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So...our countdown is almost done so it’s time to reveal the absolute worst SpongeBob episodes! These two episodes have gotten the most criticism and disappointment not only here but fans elsewhere in the SpongeBob fandom, and many people consider them as the lowest of lowest points in the series. So, let’s dive into and see which episodes make SBC boo the loudest! are you ready? ... are you sure? ... ok, enough fooling around ... *gasps* 2. Well, I must say, it really completes your imbecile look. Way to go, buddy. Stuck in the Wringer - 270 points 15 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #1, @Steel Sponge) (0) Season: 7 Writers: Zeus Cervas, Sean Charmatz, Derek Iversen Plot: SpongeBob gets stuck in his wringer. So, Stuck in the Wringer keeps the #2 spot! I didn't put it very high (or low, however you interpret it) on my list but I completely understand why it would be bottom 5. Despite being the most picked episode it didn't win the #1 spot. Anyways, I feel like this episode could have been better because it's not a bad concept at all but since it's season 7, Patrick has to be brainless and Bikini Bottomites have to be rude for no reason. They write SpongeBob as the most miserable creature in Bikini Bottom being so unlucky to be injured in the Glove World rides and get hit in the eye by a baseball. SpongeBob then has enough of this and snaps at Patrick rightfully for ruining his life (he "helped" him to get off the wringer with the forever glue...what) but the crowd thinks SpongeBob is in the wrong...how is his heart the problem and not his buddy? Honestly, the quote "I guess crying does solve problems after all" is not the best, but it shouldn't be taken so seriously. The "here we go again" gag right after, (SpongeBob and Patrick being stuck again) is worse. Here we are, let's reveal our chosen one! AND THE WORST EPISODE SPONGEBOB IS... 1. My face! My face! Also my leg...but mostly my face!!! Squid Baby - 325 points 14 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #1, @WinterArcanine @Bob Carotte @El Jacko @BenPaz @magic the veemon @Coffee_lover) (+2) Season: 9 Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Doug Lawrence Plot: A head injury causes Squidward to think and act like he's a baby, and SpongeBob and Patrick must look after him. Many people guessed it, Squid Baby switched places with SBYF and it's now our new #1!!! The point gap with #2 is bigger than #13 and #14, which is 55 (!!!) points, thanks to SIX people who put it as #1!!! I agree it's the worst of the worst because of so so many reasons. This is another episode Nick mandated just because they wanted to see Squidward as a baby, I'm not even kidding. Now let's focus on the main flaws from the episode itself...first, why are SpongeBob and Patrick acting like toddlers, just because they found SpongeBob's old baby toys??? Second, who thought it was a good idea of hitting Squidward's head in the worst way possible and becoming a man with a 1-year old mind, with a swollen head that is hard to look at? Third, the scenes where SpongeBob and Patrick take cake of him are extremely boring and it's nothing but Squidward crying. Fourth, to SpongeBob, why do you even bring him to the Krusty Krab and bug the customers? Fifth, why do you change his diaper in front of the customers??? Sixth, did we really need to see his diaper full of ??? Seventh, is hurting Squidward more that necessary to watch? and eighth, after all these injuries Squidward is back to normal??? It just solves abruptly because they didn't even know how to end this fucking mess. This episode is a giant 0/10 in my eyes and I wouldn't recommend you to rewatch it, unless you like to suffer mentally and physically. /end of rant aaaaaaand we're done!!! A big thanks to everyone who submitted and followed the list! I enjoyed reading your discussions on Discord and on this thread. This might be the last time SBC hosts a bottom list countdown as interest is lower than in past years as it's already been explained but the greatest thing is that it celebrates the show's 25th anniversary! I would like to thank @Jjs Goodman for giving me the chance to host such a special list! Below I will post everyone's lists, the full list (including dishonorable mentions) and the rest of episodes nominated that didn't make it (will post them on Discord as well) THE 21 LISTS: BOTTOM 30 + DISHONORABLE MENTIONS #38 - 71: #72 - 105 Well, back to being a rare forum poster!

