Many agree Fry Cook Games should’ve been a half hour special. It’s a great episode by itself, but imagine if we saw those events in the montage at full length.
I can’t imagine how SpongeBob still works for someone like Mr. Krabs after seeing what he did to those jellyfish. We literally saw him operating a slaughterhouse.
Yes!! Especially since Mr. Krabs is reliant on SpongeBob and Squidward specifically seeing as they seem to be the only competent employees that he can find. Also Mr. Krabs sucks!!!!! They were so close to benefiting from the strike!!
There’s been videos discussing all of Mr. Krabs’ felonies throughout the show, and “Jellyfish Hunter” sticks out to me as one of his worst. Freaking animal cruelty to such cute animals.
@@xapokalypse I wouldn't necessarily call him a slave owner, Spongebob is basically a volunteer with stockholm syndrome, he could leave at any moment but he loves being at the Krusty Krab even if he gets treated poorly.
It's pretty interesting watching "Squid on Strike" and "Jellyfish Hunter" as an adult, especially now. As a kid I didn't understand what a strike was or how brutally Mr.Krabs was exploiting SpongeBob and Squidward's labor, I alway thought that he was joking for some reason. I feel like these episodes have aged even better with the increasing number of Unions and Strikes that have occurred in the past 20 years, It's really interesting to look back on.
@@pn2294 for sure, but it helps kids that the exploitation was over the top, but doing so early on helped people realize it for situations that are much more subtle/nuanced
You know, a thing I've never realized until now is that apparently either Patrick was right with his diss at the start or he is a natural fry cook. He's just jumped into the Fry Cook Games without any prior experience and still managed to tie Spongebob.
I think the Texan pride thing comes from our history classes, learning that Texas colonists managed to fight off another nation’s army (with help of course) and then was its own country for about 10 years before begging the United States to please take them in. A lot of states don’t have a history that is that action packed. It’s almost like a mini American revolution, and everyone knows how patriotic we can be about the US because of that
Plus, Texas is basically its own country and is one of the most powerful states. I'm pretty sure Texas could split from the rest of the US and would be fine. Could be wrong about that last part though.
@@am-ranth8955 Texas has it's own power grid, no? That was part of the whole problematic winter when the grid failed but it was only Texas, cus they failed to do their winterization better. But yeah, this whole "secede" stupidity is bonkers.
@Naruto31132 I mean, it isn't bonkers. They would never secede alone. At any time when they start talking about it there are some 10 or 20 other states willing to go with them. The South and North divide is still very much a thing, and it seems to only be getting worse with more polarization politically.
Also confisder texas is one of those states full of cultures from cowboy shenanigans to the meheecan roots. And it's big. Very big and very iconically shaped.
It's crazy how political those two episodes are talking about overfishing and striking. I also love how the Worm episode is just one big Jaws reference.😂
I haven't watched that episode in years, so I completely forgot most of the jokes except for the famous "Take Bikini Bottom and push it somewhere else!" meme. The "Worm sign" bit caught me so off guard that it absolutely sent me
"NO! You'll never get a cent outta me! NEVER! I'd RATHER that worm come in 'ere RIGHT NOW, AND EAT'CHA ALL ALIIIIIEEEEVE!" The way Krabs starts frothing at the mouth and says that in front of everyone just kills me.
The fry cook games is one of my favorites for the season 2 finale, same with the Alaskan bull worm one. The whole “pushing the town somewhere else” bit is ridiculous but hilarious
It's hard to say when SpongeBob became "bad." The fact is that Stephen Hillenburg and several prolific writers left the series after Season 3 and the movie. Season 4 has a younger staff that tried to pick up where the old guard left off, but after a while they start doing their own thing. The part nobody can agree on is when "their own thing" became a problem.
Anyone ever noticed that Fred, the singing fish did not hurt his leg in “Jellyfish Hunter”? You’d think he’d have another leg accident while dancing throughout that Jelly Patty number.
"Weird pride over a place they were born in" Ah yes, thats why they have pride in it. Not the culture, history, people. Just the land itself, and nothing else.
29:15 Here's the thing. I'm one of the people who watched Spongebob way after it got bad due to hoping it would get good again. So I feel confident in saying this. Season 4 is not bad. It's just that the general quality of episodes and characterization gets a noticeably lower average in that season. There are a few episodes that are pre-movie quality. But not that much. Season 5, the quality gets even lower, but not by much so there are a few episodes that are still perfectly serviceable but only like 1 or 2 could reach pre-movie quality in writing. Season 6 literally starts with a mediocre episode with a horrible infamous scene and things continue being incredibly mediocre going forward. The "good" episodes are just the level of decent episodes of season 5...with one exception gets to what I believe to be a good Season 4 level. (And even that episode has a horribly gross scene in there to prevent it from being perfectly fine). The thing with Spongebob that kept people watching way after is that decent and even bad episodes could have one or two scenes where things are really funny or memeable, but the actual episode itself is not at that level.
