Yeah, “Yeti Krabs” is a pretty forgettable episode. I do remember it premiering though. Right up against the second movie! Which I’ll be reviewing…very soon. My oh my. Anyway, yeah, before rewatching this episode, literally all I could remember is that it, in fact, had a Yeti Krab. That’s it.
The first scene of this episode is a wonderful example of Squidward and Mr. Krabs. It might not be them at their best, but I still enjoyed it. Especially Mr. Krabs calling Squidward by his last name, I feel like no one does that kind of thing in this show, and it fits here almost as well as “Mr. Squidward”. Also I can’t believe
Mambo Fantastico returned in this scene. How nostalgic! And I love that this episode shows SpongeBob as his hard-working, overexploited self. Though this scene also leads into my first issue with this episode, and that’s that this whole plot of the first bit is a lot more interesting than what we get later, and the actual Yeti Krab is not at all necessary to the episode. It’s a bit of bizarreness that fits more in an episode of
Regular Show than it does here. I don’t think Mr. Krabs making up a story about a Yeti Krab a la “Graveyard Shift” really fits for this episode, and I think it does the episode a disservice.
Once the Yeti Krab appears, things get kinda dull, unfortunately. Which isn’t surprising to me, because these kinds of plots typically are. Squidward’s unflappability is at least somewhat entertaining, and I love how the Yeti Krab is like “wtf are you doing” when SpongeBob is trying to fix up the restaurant. And eventually, I love when Squidward has enough, and decides to stand up for SpongeBob. It’s pretty wholesome. And then Squidward realizes the Yeti Krab is real, which is pretty funny. SpongeBob manages to save the day though, as he should.
Episode Tier: Good
Episode Score: 7.6/10