183a. Eek, an Urchin!

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I enjoyed this one. Although not as funny as "Patrick-Man", IMO, it gave off a great bonding between two rather lucky characters, and the two abused characters. Surprising! :) But it focuses on a little Sea Urchin. :facepalm: Plot could have been better. I was worried when I saw Plankton. But it ended up that he was just bonding with the Krusty Krew. Of course, though, he had to have the urchin fall in love with him. :prop: Ah well, it was funny.



Goodies:
  • All of the characters seemed to "Bond." James Bond.
  • Krabs was OK in this episode. When he smashed Cashy, I was surprised. cared more about the urchin?
  • The sequence when Rob, Squid, and Geno were standing on the burning stove. :rofl:
  • No Krabs vs. Plankton, not really.
Baddies:

  • No Patrick
  • The plot was too small for my taste.
  • Too predictable at times. Like Plankton's "What could be worse?" bit. And I sort of saw the ending coming. =/
Despite it being too predictable at times, I wasn't expecting such a creative bonding between all of the characters! It was just funny, over all, though! 7.9/10 :)
 

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Not a bad episode... the cactus thing was so obvious right when Squidward showed it
The whole idea of Plankton wanting to help out seemed sort of cheesy.. but oh well. I liked the part with Plankton on the phone with Karen
 

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Really liked this episode.
- New title card music? Like. There were a couple of new background tracks as well (either new or I just haven't noticed them before) which I really liked. One of them was near the beginning and the other during the urchin stampede. I hope we hear them more frequently from now on because I liked them both.
- MY EYES
- “THIS IS TERRIBLE. You should never put that much ketchup on a Krabby Patty.”
- Some great screams from Mr Krabs in this episode, particularly the one at the end and the one where he notices the urchin on his mallet.
- Farther. Farther. Farther! Walking all the way around the world reminds me of that scene in Truth or Square.
 

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Really good episode.

Da Good
- The plot never moved outside the Krusty Krab. I loved that.
-The sea urchin was a nice reference to older episodes.
-Mr. Krabs and Plankton teaming up for a change was a really good plot decision.
-The Urchin hitting on Plankton was hilarious.
-"CLEANING TIME!"
-The personalities were spot on this episode. Krabs wasn't a jerk, Squidward wasn't either, Spongebob wasn't too annoying, and Plankton wasn't a desperate weirdo like he can be.
-Very creative plot, too.

Da Bad
- Not much. No Patrick, but that doesn't really detract any points, persay.

9/10, really great episode. I loved it. Almost like Season 2 quality, IMO.
 

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This was a great ep. Pretty funny. I loved the whole Plankton as a girl urchin thing. Although wasn't it strange how Krabs was willing to change the thermostat temperature so many times? :p Solid addition to the ninth season. 7.9/10

Has anyone noticed how the animation is becoming a lot more clear and crisp? It looks great.
 
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This episode was honestly really great, and beat my standards. I'm glad this show is starting to become funny again, none of the characters annoyed me! :D

8.7/10
 

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-Loved the skull!
-Oh my god! xD I'm dying, that opening was KILLER. Squidward's comment, SpongeBob freaking out and running everywhere, and then Squidward freaking out, and then Mr. Krabs screaming... that was awesome.
-lol. "Plankton? WOW, THAT'S ALL WE NEED."
-Loving the character interaction, the attention to detail (Squidward is still shivering in fear behind Mr. Krabs), and just how wonderfully this cast is fitting together. :3
-LOL. xD That was great how they referenced Mr. Krabs's shell, and then how he smashes the killer robot; BTW, I loved the killer robot. :3
-Wow, did not see the operation scene coming; VERY nice addition.
-lol "Planktonella."
-xD "What kind of urchin do you think I am?!" Finally, the return of innuendoes!
-Did not see the hundreds of urchins coming.
-Kelp Forest!
-Eh. Didn't like that ending.

Overall, that was a stellar episode, one that felt like Season 2 quality. :3 Absolutely loved it. However, it won't be an A+ just because that ending was rather cliche and didn't sum the episode up very well. So, a definite A for me!
 
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I really liked this one. This really shows that simplistic plots done right can make for a good episode. Tons of good jokes, everybody in character, and although it was somewhat predictable at points, and the ending wasn't anything to write home about, I still enjoyed it.

8|10 Overall
 

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Is it just me or was the audio quality for the character lines, especially Planktons lines which sound as if they were done through a cheap desktop mic, not particularly good. Maybe it's just VLC's tendency to bend the pitch. But definitely Planktons lines didn't sound very good quality.
 
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BoysWhoCry said:
Eek! A terrible season nine. I bought this and I didn't even like this one.
you're making boys like me cry ;(


But jokes aside, this actually would be 4 on my list with a 9.6 if I included Seasons 7-9
 
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