GordokTheMad
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Greetings to SBM users everywhere! A while ago, I had made a Fan Edition of the Top 20 Worst Spongebob Episodes. This time around, however, I’m here to release a 2nd Fan Edition! Is it another Top 20? Nope. In fact, this is actually a Top 50, sort of. This here is a two-part countdown, the first part being the Top 25 WORST Spongebob Episodes, and the second part being the Top 25 BEST Spongebob Episodes! But first, I want to cover the 25 worst Spongebob episodes so I can end the countdown on a positive note. So for the first half, sit back and enjoy because…
I'M READY!!!
(If an episode you voted for isn’t here, or if don’t agree with a certain episode being here, PLEASE be mature about it and don’t freak out over it. Thank you.)
[SIZE=48pt]#25[/SIZE]
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Out of all the episodes to appear on this countdown, Porous Pockets is actually one of the few episodes that I disagree with. I’ll explain why in a couple minutes.
The episode starts off with Spongebob taking a walk through Jellyfish Fields when he hears a horrific shriek. He finds Patrick, who appears to be the one shrieking, until he reveals that he’s just mimicking it.
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] SpongeBob: Patrick, I know I heard a terrifying shriek. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Patrick: So did I, SpongeBob, but I was just mimicking it. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] SpongeBob: [Patrick mimicking] So, you were mimicking it. Patrick, please don’t do that. It is really…[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]Okay, I’ll admit, that was actually pretty funny.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]So, Spongebob and Patrick hear the shriek again, and they find that a clam appears to be choking on something. It coughs up a pearl! So, when Spongebob and Patrick see this, do they leave it alone? Nope! In fact, they think that the pearl is a… volleyball, and they decide to take it to the beach to play with it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]…[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]I’m dead serious. Spongebob and Patrick assume that the pearl is a volleyball, even though they saw a clam give birth to a pearl in The Smoking Peanut! I mean, sure a pearl and a volleyball are both white and round, but take a look at this comparison:[/SIZE]
How on Earth can they NOT tell the difference? I probably shouldn’t nitpick here because of their naivety, but I really don’t get how they would think of it as a beach ball, especially when the clam, you know, GAVE BIRTH TO IT!
So, while they get ready to play with the “volleyball”, a rich store clerk sees it and he goes to Spongebob and Patrick to offer them a “small” fortune for the pearl. How much money you ask? Well to him, a “small” fortune means a bunch of huge trucks dumping gigantic piles of money on Spongebob’s house. So they’re rich? Woohoo!
But here’s where things start to go badly. At one point, Spongebob offers some money to a person who doesn’t have any, you know, to help. And after that, someone walks by and sees this, so he asks Spongebob for money, because if he does…
Dale: But, I’ll be you’re best friend.
So Spongebob actually gives him the money, which leads to him giving away large sums of money to almost everyone in Bikini Bottom, because if he does, they will be his “best friends”.
You know, if someone is your “friend” because you give them money, that usually means that they are TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOU! But since Spongebob is too naïve and oblivious to notice, he automatically believes that these people are true friends. But no. A true friend doesn’t take advantage of you and convince you to hand them your money just because. A true friend actually cares about you and is there for you when you need it, regardless of how much money/fame/stuff you have.
And when Patrick tries to slap some sense into Spongebob, Spongebob actually thinks that Patrick is jealous, so he basically kicks him out without any second thought.
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Patrick: SpongeBob, I gotta tell you something I think you should know: your house is full of strangers! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] SpongeBob: Oh, Patrick, these aren’t strangers. These are 497 of my closest friends. Right everybody? [crowd cheers] That right! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] [SpongeBob throws cash in the air and the crowd cheers and grabs for it] [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] SpongeBob: Patrick, do you hear that? That is the sound of love. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Patrick: SpongeBob, if you keep throwing your money away like that, you won’t have any left to… [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Mr. Krabs: Excuse me sir, is this man giving you trouble? [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Patrick: SpongeBob! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] SpongeBob: Like I was saying… [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Patrick: But… [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Mr. Krabs: We don’t want any trouble, now just keep moving.[/SIZE]
Because that’s what best friends do! Ugh…
So anyways, Spongebob doesn’t listen to Patrick, so he keeps giving away his money to his “friends”. Eventually, Spongebob runs out of money very quickly (you should’ve listened to Patrick), and because of this, all of his “friends” ditch him. Turns out they aren’t such good friends, huh?
