SBC's Top 50 Worst Episodes Ever! (20 Years Edition)

[SpongeOddFan]

Gone

From i can remember, Gone was like alright except the end was totally awful. I still don't get why people still hate this which i already explained my thoughts on this last year. I can only say this ending is still bad. Squidward & Mrs. Puff i can understand, but EVERYONE decide to do this, too? yeahhhh that's completely stupid to make an holiday dedicated to hate SB...

Squidward’s School for Grown-Ups,

I honestly dislike this. It's making me feel annoyed on how Sqiidward want Patrick to be a man like Squidward. Like Squidward teach Patrick to act like an aduit, and SB is jealous of this? I mean...it's nothing meroable to see Patrick having a bear, but to me, it just bored me and it wasn't funny. Overall, a very forgettable episode IMO.

The Googly Artise

Honestly, this episode i hated so much thar made this episode get any more stupidity....WHY DO YOU HAVE PATRICK WHO IS DUMB DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ART EXCEPT SQUIDWARD IS THE ONE WHO IS TRUE ARTIST BUT NOOOOO THE ART CRTIC CHOSE PATRICK BECAUSE WHY THE FUCK NOW?! 

My god, how is this idiotic can do as artist when HE DOESN'T know. Oh wait this episode goes further worse when we have Mr Krabs blames Squidward for no freaking reasons?! jfc This episode is just stupid and lazy as i don't want to see it that again. Just...screw Patrick for he did. Squidward deserved to be in this episode but nope he got pinished for no reason whatsoever.

Overall, this is reallty awful episode IMO

You Don't Know Sponge

Ah yes, I barely remember this episode which is kind of slow, and Patrick is dumber as unusal. He doesn't even know SB? gee i don't know, but it made no sense for him no longer SB's friend because he doesn't know simple facts about SB....just why? I don't know i have nothing to say this, but yeah t's just slow & meh to me.

[Steel Sponge]

50. The Fishbowl: This was the first episode from the post-sequel era that gave me clear indication that the creative team is going to end up continuing to make mistakes previously made during the series' post-movie era. I don't dread this episode so much, but I think it holds an understandable spot on the list nonetheless.

46. The Googly Artiste: While I am normally going to restrict my commentary towards new entries on the bottom 50, I'll express my thoughts on certain episodes like this one. It's not on my bottom 25, but The Googly Artiste is definitely one of my dishonorable mentions. I'm going to speak in everyone's behalf that I always thought the episode's plot was really dumb. The episode is built around one single joke and it's that everyone except Squidward is so dumbfounded by Patrick's amateur art. It's not a very good joke and thus, it just makes the episode fall very flat.

45. You Don't Know Sponge: IMO, this would be one of the most frustrating examples of Patrick's forced stupidity if not for the ending that just barely saves the episode from landing on my awful tier, while it doesn't necessarily save its incredibly slow, dull pace and a lot of the jokes written for Patrick (LOL HE'S SO DUMB HE THINKS SPONGEBOB IS A TRIANGLE AND DOESN'T KNOW IF SB'S A BOY OR A GIRL).

Edited May 14, 2019 by Steel Sponge

[EmployeeAMillion]

Woo, we’re getting to some real suckers, now! I don’t mind Squidward’s School for Grown-Ups that much, but Gone and You Don’t Know Sponge are particularly frustrating.

I wonder when the Season 10-12 spots are coming.

[SpongeOddFan]

9 hours ago, EmployeeAMillion said:

Woo, we’re getting to some real suckers, now! I don’t mind Squidward’s School for Grown-Ups that much, but Gone and You Don’t Know Sponge are particularly frustrating.

I wonder when the Season 10-12 spots are coming.

uh Season 12 hasn't finished yet

[Steel Sponge]

1 hour ago, SOF said:

uh Season 12 hasn't finished yet

He was talking about episodes including from S12 and he's very much referring to "The Nitwitting" when he mentioned it.

Edited May 14, 2019 by Steel Sponge

[OWM]

44. "What have I done? Have I let the lure of theater production get between me and my patties?"

