It’s picture day at Boating School and SpongeBob wants to take a good picture. However he keeps getting dirty and having to return home to clean himself up again. Patrick takes him to Boating School in an empty jar of jelly to keep him safe, but when they arrive Patrick thinks that SpongeBob is jelly and tries to put him in his peanut butter taco. Possibly the weirdest thing I have ever typed. Anyway, SpongeBob is covered in peanut butter and bits of taco shell and he doesn’t have time to clean himself up so he starts to cry. Mrs. Puff brings him inside to get his picture taken. The photographer cleans off SpongeBob but he still can’t stop crying, so the photographer gives him some dentures that force him to smile.
First, let’s take a moment to appreciate this wonderful out-of-context line: “SpongeBob, get out of my taco!” Oh, out-of-context SpongeBob, how I love you.
Anyway, this episode is… okay I guess? I really don’t know what to say about it.
Oh wait, yes I do!
Tee hee.
Rating: 5/10
Patrick eats at the Krusty Krab but then can’t pay for it, so Mr. Krabs makes him work instead. However, Patrick is too stupid to do anything right and ends up destroying the restaurant.
One more out-of-context line: “Why won’t you go down?!” THAT’S WHAT SHE SAID, AMIRITE?!
Um, anyway.
This is another one of those episodes where Patrick seems too stupid to function, but I don’t mind it so much here because it was at least kind of funny. It’s a little bit strange to have an episode taking place at the Krusty Krab that doesn’t have Squidward in it at all, but he wouldn’t have added much to this episode (besides sass) so I’m fine with it.
Overall, this episode is okay
Rating: 5.5/10
SpongeBob’s cousin Blackjack (who used to beat SpongeBob up when they were kids) is released from prison and SpongeBob thinks that Blackjack has kidnapped his parents. SpongeBob goes to his parents’ house to check on them and he finds a note from Blackjack saying that he’s gone to Grandma’s house. SpongeBob goes to his Grandma’s house, and she tells him that Blackjack is waiting for SpongeBob at his house. Then there’s a few minutes of filler as SpongeBob tries to ask his uncle for help and his uncle keeps misunderstanding what he’s saying. Finally SpongeBob gets to Blackjack’s house where his parents are preparing a party for Blackjack. What’s that? It was all a misunderstanding? Totally didn’t see that coming. Then Blackjack shows up, threatening to beat SpongeBob up, but Blackjack apparently is really tiny (he’s like the size of SpongeBob’s shoe) so he can’t do much to hurt SpongeBob.
So, are sponges always that tiny as children before they grow taller? That doesn’t add up. Why is Blackjack so small? He and Plankton should hang out some time.
Anyway, this is yet another episode that I’d place in the “meh” category. It’s nothing special, just an average episode.
Rating: 5/10
Well, this was a boring post. Hopefully I’ll have more to say in tomorrow’s review.
You’re probably wondering why I’m only reviewing one episode. Well, this episode is a special, and usually when there’s a special I review the episode pair after it as well. Except there isn’t an episode pair after this one. IT’S A THREE EPISODE SET.
I really hate reviewing shorts, okay?
Sigh. Anyway, the point is I didn’t want to do four episodes in one review, so I decided to just do Atlantis Squarepantis by itself, which should be fine because this special isn’t so much a special as it is a TV-movie (it’s about forty-five minutes long) and it will take a while just to give a synopsis of it, so this review should be more than long enough.
