The Story behind Mr Krabs and Pearl.

I don’t know who the author of this is.  But I found this.  And my eyes started to go all glassy and aaaah…

Mr. Krabs and Pearl…how you ask?

Eugene Krabs wasn’t always the greedy Krab we know today. Is greed is a result of the troubles that have taken place in his household when he was a child. His father walked out on him and his mother and Mama Krabs was jobless. They spent some days without food or water or heat in the brutal winter. Eugene loved his mother very much and couldn’t stand to see her suffer anymore. He tried to get a job at the age of 12 but was too young so he did the only thing he could do to help his mother. Steal. Eugene stole food from supermarkets, money from neighbors and became a well renowned hustler at his middle school. He racked up cash for months and months, enough to help support him and his mother for the rest of their lives. After the years have passed, the desire to possess money became a part of him. He has gotten beaten, jumped, nearly killed over the years for stealing, but it didn’t phase him. It was in his blood now.

In high school, he didn’t have many friends. Nobody really liked the Hustler Krabs because they didn’t trust him. He spent 3 years in high school alone. Until senior year. During swim class, Eugene saw an opportunity to make a quick buck. A whale by the name of Willy forgot to put his backpack in his locker. Quickly, Eugene raced to the bag, opened the bottom pocket and found the whale’s wallet. As he reached for the money inside, Willy ran back to his locker remembering that he forgot to put his bag in there. Eugene was caught. Eugene tried to run, but it was too late. Willy caught him and shoved him against the wall and yelled “WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU’RE DOING?” Eugene had no response, he held on to the wallet as tight as he could and anticipated a beating. However, Willy dropped him and said “If you really need it that bad, I guess you can have it.” Eugene was shocked. He then scurried away with the wallet as Willy put his bag in the locker.

That night, all Eugene could think about was Willy. “Why would he let me go?” he asked himself. His paranoia made him believe it was a trick. He didn’t open the wallet that night. A month passed after the incident and Eugene had forgotten all about the wallet he stole until one day his class went on a field trip to Jellyfish Fields. When Eugene got on the bus, he noticed all the seats have been taken. There were some empty ones but nobody would sit next to him. Eugene walked to the back of the bus and at the last row he noticed another empty seat. Sitting next to it was Willy. Eugene new he wouldn’t let him sit next to him after the incident so he stood at the back of the bus. Willy looked at him and asked “Need a seat?” Eugene was nervous, he took a quick glance at him and ignored him. Willy shouted it louder and Eugene turned and said “Yeah…I do” and sat down. Willy looked at him and reminded him of the incident and Eugene denied it. Eugene still had the wallet in his bag after neglecting it for weeks. “Why’d you let me go?” asked Eugene. Willy just looked at him and said “Psht…I only had like three bucks in there, it’s nothing really. If you needed it so bad, I guess you can have it.” Eugene then reached into his bag and gave him the wallet. “I didn’t take the money anyway” he said. Willy smiled and took the wallet. “Wow, really? I don’t really need this. You can have it if you want.” Eugene’s eyes lit up as if just won the lottery. “Really? You’re giving this to me? What’s the catch?” said Eugene. Willy replied “No catch. Just think of it as a gift. One friend to another right?” Eugene was amazed at the word “friend”. “He barely even knows me. I tried to steal from him…why would he want to be my friend of all people” Eugene thought to himself. As confused as he was, Eugene was sort of happy. He never had a friend other than his mom. They sat quietly next to eachother for the rest of the bus ride.

As time went by, Eugene and Willy became closer and closer. Eugene started to steal less. Willy became very important to him. At 18, they got their first jobs at Old Man Jenkin’s farm, cleaning the seahorse stables. Eugene began to learn how to make money the right way. The hustler was still in him though, but the thief seemed to fade away slowly.  In fact, Willy was the first one to give Eugene the idea of starting his own business. At work one day, Willy found a shiny, big pearl.  “Won’t you look at this, Eugene. This pearl is HUGE. It’s gotta be worth a lot”. Eugene looked at it with greed and pondered snatching it away from him and running, but he didn’t. A couple minutes later, Willy told Eugene “I’m surprised you haven’t tried to steal the pearl from me”. Eugene looked at him and said “Nah, I’m not the crab I once was”. Willy smiled and gave handed the pearl to Eugene. “You can have it, Eugene. Think of it as a lucky charm. May this friendship last as long as both of us are alive.” Krabs took the pearl with a smile and said “Hopefully even longer.”

More years went by and Willy had a wife. Krabs opened his own business, which turned out to be the Krusty Krab. Willy was proud of him for the change he has made since high school and at the grand opening he announced that his wife was pregnant and he was going to be a father. This made Eugene very happy and started calling himself “Uncle Krabs” for days. After the nine months passed, Willy’s wife gave birth to a baby whale girl. Eugene was almost as happy as they were, not knowing that the happiest day of their lives was about to turn into the worst.

A couple of hours after delivering the baby, Krabs ran into the hospital with a bag full of gifts ready to bombard the newest parents of Bikini Bottom. That’s when it happened. As Krabs entered the room, a harpoon flew in from the ceiling, and plunged into Willy’s wife’s head. She dropped the baby and Willy quickly picked her up as he went to tend to his wife. She was dead and a net covered her completely as she was dragged up to the surface. He couldn’t believe it and then another harpoon came flying into the room and Krabs yelled to him “YOU HAVE TO GET OUT OF THERE”. They both ran down the stairs, trying to escape. A few feet from the exit, Willy was harpooned in the tailfin and fell, dropping the baby. Eugene quickly picked with one hand as he tried to hold on to Willy with the other. A net came swooping down and covered him like it did to his wife. “I won’t let you take him!” yelled Eugene clinging on toe Willy for dear life. Then Willy said “Let go.” Eugene, eyes filled with tears, refused but the net forced him to separated. Willy slowly went up and said “Don’t worry about me. I’ll be back faster than you can say Krabby Patty” and smiled at Eugene. “Just promise to take good care of my child until I get back. Eugene, speechlessly staring back at him as he floated up with the baby in his right claw. “Really Eugene, I’ll be fine. I promise. Now leave before they get you too” yelled Willy. Krabs ran with the baby and turned back and stared at Willy as he started disappearing to the surface. “Take good care of my child!” were the last words he said as he vanished. Eugene had never been so devastated in his life.

Krabs grew up with the baby whale. Named her Pearl after the pearl they found in Old Man Jenkin’s farm, the pearl that symbolized his eternal friendship with Willy. He raised Pearl like she was one of his own. For years he waited for the day he will get back, like he promised, but as time faded, the hope Eugene had of Willy returning also faded, but his memory of his one time best friend will never fade and Pearl will always be there to remind him of that.