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SpongeBob SquarePants: Penny Foolish/Nautical Novice (2008)
Both of these episodes are bad, but my review is mainly for "Penny Foolish".
Like I said, this review is mainly for " Penny Foolish". Oh, God... Where do I start with this? Well, the episode begins with Mr. Krabs at the store talking about his bowels. Wow, a poop a joke. Did the writers think that the people watching this were 5 years old? Then it carries on to Mr. Krabs looking out the window who sees SpongeBob picking up what he thinks is a penny. Then the writers who think that they're being funny actually show the exact same clip again and reveal that Mr. Krabs is having a flashback. Just pure lazy writing there...
Next it cuts to Krabs driving home who starts having hallucinations about the penny. He then decides that he must have the penny at all cost. (Literally!) So for the rest of the episode he tries to constantly badger SpongeBob into giving him the penny that he thinks he found.
Yep, that's it. That's pretty much the whole "plot" of this episode. Mr. Krabs pinching a penny in the most unrealistic, selfish ways possible. He even spends thousands of dollars making a movie theater to get the penny and then shorty demolishes it afterwords. If you had any ounce of respect for Mr. Krabs in the post-movie era, then watching this episode will make you lose all of it.
Did the people writing this actually believe that any of it was funny? Well, I for one think not...
So the episodes concludes with Mr. Krabs breaking into SpongeBob's house still looking for the penny. He catches Krabs in the act, and then reveals to him that it wasn't a penny at all, but a dried up piece of gum. (Or so he thinks) It is then shown that the "gum" is actually a 500 dollar bill. Which SpongeBob carelessly tosses away. Of course only the "modern" SpongeBob would do something so stupid, because honestly, he's just an idiot now in the new episodes.
So yeah... That's my review for "Penny Foolish". Second worst episode in my opinion, after "Face Freeze".
F-
As for "Nautical Novice", I don't have much to say about it. It was just a typical SpongeBob trying to get his drivers license episode. Of course, SpongeBob was kind of annoying in this episode, when he was constantly talking over Mrs. Puff while she was trying to teach her students in the museum. Overall, a meh episode, but still far far FAR better than "Penny Foolish". Probably one of the 'better' season 6 episodes.
C-
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
It's just not the same show anymore...
Been a Spongebob Squarepants fan since 1999, and quite frankly, I am very disappointed of how much this show has changed over the years.
Here's a brief summery of it:
Season 1 (1999–2000) — The early classic episode years: When the show first started, it wasn't bad. Yes, there was less humor, and the stories were slower-paced, but they were strong stories, and (crucially) the characters were funny, likable, and identifiable. (Despite being roughly drawn.)
Seasons 2 and 3 (2000–2004) — The later classic episode years: Pretty much all Spongebob fans would agree that you can't get better than these years. The writing team was at its absolute best and the stories were all fresh. Most, if not all, of the greatest episodes came from this period ("Band Geeks" "Chocolate With Nuts", "Wet Painters", etc). In these days there was no such thing as a bad episode. There wasn't a single episode that did not make you laugh non-stop for 11 minutes.
Seasons 4–5 (2005–2007) — The poor episode years: Season 4 marked the beginning of the gradual decline of Spongebob Squarepants. It was the first ever season to have bad episodes. Yes, there were still some goodies (such as "Skill Crane" or "Krusty Towers") but some really poor ones were there in the mix, too ("Good Neighbors", "Funny Pants", "All That Glitters", and — worst of all — "Karate Island"). And by season 5 (when most of the original writing team had left), we had episodes that weren't just poor, they felt like a completely different TV show. (Episodes such as "Ghost Host", "SpongeHenge", "Banned in Bikini Bottom", etc). We were all thinking that the show was going through a rough patch, but this was only the beginning of what was yet to come
Seasons 6–now (2008–present) — The crap episode years: Ever since seasons 4–5, Spongebob Squarepants episodes had always been somewhere between excellent and occasionally poor. Then, in season 6, they began making absolute crap. The Spongebob as we've known and loved was all but dead. Some of the worst offenders were: "The Splinter", "Professor Squidward", "Pets or Pests", "Dear Vikings", and many others. But probably the one moment when every Spongebob fan realized — for certain — it was no longer the same show, was when Mr. Krabs becomes obsessed over a penny that SpongeBob finds in "Penny Foolish". This episode had absolutely no humor or plot. It concluded with Mr. Krabs selling out thousands of dollars he had just to receive one darn penny. The writers might as well of had him selling out the entire show's fanbase, while at it. From here on, the crap episodes just kept coming more and more and these days you can go almost an entire season without finding a good one.
So in conclusion, I'm rating the show 5 stars for the first 3 seasons and the semi-decent 4-5 Seasons. However, I can't give the more recent episodes even the slightest praise.