It begins with SpongeBob and Patrick blowing bubbles and wishing they could make one that lasts longer than a few seconds. Funny, seems like they could make pretty long-lasting bubbles in other episodes. Anyway, they find a broken piece of what looks like a coin, so they take it to the museum to find out what it is. Mr. Krabs is at the museum in a fake booth he set up himself, charging people for admission (is nothing too low for Krabs?). Squidward is also at the museum to admire the art and Sandy is there because why not? Squidward tells SpongeBob that what he found is the missing half of the broken Amulet of Atlantis. According to legends, if the two halves are brought back together, the path to Atlantis will appear. Everyone wants to see Atlantis (Squidward for the art, Krabs for the riches, SpongeBob and Patrick for the oldest living bubble and Sandy because why not?), so they put the Amulet back together and a van appears to take them to Atlantis. A van? Really? At least it’s a nice one. The van is powered by music, because damn it we need a reason to shoehorn some songs into this musical. Oh, and Plankton is hiding in the van. He wants to go to Atlantis for all of the advanced weaponry they supposedly have there. When they arrive at Atlantis, they meet the ruler of the land: Lord Royal Highness – wait what? What about King Neptune? Anyway, LRH gives everyone (minus Plankton) a tour of Atlantis. Plankton escapes from the van and heads straight to the weapons room which for some reason is left unguarded. Everyone else is brought to a room full of treasure, where they’re told they can take as much as their pockets can carry. This is pretty much Krabs’ wet dream so he stays behind in the treasure room while the others go on with the tour. They come to a room for Atlantis’ technology. Oh right, that’s why Sandy wanted to go to Atlantis: science. Look, I’m trying really hard to get used to Sandy being a scientist, cut me some slack. Like Krabs, Sandy decides to stay behind in this room. After that they come to the art room. Squidward is in heaven here and I actually rather like this scene just because of all of the art references. I was an arts student in college so I’ll be working in fast food I appreciated the nods to famous paintings and techniques. Squidward stays behind in the art room and SpongeBob and Patrick are finally taken to see the oldest bubble. They’re left alone with it and it pops, which causes them to panic. At dinner that night, they confess that they popped the bubble, and LRH tells them that the bubble he showed was only a replica for tourists. He pulls out the real bubble and that one pops as well, so he calls the guards to attack the gang. Everyone Sandy fights off the guards (the way she does it is pretty funny to watch) but then there’s a bigger problem: Plankton is aiming a cannon at them. He fires it and out comes… ice cream. The weapon fires ice cream. Whatever. LRH decides to take Plankton and put him on display instead of the bubble. SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs and Sandy are sent back home (the Amulet is thrown out so no one can ever come to Atlantis again), and SpongeBob is the only one happy about returning to Bikini Bottom.
Ah, Atlantis Squarepantis, one of the most hated episodes of the series, if not the most hated. I’ve heard so many awful things about this episode. So what do I think of the supposed worst episode ever? I… I think it’s okay.
From what I can gather, the main reason most people hate this episode as much as they do is because of all the hype and promotion this episode got before it was released. I can understand that. This episode is really nothing to write home about, and I can definitely see why people would be pissed that the episode that was promoted as some life-changing epic turned out to be pretty unremarkable. If you watch it without the hype like I did, however, it’s decent enough.
A lot of people also don’t like this episode because it’s a musical. I like musicals as long as the songs are good. The songs in this episode aren’t that good, but I’ve certainly heard worse, and I like the idea of a musical episode.
I liked that they experimented with different art styles in this episode, like during Krabs’ song and Squidward’s song. The video game style during Sandy’s song, though it felt rather out of place, was still kind of cool-looking. In fact, even the regular animation looked particularly good in this episode. Atlantis looked great and I liked the designs of the rooms and buildings. The only thing I didn’t like was the design of the Atlanteans. They looked hideous and were total rip-offs of the Blue Meanies from Yellow Submarine.
The characters were all pretty good in this episode, no one got on my nerves. Okay, Sandy as a scientist bothered me a little, but not nearly as much as it used to, and Sandy herself is as likable as ever. I like that this episode had all of the main characters in it (except Gary, though he does have a very very minor appearance), I only wish we could have seen more interactions with all of them together. Lord Royal Highness is voiced by David Bowie. Awesome.
The humor is mainly where the episode falls flat. There isn’t much of it and what little humor there is isn’t particularly funny, but at least it wasn’t cringe-worthy and I did smile here and there, there’s just nothing laugh-out-loud funny.
I also thought that the episode felt rushed. They were trying to cram so much stuff into this TV-movie that nothing was really given time to develop properly and the characters weren’t really allowed to interact with each other much, so the episode ended up being a bit on the bland side. I usually avoid talking about Patchy the Pirate in these reviews (I never liked him and I usually skip his scenes in episodes), but I think that Atlantis Squarepantis could have been much better if they had cut Patchy out and given more time to actual SpongeBob. Without Patchy, the episode is only about thirty minutes. Yeah.
