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Season 2 Episode 14a (34a): Welcome to the Chum Bucket
Air Date: January 21st 2002
Production Code: SB-167
It's a great episode...
I like how Plankton does give Spongebob what he wants even though Plankton ends up spoiling Spongebob.
I like the song that's in the episode, it pretty much sums up how both Mr.Krabs and Spongebob miss each other.
Also on the topic of Mr.Krabs, he cares about Spongebob deeply in this episode after he lost the bet with Plankton...
Also I like how Plankton can't take it anymore with Spongebob, even after his brain was transferred into the robot chef, Plankton thanks Mr.Krabs for taking back Spongebob when he paid $50 and get flicked away like a bug...
Overall ranking (in my opinion) 8/10.
On to the next segment...
Season 2 Episode 14b (34b): Frankendoodle
Air Date: January 21st 2002
Production Code: SB-169
Another great episode...
I like how the artist at the beginning of the episode has an existential crisis because he lost his pencil in the water (which fun fact that you probably know, he's played by Doug Lawrence).
I do like how Spongebob and Patrick speak a bit more professional when they come across the pencil heck after Spongebob was able to defeat Doodlebob, he explains to Patrick that Doodlebob was lost in a 3 dimensional world and was trying to long for a purpose.
This episode has some memorable moments in it, like Patrick saying "Where's the leak ma'am" and "FINLAND" which the second movie would make callback to...
Doodlebob was a pretty good antagonist for the episode, going full on "creation must destroy creator" when he was able to redraw his body.
But this won't be the last that we see of Doodlebob...
Overall ranking (in my opinion) 8.5/10.
On to the next episode...
Season 2 Episode 15a (35a): The Secret Box
Air Date: September 7th 2001
Production Code: SB-168
The episode is good...
I like how Patrick protects his secret box from Spongebob because well, it has the embarrassing snap shot of Spongebob at a Christmas party (of which is one of Spongebob's guesses as to lies in the box).
I also like how Patrick thinks about milk spilling on a table when he talks about how his mind works in mysterious ways (which became a meme and is one of the memorable moments of the episode).
I also like how Patrick lets Spongebob look into the secret box at the end of the episode, knowing that Spongebob wouldn't pull the string to reveal the true secret, in which Spongebob buys that that's Patrick "true" secret and not the actual secret...
Touche Patrick, touche...
Overall ranking (in my opinion) 7.5/10.
On to the next segment...
Season 2 Episode 15b (35b): Band Geeks
Air Date: September 7th 2001
Production Code: SB-173
Well, here we are.
The episode that I considered as meh for about a year.
This review on it would finally put my debate to rest, once and for all...
The episode is good...
It's not bad, it's not a fiasco, it's just good.
I like how this episode marks the first appearance of Squilliam, who is one of my favorite characters, although he doesn't really do much aside from telling Squidward about The Bubble Bowl and having a heart attack due to losing at the end of the episode.
I like how this is the first episode where Squidward is shown to have won in the end, as he was able to pull off The Bubble Bowl, dancing in victory before finally jumping up to pose for that iconic end image.
I also like the inclusion of Sweet Victory at the end as it was truly a "Sweet Victory" for Squidward.
The memorable moments in this episode are iconic, like Patrick saying "Is mayonnaise an instrument?"
But really though, I'm glad to put my depating on this episode to rest...
Overall ranking (in my opinion) 7.5/10, sweet victory to you all.
And that's all the episodes done for Disc 2, which I didn't think I would be able to complete all within July considering that in between the trio review in March to my announcement of returning a couple weeks back, this thread was basically dead...
However though, with 3/4 of Season 2 watched and reviewed, I'm excited to get this Season done and hopefully (when I get it at some point during August) start Season 3 by September of this year.
Expect the rest of Season 2 to come out quickly during August, considering that there's four episodes on Disc 3.
Anyways see you guys in August...