The Play's the Thing, 82 points

6 out of 41 lists (Highest Rank #5 @PEPSI✭MAN) (-11)

OWM: This is definitely one of the more interesting types of "bad" I've seen from this show. While the idea of Squidward staging a play in the Krusty Krab seems a bit derivative especially compared to much better episodes like Culture Shock, with a few funny roles and jokes it could become pretty great. Of course, this does not happen in this episode at all. There is no real "humor" anywhere in this. Besides a throwaway joke about SpongeBob making a Squidward balloon animal out of condoms I have no clue what I'm supposed to be laughing at. Is it Squidward's overly stale and tired out dramatic delivery? Is it the Bottomites asking for random stuff while Squidward continues to be dense? The actual play itself isn't interesting. It's Squidward alone on the stage making some weird speech about how bad his life is. And of course, it drags on and on. Our only source of breaking up monotony is SpongeBob being kind of dumb for a few minutes until the Bottomites, like us, give up and begin throwing food at Squidward for being so bad. This seems to be leading into a repeat of Culture Shock but then suddenly SpongeBob launches into a bizarre speech about why throwing food is wrong. Why is this here? Why are we supposed to care about this plot element you introduced less than a minute ago? And now Patrick is here to instigate a food fight because you needed some sort of ending to this? Oh, and now it's over. The Play's the Thing ultimately accomplishes nothing with the perfectly good 11-minute timeslot it has. Instead the whole thing is padded out with worthless filler and scenes that go nowhere. This was only my #15 but after writing about it I wish it was higher.

RDSP: Just like the previous two episodes on this list, The Play's the Thing is a long, arduous, uneventful slog. The only thing in this episode close to being notable is the scene of Spongebob blowing up balloons near the start of the episode, and that's only notable because of Youtube clickbait videos. Literally nothing in this episode is memorable on its own merit, and what does happen is so lifeless and mundane that it's hard to say anything about it. I'm having trouble remembering a majority of this episode while writing this, and that's not a good sign. While it's in the top half of my worst list, it's a painfully empty episode that has absolutely no reason to exist.

43. "I'm gonna miss you, little guy. But I know you are going to be in good hands."

Pet Sitter Pat, 85 points

8 out of 41 lists (Highest Rank #5 @SRRS) (-2)

Carotte: What can I say about it? This episode seems underhated to me when it's #43 on the SBC list. In my opinion, it's bottom 15 at least. To be honest, this is one of the worst Patrick appearances in the whole show. I miss when Patrick was actually a dumb but caring and harmless creature like he was in the first three seasons and in most season 4-5 episodes. This episode portrayed as an evil and stupid person who doesn't even care about nothing. The beginning is terrible as Patrick already drops Gary on the ground when SpongeBob is telling him what to do, so I say this sarcastically: "Ooh boy, you sure will be a good pet sitter". In IWATG, Squidward forgot about Gary but at least he made an effort to make the snail feel better before SpongeBob got home. In the other hand, Patrick didn't even know how to feed Gary and almost killed him when he was "bathing" him. Not gonna lie, the birthday scenes are kind of nice and I also can understand SpongeBob being so paranoid about his pet snail. Patrick is so unresponsible in the episode and in general so he never can be trusted. Patrick sure is like the "this is fine" dog here.

WhoBob: Oh boy...Pet Sitter Pat, I remember how this episode was considered one of the worst episodes ever after how it was panned by Mr. Enter's review. Not gonna lie, he had a point that this episode felt like it was trying to fix issues of another episode where Gary was hurt (A Pal for Gary) and it was from same writing crew. even though his bullshit influence for his fans to attack the writers was horrid and this episode was pretty much nonexistent before his review, I'll say that this episode still sucks hard. Now there were small things I did like here. I liked SpongeBob's characterization. He was legit worried for Gary and he quickly ended his grandma's birthday to help him. That was one improvement over his neglect in APFG. I liked seeing Grandma SquarePants again and Gary got a good end (despite how it made no sense and I'm getting there). But...these didn't stop this episode from being a total crap. This felt like they just replaced Puffy Fluffy with some character we actually do give a shit and it's Patrick. My god, his entire screentime here was nothing but to cause pain and damage. I disagree that he was a sociopathic asshole, he was rather a total oblivious moron to Gary. All he did was giving Gary unnecessary misery and ruining SpongeBob's house and got barely karma for it. He did get attack by Gary but that didn't change the fact that he caused damage. I got what this episode was going for. It was meant to show Patrick is unable to babysit Gary and that's not a bad premise. I would like to see Patrick legit struggling to balance the work and Gary being the one to give Patrick a hard time. Not necessarily Gary being an unnecessary jerk, rather Gary not liking babysitting and ignoring or hurting Patrick and eventually Patrick learning how to communicate with Gary. Idk, that's how I would have done without either characters being unnecessary cruelty. The episode was bad at comedy like flamethrower scene was extreme and Patrick's salt comment was a bit tasteless. And this all boiled down to the ending which was so stupid. Patrick caused water to rise in SpongeBob's house and Gary was all unhappy until SpongeBob called Patrick and Gary was just...happy. In the end, when SpongeBob went back to his house to save Gary, Gary was reading Patrick a bedtime story... I don't mind Gary being happy at all, in fact I prefer it over Gary being miserable at the end but this end made no sense over how much Patrick gave Gary a bad night, even if it wasn't his intention. I don't hate this episode that much and It seems like the hate for this toned down due to it being at a low spot but this episode still gave me a bad taste in my mouth and once again Patrick was a badly written character.