4. Excuse me, large lady. I'm a widdle girl who's misplaced herself. Can you help find me? I'm pwetty! The Nitwitting - 237 points 13 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #2, @WhoBibbles @So Sejima) (+7) Season: 12 Writer: Kaz Plot: Patrick inducts SpongeBob into his prestigious society of dullards and doofuses. Another post-sequel episode that is at the very bottom, also written by Kaz (it's his seasonal infamous episode in season 12). It wasn't even in the bottom 10 in 2021 and now it's 7 places higher at #4. Anyways, I always knew this episode was gonna suck ever since I read the plot. I don't want to see another episode about dumbing down characters because it will never work. I'd say this is the episode that compiles ALL of post-sequel's flaws and the argument from SB twitter "post-sequel is too exaggerated and there is no plot" is valid. This episode is just basically the nitwit club having literally a brainless behaviour and doing stupid activities which is very boring and cringe. Just like Ink Lemonade, it has a lot of gross-out that is too uncomfortable to watch. It feels more like a Canadian cartoon more than SpongeBob. It's such a mess of an episode that goes all over the place. 3. Well, I hate the smell of burning Krabby Patties even more. SpongeBob You're Fired - 269 points 12 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #1, @SquiddyFace @WhoBibbles @dmandagiraffe) (-2) Season: 9 Writers: Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, Doug Lawrence Plot: Mr. Krabs fires SpongeBob to save a nickel, so SpongeBob must find work at other restaurants. And here we are, SBYF lost its #1 spot this year and now it's down to #3. From all the specials in the show, this is absolutely the worst one. I hate it even more after hearing the history behind it: you guessed it, it was mandated by Nick. So they make Mr. Krabs fire SpongeBob in the dumbest way possible (he never deserves to be fired so what's the point?) to save a fucking nickel. Then SpongeBob proceeds to cry for 2 whole minutes and make it as annoying as possible. After boring minutes of SpongeBob being miserable unemployed (and Patrick not helping with the fun-employment thing) he looks for new jobs and gets fired everytime because he can only make Krabby Patties, isn't that funny??? It just feels really forced as you can tell Nick made the crew write this mess...it's the most pointless special you'll ever see knowing SpongeBob is always a hard worker so why have a reason to fire him? It can work as a little joke in an episode but not as a 22-minute special!!!

6. Sigh, remember the day Sandy and I got maaarrrrriiiiiiiied? Truth or Square - 199 points 9 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #1, @Less_SpongeBob @Honest Slug) (-1) Season: 6 Writers: Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Steven Banks, Paul Tibbitt Plot: During a Krusty Krab anniversary celebration, SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs accidentally get locked in the freezer. The first of my many complains about TOS is...why did this even need to be TV movie if you're going to add extremely boring Patchy segments for about half the episode??? Good thing there is a 22-minute version that skips the Patchy segments (and the episode doesn't change at all) but the SpongeBob segments are not any better. Most of the flashbacks by themselves are not bad but the episode itself is just filler, filler and more filler...they are just sitting there in the vents and there is a flashback every 10 minutes which is surrounded by unnecessary or stupid scenes. This episode is also soooo lazy with reused animation (exact same footage of Plankton falling in the vents 3 times) and voice recordings (OWIE OW OW). Speaking of Plankton why the fuck is he even there? He contributes nothing and could easily be removed from this episode and not change a thing. This doesn't even feel like a special at all, just filler dragged out for 50 whole minutes. Also, what does eleventy-seventy even mean??? Couldn't they have used an existing number??? 5. Source? We love the source! Ink Lemonade - 217 points 12 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #1, @OWM) (-1) Season: 11 Writer: Kaz Plot: Patrick's lemonade stand is unsuccessful until he gets a secret ingredient from Squidward. Ah yes, the first post-sequel episode on this bottom list and it's pretty low at #5. During this good era I was surprised to see such a horrible episode, I couldn't believe it at first. I remember when we used to joke about Time of the Month but the actual thing killed the meme for me. Only thing I can praise about this episode is the top notch animation but the rest is just uncomfortable to watch. Why did they come up with the idea of Squidward's ink being an ingredient for lemonade? And most importantly, why is this episode so uncharacteristically gross? Did we really need to see Patrick's internal organs or spiders coming out of Squidward's mouth? I don't like to use the term "Squidward torture" unironically but here it's unfortunately nearly true. We have a 2 minute sequence of Patrick scaring Squidward to death for the sole purpose of getting his ink. I get some people find enjoyment out of it but this is just not for me.

