Popeye's Top 30 Worst SpongeBob Episodes Ever (with some honorable mentions)
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Thanks! These last two took me a little longer to do because I decided to try to have more pictures taken directly from the episodes to save some time with my explanations but I think they turned out pretty well.More_Spongebob_Sandy said:
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It's a new day and I'm in the mood to post another episode so here's #20. Season 6 was on my mind again and just wow. Mr. Krabs is so unlikable in this episode, it's not even funny and I'm probably am going to include at least one other greedy Mr. Krabs episode in the Top 20 because there's one that I think is kinda worse than this one.
20.
Written by Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli
Storyboards by Aaron Springer
SBMania Rating: 3.9
Don't you hate it when Mr. Krabs is reduced to such a one note character to the point where all he cares about is money and nothing else and it's done in such a way that it feels like a whole lot of crap is being shoved down your throat? Well this episode is a really good example of that happening and sadly, it has Aaron Springer's name on it. This episode makes the Top 20 because it's a very blatant example of the flanderization that people keep talking about when it comes to Spongebob and it especially seemed to happen a lot during Season 6, which I honestly believe much of it's an abomination by any standard and one of the reasons that SpongeBob doesn't have as great of a reputation as it used to have.
I also wanted to balance out the list by including episodes with other characters that I didn't feel like I got into talking about with all the episodes that have made it so far, which have mostly been centered around SpongeBob or Squidward. It's a really ridiculous episode that it made me shake my head the entire time I watched it and it's a shame that this steaming pile had one of my favorite cartoonist's name credited to it. Bad episodes with seasoned professionals names on them are more likely to make me mad than something written by people with much less writing experience as you may have noticed in this countdown and no, I'm not quite done talking about some of Aaron's worst episodes after the movie. I might put another one of his after this one in particular on the countdown that I feel are shockingly bad.
The episode starts out with Mr. Krabs shopping at a Discount Grocery Mart and the audience is treated to some pretty boring, unfunny filler. Mr. Krabs has a little bit of a verbal argument with the cashier over expired coupons. They really go out of their way to overexaggerate Mr. Krabs's cheapness that it's already starting to hurt a little. Mr. Krabs buys his stuff and notices that SpongeBob's walking down the street, which is another non event that normally, I don't think Mr. Krabs would give a crap about what SpongeBob's doing unless he was costing him money. That would have been his most proper characterization but no, this episode decides to take the really stupid, over the top route and you'll see what I'm talking about soon.
Mr. Krabs wonders what SpongeBob is up to for pretty much no reason and he discovers that Spongebob found a penny on the ground. This for some reason really excites Mr. Krabs and not in a good way either. Look, I know he loves money but he's a much better, richer character when making money and being a tightwad aren't his only parts of his personality. As we have seen in other episodes long before this one was ever made, Mr. Krabs shows that he sometimes does have a heart for people like Spongebob and has even acted like a fatherly figure to him in several instances though he did have a lot of negative personality traits too.
This episode becomes even more boring when they repeat the same exact scene but as one of Mr. Krabs's thought bubbles. What a ::dolphin noise::ing waste of a scene here. There could have been something really funny and creative during that time but no, we're now recycling previous scenes. I mean REALLY????!!!!! Come on, Aaron. You're much better than this and I've seen so much of your other work and it's nothing like this piece of poorly thought out crap.
Why would anyone want to resort to using shortcuts on a show like SpongeBob, the very show that helped to keep funny drawings and cartoony animation alive and influence a lot of other cartoons later on. Maybe Aaron was just really burned out creatively by the time this season was put into production and if so, it's really sad and a shame that Nickelodeon doesn't even bother to care if any of the artists working on SpongeBob are feeling tired creatively and don't wanna do the show anymore.
It really proves how much of a soulless company Viacom really can be, but yet again, I think there are many corporations that are in a similar boat. Out of respect to them, I sometimes think it would have been better to have ended the show if it ever came to such a point so those people could move on and do way better stuff than this. Who cares how much money it makes for them? If you're not willing to go with what people on the show want, then you're doing a huge disservice to them IMHO. I apologize for getting a bit emotional with this rant but I didn't realize this episode would conjure up so many of my feelings about Nickelodeon as a whole and their inane practices.
Anyway, this episode becomes even stupider and more unbearable to watch as Mr. Krabs is driving home and he imagines EVERYTHING turning into pennies. I mean the steering wheel of the boat and even the moon and I thought Patrick running into the sun was really stupid and unfunny enough as it is!!!!!!! This takes the cake. Mr. Krabs screams that he really wants that penny. Come on, this is really becoming overkill. Just end this stupid episode now because it's really getting on my nerves and I don't think I can stomach it for much longer and to think I just thought it was another mediocre episode. This one really feels much worse thinking about it long and hard.
SpongeBob goes to the Krusty Krab and Mr. Krabs will not leave him alone at all. He's determined to get that penny and he won't stop, sort of like how SpongeBob wouldn't stop bugging Squidward in the previous episode I talked about here. Krabs makes SpongeBob find the penny in his pockets and it's just why didn't he just grab a penny from the cash register if he's so desperate. Thinking about it that way, it really makes this episode that much more pointless than it already is. And this scene goes on for way too long making it even more unfunny. Does this episode even have any decent jokes or is it just going to continue to waste my time?