All in all, I think this episode is decent. I don’t love it, but I certainly don’t dislike it. It kept me entertained at the very least. I think that if this special hadn’t been hyped through the roof, it wouldn’t be hated nearly as much. It’s far from amazing but far from terrible.
The episode begins with another failed Krabby Patty theft attempt by Plankton. While he’s in the park lamenting on his failure, he sees a mother and her baby, which gives him an idea. Plankton invents a gas that turns people into helpless babies when they are sprayed with it. He sprays Mr. Krabs with the gas and then tries to enter the Krusty Krab, but he is stopped by SpongeBob, who calls the police. The cuffs are too big to hold Plankton, however, so he easily escapes. He returns to the Chum Bucket and Karen tells him that next time he should spray SpongeBob too. As always, Plankton takes Karen’s idea as his own and returns to the Krusty Krab with more gas. He sprays both SpongeBob and Krabs and discovers that two doses of the gas acts as an antidote, returning the babies to their adult forms. He tests this some more and then runs out of gas. Nice going, genius. Krabs throws Plankton out of the Krusty Krab for the millionth time and Plankton returns to the drawing board. The next day he goes back to the Krusty Krab with more gas, which instead turns Krabs and SpongeBob into senile old men. Plankton tries to correct his mistake again and finally gets it right (he tested it on Karen, who turned into a calculator). Plankton sprays everyone in the Krusty Krab with the gas and is about to leave with the Krabby Patty formula but Baby SpongeBob smashes the canister of gas, causing it to explode. Plankton is turned into a baby and God knows what happened to everyone else.
Hooray, another Plankton episode! And I loved this one! This is probably Plankton’s weirdest scheme yet. I’m happy to see that the writers have been so creative with Plankton episodes post-movie, even the ones I didn’t necessarily like had really out-of-the-box ideas which I must commend them for. As much as I love Plankton, I know that his antics could get old easily, so kudos to the writers for being so inventive and out-there.
This episode is hilarious, it had me laughing the whole way through. I don’t even care if the plot sounds totally stupid on paper, it was executed brilliantly. Plus, the characters looked adorable as babies.
UGH SO CUTE.
If I had to pick one flaw with this episode, it would be that the ending is a little too sudden. When I watched it I actually thought that something had gone wrong with the video. Because of that, I’m forced to give this episode a slightly less than perfect score.
Rating: 9.5/10
The episode starts with Squidward claiming that only losers with bad taste would enjoy Krabby Patties (anyone else thinking of Just One Bite?). SpongeBob scolds him for this, but then Mr. Krabs shows up and says that the Krusty Krab is going to be transformed into a fancy restaurant (anyone else thinking of Squilliam Returns?). Krabs has entered SpongeBob into a chef exchange program, meaning that SpongeBob will be temporarily transferred to another restaurant while a new chef will replace him at the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob is sent on his way and the new chef arrives. The new chef is a snooty French fish, and the chefs at the fancy restaurant SpongeBob is sent to are all snooty French fish as well. LOL STEREOTYPES ARE FUN. Anyway, SpongeBob’s new boss is angry that SpongeBob is unable to make anything but Krabby Patties, but then he tries one and loves it, so he decides to serve them to the customers. SpongeBob’s Patties always seem to sedate bullies/villains, don’t they? Meanwhile at the Krusty Krab, the new chef pressures Mr. Krabs into buying expensive ingredients and decorations which causes Krabs to go bankrupt (how much money was he spending?!). The exchange program ends and SpongeBob returns to the Krusty Krab, bringing with him the rich clientele who adore his Krabby Patties, and so the Krusty Krab is saved.
This episode is just okay. It’s not good or bad. I was a little bothered by the mean-spirited way that Krabs and Squidward sent SpongeBob off, but I’ve sort of gotten used to characters being unreasonably mean to each other in post-movie episodes (what is up with that anyway?) and I know it could have been a lot worse. There were a couple of things that made me smile, but nothing that really stood out.
Three sister episodes again. I’m getting kind of sick of these. It’s hard to find something interesting to say about episodes that are only four minutes long.
