Time Fixers: Nicktoons of the Future

Episode 13: Spongekira

Plot: After a failed battle, Junior begins to feel as if his teammates don't find him useful. His wish is granted when Eustace implants his prototype neural intelligence chip onto Junior, giving him high intelligence and psychic powers like Maxwell, but starts behaving strangely as his intelligence increases. Meanwhile, Maxwell is determined to find Jimmy's schematic and gets help from the Nicktoons covertly breaking into Strych Enterprises to search for it.

Part 1

One afternoon in Retroville, Eustace was working in his office at Strych Enterprises. There was a knock at his door, and he called, "Come in!" A scientist entered the office, holding an oblong device. "Sir, we did it." The scientist explained, "We managed to replicate the neural device based on the blueprints you gave us." He opened the device and inside was a chip floating in an anti-gravity chamber. It looked almost identical to Maxwell's, but black and less advanced.

Eustace smiled. "Excellent. How does it work?"

"We're not sure." The scientist nervously answered, "We've run out of subjects willing to test it since all the previous prototypes caused their brains to overload or be driven mad."

Pounding his fists on his desk, Eustace growled in anger. "After all this time, we may have actually replicated Neutron's device, and now we have no way of knowing if it actually works." He leans back in his chair and ponders, "There must be someone strong enough and willing enough to test it."

Suddenly, he hears a noise from outside and turns to his window to see a large mutated rat running amok in the streets. Chasing after it was Yuki's Nicktoon team. Yuki turned to the youngest sponge, "Junior, did you have to let Jimmy's lab rat out of its cage?" She asked in an annoyed voice.

Junior looked a bit guilty as he responded, "Well, he looked a little bored."

"Soyaletittakeabathinavatoftoxicwaste?" Twitchy asked in rapid and disappointed voice.

But Crash didn't look bothered by his little brother's antics. "Aw, who cares if ya let it get into toxic waste? This means I can finally do giant rodent rodeo."

"That's perfect, Crash." Yuki smiled as she formed a plan. "You wrangle it down. Twitchy and Kida, you help him. Junior, you're gonna hold it down while I feed it Jimmy's demutation pill."

The Nicktoons nod in agreement, except Junior, who looked timid. "Nicktoons Go!" Yuki shouted.

Everyone but Junior runs forward while Eustace watches from his third story window. Kida holds her staff out and Crash bounces off of it, flying through the air until he's on top of the large rat.

Crash hangs on by its fur as he bounces up and down as if on a bucking bronco. "So this is what it's like at a rodeo!" Crash yelled excitedly.

Twitchy opens a bag of sugar dip and chugs the whole thing down, which makes his eyes widen and he runs at fast speed around the rat until it falls on its side. Twitchy runs behind Junior and pushed him forward.

"Now'syourchance,Junior! Now'syourchance!" He said at fast speed, chattering his teeth.

Junior looked at Twitchy and nodded. He adjusted his sailor cap and charges at the rat. The rat flips back to its side and hisses at Kida and Twitchy. They gasped in fear until the rat stopped in its tracks. It turns around to see Junior holding it down by its tail. "Bad rat!" Junior scowled, "Trying to eat my bro and friends isn't nice."

"Great job, Junior!" Yuki smiled at she sets the de-mutation pill in a modified peashooter "Now keep him still as I prepare to fire."

Junior continued holding down the rat with his mighty strength when something spots his eye. "Ooh! A penny!" He gleamed and released the rat's tail to pick it up.

The rat growled as it stood up, flinging Crash of its back. Yuki shrieked as she fell backwards onto the ground. Junior finally looked away from the penny in his hand and shrieked in fright. Twitchy tried to run away, but he bumped into Kida, causing her to drop her staff.

Kida grimaces as her body glows from overloading magic. However, rather than cause trouble for the Nicktoons, the magic takes over the rat and slams it on the ground repeatedly.

Before her magic could go anymore out of control, Crash returns her staff, which she gratefully accepted, subduing her magic. With the giant rat on the ground unconscious, Yuki quickly grabbed the pea shooter and fired the demutation pills into its month. The rat shrunk down to normal size and scurried away. Afterwards, Yuki and the rest of the team daggered their eyes toward Junior, who was still crouched in fetal position, shaking in fear.

"Junior," Yuki called as she tapped the sponge on the back, making him scream and jump.

Once he calmed down, he turned to his team and weakly smiled, "Oh, it's you guys. Did we win?"

Ignoring his question, Yuki shouted, "Junior, what was THAT?! Do you have any idea how seriously you just messed up?"

"Uhhh…" Junior stammered, looking guilty.

Twitchy also looked disappointed as he rapidly scolded, "Youweresupposedtoholdthatrat! Whycouldn'tyoudothat? Whywhywhy?"

"Yeah," Crash agreed, also scowling in disappointment. "I would've lasted longer on that thing if you hadn't wrecked everything!"

Kida shook her fist as she scowled at Junior. "If you had gotten us killed, I'd have pounded you!"

Junior's lower lip quivers and his eyes start to water. Yuki calmed down and stated, "Seriously, Junior, this is the fourth mission this week you've messed things up for us."

"Yeah!" Twitchy agreed. "Youcan'tjustuseyourstrength,youneedtouseyourbrainstoo!"

Crashed crossed his arms and added, "Though brains aren't as important as skill."

Kida narrowed her eyes and dully cited, "But what good is being strong if you're not any of those things. Really, it's like you're useless."

"'Useless'?!" Junior cried out before screaming and running away in tears, using his strength to flip over a car that was in his way.

While the rest of the Nicktoons began to feel sorry for him, still watching from the window of his office was Eustace. He smirks as an idea forms in his head, "I think I've just found someone strong enough and willing enough." He then calls out, "Fetch me my diving suit!"

The next day in Bikini Bottom, a bell rang as Poseidon Elementary School lets out for the day. All the children happily exit the school grounds with the SquarePants kids walking home, with the exception of Buster who is in high school, and Crash and Twitchy who are in middle school. Sally proudly holds up her test results to her siblings. "I got an A on my math test!" she smiled proudly.

"I passed too, but got a B," Dolly said with a smile, holding up to her test as well.

"I flunked it," Allie said carelessly, glancing at her test, but crumbled it into a ball and threw it aside, "But what will math ever do to me?"

Sally turned to their younger brother. "How'd you do on your spelling test, Junior?"

"Uhhh…" Junior stammered as he held the paper. "I got a straight face."

But Allie snatched the paper from his hands and she and her sisters stare at it. "No, that's a frowny face."

"Yeah," Sally agreed, "You can tell by the way the mouth curves."