Mr. Krabs vigorously shakes SpongeBob until his brain literally falls out and it grows legs and starts crawling. Ummmmmmm......why?????? This makes no sense and I think it could even have the potential to gross some people out. More blatant abuse of cartoon logic and a weak reference to The Dog Whisperer in this scene too. This episode is making my brain hurt now. This episode just keeps getting dumber and dumber as Mr. Krabs constructs a movie theater to lure Spongebob into giving up his penny and they make another weak joke about flipbooks. Look how Mr. Krabs reacts when SpongeBob tries to tell him that he doesn't have a penny.
(for the record, this pose actually looks kinda cool. Too bad it's in a really crappy episode. Quite a shame good talent was wasted.)
This causes him to tear down the movie theater that he made and comes up with another equally lame scheme. Have the Krusty Krab hold a charity event at night just so SpongeBob can give Mr. Krabs the penny. Now on top of being boring, this episode is trying to incorporate contrived pathos too. All not funny by the way. Later that night, Mr. Krabs parks outside of SpongeBob's house and uses a tracker and a metal detector to find that penny. At this point, I'm really worn out talking about how idiotic this episode is and how I hate Mr. Krabs so much in this one. He didn't have to go to such extreme lengths to have gotten what he wanted. Sadly we're not done here and Krabs even goes as far as to try to see if the penny is in Gary's shell. I mean this really speaks for itself.
How the heck did SpongeBob NOT notice what Mr. Krabs was doing to Gary here????? I mean really. I think this is a sign of what would be to come in later episodes where SpongeBob acts oblivious that he doesn't notice what's going on. And here comes one of the worst endings I've ever seen on this show. Mr. Krabs apologizes for what he did and that seems fine and dandy and then SpongeBob reveals that the "penny" he picked off the ground which clearly looked like a penny and was drawn like one is this green piece of gum which really turns out to be a 500 dollar bill????????????????????????????????????
WHAT????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't even describe how angry I am. This is just a really crappy crappy ::dolphin noise:: ending. Period. It makes absolutely NO sense and I am so done talking about this piece of crap episode. Really, I am. Utter face palm. This episode is much much worse than I remember it and I think if I could give it a rating, it would be somewhere between a 2 and a 3 out of 10.
20.
Written by Aaron Springer and Dani Michaeli
Storyboards by Aaron Springer
SBMania Rating: 3.9
Don't you hate it when Mr. Krabs is reduced to such a one note character to the point where all he cares about is money and nothing else and it's done in such a way that it feels like a whole lot of crap is being shoved down your throat? Well this episode is a really good example of that happening and sadly, it has Aaron Springer's name on it. This episode makes the Top 20 because it's a very blatant example of the flanderization that people keep talking about when it comes to Spongebob and it especially seemed to happen a lot during Season 6, which I honestly believe much of it's an abomination by any standard and one of the reasons that SpongeBob doesn't have as great of a reputation as it used to have.
I also wanted to balance out the list by including episodes with other characters that I didn't feel like I got into talking about with all the episodes that have made it so far, which have mostly been centered around SpongeBob or Squidward. It's a really ridiculous episode that it made me shake my head the entire time I watched it and it's a shame that this steaming pile had one of my favorite cartoonist's name credited to it. Bad episodes with seasoned professionals names on them are more likely to make me mad than something written by people with much less writing experience as you may have noticed in this countdown and no, I'm not quite done talking about some of Aaron's worst episodes after the movie. I might put another one of his after this one in particular on the countdown that I feel are shockingly bad.
The episode starts out with Mr. Krabs shopping at a Discount Grocery Mart and the audience is treated to some pretty boring, unfunny filler. Mr. Krabs has a little bit of a verbal argument with the cashier over expired coupons. They really go out of their way to overexaggerate Mr. Krabs's cheapness that it's already starting to hurt a little. Mr. Krabs buys his stuff and notices that SpongeBob's walking down the street, which is another non event that normally, I don't think Mr. Krabs would give a crap about what SpongeBob's doing unless he was costing him money. That would have been his most proper characterization but no, this episode decides to take the really stupid, over the top route and you'll see what I'm talking about soon.
Mr. Krabs wonders what SpongeBob is up to for pretty much no reason and he discovers that Spongebob found a penny on the ground. This for some reason really excites Mr. Krabs and not in a good way either. Look, I know he loves money but he's a much better, richer character when making money and being a tightwad aren't his only parts of his personality. As we have seen in other episodes long before this one was ever made, Mr. Krabs shows that he sometimes does have a heart for people like Spongebob and has even acted like a fatherly figure to him in several instances though he did have a lot of negative personality traits too.
This episode becomes even more boring when they repeat the same exact scene but as one of Mr. Krabs's thought bubbles. What a ::dolphin noise::ing waste of a scene here. There could have been something really funny and creative during that time but no, we're now recycling previous scenes. I mean REALLY????!!!!! Come on, Aaron. You're much better than this and I've seen so much of your other work and it's nothing like this piece of poorly thought out crap.
Why would anyone want to resort to using shortcuts on a show like SpongeBob, the very show that helped to keep funny drawings and cartoony animation alive and influence a lot of other cartoons later on. Maybe Aaron was just really burned out creatively by the time this season was put into production and if so, it's really sad and a shame that Nickelodeon doesn't even bother to care if any of the artists working on SpongeBob are feeling tired creatively and don't wanna do the show anymore.
It really proves how much of a soulless company Viacom really can be, but yet again, I think there are many corporations that are in a similar boat. Out of respect to them, I sometimes think it would have been better to have ended the show if it ever came to such a point so those people could move on and do way better stuff than this. Who cares how much money it makes for them? If you're not willing to go with what people on the show want, then you're doing a huge disservice to them IMHO. I apologize for getting a bit emotional with this rant but I didn't realize this episode would conjure up so many of my feelings about Nickelodeon as a whole and their inane practices.