This episode begins with SpongeBob and Patrick crying because Sandy has been at a science convention for two days and she won’t be back for another hour. They decide to throw her a welcome home party, but Sandy is unable to enjoy it because of her itching fur. She discovers that she has a flea, which multiplies until the dome is filled with fleas and Sandy, SpongeBob and Patrick are continuously attacked by them. In the end, Sandy gets rid of them by filling up her dome with water.
This episode was boring, Squidward was the funniest thing in this episode and he only had like two lines of dialogue. HOW IS HE ALWAYS THE BEST PART OF EVERY EPISODE HE’S IN EVEN WHEN HE SAYS/DOES NEXT TO NOTHING? It’s a shame I didn’t like this one because it’s the first major role Sandy has had in Season 5. Hopefully she’ll be in better episodes later this season.
I did enjoy some of the ship teasing between SpongeBob and Sandy in this episode. Yes, I’m a Spandy shipper. No, not a hardcore one. I just like the idea of SpongeBob having a crush on Sandy, I don’t necessarily want them to become a couple mid-show. That would be impossible anyway, since the show has little to no continuity, but I do like seeing little hints of SpongeBob’s possible crush on her, I think it’s cute. Yeah, I know that the creator of the show has said that SpongeBob is more or less asexual (in answer to the SpongeBob-is-gay controversy), but even asexual people can get crushes, and you can’t deny that the show does seem to hint at it. Think about how many times SpongeBob has showed up at Sandy’s with flowers, or how jealous he was of Larry in Ripped Pants, or how he always seems to be trying to impress her. Non-Spandy shippers usually brush stuff like that off, but you have to admit it’s a little suspicious.
Did I just turn this review into a defense of my ship? Oh well, I needed something to talk about, and A Flea in Her Dome didn’t exactly give me much to work with.
Rating: 2/10
Is it me or does the title card for this episode look awesome? Just look at that bad ass donut sitting there with dark clouds and lightning and shit.
Patrick wakes up at SpongeBob’s house after a totez awesome tea party the night before. Shit gets crazy after 8:30, apparently. Anyway, Patrick finds a donut in SpongeBob’s hand (SpongeBob is still sleeping) and Patrick steals it. He eats it but then feels bad about eating and takes it out of his mouth, planning to get it back to SpongeBob’s house before SpongeBob notices. SpongeBob tells Patrick that he’s coming over, so Patrick tries to hide the donut. When SpongeBob arrives, Patrick confesses that he stole the donut, and SpongeBob tells him that the donut was his to begin with. He had given it to Patrick last night because it was his birthday. Patrick offers to share the donut with SpongeBob, but SpongeBob doesn’t like the taste of it because, well, it had been in Patrick mouth.
So. This episode. I don’t think I can give this one a fair review because I’ve built up a completely unreasonable hatred for it. Why? Because I tried to watch it multiple times yesterday (I write all of my reviews a day in advance) and every time it would stop right in the middle and there was nothing I could do about it. I finally managed to watch it the whole way through, but by then I was so frustrated with the damn thing that I couldn’t help hating it no matter what. It’s totally unfair and unreasonable, but… ARGH THIS EPISODE CAUSED ME SO MUCH TROUBLE.
Sorry, but I really don’t think I can give this episode a proper, unbiased review. Maybe later when my anger has abated I’ll revisit this episode and actually review it.
I do have one thing to say, though: how come at the beginning of this episode they actually drew moobs on Patrick? Was that necessary?
Rating: N/A
EDIT: All right, so I watched this one again and… it was okay. There wasn’t really anything that made me laugh, but the jokes weren’t awful. I’m usually not very fond of episodes that have Patrick playing a major role (there are a few exception, though), but he wasn’t as annoying here as he could have been.
Rating: 4.5/10
Could they not have named this episode something else? They’re just begging for me to confuse this episode with The Krusty Sponge. In fact… did they mix up the title card designs for those episodes? Take a look at the title card for The Krusty Sponge and tell me it doesn’t look like it should belong to this episode.
SpongeBob is about to leave work when he’s stopped by Mr. Krabs. Turns out SpongeBob left a spot on one of the plates and he can’t leave work until the plate is perfectly clean. A sponge washing dishes. Funny. He spends the night attempting to clean the plate and ends up destroying the Krusty Krab in the process.