Spongebob returns to his former life, and he talks to Patrick. He realizes what an idiot and a jerk he had become, and he apologizes to Patrick for ditching him and not listening to him earlier. And then, Patrick forgives him and he takes out another “volleyball” that he found in the Bikini Bottom Diamond Mine!
Really? That’s more obvious than the darn pearl! Oh well, whatever makes them happy.
Now I gotta say why I disagree with this episode. Now, I can understand how Spongebob’s attitude towards Patrick could make someone hate this episode. I mean, Spongebob basically pushed away his friend without any second thought. And while it bothered me a little, the reason I don’t hate this episode is because Spongebob isn’t just that way for no reason. Similarly to Rule of Dumb, there was always something that turned a character (Spongebob this time) into an arrogant jerk. And in this case, it was money and fame (in ROD’s case, it was the crown that turned Patrick into a jerk). And the plot was actually pretty solid, and the conflict ultimately led to Spongebob running out of all his money, leading him to realize the fact that he was driven to arrogance because of his richness, similar to how the conflict of Rule of Dumb led to Patrick realizing what an arrogant jerk he was to everybody.
It may not be as good as Rule of Dumb, but it at least shows us why Spongebob is acting this way. And at least Spongebob realizes what a jerk he was to his true best friend, Patrick Star, giving us an actually good message in Season 6; money or fame cannot replace friendship.
Bottom line is, I personally think that this episode deserves much more credit than it gets, and this is actually one of the few episodes that I don’t think should be on the list at all. But it’s your opinion, so I’m not going to change it.
Since the next one is a tie, I’ll provide two hints this time around.
Hint #1: Zombies in The Basement
Hint #2: Krabby Patty Seed Collector
I'M READY!!!
(If an episode you voted for isn’t here, or if don’t agree with a certain episode being here, PLEASE be mature about it and don’t freak out over it. Thank you.)
[SIZE=48pt]#25[/SIZE]
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Out of all the episodes to appear on this countdown, Porous Pockets is actually one of the few episodes that I disagree with. I’ll explain why in a couple minutes.
The episode starts off with Spongebob taking a walk through Jellyfish Fields when he hears a horrific shriek. He finds Patrick, who appears to be the one shrieking, until he reveals that he’s just mimicking it.
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] SpongeBob: Patrick, I know I heard a terrifying shriek. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Patrick: So did I, SpongeBob, but I was just mimicking it. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] SpongeBob: [Patrick mimicking] So, you were mimicking it. Patrick, please don’t do that. It is really…[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]Okay, I’ll admit, that was actually pretty funny.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]So, Spongebob and Patrick hear the shriek again, and they find that a clam appears to be choking on something. It coughs up a pearl! So, when Spongebob and Patrick see this, do they leave it alone? Nope! In fact, they think that the pearl is a… volleyball, and they decide to take it to the beach to play with it.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]…[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]I’m dead serious. Spongebob and Patrick assume that the pearl is a volleyball, even though they saw a clam give birth to a pearl in The Smoking Peanut! I mean, sure a pearl and a volleyball are both white and round, but take a look at this comparison:[/SIZE]
How on Earth can they NOT tell the difference? I probably shouldn’t nitpick here because of their naivety, but I really don’t get how they would think of it as a beach ball, especially when the clam, you know, GAVE BIRTH TO IT!
