19b. Neptune's Spatula

I find this episode to be a bit boring, though at least Patrick had some funny moments. 6/10, would've been a 5 but it gets points for Patrick and the creative premise.
 
Season: 1

Episode: Neptune's Spatula

This episode was pretty good. The plot was decent. King Neptune was kinda jerkish here, but the ending made it well. There were some funny jokes. 7/10
 
Underrated, imo. This episode doesn't really have too many outstanding moments but it has a strong story and it's exciting to watch, so I like it.
 
My favorite Episode of Season 1 aside of it´s sister episode and one of my all time favorites. I love the whole cooking thing with King Neptune and SpongeBob not wanting to go to Atlantis. 9.5/10
 
Nice to see Neptune for the first time in this episode. Okay this one was hard meh or scumbob. Well it's a MEH episode. Yep it was very close to a scumbob but beat it out a by a hair. 6.1/11
 
This episode was just boring. Nothing about it kept me entertained. I can't even remember what half of the episode was about.

Ranking so far:
1. Employee of the Month (A+)
2. SB-129 (A+)
3. Sleepy Time (A+)
4. Pickles (A+)
5. Pizza Delivery (A+)
6. F.U.N. (A)
7. Plankton! (A)
8. Arrgh! (A)
9. Naughty Nautical Neighbors (A)
10. Sandy's Rocket (A)
11. Karate Choppers (A)
12. Walking Small (A)
13. Help Wanted (A)
14. Rock Bottom (A)
15. Culture Shock (B)
16. Boating School (B)
17. Bubblestand (B)
18. Suds (B)
19. Scaredy Pants (B)
20. Home Sweet Pineapple (B)
21. Hall Monitor (B)
22. Jellyfishing (B)
23. Texas (B)
24. Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost (C)
25. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (C)
26. Jellyfish Jam (C)
27. Tea at the Treedome (C)
28. Opposite Day (C)
29. Ripped Pants (C)
30. Valentine's Day (C)
31. Reef Blower (C)
32. The Chaperone (C)
33. Nature Pants (C)
34. MuscleBob BuffPants (D)
35. The Paper (D)
36. Fools in April (D)
37. Squeaky Boots (D)
38. Neptune's Spatula (D)
39. I Was a Teenage Gary (E)
 
The biggest issue, it was hyping up something big, which turned out to be not as big, and it wasn't even funny. It just didn't work for me. Not bad still, just kinda mediocre.
 
This one is good, but it isn't too memorable, and I don't really like King Neptune as a character. I also feel they spent too much time setting up the plot, and as such we don't get to see much of the Poseidome which is kinda disappointing. It's on the higher end in terms of jokes though, there's quite a few funny moments. Other than that it's just wasted potential imo.

Average episode (6/10)

1. Pizza Delivery (10)
2. Rock Bottom (10)
3. SB-129 (9)
4. Opposite Day (9)
5. Pickles (9)
6. Texas (9)
7. MuscleBob BuffPants (9)
8. Sleepy Time (9)
9. Help Wanted (9)
10. Naughty Nautical Neighbors (8)
11. Plankton! (8)
12. Sandy's Rocket (8)
13. Employee of the Month (8)
14. Arrgh! (8)
15. F.U.N. (8)
16. Hall Monitor (8)
17. Scaredy Pants (8)
18. Ripped Pants (8)
19. Suds (7)
20. Tea at the Treedome (7)
21. Karate Choppers (7)
22. Walking Small (7)
23. Jellyfish Jam (7)
24. Culture Shock (7)
25. Home Sweet Pineapple (7)
26. Boating School (7)
27. Mermaidman and Barnacleboy (7)
28. Bubblestand (7)
29. Neptune's Spatula (6)
30. Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost (6)
31. Valentines Day (6)
32. Reef Blower (6)
33. I Was A Teenage Gary (6)
34. Squeaky Boots (6)
35. Nature Pants (5)
36. The Chaperone (5)
37. Jellyfishing (5)
38. Fools in April (5)
39. The Paper (4)
 
7/10

At some parts this episode is quite enjoyable. Neptune wasn't the absolute best here, but I really like the message. Though, it is a bit boring at parts, I really liked the premise.

