November 19th, 2004
Squidward walked into the Krusty Krab, sighing loudly. Even after the greedy crustacean had started giving them days off, he had to come here today for some reason. He hoped that it wasn't Krabs reducing their pay or getting rid of their days off. Of course, Spongebob was already sitting at the table and had his signature punchable goofy grin on his face.
Squidward sat at the same table as Spongebob, but it wasn't long before Mr Krabs burst out of his office holding a map. He gleefully yelled,
"Guess what, boys?"
Squidward snarkily replied,
"We're getting a one cent raise?"
Krabs laughed and said,
"Of course not! I'm announcing the production of the very first KRUSTY KRAB MOVIE!"
Spongebob looked like he was about to have a stroke as he stammered,
"A M-M-M-M-MOVIE?!"
Squidward snickered to himself. A movie? Not if Eugene's cheapness had anything to say about it. He asked him,
"What's the budget? A dollar? Ha, Ha, Ha!"
Mr Krabs quickly replied,
"Don't worry, I have that taken care of. All the expenses will be provided by me sponsors. This'll blow every movie in underwater history out of the water!"
Squidward then asked him,
"Why do you want to make a movie anyway?"
Krabs replied,
"That's a very good question, Mr Squidward. Movies are a very popular form of media, so a movie will be a perfect way to make some cash. But this won't just be any movie. It'll have a searing drama, a daring adventure, and a passionate romance! Not only that, but it'll be filmed on an island undocumented by civilized fishkind."
Krabs set his map on the table and continued, saying,
"I got this baby from an old friend of mine from me younger days. It was made in 1933 by a skipper of a Norwegian bark. The stories go that the crew discovered the island and made their way across it by drawing this map. What few crew members survived were deemed insane and put in insane asylums for the rest of their lives. They called it…"
He opened the map and read what it said at the top of it.
"Skull island."
While Squidward was unfazed at the name, Spongebb's eyes widened with terror, and he told Mr Krabs,
"Skull Island?! Oh no sir, it's not safe there!"
"Why not?"
"My books say that that's where sea bears live, along with a bunch of other monsters!"
Squidward's eyes widened in shock and horror. He knew full well what a sea bear could do. After all, he had been on the receiving end of one a year prior. He stammered,
"S-S-S-Sea Bears?!"
Mr Krabs put his hand on his chin(?) in contemplation, saying,
"Hmmmm. Well I personally don't believe in sea bears, but luckily I've gone to the effort of getting one of me friends to order a boatload of firearms to fight off whatever's on the island."
Spongebob and Squidward looked at each other nervously, having second thoughts about the movie. Krabs noticed their nervousness and said,
"Enough about that. Let's get back to talking about the movie and who will be playing who."
Squidward stood up and loudly proclaimed,
"With my acting talents, I'll knock those moviegoer's socks off!"
"You aren't an actor in this."
Squidward was shocked and infuriated by this, yelling,
"WHAT?!"
Before Squidward could go off on an angry tirade, Krabs added,
"You're gonna be me screenwriter!"
Squidward's anger was immediately replaced with joy. The opportunity to write a movie was much better than simply being in one. He would get to dictate the story. He said to Mr Krabs,
"Of course sir! Why, with my writing expertise, audiences will be moved to tears by the drama that will be in this movie!"
Spongebob then raised his hand eagerly and cried out,
"Oo, oo, oo! Who can I be?!"
Mr Krabs smiled at Spongebob and told him,
"You lad, will be the main character, um…..John Drisscot! Yeah, John Drisscot. A heroic and daring explorer who braves the terrors of the prehistoric island to save his love from the clutches of a vicious beast!"
Spongebob couldn't contain his excitement, bouncing up and down his signature giddy way, while Squidward couldn't help but chuckle at the idea of Spongebob of all people being a stereotypical adventure movie protagonist. Krabs then said,
"Now we just need someone to fill the role of Drisscot's comic relief sidekick. How about Patrick? He'd be a good fit."
Spongebob said,
"Oh, I'm sure Patrick would love to be in the movie, sir!"
Mr Krabs replied with vigor,
"Then what are we waiting for, men! We have to get to the ship we'll be taking to the island asap, come on!"
They all then ran out the Krusty Krab window. Luckily Krabs had stashed the formula in a briefcase so that Plankton couldn't try to steal it. The Krusty Krew ran onwards, excitement for the new movie being present in all of them.
November 26th, 2004
"Alright, haul it up! Be careful with those gas bombs!"
The crew did what their captain said, hauling their cargo up to their ship, the Wanderer. One of the sailors said to the other,
"I don't like this. There's enough ammunition in here to blow us all to kingdom come. Where the Davy Jones Locker are we going?"
The other sailor said,
"I have no idea. Ask that Eugene Krabs guy."
"Eugene Krabs?"
"Yeah."
"Why would a restaurant owner want to ride on here? Furthermore, why would he want all this ammo?"
"Like I said, I have no idea.
Meanwhile in the ship, Krabs was talking with the captain. He had been preparing for a week, and it was finally time to set sail. Squidward was typing on a computer in the corner, making changes to the script as he went along. Spongebob and Patrick meanwhile were playing eels and escalators to pass the time. Spongebob had brought the game with him when they got on the ship.
The wanderer's captain, former navy admiral and old friend of Mr Krabs Charles Coralhorn, held up one of the gas bombs and said,
"What do you think the dock marshals gonna say about these chloroform grenades? Just one of these things could take down 10 King Jellyfish."
"Don't you worry about that. I gave them Krabby Patties to keep their mouths shut. At regular price of course."
Coralhorn chuckled to himself. Eugene hadn't changed a bit since the two had last seen each other. As he smoked from his pipe, Krabs suddenly got a call on his shell phone. He answered it, and it was Pearl on the end of the line. He scolded her, saying,
"Where are ye?! If ye wanna be in the movie, ya have to be on the ship in the next 20 minutes!"
"I changed my mind. I am NOT spending the next several weeks on a smelly ship with a bunch of sweaty sailors. It'll cut majorly into my social life."
"What?! Why you little ..."
Pearl then hung up, and Krabs sighed. He looked to Spongebob and told him,
"Change of plans, Pearl quit on me. Do ya think ye can get your squirrel friend to take her place? I need me leading lady!"
Spongebob saluted his boss and quickly ran out, Krabs following and telling Coralhorn,
"Stay here until we get back!"
Spongebob and Mr Krabs hopped into a boat and sped off towards Sandy's treedome.
Author's note: In timeline C these events take place in 2016.