I feel like Patrick wasn't exactly "stupid" per se in the first three seasons, he was just super zen to the point where he didn't care at all about coming off as intelligent in a conventional manner. He was kinda just Spongebob's stoner friend who was always there to hang out with and vent his troubles to. Not the active danger to society seasons 4 onwards liked to portray him as.

@paulgilbert5278

Жыл бұрын

The original Patrick was more “too lazy to think” rather than incapable of thinking

@NerdMiGerd

Жыл бұрын

@@paulgilbert5278 Like I said he was basically Spongebob’s stoner friend. Someone who came off as ignorant simply for being content with the life he has. It’s why no matter how dull he came off he was always able to offer a new perspective on life for anyone willing to indulge him for a bit. He basically stood as a giant fuck you towards societal expectations for intelligence, that who you are can not quite align with the world but can still be an invaluable part of the human experience. It’s what made so many of the other characters as compelling as they were in fact, until all of them got hit with the shallow “lol look how stupid they are” stick in the post-movie seasons.

@MangoMagica

Жыл бұрын

That’s a good way of describing him

@GwyndolinOwO

Жыл бұрын

i'm pretty sure it was intentional too. Starfish really don't do a lot. They can move but at least some kinds of starfish just sit on sand and rocks and use little feelers to eat tiny crumbs of food. They spend a lot of their day eating and not doing a lot. Not doing much and eating isn't really dumb- but it would make sense that a starfish character would be lazy, and just doesn't know a lot about things. He knows enough to get by, so why put in more effort of what he has going on works? Plus i think his old iteration had nuances that are him being a bit dumb and silly, but he's not so dumb that its weird. An actually good example is patrick giving squidward a whole watermelon. Squidward asked for a fruit, and he gave him one. In a literal way he did exactly what he was asked. I think writing characters like that are harder to do than a character that's just clueless. Like in later episodes when Patrick will randomly not understand how certain objects work, depending on the episode.

@mackaroni9792

Жыл бұрын

Kinda reminds me what theu did to cosmo from fairly oddparents

the colors of early spongebob just hit different too

@_gorillazfreakinc._2

Жыл бұрын

New Spongebob is too saturated and unbearable to us with light and color sensitivities

@bingobunny7862

9 ай бұрын

IKR!! Bring back neutral palettes

@ladydepravity570

3 ай бұрын

I agree. While there are enjoyable episodes like Squid Noir or Randomland the colors are just too bright. Like in some seasons SpongeBob is so bright he appears to have a green tint

@Gaenet_does_art

Ай бұрын

@@_gorillazfreakinc._2luv ur username

@yespetahirememberthetime89

25 күн бұрын

​@@_gorillazfreakinc._2Live season 3 (most beloved season) reaction

I think the reason Spongebob thought it was so special is because he gets to do all those things in the same day. They may be things he does often but doing them in the same day makes that day special. I often felt that way as a kid when I got to do multiple things I liked on the same day. Also, I assume the lesson was suppose to be that helping people can make you feel better than anything or something, but it just fell super flat due to the terrible plot.

@RudeRabit

Жыл бұрын

That’s exactly my view. I see it as while SpongeBob does do these things all the time, he never gets to do all three of them on the same day, which is why he thinks it’s special. I agree with what you said how doing multiple big things on the same day can make the day feel special.

@islandboy9381

Жыл бұрын

The episode didn't really frame like Spongebob thinks being able to do those things at the same time is special and then the plot adds Squidwards concert as another special event making it dillute the idea more.

@uniquenewyork3325

Жыл бұрын

Exactly, when I was in elementary school I considered a fun day when it was warm enough to go on the playground at school, got a happy meal, and a new ep of my favorite cartoon dropped. It's just nice because it all happened in one day.

@yespetahirememberthetime89

25 күн бұрын

This

@StevenJones851

2 күн бұрын

Yeah it was terrible

Now, I'm a Season 4 Apologist, but the change in writing quality was noticable for most people, sadly Although, I will say that Fear of a Krabby Patty and Skill Crane HAD to be rollover episodes, because I personally find them as quality as some of Season 2 and 3

@base4yrface

Жыл бұрын

I always confuse Skill Crane as being from S3. That one's too good

@asterixis.lane03

Жыл бұрын

Krusty Towers was really good too

@petergriffinsbrother2499

Жыл бұрын

I actually thought for a long time that fear of a krabby party was a season 3 episode

@EpikBirb

Жыл бұрын

Fear of a krabby patty is my favorite episode of season 4

@okjeffy6581

Жыл бұрын

To me, by Season 4, it basically felt like another generic 2000s cartoon that came out in 2005.

