Season 7-9 forced dialogue and slow speech

[Original Raw and Uncut]

This doesn't affect the quality of Te episodes, but ever since the middle of Season 7, characters have been having very forced dialogue and slow speech, almost like they're constipated or they have a complicated vocabulary and use advanced words. In Seasons 4-6 the dialogue is in between, but seasons 2-3 always had very natural and realistic dialogue almost like a real life conversation. Season 1 had alright dialogue.

 

[Big Meaty Claws]

I kind of understand what you mean. A lot of scenes felt super awkward because of the dialogue and speech in Season 7-9.

 

[Bl4zeTMG]

This is because they want to stretch out the episode time by having the dialogue going on for too long.

 

[ScumBob]

SpongeBob in season 7: Yyyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaayyyyeesssss??

like that?

 

[Original Raw and Uncut]

SpongeBob in season 7: Yyyyyyyeeeeeeaaaaaaaayyyyeesssss??

like that?

For example:
SpongeBob says: I don't....Articulate......in this activity.

 

[SUS]

Yeeeeeaaaaaah, buuuuut they seeeeeem to be stopping thiiiiiiiiis in seeeeeeeeeaaaaason niiiiiine bbbbbbbb.

 

[Cha]

Kind of like my slow pace of s9 thread. I totally agree here though, it feels like little jokes are made because everything is usually so slow. And even said jokes aren't even that good. (Tbh from what I remember, I didn't like too many of the 2nd movie's jokes much.) Not to mention the overload of the Krusty Krab in almost every single episode in late post-movie, it's like the elephant in the room that we need to address more often imo. But at least post-post movie has had less of the restaurant so far.

 

[The Guy With the Computer]

I noticed it.

It makes certain episodes in those seasons particularly painful to watch. Even if they're not bad episodes, the speed of the dialogue certainly affects it.

 

[Illiniguy34]

Definitely agree. It's tedious padding that both bores and annoys the audience due to how much it takes them out of the experience. It makes episodes a chore to sit through.

 

[RomNick]

Actually, the voice director for these seasons was the legendary Andrea Romano.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0738849/

 

[iPlankton]

Yeah, the dialogue in the newer episodes seems over-explained and/or dumbed down and it really hurts the comedy. Sometimes subtlety is better and sometimes an initially subtle joke is ruined by addressing it. The only example I can think of is not the best, I think it's from "Chum Bucket Supreme" when Patrick works for Plankton. This line: "Your potty has a shocky thing going in it" ruined the background joke of the shot for me. That's just one bad example.

 

[BobCarotte]

Grrraaaattttiiiittttuuuuuddde!

 

[SBRoxMan]

Well Rodeo Daze has "Roodeoo? What does to-de-o mean?" and "Eh.... I'm indiff-er-ent!"

And "Hide and Then What Happens?" has a lot of this at the start

 

[SpongeRoadie UK]

The new writers couldn't churn out the same rate of jokes per episode that the old writers used to produce. At the same time, the plots usually don't have the capacity to stand on it's own without having high amounts of jokes to stand on. This results in some really dragged out scenes and dry, unecessary "banter" between the characters. The best example of an episode filled with this issue is Dear Vikings.

 

[SpongebobMaster]

The new writers couldn't churn out the same rate of jokes per episode that the old writers used to produce. At the same time, the plots usually don't have the capacity to stand on it's own without having high amounts of jokes to stand on. This results in some really dragged out scenes and dry, unecessary "banter" between the characters. The best example of an episode filled with this issue is Dear Vikings.

well... good news?

 

[Neon2500]

This issue came back in season 12 I think. Several episodes since then have had pretty slow dialogue, but nowadays it’s a pacing issue rather than a writing issue I think. The problem was the writers back then actually thought that stuff was funny. I am glad after their stupid phase and their slapstick phase they are finally attempting actual jokes again.

 

[SpongebobMaster]

This issue came back in season 12 I think. Several episodes since then have had pretty slow dialogue, but nowadays it’s a pacing issue rather than a writing issue I think. The problem was the writers back then actually thought that stuff was funny. I am glad after their stupid phase and their slapstick phase they are finally attempting actual jokes again.

eh I don't mind slapstick

 

[Neon2500]

eh I don't mind slapstick

Well it’s not like “Home Alone” type slapstick it’s more like “Ren and Stimpy” haha these characters are crazy and making weird faces slapstick that the last few seasons had.

It makes since because of Vincent Walker’s background on that show but it’s just not a type of humor I find appealing.

 

[Sara SquarePants]

^Vincent Waller

Not Walker

 

[SpongebobMaster]

^Vincent Waller

Not Walker

wait its waller?