#83
-Not much of an episode as a celebration-
I bet you didn't see this coming.
Yes, this is number 83. I'm sorry. I know a lot of you find this episode amazing, but I just feel that there are at least 80 better episodes. But in all fairness, it is a great episode. The new millenium has come, and boy did this episode did the trick to make a celebratory episode. SB-129 is basically a story about time. And being with your friends. Also, being grateful of what you have, what you had and where you are.
Let's examine the plot, now, shall we? SB-129 revolves around Squidward trying to get away from SpongeBob by locking himself inside a freezer. Okay, so not much to it on the conflict part, but the thought-out resolution was perfect to get the story started. Thousands of years later, Squidward was unfreezed by SpongeTron and realised that he'd been accidentaly sent to the FUTURE *streches* FUUUTUUREE *brick*. Thank you. That was the episode's best part by the way. SpongeTron told Squidward to take the time machine which he used to sent himself to the past. That was a very refreshing segment of Squidward being in the future and getting shocked, bricked and shredded.
The past, I think, wasn't better. Squidward literally invent something he completely hated. As if I go back in time and told Nickelodeon "Hey! Let's make a cartoon called Fanboy and Chum Chum!" So the segment revolved around Squidward trying to play his clarinet without being buggered by the 2 prehistoric innocent beelzebubs. Not as refreshing as the future part of the episode, because it's just Squidward trying to stop the story. No witty dialogs, no jokes, just act. Not saying it's bad, but it's not as good as the future segment. Still, hilarity ensued. In the end Squid's clarinet play is as bad as present day. So, after being chased by the 2 preshistoric sea compys, Squidward panicked and roke the switch. This is where the episode goes downhill, for me.
The last segment of Squidward's journey through time and space is an empty white void. Where Squidward says alone a few times. And then he went mad. I don't like this part. At all. I mean, seriously. What's with the alone thing. It zoomed out to utter invisibility for some apparently medium amount of time. And then Squidward just ran through my screen looking for the time machine a couple of times.
I really don't see why that is understandable. It's just weird, eerie and hard to understand. But then, as Squid furiously jumped through the time machine, he asked to go home. And the time machine took him there.
As I said, this episode is celebratory. The white void part is pretty dim. But that is still neccessary for the plot. Because the main idea is Squidward and his journey throughout time and space and back again. To be honest, there are other alternatives to the resolution rather than a dark empty spooky void that drove me insane. But the episode as a whole is very decent. Certainly a great way to start a new millenium.
*I decided to get rid of the plus minus points. I don't think it's neccessary*