Anyway, this episode becomes even stupider and more unbearable to watch as Mr. Krabs is driving home and he imagines EVERYTHING turning into pennies. I mean the steering wheel of the boat and even the moon and I thought Patrick running into the sun was really stupid and unfunny enough as it is!!!!!!! This takes the cake. Mr. Krabs screams that he really wants that penny. Come on, this is really becoming overkill. Just end this stupid episode now because it's really getting on my nerves and I don't think I can stomach it for much longer and to think I just thought it was another mediocre episode. This one really feels much worse thinking about it long and hard.
SpongeBob goes to the Krusty Krab and Mr. Krabs will not leave him alone at all. He's determined to get that penny and he won't stop, sort of like how SpongeBob wouldn't stop bugging Squidward in the previous episode I talked about here. Krabs makes SpongeBob find the penny in his pockets and it's just why didn't he just grab a penny from the cash register if he's so desperate. Thinking about it that way, it really makes this episode that much more pointless than it already is. And this scene goes on for way too long making it even more unfunny. Does this episode even have any decent jokes or is it just going to continue to waste my time?
Mr. Krabs vigorously shakes SpongeBob until his brain literally falls out and it grows legs and starts crawling. Ummmmmmm......why?????? This makes no sense and I think it could even have the potential to gross some people out. More blatant abuse of cartoon logic and a weak reference to The Dog Whisperer in this scene too. This episode is making my brain hurt now. This episode just keeps getting dumber and dumber as Mr. Krabs constructs a movie theater to lure Spongebob into giving up his penny and they make another weak joke about flipbooks. Look how Mr. Krabs reacts when SpongeBob tries to tell him that he doesn't have a penny.
(for the record, this pose actually looks kinda cool. Too bad it's in a really crappy episode. Quite a shame good talent was wasted.)
This causes him to tear down the movie theater that he made and comes up with another equally lame scheme. Have the Krusty Krab hold a charity event at night just so SpongeBob can give Mr. Krabs the penny. Now on top of being boring, this episode is trying to incorporate contrived pathos too. All not funny by the way. Later that night, Mr. Krabs parks outside of SpongeBob's house and uses a tracker and a metal detector to find that penny. At this point, I'm really worn out talking about how idiotic this episode is and how I hate Mr. Krabs so much in this one. He didn't have to go to such extreme lengths to have gotten what he wanted. Sadly we're not done here and Krabs even goes as far as to try to see if the penny is in Gary's shell. I mean this really speaks for itself.
How the heck did SpongeBob NOT notice what Mr. Krabs was doing to Gary here????? I mean really. I think this is a sign of what would be to come in later episodes where SpongeBob acts oblivious that he doesn't notice what's going on. And here comes one of the worst endings I've ever seen on this show. Mr. Krabs apologizes for what he did and that seems fine and dandy and then SpongeBob reveals that the "penny" he picked off the ground which clearly looked like a penny and was drawn like one is this green piece of gum which really turns out to be a 500 dollar bill????????????????????????????????????
WHAT????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't even describe how angry I am. This is just a really crappy crappy ::dolphin noise:: ending. Period. It makes absolutely NO sense and I am so done talking about this piece of crap episode. Really, I am. Utter face palm. This episode is much much worse than I remember it and I think if I could give it a rating, it would be somewhere between a 2 and a 3 out of 10.
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Penny Foolish is terrible.
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19.
I just had to kill this one with fire. Season 7 just won't quit. Based on what I've seen, it's probably the worst season of SpongeBob that was ever produced so understandably and the one with the episode that completely made me give up on SpongeBob for a while (not this one), I'm gonna have a lot more eps from that Season on this countdown. The next episode will be from Season 6 and one of the episodes that Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel worked together on (I'm shocked that some of their episodes happen to be some of my very least favorites ever. On paper, that team up should be good on paper but it ends up producing way worse episodes. Sigh). I had thought long and hard about having that one at #19 but I realized it's a bit worse overall. I also changed my rating for this one accordingly so that's why the rating dropped slightly. Like with "Penny Foolish", it's one that I thought was just boring and mediocre and then when I thought about it again, it feels much worse than when I initially watched it. My opinion can change at any time but for this one, I don't think it's that likely. Let's see why.
Written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Dani Michaeli
Storyboards by Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas
SBMania Rating: 2.9
In one of the most lame, boring Plankton tries to steal the Krabby Patty formula kind of episodes, they've already shoehorned Sandy into this for no reason!!!!!!!! WHY?????????? I'm already shaking my head because this plot is already making no sense and we're only a couple of seconds in. That should just tell you how bad the rest of it's gonna be.
SpongeBob gives Sandy a Krabby Patty that Plankton hides in and she eats it, although she had to unzip her suit to do it. Okay, so maybe this episode won't be THAT bad, right? WRONG. Sandy goes back to her treedome where we see her take her clothes and fur off and that gives Plankton the idea of.........stealing her fur and copying "Imitation Krabs", although it's not funny at all this time like in that episode. That is so lame and boring that it hurts thinking about it. What kind of episode is this?????? Someone's brain fart turned into a full 11 minute episode or something? Come on, guys. Even "Gullible Pants" and "The Play's the Thing" makes more sense than this trash heap of an episode even though they're also really boring remakes of earlier episodes.