Dolly chuckled in amusement, "Junior, how could ya flunk your spellin' test?"

"Yeah," Sally added, "I could spell 'pacific' when I was four."

Junior groaned as he answered, "I just couldn't focus. I kept thinking about yesterday and how my friends thought I was useless."

"What?" Allie asked in disbelief. "How could you be useless? You're as strong as Mom, and…" She tried to think of something else that would make him better, but had trouble.

But Sally spoke up, "You have Dad's super absorbency!"

Junior smiled until Dolly pointed out, "That ain't really a special skill. It's more of a common trait." To which, Junior's body deflates.

Allie brightly told her brother, "But you're still a Nicktoon, even though you're scared of everything, are a crybaby, and aren't good at handling weapons, and-" Before she could continue, Junior bursts into hysterical tears and ran away screaming. Sally and Dolly glare at their sister, who grins sheepishly.

Junior had ran to an open empty area and sulked sadly. "Maybe everyone is right." He said to himself "I don't have the guts or usefulness to be a Nicktoon. I need a new skill to learn, but what?" But suddenly, a portal opened up, causing him to cover his eyes from the brightness. To his surprise, it was a tall figure in a bulky diving suit and helmet. "Aaaahhh!" Junior screamed in fear. "A monster!"

The diver grabbed the terrified Junior by his arms, making it impossible for him to use his strength to break free. The diver calmly walked toward the portal while Junior struggled and screamed.

The portal opened up in Strych's office and the diver tossed Junior into a small aquarium fish tank. Junior stood up in the tank and yelled, "Who are you, big meanie? Don't eat me!"

The diver removed his helmet, revealing his identity as Eustace Strych. He held his hand out and spoke in a friendly voice, "SpongeBob Jr., I presume? It's nice to officially meet you."

But Junior recognized him, "Aren't you the big rich meanie who has a 'revival-ly' with Jimmy Neutron?"

"If you mean 'rivalry', then yes," Eustace answered, "Though we're on friendly terms of course."

"But didn't you try to upise-stage him in science," Junior recalled, "Or steal Goddard, or steal Mrs. Neutron, or buy the Nicktoon team, or-"

"Yes, yes, we get it," Eustace brushed off, "Aren't you the smart one?"

Junior frowned at the last sentence, "I'm not so smart… being strong is the only thing I'm good at. Everything else, I'm useless at."

"Oh, don't be so insecure about yourself. If I recall, your own father was none of those things. But let's start talking. SpongeBob Jr., I have a proposition that I'd like you to hear."

"'Proper-sition?" Junior repeated in confusion.

Eustace frowned in annoyance as he reiterated, "Let's just talk."

Meanwhile… "No!" Darry yelled with a strained expression. "This can't be!"

Jimmy stared at him from across and dully responded, "You knew it would come to this, Darry."

"But I tried so hard and came so close! What did I do wrong?!" Darry cried as SpongeTron and the Turner twins watched anxiously.

"You did, but the results were inevitable." Jimmy said with a smirk before reaching across. "…Checkmate."

It turns out that the two are at Nicktoon HQ, playing chess and Darry slams his forehead against the board in frustration. "Darn it!" Darry yelled, "I thought I had you that time."

Jimmy leans back in his chair in satisfaction and recounts, "Let's see: I've beaten Danny, Tammy, Timmy, Tommy, Yuki, Crash, Twitchy, SpongeBob, and now Darry. Who shall I defeat next?"

SpongeTron stepped forward with his chest out. "I'll beat you, Jimmy." He said with determination, "You know what they say about man vs. machine; machine always comes out on top."

"I think you got it backwards." Jimmy says with a cheerful grin as SpongeTron sits across from him and makes the first move. But while they play, Maxwell enters HQ with Nano following, the former looking down about something.

The three Nicktoons approach him, "Jimmy just beat Darry at chess." Tammy said excitedly while Darry scowled in disappointment.

But while Maxwell would've taken pleasure in Darry's failure, he seemed too upset to react. "Oh, sorry. I was just out searching for the schematic again."

"You mean the schematic for that brain chip in your head, and the schematic that you stole from Jimmy and lost?" Tommy reminded.

"Yes, THAT schematic." Maxwell replied with a scowl. "I've been searching everywhere for weeks and I've still found nothing. I can't go back home empty-handed."

Noticing how upset he was, Tammy assured, "Don't worry, Max. I'm sure you'll find them soon."

Darry shrugged and added, "Besides, if someone else finds them, what's the worst that can happen? They probably won't be smart enough to know what they are."

Maxwell looked a little uneasy as he muttered, "Yeah… except maybe-"

He was cut off by Jimmy saying, "Checkmate."

SpongeTron growled in anger and slammed his fist on the chessboard, knocking the pieces down. "Barnacles! What happened to machines always winning?"

Back at Strych Enterprises, laughter was heard as Eustace and Junior sat on the couches in the former's office, having tea and cookies as they shared stories. "…And then Twitchy swung his jellyfish net, and what he thought was a jellyfish was actually my sister, Allie." Junior concludes as he laughs some more.

Eustace laughed in response, but was obviously just humoring the sponge, "That's hilarious. You live quite an interesting life under the sea." He places his tea cup on the table. "Anyway, let's get down to business. SpongeBob Jr…"

"You can call me 'Junior'." Junior cheerfully mentioned while sipping tea.

"Whatever. The reason I brought you here is because I would like you to assist me with a new product I'm developing, to be a sort of… beta tester, if you will."

"Ooh, sounds fun." Junior said with a grin, but then asked, "What's a beta?"

"Let me put it to you this way; when companies release a new toy or video game, they bring in children such as yourself to play with it and test it. Then based on their reaction, it will tell the company if other children will enjoy it as well. If positive, then more copies of that item will be produced."

With Junior now understanding, Eustace continues, "And that's precisely what I want you to do." He then signaled to his scientist, "Bring it in!"

On cue, one of Eustace's scientists, brings in the anti-gravity chamber containing the neural intelligence device they created. Junior stares at it in amazement. "Wow! What is it?"

Eustace answers, "That is a neural intelligence device. I'm sure you've seen a similar model before."

Junior chuckled and answers, "Oh yeah, Maxwell has one of those too. It makes him so smart and he can even move things without touching them."

"Of course. You see, I was inspired by your friend that I decided to make my own to sell to people so they too can become geniuses. And I want you, Junior, to be the first to try it out."

Junior was surprised by this. "Really? You want me? But why?"

Eustace sat closer to Junior and answered, "Because it's like you said; your only special skill is your strength, so that makes you qualified to handle the chip. If you're worried about not being useful to your team, think about how you'll be with strength and intelligence. It works for Maxwell and Jimmy Neutron, doesn't it?"

