Hmm…yeah, I’ve got nothing. No predictions about this episode, no idea what this episode about, literally nothing. Not even the title is helping me out here, because all I can think of is “The Nitwitting” and I swear to god if it’s an episode like that, I may actually be too tired to watch it.
We begin with Squidward and SpongeBob looking a bit worse for wear…I’m telling you this show is anti-capitalist guys! See, look at what capitalism does to you! (Just to be clear I am absolutely joking lol…kind of). Even SpongeBob is a soulless husk. Somehow Mr. Krabs has energy (a critique of bosses never actually doing real work like the wage workers, perhaps? Okay okay I’ll stop now), and even shows interest in what his two workers have planned for the weekend. Oh boy, I wonder how he’s going to hijack those plans. I love that polishing Gary’s shell is a source of joy for SpongeBob—too cute! Squidward’s bit was funny because of how pretentious it is. And as I expected, Mr. Krabs does hijack their plans a bit by offering them a trip on his new yacht. Mr. Krabs buying a yacht? That would never happen, and I cannot believe Squidward would ever think Mr. Krabs would do something like that. Also, I can already see the claims of a “Clams” rip-off now. Let’s all calm ourselves and trust the process.
Anyway, as I expected, Mr. Krabs cheaped out a little bit with the yacht by buying a giant version of one of those model ships basically, that SpongeBob and Squidward are then forced to assemble. Gotta work for their vacay, I guess. I like how Mr. Krabs has on a little sailor shirt, that’s a fun little change to his wardrobe. And SpongeBob in his “Ripped Pants” fit? Love it. SpongeBob and Squidward struggle with building the yacht for a few minutes. There’s not really much for me to talk about here, I found most of the gags pretty funny, and if not funny then at least enjoyable enough. Finally, SpongeBob and Squidward manage to get the ship built, and with a coat of paint it looks actually good, somehow. Mr. Krabs naming the ship the S.S. Sea-Cret Formula is just corny enough to be so funny.
I knew the vacation was too good to be true…because turns out that this wasn’t a vacation at all, just the grand opening of the Krusty Krab’s newest venture—a restaurant on water. And of course Patrick is their first customer. He’s always at the scene of the crime. The little interaction between SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs was cute, and I’m going to include it in my quasi-father-son crumbs. Also, I was just about to say that this part of the episode reminded me of “SpongeBob vs. The Big One”, but it seems the episode itself realized that considering that they included a Twitch cameo here.
Seems all good things must come to an end, because the S.S. Sea-Cret Formula ends up getting sunk by Bubble Bass. I love how SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, and Squidward all contribute to the drama of the sinking ship lol. And hey, at least we got one good thing out of the ship sinking—a gorgeous background
alert! And also a random appearance of a sea monster?? Don’t know what that one was about, felt like a very sudden ending.
“Abandon Twits” was a pretty enjoyable episode. I thought I’d get bored of having most of the episode be spent with Squidward and SpongeBob building the ship, but nah, that actually was probably the best part of the episode. I pretty much liked the whole thing except the very ending, because it felt too sudden and out of place. We could’ve just had the ship resurface and had some joke or something, idk.
Episode Tier: Amazing
Episode Score: 9/10