I'm convinced that during that 99 episode ranking marathon, the ones voting for the top 5 episodes being from Season 4 weren't from kids and instead were from Nickelodeon shareholders who did so purely for marketing reasons because no kid in 2005/2006 were saying ANY episode from Season 4 was their favorite aside from "Have You Seen This Snail?/Where's Gary".

@WafflesX3XD

Жыл бұрын

i was born in ‘03, but one of my top 5 episodes as a kid was skill crane :-) a lot of my friends liked it too, so i’d put it up there with kids voting for it alongside gary come home,, assuming a few years difference wouldn’t cause too much of a change in perspective ^_^’’

@supermariof0521

Жыл бұрын

@@WafflesX3XD I see

@lordsnom5287

Жыл бұрын

I was born in 99 and my favorite episode is "Dunces and Dragons"

@LaptapGamer

Жыл бұрын

Nah skill crane, crusty towers, dunces and dragons, and ofc where’s Gary all hit

@supermariof0521

Жыл бұрын

@@LaptapGamer True.

I know designing a new rantsona every video is probably time consuming but it really adds a lot of charm

@paperdawn

Жыл бұрын

Yeeeeah lol, I'm glad people like them! But if I did this for every video, my brain was melt to mush!

@VictorGonzalez-xs9oc

Жыл бұрын

@@paperdawn SpongeBob series isn't that bad just because of a new creator, they are still the same characters that we know and love even though the drawing of different. It got different new storylines but they are still the same characters and what they do as always. Sure they did the third movie about them meet each other as kids in the camp but their personality hadn't change even as kids, and sure they make Patrick a teenager in his own show and he got different parents but he still the same dumb seastar we know today. The looks doesn't matter, as long they are still on the air with new episodes.

@kaylaa2204

Жыл бұрын

Why did I read that rat-sona I immediately assumed the OC was named “Rat” and was here for it

@kaylaa2204

Жыл бұрын

@@VictorGonzalez-xs9oc they really aren’t the same characters. Characterization changed drastically over the years as well as writing style. Idk binge the show at some point and it’s plainly seen. Pretending the characters didn’t change is just a weird hill to die on

@mrnekokittycatsaki1419

Жыл бұрын

@@paperdawn just a question Are you gay or a sissy girl a opposite of a tomboy

I remember being like 9 years old watching this marathon live and being so pissed that Karate Island of all things took the #1 spot that it was my least favorite episode out of pure spite for YEARS lmao. Even though there are plenty that are objectively worse. I felt so betrayed. As an adult I now realize the network probably did it as a dedication to the guest voice actor that had passed away after recording the episode. But 9 year old me didn't get that and was just seething at the fact all the BETTER episodes got shafted, lol

@barb7105

Жыл бұрын

OMG I remember feeling the exact same way. To me, Band Geeks was the best Spongebob episode ever and it made me so angry that an episode that was so mediocre in comparison got the number one spot. That was the point that I realized I didn't like it anymore

@crasyman101

Жыл бұрын

Hold on now I hate all of season 4 but Karate Island was heat. The whole episode is set up for a single joke at the end and it fucking lands 😂

@CapitanJorge24

Жыл бұрын

@@crasyman101 heh "lands"

@HauntakuTV

8 ай бұрын

Everyone hated Karate Island so idk how it won

@EnriqueLaberintico

14 күн бұрын

At last, I know who is the guy who appears at the end.