Hearing this, Junior began to smile. "Yeah… I'll be the most helpful one on the Nicktoons!"

"There is just one thing I ask, Junior: You have to keep this a secret. Don't tell anyone about the chip."

Junior looked confused. "Huh? Why?"

"Because if everyone sees that you have a piece of Strych Enterprises technology, then everybody's gonna wanna want one, and I just don't have enough to mass market them yet. So it's best that you not tell while you're testing this first model out."

"Can I tell my parents?" Junior asked.

"No," Eustace dully answered.

Junior smiled as he asked, "How about my brothers?"

Eustace frowned as he repeated, "No."

"My friends?"

"NO!" Eustace yelled in annoyance, "You can't tell ANYONE! Do we have a deal or not, Mr. SquarePants?"

Eustace held out his hand, and after a bit of hesitation, Junior shook Eustace's hand. The billionaire smiled in satisfaction as he stood and walked over to the window. Junior took the chip and asked, "So how do I get this on?"

"Oh, don't worry, Junior," Eustace replied with a smirk as he faces the window. "My men will help you with that. After I do this…" he puts on a pair of earmuffs while the scientists restrain Junior by his arms.

"H-Hey…Why are they holding me down?" Junior nervously asks while a third scientist approaches him from behind with the chip. As he attaches it to his back, Junior's screams can be heard from outside the building, "AAAAAAHHHH!"

In Nicktoon HQ, the Nicktoons were still minding their own business after each lost a chess game to the undefeated Jimmy. The only one who hadn't played was Maxwell, who seemed reluctant to play against Jimmy despite his friends' urging. "Come on, Max." Tammy whispered to the telepath. "You're the only one who can beat Neutron."

Tommy quietly added, "With that chip in your head, you can beat him at his own game."

Maxwell frowned and responded, "A) It would put my true identity at risk. And B) It would be cheating."

Darry sighs in disappointment and adds, "You have a chip in your head that's making your smarter every day and giving you more psychic powers, and yet you don't use it for anything cool."

"Oh yeah…I suppose I should use my powers to phase my body through locked doors, fly out my bedroom window after curfew, overshadow my gym coach, and read your mind to find out all that stuff." Maxwell said with a sly smile.

An unamused Darry frowned, "Dude, so not cool."

"I firmly believe I should use my wit instead of my chip," Maxwell explained, "You know, depend on my own abilities, my own intelligence. Just think outside the box."

Tommy crossed his arms and rolled his eyes. "Sounds kinda boring."

Maxwell continued, "Another thing is I'm not sure if I'm capable of learning anything else about this chip." He took a deep sigh, "I have an idea, but until I know for sure, that's gonna be my strategy."

"That's check and…" Jimmy was about to say while playing against SpongeTron again, but before he could win, a fast blur shot through the doors and knocked both Jimmy and SpongeTron down, along with their game.

Crash entered through the doors next, looking distressed about something, "Did ya find him yet, Twitchy?"

When Jimmy and SpongeTron sat up while rubbing their heads, Twitchy unintentionally knocks them down again as he speeds by. "No, no, no, no, no!"

Yuki and Kida come through the door behind Crash, and Yuki asks, "Are you sure he didn't fall asleep in the ball pit at Goofy Goober's again?"

Darry tried to calm his sister's team down. "Whoa, hang on there, guys. What's going on?"

Kida answered with a shrug. "Junior's missing."

Crash explained, "He was supposed to meet Twitchy 'n me after school, but he never showed up."

Jimmy approached them calmly, "Alright, let's not get ahead of ourselves. If Junior is in trouble, he is a Nicktoon and I'm sure he can handle himself."

Tommy narrowed his eyes and mentioned, "We're talking about the guy who cries when he sees a ladybug."

"Can you think of any reason why Junior would disappear?" SpongeTron asked the Cadets.

Suddenly, the Cadets look at each other, remembering their last mission. "Well…" Kida sheepishly answered, "We were sorta mean to him yesterday."

"Only because he ruined the mission." Yuki pointed out. "We didn't think he would run away."

Twitchy and Crash started to tear up as the latter cried, "Oh, what have we done? Our baby brother is out there lost and helpless!"

"Who's helpless?" Everyone turned to see Junior enter HQ alive and well.

"Junior!" Crash and Twitchy cried as they, Yuki, and Kida all group hug Junior.

He was surprised yet grateful about it. "Gee, I reciprocate- I mean, love you guys too."

"They were worried about you, Junior." Jimmy explained, "Where were you?"

But Junior falls silent since he couldn't tell them where he was due to the promise he had made to Eustace. "I was…" He stammered nervously while sweating, "…doing some extracurricular activity for school as part of an independent study group in the hopes my intelligence will increase and therefore be more beneficial for the Nicktoons." He covered his mouth in shock at the high vocabulary that left his mouth.

Everyone's eyes widen when they hear the words that they weren't even aware that Junior knew. "What did he just say?" Darry asked.

"Uh-uh- what I meant to say was I'm doing more studying so I can make myself smarter and do more good. I felt remorseful- bad…about messing up yesterday and losing your lab rat, Jimmy. So I felt I needed to make myself more useful."

Jimmy smiled and replied, "It's okay, Junior. I've given up on lab rats, so I'll just go back to testing my inventions out on Carl. But still… you're getting smarter?"

Junior grinned and answered, "That's right."

Maxwell seemed suspicious, but Yuki interrupted, "Hold on! You can't get smart after studying for only a day."

But Crash defended, "Maybe he's got Ma's super strength and super smarts."

"And it hasn't surfaced until now?" Tammy asked.

Maxwell still didn't look convinced and asked, "How many colors does a sunlight spectrum have?"

"Ooh, sounds pretty." Junior said with a smile, but answered, "Umm, seven."

Everyone fell silent until Jimmy stated, "He's right."

All the Nicktoons were surprised by this, but Junior giggled and jumped up proudly. He stops when he sees Jimmy's chess set. "Ooh, chess! Can we play, Mr. Neutron?"

They all became stunned by Junior's willingness to take on someone so skilled at the game, but Jimmy himself didn't think it was a good idea. "I don't know, Junior. Last time we played, you kept forgetting the rules and you kept playing with the Knight pieces."

"Pssh..." Junior waved off, "Why in Neptune would I do that? That's preposterous! Everyone knows it's the pawns and knights we must ultimately sacrifice in order to win chess."

"Is it just me or is Junior making my brain hurt?" Twitchy asked, holding his head.

