114b. Ditchin'

I think this was a good episode. 7/10
 
This is one of those simply good episodes. It isn't the funniest thing ever, but the jokes it tells work, and the plot is solid. I just wish the first half was more interesting, but other than that I really enjoy this one.

Good episode (7/10)

1. Not Normal (8)
2. Ditchin' (7)
3. The Slumber Party (7)
4. Krabby Road (7)
5. Porous Pockets (6)
6. House Fancy (6)
7. Patty Caper (6)
8. A Life in a Day (6)
9. Spongicus (5)
10. Spongebob Squarepants vs. The Big One (5)
11. Nautical Novice (5)
12. Krusty Krushers (5)
13. Plankton's Regular (5)
14. No Nose Knows (5)
15. Suction Cup Symphony (5)
16. Grooming Gary (4)
17. Dear Vikings (4)
18. The Krabby Kronicle (4)
19. Sun Bleached (4)
20. Penny Foolish (4)
21. Gone (4)
22. Slide Whistle Stooges (3)
23. Giant Squidward (3)
24. The Splinter (3)
25. The Card (3)
26. Boating Buddies (2)
27. Choir Boys (2)
 
Pretty funny episode. It has alot of clever visuals and the ending was some good advice. NEVER DITCH SCHOOL!

Rating: Awesome Episode

Rankings:
Suction Cup Symphony (Perfect)
Krabby Road (Amazing)
Ditchin' (Awesome)
Boating Buddies (Great)
A Life in a Day (Great)
Grooming Gary (Great)
Nautical Novice (Great)
No Nose Knows (Good)
Slide Whistle Stooges (Good)
Not Normal (Good)
Porous Pockets (Good)
Gone (Good)
Spongicus (Good)
Giant Squidward (Okay)
SBSP Vs. The Big One (Alright)
Penny Foolish (Meh)
Dear Vikings (Meh)
Plankton's Regular (Mediocre)
Patty Caper (Bad)
Krusty Krushers (Bad)
The Slumber Party (Bad)
House Fancy (Bad)
Sun Bleached (Bad)
The Card (Inferior)
Choir Boys (Terrible)
The Krabby Kronicle (Terrible)
The Splinter (THE ULTRA MEGA SCUM OF THE EARTH!)
 
So like I said in the last review, I hardly remember this episode. I remember SpongeBob skipping…something. I thought it was work but with a title like this, I’m thinking it’s Boating School. And I remember he did this because of something to do with Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. But that’s it. Before I rewatched this episode, I wouldn’t be surprised if I hadn’t sat down and watched this episode in at least 5 years. Probably longer than that.

Given that I’ve already explained how Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy aren’t exactly inherently enjoyable to me, the fact that this episode starts out with them gives me a bad feeling in my gut. They aren’t bad for an episode by default, but the fact that I’ve already forgotten about this episode anyway tells me that I’m probably not going to greatly enjoy what I’m about to see. I also realize, especially once the main conflict of the episode is revealed, that this episode is going to heavily lean into the child-SpongeBob side of the child-adult line, which I’ve also already explained is not the side of the line I like to be on. But again, none of this means the episode is going to be bad. It just means it’s got some hurdles to cross, and that it’s at a disadvantage.

The episode surprises me by having Patrick be the one coming up with actually useful plans to get SpongeBob to get his book signed. And SpongeBob continually shooting them down is not a very entertaining scene, but I latch on to the Patrick thing enough to kind of give things a pass. The scene continues to be kind of dull though, even when Patrick goes and drinks all of SpongeBob’s sparkling water. The fact that the first couple minutes of this episode has such a focus on going to the bathroom is…a choice. That’s all I have to say on that.

I’m actually yet again surprised by this episode having SpongeBob and Patrick get their books signed pretty quickly, because I was really expecting the plot to be SpongeBob struggling to get over there. But that just means the plot must be the opposite—him struggling to get back. And of course, I’m right about this. After getting this small taste of ditching, SpongeBob’s increasingly tempted by other fun things going on. Honestly, I wish skipping class could be this fun. Clearly, this episode is leaning into SpongeBob being very young, because skipping class is only this exciting to…high schoolers LMAO. In college, at least in my experience, most people skip class if they’re studying their butt off, or if they just mentally cannot. So…not exactly fun. I’m just glad that this episode doesn’t set off my time anxiety lol.

