79a. The Pink Purloiner

"I dropped SpongeBob's toothbrush in the toilet and put it back without washing it" BEST PART.


10/10
 
Episode: The Pink Purloiner

This episode was pretty good. The plot was decent. Spongebob was annoying at times, but it didn't bother me at all. There were some funny jokes. 7.5/10
 
A very creative episode, with a lot of humour and very good characterisation.

9/10
 
I really enjoyed it! :) 9/10
This episode has it ALL! (especially for a season 4 episode) it's both FUNNY and SENTIMENTAL...some scenes were really good too (Confess-a-Bear, Patrick's to do list etc) and I don't find something bad out of this episode :)
 
I rewatched this last night and it may possibly be my favorite episode.
 
This is without a doubt my favorite post-movie episode! I can't praise this episode enough! Sadly, it's very underrated. 10/10
 
I loved this episode! It's very funny and is even heart-warming. One of Patrick's finest performances.

10/10
 
I did not really remember this episode that well but after rewatching it its definetly one of the better season 4 episodes. It feels like an episode that would fit right in with some of the season 1-3 episodes.
 
This was enjoyable and SpongeBob trying to catch Patrick was hilarious! Ending was pretty dissapointing though, a big let-down. 7/10
 
This is just an OK episode, to me it's nearing my bottom season 4 episodes, because I didn't really want to sit through them missing 2-3 days of that big jellyfish migration
6/10
 
It's a very nice episode. I like the whole plot, I like how SpongeBob is so obsessed with thinking Patrick took his net, and there were a few funny jokes. Definitely one of Patrick's better post-movie appearances.

Ranking so far:
1. Dunces and Dragons (A+)
2. Mrs. Puff, You're Fired (A+)
3. Krusty Towers (A+)
4. The Lost Mattress (A)
5. Fear of a Krabby Patty (A)
6. Bummer Vacation (A)
7. Skill Crane (A)
8. Wishing You Well (A)
9. Patrick SmartPants (A)
10. Have You Seen This Snail? (A)
11. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture (B)
12. The Pink Purloiner (B)
13. Ghost Host (B)
14. Once Bitten (B)
15. Best Frenemies (B)
16. Krabs vs. Plankton (B)
17. Chimps Ahoy (B)
18. Selling Out (B)
19. Squidtastic Voyage (B)
20. New Leaf (B)
21. That's No Lady (C)
22. Born to be Wild (C)
23. Enemy In-Law (C)
24. Driven to Tears (C)
25. Shell of a Man (C)
26. Whale of a Birthday (C)
27. SquidBob TentaclePants (C)
28. Hocus Pocus (D)
29. Funny Pants (D)
30. Karate Island (D)
31. Rule of Dumb (D)
32. Good Neighbors (E)
33. Wigstruck (E)
34. The Thing (F)
35. All That Glitters (F)
 
This is a really cute episode. Spongebob and Patrick are characterized wonderfully here, and there's lots of funny jokes and moments throughout this one. This episode is proof that simple episodes can be some of the best if executed well.

Great episode (9/10)

1. Dunces and Dragons (10)
2. Krusty Towers (10)
3. Have You Seen This Snail? (9)
4. Wishing You Well (9)
5. The Pink Purloiner (9)
6. Fear of a Krabby Patty (9)
7. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture (8)
8. Born to be Wild (8)
9. Krabs vs. Plankton (8)
10. Best Frenemies (8)
11. Patrick Smartpants (8)
12. Selling Out (8)
13. Shell of a Man (7)
14. The Lost Mattress (7)
15. Mrs. Puff, You're Fired (7)
16. Squidtastic Voyage (7)
17. Karate Island (7)
18. Bummer Vacation (7)
19. Enemy-In-Law (7)
20. Skill Crane (7)
21. That's No Lady (7)
22. Chimps Ahoy (6)
23. Driven to Tears (6)
24. Funny Pants (6)
25. Hocus Pocus (6)
26. Once Bitten (6)
27. Whale of a Birthday (6)
28. Squidbob Tentaclepants (5)
29. New Leaf (5)
30. Rule of Dumb (5)
31. Ghost Host (5)
32. Wigstruck (4)
33. Good Neighbors (4)
34. The Thing (4)
35. All That Glitters (3)
 