This short reminds me of Reef Blower, since both are about SpongeBob going to drastic measures to clean something. What I liked about Reef Blower was that there was no dialogue, which would get boring for a full episode, but it’s a good idea for a short. I can’t help wishing that The Krusty Plate had no dialogue. How cool would it be if more shorts were like that?
Anyway, for what it is, The Krusty Plate is decent.
Rating: 5.5/10
Okay, please tell me there are no more three-episode sets. I hate reviewing shorts.
A food critic gives SpongeBob’s cooking a really good review, so Mr. Krabs begins exploiting SpongeBob for all he’s worth. He renames the restaurant “The Krusty Sponge”; he puts a SpongeBob-themed ride (which needs to be pedaled to work and SpongeBob is forced to do this no matter how exhausted he gets) in front; he makes Squidward wear a SpongeBob costume (why? What’s wrong with the real SpongeBob?); he sells people “Spongey Patties”, which are actually just patties that have rotted and turned yellow. Everyone gets sick from eating Spongey Patties and they sue Mr. Krabs. He gets out of it by letting the judge have Squidward pedal him around the ride as many times as he wants (while being whipped). Couldn’t resist putting some Squid Abuse in the episode, could you, writers?
This episode isn’t very good. There are a few funny bits, but most of it is boring, and there’s too much mean-spirited treatment of both Squidward and SpongeBob while Krabs, the real jerk in this episode, goes unpunished. I don’t like it when punishments go to characters who don’t deserve it while the ones who do deserve it get a free pass. Krabs is awful in this episode, which in itself doesn’t necessarily bother me because, let’s face it, Krabs has pretty much always been horrible. But I like him anyway because he’s funny and he usually gets his comeuppance in the end (and to be fair he does have moments where he’s kind and pleasant). Think about episodes like Krabby Land, where Krabs cheats a bunch of children out of their money, or One Krabs Trash, where Krabs cheats a bunch of people out of their money, tries to take away something SpongeBob loves for profit and robs a grave. Yeah, that’s terrible, but at least Krabs gets what he deserves in both episodes. In The Krusty Sponge, he’s let off the hook while Squidward (who didn’t do anything wrong) is punished instead. That pisses me off. If you’re going to make your characters horrible for the sake of comedy, fine, but at least make sure they get what they deserve. This episode probably would have earned at least a couple more points if it had been Krabs who had to pedal the judge around at the end.
I have a feeling this episode was meant to be a meta commentary on how much of an icon SpongeBob has become in the real world and how slapping his face on a product increases sales exponentially. Clever, if that is the case.
Rating: 1/10
Patrick writes a song that’s so horrible it makes the band who was forced to record it die and everyone who hears it goes insane. That’s it.
I actually found this episode decent, which is kind of surprising because I wasn’t expecting to like it at all. It’s no secret that I’m not a huge fan of Patrick, especially post-movie, but he was pretty funny here. The plot is ridiculously stupid, but I can forgive that as long as the episode makes me laugh, which this one did. It’s ultimately not very memorable, though.
In this episode… not much happens. Ruby and Yang arrive at the academy. We’re introduced to the other two main characters, Weiss (Snow White) and Blake (Belle), as well as another character named Jaune Arc, which I’m guessing is a reference to Joan of Arc? Not a fairy tale.
Like I said, not much happens in this episode, but that’s fine because I was expecting a few episodes of set up before shit started happening. However, that doesn’t give me much to talk about for my review. Really, all I can talk about are the new characters we’ve been introduced to.
Weiss is the heiress to the Shnee Dust Company, which her parents own. From what we’ve seen of her she appears to be, well, kind of a brat. She’s snobby, full of herself and she doesn’t exactly make a great first impression, but I think it’s too soon to say I dislike her.
Blake, from what I can tell, is mellow and introverted. I can’t help admiring her courage for pointing out Shnee Dust Company’s shady history right in front of Weiss, but again, I haven’t seen enough of her yet to really form an opinion on her.
Jaune Arc is awkward and adorkable and I’m guessing he and Ruby are going to have some sort of romantic relationship. Totally spotted some ship teasing between the two. Well, not so much ship teasing as ship bashing-you-over-the-head-with-their-twu-luv-ing.
