Season 9 is just all over the place. There is a clear division of which episodes were before and after the second movie. And yknow what, the ones before were actually spongebob episodes to me. They were straight up and down your typical post first movie episodes, hit or miss. But the second half of season 9, there's no getting around that it is just plain WEIRD. Its not even spongebob anymore! Its so confusing and moves WAY too fast and it is ALL over the place. They are quite literally just throwing in bunches and loads of characters into every episode (Squidward most prominently, its like he has to be in every show like some background character) and there is no cohesive plot minus a few absolute gems the season produced. I dont like all the craziness, weird faces, hyper paced plots,etc.There are very few slow moments that actually feel like spongebob to me, and i never thought that I would ike the old "post movie" spongebob better than i do now...