I think a better premise for "The Best Day Ever" only needs a few tweaks from the original to work. Like, how about this whole laundry list of extravagant events for him and his friends to do (music lessons w/ Squidward, catching a special migratory jelly w/ Patrick, learning a new style of karate with Sandy, and ending the day off with a huge feast that SpongeBob personally rented out at the Krusty Krab), and also that SpongeBob treats it as his friends' best day ever, and not his own. He goes to all of these events to find out something has gone wrong before he arrived, just like in the episode. However, unlike the episode, he's unable to fix the problems. Like, at all. He tries his best and doesn't let it affect him. When it gets to the ending Galla however, all of SpongeBob's friends arrive to the Krusty Krab, but SpongeBob is nowhere to be scene. His friends look for him, and eventually find him dejected, alone, in the freezer. SpongeBob in my version of the episode, is sad NOT because his best day ever was ruined by his friends. No, he's sad because he thinks he's ruined his friends' best day ever, and doesn't want to be with them for fear of making the day even worse. It's then where Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, and Mr. Krabs say how SpongeBob made a horrible day better by just.. being there. Spngebob's intoxicating charm was all that was needed to salvage the day. Sure, they admit it wasn't the best day ever (and that today was going to not be the best day ever regardless if SpongeBob was involved or not), but they also admit that SpongeBob was the reason why it wasn't the worst day ever. It has a silver-lining moral, of how you should make the most of any day, regardless of how bad it might be. I wrote this at 2 AM so hopefully this actually does make the episode better lol

@supermariof0521

Жыл бұрын

Now that sounds like something in line with Classic SpongeBob.

@CarvedDaWarped

Жыл бұрын

Damn, that's good.

@davidholanda1

Жыл бұрын

Woah, It could work surprisingly well

@ScrungleSketches

Жыл бұрын

SOMEONE GET THIS GUY ON A WRITING STAFF, THIS IS SO GOOD

@BudDinktrap

Жыл бұрын

Man, if the episode went like this, I'm positive that it'd be a fan favorite!

I love the gag of your persona changing to be the style of whatever topic you're talking about, it's always funny to see whatever you do next :P and yeah a lot of good points here, even as a kid I didn't really like how SpongeBob was portrayed in best day ever but I'd be lying if I didn't say the song would get stuck in my head

@evanmaldonado9799

Жыл бұрын

I love seasons 1-3 but my favorite episode is from season 4, (Krusty Towers) That episode is actually good.

@LogShaw1587

Жыл бұрын

I like the gag of it being girl when the voice is really a dude

@couragethecowardlydogwitha5134

Жыл бұрын

The best day ever song was written for the movie

@radhouseproductions8560

Жыл бұрын

@@LogShaw1587 fr it threw me off

@PhantomOfficial07

Жыл бұрын

@@LogShaw1587 Yeah they should've gotten an actual fish to voice it instead

I’ll forever be grateful to the SpongeBob Musical for taking the mid-tier Best Day Ever song and turning it into something truly heartfelt, wholesome and meaningful.

@eatatjoes6751

Жыл бұрын

Yes, thank you.

@whizzerbrown1349

Жыл бұрын

The fact that they used it as a leitmotif a couple of times as well really got me. Ngl I teared up a bit watching that show it was surprisingly heartfelt

@LaptapGamer

Жыл бұрын

Best day ever is amazing 😒

@enebrie

Жыл бұрын

the spongebob musical is a gem ❤️

@traetrae7517

Жыл бұрын

The best day ever episode is the only one I liked after seasons 3

A real testament of my love of Spongebob is knowing every sound and quote I saw on screen while the episode audio was muted. When Spongebob turned around with the paper, I said out loud, *"SUPER SPONGE: soaking up CRIME!"* in a deep voice.

@mr.goodboi2780

Жыл бұрын

I even occasionally scream out voice clips from the games when I'm messing around or doing errands. There's something about the way the voice actors say the lines that is so funny and satisfying to repeat for some reason.

This was how I felt too. Down to the *"WHAT?! I SAT THROUGH ALL THAT FOR NOTHING?!"* feeling. I also really wish they made themed CRTs again because I am so envious of that TV.

@DrawciaGleam02

Жыл бұрын

I think even fans that LIKE the newer seasons were upset by that. I heard gripes about Best Day Ever on internet boards back around 2017!

@chickennuggetman2593

Жыл бұрын

"That was it?!! That was just a bunch of cheap musicals!"

@L0rdOfThePies

13 күн бұрын

I remember people were the same for the other specials like the sponge who could fly and the jellyfish fields super highway

@phantomvhs3537

8 күн бұрын

I’m farting rn

I still can’t get over the sea bear episode. They could have taken the easy route when SpongeBob put a marshmallow in squidward’s throat by saying “better?! I was better before you launched that marshmallow into my throat” Instead they made it so much funnier by saying “Better?! I was better before you launched that ballistic junk food, into my wind pipes” this quote is still so funny to this day

@blakeandrews9496

5 ай бұрын

underrated comment

@Skidibibapbap

11 күн бұрын

So true bestie😭

The original seasons weren't for kids. That's what made them special. They were written for everyone without a spesific target audience in mind.

