Top ? Season 9 Episodes

Hmmm, I really don't think ICFGL is great but it is a fun episode.
 
More_Spandy said:
I think you should just remove the hints entirely. It does hype people easier, sure, but it's turning the list into more of an impatient guessing game than an active discussion about the episodes. I've notice that lists without them like Roadie's or SBC's Fan Editions provoke more opinions.
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Okay then :thumbsup:
 
Rip hints, you had your run.

A little something before the rant: I don't remember if I told it before, but since "Don't Look Now" or something, the episodes are VERY CLOSE in terms of quality: I could easily switch episodes that are 2 or 3 places far because of that.
Also, I forgot to mention that "Squid Plus One" is tied with this episode, and because of the airdate I put "It Came From Goo Lagoon" on top, but if I switch the places it would be the same thing. Okay, enough babbling.

Number 18​

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This special has some wasted potential: it's surely better than the garbage that was SpongeBob You're Fired, but it could've been much more better and epic. I'll come back to that later. I enjoyed this episode: the story was nice, not super interesting but enjoyable. The premise was creative and it led up to a big tension throughout the entire episode. It also had some funny moments to distract me a bit from the plot; Squidward was funny (he only was a minor character in the episode, and for its short time on screen he managed to make me laugh), SpongeBob and Patrick were a bit funny at times and the fish people were too occasionally. I'm not sure if it does its duty as special very well: it surely was more of a special than the other one I mentioned, but some parts or scene in the episode feel a bit forced in, just to fill up the runtime. Example: between the part where Plankton learns about the goo, and the moment where super bubble rises, nothing really important happens. And the chase scene is also overly long. This episode could've been a lot better if it had a better story, not only by cutting all the fillery moments, but also by ending it better. In an story-driven episode like this one, you can't end it with that big anticlimax. Throughout the entire episode Sandy made us think that the goo bubbles were super dangerous and threatening, and at the end it just makes everyone dirty. Was this was the episode built up to? Well, that was pretty underwhelming. It does ruin the plot a little bit, but it doesn't ruin my enjoyment of the special: I think it's a good episode, but not what I'd recommend for those who want to see a bigger SpongeBob story. I'd recommend it if people want to see a tolerable special, though.

New: The scorecard of the episodes I've already reviewed. From now on, I'll put a scorecard to keep track of the episodes I've reviewed and their rating (Terrible to Amazing system). Those ratings are more accurate than the ones in the blog, and the scale isn't the same anymore: that's why some episodes that were just okay now are good and that "Little Yellow Book" is mediocre while it was bad, for examples.
The scorecard so far
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I agree with a lot of your ratings and have a very similar order. But I'm gonna guess the next episode without hints. Is it "License To Milkshake"
 
TheSpongeWhoCan'tFly said:
I agree with a lot of your ratings and have a very similar order. But I'm gonna guess the next episode without hints. Is it "License To Milkshake"
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Did you see my list somehow or what? :fred2:
 
I like all the episodes except for squid baby and little yellow book :sweat:

also i really like it came from goo lagoon one of my favourites of the season
 
Number 17​
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Hmm... How could I say about this episode? First of all, it's a bit light on jokes: it's not very funny, but it had its moments. The story, however, is what makes it so high on the list. What's so great about SpongeBob trying to get a new license to milkshake (small nod to "Yours, Mine and Mine", where the milkshake license also appeared) to satisfy a costumer? I don't know, I think I've a fetish for stories like this one. I liked every part of the episode and for some reason I never feel bored while watching it, while normally I should, considering that it's not that funny. Captain Frostymug was... decent. Nothing is wrong about him, but we've already seen characters similar to him on the show. The highlight for me is, no doubt, the montage: I don't know what... what's so great about... I feel like I'm... Never mind, I really liked that moment, period. Apparently the montage references Top Gun, but I'm not really into cultural references when I watch this show. I also like to see SpongeBob managing to do something other than flipping patties (even if that was only at the very end), and every other character was passable. There's absolutely nothing to dislike in this episode, it just could've been a lot funnier and it would've been one of my favorites of the season.

The scorecard so far (I made the ratings more visible)
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The Appetizer said:
Is the next episode "The Executive Treatment"?
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I think that guesses should stop. Nothing against them, but they fill up a lot of space.
But to answer you, no.
 
Number 16 has to be one of these episodes by elimination:

Patrick-Man!
Gary's New Toy
Eek, an Urchin!
Jailbreak!
Evil Spatula
Safe Deposit Krabs
Plankton's Pet
Séance Shméance
Lost in Bikini Bottom
Tutor Sauce
The Executive Treatment
Pull Up a Barrel
Sanctuary!
What's Eating Patrick?
Patrick! The Game
The Sewers of Bikini Bottom
 
Tun tun tun! Another tie!

Number 16​
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I see why some people would not like this episode a lot, but honestly, I liked it a lot. The story of the episode isn't really great, it's nothing complicated and didn't use its entire potential. But, the story was decent enough to keep me entertained. Some people say that SpongeBob can't get lost in Bikini Bottom because he lives in that city and all that. Look, there are been no absolutely no hints that SpongeBob knows the city perfectly at any point of the show, so I don't understand that implication. And also, even if the way is a straight line, nothing says that there isn't a faster way, like, I don't know, a water slide underground. But of course the episode didn't do that and instead they focused more on SpongeBob getting lost. Speaking of him, he acted kinda dumb in this episode: he doesn't listen to Squidward, he seems to not know what a payphone is, he hugs everyone at the Krusty Krab like a long time has passed. I know that SpongeBob isn't supposed to be super smart though, so I'd understand his attitude in the episode. Last complain, the episode feel rushed: in only a minute the episode goes from SpongeBob being completely lost to him getting back to the Krusty Krab; and that leads us to the ending, which is actually my favorite part of the episode. Squidward getting all dirty on purpose just to go home and then getting sprayed by a water hose from Mr. Krabs was pretty funny. This episode also had some other funny moments and very nice drawings as well. This episode really isn't one of my favorites, but I did enjoy it, at least more than the other 2 post-second movie episodes that already made the list for sure.

Number 15​
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Well, this is just your standard Gary episode. It is just a pretty decent one, but not great. It also feels like a second version of "Treats!": SpongeBob buys something for Gary, who gets obsessed by it, and SpongeBob tries to solve the issue one way or the another. Like that episode had Gary's non-stop meowing, this episode starts with him chewing everything in SpongeBob's house in the beginnig, and then completely neglecting SpongeBob for a little red ball, and the owner has to find a way to make that stop. No, in reality, SpongeBob only really tried in the former; in the latter he gives up, and goes away from his own home. With the comparaisons ended, I must say that this episode feels like it's not very interesting (like almost every episode from the first half of the season), Gary can get annoying and the climax with Gary trying to get rid of the ball isn't really great. But this episode has some funny moments as well. I didn't say that before, but just how characters pronounce some lines makes me laugh. For example, I always chuckle at SpongeBob saying "That is not tea!". Even if the story isn't really strong, I liked the episode and some of the humor it had in it, thus the rank it has not being very low.

You'll see a ton of other ties here, that's how much most of the episodes are close in quality. I must say, this season was very consistent compared to the ones that precede it.

The scorecard so far:
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Number 14 has to be one of these episodes by elimination

Patrick-Man!
Eek, an Urchin!
Jailbreak!
Evil Spatula
Safe Deposit Krabs
Plankton's Pet
Séance Shméance
Tutor Sauce
The Executive Treatment
Pull Up a Barrel
Sanctuary!
What's Eating Patrick?
Patrick! The Game
The Sewers of Bikini Bottom
 
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