Since I like to jokingly ship weird pairings, I’m just going to start shipping Ruby/Blake.
Juuuuuuuust kidding.
Or am I?
You know I’m out of stuff to say when I start rambling, so I’ll wrap this up.
A decent set-up episode that doesn’t exactly satisfy my need to know more about this universe (which still confuses the hell out of me), but it will probably take a few episodes for that to happen anyway. The artwork still looks amazing (DAT ACADEMY). Eagerly awaiting the next episode.
Three sister episodes again. How many of these does this season have?
Squidward makes a machine that cooks perfect Krabby Patties, meaning that SpongeBob won’t be needed anymore. SpongeBob challenges the machine to a cook-off and wins. That’s it.
This episode was pretty entertaining. It’s narrated by Patchy, who I usually find extremely annoying, but he isn’t that bad here, probably because you don’t actually see him, you just hear him. I liked that this episode was all in rhyme.
There really isn’t that much to say about this one, it’s just a cute little episode.
Rating: 6/10
Mr. Krabs tries to talk to money… yes, really. When he’s unable to, he makes a deal with the Flying Dutchman. He sells his soul for the ability to talk to money. However, his money keeps telling him that it wants to be spent. Even worse, it wants to spent on stuff Krabs doesn’t need. He tries to take back his deal with the Flying Dutchman, but the Dutchman tells him that he can’t go back on his deal. He tries to collect Krabs’ soul but finds only an I.O.U. Turns out Krabs has already sold his soul to a bunch of other ghosts. And SpongeBob. Why am I not even surprised?
This was an odd episode, and the concept is really stupid, but I actually found it pretty funny, so it’s forgivable. The scenes between Krabs and the Dutchman were great, and I loved the ending.
Rating: 8/10
Squidward, SpongeBob and Patrick all audition for a dance competition. Squidward doesn’t make the cut, but SpongeBob and Patrick do. Squidward tells them he didn’t make it because the judges thought he was too good for the competition, so SpongeBob and Patrick ask Squidward to train them. Squidward agrees as long as he gets to keep the trophy. Patrick gets a cramp during training which leaves only SpongeBob. Squidward, um, goes inside SpongeBob (so dirty) and sticks his arms and legs out of him so that he can do the dancing for SpongeBob. Yeah. Squidward gets a cramp during the competion and the judges think that his hopping around the stage in pain is part of the dance. They win the competition, but then SpongeBob reveals that Squidward was helping him with the dance and they’re disqualified. It turns out all of the competitors actually had people helping them, except for Patrick (who is rolling around the stage in pain due to another cramp), so he wins. The episode ends with an epilogue in which “The Cramp” is the new dance craze in Bikini Bottom.
This episode was okay. There were some funny moments, but I think this one would have done better as a short, it got a little boring sometimes.
Rating: 5/10
Sorry these reviews were so short, but I really didn’t have much to say about these episodes. It happens sometimes. There’s only so many different ways I can say “This episode is good” or “This episode sucks” or “Good God writers stop the Squidward torture what did he ever do to you”. I always try to find something interesting to say about each episode but you know what? Sometimes there’s nothing to say.
This episode begins with Squidward waking up at 3:47 in the morning to find SpongeBob and Patrick in his bedroom. Seriously, Squid, start locking your door. SpongeBob and Patrick tell him that they come into his house every night and that it’s one of their favorite hobbies. That’s… really creepy, guys. You know who that reminds me of? Edward Cullen, one of my most hated fictional characters from one of my most hated franchises ever. Yeah. You guys are reminding me of him. You know, writers, there is a difference between SpongeBob and Patrick getting on Squidward’s nerves and SpongeBob and Patrick STALKING SQUIDWARD. Okay, okay, I’m getting ahead of myself here. Squidward kicks them out and puts an electric fence around his house, which still doesn’t keep SpongeBob and Patrick away because apparently those two are incapable of taking a hint. Squidward kicks them out again and gets shocked by the fence, which does something to his mind and makes him act nicer and happier. SpongeBob likes the new Squidward at first, but quickly becomes annoyed by him. Everyone seems to love the new Squidward and he is even made employee of the month, which SpongeBob takes very badly. Patrick throws a party for Squidward at his house and SpongeBob becomes furious when he sees the two of them “pogo dancing” together. SpongeBob yells at Squidward, saying that only he is allowed to pogo dance with Patrick and SpongeBob kicks Squidward out. He then feels bad and decides to go apologize. Squidward, SpongeBob and Patrick all get shocked by the fence again and it makes them all start acting like the old Squidward.