Jimmy looked suspicious, but shrugged it off. "Alright, Junior, I'll play with you. And if you like, I can go easy."

"Nonsense, Neutron, we ought to play fair," Junior insisted, sitting down and rubbing his hands in preparation.

"Okay, suit yourself." Jimmy began by moving his pawn piece across the board, and afterwards, Junior does the same. Jimmy then moves his knight while the Nicktoons all watch in anticipation as Junior moves his next piece across the board. Jimmy used his knight to take Junior's pawn, and another move later took another pawn. But while everyone expected Junior to cry, Junior simply used his queen to take one of Jimmy's pawns.

Six moves later, Junior picked up his knight and moved it across the board while smiling, "Well, as they say to the waiters in Australia: Checkmate."

Jimmy gasps in shock along with everyone else, shocked that Jimmy actually lost and that Junior was the one that beat him. "But...But how?" Jimmy wanted to know.

Junior explained, "I simply applied the 'Costage Trap' and once you believed you had the advantage over me, I struck my move." He picked up his knight piece and talked to it, "Isn't that right, you cute little Equus ferus caballus?"

While still initially shocked, Jimmy smiled and gave Junior a congratulatory handshake. "Well, Junior, you beat me fair and square."

Junior giggled cheerfully. "I know, right? I told you I was smart."

Tommy rolled his eyes and groaned, "Just what we need…another brainiac."

Jimmy and Maxwell frown in annoyance while Junior goes over to his team. "Well, what do you think?" He asked excitedly, "Am I useful for the team now?"

After the Cadets think it over, Yuki answers, "It's an improvement, but how will you use it?"

"'Use it'?" Junior questioned in surprise.

Kida added, "Yeah. Jimmy uses his smarts to make stuff and Maxwell uses his smarts to move stuff."

Yuki continued, "You gotta find a way that you can use your intelligence to help the team."

Junior seemed nervous since he hadn't given much thought on what he can do besides sounding smart, but Twitchy hugged him. "Don't worry, Junior, you'll think of something."

Watching them was Maxwell, who was frowning bitterly. "They're acting like this is something new." He muttered.

Seeing his feelings, Darry smiles smugly and asked, "Ooh, someone jealous that they're not the only smart one on the Nicktoons anymore?"

"That is a flawed assumption. I mean, don't be dumb."

But Tammy assures, "So what if Junior is smart for a day? It's probably just a phase."

SpongeTron added, "Besides, Jimmy is always telling me how much of a heavy burden being a genius is. Junior will get sick of it in no time."

"Good." Tommy said with relief. "Cuz two babbling eggheads are enough." This earned him a psychic throw from Maxwell.

The next day after school was over; Sally, Dolly, and Allie were walking home until Junior speeds past them. "Guess what, guys? I'm the smartest kid in class!"

Hearing this, the triplets burst out in laughter, having a hard time believing their little brother had earned a title like that. "Nice one, Junior." Dolly said, wiping a tear from her eye.

"Yeah." Sally laughed as well. "I'm the smartest kid in school. What makes you think you're as smart as me?"

Junior enthusiastically held out a bunch of papers. "Simple. I got three smiley faces and four star stickers."

The three squirrel triplets stare in shock. Allie elbowed her smart sister and said, "He beat your record, Sal."

He shoved the papers in his backpack and stated, "As much as I would love to relish in my success to my identical triplet sciuridae siblings, I have an important meeting to attend at our father's eating establishment." He began skipping away, but stopped for a second, "I don't know why I said that, but I understood it." He laughs as he skips away to his destination, leaving his sisters confused.

Dolly looked at her sisters and asked, "Ya think he ate somethin' rotten?"

At the Krusty Krab, the Nicktoon Cadets gathered at a table to discuss what Junior wanted to share with them. SpongeTron 636 arrived at their table with a plate of krabby patties. "Four krabby patties," he announced, "And one kiddie patty."

But Junior held his hand up in protest, "Nah uh uh. I'm a genius now, and we geniuses eat what big people eat." He pounds his fist on the table. "Now bring me a regular krabby patty!"

"Okay! Okay!" 363 waved his hands and headed to the kitchen to get a new patty. When he passed 636 mopping, he whispered, "Yeesh, when did the Creator's youngest get so smart?"

"Alright, Junior, you called us up to gather here," Yuki reminded.

"Yeah, so what's up?" Twitchy asked.

Junior began explaining, "Well, I was thinking that with my new intellect, I can use it to build things that can help fight bad guys."

"Really?" Crash asked in excitement, "Like a laser gun or a punching machine?"

"Of course not." Junior answered, "I drew up some schematics right here." He unrolled a sheet of paper that showed a crayon drawing. But unlike how Junior usually doodled, his picture was a really detailed drawing of a remote control next to a smiling stick figure. The rest of the Cadets looked confused, but Junior explained, "I don't have what I need to build it, but it's a remote that will tap in to a person's pleasure sensors and make them happy. Who will wanna commit crimes if you're happy all the time?"

But his friends didn't look convinced of this idea. "Junior, this is a terrible idea." Yuki bluntly stated.

"Yeah," Crash agreed, "What's the point of stoppin' a bad guy if ya can't punch 'em?"

"And you can't just make someone be happy." Kida pointed out.

But Junior puts his hands on his square hips and responds, "Just because I'm smart now, doesn't mean I have to use my intellect to hurt people. Your response with forceful confrontation is considered unnecessary when you think about it."

"Ya know what I just heard?" Crash asked before making a talking gesture, "Blah, blah, blah, smart stuff, blah, blah, blah." This made the other Cadets laugh in amusement, except an offended Junior, who frowned.

As SpongeTron 636 brought their food, Yuki assured the younger sponge, "Oh relax, Junior. We're just teasing."

But Junior still frowned in annoyance until he noticed his soda vibrating on the table. Junior reacted in shock, "Guys! I feel an impact tremor!" He noticed his friends staring at him blankly, "Seismic activity in the Earth's crust!" When they still didn't react, he yelled, "An avalanche or seaquake coming this way!" They all gasp in shock and run out the front door, but see that the cause of the vibrations was a large metallic tank approaching the Krusty Krab.

SpongeBob and Buster come outside after hearing the commotion. "What's going on?" SpongeBob demanded to know.

Plankton's voice comes out of the high-tech tank. "Good afternoon, SpongeBob! How do you like my new toy? It was specially made for destroying the Krusty Krab unless I get that formula!"

But SpongeBob narrowed his eyes and responded, "It doesn't matter what you use, Plankton, because the Nicktoons are here to stop you."

