293a. Big Top Flop

[Jjs Goodman]

Premieres: Tuessday, October 31st at 4pm ET/PT

Plot: When the circus comes to town and steals his customers away, Mr. Krabs tries to sabotage the show.

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[4EverGreen]

I always find it kind of interesting when one of the main characters is able to interact with another character of their species. With certain exceptions, it actually doesn't HAPPEN that often on "Spongebob Squarepants". But in this case, Mr. Krabs has to interact with a crab circus owner, name of Mr. Muckraker (which is another term for a bottom-feeder, which CRABS happen to be; talk about GENIUS BONUS!) Not only has Mr. Muckraker taken all of Mr. Krabs' regular customers, Mr. Muckraker has parked his circus tent right NEXT to the Krusty Krab! And worst of all, Mr. Muckraker did it LEGALLY! Needless to say, it doesn't take long for Mr. Krabs to rope Spongebob, Squidward, and Patrick into his plot to try to SABOTAGE the circus! Mr. Krabs locks up the REAL circus crew (never thought we'd ever see the MULTI-EYED female fish that briefly appeared in "The Two Faces Of Squidward" ever again!) And Mr. Krabs, taking the place of the Ringmaster, has Spongebob pretend to be the lady on a unicycle on a tightrope, Squidward as the World's SADDEST clown, and Patrick as the World's most FAKE sea-bear in all of EXISTENCE! However, not only do ALL of Mr. Krabs' attempts to sabotage the circus end up as the equivalent of "Springtime For Hitler", the REAL circus crew finds a saw to saw themselves out of their circus car (although in a case of "Surprisingly Realistic Outcome", it actually takes them ALL the way until Patrick's act to saw their way out of there!) Mr. Muckraker and Mr. Krabs decide to fight each other...by SHOOTING themselves out of a CANNON at each other! The end result? Both Mr. Krabs AND Mr. Muckraker are now a CONJOINED crab ringleader, BOTH making a lot of money together! I'd give this episode a 9.9 out of 10. Enough said, true believers!