011b. Patrick's Alley

[Jjs Goodman]

Premieres: Friday, April 8th at 7pm ET/PT

Plot: The Patrick Star Show rebrands for a younger audience.

[4EverGreen]

While this episode segment feels like a remarkable improvement over the episode segment that aired prior to this one, I feel as though this episode segment could've been better if it was slightly longer. I feel as though there were at least a couple of scenes missing. For instance, how did Patrick and Squidina get a giant animatronic robot ape in the first place?! Also, how did Grandpat suddenly become the sun?! (I know the last one is partially a "Teletubbies" joke/reference, but still...). In addition, there are also parodies of "Mister Roger's Neighborhood; Lamb-Chop's Play-along;" and "Blue's Clues." Also, we learn that Ouchie can actually speak! Whether this will be a consistent thing or used only as rule of funny, remains to be seen. Overall, I'd give this episode a 9.0 out of 10, mostly because of the two scenes that had a lack of backstory to them. Enough said, true believers!