The episode begins with Sandy working on a silver canister with a lab assistant that Sandy hired for the project. The lab assistant tells her that his name is Notkanlp J. Noldesh (which is Sheldon J. Plankton unscrambled). Notkanlp J. Noldesh is actually a robot about same size as Sandy. Notkanlp J. Noldesh opens up the canister saying that his invention is almost ready. Little does Sandy know that her assistant is evil and is trying to make the clone so that Plankton can steal the formula. Sandy claims that her greatest contribution to science is complete and begins to show SpongeBob, the clone that she made. She then pushes a button on it as it warms up. It suddenly turns green and SpongeBob and Sandy scream. A black mist then appears from the machine as Sandy turns it off and opens it.