Naughty Nautical Neighbors: (10/10)
Ripped Pants: (10/10)
Tea at the Tree-Dome: (10/10)
SB-129 (10/10)
Walking Small: (10/10)
Help Wanted: (9.5/10)
Karate Choppers: (9.5/10)
Sleepy Time: (9/10)
Rock Bottom: (9/10)
Pizza Delivery: (9/10)
Plankton!: (9/10)
F.U.N: (9/10)
Arrgh!: (8.5/10)
Boating School: (8.5/10)
The Paper: (8.5/10)
Bubblestand: (8.5/10)
Culture Shock: (7.5/10)
Reef Blower: (7.5/10)
Pickles: (7/10)
Neptune's Spatula: (7/10)
Scardey Pants: (7/10)
The Chaperone: (6.5/10)
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy I: (6.5/10)
Valentines Day: (6.5/10)
I Was A Teenage Gary: (6.5/10)
Home Sweet Pineapple: (6.5/10)
Employee of the Month: (6.5/10)
Texas: (6/10)
Suds: (6/10)
Opposite Day: (6/10)
Squidward The Unfriendly Ghost: (5.5/10)
Nature Pants: (4.5/10)
Sandy's Rocket: (4.5/10)
Hall Monitor: (4/10)
Squeaky Boots: (3.5/10)
MuscleBob BuffPants: (2/10)
Fools in April: (2/10)
Jellyfishing: (1.5/10)
 
It's a very simple episode. Maybe too simple, honestly. Not that many jokes, predictable twist and light story. Amazing visuals though.
 
I kinda like Patrick here he was at his best. Though this wasnt the best way to welcome King Neptune... The humor here was funny like that "HOLEY SMOKES!" scene was funny.

Rating: Great Episode


Rankings:
SB-129 (Perfect)
Walking Small (Perfect)
Sleepy Time (Amazing!)
F.U.N. (Amazing!)
Pizza Delivery (Amazing!)
Reef Blower (Amazing!)
Rock Bottom (Amazing!)
Opposite Day (Amazing!)
Help Wanted (Amazing!)
Pickles (Amazing!)
Plankton! (Amazing!)
Naughty Nautical Neighbors (Amazing!)
Arrgh! (Great)
STUFG (Great)
Employee of the Month (Great)
Squeaky Boots (Great)
Bubblestand (Great)
Jellyfishing (Great)
Valentine's Day (Great)
MMABB (Great)
Suds (Great)
I Was a Teenage Gary (Great)
Scaredy Pants (Great)
Neptune's Spatula (Great)
Karate Choppers (Great)
Ripped Pants (Okay)
Boating School (Okay)
Hall Monitor (Okay)
Culture Shock (Okay)
Tea at the Treedome (Meh)
Jellyfish Jam (Meh)
Sandy's Rocket (Meh)
Texas (Bad)
The Chaperone (Bad)
Home Sweet Pineapple (Bad)
MuscleBob BuffPants (Bad)
Fools in April (Bad)
The Paper (Terrible)
Nature Pants (Terrible)
 
This episode has so reviews on this site, and I think that says it all. This episode is quite unfortunately forgotten. It's not my favorite by any means, but I think it's good enough to at least be remembered every now and then.

"Neptune's Spatula" introduces us to a character that sometimes I wonder if we were supposed to see more of, King Neptune! I don't really feel one way or the other about the guy, though he is pretty funny and I love his dramatics. I also find it hilarious that he's so self-absorbed, a perfect parody of a god if you ask me. Also, it's just funny to me that technically Bikini Bottom (or all of the sea?) has a king, but Bikini Bottomites surely do not live like you'd expect them to in a monarchy. Is Bikini Bottom (or all of the sea) a constitutional monarchy? What's really going on here? I demand an episode that delves into the complexities of the government of this land (or sea, I guess)!

Anyway, I think this is a fun episode, if a bit underwhelming. While it's not exactly dull, there is a constant feeling that I have watching this episode of "this episode could have done more with what it had". Do I know what exactly that is? No, but that's just how I feel. Maybe it's the jokes. They don't hit so hard in "Neptune's Spatula", for the most part that is. The bartering scene between Neptune and Patrick is undoubtedly hilarious, and the showering gag gets me every time (they just had Tom Kenny doing all kinds of crazy stuff in season 1, didn't they?).

I think the main problem of this episode it that it takes a bit too long to get to the actual cook-off, and then the cook-off ends so underwhelmnigly. Maybe it would've been better if it was like the Fry Cook Games, where it was Neptune and SpongeBob competing in multiple culinary-related competitions? I'm not sure. It really doesn't bother me all that much, so I'm not going to think too deeply about it.

SpongeBob is cute as per usual this episode, and his making of the singular Krabby Patty was so cute. Though I wonder why he didn't use his "Help Wanted" patty cooking powers haha. Maybe that all came from the spatula. Also the ending of this episode is pretty funny.

This episode sits firmly in my "Good" tier because even though it's a bit underwhelming, I still quite enjoy it. Don't really rewatch it though, which always loses points in my book.

Episode Tier: Good
Episode Score: 7.8/10
 
Pugs4Thugs said:
(they just had Tom Kenny doing all kinds of crazy stuff in season 1, didn't they?)
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I love how he's basically the SpongeBob equivalent of Fire Lord Ozai according to this season.

Anyway, the shower gag is just creepy. It'd make me feel better if it were a woman instead of Tom Kenny... but then again, that would get the episode banned faster than MLC.
 
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