 

[dmandagiraffe]

Play's The Thing = basically Culture Shock but drags on and is barely funny at all

Pet Sitter Pat = APFG but in season 8 and involves Patrick

Both of these eps = still not on my bottom 25

[So Sejima]

Play's I'm not surprised, about the same amount of points since it's more obscure to hate and more lists means more competition, it still painfully drags on and the ending of the food fight where SB just maniacally laughs at the end...shit's genuinely depressing to watch man repeat my commentary from last year.

Pet Sitter I thought people stopped hating, indifferent to it making on but I just wish it'd be considered worse than APFG since it shares the same issues of being dull with one really bad scene (water or fire v you all know what) while APFG at least had the decency of a cool beginning and a brief fight scene instead of just boring fucking around during the climax.

[Klu]

I barely remember Play's a Thing. Like literally, barely. I was surprised that this episode even existed, but I remembered it a bit by screencaps. So I don't have to say about it much, but welp, if I barely remember it, I doubt that it's any good. Forgettable episodes are garbage, so I think it deserves being on the list.

Pet Sitter Pat is garbage episode that continues bad trends from s6-7. Bad Patrick characterization, Gary suffering, gross-out... But I don't have much to say about it, because:

1) While this episode is horrible, It didn't provoked any emotional response from me, besides annoyance a bit.

2) This episode is one of infamous ones, so many people said why it's so horrible in much better manner than I ever will be able to.

Both episodes aren't in my list, but these are worthy additions overall. 

[WhoBibbles]

I don't have a hatred over The Play's The Thing. It's rather a dull episode I won't go look back to. It doesn't have scenes that legit piss me off but it's also boring and lifeless. I did kind of like the food fight at the end but that's about it. Moving on.

[RD Rockruff]

The Play's the Thing: THERE I AM AGAIN GARY LOOK
Ok, but anyways, it's a bad sign when I can barely remember half of what happened throughout the episode. This is like one of the emptiest episodes of the entire show and gives the previous two episodes on this list a run for their money.

Pet Sitter Pat: I have to congratulate this episode, really. It's one of the few episodes of the entire show that made me feel legitimately tired from how fantastically boring it could be. And when it's not boring, it's very dumb. It missed my worst list, but it still stands as one of the examples of why I find Season 8 somewhat underhated.

[EmployeeAMillion]

I can tell people don’t hate Pet Sitter Pat as much as they used to, but it still dsserved a spot on this list IMO, though not very high. The Play’s The Thing is your typical Season 7 episode- average premise, well below average outcome.

[4EverGreen]

"The Play's the Thing": Basically, "Culture Shock" if it had less jokes and wasn't as good or funny, I honestly forgot this episode even EXISTED!  "Pet Sitter Pat": In Patrick's defense, at least he actually TRIED to take care of Gary, unlike Squidward, who didn't even try at ALL in "I Was a Teenage Gary"! Enough said, for now!

[SpongeOddFan]

The Play's the Thing,

This episode I felt was ok, nothing new to add to this, and It was kind of like what did Culture Shock except this is compeletey different. it did end it up being disappointing to me. I still dislike this because how this "play" boring, and Patrick bein there is random...like evey other episode he showed it just like that. it felt so boring and I even fell asleep during the play. Ugh it was just didn't go well for me. Overall, it was something that felt like it's trying to be like it was basically 2nd version of Culture Shock which is unoriginal IMO.

Pet Sitter Pat

Honestly, this felt like the epsode where Patrick doesn't even know how to feed Gary haha look Patrick thinks he can good pet sitter...yeahhh I still hate it how he uncaring, so we can know how funny this episode. Nope, instead we got worst pet sitter we have. While the sub plot with Grandma Squrepants is kind of cute and all, so i can't be mad at it. My only problem with this episode is if they want to make Patrick to actuallt take care Gary just look at IWATG. That episode shows how Squidward DID care for Gary unlike this episode was awful. Overall, it was really not good, and it just another Patrick trying to be funny episode.

[Honest Slug]

The Play's the Thing might be the most nothing ep ever. It's not as bad as something like House Sittin but did they put any thought into this? It's as if they wanted to rip-off Culture Shock but gave up even writing it halfway through.

Almost 8 years later and people still hate Pet Sitter Pat? It's a bad episode but I have others that I dislike more. Either way I'm not bothered with it having a low position on this countdown.

[BenPaz]

I oddly like Googly Artiste

You Don’t Know Sponge is so bland

Plays the Thing is just really forgettable

Pet Sitter Pat, I really don’t like. The whole thing feels like a waste of time.

