SpongeRoadie UK
Vomit Boy
I've been here for about 31/2 years and I don't think I've ever made a list related to season 7, 8, or 9, and I feel kinda bad. So, I decided to do this to keep my activity on this site as high as possible.
Thoughts:
I had a hard time trying to decide whether I should put The Masterpiece, Whelk Attack or this episode in the number 10 spot. I decided on this one because The Masterpiece didn't really have much qualities apart from some good banter between Squidward and Mr. Krabs. Whelk Attack on the other hand, had a problem with being underwhelming. It was good, but I expected a better episode from a sort of plot that would get you as excited as it did.
Squidward in Clarinetland had a good story that kept me engaged throughout the episode, a great cameo, and a good lesson about trusting someone with good intentions. The thing that most people see in this episode is it's weirdness. The Clarinetland itself. Some see it as a thing that detracts quality from the episode, while others see it as the best part of the episode. I happen to agree with the latter group, thus explaining my choice.
Thoughts:
In all fairness, I don't think this episode is that bad. It was boring, underwhelming, annoying at some parts, and brutally predictable at every point. Those are technical faults that make a bad episode, but I would say an 11 minute block of all those things combined would be a perfectly watchable experience if you're bored, or drunk. An episode that has all of those fault combined, but nothing more, would be bad, but harmless.
Though, for a 22 minute special with intentions of spreading a message of the utmost importance to the children of the world, those faults carry much more weight than usual. This special is everything that's wrong with bad "save the earth" campaigns turned into a SpongeBob episode. It failed to caught any attention because it's boring, uninteresting, and at some points, annoying, and it's way too one-dimensional to take seriously. However, at the end of the day, it wasn't threatening or cringeworthy, and it had good intentions which I can't fault for. It's just terrible executions.