Plankton's wife Karen even agrees with me on how stupid this idea is. "Oh no, you can't be serious." Maybe it's a message from one of the writers admitting this is a terrible idea from the start, but moving on. Before I talk more about this episode, I will give the writers credit for not resorting to use Scientist Sandy in this episode. It's a bit refreshing to see her angry and tough even though it's in a crappy ::dolphin noise:: episode but that's pretty much the ONLY thing that's even slightly redeemable about this episode.
This episode takes a turn for the worst when Plankton finally turns Sandy's fur into a machine that he gets into and walks around. The pacing becomes really really slow and boring as all heck. It feels like a bad 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoon rather than anything from SpongeBob (and no, I'm not trying to copy MoBrosStudios with that comment. That's how I really would have felt if I had never heard about this episode before and saw it for the first time). There are barely an interesting jokes or gags in this episode. It's just Plankton walking around and talking with a Texan accent. How is this supposed to be funny again????? They even have music that would be right at home in a Hanna-Barbera cartoon in this episode. Maybe they were trying to do a homage to one of those????? Who knows!
I saw the drawing that character designer Robert Ryan Cory did for this episode with Sandy's fur and even though it's a very well drawn design, too bad it squandered on this piece of crap. Good talent wasted yet again and that's one of the many ways that you can make a bad enough episode. Why do I even have to talk about the rest of this? It's seriously just Plankton disguised as Sandy talking to SpongeBob about boring, pointless crap. Take a look for yourself.
(SpongeBob's just as bored as I am and wondering why this episode was made at all)
(acting all cool even though they've done literally NOTHING entertaining or funny)
(Krabs: "I'm getting so annoyed because you're losing Viacom's money and angering the children wasting time by just standing around. Entertain the audience or else I'll have a heart attack from not having enough money to put under me mattress! Be more funny already, you scalwags or you're fired!!!!!!!")
(more unfunny shenanigans)
I think these framegrabs speak for itself. Literally, this is what happens there and I'm not going to write out full paragraphs explaining this stuff for obvious reasons.
We cut to Sandy who is literally almost nude in this episode besides for two pieces of clothing who's trying to find out who stole her fur. She asks one of the Bikini Bottom citizens and the jerk just laughs and insults her. On top of being really boring, this episode tries to be mean spirited too just like with "Squid Wood" except this is even dumber and less funny than that episode. "What is so funny about getting my fur stole?" Exactly, Sandy. Is it me or does this episode actually have some subtle meta humor in it? I really think this was probably just an accident but you know an episode is sucking when even the characters themselves are admitting it.
Really the rest of the episode is just back and forth between Plankton trying to steal the formula and Sandy getting laughed at by everyone, even the ::dolphin noise:: cops and then Sandy's arrested at the end for basically doing nothing wrong. Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid.
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(::dolphin noise:: Da Police........)
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Three Dani Michaeli premises in a row and the 4th one to make it onto this list. Wow. Steven Banks has written a lot of the other ones while the rest were either by Derek Iversen or Mr. Lawrence himself. Interesting.
I just had to kill this one with fire. Season 7 just won't quit. Based on what I've seen, it's probably the worst season of SpongeBob that was ever produced so understandably and the one with the episode that completely made me give up on SpongeBob for a while (not this one), I'm gonna have a lot more eps from that Season on this countdown. The next episode will be from Season 6 and one of the episodes that Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel worked together on (I'm shocked that some of their episodes happen to be some of my very least favorites ever. On paper, that team up should be good on paper but it ends up producing way worse episodes. Sigh). I had thought long and hard about having that one at #19 but I realized it's a bit worse overall. I also changed my rating for this one accordingly so that's why the rating dropped slightly. Like with "Penny Foolish", it's one that I thought was just boring and mediocre and then when I thought about it again, it feels much worse than when I initially watched it. My opinion can change at any time but for this one, I don't think it's that likely. Let's see why.
Written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Dani Michaeli
Storyboards by Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas
SBMania Rating: 2.9
In one of the most lame, boring Plankton tries to steal the Krabby Patty formula kind of episodes, they've already shoehorned Sandy into this for no reason!!!!!!!! WHY?????????? I'm already shaking my head because this plot is already making no sense and we're only a couple of seconds in. That should just tell you how bad the rest of it's gonna be.
SpongeBob gives Sandy a Krabby Patty that Plankton hides in and she eats it, although she had to unzip her suit to do it. Okay, so maybe this episode won't be THAT bad, right? WRONG. Sandy goes back to her treedome where we see her take her clothes and fur off and that gives Plankton the idea of.........stealing her fur and copying "Imitation Krabs", although it's not funny at all this time like in that episode. That is so lame and boring that it hurts thinking about it. What kind of episode is this?????? Someone's brain fart turned into a full 11 minute episode or something? Come on, guys. Even "Gullible Pants" and "The Play's the Thing" makes more sense than this trash heap of an episode even though they're also really boring remakes of earlier episodes.
Plankton's wife Karen even agrees with me on how stupid this idea is. "Oh no, you can't be serious." Maybe it's a message from one of the writers admitting this is a terrible idea from the start, but moving on. Before I talk more about this episode, I will give the writers credit for not resorting to use Scientist Sandy in this episode. It's a bit refreshing to see her angry and tough even though it's in a crappy ::dolphin noise:: episode but that's pretty much the ONLY thing that's even slightly redeemable about this episode.
This episode takes a turn for the worst when Plankton finally turns Sandy's fur into a machine that he gets into and walks around. The pacing becomes really really slow and boring as all heck. It feels like a bad 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoon rather than anything from SpongeBob (and no, I'm not trying to copy MoBrosStudios with that comment. That's how I really would have felt if I had never heard about this episode before and saw it for the first time). There are barely an interesting jokes or gags in this episode. It's just Plankton walking around and talking with a Texan accent. How is this supposed to be funny again????? They even have music that would be right at home in a Hanna-Barbera cartoon in this episode. Maybe they were trying to do a homage to one of those????? Who knows!
