Hi,
I'm writing this after finishing my last post, so there's no need for super greetings as you'll remember the previous one if you were interested, and you'll have left to watch PewDiePie or ZackScottGames if you have no interest. Today, if you've read the title, you're sure to know what we're looking through:
SPONGEBOB!
Come on, sing it with me!:
"Arrre ye ready kids?"
"Aye, aye, captain!"
"I can't hear ye!"
"Aye, aye captain!"
"Oohhhh, who lives in a pineapple under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants!
Absorbant and yellow and porous is he? SpongeBob SquarePants!
If nautical nonsense be something ye wish? SpongeBob SquarePants!
To drop on the deck and flop like a fish? SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob SquarePants!
SpongeBob SquarePAAAANNNNTTSS!"
*hearty pirate laugh*
It was good to get that out. Did you sing? I know you did. I bet you're humming it right now. Don't lie! Unless, you haven't seen SpongeBob, in which this list is absolutely perfect for ye. Get ready....promotion!:
10) "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" (Season 8, 2012)
Plot: SpongeBob is happy as can be come Christmas, but even with him around, the aura's about to turn bad, as Plankton is spouting out fruitcakes that make people act like jerks (moreso than usual in either this show or after eating fruitcake!)
And Because?: While the story may not be as utterly fantastic as the season 2 special, this one gets the points for just how much of an anomaly it is. And first off, the stop-motion animation is fabulous. It looks crisp, and it's still utilized in a very fun way. But most of all, it's just how much I enjoy the special. It's in a season where I literally like no other episode, save for this shining grace. Please, Nickelodeon, more stop-motion!
09) "Pest of the West" (Season 5, 2008)
Plot: Down thinking he has no famous relatives, SpongeBob discovers he had an ancestor that saved the western Bikini Gulch from the devious Dead Eye Plankton.
And Because?: This is probably my most controversial choice on this list. Very few people like it, others hate it. But I actually love it. It's my third favorite special and, thanks to my high-knowledge of westerns (thanks, Dad!) I actually get a good number of the jokes! In fact, they're the main point of why this is up here: the jokes are really, really funny. For example:
Kid: "What's gonna happen to the town now, Pa?"
Guy: "I ain't yer pa."
ROFL! And the songs ain't half bad. Mite catchy they're too.
08) "The Camping Episode" (Season 3, 2004)
Plot: Squidward attempts to show SpongeBob and Patrick, who're camping ten feet from their house, how camping really works. Along the way, he ends up annoying a sea bear.
And Because?: A brilliant season 3 episode that's the second best of the overused Squidward torture scenario. As an episode light on story, the jokes are what sell it here. His failed attempts at showing the two barnacleheads how to camp are comedy gold, as are his many encounters with the sea bear. I'm fairly certain "I knew this guy who knew this guy who knew this guy..." is embedded in popular culture now. Any popular culturists know a guy who knows this?
07) "Wormy"
Plot: SpongeBob and Patrick spend a happy day pet-sitting Sandy's worm Wormy, though they return to find him less attractive than they remembered.
And Because?: The second best season two episode is one I remember fondly. The episode is really split into two great bits, SpongeBob & Pat having a fun, silly day with that cute little green worm, and then then Bikini Botton being terrified by Wormy-turned butterfly, always leaving their underwear and maybe hats behind everytime they dash away. This is one that has both the jokes ("Gee, Patrick, I never knew you spoke bird." "That's Italian, SpongeBob.") and the story fit well, in a bit of early season magic.
06) "F.U.N."
Plot: Realizing that he's the most hated person in Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob naively attempts to make friends with Plankton.
And Because?: "F is for friends who do stuff together. U is for u and me! N is for anywhere at anytime at all down here in the big blue sea!" This one is sweet and shows a Plankton we rarely used to see before the creators ran out of ideas: a nice one. Besides, Bubble Bass cameo and epic SpyBob opening!