8. Two words, SpongeBob... "na" "chos" Smoothe Jazz at Bikini Bottom - 185 points 11 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #5, @CakeCup @dmandagiraffe @Coffee_lover) (+2) Season: 8 Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Richard Pursel Plot: SpongeBob and Squidward attend Kelpy G's concert. I'm kinda surprised this episode made the bottom 10 (and even jumped 2 places) even when I took Smoothe out of my bottom 15. Like many episodes on this list, I hate it but not enough to warrant a bottom 15. However, this is one of the worst examples of wasted potential because SpongeBob and Squidward attending a concert together was a cool idea but the final product is such a mess. Tbh the first half isn't that bad but I'd say it's still boring. The 2nd half, or to be exact, when Patrick appeared is when it all went more downhill than it was. What was the point of him popping up there if he doesn't even care about Kelpy G, just nachos? Of course, he has to eat SpongeBob and Squidward's backstage passes because hahahaha it's funny!!! laugh!!! Then Squidward gets all the bad luck in the world as he loses his seat and gets kicked out of the concert. I wish this episode ended better for Squidward like him playing his clarinet on stage with Kelpy G or something. 7. This town is getting too rough for me. Pet or Pests - 188 points 10 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #1, @CakeCup) (-1) Season: 6 Writers: Aaron Springer, Richard Pursel Plot: SpongeBob adopts a stray worm who gives birth to worm babies overnight. This episode used to be my worst episode for the longest time but it's still the #1 ugliest episode in the entire show. The animation AND writing were at their absolute low here. I haven't complained about the animation itself in my past reviews because most of s6-9a doesn't look good and I would repeat myself so I bring this complain to this ep that represents more the ugliness than everything. The combination of ugly animation and gross-out is the last thing I want not only in SpongeBob but also for any other shows. How can you make baby worms that ugly? Why is there a puking worms running gag? Of course, the writing has countless flaws like slow dialogue, Larry not knowing (or pretending not to know which would be very rude from him) SpongeBob and wanting to eat the worms, the dreaded doorbell gag that goes on for literally 30 seconds, the lame "old country" joke, and too many to count. This episode was made with literally every single flaw of middle post-movie.

Now let's continue the countdown and start the bottom 10 episodes!!! Are you ready? 10. What a lucky break! Now I have a captive audience! Choir Boys - 165 points 9 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #2, @CakeCup) (-3) Season: 6 Writers: Aaron Springer, Richard Pursel Plot: SpongeBob wants to join the choir that Squidward participates in. This episode dropped 3 places but it didn't leave the bottom 10, which I'm not surprised because a few people here don't hate it as much anymore or even like it while there is still a group that still hates it. Springer's episodes (especially in season 6) tend to have a particular funnibad humor but here it just doesn't hit. We begin with a extremely boring first minutes where SpongeBob is...bored laying on the floor. Then the rest of the episode is StalkerBob that is not even funny. After asking if he can go to the choir with him and getting a negative response he still follows him everywhere, just because he wants to show how he sings and convince him to go with him??? It would have been better if it focused more on SpongeBob practicing for the choir and surprise Squidward there, instead of annoying him with his singing. Apart from "SpongeJesus", this episode has absolutely nothing to praise. 9. You don't need to know everything about your best friend. That's what keeps the friendship interesting! You Don't Know Sponge - 171 points 9 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #1, @ThePickleMan) (+10) Season: 7 Writers: Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Derek Iversen Plot: SpongeBob and Patrick take a quiz on each other, which threatens their friendship. Thank god YDKS jumped 10 places because this is legit rock bottom for this show and it absolutely deserves a bottom 10 spot. I have a million questions about this episode but this one of them: Why were they taking that friendship test in the Krusty Krab? Why does everything in S7 have to take place there? Ok let's get to the real shit...Patrick is dumb but NOT to the extent of not even knowing if SpongeBob is a boy or a girl. Of course, he answers all these basic questions wrong and when Squidward sees the results he answers "It's like we're not friends at all?", huh????? When he gets SpongeBob's ice cream flavour wrong and the latter cries he and Lou treat him like he's in the wrong??? This left me out of words about how extremely out of character he was. Also Sandy is pretty useless at helping SpongeBob by telling him the less you know him the more interesting friendship it is, this makes zero sense...and when SB cries again she calls him a cry-baby like he's in the wrong? Wtf is wrong with everyone's characterization? After Patrick shops with Larry for some reason he gives SB Groucho glasses and he answers "you do know me, best friend", I don't think that makes sense at all either after all that happened earlier...

