Mr. Krabs (seasons 6-10)

Eugene Harold Krabs is the money-obsessed founder of the Krusty Krab and the business rival of Plankton. Although one of the series' main "protagonists", Mr. Krabs has been frequently been depicted as anti-heroic and even villainous at times, eventually going so far to become the direct antagonist of several episodes. He is voiced by Clancy Brown.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The way Mr. Krabs is written and portrayed is all over the place. He is supposed to be a hero among SpongeBob and Patrick yet most of the time portrayed as an unfair, villainous boss. For example, he tricked SpongeBob into writing lies about people in Bikini Bottom in "The Krabby Kronicle", and he once used SpongeBob to even mislead children and scam their money into some stupid clown in "Krabby Land". The worst thing about this is Plankton is supposed to be the villain, yet he treats his wife who assists him in the Chum Bucket and any customer he gets way better than Mr. Krabs.
 * 2) He is extremely greedy and is only interested in money. He even fired SpongeBob just to save a nickel. He prioritizes money over his employees', friends' and family's lives in general. And due to his cheap ways, he constantly upsets his daughter and ruins her birthdays.
 * 3) He is as villainous as, if not worse than, Plankton and Karen. In the infamous Season 7 episode "One Coarse Meal", he tortured Plankton up to the point where he started feeling suicidal, when Plankton was hardly doing a thing. And he did it for fun. This was his worst moment in the series.
 * 4) *In fact, the series generally depicts Plankton as the one in the wrong in most of the situations where Mr. Krabs is at his worst and Plankton is utterly harmless.
 * 5) He's broken the law and violated workers rights countless times, like once making his employees work 24 hours a day. In fact, he's broken more laws than Plankton ever has.
 * 6) Following this, he runs a restaurant with overworked and under paid employees that hardly work for any wage.
 * 7) He goes completely insane if he has to give away as much as a penny, even willing to rip a person's arm off if they wouldn't drop the penny as seen in the Season 3 episode "Born Again Krabs".
 * 8) He pathetically makes huge molehills out of mountains for stupid reasons, such as when the Chum Bucket started getting a regular customer in "Plankton's Regular".
 * 9) He believes that he has full control over SpongeBob's personal life, like in "Karate Choppers".
 * 10) Speaking of which, he barely cares for other people, he even once wanted Squidward to get killed just to sell his paintings for a higher price in "Out of the Picture". So "heroic"! Even worse, he tried to murder Squidward himself with a hammer. This isn't even the only time where he's considered killing his employees for money.
 * 11) He has also committed animal cruelty, Like how he harvested Jellyfish and extracted Jelly from them in "Jellyfish Hunter", causing them to feel weak and killing a lot of them. In fact, he seems to casually get away with crimes throughout the series or at least not get the proper punishment for them, from imprisonment (several episodes) to stealing ("The Smoking Peanut") to trying to get Plankton to straight up kill himself ("One Coarse Meal") right up to downright attempted murder (Out of the Picture).
 * 12) He sometimes gets no punishment for his actions.
 * 13) He's a huge thief. He once stole an pearl from a zoo oyster, which was revealed to be an egg with a baby clam inside. And instead of apologizing, Mr. Krabs says, "But it's free day!".
 * 14) He treats SpongeBob and Squidward like slaves instead of employees. Even to the point of which he refuses to pay them, and make them pay him instead. Like when he decided to charge SpongeBob and Squidward just for breathing and existing.
 * 15) He has a very strict set of rules for his customers. It’s mandatory to order a side of fries; napkins and refills cost extra; and there are absolutely no freebies for anyone – royalty or not. In fact, according to Mr. Krabs, all money brought into the Krusty Krab must be spent. Even people who aren’t hungry are dragged in and forced to order food. Sure, there’s a money back guarantee, but it’s so small it’s almost impossible to see. No matter what it takes, Krabs will make sure that nobody even goes NEAR his restaurant without emptying their wallets.
 * 16) If he comes across a moldy or rotten patty left out in the open for too long, his first instinct is to reheat it and resell it. You think that’s disgusting; Krabs has also been known to reuse buns that have been flushed down the toilet. Someone needs to tell him that while wasting food is bad, trying to vend a tainted patty to save a few nickels and dimes isn’t worth the risk of poisoning customers. If anything, Krabs should probably lose more money dealing with lawsuits and medical bills.

Good Qualities

 * 1) He is not completely heartless, as he sometimes shows compassion for his employees.
 * 2) He occasionally apologizes for his actions, but not so much after Season 5.
 * 3) Despite that he still haven't redeemed himself from flanderization in recent years since Season 9 unlike the rest of the SpongeBob SquarePants cast, he is now much more tolerable than he was in Seasons 6-8.
 * 4) His laugh is amazing. And Clancy Brown portrays him amazingly.
 * 5) The idea of a pirate-influenced crab running a restaurant is still interesting.
 * 6) He spawned the "Moar" meme. And so many other funny memes such as the Confused Mr. Krabs meme and the "Are you feeling it now, Mr. Krabs?" meme.
 * 7) He is a decently funny character at times.
 * 8) His backstory of working in the Navy gave him more depth.
 * 9) His character design is good, but his superhero design as Sir-Pinch-A-lot is even better.
 * 10) There are times where he actually parents SpongeBob and Patrick and teaches them important things. Classic examples are when he warned them about the fishing hooks in "Hooky" and scolded them for swearing in "Sailor Mouth",
 * 11) "WHO TOUCHED ME THERMOSTAT?"
 * 12) PLANKTON STOLE ME FORMULER???!!!