Yuki, Crash, Twitchy, and Kida were prepared to fight the machine. But Junior suddenly broke out into laughter. Everyone stared in confusion, but Plankton suddenly asked, "What are you laughing at, SpongeBrat Jr.?"

Junior calmly explained, "You expect that device to get into Daddy's restaurant?"

Plankton suddenly became offended, "What are you talking about? Of course it can! It's made of titanium steel and can fire combustible blasts!"

But Junior walked over and knocked on the tank. "Imitation steel. Any simple-minded individual can be fooled." He pried open the tank and found electrical wiring. "Also these wires shouldn't really be crossed together. They're highly unstable like this."

He demonstrated by pulling them out, which causes the tank to short-circuit and release smoke. The top opens up and Plankton emerges. "This is impossible! When did you get so smart?"

"That's what I would like to know." SpongeBob added, looking curious.

"Uhh..." Junior stammered, remembering that he still wasn't allowed to tell anyone the truth. "Hard work and dedication?"

Plankton jumps out of his tank and yells, "You'll pay for this, Nicktoons! Thanks to the notes you've given me, I'll make something ten times stronger to get that formula!" With an evil laugh, he ran all the way back to the Chum Bucket.

While unsure of what to think at the moment, SpongeBob suddenly ran over to Junior and hugged him. "Junior, that was amazing. Why didn't you tell me you were studying so hard in school that you became smarter?"

Junior stayed quiet since he felt that he couldn't lie to his own father. But his teammates surround him and Yuki congratulates him, "You were pretty amazing, Junior."

"Are you kiddin'?" Crash asked, unimpressed, "There was no punchin' or kickin'!"

Twitchy crossed his arms, pouting as well. "It was pretty boring."

"But...he did save the Krusty Krab and figured out how to disable the large tank," Kida admitted.

"Pfft!" Crash waved off, "Oh brother, anyone can pull wires and disable a death machine."

"Yeah, Crash, like what happened the last time..." Yuki replied, fully reminding him of a certain event.

Crash recalls a flashback where he and his fellow Cadets had to disable a large machine that would splatter black oil all over Bikini Bottom. Yuki was holding up scissors, trying to figure out which wire to cut with less than a minute on the timer. "Cut the blue wire!" Kida suggested.

"Redwire!Redwire!Redwire!" Twitchy jumped up and down.

"Uh..." Yuki was very nervous about what will happen. "Maybe we should call Neutron."

"Pfft!" Crash said unamused. "I don't see the deal in choosin' 'em wires." He walked in between Yuki and the machine. "Why not take 'em both?" He yanked both wires out of the machine. Outside Bikini Bottom was a mushroom cloud of oil that soaked the entire city.

Once the flashback ended, Crash grinned sheepishly with Yuki, Kida, and Twitchy glaring at him. "Well, least the SpongeTrons had a good time cleanin' Bikini Bottom." Crash added, "They got a pretty good meal out of it too."

Hearing this, Junior laughed loudly, "I remember that! If I were in that position, I would have cut the red wire."

"Ha!" Twitchy pointed at Kida, "Iknewitwastheredwire! Everyoneknowsit'salwaystheredwire! Toldyouso! Toldyouso!"

Buster silently rolled his eyes until Yuki suggests, "Well, I guess this proves that Junior really is a genius now, and you really are useful."

"You got brains and skills." Kida stated with an encouraging thumb up while Twitchy excitedly chuckled. Hearing their praise, Junior's eyes sparkle and he grins widely.

Later that night at the pineapple dome, the SquarePants family were gathered at the kitchen table and now having dessert with SpongeBob going around scooping ice-cream into each kid's bowl. "...A scoop for you, a scoop for you…" He said, scooping strawberry ice-cream into Junior's bowl. "...And an extra scoop for my smart victorious little guy."

Junior smiled and replied, "Gratitude."

But Sally crossed her arms and scowled, "I never get any extra for being smart." She mumbled bitterly.

Twitchy stopped messily gorging from his bowl and cried, "Inevergetextraanything!"

But Sandy stopped them, "Guys, don't forget Junior earned this. Y'all need to be happy for your younger brother."

"Your mother's right, kids." SpongeBob enthusiastically said, putting an arm around Sandy. "I don't think any of us would've guessed that Junior would inherit not only her strength, but her brilliant mind."

Sandy giggled in flattery while Junior yelped, "Ooh! I better get some chocolate syrup."

He leapt from his chair and ran over to the counter where a bottle of chocolate syrup is high on the shelf. Junior tried stepping on a step stool, but still wasn't tall enough to reach it. While he still tried reaching out for it, the bottle suddenly flew off the shelf and into Junior's hand. "Huh?" Junior asked, wondering how the chocolate syrup moved on its own.

"Junior," Sandy called, "Do ya need any help?"

Unsure how to describe what just happened, Junior just assumed it was nothing and responded, "No, Mommy, I got it!" And went to rejoin his family at the table.

A couple hours later, it was now bedtime and Sandy was tucking her younger sons into bed. Lastly, she wrapped Junior into bed, gave him his jellyfish doll, and kissed his forehead. Afterwards, she began walking out of the room and turned out the lights. "Night, boys." She said before leaving, cracking the door open for Junior.

While Crash and Twitchy were fast asleep, Junior lied awake in his bed as the hallway light shines on him. "Hmm..." Junior says to himself quietly, "Usually I'm afraid of the dark, but now I know that the dark is just an absence of visible light, and it's hard to sleep with that light in my face." He tries to sleep, but sits up again. "How can I sleep with all this knowledge in my head?" He said with a grin. "If everyone was so impressed with me today, imagine what they'll think when they see more of what I can do."

He hops out of bed and starts running to the door. "Oops, I forgot you, Mr. Jelly." He reaches out for his jellyfish doll and it suddenly flies from his bed into his hand. He stared in surprise when he lets go of the toy and sees it floating by itself. "Mr. Jelly, am I moving you with my brain?" Junior asked in excitement. "Now that I'm aware of my new abilities, this changes everything..."

Soon, morning arrived and the sun shines over the pineapple dome. But the peace was interrupted by a loud scream, "AAAAAAHHHH!"

SpongeBob and Sandy rush into the triplets' room and see Sally standing at an empty table. "Mom! Dad!" She cried, "Someone took my chemistry set!"

Both SpongeBob and Sandy stare in surprise when the squirrel asked, "Who would take your chemistry set?"

SpongeBob looked at his other two daughters and asked, "Do you girls have anything to do with this?"

Still wearing curlers in her hair, Dolly answers, "I ain't done anything."

Allie then answers, "Don't look at me."