This episode also doesn’t set off my laughing either, because this episode isn’t particularly funny. But it is at least entertaining. Seeing SpongeBob’s inner conflict is at least interesting, and I think it’s kinda funny (not comedy funny) that literally everyone is tempting him. Even Sandy, who usually acts as a voice of reason. Speaking of Sandy, I like that this episode includes her, because by this point this show has gotten quite egregious with how they underutilize her, and I don’t like it. I can’t wait until I get to later seasons. Anyway, this scene on the beach is pretty entertaining. It gets especially good once the cops show up. I didn’t realize one of my favorite reaction memes (”scum like you make me sick…cuff him”) came from this episode lol. That moment is also just funny. And I love how it ties right back into the main plot of the episode, that was some pretty good writing if I do say so myself.

And then we get SpongeBob finally having his guilt catch up with him, and he runs back to class, with some fun visuals to boot. I’m just glad the episode is finally staying consistently entertaining. The first few minutes were a drag, but the rest of it is pretty good. I love SpongeBob’s determination to get back to class to return the key. And then I love the twist of the episode with Mrs. Puff getting arrested for skipping out on jury duty lol. Remember when Mrs. Puff getting arrested was a complaint about modern SpongeBob? Wild.

"Ditchin'" is...good. Yeah, it's good. Which actually ended up surprising me because the episode was so dull for so long. But once SpongeBob and Patrick get their books signed, things do improve and I find myself enjoying what I'm watching, even if the episode isn't very strong with the comedy. Well, it has it's moments I suppose. But yeah, I think this episode works well as a low "Good"-tier, just barely making it over the edge.

Episode Tier: Good
Episode Score: 7.1/10
 
Pugs4Thugs said:
So like I said in the last review, I hardly remember this episode. I remember SpongeBob skipping…something. I thought it was work but with a title like this, I’m thinking it’s Boating School. And I remember he did this because of something to do with Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. But that’s it. Before I rewatched this episode, I wouldn’t be surprised if I hadn’t sat down and watched this episode in at least 5 years. Probably longer than that.

Given that I’ve already explained how Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy aren’t exactly inherently enjoyable to me, the fact that this episode starts out with them gives me a bad feeling in my gut. They aren’t bad for an episode by default, but the fact that I’ve already forgotten about this episode anyway tells me that I’m probably not going to greatly enjoy what I’m about to see. I also realize, especially once the main conflict of the episode is revealed, that this episode is going to heavily lean into the child-SpongeBob side of the child-adult line, which I’ve also already explained is not the side of the line I like to be on. But again, none of this means the episode is going to be bad. It just means it’s got some hurdles to cross, and that it’s at a disadvantage.

The episode surprises me by having Patrick be the one coming up with actually useful plans to get SpongeBob to get his book signed. And SpongeBob continually shooting them down is not a very entertaining scene, but I latch on to the Patrick thing enough to kind of give things a pass. The scene continues to be kind of dull though, even when Patrick goes and drinks all of SpongeBob’s sparkling water. The fact that the first couple minutes of this episode has such a focus on going to the bathroom is…a choice. That’s all I have to say on that.

I’m actually yet again surprised by this episode having SpongeBob and Patrick get their books signed pretty quickly, because I was really expecting the plot to be SpongeBob struggling to get over there. But that just means the plot must be the opposite—him struggling to get back. And of course, I’m right about this. After getting this small taste of ditching, SpongeBob’s increasingly tempted by other fun things going on. Honestly, I wish skipping class could be this fun. Clearly, this episode is leaning into SpongeBob being very young, because skipping class is only this exciting to…high schoolers LMAO. In college, at least in my experience, most people skip class if they’re studying their butt off, or if they just mentally cannot. So…not exactly fun. I’m just glad that this episode doesn’t set off my time anxiety lol.