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[WinterArcanine]

The Play’s the Thing: Boring episode thats it nvm ignore what I said, I forgot to mention to mention that I also dislike the ending where Squidward and Spongebob get beaten up.

Pet Sitter Pat: Need to rewatch. I’ll probably like it on rewatch

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[OWM]

42. "So far today, and it's not even 2:00 yet, you have cried 43 times."

A Day Without Tears, 89 points

9 out of 41 lists (Highest Rank #6 @Larry the Cucumber) (-5)

OWM: Nobody did commentary for this episode so let me just make something up on the spot. I actually found this one to be pretty great. Sure SpongeBob's constant crying got a bit annoying but it's only for the first few minutes, and it only shows up again at the very end. I like the bet storyline between him and Squidward and the two just sort of hanging around in the pineapple together like two friends. I find it to be one of the best character interactions of post-movie. There's even a bit of tension that builds too once it starts focusing on the clock and the eventual meltdown that SpongeBob has at the end.  So yeah, I really like this episode. Sorry to the 9 people who got it to almost three digits.

41. "SpongeBob, you can't always expect my usual brand of stupidity. I like to mix it up. Keep you on your toes."

The Card, 100 points

9 out of 41 lists (Highest Rank #10 @The last carotte) (+17)

Slug: Throughout the show there have been many episodes with Patrick as the focus. These episodes can shine when Patrick is likable enough to carry the episode, such as Big Pink Loser, but when Patrick is annoying you get something more like The Card. What makes The Card so bad is the repetition of humor combined with Patrick's characterization. Per usual with season 6 partners in crime like Slide Whistle Stooges, there is one gag in this episode involving Patrick getting the card into dangerous positions and SpongeBob tries to save it. That plot could be well-executed in pre-movie and in post-sequel but this is a season 6 episode which comes with stiff animation and bland gags. There is zero punch to these jokes and they all feel hallow, there's barely any creativity with them and you know how each sequence is going to end, there isn't that silliness like in Picture Day that keeps the episode funny and entertaining. Patrick makes the episode even worse, Patrick is just irritating to the core .He doesn't really seem to show any concern throughout the entire thing and watching these horrible dumb gags gets so annoying after 11 minutes. What's weirder is that I think Patrick's antics aren't what's supposed to be ridiculous, it might actually be SpongeBob's. Tom Kenny actually had this in his best list and said his reason for doing so was the plight of a nerd worried about a card in perfection condition getting any damage, which is something in real-life that is silly enough for the show to parody, but the problem with that is SpongeBob is the less ridiculous one here. Patrick is for no reason going into harms way, if they wanted to improve this episode maybe they should've had SpongeBob get worried about Patrick putting the card in danger, maybe even have some scary set-pieces to make it look more dangerous, despite Patrick having things under control. While this is season 6 and this could get annoying, here that'd make sense considering Patrick is a doofus so SpongeBob's fear would be more understandable while still being silly and Patrick actually having things under control would be funny since it's a subversion of the usual Patrick is dumb humor we get all the time (When did Rian Johnson show up?). This is just a very unfunny, repetitive and broken episode from start to finish as is though.

[WinterArcanine]

A Day Without Tears: This one I actually don’t think is bad. There isn’t even that much crying in it, and theres some entertaining stuff in it, such as the tv scene, as well as the beautiful sunset.

The Card: This episode is just meh. I don’t find it to be annoying at all, but I don’t find it to be funny either (except the joke about Patrick’s usual brand of stupidity, that one is hilarious). It’s just fine and thats it. This would be in my 51-60 range, so I can’t honestly I care at all that it made the list.

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[RD Rockruff]

A Day Without Tears: Bad episode. Spongebob's crying in the first half is the most annoying instance of him crying throughout perhaps the whole show, and that kills any chance of it being close to good. The second half is plain S7 mediocrity and annoyance; nothing this episode attempts to do brings it out of the rut it dug itself into in the first half. Due to this, I'd say it incorporates two of S7's worst characteristics; being painfully annoying and being painfully boring. It's just such an unpleasant episode to sit through, especially with those first few minutes barring any chances of it being fully watchable. It made my worst list, albeit in the upper half.

The Card: Hooray, another bad Patrick appearance in Season 6! While I don't think this is the worst Season 6 episode (and therefore it missed my worst list), it's definitely not in the upper half of the season. Patrick is infuriatingly stupid here; not to the point of, say, Ink Lemonade's first half, but he's still pretty bad here. Admittedly, the "You can't expect my usual brand of stupidity" line is kind of funny to me, but Patrick is still painfully dumb here nonetheless. I don't have much else to say, but that's kind of inevitable when the only gag this episode goes for is "Ha ha ha, Patrick is dumb". I believe this episode made my bottom 50.