Buster was passing by in the hallway until SpongeBob stops him. "Buster, have you seen Sally's science toys?" The teenage sponge thinks for a second and shakes his head before moving along.

Before they could think of anyone else to question, Junior shouted, "Mommy, Daddy, look!" Then he runs over to them, wearing a lab coat that was too large for him and had baggy eyes like he hadn't slept all night. "I made a hydration serum. No more of you, me, or my brothers having to soak constantly. One drink and we can breathe air."

SpongeBob and Sandy were silent for a bit, surprised that Junior was taking things- let alone inventing. Sandy became stern and asked, "Junior, did you-"

But SpongeBob stopped her. "Sandy, let me handle this." He leaned down to Junior's height and asked, "Junior, did you take your sister's things without permission?"

Junior answered, "I did it for science." He added with a yawn.

Noticing his tired face, SpongeBob frowned and placed his hands on his hips, "And did you miss your bedtime?"

"Come on, Dad, I'm a genius now. And geniuses don't sleep- as Mr. Neutron can tell you."

Sandy was about to angrily scold him, but SpongeBob signaled her not to. "That's it, Junior." SpongeBob said sternly, "Go to your room for a timeout."

"Ooooh, busted." Sally, Dolly, and Allie teased.

Junior seemed startled at first, but chuckled. "Oh Daddy, I always find everything you say to be amusing, but that really takes the ca-"

"I'm serious, Junior," SpongeBob said in a stern voice. "You took one of your sister's things without asking her and you broke one of the house rules."

"But Dad-"

"No 'Buts'. Go to your room for ten minutes before I make it even longer."

Without another word, Junior marched to his room where Crash and Twitchy were still asleep. Junior eyes start to water as he muttered, "No one was proud of me this time. I'm supposed to be a genius." He got more upset that many item in the room began to levitate, including Crash and Twitchy. But Junior angrily muttered, "I'll just have to try harder. I'll make them see how smart and useful I am."

His concentration suddenly broke and everything dropped on the floor, waking Crash and Twitchy as they too fell on the floor. Twitchy looked around the room, panting heavily in fright. Crash yelled, "Golly, I was havin' a dream about jumpin' out of a plane. Now it feels so real."

Meanwhile, Darry Phantom flew through Retroville until he arrived at Nicktoon HQ where Tammy, Tommy, SpongeTron were waiting in the robot's room. Changing back into human form, Darry asked SpongeTron, "So what's the meeting for?"

SpongeTron answered, "Actually, I didn't call this. It was Maxwell."

"Max?" Darry questioned, "What does he wanna talk about? To yell at us?"

Tommy assumed, "Maybe he finally wants to tell us about where he comes from."

Their questions were answered when Maxwell enters the room, looking anxious about something. "Hey guys," he timidly greets, "I called you here because I'm still having no luck finding the schematic and... I realized that I may never find it on my own, so I thought I'd ask for h...hel..."

While Maxwell continued to stammer, Tommy chuckled when he realized what he was trying to do. "Dude, are you trying to ask us for help?"

While surprised that the lone wolf Maxwell was asking for their help, Darry chuckled as well. "Okay, who are you and what have you done with Max?" He teased.

Maxwell glared and snapped, "Hey! You guys are supposed to stand by me and offer to help in any way you can!"

Tammy approached him and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Oh Max, you know we'll always help you out. Although it is surprising since you never wanted our help before."

"Well..." Maxwell said nervously while scratching the back of his head, "I'm sorta desperate and you guys said you'd have my back. So I thought...might as well use your help." The four Nicktoons glance at each other and smiled, nodding in agreement.

Soon, they began their meeting. "Okay, what do we got?" Darry asked as Tammy and Maxwell set up any evidence and photos on the wall with red thread to determine any clues to the schematic's whereabouts.

"We know the schematic originally belonged to Jimmy." SpongeTron said, pointing at a photo of Neutron.

"And the schematic is the key to a device similar to the one implanted on Maxie's noggin." Tommy pointed at a photo of Maxwell and another with the device on the back of his head.

"The neural implant doesn't make you just smart, but increases your intelligence and opening the 100 percent capacity of your brain, enabling you to use psychic powers," Tammy said, pinning a picture of Maxwell using psychic powers, specifically a bucket of water about to fall on Darry's head. Darry glared at Maxwell, who grinned sheepishly.

SpongeTron added, "We know that you came from the same timeline as Nano back when he was part of that advanced RA-Unit." He points to a picture of Nano connected to a newspaper clipping of Eustace's own RA-Unit. "And it tried to kill Jimmy around the same time you showed up and tried to take the schematic."

Darry narrowed his eyes and stated, "You know what that means, right? You remember that Max was the last one who had the schematic and he wouldn't give it back."

"Right," Tommy recalled, "and then you lost it, remember?"

Maxwell glared at them and snapped again, "Hey! It fell out of my pocket! I've been searching everywhere in Retroville," he holds up a bunch of photos, "From the Candy Bar, to Lindbergh Elementary, the park, the Wheezers', the Estevezs', the museum..." He stops in realization, and begins pinning all the photos on the wall and connects them until he comes to the conclusion to where the trail leads. He backs away from the wall as he stares at the photo in the center, showing a successful business building.

"…Strych Enterprises." He muttered in horror.

"You really think it could be there?" Tammy asked.

But Darry looked skeptical. "Come on, Max. We know Eustace is a creep with a ton of issues, but if he did have the schematic, wouldn't he have done something bad by now?"

SpongeTron smiled and assured, "You know, he's right. Eustace hasn't seemed smart like he has a chip in his head…or has psychic powers."

"What are you kids up to?" Jimmy asked when he entered the room. He was surprised to see all the photos on the wall.

Maxwell thought of something and asked, "Jimmy, if I hadn't stolen and lost your schematic and you started the project…how long would it have taken you to build it?"

Jimmy pondered at this, "Hmm, it depends I guess. Most of the projects I have are put on hold until today's technology is advanced enough to develop it. I had to wait about five years to build SpongeTron."

Maxwell asked again, "Would that apply to anyone who tried to build it?"

"I suppose so, if they had the knowledge to know the risk of using substitutions for vital components. That's why I never took the risk of advancing my projects ahead of schedule." Jimmy sighs in disappointment, "Though I still have yet to figure out what component in that chip is giving you telekinetic powers, Maxwell. If only I had that schematic."

Darry looked at Maxwell and mentioned, "You'd still have it if he hadn't taken it. Come to think of it, Max, you still haven't told us why you took the schematic, and why would you think that Eu-"

He was interrupted when Maxwell used his powers to fling Darry across the room. Maxwell hastily told Jimmy, "We're currently working on locating your project, Jimmy, and we'll let you know if we find anything. Bye." And he used his powers to move Jimmy out of the room and shut the door.