Like I said, the begininng of this episode is really weird. It’s another example of how the writers have flanderized SpongeBob’s personality and made him far too oblivious. This time it’s taken a step further by making him incredibly creepy, too. Besides that, I rather liked this episode. It was funny and I like the idea of SpongeBob and Squidward switching roles. Also, the ending is one of the most hilarious endings of the show.
Rating: 7.5/10
SpongeBob makes a Krabby Patty that he thinks is absolutely perfect, so he falls in love with it. You read that right. He. Falls. In. Love. With. It. Remember that scene from Just One Bite where Squidward dreams about marrying a giant Krabby Patty? Apparently someone decide we needed an entire episode of that. Anyway, SpongeBob starts calling it Patty and he, um, dates it? It’s going to sound weird no matter what. Eventually Patty starts to get moldy and smelly, so Squidward and Mr. Krabs try to convince SpongeBob to get rid of it. Krabs tells SpongeBob that he should eat Patty, so he does. And then he gets sick.
I just… I don’t understand how this episode was even made. How could anyone think this was a good idea? I guess Squidward and Mr. Krabs were kind of funny in this episode, so at least it has that going for it, but I can’t get past the fact that SpongeBob fell in love with a freaking Krabby Patty. That is the dumbest idea ever.
Oh yeah, and the episode has a lot of filler. SpongeBob sings some not-very-good song to Patty that goes on far too long.
Rating: 0.5/10
Hold on, I’m not done here. In this episode we get three disgusting close ups of Patty, which made me think about the gross Krabby Patties in The Algae’s Always Greener and Nasty Patty. So I decided why not make a poll on which Krabby Patty is the most disgusting? Yes, really.
The nominees:
The Algae’s Always Greener
Nasty Patty
To Love a Patty (1 and 3)
To Love a Patty (2)
Hm, it’s hard to choose. The Patty from The Algae’s Always Greener is disgusting (WHO’S EYE IS THAT?!), but Nasty Patty is tough to beat. I mean, the title of the episode is Nasty Patty. I think I’ll have to go with Nasty Patty here. Nice try, The Algae’s Always Greener and To Love a Patty, we have consolation prizes for you.
SpongeBob and Patrick decide to ride the new roller coaster at Glove World: The Fiery Fist o’ Pain, which is a ridiculously dangerous ride known for making people lose their spines (Sub-Zero from Mortal Kombat would love it, I bet). Both of them are terrified of riding it, but neither wants to admit it for fear of disappointing the other. They spend most of episode coming up with excuses to put off going on the ride, but in the end they force themselves to go on. The ride breaks down before it begins, and SpongeBob and Patrick confess to each other that they’re too scared to ride the coaster. Both are relieved to learn the other doesn’t want to ride it either, but before they can get off, the ride fixes itself. They ride The Fiery Fist o’ Pain and come out alive, though they do lose their spines in the process. Both are glad they faced their fears and decide to ride the coaster again.
This episode was decent. The jokes were mostly hit and miss, but SpongeBob does have a great line: “Patrick, I don’t want to face my fears! I’m afraid of them!” It’s pretty cool that Glove World from Rock Bottom made a reappearance, and I was glad to see that Larry the lobster was in the episode, even if it was brief. Larry is one of those minor characters that I think should be used more often.
A good episode, but not one I’d go out of my way to rewatch.
