebob told him to say that
How about no.
what is formuloni ?
@@That_One_Guy......... formula....... nevermind that. That was a reference from Spongebob. Watch it again.
Ummm thats Stupid my brother has a dumb show
Next on sponge Bob film theory. What curse word was the dolphin noise in the sailor mouth episode?
Lol
All of them.
It was definitely fuck.
I would like that.
Krabs is a mother fucker
Hey Patrick how the fuck are ya
Pretty fucking good spongebob
I'm just here to see how many people said, "ThE sEcReT iS cRaB mEaT iTs In ThE nAmE!!!"
yo same, like they say crabs is the only crab, but then there's that episode when crabs went to the cheapskate contest, with like 50 other CRABS, and theres larry
@@ShonaS If were talking about Larry, its Lobster Patties in that case, which still sound tasty AF
Amal Chamchaoui
Holy-
It's cannibalism!!!!! Lol yeah sounds legit.
@Amal Chamchaoui yes he has man I don't remember what episode but he has been in the crusty crab.
How does his videos age so well??
When you open this video, you cannot tell the difference from one from recently.
There is a new and upcoming youtube channel called "Food Theory", you should really collab with them. Combining food and film theories is just brilliant.
I agree, and the guys who do the channels sound similar
@@courtneycourtney1296 r/wooooooooosh
LMAO
Courtney Courtney
Wooooooosh
EVERYONE WOOOOSH THE IDIOT
... who is gonna tell them? not me!
Here’s a theory what if the Krabby patty is selling crab
I also heard that the krabby patty restaurant is shaped like a crab cage....
I believe it's just chum with extra seasonings
He even says when he tries a Krabby Patty "hmm, so that's what I taste like". So you are correct
Oh yeah I remember someone else saying that
@FE Rebekah Soylent Cola, actually.
I've heard the flavor varies from person to person.
According to the new movie Sponge On The Run, SpongeBob is the secret formula. (Not literally, of course, but he is the one that makes the krabby patties taste so good.)
I mean unless you're watching the meatcanyon SpongeBob video
@@jerryseinfeld1988 yeah, thats exactly what i was thinking lol
So MeatCanyon's video is canon
I got meatcanyon vibes from this comment.
@Garrett Smith This must be why Human Spongebob was called Jimbob.
This is an amazing theory, but what about the SpongeBob movie, where plankton finds the formula and takes over making the krabby pattys?
"It's finally time I tell you the secret ingredient in my secret ingredient soup! The secret is... *NOTHING!* If you make people believe something's special, it will be special!" - Whatever the heck Po's Dad's name is
Mr.Ping and he Is not Po real father
@@XxSoKKurxX ik he's not, but thx for the name!
The secret is it’s made from Crab. The restaurant is a crab trap, Their main food people want is a Kraby patty, and one episode Mr Crab goes like mmmm now that’s what I taste like. It was in everyone face but no one caught on.
@@nicolejones1579 I'm thinking the same thing. But, crab meat is very expensive. Mr. Crabs wouldn't be making money hand over fist using crab meat. But then again, under the sea crab meat may be cheaper and easier to come by than us humans.
Same metaphor about the dragon warrior. The scroll contained nothing but a reflection. Meaning you and your talent got far enough to see this scroll. And now that you have. The big secret is you.
The gibberish formula could've just been a decoy, and Mr. Krabs just acts like it's the real deal so everyone will believe him. Nobody would leave something like that just lying around inside the safe in the restaurant.
Knowing krabs has probabily has the real formula written on the inside of his money mattress.
Plankton spends his whole career trying to figure out the formula
Film theory: I figured it out in 14 minutes :)
@@--LAm-- the what?
@@--LAm-- Man you delusional smh, Jimmy is rolling in that drip
no he did not figure it out in 14 minutes, if anything he showed his results in 14 minutes. but not even that is true since he does not talk about it the whole video
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@iii snipez yeah
Remember that episode where the flashback shows the ingredients you mist it
I saw a theory that said that the secret ingredient was crab meat.
The official ingredient is labelled as "crab meat imitation". The argument for it being actual real crab meat is a couple of things:
1) The Krusty Crab is designed after a real life Crab trap for fishermens. Might be a clue.
2) Apart from Mr Crab and his mother, we never actually saw another rab in Bikini Bottom itself (crabs outside of the town in some episodes or coming from another place ? Sure, a lot, inside the town everyday ? Not so much...), so Mr Crab might be killing the other crabs to make the recipe, which might be why he never tried to taste one his own burgers because:
a) He want to avoid health problem provoked by cannibalism...
b) Well he deosn't want to eat another crab...
It is also important to note that once trapped in the crab trap I talked earlier, real crab will often eat each other out of panic and stress.
3) The name, Krabby Patty... Krabby... Patty... Just... Like the name itself is a clue.
4) Mr Crabs is often represented as a parody of american and capitalist society, the kind of buisnessman who could cross any line for a few pennies. So it wouldn't be surprising for him to murder his own kind just to run his buisness...