This episode actually does feel like a post-movie version of "The Secret Box", and although I don't think TPP is quite as good, I still enjoyed the story, and how the episode executed it with a slow and steady suspenseful rise to the climax. And I liked the jokes! Patrick's extra arm kinda caught me offguard, but I still found it funny, as well as him confessing to Spongebob's teddy bear.
Also, I don't see anyone else talk about this, but I really adore the different species of jellyfish that Spongebob and Patrick come across at the beginning. They are colored very vibrantly, and they have unique designs.
 
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I am highly neutral with this episode. The highlight was the Confess-a-Bear scene. But the lowlight was obviously SpongeBob who was really unlikable. But at least there was a fun amount of jokes in this one.

Rating: Okay Episode

Rankings:
Patrick SmartPants (Perfect)
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI The Motion Picture (Perfect)
Bummer Vacation (Amazing!)
Best Frenemies (Amazing!)
Wishing You Well (Amazing!)
Krusty Towers (Amazing!)
Dunces and Dragons (Amazing!)
Once Bitten (Great)
Enemy In-Law (Great)
Wigstruck (Great)
Krabs Vs. Plankton (Great)
Have you Seen this Snail? (Great)
Shell of a Man (Great)
The Thing (Great)
Selling Out (Great)
That's No Lady (Great)
Squidtastic Voyage (Great)
Chimps Ahoy (Great)
Karate Island (Great)
SquidBob TentaclePants (Great)
Whale of a Birthday (Great)
Hocus Pocus (Okay)
Born to be Wild (Okay)
The Pink Purloiner (Okay)
The Lost Mattress (Okay)
Funny Pants (Meh)
Rule of Dumb (Meh)
Skill Crane (Meh)
Mrs. Puff Your'e Fired (Bad)
Fear of a Krabby Patty (bad)
New Leaf (Bad)
Ghost Host (Bad)
Driven to Tears (Bad)
Good Neighbors (Terrible)
All That Glitters (Terrible)
 
Underrated

6/10
 
Coming up next, we've got "The Pink Purloiner", which first off that's such a fun episode title. I feel like this episode is both forgotten and not. I think "Ol' Reliable" is pretty memorable, but the rest may not be. And that's fair. Nothing in this episode particularly stands out when I think of it. But that doesn't mean it's bad. I actually find this episode to be pretty good.

First off, I'm already happy that this episode shows SpongeBob and Patrick jellyfishing, because I feel like even though that's such an iconic hobby for them, we don't see them doing it that much. Just like SpongeBob's bubble blowing. I liked all the designs of the exotic jellyfish in this segment too. Watching SpongeBob exceed and Patrick fail at jellyfishing wasn't extremely entertaining, but as I always say it wasn't un-entertaining. And we got 3 beautiful backgrounds out of it too, with the sunset as SpongeBob looks on in triumph, later on at dusk with SpongeBob and Patrick at the bus stop, and, most beautiful of all, when SpongeBob and Patrick walk to their houses after being dropped off by the bus. Man, Bikini Bottom has a pretty good public transportation system...my hometown would never. The backgrounds in this episode are really just great, I love the shot of SpongeBob's house at night and then the next morning at day. They're standard shots but that just goes to show the quality of these backgrounds.