Everyone glared at Maxwell as Tammy asked, "Max, what was up with that?"

Darry walked over, holding his aching arm. "Yeah, you could've just said something."

Maxwell responded, "We can't let Jimmy know about Eustace until we're absolutely sure. In fact, let's not tell him at all. Otherwise, he might end up..." His voice trailed off as he acquired a look of heartbreak.

Noticing his expression, SpongeTron became concerned, "Are you okay, Max?"

Maxwell narrowed his eyebrows and frowned. "I'm fine. I just...need to be alone for a bit." He began to walk out with his face hidden from view while his friends look on in concern.

Meanwhile in Bikini Bottom, Crash and Twitchy were outside their home while Crash was on a motorbike. He grinned at Twitchy and asked, "Ya ready with the timer, Twitch?"

Twitchy grinned while nodding rapidly. "Ready...andgo!"

Twitchy started the stopwatch and Crash started the bike and drove. However, the bike only went two miles per hour, and even when Crash revved up the motor, it did not go any faster. "Hey! What gives?" Crash asked in annoyance.

Junior approached with a proud smile on his face. "Hey Crash. I see you've discovered the new modifications I've made to your vehicle."

In panic, Crash tried to make his motorbike speed up, but it still went slow. "Junior!" Crash cried in dismay, "What in tarnation have you done?"

Junior answered, "I never really liked you performing all those dangerous activities and putting your life in jeopardy. So through science, I altered all your equipment to be safer and you'll never be injured again."

Crash gasped in shock until his shock turns to anger. "Junior, how could you? Ya know I'm a daredevil, I'm all about takin' risks."

But Junior retorts, "You're not a genius now or have any idea what excruciating injuries can come out of you jumping off ledges or crashing into stuff."

Seeing his two younger brothers argue, Twitchy cautiously backs away and goes inside his dome. He runs under the oak tree in the yard and starts digging into the ground with his paws until he comes across a lunch box. He pulls it out and excitedly opens it, but his smile drops when inside he finds carrots, celery sticks, apples, and kelp jerky. Twitchy screams in horror to see his secret stash had been tampered with. But Junior casually walks over and greets, "Hello brother of older age and interspecies. I see you've discovered the wonderful surprise I left you."

Twitchy grabs Junior and shakes him. "Where'sthecookies? Thecandy? Wherewherewhere?!"

But Junior calmly laughed and answered, "Oh Twitchy, you should be thanking me. Do you know what all that high glucose can do to your body and health? Your hyperactivity won't be a problem anymore and you'll be tranquil and understandable." Suddenly, Twitchy began hyperventilating until he passed out into the ground.

Upon seeing what had happened to his older brother, Crash glared at his younger brother, "Junior, what have you done? Ya can't go changin' things without our permission!"

Junior scoffed, "That's absurd, Sydney. I'm a genius and as such, I don't need permission and I have correct calculations to show that all this is correct and should be appreciated."

Still angry, Crash yelled, "I don't appreciate it! You're a bigger know-it-all than Sally!"

Through his tired eyes, Junior's expression turns to a look of shock that causes everything in the yard, including Crash and the unconscious Twitchy, to levitate in the air. Junior suddenly yelled, "You don't APPRECIATE ME?!"

As he floated in the air, Crash yelled, "Hey! What's goin' on? Why am I flying?"

Suddenly, a beeping noise was heard and Junior pulls up his sleeve to show a high-tech watch on his wrist. His anger disappears to a smile. "Ooh, time for our Nicktoon meeting. My first one as a genius." Junior's telekinesis drops everything to the ground as he skips out of the yard. Crash just sits on the ground, staring in agape while Twitchy was still passed out.

Back at Nicktoon HQ, Maxwell was lying on the sofa, staring at the ceiling after refusing to tell his friends the truth of his mission. Unbeknownst to Maxwell, the other four Nicktoons were hiding behind a corner, watching him. "You think he might be right?" Tammy asked, "About the schematic being at Strych Enterprises?"

Darry takes a deep breath and responds, "Either way, we won't know for sure unless we check."

"Oh sure." Tommy sarcastically said, "After all our previous encounters with the company president, I'm sure we can just waltz right through the front door."

But Darry smiled and added, "You're forgetting, I can literally get us in and out without anyone knowing. Now you see me..." He demonstrates by turning invisible, "...Now you don't."

"Great idea, Scottie," A sarcastic voice said and they all turn to see Maxwell standing behind them with a dull frown, "But your mouth might be a problem."

Darry turned visible and glared at Maxwell. But SpongeTron suggested, "Why don't we tell Jimmy about this? I'm sure he can come up with a plan to get us in."

"NO!" Maxwell cried out, "I mean, we shouldn't involve him. We're Nicktoons; we can do anything if we put our minds together."

Tommy looked away and replied, "I don't know..."

"Come on, we're smart." Maxwell paused as he glanced at Darry, "Well, four of us anyway." Darry glared at him again, but Maxwell continued, "We can develop our own mission." His friends still did not look convinced, but Maxwell added, "If we pull this off, I'll tell you everything that's going on in the future."

The four stare at each other, considering Maxwell's offer since they all wanted to know about the future he came from. Darry sighs and speaks for everyone, "So what's your plan?"

Maxwell excitedly began to explain, "Okay, I was thinking..."

But he was interrupted when Yuki and Kida walk in through the automatic doors. Yuki spots the Nicktoons and asks, "What are you guys doing here? You know we booked this spot for our Nicktoon meeting."

Darry, however, did not take kindly to his little sister coming in and bossing them around. "Who says you can come in and kick us out? We were here first."

Kida looked at Yuki and asked, "Can Darry stay at least?"

Yuki rolled her eyes and told her brother, "Look, we have Crash, Twitchy, and Junior coming over and we'd like some..." But suddenly, the doors open and Crash and Twitchy run in, both crying loudly as they rush toward Yuki and Kida and hug them tightly.

"What's wrong with you guys?" Tommy asked.

"It's Junior." Crash answered, still looking terrified.

"Junior'stookallmysweetsand he's...acting... very..." As Twitchy slowed down, he began to act dizzy.

Crash continued for him, "That's not all he did. He tampered with my extreme stunts and he has-"

Suddenly, the automatic doors slide open at such fast speed that they crack open the walls and break. Junior walks in with his jellyfish doll floating on its own right next to him. "Oops," he said with a nervous chuckle. "Sorry. I guess I'm unaware of the strength of my own intelligence."

