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[SIZE=48pt]#25 [/SIZE][SIZE=22pt]Tie between Culture Shock and Jailbreak![/SIZE]
In this episode, business is running slow at the Krusty Krab, so Mr. Krabs asks Spongebob and Squidward for ideas. After a few suggestions, Squidward comes up with the idea that they should host a talent show!
So during the preparation, Spongebob tries to show Squidward that he can do good, but Squidward thinks that Spongebob’s ideas a dumb because they aren’t cultured. Eventually, Squidward DOES reluctantly let him join to be the ones who mops things up, to which Spongebob gets excited about.
So that night, the talent show goes on, but even after Pearl’s performance, Gary’s, and Plankton’s, nobody seems to enjoy it. So Squidward decides to go ahead and perform himself, and it’s time to meet the 90s generation of dubstep!
Yeah. And because of this, the audience boos him and throws tomatoes at him (for one dollar, of course). And Mr. Krabs is making lots of money from this! Squidward goes behind the curtains, and so Spongebob decides to clean up the mess. And guess what? The audience cheers at this! Squidward tries to go back on stage, but everybody’s quiet, so he lets Spongey on stage. And everyone’s cheering.
And so, because everybody loves Spongebob’s “act”, Mr. Krabs deems the talent show a success and that they should have it next week.
This was a decent episode. I wouldn’t call this episode one of the best, but it was still alright. There were quite a few funny parts, and the ending wasn’t bad. Though, to be fair, I found it kind of stupid that everyone cheering at Spongebob mopping the floor. It just felt odd. Kinda funny, but odd.
So while it was a decent episode, it’s not really something I’d go out of my way to watch again.
Now THIS is an episode I truly enjoy! This is one of the newer Plankton steals the formula episodes that are actually entertaining and intense!
In this episode, the wardens of the Bikini Bottom Jail let the prisoners, including Plankton, out of their cells to eat lunch. While Plankton tries to eat, some of the cellmates steal his food. Plankton accidentally falls into some beans, and one of the cellmates accidentally swallows as he takes a bite out of the beans. So, Plankton tries to call someone to get him out.
· Plankton: [Gets lifted up on the Blue Cellmate's spoon] Wait! Put me down! [Gets carried over to the Blue Cellmate's mouth] Uh oh...[Gets put in his mouth] You can't eat me! I'm Bikini Bottom's most evil genius!
· Muscle Cellmate: Hey! What did you say?
· Plankton: [From inside the Blue Cellmate's mouth] I say I'm Plankton blast it!
· Muscle Cellmate: You ain't Plankton! [Grabs onto the Blue Cellmate's shirt and Blue Cellmate swallows] We're all big fans of that maniacal little miscreant! [All of the other Cellmates start yelling and the Big Cellmate shows the Blue Cellmate his tattoo of Plankton] THAT'S Plankton! And you don't look anything like him!
· Plankton: [From the Blue Cellmate's stomach] Hey! I'm in here! I'm Plankton!
Since the muscular cellmate thinks that the blue one is talking, he punches him in the stomach, causing Plankton to fly out. He gets back on the table and announces that he’s Plankton, to the others’ surprised. He finds out that they respect and worship him, and one of the reasons is because of chum, which is a tool they use to commit their crimes.
So Plankton hatches a plan to make some chum and team up with the other prisoners so that they can form a jailbreak! Spongebob, who has a part-time job as a warden, overhears this, so he goes back to the Krusty Krab to warn Mr. Krabs about this.
Mr. Krabs: Tonight eh? That doesn't leave me much time! This is gonna be close, but we'll be ready for them!
So back at the prison, Plankton makes the chum… in a toilet.
· Plankton: Listen up reprobates! Chum requires specialized ingredients of the highest quality!
· Light Blue Cellmate: Mr. Plankton?
[Takes out a stinky sock] Does this meet your rigid, manufacturing standards?
· Plankton: Hmm...you there!
[Points to the Purple Cellmate] Sniff this sock!
[The Purple Cellmate smells the sock and passes out] Yes...let us begin! Cultured fungus growth medium!
· Light Blue Cellmate: Here you go boss!
[Puts the old sock in the toilet]
· Plankton: Subtropical, vegetal matter!
· Purple Cellmate: Eh, right here!
[Drops a banana peel in the toilet]
· Plankton: Organic filler.
· Reggie: Gotcha covered!
[Drops a bucket of trash into the toilet]
· Plankton: Hey you!
[Reggie walks over and Plankton takes out a napkin] Blow.
[Reggie blows on the napkin] Live bacterial culture.
[Puts the used napkin into the toilet] Now, to secure the containment vessel.
[Kicks the toilet lid close] Agitate primarily compound!
[Flushes the toilet] And quality inspection!
[A Cellmate opens the lid and the rest of the Cellmates are in awe by the creation]
And this is what he tries to sell to his customers.
So they carry out their plan, which includes knocking out the guards (due to the chum’s horrid stench), using a chum bomb, and eventually breaking out. And then they head towards the Krusty Krab. And here’s the climax. They use a whale escapee as a battering ram and they cause destruction to the restaurant. Plankton finds the safe and opens it. He’s about to take out the bottle when all of a sudden, it’s revealed to be a decoy and the ENTIRE police force was inside! So they take him and the other prisoners back to jail, and the episode ends with the Krusty Krabs finally collapsing. (I’m surprised at how many episodes there are where something gets destroyed!)
I really enjoyed this episode. Similar to episodes like Plankton’s Army and Evil Spatula, I love how unique and creative Plankton’s evil plan in. It had the potential to be really entertaining, funny, and even intense! And it did not disappoint. This was a really interesting, exciting episode that certainly deserves a place on this countdown. I really love it!
Hint for Number 24: Many people really HATE this episode!