What made Mr. Krabs' death seem even more real was the fact that Nickelodeon removed a SpongeBob Square Pants episode (Season 12, Episode 21) titled "Kwarantined Crab" around that same time.

Much in the way that Mr. Krabs, the proprietor of the Krusty Krab, guards the Krabby Patty secret formula in the cartoon series, Wendy's plans to guard the sauce's recipe in real life. Gabe Hauari ...

They then realized that it's a fake formula Plankton made when he was taking the real one and the Bikini ... Everyone except Spongebob, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, Sandy, and a stowaway ...

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: Does this sound familiar to you? That's Mr. Krabs walking in "SpongeBob." Mr. Krabs: Can't you just pretend to listen for once in your life?