80b. The Gift of Gum

Very boring and a pretty gross episode. Kinda stupid too. 4.5/10
 
Season: 4

Episode: The Gift of Gum

This episode was between bad and decent for me. The plot was kinda meh. Patrick was kinda jerkish here, and the gum present didn't made sense in my humble opinion. There were few funny jokes. 5.5/10
 
An alright episode, somewhat overhated. Nothing too special either way.

6.5/10
 
An OK episode for me...Not the best episode to end this season...I mean they could pick a better one , but still OK . I really like the scene with Gary and SpongeBob staring on each other and then SpongeBob tries to seperate the gum stucked on his house :P Or like the talking underwear, that was funny too! Another funny thing was when inside the gum they were dozen of Bikini Bottomites :P , the rest of the episode was boring at some parts and I usually judge an episode by the level of ''boringness'' :P .Some parts were OK like Sandy trying to help her crush :P The end was dumb..I'd like the last episode of the season to contain many of the characters but still OK, the title card was too OK... I will give it a 7/10 :)
 
A bit boring and forgettable but it's somewhat creative and nothing about it was terrible.

5.5/10
 
A gross episode. Not really my cup of tea. It's not too bad, but it's still pretty bad. Not a good way to end Season 4.

Final Ranking:
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. Best Day Ever (C)
28. SquidBob TentaclePants (C)
29. Hocus Pocus (D)
30. Funny Pants (D)
31. The Gift of Gum (D)
32. Karate Island (D)
33. Rule of Dumb (D)
34. Squid Wood (E)
35. Good Neighbors (E)
36. Wigstruck (E)
37. The Thing (F)
38. All That Glitters (F)

After looking at the stats, yeah I don't think Season 4 is better than Season 1 anymore. It's still a pretty good Season though.
 
A pretty average season finale. I liked the plot somewhat, and some of Spongebob and Patrick's interactions, but it was too gross and stupid for my liking. There were some creative ideas here, but I think they could've been executed better.

Average episode (5/10)

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. Best Day Ever (5)
30. The Gift of Gum (5)
31. New Leaf (5)
32. Rule of Dumb (5)
33. Ghost Host (5)
34. Wigstruck (4)
35. Good Neighbors (4)
36. The Thing (4)
37. All That Glitters (3)
38. Squid Wood (3)
 
A perfectly average episode. It has very few jokes, but the ones it has do work decently well, and there's really not all that much to the story. I will say that I actually liked Gummy's design.
 
Not a good way to end season 4 but i still like this one. The jokes were solid and the ending was kinda funny.

Rating: Great Episode

Rankings:
Patrick SmartPants (Perfect)
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI The Motion Picture (Perfect)
Best Day Ever (Amazing!)
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)
The Gift of Gum (Great)
Squid Wood (Okay)
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)

New format

Top 5:
  1. Patrick SmartPants
  2. Motion Picture
  3. Best Day Ever
  4. Bummer Vacation
  5. Best Frenemies
Bottom 5:
  1. All That Glitters
  2. Good Neighbors
  3. Driven to Tears
  4. Ghost Host
  5. New Leaf
 
Now that we have reached the second-to-last day of the month, it's time to review our final episode of season 4, "The Gift of Gum"! Unfortunately, we will not be going out with a bang today, because this episode is simply decent. At best. So, let's discuss!

At the very least, this episode starts out with some Kalua Jubilee, which is a track I love. I don't know why I've been acknowledging title card music so much lately, but it's fun to do so I'll just do it whenever I feel like lol. I’ve said it before but I love, love, love the background music in this show. I actually use it as study music pretty often. Anyway, this episode wastes no time in showing us to gummy horror that is Patrick’s Best Friends’ Day gift to SpongeBob. I mean, it’s definitely wholesome that the two are celebrating this day…too bad Patrick’s gift is literally disgusting. SpongeBob's crying was also a little unnecessary and just makes the scene drag. I’m all for dramatics, but it feels out of place here. That robot servant SpongeBob got Patrick is pretty cool, I liked its voice. And I like that Patrick loves his gift, because if they started this episode off with Patrick being ungrateful or something my frustration would’ve gone through the roof immediately.

Patrick saying bye to his “Gummy” is entertaining enough, and also emphasizes how nasty this thing is. SpongeBob then trying to move the huge thing is similarly amusing, but not really funny. And then SpongeBob realizes what the rest of us already have, and that’s that this giant gum ball is gross. I love the horror elements of this scene though, as the ball starts moving and things ooze out of it. I think my biggest issue with these first few minutes is that I’m confused about SpongeBob here. He seemed to be genuinely happy about his gift (given he cried over how good it was and how bad his was in comparison), then he struggled with getting it inside (the point is that he wanted it inside his house), and then, even though he’d already been looking at it before, he finally acknowledges that the thing is gross, and suddenly now it’s time to get rid of it? First off, SpongeBob could’ve just put this thing in his backyard…and then also, the shift is just too abrupt. It would’ve been better if SpongeBob had been reluctant to accept the gift in the first place, or if we spent more time with SpongeBob realizing this just isn’t the gift for him. As it is, it's a bit too much whiplash.