Before heading to the bottom 10, let's take a break and see the (dis)honorable mentions, which are the episodes that barely missed the list. I won't provide commentary since this is not technically part of the official list, but I'll still mention how many points they got, how many people picked them and the highest ranking, as usual! 37. This one's gonna fly! I can feel it! The Sponge Who Could Fly - 44 points 3 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #6, @Steel Sponge) (-1) Season: 3 Writers: Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, Merriwether Williams Plot: SpongeBob wishes he could fly with the jellyfish. 36. You're serving Krabby Patties with your hands? Do you know how filthy your hands are? Gullible Pants - 44 points 3 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #4, @Steel Sponge) (+19) Season: 6 Writers: Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Derek Iversen Plot: SpongeBob is left in charge of the Krusty Krab for a few minutes, and Squidward takes advantage of his gullibility. 35. Run, Mr. Krabs! Patrick is digging for gold! The Battle of Bikini Bottom - 45 points 2 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #2, @WinterArcanine) (+13) Season: 5 Writers: Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Eric Shaw Plot: SpongeBob and Patrick battle over cleanliness. 34. For a second there, I thought I was gonna have to pay you workman's "compersation." The Splinter - 45 points 3 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #9, @Bob Carotte @dmandagiraffe) (-2) Season: 6 Writers: Nate Cash, Sean Charmatz, Steven Banks Plot: SpongeBob gets a splinter at work. 33. Why is he counting? I guess I'll just go home, maybe or later he'll want to play a game, or something. Hide and Then What Happens? - 50 points 3 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #8, @WhoBibbles @SquiddyFace) (+9) Season: 7 Writers: Aaron Springer, Dani Michaeli Plot: SpongeBob and Patrick's game of hide and seek goes downhill after SpongeBob can't find Patrick anywhere. 32. YOUUUU!!! You ruined my free toy!!!!!! Waiting - 51 points 3 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #4, @Clappy) (-1) Season: 5 Writers: Nate Cash, Tuck Tucker, Steven Banks Plot: SpongeBob waits for a toy to arrive in the mail. 31. Ooh. I know that sound. It's the sound of me money being flushed down the toilet! Face Freeze - 55 points 3 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #3, @WinterArcanine) (-4) Season: 8 Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Doug Lawrence Plot: SpongeBob and Patrick's faces freeze after making too many silly faces.

12. You mean the juvenile correction facility? But that place is for losers, man. The Clash of Triton - 158 points 9 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #4, @WhoBibbles @Less_SpongeBob ) (+2) Season: 6 Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Aaron Springer, Steven Banks, Paul Tibbitt Plot: It's King Neptune's birthday, and SpongeBob wants to make sure his friends and family are there, including his son, Triton, but Neptune and Triton don't get along. Middle post-sequel doesn't have good specials overall but Clash of Triton is one of the most nothing specials you can even find in the show. This is probably the only SpongeBob episode I actually fell asleep to. When I watched this episode for the first time I thought it was going to be a bit more focused on Neptune's birthday but nope we got scenes of him crying for his son Triton after putting him in a cage unfairly for ages while the rest of the episode is SpongeBob looking for Triton and of course theses scenes are painfully boring as well. I don't have much to say honestly because I haven't seen this episode in ages, but it's pretty clear that it's such a snooze fest. 11. Hey, ya just mind your own business and let us blecorate in peace! Big Sister Sam - 160 points 8 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #2, @El Jacko) (+2) Season: 7 Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Richard Pursel Plot: Patrick's sister Sam comes to visit him. This is yet another episode I was debating whether I should have added it to my list or not (I didn't). Apart from being boring like 90% of season 7, Sam is such an unlikeable character who is even dumber than Patrick and acts more like a wild animal. This episode is basically Sam destroying things because she is so into it and annoying Squidward and SpongeBob, even by destroying their houses, hahahaha laugh she destroyed things!!!!The worst part is that Patrick DEFENDS Sam's actions, by telling them they are rude for calling out Sam, even though everything she does has bad intentions. I also don't understand the ending...why does she have two faces? Is there something I missed? Even if it's just Sam having two moods this is such a poor way to portray it.

