User blog:Ponyo Fan/Did You Know?: Taking Over

Submitted by Da Nerd.

Did You Know?
Did you know the original series took place during the period in SpongeBob's Robotic Adventure where Bikini Bottom is under Plankton's rule, but time is extended immensely? Also, SpongeBob doesn't go on a quest to stop Plankton like he does in the game.

Did you know there were four general season plots made for the original Taking Over? In order, a brief summary of each: season 1, Plankton has taken over Bikini Bottom, but SpongeBob and Patrick fight back; season 2, Plankton's reign of terror ends with SpongeBob and Patrick at new ruling, but Plankton quickly makes it back on top, leading SpongeBob to commit suicide; season 3, Patrick, alone, vows to avenge his friend's death by getting rid of Plankton once and for all, season finale shows SpongeBob returning, having not died; season 4, eventually SpongeBob and Patrick defeat Plankton once and for all.

The PG pilot, "Fun Sized", was released almost two years ago, which gained mixed responses from its audience. One user even censored the "hell" near the end and commented in debate that it wasn't a PG word.

The series has gone through many restarts and reboots since the cancellation of the original series. The original series was cancelled after two episodes, but almost the entire first season was already premised. Since then, the series has attempted to revive through Fanon TV, a blog series, a Referata-exclusive series and just as a restarted spin-off (which is still my plan; hoping to restart Taking Over again shortly before SRA2 releases).

The original series had a soundtrack of five songs, including its own theme song. You can listen to the theme song on the article for Taking Over, and the rest of the soundtrack – since the original links are lost – can be listened to on Da Nerd's current SoundCloud. All five songs were made in FL Studio 10.