So, while they get ready to play with the “volleyball”, a rich store clerk sees it and he goes to Spongebob and Patrick to offer them a “small” fortune for the pearl. How much money you ask? Well to him, a “small” fortune means a bunch of huge trucks dumping gigantic piles of money on Spongebob’s house. So they’re rich? Woohoo!
But here’s where things start to go badly. At one point, Spongebob offers some money to a person who doesn’t have any, you know, to help. And after that, someone walks by and sees this, so he asks Spongebob for money, because if he does…
Dale: But, I’ll be you’re best friend.
So Spongebob actually gives him the money, which leads to him giving away large sums of money to almost everyone in Bikini Bottom, because if he does, they will be his “best friends”.
You know, if someone is your “friend” because you give them money, that usually means that they are TAKING ADVANTAGE OF YOU! But since Spongebob is too naïve and oblivious to notice, he automatically believes that these people are true friends. But no. A true friend doesn’t take advantage of you and convince you to hand them your money just because. A true friend actually cares about you and is there for you when you need it, regardless of how much money/fame/stuff you have.
And when Patrick tries to slap some sense into Spongebob, Spongebob actually thinks that Patrick is jealous, so he basically kicks him out without any second thought.
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Patrick: SpongeBob, I gotta tell you something I think you should know: your house is full of strangers! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] SpongeBob: Oh, Patrick, these aren’t strangers. These are 497 of my closest friends. Right everybody? [crowd cheers] That right! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] [SpongeBob throws cash in the air and the crowd cheers and grabs for it] [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] SpongeBob: Patrick, do you hear that? That is the sound of love. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Patrick: SpongeBob, if you keep throwing your money away like that, you won’t have any left to… [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Mr. Krabs: Excuse me sir, is this man giving you trouble? [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Patrick: SpongeBob! [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] SpongeBob: Like I was saying… [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Patrick: But… [/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]·[/SIZE][SIZE=12pt] Mr. Krabs: We don’t want any trouble, now just keep moving.[/SIZE]
Because that’s what best friends do! Ugh…
So anyways, Spongebob doesn’t listen to Patrick, so he keeps giving away his money to his “friends”. Eventually, Spongebob runs out of money very quickly (you should’ve listened to Patrick), and because of this, all of his “friends” ditch him. Turns out they aren’t such good friends, huh?
Spongebob returns to his former life, and he talks to Patrick. He realizes what an idiot and a jerk he had become, and he apologizes to Patrick for ditching him and not listening to him earlier. And then, Patrick forgives him and he takes out another “volleyball” that he found in the Bikini Bottom Diamond Mine!
Really? That’s more obvious than the darn pearl! Oh well, whatever makes them happy.
Now I gotta say why I disagree with this episode. Now, I can understand how Spongebob’s attitude towards Patrick could make someone hate this episode. I mean, Spongebob basically pushed away his friend without any second thought. And while it bothered me a little, the reason I don’t hate this episode is because Spongebob isn’t just that way for no reason. Similarly to Rule of Dumb, there was always something that turned a character (Spongebob this time) into an arrogant jerk. And in this case, it was money and fame (in ROD’s case, it was the crown that turned Patrick into a jerk). And the plot was actually pretty solid, and the conflict ultimately led to Spongebob running out of all his money, leading him to realize the fact that he was driven to arrogance because of his richness, similar to how the conflict of Rule of Dumb led to Patrick realizing what an arrogant jerk he was to everybody.
It may not be as good as Rule of Dumb, but it at least shows us why Spongebob is acting this way. And at least Spongebob realizes what a jerk he was to his true best friend, Patrick Star, giving us an actually good message in Season 6; money or fame cannot replace friendship.
Bottom line is, I personally think that this episode deserves much more credit than it gets, and this is actually one of the few episodes that I don’t think should be on the list at all. But it’s your opinion, so I’m not going to change it.
Since the next one is a tie, I’ll provide two hints this time around.
Hint #1: Zombies in The Basement
Hint #2: Krabby Patty Seed Collector