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143. The Great Patty Caper

Jjs Goodman

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I'm not sure this special episode , it was terrible for me , i was hoping it to be very mystery but it wasn't really a mystery , some of the suspects were wearing masks .....yea and i was like what the...........and a person turn into a wolf.....thats weird and it wasn't even mystery at all , all the suspects were innocent and it was patrick who took the key from spongebob pants and no one took it ...... and it wasn't even plankton who took the key , plankton didn't even steal the formula , he was just after it , that makes me like meh...... so this episode was not mystery or funny but too weird for me. 2/10

I'm sorry, but do you actually watch Spongebob? I haven't seen you write a single positive review for any episode. It's all negative.

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I'm sorry, but do you actually watch Spongebob? I haven't seen you write a single positive review for any episode. It's all negative.

1.No, he was watching Spongbob. 428899.gif

2.He has written positive reviews, he's a non-post movie fan.

3.You can apparently tell he has watched this episode.

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no i like season 4-5 but not season 6-7 but season 4-5 was still bad cuz they had some excellent episodes mixed with bad ones , but season 6-7 had the most bad ones so i hate that the most , season 1-3 were the best for me , those were the grand prize

You like seasons 4 and 5 even though you think their bad?

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You know what? Even though i've gotten into arguements with him in the past, just leave SBiscool alone. We don't need any more fights.
Truer words have never been spoken.

Know why? Because it's the same idiots finding flaws in sbiscool's logic, when the proper thing to do is to just... let it go.

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no i like season 4-5 but not season 6-7 but season 4-5 was still bad cuz they had some excellent episodes mixed with bad ones , but season 6-7 had the most bad ones so i hate that the most , season 1-3 were the best for me , those were the grand prize

Season 4 is funnier then season 3.

Season 3 was an unfunny mess that's only good episodes were Squidward Got Mauled and Band Geeks. Season 4 was phenomenal that had many great episodes.

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Season 4 is funnier then season 3.

Season 3 was an unfunny mess that's only good episodes were Squidward Got Mauled and Band Geeks. Season 4 was phenomenal that had many great episodes.

If you don't start making more sense we're going to have to put you in a home.
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My only problem with this episode is that they ripped off Season 6 episodes title, which was 'Patty Caper'.

Then again this is even better than that episode so no biggie.

9/10

Fun Fact: The special was originally going to be named "Krabby Patty No More". The title was kind of weird, but I have no idea why they thought a title that is almost the exact same as a Season 6 episode would be better.

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SpongeBob looks into the uncertain future of his show.

 

Written By Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, Dani Michaeli, and Steven Banks

 

At this point in the show, SpongeBob was an inconsistent mess. Some episodes seemed to rebound from the awful Season 6 (Tentacle Vision, for example) while some seemed to be determined to go worse than Season 6 (Growth Spout, Stuck In The Wringer). And then, after the very disappointing Legends anthology, SpongeBob really seemed to be stuck on the path of becoming a Nicktoon that was good and got really, really, irreparably bad. 

 

And then this little thing aired.

 

Don't get me wrong- This is not a great episode that'll restore your faith in SpongeBob. But, just like how Atlantis Squarepantis is right around the point where the show became horrible, this episode is the point where the show picks up some steam (and it's funny, as this and Atlantis were written by the same people :P ). Things here seem to get sharper. Jokes are better. The animation is less dead and mechanical. And moreso, the characters aren't totally unlikable! That really takes the bitter edge the episodes had been having off.

 

But, onto the plot. When the Krusty Krab runs out of patties, SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs decide to make a new batch. But, fed up after Plankton tries to steal the formula again, Mr. Krabs sends the formula to a bank for out in the west by train. But, when it turns out he needs the formula to make the new batch of patties, he sends SpongeBob and Patrick on a train to get it back. Plankton tags along to steal the formula.

 

What works about this episode is that while the plot is a little convoluted, it moves quickly and is told well. Something I like about the episode is how it subverts everything rather well. Yes, the exposition takes 5 minutes to tell before the plot kicks in, but it's okay because it's actually funny exposition and not a waste of time. Yes, it's another Plankton episode, but it's approached in a new way. Yes, pointless characters are introduced, but they're actually funny for what they are. Plankton is actually kind of a threat here, and I love how it kinda feels like it deepens the arc between him and Mr. Krabs ("Come on Eugene, haven't you heard of tradition?").

 

A good deal of the scenes are funny, too. SpongeBob's back-and-forth with the butler was good, and the Butler was overall a pretty hilarious character ("I do not even have the Butler accent!). Patrick's grouping of scenes where he ran past the train to try to stop it was absolutely fantastic. Patrick as a whole was written great in this episode, writing for him is one of Casey Alexander and Zeus Cervas's strengths. 

 

Patrick (looking at the Brake lever): Hm. B-R-A-K-E. I can do that!

*he walks over to SpongeBob holding the broken brake*

Pat: Did you need this?

 

and

 

SpongeBob: Patrick, we have to stop the train!

Patrick: Let's see if shoveling this coal into this fire will help!

 

Hilarious. Oh, and the animation is good.

 

For all the things this episode did right, however, there are things it does wrong. Some grotesque stuff still is in the show (the view of Mr. Krabs' organs is rather nasty, but tolerable), and a lot of pointless jokes are here too. Seriously, what is this:

 

SpongeBob: Maybe you stole the formula!

Patrick: Maybe you're a werewolf!

*random fish comes out of nowhere, looks at the full moon (even though it's in the middle of the FREAKING DAY) and turns into a werewolf*

*cut to commercial*

 

And then it's never mentioned again. What is that? Is that supposed to be a joke? It's up there with one of the worst "jokes" SB has ever pulled. I want to think that something was cut out from that scene, but you never know. And, to boot, the ending ALSO comes out of nowhere. The ep has a bit of a depressing end with Krabs having to pay for the damages, but it's alright. But then the episode skips ahead 75 years and reveals that the whole episode was a story that (a now aged) SpongeBob was telling his grandson in the future. What? An ending like that could have had the potential to be cool, but it doesn't end with a joke or anything....It's just there. Just pointless.

 

But, for it's flaws, Great Patty Caper is, well great. Especially for the time period in which it was airing. It feels like something you would see in Seasons 8 or 9 or 4 and 5. It's really funny, and while some things in it are dumb, some are really good. This episode didn't restore my faith in SpongeBob (that was A SquarePants Family Vacation), but if you've ever dropped out of watching the series, this should be the episode to come back with. It's a sign of good to come. It's a noticeable point that Season 7 from this point on gets a LOT better from this point out.

 

This episode? Don't Call It A Comeback. Even though that's exactly what it is. 8/10.

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But then the episode skips ahead 75 years and reveals that the whole episode was a story that (a now aged) SpongeBob was telling his grandson in the future. What? An ending like that could have had the potential to be cool, but it doesn't end with a joke or anything....It's just there. Just pointless.

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I was never exactly a big fan of that ending either. It just seemed so out of place and didn't fit with the actual theme of the special. The ending probably would've worked better for another special.

 

Also, what did you think of the actual mystery itself?

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