I think Season 5 is also where the Squidward episodes stop being him getting his comeuppance or self-sabotaging and start with the show torturing him for no reason, which is a reason a lot of people don’t like the Post-Movie Era. I also watched a decent amount of 5 and 6 hoping things would get better, and it really feels like executive meddling with the way they overuse gross images and flanderized pretty much everyone.
I think of the bad SpongeBob Seasons as 'mid-season SB' rather than 'modern SB' which people aften associate it with. Season 9 was where I felt the show finally started going back in the right direction and had more charm than Seasons 4-8
New Texan here, and everyone I’ve met is a total sweetheart who’s proud of where they come from (and the gas and grocery prices don’t hurt either). It’s a beautiful state and I’m happy to be here!
These people are delusional with obvious insecurities or misinformation or both. It’s quite hilarious watching them rant about a state everyone is moving to cuz it’s great 😂
Though, in the strike episode, it was more about getting the attention of as many people as possible than about trying to sound more competent than he was.
As a child, it never clicked to me that the whole episode of Sandy, SpongeBob and the Worm was a short homage to Stephen Spielberg’s 1978 classic JAWS. Everything from someone clawing on a surface to break up the commotion in a bickering room, to the town “hiring” someone to hunt the beast, to the fake out of someone capturing what they think is the actual beast, but it really wasn’t. It’s wild.
16:36 You never truly appreciate service until you've worked it. I know I can say that as someone who has worked nights at the local Walmart for almost 8 years.
What a coincidence, I've been working at Walmart for eight years, I've been on third since 2021, used to be second shift back in 2015. The job isn't perfect and is stressful as hell.
The worm episode gives me Tremors vibes. A giant underground worm, and they made it seem like his tongue was him before revealing that he’s *much* bigger
You make a good point about the “when Spongebob gets bad” aspect. I know, at some point, the show delves into the uncanny valley. I still vividly remember one episode that legitimately makes me ask, “What the f*** was that? Spongebob cleaned the locker, so how could Squidward be on something?”
@@70s_GenLover I do, too. I’m just saying it’s insane, and it doesn’t have any particular plot other than “clarinet recital.” With that said, I find it to be so comical and trippy that it’s amazing.
One of my favorite lines was cut from the Jellyfish Hunter reaction “Easy boy, what are you going to do with that?” “Something That should’ve been done A LONG TIME AGO” “NOOOOO” “The Squeaky Bolt on this door was driving me crazy”
I still wanna see you guys watch season 4-5. Even tho it'll never be as good as the first 3 seasons, there's still some pretty solid episodes there that I want you guys to see ngl (Also I pretty much stopped watching SpongeBob on season 10)
Yeah there are still iconic episodes after season 3 like handsome squidward and I’m pretty sure the conch shell episode is in season 4. People dump on the middle seasons because it wasn’t the same but, there are tons of bangers after season 3.
I love jelly fish hunters cause it brings awarnesss to the brutual horrible conditions of slaughter houses that cows & others go through. Non veg is terrifying
As someone who has watched every single episode from season 1-8, I can confidently say that it gets really bad once you enter season 6. Seasons 4 and 5 are fine, but that’s where you’ll notice a decline in quality. Nevertheless, I think S4 and S5 are still watchable
I always enjoy listening to your guy’s remarks and the discussions y’all have while reacting. It really makes the reactions that much more fun to watch.😆😊❤
20:26 so this is a reference to the movie jaws, and the first time my parents sat us down to watch that movie when the original scene played out us kids all looked at each other and were like “why’d they include a spongebob reference”
The reason why people say it gets bad after season 3 is because that is when Stephen Hillenburg left the show. He originally wanted the movie to be the end of the show (the movie was released after season 3) but Nickelodeon decided to continue it. Personally, I continued watching until right around season 6, and there really is a noticeable dip in quality starting in season 4. That's just my opinion though.
There definetly is a quality drop after the movie because that was supposed to be the finale. The creator Steven Hillenburg and other writers left the show. I like most of the season 4 episodes, some are great, some just okay and most pretty good. The following seasons have their moments and some episodes I like but the style has changed. The humor now is mostly grotesque visiual humor, slapstick, and just your kid show basic jokes. And I even grew up with many of these episodes at least until season 6. It really isn't (only) nostalgia, but you'll probably see. You should watch it as long as you want. It will be interesting to see your opinions on the post movie episodes. I think you should decide for yourselves if you like them or not.
