Mr. Krabs

Mr.

Krabs is a fictional character from the animated television series *SpongeBob SquarePants*—a red crab who owns the Krusty Krab restaurant and obsesses over money to comical extremes.

The name has become shorthand for exaggerated greed or penny-pinching: My landlord is such a Mr. Krabs about the security deposit.

Related

Krusty Krab · Krabby Patty · penny · penny pincher · cashier · Bikini Bottom · Squidward · secret formula · fast food · anchor · sea captain · nautical · stingy · claws · shell · pirate · treasure · cheapskate

Categories
Opposites
generosity vs. greed

Mr. KrabsSanta Claus

Legendary yuletide gift-giver

Robin Hood · philanthropist · Mother Teresa · giver · altruist

SpongeBob SquarePants character dynamics

Mr. KrabsSpongeBob SquarePants

Patrick Star · Plankton · Sandy Cheeks · Karen

capitalist archetype vs. anti-capitalist archetype

Mr. KrabsRobin Hood

Legendary forest-dwelling archer

ascetic · monk · Karl Marx

Family

crab, crabs, crabby, crabbed, crabbing, crablike

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G