Rating: 6.5/10
Karen tells Plankton to fix up the Chum Bucket because it looks like a dump. Plankton tricks SpongeBob and Patrick into fixing it so he can sneak to the Krusty Krab and steal the formula while they’re distracted. Oh, and Squidward joins them too so he can show off his “artistic vision”. Anyway, SpongeBob and Patrick keep screwing up and Squidward’s artistic vision isn’t quite what Plankton wanted (Squidward paints himself all over the Chum Bucket). SpongeBob and Patrick start taking things from the Krusty Krab in order to use them to renovate the Chum Bucket and wind up turning the Chum Bucket into the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs returns from his vacation and puts the Krusty Krab back in place, sending Plankton back to the Chum Bucket (or where it used to be anyway). At the end of the episode, we see a completely redecorated (and much fancier looking) interior of the Krusty Krab. Squidward apparently redecorated it using parts from the Chum Bucket. Impressive.
This episode is strange and probably one of the most self-aware episodes in the show. What I mean by that is that it actually goes out of its way to point out the common tropes that it’s using. For example, at the end of the episode, Plankton finishes Krabs’ victory speech for him, saying that they’ve done all of this so many times that it doesn’t need to be repeated. Then he sends himself flying to the Chum Bucket looking incredibly bored because, once again, they’ve done all of this before. Also, when Krabs returns from vacation, SpongeBob says “Mr. Krabs! You’re back from your vacation!” and the words “Exposition!” appear over his head in bright orange letters. Yeah, it’s odd. I’m usually not a fan of characters breaking the fourth wall (though there are a few times where I don’t mind), and by the end of this episode the fourth wall isn’t even there anymore.
Still, this episode was by no means bad. It’s still a decent episode and it gave me a few chuckles here and there.
Did I mention how much I love that Plankton is showing up more in post-movie episodes? There’s already been four Plankton episodes in Season 5, all of them at the very least decent, and I’m not even halfway through the season yet. Post-movie, you might just make a fan out of me yet.
One last thing:
SWEET BABY JESUS IS THAT NOT LIKE THE CUTEST THING YOU’VE EVER SEEN? PLANKTON HAS GOT TO BE THE MOST ADORABLE EVIL GENIUS EVER OMG I CAN’T EVEN
SpongeBob is a minute late for work, so he moves into the Krusty Krab to avoid being late again. Squidward is glad that SpongeBob is living at the Krusty Krab since it means they won’t be neighbors anymore. Eventually, SpongeBob’s living at the Krusty Krab starts to interfere with work, so Mr. Krabs kicks him out. The episode ends with Squidward moving into the Krusty Krab instead.
When this episode started, I didn’t think I was going to like it, but it ended up being quite good. SpongeBob was a tad annoying, but not too much and he was still pretty funny. Squidward and Mr. Krabs were both really funny as well.
There’s a scene where SpongeBob is in the dishwasher to clean himself, and Squidward reaches in and SpongeBob yelps. I’m going to take that to be another dirty joke, which is not a bad thing.
Rating: 7.5/10
Squidward complains about the Krusty Krab being too cold, but when he tries to turn up the thermostat (which was at 62) Mr. Krabs yells at him that no one is allowed to touch it. Plankton overhears this and sneaks into the Krusty Krab that night to turn down the thermostat. The Krusty Krab is covered in ice and the customers leave the Krusty Krab. However, Mr. Krabs turns the Krusty Krab into an ice rink which makes him more money than ever. Soon the Krusty Krab is filled with skaters and hockey players (who of course have Canadian accents). This angers Plankton, who goes back to the Krusty Krab to steal a Krabby Patty during all of the confusion. Chaos ensues, ending with Plankton and Krabs fighting over the thermostat. At the end of the episode, the thermostat has been turned up and Krabs has turned the Krusty Krab into a swimming pool.
This is another awesome episode. All of the characters were great, I especially loved Plankton in this episode (I loved how giddy he was about touching Krabs’ thermostat), but I am a little disturbed by the fact that at the beginning of the episode he was swallowed by an old man and then peed out. And he wasn’t even phased by this. Is that a regular occurrence for Plankton? You know what, I don’t even want to know. Anyway, this episode is full of hilarious moments, I might even like it better than Krusty Towers, which, you may recall, I absolutely loved. Funny how so far my two favorite post-movie episodes are about the Krusty Krab being turned into something else (it turned into a hotel in Krusty Towers and now an ice rink).
Just two more quick notes about the episode and then I’m done:
1. Squidward apparently has a book club. I’d totally join his book club.
2. Why do peope think Canadians say “eh” all the time? We don’t say it that much, eh.
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