I saw the drawing that character designer Robert Ryan Cory did for this episode with Sandy's fur and even though it's a very well drawn design, too bad it squandered on this piece of crap. Good talent wasted yet again and that's one of the many ways that you can make a bad enough episode. Why do I even have to talk about the rest of this? It's seriously just Plankton disguised as Sandy talking to SpongeBob about boring, pointless crap. Take a look for yourself.
(SpongeBob's just as bored as I am and wondering why this episode was made at all)
(acting all cool even though they've done literally NOTHING entertaining or funny)
(Krabs: "I'm getting so annoyed because you're losing Viacom's money and angering the children wasting time by just standing around. Entertain the audience or else I'll have a heart attack from not having enough money to put under me mattress! Be more funny already, you scalwags or you're fired!!!!!!!")
(more unfunny shenanigans)
I think these framegrabs speak for itself. Literally, this is what happens there and I'm not going to write out full paragraphs explaining this stuff for obvious reasons.
We cut to Sandy who is literally almost nude in this episode besides for two pieces of clothing who's trying to find out who stole her fur. She asks one of the Bikini Bottom citizens and the jerk just laughs and insults her. On top of being really boring, this episode tries to be mean spirited too just like with "Squid Wood" except this is even dumber and less funny than that episode. "What is so funny about getting my fur stole?" Exactly, Sandy. Is it me or does this episode actually have some subtle meta humor in it? I really think this was probably just an accident but you know an episode is sucking when even the characters themselves are admitting it.
Really the rest of the episode is just back and forth between Plankton trying to steal the formula and Sandy getting laughed at by everyone, even the ::dolphin noise:: cops and then Sandy's arrested at the end for basically doing nothing wrong. Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid.
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(::dolphin noise:: Da Police........)
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Three Dani Michaeli premises in a row and the 4th one to make it onto this list. Wow. Steven Banks has written a lot of the other ones while the rest were either by Derek Iversen or Mr. Lawrence himself. Interesting.
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I don't hate SITKWS but that's on my bottom 50.
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Sorry about the delays guys. I was going to write about this episode the other day but I accidentally pressed the back button on my computer so I lost everything I wrote about this episode but hopefully, I'll be able to have just as strong if not better analysis on this episode and why I hate it so much. I don't know how much I'll be able to post on the weekend since I have to study for finals and stuff but after next week, I should be back to doing these regularly.
18.
Written by Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel
Storyboards by Aaron Springer
SBMania Rating: 3.0
In one of the worst drawn SpongeBob episodes I've ever seen, SpongeBob and Patrick are basically playing a game of leap frog with each other and fall off a cliff and land what they THINK is a ball (they made the same mistake in "Porous Pockets." I guess that has to count as continuity in some alternative universe. After all, Aaron also helped to write that episode) which turns out to be a really hideous looking worm which they take back to SB's pineapple and call it Mr. Wormsley and basically introduce it to Gary. I can sort of see why this has often been called the prototype to the infamous "A Pal for Gary." Before I delve into this episode more, I just want to show you how crappy the drawings for SpongeBob are here and why even only a minute or so into the episode, I'm already really disappointed and upset by what I saw.
No, no, no, no!!!!!!!!!! He looks hideous.
Dreadful.
Stiff and just really wobbly all around. No appeal.
Just why??????
I'll let this one speak for itself.
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WHAT THE HECK IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE??????
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This shouldn't even exist.
Not only is this episode really ugly to look at, it's really boring and disgusting too. The production value is also really deplorable. It reminds me of another infamous Aaron Springer episode that WILL be on this countdown but I won't spoil it yet. The worms literally shoot green slime at people and the rest of it is an absolute mess. I think to save myself some time, I'll just keep selecting framegrabs from the episode and leave short comments about them because that's all this episode really is. A lot of other episodes this season that Aaron Springer boarded for some reason seem to have similar problems, even though I think this one was affected really badly by whatever happened behind the scenes.
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=WLsJc92hM/bHubJqSF1SmHnNvNAcSBqjcYbK1/zJWx4=
(and I thought the slimy garbage things from "Sponge-Cano" were really ugly. This worm mother thing takes the cake and I really want it dead now. Again, thank God we never saw this character again on the show)
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=xUqLG92WrQ6SyMQz2hcnUUpC1MOlNNfL//c0QEInWro=
(Why people find "Face Freeze" gross and disgusting and never talk about this episode I will never know. I'd rather watch that episode in a heartbeat than this. At least it was drawn much better than this crap and more interesting to me. Even "The Splinter" has far better drawings and production value than this terrible episode, which looks like a bunch of amateurs drew and cleaned up)
There are other problems that I have with this episode, mainly the fact that SpongeBob doesn't even remember who Larry the Lobster is. I know this show doesn't have good continuity but why would you let something so little and basic slide and this episode clearly has a longtime SpongeBob vet working on it. It just doesn't make any sense.
And........
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=4eUuqmYOkwq3/3OpMIT2JdPxqzi5jpSZvLdoW4Tk8xI=
Mr. Krabs's design is also piss poor in this episode too.
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=G9kKpOUhSbXX15gO2HYQWrA96xtqD6rDaclmAEU9JtU=
This is still really really gross. Why would anyone laugh at this, let alone kids?????
