4EverFreeGuy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I think you guys misunderstood me. I didn't say I was totally AGAINST pre-movie episodes being on this list! I mean, 16 out of the 25 episodes that I picked were EXCLUSIVELY before the first movie happened! I was just saying that I was trying to pick episodes that deserved a chance to shine among the pre-movie episodes! Anyways, more back on topic, "F.U.N." definitely made my list at #17. This was, and still is, kind of a unique plot idea for "Spongebob Squarepants." We haven't really gotten another episode like this, where Spongebob tries to make friends with somebody who is like an antagonist to him, and we DEFINITELY don't have many catchy songs in the vein of the "Fun Song", out there. The episodes are starting to get good, let's see what else is on this list! Enough said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD Rockruff Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 F.U.N. is a great episode. It didn't make my list but it was really good regardless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Slug Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 F.U.N is one of the best Plankton episodes for me since it was actually the first sign that Plankton had more to him under his comically evil surface. Part of the reason why I love Friend or Foe so much is because it goes deeper into that aspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
President Squidward Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 F.U.N is one of those middle of the road episodes for me. Not bad, but not good either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turo Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 FUN missed my list but nevertheless, excellent addition to s1. Honestly I like the moral at the end. Could It have been done better with exploring why Plankton's evil? Yes (although Friend or Foe basically covered that years later) but I do think some people just choose to be bad, rather than them being destined to be evil. Plankton could have been redeemed If he really wanted to but he chose to do evil. I think it's an important message for kids to see. That doesn't mean people can't change but some people just don't change, even if we want them to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wumbo Posted June 21, 2018 Author Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2018 47. "Grievances? This town is a grievance! There should be a law against so many stuck-up tightwads living in one place. This city needs to be destroyed!... or at least painted a different color." Squidville, 66 points (7 of 32 lists. 1 #1 vote - Wendy the Witch) http://spongebob.wikia.com/wiki/Squidville Wumbo: When I made my best list back in 2015, which I then also re-used for 2016, Squidville was the last episode I had to cut. And it was a difficult one for sure because I absolutely love this episode and what it does for Squidward's character. Fast-forward three years later, and I realize it's so good that, yes, it does deserve a spot on my list. For the majority of the series, Squidward is the butt-monkey, however deserving it is from episode to episode. He is the perfect foil to SpongeBob's optimism and relentless cheer, and this relationship gets him in trouble a majority of the time. So what would happen if we actually moved Squidward away from his foil? It's not teased and then spoiled like in Opposite Day; it actually happens as he moves into his supposed paradise, Tentacle Acres. Where there are no pineapples in sight and Squidward can finally live the life he wants to live. But is it the life he wants to live? That's what this episode asks, and the answer we get is that Squidward, whether he knows it or not, needs that excitement SpongeBob brings into his life to stave off the monotony of a life he would have otherwise. This is brilliantly shown through a montage of Squidward going through the motions in Tentacle Acres and becoming less and less enthused about it as the days go by. Quite possibly one of my favourite moments in the series there; such a simple melancholic concept. This ends with him playing with a reef blower, the exact reason he moved away from SpongeBob and Patrick in the first place, proving that he needs the excitement and even childish fun they give his life. Speaking of SpongeBob and Patrick, they deserve an aside here for being consistently funny throughout this episode. It's good to cut to them every so often so we don't get variations on Squidward's character for the rest of the episode. and their exploration of Tentacle Acres looking for their neighbour is a great series of dumb jokes to cap off their arc. Overall, I appreciate the comic sensibilities of this episode as well as the deep exploration of Squidward's psyche it provides us. Definitely a top tier episode for me. Hayden: Our episode begins with reef blower shenanigans, a nice tie-in to the episode which was the first of Squidward's adventures as Spongebob's neighbor. The episode's premise has Squidward in his own personal heaven, a culturally isolated community where nobody different is allowed. (Oh my). What's great is that Squidward's eyes are opened entirely on his own, and not through Spongebob/Patrick's quest to get him back. Speaking of them, they feel sympathetic here and Patrick manages to get out zinger after zinger. "I hate this channel". "Are you Squidward now?". "That's ok, take your time". In the end, Squidward trolling his kind is kind of like him trolling and laughing at himself, which is always the best kind of Squidward. 