User blog comment:PolarKey/R.I.P Krabbyv Patties/@comment-5994340-20170104180718/@comment-5994340-20170110001855

I think this is like how Simpsons had the whole "Who Will Die in The New Episode?" thing a bit back in 2015. It ended up being Krusty's Dad, so in the end, they had a bunch of people watching and basically nothing changed with the show.