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=4KCPVktw/JBD4IX9V2y6/r9NQvvrTWIM23xuwfac24Y=
Mr. Krabs and his terrible design yet again. It's making my eyes hurt looking at this piece of ::dolphin noise::.
This episode is boring, terribly drawn and really really gross. Please don't watch this or waste any time with it. It may be better than "A Pal for Gary" but it has other problems that just really make me mad, especially the super sloppy character animation and unappealing, ugly designs, which are basically my two main problems with this episode on top of it not being funny.
18.
Written by Aaron Springer and Richard Pursel
Storyboards by Aaron Springer
SBMania Rating: 3.0
In one of the worst drawn SpongeBob episodes I've ever seen, SpongeBob and Patrick are basically playing a game of leap frog with each other and fall off a cliff and land what they THINK is a ball (they made the same mistake in "Porous Pockets." I guess that has to count as continuity in some alternative universe. After all, Aaron also helped to write that episode) which turns out to be a really hideous looking worm which they take back to SB's pineapple and call it Mr. Wormsley and basically introduce it to Gary. I can sort of see why this has often been called the prototype to the infamous "A Pal for Gary." Before I delve into this episode more, I just want to show you how crappy the drawings for SpongeBob are here and why even only a minute or so into the episode, I'm already really disappointed and upset by what I saw.
No, no, no, no!!!!!!!!!! He looks hideous.
Dreadful.
Stiff and just really wobbly all around. No appeal.
Just why??????
I'll let this one speak for itself.
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=Jq1Bbis6PYyjlONn3BzcCu0WAAsjmIer6fed1xSeEvY=
WHAT THE HECK IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE??????
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=FSb2qnX3voE2J/UT0mGYY/tN7YhZyC+CALgD4MLS9sw=
This shouldn't even exist.
Not only is this episode really ugly to look at, it's really boring and disgusting too. The production value is also really deplorable. It reminds me of another infamous Aaron Springer episode that WILL be on this countdown but I won't spoil it yet. The worms literally shoot green slime at people and the rest of it is an absolute mess. I think to save myself some time, I'll just keep selecting framegrabs from the episode and leave short comments about them because that's all this episode really is. A lot of other episodes this season that Aaron Springer boarded for some reason seem to have similar problems, even though I think this one was affected really badly by whatever happened behind the scenes.
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=WLsJc92hM/bHubJqSF1SmHnNvNAcSBqjcYbK1/zJWx4=
(and I thought the slimy garbage things from "Sponge-Cano" were really ugly. This worm mother thing takes the cake and I really want it dead now. Again, thank God we never saw this character again on the show)
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=xUqLG92WrQ6SyMQz2hcnUUpC1MOlNNfL//c0QEInWro=
(Why people find "Face Freeze" gross and disgusting and never talk about this episode I will never know. I'd rather watch that episode in a heartbeat than this. At least it was drawn much better than this crap and more interesting to me. Even "The Splinter" has far better drawings and production value than this terrible episode, which looks like a bunch of amateurs drew and cleaned up)
There are other problems that I have with this episode, mainly the fact that SpongeBob doesn't even remember who Larry the Lobster is. I know this show doesn't have good continuity but why would you let something so little and basic slide and this episode clearly has a longtime SpongeBob vet working on it. It just doesn't make any sense.
And........
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=4eUuqmYOkwq3/3OpMIT2JdPxqzi5jpSZvLdoW4Tk8xI=
Mr. Krabs's design is also piss poor in this episode too.
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=G9kKpOUhSbXX15gO2HYQWrA96xtqD6rDaclmAEU9JtU=
This is still really really gross. Why would anyone laugh at this, let alone kids?????
http://www.sbmania.net/pictures.php?img=4KCPVktw/JBD4IX9V2y6/r9NQvvrTWIM23xuwfac24Y=
Mr. Krabs and his terrible design yet again. It's making my eyes hurt looking at this piece of ::dolphin noise::.
This episode is boring, terribly drawn and really really gross. Please don't watch this or waste any time with it. It may be better than "A Pal for Gary" but it has other problems that just really make me mad, especially the super sloppy character animation and unappealing, ugly designs, which are basically my two main problems with this episode on top of it not being funny.
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Pets or Pests is my second least favorite episode ever.
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pet or pests is absolutely disgusting. i hate it.
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I'm liking this list so far.
30. Yeah, this one is pretty awful.
29. Another bad episode.
28. Sigh... terrible.
27. Wow, so much bad episodes.
26. Boring!
25. Boring as heck, and terrible.
24. SPOILER: This one is #43 on my top 50 season 7 episodes. I hate it.
23. Ugh...
22. Just awful
21. Lame
20. Absolutely abysmal
19. Bad episode is bad.
18. Gross.
I agree with them all so far.
30. Yeah, this one is pretty awful.
29. Another bad episode.
28. Sigh... terrible.
27. Wow, so much bad episodes.
26. Boring!
25. Boring as heck, and terrible.
24. SPOILER: This one is #43 on my top 50 season 7 episodes. I hate it.
23. Ugh...
22. Just awful
21. Lame
20. Absolutely abysmal
19. Bad episode is bad.
18. Gross.
I agree with them all so far.
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Ah, Pet or Pests. The exact opposite of Sand Castles in The Sand.
SCiTS : An above average episode with stunning, exciting, fluid visuals.
PoP : A below average episode with horrendous, deplorable, hellish visuals.
SCiTS : An above average episode with stunning, exciting, fluid visuals.
PoP : A below average episode with horrendous, deplorable, hellish visuals.
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17.