Also mr crabs eating krabby patty
"So thats what I taste like"
Mr will do any thing for a few pennies as he would of rather remove his main cheif just for small change
Anybody watching this show knows that, and it is probably nothing because he gets more pennies from people coming back because they know its good. It just makes sense. There is no formula.
The secret formula being crap meat would be EPIC
I agree with this all the way
Though I like the idea, I don’t think it goes well with the Mr Krabs and Plankton backstory episode (Friend or Foe). Mr Krabs just wanted to make an amazing burger, not money, and he did have a recipe. As well as that, the kids they sold it to (who may have hated them, IDK) loved it when it didn’t even have the marketing name. No answer just doesn’t seem to fit the plot here.
Yeah but they may have hated plankton and krabs but you gonna hate someone if they make you good tasting food? Yeah you don't have to love them or kiss their ass but you'll most likely say "Hey this isn't half bad." And yeah they could have been just trying to make a good burger but i'm pretty sure to a poor person like how krabs and plankton grew up if they could make money off that it'd make life a bit easier for them. Which could have sparked the idea of a secret recipe. It would grab attention and make Krabs money and for some reason deter plankton from trying to make his own burger until he had that recipe knowing how much people liked that recipe. And over the years a good bit has changed so it just becomes simple if you just boil it down to all being an illusion to get people buying the food and coming back. So yeah i'm staying away from the whole secret recipe idea because it's just never going to be revealed or it will just keep changing because like MatPat said it's what drives people to want a Krabby Patty a unique burger you wont find anywhere else.
Maybe it was all a ruse by Mr Krabs. Remeber he TOLD his side of the story of how random ingredients fell in with his half of the recipe he was using. It could be that what really happened is Mr Krabs started to focus on marketing with his lack of companion, then kept the mystery aspect of the burger which made it intresting. If he did this the story he came up with could purley be to keep Sponge Bob in the mystery of the formula (with him now knowing how it was created) and to keep Plankton guessing as well.
So in short, he could have lied to keep the secret.
how's this theory, i think Krabs doesn't know the exact ingredient himself, and that the ingredient is chum.
i think that this was what they were trying to imply in a special episode(i don't remember the name) showing the origins of the Krusty Krab and the Chum Bucket, where plankton and Krabs were friends both going to a burger trailer that made burgers better than the Krabby Patty according to Krabs. it used the current krabby patty formula, plus chum. its shown in that episode that krabs and plankton had a falling out where they tore the formula paper apart, where krabs got the normal ingredient list, and plankton got the last ingredient, chum. that would be the ultimate irony, that plankton has the answer he always wanted. this also fits with the theory here, Krabs could've known there was an ingredient missing, but pretended the one that mattered was still on the list, both creating a competitor to beat, and maybe accidentally staring this mystery around his store, and capitalizing on it.
*pfffff
*mind blown
The episode is Friend or Foe I think SO5 EO5
This is pretty neat, actually. I like this.
yeah, i think cartoon conspiracy covered that a while back. simple solution for a simple question.
That's a good theory, but it's also been established that through the years of trying to steal the formula, plankton has uncovered every ingredient but one. That would presumably include the chum. And the chum would be the missing ingredient from the current crabby patty that makes it not as good as the original. I'm personally a fan of the theory that since every other product on the krusty krab menu has the main ingredient in the title, the missing ingredient is actually implied to be crab meat.
Thank you for this video Mat
The problem with this theory, that I can see at least, is that we see in canon that there IS a secret recipe. While there's some conflicting evidence about where the recipe comes from (Krabs once says it was an old family recipe, I believe), there was a flashback episode featuring Plankton where they explore when Krabs and Plankton tried opening their first food stand. Initially they served chum, like the chum at the Chum Bucket, but then Krabs knocks some ingredients into a stock pot and it drastically changes the taste. From there, Krabs took whatever ingredient mix was in the pot and turned it into Krabby Patties. Since this story is accepted as truth by Krabs, Plankton, and Karen, it can be reasonably assumed that it's the true origin of the Krabby Patty.
What's more, we know that the incomplete recipe minus whatever Krabs added (Since Plankton only has half a recipe himself), makes chum. Since that's what Plankton makes at his restaurant and seems to be what Krabs and Plankton were making prior to the ingredients change.
In the real world, chum is essentially the guts, blood, bones, and other inedible pieces of fish that are typically used as bait. When we see what Plankton makes, that lines up. He essentially had a stomach on a bun, at one point. I'll also go on a limb and assume that these fish parts are from non-sentient fishlife, rather than assume Krabs is cannibalizing other citizens of Bikini Bottom.
Given all of this, I'd guess that the secret ingredient is a binding agent +spices. It's very hard to make a fish-based ground patty without some form of a binding agent, like a flour, starch, egg, etc. The binding agent would help the chum stay in the traditional patty shape, while the excessive spices would help mask that they were using cheap cuts of meat.
It's a bit like a hot dog or a cheap sausage. You're talking about a product that's made from scraps, designed to make those scraps taste good. Without being packaged properly and without a lot of added spices, none of that is going to be appetizing. Hell, you get a badly made hotdog and it's downright gross.
I was also thinking about this episode as well.