14. Now that I haven't suffocated, it's high time I got back to this list of house-sitting duties. House Sittin for Sandy - 91 points 5 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #7, @SquiddyFace @OWM @BoJack Horseman) (+9) Season: 8 Writers: Aaron Springer, Sean Charmatz, Derek Iversen Plot: SpongeBob's house-sitting stint at Sandy's goes perfectly smoothly until Patrick arrives for a visit. Season 8 is full of sleep medication and House Sittin for Sandy is one of its strongest pills. I'm not surprised it went up the rankings (even if it missed my list by a hair) because this is such a nothing episode where absolutely nothing happens until I don't know...6th minute or something. What's funny is that they made a joke out of something the storyboard artists forgot to do...draw SpongeBob's water helmet as SpongeBob completely forgot about it until Patrick pointed that out, he even asked "what's that funny thing on your head?" well what do you think??? Patrick didn't help at all and made this borefest worse than it was. Also, the fact that Sandy wanted them to destroy her treedome so that she tests her new invention is such a stupid reason. She could have destroyed something herself and fix it with that thing. This episode also has a dumb "here we go again" ending with the robot breaking Sandy's invention and not being able to fix her treedome anymore, and all of this could have been avoided if she didn't manipulate SpongeBob and Patrick into house-sitting. 13. Sigh... he's so handsome! Are You Happy Now? - 140 points 7 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #3, @Shark Tale @Hotel Mario) (-4) Season: 8 Writers: Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Dani Michaeli Plot: SpongeBob tries to help Squidward find his happiest memory. And here is the big point gap I was talking about...our #13 ahead of #14 by a whooping 49 points! I noticed this episode also left SBC's bottom 10 and I think so did mine but it's still one of the lowest points of this show and right now I'm even thinking "should I have put it #14 on my list after all?". I even think it was a nice concept as it's cool to have SpongeBob find a happy memory for Squidward but after he failed to do so, the episode turned into such a dark tone where Squidward felt very depressed and miserable. The suicide jokes are executed in the worst way possible that it doesn't look like I'm watching SpongeBob...I don't feel like ranting too much about it in this review though. The ending is actually the part that pisses me off the most because SpongeBob, unaware of how Squidward is feeling, just kidnaps him in a box and brings him to the Krusty Krab, then surprises him with dozens of papier mâché SpongeBobs. Of course this makes Squidward lose his mind and begins attacking them, but SpongeBob finds this nice to look at??? Sigh, he's sooooo brainless...

So, before announcing today's episodes I saw many comments about OCM potentially not making it to the list and since the list is half done I will reveal its fate since it's an episode that everyone seems to care about now. Since the hate is dying down it should be already out by now right? If it didn't make it which episode will take its place? Could it be a new one? What if I told you? ... 16. Hi, Plankton. What you doin' layin' in the middle of the road? One Coarse Meal - 85 points 4 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #2, @Dragonball Z) (+4) Season: 7 Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Doug Lawrence Plot: Mr. Krabs discovers that Plankton has been concealing a secret fear of whales. Well you were all wrong! OCM made the list after all and it even jumped 4 places from the 2021 ranking!!! This is truly one of the biggest twists since even I didn't think it would happen either. And yes, this episode doesn't deserve to be in a bottom 30 list anymore but still I can't bring myself to defend it. It's just a boring episode where Mr. Krabs tries to scare Plankton with whales (even by disguising as his own daughter) as he discovered he's afraid of them, to the point of him wanting to kill himself. I still feel like it's a depressing episode by SpongeBob standards but I think there are many worse offenders. At least I can say the beginning was kinda cool but I don't think I can praise the rest, just because it's a boring episode with a miserable tone. 15. Ohhh still off by THAT much try again! Someone's in the Kitchen With Sandy - 88 points 6 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #6, @Coffee_lover) (-7) Season: 7 Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Dani Michaeli Plot: Plankton disguises as Sandy in order to steal the Krabby Patty formula. Now SITKWS is an episode that I definitely would have included on my list if the OHHH TRY AGAIN scene didn't exist. I get why people would find it annoying but I personally can't help but laugh at it, I know my humor is broken. I like to think he did it on purpose to push Plankton to reveal himself as he suspected it was him, just like he did with the Strangler. Alright, now let's talk about the flaws. Season 7 had so many Imitation Krabs rip-offs but this is the worst one out there to begin with. So Plankton steals Sandy's fur and makes a poorly made disguise to trick SpongeBob into giving him the formula. SpongeBob then teaches "Sandy" to make a Krabby Patty. Ok that sounds nice but what makes this episode so bad is that they show the real Sandy without her fur walking around town searching for it and everyone laughing at her, even the cops. What's with season 6 and 7 being so mean-spirited? I wonder why she didn't think of wearing her suit if Plankton didn't steal it???

