315a. Smartificial Intelligence

[Jjs Goodman]

Premieres: Friday, March 7th at 7pm ET/PT

Plot: Perch fights for his job after he's fired and replaced by a robot anchorman.

[4EverGreen]

Well, it took about 14 seasons longer than it should have; but at long last, Perch Perkins has his own focus episode! Now, was it wrong for Perch to laugh at the firemen for being replaced by a robot? Yes, it was. Did that mean that Perch DESERVED to be fired for laughing at them? I would say not. With Perch losing his job, he slinks to an alley where a LOT of former reporters (including the evil weather fish and Gene Scallop) have been exiled to after having lost their jobs. Thankfully, Spongebob REFUSES to let Perch waste his potential rotting in an alley; and convinces him to try his luck at a different job. While Perch is good at talking, his muscle memory keeps making him trying to develop news out of topics during moments that aren't necessarily a good time to do so. Perch gets fired from the grocery store after talking to Bubble Bass for accidentally causing a pickle jar spill (although Bubble Bass at least is mortified by the fact that he unintentionally caused Perch to lose that job); and than Perch blows it at the Krusty Krab for grilling Larry over his health standards over his gym! It's than that Spongebob decides that Perch needs to PROVE that he's better than a robot, by out-reporting it! While at first it seems that they're evenly matched, when the robot goes into overdrive reporting; Perch realizes that NO one can report news THAT fast, unless they're CREATING it! And with his OWN investigative camera, Perch EXPOSES the robot anchorman by uncovering the robot's malicious crimes in order to CREATE more news! Unable to defend himself, the robot EXPLODES; and Perch gets his job back by default! All in all, I'd give this episode a 10/10! Enough said, true believers!

[CartoonCF]

I liked Firehouse Bob a bit better, but this was still a good episode.