Finally, I’m reviewing “Girls’ Night Out”! I’ve been waiting for this episode for so long now. And I mean that in more than one sense. Yeah, I’ve been looking forward to reviewing this one specifically, but I’ve also been just looking for an episode like this for a long time now. Not only is it about characters we don’t normally focus on—Sandy, Mrs. Puff, and Karen—but it’s also about them interacting with each other, something we also have basically never seen before. So I am very happy about this development.
I like that this episode has Sandy, Karen, and Mrs. Puff as established friends. It makes me wonder what their first get together was like. But anyway, they’re established enough friends that they hang out regularly to de-stress from their normal lives. Well, Karen and Mrs. Puff destress. Sandy remains unbothered. Plankton throwing a whole tantrum is hilarious, and of course SpongeBob continues to be unable to drive.
Sandy decides to give Karen and Mrs. Puff the fun night out they deserve…they’re gonna prank some fools. First to be pranked is Plankton. Sandy and Mrs. Puff hilariously pretend to be Mr. Krabs, while Karen does the voice (also hilariously). Plankton falls for the obvious prank, and the ensuing chaos it causes, eventually resulting in a cannon/laser fight, is again really funny and amusing. And it makes Karen feel better.
Next is SpongeBob’s turn. I love how this episode hints at Mrs. Puff having a…fascinating past with the way she easily breaks into SpongeBob’s house LMAO. The prank this time is to give SpongeBob a VR helmet and make him think he’s driving. This prank makes a little less sense to me, in terms of how it’s supposed to be funny, but perhaps the episode realizes that too, as it doesn’t take long for things to go wrong as Mrs. Puff wants things to be a little more rough on the guy. This is basically just “Demolition Doofus”, right? lol. Leave it to SpongeBob to somehow be a disaster on wheels when he’s in a literal shopping cart.
Now it’s time for a chase scene, my favorite! I just love Sandy, Karen, and Mrs. Puff working together here, they’re really fun to watch. And I loved the joke with Karen saying Gal Pals at the wrong time haha. It’s really nice to see these characters have…flaws I guess? I don’t know, especially with Karen and Mrs. Puff I feel like we don’t get much of their character but more of their reactions to the two relevant characters in their lives, you know? So this episode we really get to see more of them and get to see them do more than usual.
After the chaos ends, SpongeBob finds out he’s been pranked. But Sandy was right—he loves pranks! He’s so cute in this episode. Sandy decides to take her two friends somewhere where they can spend the night in peace—microscopically. But of course, there’s no such thing as peace for these ladies, as all their antics bite them in the but with Krabs, Plankton, and SpongeBob showing up too.
Y’all already know what my next comment is—more Gal Pal episodes. Now. I know that there’s another one, but guess what? I need more. With haste.
Episode Tier: Amazing
Episode Score: 9.4/10