Throughout the history of Bikini Bottom,
researchers have been baffled by one simple question:
Hello!
Who... is... Old... Man... Jenkins?
This is Bikini Bottom Mysteries!
[music playing]
At first glance, the evidence seems clear.
Don't you wanna kiss the seat of my pants?
Old Man Jenkins is a former farmer, turned sailor.
I'm glad I gave up farming!
Turned cannonball!
- It's Cannonball Jenkins! - It's Cannonball Jenkins!
But upon further investigation, only one thing is clear:
Nothing is at it seems.
Exhibit A, body doubles.
We set out to investigate Old Man Jenkins
but our investigation led us to five different fish.
All claiming to be Old Man Jenkins.
You cut a hole in Farmer Jenkins' grain silo!
Now get!
That's right, five different files!
- Old Man Jenkins! - Old Man Jenkins!
I have no idea.
On five different old men!
It's Old Man Jenkins in his jalopy.
Howdy, Mrs. K!
Each with evidence that he is the true Old Man Jenkins!
You ate Old Man Jenkins!
What did I miss?
Where's Old Man Jenkins?
[screaming]
So which one is the real Old Man Jenkins?
And more importantly,
why do they all claim to be Old Man Jenkins?
Well further investigation revealed more than we could have ever imagined!
Exhibit B, suspicious behavior.
Watch the following scene closely.
Notice one version of Old Man Jenkins casually floating in The Krusty Krab
just before the customers leave so Krabs can be alone
to protect the secret formula all night.
But maybe he wasn't as alone as he thought.
I'll be waiting for him!
[chuckling]
Take a closer look.
Old Man Jenkins never actually left The Krusty Krab.
Instead, he could have been lurking in the shadows all night
and Krabs was none the wiser.
I'll be waiting right here.
And that's not the only case of breaking and entering.
When Plankton tried to steal the formula,
this Old Man Jenkins was even caught inside a police evidence locker!
Hello!
And he wasn't the only Old Man Jenkins...
- Hello! - Hello!
What are two men with the same identity
doing on the inside of the same police evidence locker?
Are they the evidence?
Who's been pinching all these geezers?
Or are they trying to destroy some sort of evidence?
And if these two are working together,
is it possible that all the Old Man Jenkins' are working together?
An elite team of Old Man Jenkins working in the shadows of
restaurants and police stations?
But why?
What are they hiding?
I'm OK.
Exhibit C, immortality.
Let's go back in time,
to a time where Eugene Krabs and Sheldon Plankton
were just young lads working on the original secret formula.
Now that's a handsome looking burger!
You said it, old chum!
Who was there to taste the first attempt of a recipe?
Old Man Jenkins.
Yay!
Let's go back even further,
when Krabs found his first penny.
Who was lurking just behind him?
Old Man Jenkins.
And back even further, when young Krabs and Plankton
went to school and first learned about formulas,
who was their teacher?
Old Man Jenkins.
Three versions of Old Man Jenkins,
each spotted in the distant past.
But if this is the distant past, shouldn't they be much younger?
Instead, each version looks exactly as old in the past
as they do in the present.
Abandon ship! Abandon ship!
Let's recap.
One was hiding in the Krusty Krab when Krabs was protecting the secret formula.
Two were in this evidence locker when Plankton tried to steal
the secret formula.
And three were in the distant past when Krabs and Plankton
were first coming up with the secret formula.
So, who are these five men known as Old Man Jenkins?
What do they want with the secret formula?
And how do they never age?
Do they have their own formula?
A formula for immortality?
I thought this was a restaurant, not a gutter mouth convention.
We may never know the secrets of this strange faction,
but one thing's for sure.
They're really, really old.
And now, a Bikini Bottom Bonus Mystery.
A Krabby Patty is supposedly the most delicious sandwich under the sea.
Only people who don't like the Krabby Patty
have never tasted one.
But if it's under the sea, how do they get tomatoes,
onions or lettuce?
All foods that are usually found on dry land.
With lettuce, cheese, onions, tomatoes, ketchup, mustard,
pickles, and top bun together in that order!
File this one under C for Classified.
Oh, and because it's under the sea.
See what I did there, because it's filed under C?
Yeah... Have you seen something strange under the sea?
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