18. Sharing is the most wonderful feeling in the world, like dancing with a magical seahorse through an enchanted kelp garden Yours, Mine and Mine - 78 points 5 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #7, @RD Rockruff) (+20) Season: 7 Writers: Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Steven Banks Plot: SpongeBob and Patrick fight over a Krusty Krab licensed toy. Wow, this is the biggest jump in the rankings to date, from #38 in 2021 to #18 now!!! I have no idea why it was so low back then because I've always thought this episode was bottom tier. This is another example of how season 7 was so bad at writing the main characters including SpongeBob. I know SpongeBob and Patrick are childish adults but here they straight up act like 4-year old children that can't even share a simple toy. It's so boring as it's basically just them asking back and forth to share the toy as well as lazy chase and fight scenes to fill 11 minutes. Also, the ending is soooo dumb. Everyone talks about Patrick "borrowing" SpongeBob's wallet buy why didn't Mr. Krabs give them each the same toy at the beginning??? All of this mess could have been solved ages ago. You probably wonder..."so the episode wouldn't exist then", well exactly...it didn't need to exist! 17. Hey, it's kind of like I'm the teacher! Summer Job - 79 points 5 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #6, @CakeCup) (+4) Season: 7 Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Derek Iversen Plot: After Mrs Puff accidentally wrecks the Krusty Krab's doors, she is forced to assist SpongeBob in the kitchen to pay off the damage. Ooooh boy...what can I say about this dreaded episode? This is easily one of the worst episodes I've ever seen in the show and you can't convince me otherwise. First of all we begin with SpongeBob annoying Mrs. Puff as he wants to give her some letter, which makes her crash into the Krusty Krab. She is then hired there to pay off the damages she caused and SpongeBob shows her the ropes. I've already said it earlier but I hate how Mrs. Puff acts mean to everyone, especially SpongeBob when it's not supposed to be this way. After many boring minutes of SpongeBob teaching Mrs. Puff many tasks (role reversal attempt failed), she finally snaps and runs away the Krusty Krab, finds again the letter and rips it into many pieces and guess what? The cops show up and arrest her for LITTERING because of course Mrs. Puff always has to go to jail in the end! Here comes the most stupid part, in jail she takes boating class and the teacher is...SpongeBob???????????? and that was all the letter was about?????? How can he be a boating teacher if he doesn't have his license yet?!? This episode makes ZERO sense, especially when SpongeBob was IN boating school at the beginning.

So, we're entering the bottom 20!!! Things are gonna get more interesting from here, stay tuned! 20. Of all the garbage that comes out of your mouth, this is the least annoying. Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful - 73 points 4 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #2, @OWM) (-4) Season: 7 Writers: Luke Brookshier, Nate Cash, Dani Michaeli Plot: Squidward tries to clean up Bikini Bottom in a day in hopes of earning a statue against his rival Squilliam. I thought this wouldn't make the list cuz at first I didn't see it in many lists but it ended up #20, 4 places less than 2021. Anyways, this is one of these episodes that makes me wonder if I'm really watching SpongeBob. Again, not bottom 15 worthy but it's definitely in my bottom 25 and SBC's ranking pretty much aligns with mine. I have to say I didn't need to see trash for 11 minutes and of course that dreaded gag of the cop giving tickets to Squidward that felt like a FOP season 10 running gag. Not to mention, this episode almost has no energy as the "jokes" drag for way too long such as Squidward fighting the chewing gum or the Squidward's house full of garbage scene. The latter is so uncomfortable to watch as it's pretty gross and Squidward took 15 business days to realize he lived in such conditions. 19. I'm a jobless deadbeat? What a sad existence I don't remember I lead. What Ever Happened to SpongeBob? - 76 points 5 of 21 lists (Highest ranking #5, @OWM) (+7) Season: 5 Writers: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Steven Banks Plot: SpongeBob thinks that his friends don't like him anymore and decides to leave Bikini Bottom. Along the way, he accidentally bumps his head and loses his memory. "IDIOT BOY" I didn't include it on my list but I'm not surprised it's higher this year. This is one of the most mean-spirited episodes in the show and it's not even funny. So the plot device was making all of SpongeBob's friends out of character and call him "IDIOT BOY" every time he was a nuisance as if he does that every day to them??? You gotta feel for SpongeBob cuz even he seems surprised his friends act this way. Mr. Krabs, who's always been like a father figure to him, was the last straw. Then he leaves Bikini Bottom, falls and bumps his head and as he gets amnesia he starts a new life under a new identity. Then when everyone is looking for him they regret their actions, as predictable. Honestly the New Kelp CIty scenes (besides the gross close-up) are not as bad tbh, my main problem with this episode is how the bad characterization of Patrick, Sandy and Mr. Krabs led to a whole 22-minute special's plot.