Anyway, it's during this next morning that the episode truly gets rolling, as SpongeBob's net ends up missing. And see, I love episodes like this, the ones with an air of mystery, or where a mystery is the whole plot. Please keep this in mind when I eventually get to "Patty Caper". Anyway, I love how I feel like a detective too, trying to solve the mystery alongside SpongeBob. And we get some pretty believable reasons as to why the culprit may be Patrick, given his dialogue from earlier. But we're not quite there yet, because SpongeBob isn't even suspecting him yet. I love the timecard of "one pair of pants later", that was pretty funny and creative. And then I love how with no preamble SpongeBob is telling Patrick about his stolen net, and the two start putting up posters (badly). The part where SpongeBob hijacks the news is pretty fun, especially once Mr. Krabs shows up for basically no reason. And then the part with SpongeBob and Patrick on the phone is pretty funny. And I love SpongeBob's little realization in bed, which returns us to the point I made earlier about an air of mystery and intrigue.

We're treated to another gorgeous background in the next scene, where SpongeBob tries to get Patrick to indirectly confess. This scene is absolutely hilarious, especially as SpongeBob grows increasingly frustrated and Confess-A-Bear starts sounding genuinely threatening lmao. And then once Patrick confesses his "secret", SpongeBob running around feeling disgusting is just too funny. Really, this episode has some woefully underrated comedy. I love when SpongeBob comes over to Patrick's rock and Patrick's like "don't come in, there's a radiation leak" like lol what. And then Patrick literally growing another arm just to reluctantly comply with SpongeBob's demands is great. This episode is also the source of a pretty popular gag of Patrick having "Nothing" on his to-do list. I thought that was a gag from season 3 until I started reviewing this episode and realized that not only had I not come across that gag yet, but it was in this episode.

I love SpongeBob dressing up in a disguise and sounding British to try and get Patrick to "confess" to stealing Ol' Reliable. And then I love his dramatics once he believes the truth has come out. Even better, I love Patrick's unflappability once he gets over his shock. See, unlike "The Secret Box", Patrick's attitude here is 100% justified. I also thought it was wholesome that Patrick went through all the trouble of making a gift for SpongeBob. And then the whole part where he decides to leave is hilarious, especially with Patrick's trumped up vocabulary. I don't know where this trend of Patrick speaking super sophisticatedly when he's miffed or is saying goodbye or something of the sort came from, because it's all over these season 4 episodes, but I love it.

And then I love the ending of the episode and the final reveal that SpongeBob left his net on the bus. I also think it's hilarious that apparently this is something that has happened before. Not just leaving the net, but also all the dramatics that followed. I love how Nat is completely over this (I also love the continuity of Nat being the bus driver). And then the episode ends nice and wholesomely with SpongeBob and Patrick going and jellyfishing again.

"The Pink Purloiner" is a really good episode that I honestly have no problems with. It makes me wonder why I've always had it in my "Good" tier, then. Because the plot is great, the humor is great, the atmosphere is great, and no one annoys me even though this is an episode where SpongeBob and Patrick fight. So that's pretty impressive because I usually end up very annoyed with one of the parties involved, typically Patrick. The only bad thing I can say about this episode is that the very beginning of it is a little dull. But other than that, this episode's great! I'd say it works well in my "Amazing" tier, because I don't think I can justify putting it in "Great".

Episode Tier: Amazing
Episode Score: 9/10
 
Pugs4Thugs said:
Coming up next, we've got "The Pink Purloiner", which first off that's such a fun episode title. I feel like this episode is both forgotten and not. I think "Ol' Reliable" is pretty memorable, but the rest may not be. And that's fair. Nothing in this episode particularly stands out when I think of it. But that doesn't mean it's bad. I actually find this episode to be pretty good.

First off, I'm already happy that this episode shows SpongeBob and Patrick jellyfishing, because I feel like even though that's such an iconic hobby for them, we don't see them doing it that much. Just like SpongeBob's bubble blowing. I liked all the designs of the exotic jellyfish in this segment too. Watching SpongeBob exceed and Patrick fail at jellyfishing wasn't extremely entertaining, but as I always say it wasn't un-entertaining. And we got 3 beautiful backgrounds out of it too, with the sunset as SpongeBob looks on in triumph, later on at dusk with SpongeBob and Patrick at the bus stop, and, most beautiful of all, when SpongeBob and Patrick walk to their houses after being dropped off by the bus. Man, Bikini Bottom has a pretty good public transportation system...my hometown would never. The backgrounds in this episode are really just great, I love the shot of SpongeBob's house at night and then the next morning at day. They're standard shots but that just goes to show the quality of these backgrounds.