Man these last episodes were ICONIC! Fry Cook Games, Jellyfish Hunter, the Strike and the Alaskan Bull Worm episode! Season 2 honestly ended on such a strong note. I'm excited for you guys to do season 3 and the movie!
top that, pinky SpongeBob acting like Sandy's pa and SAY IT OR I'LL TRIP YOU are so underrated like I think alot of us would of love to trip someone in like a game or whatever cause they didn't admit there wrong lol
21:28 I recently found out what she meant by "I'm from Texas; what you think is big I think is big are two different bigs didn't mean "I'm tough you being a sea creature and me being a land creature have different POVs of the word big" but was a hint of the famous quote "everything's bigger in Texas" I should know I visited Texas last November some things there were a lot bigger than in my home state NY like 3 Liter soda bottles for starters
I'm so happy you watched further! I've been waiting for you guys to react to at least these two episodes, and i cannot wait for you to react to certain future episodes!
Thank you guys so much for these weekly SpongeBob and regular show reactions, I’ve been going though a lot of bad shit lately, and your videos really make my day:)
One thing I love about Mr. Krabs as a character is how he can naturally fill pretty much any role the show needs him to from episode to episode. Sometimes he’s a completely villainous dirtbag and sometimes he’s a nurturing voice of reason, often somewhere in between.
11:24 if you think about it the fact of Patrick getting mad about his name being changed to Rick actually makes more sense than you think. Because in big pink loser that scene of is this the crusty crab and Patrick kept saying no this is Patrick until he got mad and blew it
The fact that Plankton uses a microphone in the Fry Cook games that's on just a rope with no wire attached to it still bothers the hell out of me to this very day.
Episode 19 is so nostaligic for me because I remember every single year from 2006 to around 2012 me and my siblings would sit at the kids table for thanksgiving at my grandmothers house and the only "kids" dvd she had was that one episode that she recorded for us and we would watch it every single year. i have no idea where that tape is now.
Season 4 is definitely a good season for the most part, meanwhile I'd say either season 5 or 6 is where you start to tread into mixed bag territory, and I remember mid 2010s era Spongebob being a bit stale alot of the time. However, from the couple episodes I saw, modern Spongebob (as in the last few years) seems to have a new energy back, imo at least.
I've been rewatching SpongeBob myself recently and I'm up to season 5. Season 4 & 5 are the ones I remember the most and I enjoy them. I hope you continue watching but if you decide not to I understand as well! As long as you react to the first movie then I'm happy! :]
There is no such think as an Alaskan Bull Worm in real life however the worm in the episode might be based on the real life Giant Gippsland earthworm located in Australia. It's a worm that can grow up to 3 meters long! The real issue is it isn't aquatic but otherwise it's pretty similar.
Seasons 4 & 5 are still worth watching. I might be in the minority here but I actually enjoyed seasons 6-8. There are some disturbing/gross out stuff here and there but I still enjoyed this era as a kid. Season 9 is when I started watching the show on and off so I can’t remember if it was good or not.
For the convo at the end, I have been there for pretty much all of Spongebob, and to me there is no "bad season." I feel like it's a matter of perspective based on how we grow up and watch it evolve, and also how the writing of the show changes to fit a newer generation that can also grow up with it as we have. That said, I will say that statistically most people don't care much for seasons 5 through 9, so yeah. 🤷
I kept watching SpongeBob well after season 4 as a kid, there’s one channel that is still reacting past that season and I’ve been shocked seeing just how many episodes I forgot about but now remember bits and pieces of after seeing the thumbnails. I remember still watching it as a kid but at a certain point started feeling like the episodes were getting really strange and genuinely made me uncomfortable to watch, but that didn’t start happening until about season 6 or so. I group season 4 in with the first three because there are some episodes on there I remember fondly that really aren’t as bad as people say, and I remember specific episodes from later seasons that I liked but they weren’t as good/memorable as the first 4 seasons. It’s all up to personal opinion though, some people absolutely hate later SpongeBob episodes while some really like them still. I think there are some really good moments in later seasons but they’re just more rare to come by than in the earlier ones.
a lot of people say that season 9 is a return to form for the series and even started giving season 1 vibes. I haven't seen it yet so I can't really make that judgement.
After Season 3, I recommend watching the 2004 movie. It was supposed to serve as the series finale, until the show was continued with season 4 due to profit. Anyway, I actually consider Season 4 as a group with the first three, so I also recommend that Season. Everything after Season 4, though, I don't remember much of. I believe I only saw up to Season 7 in full, but afterwards, I might have seen like a few episodes here or there up to Season 10.