Everyone stared in agape, but Crash and Twitchy hugged each other in terror. "Uh, Junior?" Kida asks, "Why are you dressed like Commander Neutron and how is Mr. Jelly flying?"

Junior chuckles in amusement before answering, "Oh Kida, I am a genius now, so I should look it. As for Mr. Jelly, he is assisting me in demonstrating my new mental capacities that I'm now acquiring from my new intellect." Maxwell's eyes widen in shock, but everyone else just stares in confusion. "Just like a certain resident from the future we know." Junior says with a grin, "Right, Maxwell?" He demonstrated by holding out his hands and making all the furniture lift in the air.

"Dude! That is so gnarly!" Darry exclaimed in amazement. "How did you do that?"

"Isn't it obvious, Darrel?" Junior said humbly, "With my cerebral cranium of course.

Maxwell looked suspiciously when he asked, "Junior... where were you when your teammates reported you missing?"

Still remembering the promise he made to Eustace about keeping the chip in his head a secret, Junior replied, "Don't you remember? I told you I was studying to make myself smarter."

Tammy looked a bit skeptical. "I didn't think that studying so much could give you psychic powers."

Maxwell narrowed his eyes and fixated on Junior in order to see what he was hiding. But Junior noticed him and glared back while Maxwell heard the sponge's voice in his head, 'It's very rude to read someone's thoughts without permission.'

Out of shock, Maxwell yelped and stumbled back. Seeing his expression, Junior smirks and mockingly asks, "What's wrong, Maxwell? Is something ailing you?"

"Nothing." Maxwell answered as he started ushering his friends out. "We have stuff to do." But then, he glared at Junior and thought, 'I know you're hiding something, and I'm gonna find out what.'

Junior glared at the fellow genius and pointed as he telepathically replied, 'I'm not the only one hiding something, Maxwell. I'll be waiting for you to admit you're envious of me.'

After the Nicktoons left, Kida stared and asked Junior, "Why were you pointing at Max and not saying anything?"

Outside in the hall, SpongeTron wonders out loud, "Anyone else wondering how the Creator's child became smart and got psychic powers all in one day."

Maxwell was silent for a bit until he turned and stated, "Guys, I think Junior has a neural intelligence device in his head."

This made everyone gasp in shock. "How? That can't be true." Darry rattled in disbelief. "I mean, it would explain why he's so smart and now has psychic powers, but again HOW?!"

"Darry's right." Tommy agreed with a worried expression. "Wouldn't that mean Junior has the schematic?"

But Tammy looked skeptical. "How would someone like Junior be able to make a neural intelligence device?"

SpongeTron then suggested, "We can take a look on his back and see if he has one of those things near his head like Max does."

But Maxwell mentioned, "He can read our minds. He'll know what we're up to." Then he smirks with an idea, "But he won't know where we are. Come 3 'o clock tomorrow we'll sneak off and infiltrate Strych Enterprises to find out where Junior may have gotten his hands on something like that."

But Darry immediately kneeled close to him and asked, "And afterwards, you'll tell us everything you know about the future, right?"

Maxwell shrugged and responded, "Sure, I guess." Hearing the promise, Darry, Tammy, Tommy, SpongeTron all high-five.

Back with the Nicktoon Cadets, Yuki held up a tablet and announced to her friends, "Okay guys, I have a few ideas for some great combo attacks we can try. First I thought..."

But she was interrupted by Junior. "I'll take the floor first, Yuki. I have a few concerns I'd like to share." He went over to Jimmy's whiteboard, but since he couldn't reach it, he used his powers on the marker to write equations on the board. "I've been running some statistics and analysis and have come to the solution that we have one flaw in our group." He points the marker at Yuki. "And that's you, Yuki!" This made her and the rest of the team gasp.

"What the hey are you sayin'?" Crash asked angrily.

Kida also glared at Junior, "Yeah, how can you think of saying Yuki shouldn't be on the team?" she asked with displeasure.

"Guys, I've run through the numbers and come to the logical conclusion that Yuki contributes less to this team than anyone. Crash has his athletic prowess, Kida can channel supernatural powers, Twitchy has enhanced speed, and I'm both intelligent and strong. What offensive technique can Yuki perform?"

"That's easy. I can..." Yuki began answering, "...Sense ghosts, read fortunes, use voodoo magic, and I can use ghost weapons better than my brother can."

But Junior shook his head as he looked at a clipboard. "I think the answer is obvious here. All those in favor of Yuki's expulsion!" He raised his hand, but saw the others angrily standing there doing nothing. "Come on, guys, numbers don't lie."

But Kida yelled, "You're crazy! We're not kicking Yuki off the team!"

"Yeah!" Crash also yelled, "And you ain't leader, Yuki is!"

But Junior suddenly gets a furious look in his tired eyes and used his powers to write more equations on the board, even as it stretched across the wall. "You're all ignorant of the facts. My intelligence and psychokinesis make me the logical choice to be leader." He starts to look more crazed, "I'm correct. You should be approving and praising me."

"We can't praise you, Junior." Crash retorted, "You're not actin' like you."

Twitchy tried to run over, but was out of breath due to no sugar. "Please... Junior..."

But Junior angrily cut them off and yelled, "That's another thing I'd like to discuss. No longer will you address me by that demeaning name. You will refer to me as 'SpongeBob', my birth name."

Twitchy and Crash stare in surprise by their younger brother's behavior. "But we've always called you 'Junior'." Crash said meekly.

Junior managed to smile as he adds, "Don't worry. Soon you can call me 'Professor SpongeBob', after I graduate from the university of course."

But Yuki marched over to him and snapped at him, "Junior..."

Junior clenched his teeth as he muttered, "'SpongeBob'."

"... You're acting crazy, ever since you became smart." Yuki pondered over this, "Max might've been onto something when he asked where you were before you got smart." She crossed her arms and stared intently at him, "So what's the truth, SpongeBob?"

Junior's exhausted eyes widen when it was assumed they would find out the truth. But out of panic, his psychic powers lift Yuki in the air and toss her towards the others. While Crash, Twitchy, and Kida surround Yuki in concern, Junior grabs Mr. Jelly and heads out the door, all while glaring towards his friends and whispering, "I'll prove I'm the superior genius. I'll show you all."

Unsure what to make of Junior's strange violent behavior, the rest of the group quickly left just as Jimmy walks in, reading a tablet, until he looks up to see all the numbers Junior wrote on the wall. "Sweetie?" Jimmy calls to his wife, "Has Max been drawing on the walls?"

Will Eustace's test subject succeed or will it bring about an end? Please review what you think so far and stick around for Part 2.