206b. Code Yellow

This was mediocre. Seemed like a holdover from Season 6 or 7 to me, with this being a "SpongeBob annoying Squidward" episode. I did like the concept of SpongeBob as a doctor, but the execution, I feel, needed some work. And DO NOT get me started on the grossout close-up.
4/10
 
Why are people so torn up over the fact that there was a few gross out moments in this episode? Alot of people in this community need to grow up and stop basing their oppinons on an episode on a few short gags. Are you seriously going to tell me a gross out moment in a CARTOON made you feel physically sick. Grow up people.
 
TheCrunchyPudding00 said:
Why are people so torn up over the fact that there was a few gross out moments in this episode? Alot of people in this community need to grow up and stop basing their oppinons on an episode on a few short gags. Are you seriously going to tell me a gross out moment in a CARTOON made you feel physically sick. Grow up people.
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Listen, while I did enjoy this episode, I am not gonna argue with people who disliked it. Things in cartoons can be repulsive, and I admit, even I was a little disgusted by them myself. While I was able to deal with them enough to enjoy the episode, many also are much more easily grossed out, and there's no problem with that. We each have different views on episodes. Perhaps you're the one who should grow up if you're getting so upset about others' opinions on an episode.
 
Greek Chorus said:
Listen, while I did enjoy this episode, I am not gonna argue with people who disliked it. Things in cartoons can be repulsive, and I admit, even I was a little disgusted by them myself. While I was able to deal with them enough to enjoy the episode, many also are much more easily grossed out, and there's no problem with that. We each have different views on episodes. Perhaps you're the one who should grow up if you're getting so upset about others' opinions on an episode.
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Its just that some people want to seriously critique the episodes whereas others just nitpick the hell out of them. Perhaps thats because this comunity is full of small children who know nothing about animation.
Greek Chorus said:
Listen, while I did enjoy this episode, I am not gonna argue with people who disliked it. Things in cartoons can be repulsive, and I admit, even I was a little disgusted by them myself. While I was able to deal with them enough to enjoy the episode, many also are much more easily grossed out, and there's no problem with that. We each have different views on episodes. Perhaps you're the one who should grow up if you're getting so upset about others' opinions on an episode.
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And btw your supposed to be grossed out by those gags. That why they its called GROSS OUT.
 
TheCrunchyPudding00 said:
And btw your supposed to be grossed out by those gags. That why they its called GROSS OUT.
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They're also supposed to be gags, and gags are supposed to be funny.
 
TheCrunchyPudding00 said:
Gross out CAN work though. Really any type of comedy CAN work.
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Of course, I agree gross out comedy can be good like all comedy, some people here might be extreme with their reaction to the gross out but there's nothing wrong with disliking it. Like all comedy there's still a craft to good gross out.
 
Honest Slug said:
They're also supposed to be gags, and gags are supposed to be funny.
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But funny is always subjective. To quote Mel Brooks, "If I get a hangnail, it's a tragedy. If you fall down a flight of stairs and break your neck, it's hilarious! "
One human's funny, is another humans horror.
We try and and put in a lil something in for everyone.
But that said, we also aren't here to teach anyone moral lessons.
We try and keep our characters true to their personalities.
SpongeBob would for instance, never intentionally step on someone. (Other than Plankton) Where as Squidward is always more likely to step on a man down, rather than over him.
LOL you can tell I had coffee this morning. :))
 
The plot for this episode is actually quite interesting. It breaks away from the regular ol' setting quite well. I think it's pretty interesting to have an episode where SpongeBob is miraculously great at something ironically. The whole concept of SpongeBob being mistaken as a doctor is something that I felt at first wouldn't really work well. It's been done before in really great ways (Drake & Josh, The Fairly OddParents, etc.), but unlike those episodes, SpongeBob actually takes what he's doing seriously (Only in reality, he has no idea how to properly treat his patients), and manages to succeed. The ironic humor of this concept is chuckle worthy, but there are peculiar situations SpongeBob gets into, that makes you wonder :confused: "Will SpongeBob fail, and be exposed as a fake?", but he ends up miraculously overcoming the patient's issues. That's a key thing to the plot. You keep questioning yourself when SpongeBob messes up, but he manages to surprise you and come out on top (Even during suspenseful moments like the moment with him & Mrs. Puff). Aside from that, this episode isn't exactly the best when it comes to comedy. Sure, there are some funny jokes (Like SpongeBob's quips while operating on Squidward, as well as the instant transition to Squidward's room having a makeover), but there's not too many of them. Some of them aren't too good, like the gags with SpongeBob chopping up Squidward's body (Seriously, that one with the sandwich is disgusting, just as awful as the infamous view of Patty in To Love a Patty), while others are pretty funny (Like how SpongeBob compared the bottom feeder to Patrick). A lot of the jokes seem to fail, and don't really work that well. There may be a few good ones here or there, but hardly any.

What I really like is how things tied together with SpongeBob & Squidward. By then, I forgot about Squidward's subplot, so it was nice to see that the main setup for the episode returned by the end. There a lot of issues with this scene, regardless. As I mentioned before, I really dislike the gags with SpongeBob chopping up Squidward. I thought they were repetitive, and annoying. There were some funny gags though (Like the one with the doctor not being able to see), but for the most part, the operation jokes were pretty bad. I did like the montage of Squidward's different noses though.


So ultimately, this episode's main pro has to do with its plot. The concept is interesting, and the execution of it was very well done, and entertaining. :clapping:

While the jokes on the other hand... :sbdisappointed: ...yeah...they weren't that good

All in all, I give this a 7/10. It's a Good Episode. Probably one of the best plots of the Season, but the jokes are definitely a problem in this episode, either being not too funny, or just not funny at all.
 
