327b. Go Fetch

[Jjs Goodman]

Premieres: Friday, October 3rd at 5:30pm ET/PT

Plot: Gary's favorite ball falls into a monster-filled trench.

[WhoBibbles]

Fucking hell.

Idk what I was thinking when I first heard about the episode. Because it truly sounded so fake after seeing a synopsis of it and the title. But no, this is an episode in which Gary loses his favorite balls and SpongeBob and Gary have to get them back. But my interest was risen after seeing it's animated by a different studio. It's an entirely CGI episode of the show but my god, they did the best thing ever. This episode isn't just one of my favorite post-sequel episodes, it's one of my favorite episodes of this show EVER and I don't think my mind will change. It truly is something special.

It is such a simple concept, SpongeBob and Gary goes into the trenches to get Gary's toy back but has to deal with monsters inside it. What makes early SpongeBob cool is them taking simple concepts and making the most out of them and this episode is exactly that but so different with its animation style. It has such a unique tone to it with its animation and music, it is no ordinary SpongeBob episode. Maybe I can let slide of SpongeBob movies with bland CGI animation and whatever Kamp Koral was. Because none of them will match to the quality of this short. It's exciting, it's colorful, it's mesmerizing and so on.

What really gets me tho is the ending in which Gary saves SpongeBob life by giving up his ball and telling him that it didn't matter, it is the memories he shared with SpongeBob that matters, so Gary gets a new ball and SpongeBob and Gary hug it out. Ofc this episode ends with the kid that kicked the previous ball kicked the new one again because this is still a comedy show but the fact that SpongeBob and Gary had this special moment made me cry so hard. You know you are doing something when you make me cry. Only other time I ever cried for SpongeBob was the scene in the first movie when SpongeBob and Patrick die from not getting water and that was such a high bar. Since this episode had this power, I know it's fucking incredible. It is the best Gary centric episode since Have You Seen This Snail for sure.

This is something I would recommend to anyone who has ever adopted a pet before. The special bond between people and animals is beautiful and while I never had a pet of my own, the fact that I have known many pets of my loved ones and loved them so much had this much impact on me.

Perfection, nothing else to say.

Grade: 100/10

 

[Jjs Goodman]

Cute episode, Gary almost actually died in it so it gets a 10/10. In all seriousness, it's telling this short had better cg animation than any of the recent movies.