Anyway, it's during this next morning that the episode truly gets rolling, as SpongeBob's net ends up missing. And see, I love episodes like this, the ones with an air of mystery, or where a mystery is the whole plot. Please keep this in mind when I eventually get to "Patty Caper". Anyway, I love how I feel like a detective too, trying to solve the mystery alongside SpongeBob. And we get some pretty believable reasons as to why the culprit may be Patrick, given his dialogue from earlier. But we're not quite there yet, because SpongeBob isn't even suspecting him yet. I love the timecard of "one pair of pants later", that was pretty funny and creative. And then I love how with no preamble SpongeBob is telling Patrick about his stolen net, and the two start putting up posters (badly). The part where SpongeBob hijacks the news is pretty fun, especially once Mr. Krabs shows up for basically no reason. And then the part with SpongeBob and Patrick on the phone is pretty funny. And I love SpongeBob's little realization in bed, which returns us to the point I made earlier about an air of mystery and intrigue.

We're treated to another gorgeous background in the next scene, where SpongeBob tries to get Patrick to indirectly confess. This scene is absolutely hilarious, especially as SpongeBob grows increasingly frustrated and Confess-A-Bear starts sounding genuinely threatening lmao. And then once Patrick confesses his "secret", SpongeBob running around feeling disgusting is just too funny. Really, this episode has some woefully underrated comedy. I love when SpongeBob comes over to Patrick's rock and Patrick's like "don't come in, there's a radiation leak" like lol what. And then Patrick literally growing another arm just to reluctantly comply with SpongeBob's demands is great. This episode is also the source of a pretty popular gag of Patrick having "Nothing" on his to-do list. I thought that was a gag from season 3 until I started reviewing this episode and realized that not only had I not come across that gag yet, but it was in this episode.

I love SpongeBob dressing up in a disguise and sounding British to try and get Patrick to "confess" to stealing Ol' Reliable. And then I love his dramatics once he believes the truth has come out. Even better, I love Patrick's unflappability once he gets over his shock. See, unlike "The Secret Box", Patrick's attitude here is 100% justified. I also thought it was wholesome that Patrick went through all the trouble of making a gift for SpongeBob. And then the whole part where he decides to leave is hilarious, especially with Patrick's trumped up vocabulary. I don't know where this trend of Patrick speaking super sophisticatedly when he's miffed or is saying goodbye or something of the sort came from, because it's all over these season 4 episodes, but I love it.

And then I love the ending of the episode and the final reveal that SpongeBob left his net on the bus. I also think it's hilarious that apparently this is something that has happened before. Not just leaving the net, but also all the dramatics that followed. I love how Nat is completely over this (I also love the continuity of Nat being the bus driver). And then the episode ends nice and wholesomely with SpongeBob and Patrick going and jellyfishing again.

"The Pink Purloiner" is a really good episode that I honestly have no problems with. It makes me wonder why I've always had it in my "Good" tier, then. Because the plot is great, the humor is great, the atmosphere is great, and no one annoys me even though this is an episode where SpongeBob and Patrick fight. So that's pretty impressive because I usually end up very annoyed with one of the parties involved, typically Patrick. The only bad thing I can say about this episode is that the very beginning of it is a little dull. But other than that, this episode's great! I'd say it works well in my "Amazing" tier, because I don't think I can justify putting it in "Great".

Episode Tier: Amazing
Episode Score: 9/10
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this episode kinda reminds me of ''the secret box'' they have slightly similar plots

i do prefer this episode over the secret box tho
 
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