Film Theory: The Secret Ingredient of SpongeBob's Krabby Patty! (SpongeBob SquarePants)

The secret ingredient is actually love ❤️

“There is no secret ingredient... To make something special, you just have to believe it’s special.” -Mr. Ping, Kung Fu Panda

Matpat: "We treat nothing as sacred" Diet coke: Am I a joke to you?

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!

“Mr.Krabs is not a master chef” Mr.Krabs: peels and entire potato at once with no mistakes

Matt: "There is NO secret" Me: *Kungfu Panda flashback *

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

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

your next spongebob theory should be how Plankton stays in business

“The McDonalds brand is about reliability” “Sorry the ice cream machine isn’t working”

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.

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

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.

@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.

Just getting to see how the editing has improved over the years is just great ( it’s still great here btw )

"Maybe the real secret formula are the memories we got along the way"

I feel like they're gonna reveal what the secret formula is in the final episode...if Spongebob ever ends.

"Telling you your favourite cartoon characters are addicted to cocaine is like my favourite pastime"

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."

6:57 "But what he is, is an expert business man." The visual completely confirms this.