This episode also doesn’t set off my laughing either, because this episode isn’t particularly funny. But it is at least entertaining. Seeing SpongeBob’s inner conflict is at least interesting, and I think it’s kinda funny (not comedy funny) that literally everyone is tempting him. Even Sandy, who usually acts as a voice of reason. Speaking of Sandy, I like that this episode includes her, because by this point this show has gotten quite egregious with how they underutilize her, and I don’t like it. I can’t wait until I get to later seasons. Anyway, this scene on the beach is pretty entertaining. It gets especially good once the cops show up. I didn’t realize one of my favorite reaction memes (”scum like you make me sick…cuff him”) came from this episode lol. That moment is also just funny. And I love how it ties right back into the main plot of the episode, that was some pretty good writing if I do say so myself.

And then we get SpongeBob finally having his guilt catch up with him, and he runs back to class, with some fun visuals to boot. I’m just glad the episode is finally staying consistently entertaining. The first few minutes were a drag, but the rest of it is pretty good. I love SpongeBob’s determination to get back to class to return the key. And then I love the twist of the episode with Mrs. Puff getting arrested for skipping out on jury duty lol. Remember when Mrs. Puff getting arrested was a complaint about modern SpongeBob? Wild.

"Ditchin'" is...good. Yeah, it's good. Which actually ended up surprising me because the episode was so dull for so long. But once SpongeBob and Patrick get their books signed, things do improve and I find myself enjoying what I'm watching, even if the episode isn't very strong with the comedy. Well, it has it's moments I suppose. But yeah, I think this episode works well as a low "Good"-tier, just barely making it over the edge.

Episode Tier: Good
Episode Score: 7.1/10
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Finally a good episode Lol but a very low good one Yikes things aren’t looking good for season 6 LOL
 
Heyo_Heyo said:
Finally a good episode Lol but a very low good one Yikes things aren’t looking good for season 6 LOL
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Yeah season 6 has been in a pretty dry spell for the last few episodes, which is a shame because it started off so strongly lol.
 
Pugs4Thugs said:
Yeah season 6 has been in a pretty dry spell for the last few episodes, which is a shame because it started off so strongly lol.
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Lmao I was kinda getting the feeling your ratings for the episodes were gonna keep dropping as the reviews progresses I mean this is season 6 (if you know what I mean)
 
Heyo_Heyo said:
Lmao I was kinda getting the feeling your ratings for the episodes were gonna keep dropping as the reviews progresses I mean this is season 6 (if you know what I mean)
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Yeah it's been interesting to watch the trend of these reviews getting lower and lower. I keep a page of all my reviews per season (as you can see below, it's a long screenshot lol), so it's easy to see the change, especially because I color-code. So it really seems like season 6 had a strong start, but kinda got worse as it's gone along. But I'm only like 2/3s of the way, so there's still time for the season to turn things around I suppose.

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After the disaster that was dear Vikings this episodes Is actually... perfect! I actually have no issues its not my favorite (of course) but this episode has no issues!
  1. Krabby Road (10/10)
  2. Not Normal (10/10)
  3. Ditchin' (10/10)
  4. Suction Cup Symphony (10/10)
  5. Patty Caper (9.5/10)
  6. The Krabby Kronicle (9/10)
  7. Spongebob Squarepants Vs The Big One (9/10)
  8. House Fancy (9/10)
  9. A Life In A Day (9/10)
  10. Giant Squidward (8/10)
  11. Spongicus (8/10)
  12. Gone (7.5/10)
  13. Grooming Gary (7/10)
  14. The Slumber Party (7/10)
  15. Krusty Krushers (6.5/10)
  16. Penny Foolish (6.5/10)
  17. Porous Pockets (6.5/10)
  18. No Nose Knows (6/10)
  19. Nautical Novice (5/10)
  20. The Card (3/10)
  21. Sun Bleached (3/10)
  22. Slide Whistle Stooges (1/10)
  23. Boating Buddies (0.5/10)
  24. Dear Vikings (0.5/10)
  25. Plankton's Regular (0.5/10)
  26. The Splinter (0/10)
  27. Choir Boys (-9999999999999999999/10)
 
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Pre movie feel, especially in terms of plot and humor. Would feel right at home as a Season 1 episode. Even the beginning felt just like the Mermaid Man episodes of that season, when Sponge and Pat are watching their favorite show.
 
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