Plankton doesn't remember the rest of the ingredients, but Mr. Krabs easily knows the ingredients listed on the side that plankton took, the chum. So does Mr. Krabs include the chum as part of the Krabby Patty, or did he continue to make a patty with only the list of ingredients he tore off?
Makes a lot of sense
i may be mistaken but in one episode i swear it was revealed that the recipe is hidden in mr krabs mattress with his money
The only flaw I see in your theory is that we don't really see a whole lot of non-sentient sea animals and plankton's chum is made of fish (according to u/BATIRONSHARK in r/FanTheories) so if kraby patties are made of the same stuff then they also have fish in them
What if the it was made from crab meat as we don’t see many crabs apart from mister crabs himself which would explain the name of the patty(unless he named it after him self but let’s assume he didn’t). This would explain how he could get the base ingredient (chum) and then combine it with the other ingredients.
Don’t we see multiple times in the series that Krabs keeps a formula at his house? That’s why he made the fake formula
In some of the newer episodes the real formula is at the Krusty Krab. The location is constantly changing.
I think he's too worried that Plankton will steal it so he keeps it safe in his house after work
I think he switches locations frequently to prevent people from stealing it.
What about plankton making them in the first movie?
@@luiscarlosgarcia663 well that could have happend when the formula was in the krustycrab it olso takes place at the end so anythings possible
Possible Theory: How much money does Mr. Krabs have?
$0
@River Heinze maybe, but what if Mr. krabs has way more money than 1 million dollars,
My guess is 5 million dollars
$400.000
@@imofficiallyinsane2312 holy carp, that's a lot of money than I could even imagine.
@@RhaenysTheDemonGirl I wonder what he does with all that money
I remember as a kid buying a magazine from Clan, the channel that screened spongebob and other cartoons in my country (Spain), because it had the krabby patties (burguer cangreburguer in Spain) formula, and just getting completely traumatized when I read that it had crab sauce over the patty.
HE NEVER SAID "Hey that's just a theory a FILM THEORY!" COINCIDENCE I THINK NOT!!!!
Maybe you could be wrong, but hey-
Coincidence to what
Esther's Weird World it’s because he’s right!!!
I get the reference
Is not a theory is a fact *dab*
The secret ingredient is...
BIG
MEATY
CLAAAWS!
Edit: Thanks for the likes and the very humorous comments!
Your right
WELL, THESE CLAWS AREN'T JUST FOR ATTRACTIN' MATES! COME HERE!
Tweet Tweet17 oh my. Who let this kid watch memes agian! (Jk I totally agree)
matt pat should make a episode on avengers endgame
Is it just me or is that a Courtney (Project SNT) quite?
There’s a few problems with your theory:
1.Earlier In that band episode you mentioned plankton hears sponge bob singing the recipe, well gibberish and the amounts, most likely that’s a reference to it and the real formula is hidden in crabs house , in another episode (the one where plankton comes for the formula with his family) get scared and runs when he learns what in the fake formula , crabs says he hide it somewhere else , squidwards guess his house and he’s right.Crabs must have been hiding the real formula at his house the whole time.
2.Most likely crabs didn’t include the whole list of ingredients because remember it was the patty with the works and he just listed the main ingredients to save money on how long his commercial was, and the reason sponge bob doesn’t include secret sauce is because if you look , you see crabs didn’t bring the sauce fearing plankton might try to steal it.
3.we see in one episode that the sauce isn’t made in the restaurant, we see it get delivered by military men, and we see crabs stealing it to try not to pay to get it made.
Finally: we see in the movie a pirate using a magic book to steal the formula to make crabby patties on the surface and we see people buying the burgers and loving it even though they haven’t seen or heard of it before, proving you theory false!
Check and mate matpat
Tbh, I'm glad I read the comments for this because I was like, "There's a few holes here~"
actually squidward specifically guesses that "its at home under your mattress isn't it" mr.krabs then frantically exits the building
Sans ruins this man's life yet again
-_-
How many Worldy Places have you went and gone through sans?
ITS LITERALLY CRABS. Think about, we don’t really see much crabs except for Mr.Krabs and when the health inspector comes to the Krusty Krab and Mr,Krab tries the Patty out, he says, “so that’s what I taste like”.
*Plankton:* FINALLY NOW I HAVE THE FORMULA, TRY AND STOP ME KRABS!
😂 😂 😂
@GameWizard21st lol
YOUR GOING TO BE THE NEXT JUSTIN.Y
*Krabs:* Idgaf about it.
*SQUISH*
I remember seeing a theory video that said the secret ingredient was Crab
Me too
Medieval Hunter yes I did 2!
I heard about it
Medieval Hunter that’s was on robot chicken
Yea but it was wrong. They showed a clip where Mr. Krabs was like: "So thats what I taste like." but it was taken out of context.
Where is that meat coming from though?
*TOP 10 QUESTIONS SCIENCE STILL HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER*
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@@jr7367 I liked it for a second and then unliked it. Thank god.
Seahorses
From crab
RetroIsGamingYT Awesome Retro It's canon that Krabby Patties are made out of chum. Chum, technically, is chopped up fish. Krabby Patties are made out of fish.
The secret ingredient is shredded receipts so Mr Krabs can evade taxes