Written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli
Storyboards by Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas
SBMania Rating: 4.1
NO, no, no, no, no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They can't be serious with this one. A remake of "Penny Foolish" that happens to be mostly worse than that episode. WHY????????????????? I'm so surprised that this one often gets really overlooked. It's basically that same episode but with even LESS humor and more of Mr. Krabs being an ::dolphin noise:: and super obsessed greedy tightwad. Just why???????????????
Already this episode really sucks for many reasons. SpongeBob's walking Gary and Mr. Krabs is parked outside of a free parking lot and that's when he notices that coins can stick onto Gary's shell and suggests that he bring his snail to work ("A Pal for Gary" flashbacks setting in). Mr. Krabs then starts to use Gary to pick up coins at the Krusty Krab and this is my main problem with this episode. Mr. Krabs is devoid of character, soul, morality, and everything here. He's really unlikable and it's so hard for me to watch episodes like this when the characters have been nearly wittled down to nothing. He's basically nothing but a cardboard cutout of himself so should I really call this character Mr. Krabs or just Kardboard Krabs. I think I'm gonna go with the second option for the rest of this review.
Kardboard Krabs continues to act like a ::dolphin noise:: and has a smug look on his face that I just want to punch every time he hears Gary pick up a bunch of coins. He drives all his customers away and closes up the Krusty Krab as a result, taking Gary away from SpongeBob and not listening to a ::dolphin noise:: thing that SpongeBob had to say. What a scumbag.
He takes Gary to Goo Lagoon to pick up more coins and then takes him all over Bikini Bottom just to find more coins. This episode is even stupider than "Penny Foolish" because at least he wasn't trying to steal someone else's pet to get what he wanted. SpongeBob walks by and again, he acts just as oblivious as he did in PF and Krabs orders him to go back to the restaurant. Even more coins land on Gary's shell and this episode just keeps getting harder and harder to watch for me.
And........
(Please stop reminding me of "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy")
After that pointless scene, Kardboard Krabs continues to be really mean and cruel to Gary just to get his way. This character is really one of the worst I've ever seen on this show. He looks just like Mr. Krabs but he's a cheap imitation in every way, no pun intended.
Just awful.
I also hate how really gullible, naive, oblivious and stupid SpongeBob seems to be even when it's very obvious that Kardboard Krabs is abusing Gary and pushing him too hard. It reminds me of an episode that WILL be on this list but much much later. I should just call him The Yellow Idiot because that's how he's characterized in this episode.
Kardboard Krabs orders The Yellow Idiot to paint the Krusty Krab with a toothbrush and continues to get Gary's name wrong. I don't know how much more of this hopeless episode I can stomach.
Kardboard Krabs takes Gary to the laundry mat and is now STEALING change from everyone. WHY??????? The real Mr. Krabs is cheap but even he had his ethics. This monster of a character doesn't care about anyone else but himself and is willing to steal things that aren't his and cause suffering to other people's pets to get what he wants. Just wow.
One of the most cringeworthy parts of the episode is when he takes Gary to the arcade and steals even more change from everyone else. You can clearly see that Kardboard Krabs is enjoying himself. What a piece of ::dolphin noise::. And it took The Yellow Idiot this long to realize what has happening to his pet. Come on. This episode is not only stupid but really frustrating to watch and it evens even WORSE when we cut to Kardboard Krabs dressed up as a woman stealing change from girl's bathrooms. I hate this character so much and I can't stand this episode and I never want to see this character ever again in SpongeBob. Same thing with The Yellow Idiot.
The saddest part is that this character actually has origins in how the real Mr. Krabs would act occasionally in a few episodes like with "Jellyfish Hunter" even though that portrayed him in a much more realistic, three dimensional way. This character is just over the top, not funny and doesn't give a rat's ::dolphin noise:: about anyone but himself on top of being a sadist too. Not fun to watch by any means.
Kardboard Krabs says one of the most unfunny lines in this episode and in this entire show. I'm not joking but he literally says "it sure is hard being PREGGERS!!!!" WHAT???????????????????????????????? This line is so stupid and so unlike what the real Mr. Krabs would say. It made me shake my head so hard when I heard this and just ugh. It's giving me massive ::dolphin noise:: chills.
The Yellow Idiot FINALLY shows concern for his pet and tells Kardboard Krabs off when a whole ton of change comes flying over and drives everyone out of the arcade. In another painful moment, Krabs lustfully goes after all the money and tries to get it all and gets what he deserves. A nice trip to the hospital. I guess that's a little bit of a step up from "Penny Foolish" but it kind of isn't.
The doctor tells The Yellow Idiot that it was a tiny little Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy fridge magnet that was attracting all the coins which makes no sense even for a cartoon and instead of just ending the episode on Krabs not being able to pay his hospital bill, his stealing pays off and it turns out that he CAN pay for the expenses and that still causes him to cry out in pain.
This episode is just awful and terrible. They really go out of their way to rub this character's greed in your face and making it as uncomfortable as possible to watch. It's no surprise this came from Season 7.
Hint for the next episode: Jerk Patrick.
Written by Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Dani Michaeli
Storyboards by Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas
SBMania Rating: 4.1
NO, no, no, no, no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They can't be serious with this one. A remake of "Penny Foolish" that happens to be mostly worse than that episode. WHY????????????????? I'm so surprised that this one often gets really overlooked. It's basically that same episode but with even LESS humor and more of Mr. Krabs being an ::dolphin noise:: and super obsessed greedy tightwad. Just why???????????????