Then we move to the part of the episode where SpongeBob tries to get rid of Gummy without Patrick knowing. And see, I can feel my annoyance levels beginning to rise because first off, Patrick has no right to be all mad about it lol, even if we do find out later that he was reluctant to part with Gummy anyway. The gift is now SpongeBob’s, he can do what he likes with it. And also, he should’ve known better than to give SpongeBob a giant ball of possessive gum. But SpongeBob also having no spine throughout this entire segment just makes it drag on for too long. Though it is a little entertaining to see SpongeBob’s plans continually foiled. I think my favorite one is when he’s trying to push Gummy into a hole, and Patrick catches him, and SpongeBob just deflates. But then we get back to not so entertaining once Patrick literally sticks Gummy onto SpongeBob’s house. Things pick up again with the scene between SpongeBob and Gary though. Y’all know I love my Gary and my SpongeBob + Gary interactions. And the whole part where the lightbulb clearly goes off in both of their heads is great. We need more SpongeBob and Gary scheming. And I liked the gag of Gary zipping his mouth and eyes. Anyway, SpongeBob trying to “steal” Gummy is an...interesting plan, and I love how he ends up just sinking into it. Like that’s a bit horrifying, especially once we see that other people have been trapped in there. It’s a good bit of random comedy too as that gag basically serves 0 purpose other than to be random and funny, and the people who escape don't appear again and aren't addressed again.

And then we reach the next portion of the episode, which has legitimately kind of horrifying imagery, with the gum being everywhere and SpongeBob being stuck in it (not to mention him sounding completely dead inside lmao, like what even was that). Sandy being a part of this episode too is a nice surprise. Sandy’s attempt to free SpongeBob using the truck is again, entertaining, but not particularly funny. The ending of it is funny though, just because the horrendous way it backfires, and we get some good screaming reactions from Sandy and SpongeBob. From here, Squidward enters the episode because of the gum now getting all over Conch Street. And I love how Squidward’s like “don’t get involved” and walks away, and the gum is like “nah you’re getting involved” and flings him out the window, adding him to the list of people stuck. Once Patrick returns, I thought the bit with the robot continually interrupting the conversation was pretty funny, particularly because of Patrick’s reactions. It reminds me a lot of the “Sheldon” moment in “Plankton’s Army”. And then we find out that Patrick misses his Gummy and wants it back, which is pretty much expected given how we’ve seen him act all episode. At least the conflict is resolved quick with Patrick just chewing all the gum. Or, it is resolved, until Patrick ends up blowing a huge gum bubble and completely covering everything in gum. I thought this ending was good though, because the art looks really good and because Patrick’s last line was cute.

There really isn’t all that much to say about this episode, when watching it, it felt a lot shorter than it actually was. The main issue with this episode is that it’s not really all that funny, and only decently entertaining otherwise. A few scenes also end up dragging too long, which doesn’t help with the episode feeling short. I also think that a few things in this episode are terribly abrupt, like SpongeBob’s change of heart, or the robot becoming overbearing. Because of the very simple plot of this episode, it would’ve been much better if it was a collection of gags. But as I said before, it wasn’t very funny. So with all of this in mind, I think this episode belongs in my “Okay” tier, the only episode of season 4 to be here. It’s actually kind of a fairly difficult tier to reach, because you have to be worse than “Good”, but not personally annoy or irritate or terribly bore me like a “Mediocre”-tier episode would.

Episode Tier: Okay
Episode Score: 6.4/10

Well, I don't know how, but I've done it! Season 4 is now in the books! I've just gotta do my season overview tomorrow, and then we'll be moving right into season 5 since it has 41 segments lol. I'm pointedly not thinking of what I'm gonna do when I get to the seasons with 50-something segments. Also, is it just me or are my reviews still getting longer? We've got to be hitting the plateau by now, right? I hope so, because unless I pre-write them in some capacity, these take a hot second lmao.
 
Pugs4Thugs said:
Well, I don't know how, but I've done it! Season 4 is now in the books! I've just gotta do my season overview tomorrow, and then we'll be moving right into season 5 since it has 41 segments lol. I'm pointedly not thinking of what I'm gonna do when I get to the seasons with 50-something segments. Also, is it just me or are my reviews still getting longer? We've got to be hitting the plateau by now, right? I hope so, because unless I pre-write them in some capacity, these take a hot second lmao.
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you have reviewed 150+ segments :O:omg:
 
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