05) "Dunces and Dragons"
Plot: After unwillingly participating in a joust, SpongeBob and Patrick are flung back into medieval ages, where they face the threat of Planktonomor.
And Because?: Probably the episode with the best story in all of the show, SpongeBob and Patrick's adventure is one that's fun to see and exciting. Each side character is also great, with the grubby King Krabs, the actually talented Squidly, and the coughing wizard Planktonomor. Also loving the paradox of an origin the Krabby Patty gets.
04) "Chocolate with Nuts"
Plot: SpongeBob and Patrick attempt to patrol the neighborhood and become entrepreneurs by selling chocolate bars, but eventually find out how crazy their neighbors really are.
And Because?: A satirical look at the people around you, the spotlight, no matter how funny Patrick is in this episode ("Flatter the customer, Patrick." *customer opens door* "I love you."), is on them. The con man that slams the duo thrice, the old lady and her much older mother, and the guy everyone knows and loves: "CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE!" So very beautiful.
03) "Have You Seen This Snail?"
Plot: Becoming obsessed with his new Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy paddle ball, SpongeBob forgets to feed Gary, so the snail runs away.
And Because?: The bestest special comes from Season 4, an underrated (in my opinion) season featuring favorites such as "That's No Lady," "Squidtastic Voyage," and "Skill Crane." But this is the best. It's sad (SpongeBob's response to Gary's leaving). It's funny ("It's the apocalypse! Office products raining from the sky!). And it's creepy (The old lady eating her old pet snails). Blend 'em together and you have Gary's best spotlight. Though the competition isn't too harsh in that area.
02) "Jellyfishing"
Plot: Trying to get Squidward jellyfishing, SpongeBob and Patrick end up getting him shocked, stabbed, and blown-up.
And Because?: The best Squidward torture story has SpongeBob and Patrick actually nice (save for "Firamly graasp it!") to the poor guy, something not common enough otherwise. The jokes are funny, it flows nicely, and it gave us all a good lesson in jellyfishing (Da da da da da, da da, da da...)
Top 5 Honorable Mentions:
01) "Pickles"
SpongeBob begins to lose his mind after a customer is unsatisfied with his lack of pickles.
02) "That's No Lady"
Patrick disguises as a lady so a mysterious man with a case doesn't force him to "get outta town."
03) "Shanghied"
SpongeBob and Patrick become a part of the Flying Dutchman's ghostly pirate crew.
04) "Roller Cowards"
SpongeBob and Patrick attempt to go on a scary roller coaster to prove they're brave to the other.
05) "Plankton's Army"
Plankton calls upon his army of cousins to help steal the Krabby Patty formula.
Spotlight Contender:
01) "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"
This didn't get in because it's a movie, not an episode. If it weren't it would be first. SpongeBob and Patrick go on a mission to retrieve King Neptune's crown and prove Mr. Krabs wasn't the one who stole and sold it.
01) "Band Geeks"
Plot: Squidward tries to organize the Bikini Bottomites into a band to fulfill his lifelong dream of playing at the Bubble Bowl.
And Because?: How could it be anything else? This episode is so full of memorable moments of course it is so high. Patrick getting stuck into the tuba, the warring Bikini Bottomites, and the best end to an episode ever. The image and the song were so epic it felt like the series finale. I mean, come on, everyone got a moment to shine, and Squidward was finally happy. Really, if the series went Series 1-Series 5 > The Movie > Band Geeks, that would be the perfect contiunity for me.
Thanks for reading my first ever top ten list, and I hope you look forward to more in the future! Really though, pick up DVDs with these fabulous episodes and plow through them, I know you'll have a Spongetacular time!
In fact, buy these:
- "SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes" (DVD)
- "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" (DVD/Blu-ray)
- "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" (DVD/Blu-ray)
And you'll pretty much be good.
Peace and Serenity to all,
Relatively Dimensional
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