Already this episode really sucks for many reasons. SpongeBob's walking Gary and Mr. Krabs is parked outside of a free parking lot and that's when he notices that coins can stick onto Gary's shell and suggests that he bring his snail to work ("A Pal for Gary" flashbacks setting in). Mr. Krabs then starts to use Gary to pick up coins at the Krusty Krab and this is my main problem with this episode. Mr. Krabs is devoid of character, soul, morality, and everything here. He's really unlikable and it's so hard for me to watch episodes like this when the characters have been nearly wittled down to nothing. He's basically nothing but a cardboard cutout of himself so should I really call this character Mr. Krabs or just Kardboard Krabs. I think I'm gonna go with the second option for the rest of this review.
Kardboard Krabs continues to act like a ::dolphin noise:: and has a smug look on his face that I just want to punch every time he hears Gary pick up a bunch of coins. He drives all his customers away and closes up the Krusty Krab as a result, taking Gary away from SpongeBob and not listening to a ::dolphin noise:: thing that SpongeBob had to say. What a scumbag.
He takes Gary to Goo Lagoon to pick up more coins and then takes him all over Bikini Bottom just to find more coins. This episode is even stupider than "Penny Foolish" because at least he wasn't trying to steal someone else's pet to get what he wanted. SpongeBob walks by and again, he acts just as oblivious as he did in PF and Krabs orders him to go back to the restaurant. Even more coins land on Gary's shell and this episode just keeps getting harder and harder to watch for me.
And........
(Please stop reminding me of "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy")
After that pointless scene, Kardboard Krabs continues to be really mean and cruel to Gary just to get his way. This character is really one of the worst I've ever seen on this show. He looks just like Mr. Krabs but he's a cheap imitation in every way, no pun intended.
Just awful.
I also hate how really gullible, naive, oblivious and stupid SpongeBob seems to be even when it's very obvious that Kardboard Krabs is abusing Gary and pushing him too hard. It reminds me of an episode that WILL be on this list but much much later. I should just call him The Yellow Idiot because that's how he's characterized in this episode.
Kardboard Krabs orders The Yellow Idiot to paint the Krusty Krab with a toothbrush and continues to get Gary's name wrong. I don't know how much more of this hopeless episode I can stomach.
Kardboard Krabs takes Gary to the laundry mat and is now STEALING change from everyone. WHY??????? The real Mr. Krabs is cheap but even he had his ethics. This monster of a character doesn't care about anyone else but himself and is willing to steal things that aren't his and cause suffering to other people's pets to get what he wants. Just wow.
One of the most cringeworthy parts of the episode is when he takes Gary to the arcade and steals even more change from everyone else. You can clearly see that Kardboard Krabs is enjoying himself. What a piece of ::dolphin noise::. And it took The Yellow Idiot this long to realize what has happening to his pet. Come on. This episode is not only stupid but really frustrating to watch and it evens even WORSE when we cut to Kardboard Krabs dressed up as a woman stealing change from girl's bathrooms. I hate this character so much and I can't stand this episode and I never want to see this character ever again in SpongeBob. Same thing with The Yellow Idiot.
The saddest part is that this character actually has origins in how the real Mr. Krabs would act occasionally in a few episodes like with "Jellyfish Hunter" even though that portrayed him in a much more realistic, three dimensional way. This character is just over the top, not funny and doesn't give a rat's ::dolphin noise:: about anyone but himself on top of being a sadist too. Not fun to watch by any means.
Kardboard Krabs says one of the most unfunny lines in this episode and in this entire show. I'm not joking but he literally says "it sure is hard being PREGGERS!!!!" WHAT???????????????????????????????? This line is so stupid and so unlike what the real Mr. Krabs would say. It made me shake my head so hard when I heard this and just ugh. It's giving me massive ::dolphin noise:: chills.
The Yellow Idiot FINALLY shows concern for his pet and tells Kardboard Krabs off when a whole ton of change comes flying over and drives everyone out of the arcade. In another painful moment, Krabs lustfully goes after all the money and tries to get it all and gets what he deserves. A nice trip to the hospital. I guess that's a little bit of a step up from "Penny Foolish" but it kind of isn't.
The doctor tells The Yellow Idiot that it was a tiny little Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy fridge magnet that was attracting all the coins which makes no sense even for a cartoon and instead of just ending the episode on Krabs not being able to pay his hospital bill, his stealing pays off and it turns out that he CAN pay for the expenses and that still causes him to cry out in pain.
This episode is just awful and terrible. They really go out of their way to rub this character's greed in your face and making it as uncomfortable as possible to watch. It's no surprise this came from Season 7.
Hint for the next episode: Jerk Patrick.
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I hate The Cent of Money but I've seen worse.
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The ending is a bit cathartic, though. I think it's the episode only saving grace from being hated even more. In fact, I don't hate it. I don't like it but I don't hate it. One would not be considered ::dolphin noise::ted. I really don't hate it.
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Understandable but besides for that, I don't think it excuses all the other stuff wrong with this episode. The premise itself is stupid from the start. There are episodes that I mostly really like that have bad endings but I just couldn't really ignore this one or give it a free pass.SpongeRoadie UK said:
I kind of feel that way about "Cephalapod Lodge" and "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful" to be honest and why I haven't included those on the list. Neither of them just don't make me that mad like it did with a lot of people here for some reason. Seems like it depends on the person with certain episodes but I might still try to talk about it and explain more as to why it didn't make it onto the list and point out the flaws that that episode had. "Plankton's Regular" although I don't like the ending to that one at least had a better, more interesting plot than this so that's why I'm probably am not gonna have that one here either though they will make good candidates for honorable mentions.