Little bit of mixed feeling on this episode: of course, the gags can be at times stomach-turning, but I personally felt this was before executed in a way where most people hated the concept; and I feel that this episode executed this concept so well, an intriguing plot, funny writing, yet the ending was a bit of a let-down, yet what could I expect, everyone remembers Squidward in his classic way. 9.5/10
 
Vincent Waller said:
But funny is always subjective. To quote Mel Brooks, "If I get a hangnail, it's a tragedy. If you fall down a flight of stairs and break your neck, it's hilarious! "
One human's funny, is another humans horror.
We try and and put in a lil something in for everyone.
But that said, we also aren't here to teach anyone moral lessons.
We try and keep our characters true to their personalities.
SpongeBob would for instance, never intentionally step on someone. (Other than Plankton) Where as Squidward is always more likely to step on a man down, rather than over him.
LOL you can tell I had coffee this morning. :))
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The main problem I was addressing was that CrunchyPudding said that the joke worked because it grossed people out, however it's a joke and the joke should be funny unless the gross-out was used for story purposes which I don't think was what you guys were going for. So if the joke didn't appeal to someone's sense of humor I don't think it's good to say it still worked because it grossed them out.

I'm not saying people can't like the joke I was just pointing out what I felt like was an inaccurate response. Nothing I'm saying is fact, just my opinion of course.

I'm pretty much saying people still have the right to dislike a gross-out joke even if it grossed them out lol.
 
I feel like I'm the only one who really enjoyed this episode

8.5/10
 
This episode had a lot of potential, but the execution was very poor. The story is all over the place and I didn't really find any of the gags funny. Squidwar'ds punishment here is also pretty undeserved. Squid torture doesn't usually bother me, but here it seems so unnecessary. This is what I would consider the first bad episode of season 10, unfortunately.
 
Honest Slug said:
The main problem I was addressing was that CrunchyPudding said that the joke worked because it grossed people out, however it's a joke and the joke should be funny unless the gross-out was used for story purposes which I don't think was what you guys were going for. So if the joke didn't appeal to someone's sense of humor I don't think it's good to say it still worked because it grossed them out.

I'm not saying people can't like the joke I was just pointing out what I felt like was an inaccurate response. Nothing I'm saying is fact, just my opinion of course.

I'm pretty much saying people still have the right to dislike a gross-out joke even if it grossed them out lol.
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Thats not quite what i was going for. I never said the joke worked I was just saying that I didn't think it was as disturbing as some people built it up to be. Also this joke is used for story purposes. The fact that squidwards nose is "gross" shows why he would want a nosejob in the first place.

The entire premisse of this episode is centered around gross out really. Its really the easiest type of joke to make when your dealing with a hospital setting.
 
TheCrunchyPudding00 said:
Thats not quite what i was going for. I never said the joke worked I was just saying that I didn't think it was as disturbing as some people built it up to be. Also this joke is used for story purposes. The fact that squidwards nose is "gross" shows why he would want a nosejob in the first place.
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Your defense seemed to be that the gross-out gags are supposed to gross you out, I also pointed out they're supposed to be funny. Sorry if that's not what you intended to say, I agree they weren't as bad as people say they were though. And while Squidward's nose close-up at the beginning served a purpose, I think The Battle of Bikini Bottom proved you can do stuff like that with much less detail.

Anyways I think we should just agree to disagree because we're running in circles here.
 
Honest Slug said:
Your defense seemed to be that the gross-out gags are supposed to gross you out, I also pointed out they're supposed to be funny. Sorry if that's not what you intended to say, I agree they weren't as bad as people say they were though. And while Squidward's nose close-up at the beginning served a purpose, I think The Battle of Bikini Bottom proved you can do stuff like that with much less detail.

Anyways I think we should just agree to disagree because we're running in circles here.
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Alright, I know not everyone is going to have the same oppinion as me.
 
Probably my least favourite of the Season but that's not saying it's bad.
 
More_Starco said:
What... no that's ridiculous. Besides the fact that animation's on huge collaboration with a bunch of ideas mixed together by the crew, "Unreal Estate" does show Ben Gruber's best traits in writing. His episodes are much more centric on new designs, locations and visual gags, an exaggeration on making the characters act selfish and impulsive so that the jokes are funnier and the comeuppance is more satisfying, and in having a fast-paced, self-aware style of meta-humor.

And Andy shows his work in "Code Yellow" by... I actually don't know what he's like, as the only other episode he wrote himself was "Burst Your Bubble", one I barely remember. I guess I'll have to see what his personality on the show's like in the future...
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I was sort of joking about how Code Yellow felt more like a Gruber episode than Unreal Estate.
 
Sorry guys, I wasn't a fan of this one at all. The premise of the episode was actually pretty interesting, but the execution was poorly done. I can be somewhat of a wimp when it comes to grossout jokes, so I didn't enjoy the "nose burger" gag, yuck. Makes me think of season 6. The gags were not really that funny, the pacing was slow, and the story felt all-over the place. While it wasn't horrible, I didn't like this one. Perhaps I might give it a pass if it didn't have bad pacing, but this episode was just so tiresome. I give it a 4/10.
 
This episode could be a lot worse if it came out in season 6 or 7. But as it is... Eh. Some jokes were genuinely funny, but final scene with Squidward certainly not for my taste.
If it's the worst episode in 9-10 seasons, I would be grateful.
5/10
 
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