5 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turo Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Squidville missed my list but it was so close to making it. A place without SpongeBob, is just a parasite for Squidward, yet it's also really boring. When he finally got everything, his whole life became meaningless. Regardless of some of SpongeBob annoying him all the time, SpongeBob balances out his desires with some crazy and nonsensical fun. Sometimes just like Squidward, we need some crazy situations where not everything works out for you. That's how life it is and Squidward missed that part of his life. I loved everythinfg about this episode. From top notch humor to an excellent character study and an unique story arc. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 c a n n e d B R E A D 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So Sejima Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Squidville is somewhere in my 30s, everything is great but unfortunately there were at least 25 I liked more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD Rockruff Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Squidville is pretty good but not top 50 material in my opinion. It's an interesting episode and while there's nothing in it that could be considered bad, I'm afraid it just didn't do enough to make my top 50. Even then, it's a definite must-watch from Season 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpongeNicko Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Squidville is another episode that is somewhere in my own Top 50. Very amazing episode with an excellent plot and helped out by great humor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OWM Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I love Tentacle Acres as a setting. I just thought it was a great idea for the squids to be such a homogeneous people. Besides having the same interests, I like how they all have a unanimous hatred of sponges and starfish, and how they’re all dicks too. As the episode progresses it only makes the quote “I’m my own man.” funnier. The montage of Squidward slowly getting depression is great too, I enjoy how his expression just gets more and more sad and the music starts distorting like crazy. Squidward’s descent into madness is also entertaining, and his rampage through the entire city is an amazing sight. The music is fantastic too. Happy Go-Lucky serves as a great theme to the entire episode, and War Blowers is another classic. 50. ??? 49. ??? 48. ??? 47. ??? 46. ??? 45. ??? 44. ??? 43. ??? 42. ??? 41. ??? 40. ??? 39. ??? 38. ??? 37. ??? 36. ??? 35. ??? 34. ??? 33. ??? 32. ??? 31. ??? 30. ??? 29. ??? 28. ??? 27. ??? 26. ??? 25. ??? 24. ??? 23. ??? 22. ??? 21. ??? 20. ??? 19. ??? 18. ??? 17. ??? 16. ??? 15. ??? 14. Valentine's Day (#50) 13. ??? 12. ??? 11. ??? 10. ??? 9. ??? 8. ??? 7. ??? 6. ??? 5. ??? 4. ??? 3. ??? 2. ??? 1. ??? Not on List: Rock Bottom (#49) F.U.N. (#48) Squidville (#47) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylie Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Squidville is a great episode that touches on pretty unique topics like falling into a pattern that ultimately makes you unhappy and coming to realize that the pattern ultimately needs to be broken. The concept of a utopia is also explored here with Squidward moving into a city that is almost directly tailored for him and still, ultimately, failing to find any happiness. Tentacle Acres is a great setting and a perfect illustration of society more focused on visual appearance than quality of living and the sentiment of the episode has been extremely relatable to my life at times. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clappy Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Consider me a huge fan of Squidville as well. This would be in my Top 50 too and it just missed the cut of my Top 25. As Homie already touched upon, the underlying message about how some patterns are meant to be broken, even if you’re living in what you would consider an ideal utopia is tackled greatly. Tentacle Acres itself is such a great location and I mentioned a few posts ago, I do enjoy when SpongeBob builds upon its location settings. Also that ending is priceless with Squidward blasting off on the reef blower and SpongeBob saying that Squidward sure isn’t that guy. That’s one of my favorite episode ending quotes of this series and always makes me laugh. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 F.U.N. is the only episode so far that's in my top 50, and I'd slot it at around the same place. Just a sweet, enjoyable episode that showed us a side of Plankton we don't get to see very much. Rock Bottom and Squidville are good episodes, too, but there isn't really anything about either of them I found too memorable other than the new places they explored and this montage that's a pretty accurate representation of my own life: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquiddyFace Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 F.U.N is such a fantastic episode and I now regret the fact that I didn't put it on my list Squidville is also a fantastic and hilarious episode but it's not top 25 material for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayden Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 I was about to send my commentary but lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 Squidville is such unique episode to unique location for Tentacle Acres for Squidward move to new town, but he feels that town turn boring place for him which he realized he actually missed SB which is sad part. I loved the montage of Squidward from smiley to feeling bored transition which works as representation of how his life is like in new places. I also liked the ending which is funny tbh. Overall, a decent Squidward episode from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honest Slug Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Stuart the Minion approves of these episodes. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumbo Posted June 22, 2018 Author Share Posted June 22, 2018 5 hours ago, Hayden said: I was about to send my commentary but lol you can still send it bro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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