@ecapark55

Жыл бұрын

No they were for kids you’re reaching though they were much better than the current seasons

@user-mx4is4fx3c

Жыл бұрын

@@ecapark55 You think any kid would get this joke? kzread.info/dash/bejne/lmR70NKydKqsdKg.html

@Aster_Risk

Жыл бұрын

They actually 100% were intended for kids.

@themyofmy

Жыл бұрын

the funny thing about that is that you are entirely incorrect

@derekg5006

Жыл бұрын

Even though they are made to entertain everyone, it was definitely with kids in mind lets not lie

15:39 I agree As Krabs said: 'It's not about you, your perfect day, or any of those things'. The fact that Spongebob questioned that, it proved that he was thinking only about himself the whole episode.

@Dashiell777

Жыл бұрын

Is that a bad thing though. He just wanted to have a good day to do the fun things he wanted to do. It doesn't mean that makes him selfish

@michaeldwyer2244

Жыл бұрын

@@Dashiell777 I know, but he haa to learn that the world doesn't go the way he wants

@Dashiell777

Жыл бұрын

@@michaeldwyer2244 the whole point of the episode is SpongeBob wants to have his perfect day so he can do all these things he wants to do with his friends but it backfires. But it ends up backfiring. But his friends states that he doesn't need perfect day because he helped his friends out with was important. Now I do think that's a little dumb. But the fact that his friends are willing to give him that perfect day at the end up was so satisfying. It means his friends do care about him. I'm not saying this is the best SpongeBob episode. But it is not a bad episode either. I think All That Glitters is much worse just because you got to listen to SpongeBob constantly crying a story is all over the place

@islandboy9381

Жыл бұрын

​@@Dashiell777 he wanted others to do exactly what he imagined the day should be like and when it backfired (because of course others will have to deal with their own stuff you can never anticipate) he gets angry at them? It's more the whiny response to everyone else of it not being exactly what he dreamed being more annoying than anything.

the best part of this episode is the band of squidward's hat looping underneath his eyes. cursed, weird, beautiful

The immediate shift in spongebob's writing has been so hard for me to describe other than "it's not as clever" but I think you nailed it

Man I remember me and my sister so hyped up for the best day ever episode and only feeling secondhand embarrassment watching it Some later specials here or there I liked but after that I didn't keep up with it as much

@kavanhorner2746

Жыл бұрын

Well did your sister at least enjoy it? Or did she feel the same way?

@jimmyrcg4966

Жыл бұрын

@@kavanhorner2746 she was kinda mixed on it as well

@Smith-fg1qb

Жыл бұрын

It’s not just the best day ever episode either. Nickelodeon has an annoying habit of misleading viewers into thinking that a new episode or special is gonna be more interesting and theatrical than it actually is I remember how hyped up I was as a kid for clash of triton. The commercials made it seemed like the special was gonna be action packed and I also remember playing this fun beat ‘em up game based on the special. Combine that with the fact that we were being introduced to Neptune’s evil son, and I ended up having extremely high expectations. For clash of triton You have no idea how disappointed I was when I finally saw the special. Barely any action in the special and all of the action you DO see, was already shown in the commercials. It felt less like a special and more like the typical modern SpongeBob episode that just so happen to have Neptune and his son as the main focus.

@HauntakuTV

8 ай бұрын

@@Smith-fg1qb How about that holiday special where Santa appears at the last second in space?

@HauntakuTV

8 ай бұрын

The "so-called" holiday special with Sandy and her nieces.

I remember thinking as a kid "....something is different...I don't know what it is, but it isn't right..." the art felt different and there was a huge Flanderisation of Patrick..

I remember my cousin and I planned a huge sleepover so we could watch this together only to have our little 7 year old hearts broken and abandoned by Bob

The episode just felt rather anticlimactic for me. It was like a bunch of Nick executives demanded the writers to make a episode centered around the song and with specific story beats (IE Spongebob going to the Krusty Krab, doing Karate, Jellyfishing & giving Squidward a recital), but the writers didn’t really care about it, resulting in a half-baked feeling episode. That’s how I felt about some of the other post-movie specials like Atlantis Squarepantis, Whobob Whatpants (that’s not the proper episode title, but the actual title really doesn’t roll off the tongue well for me) and whatever that Western themes one was. While there were some season 4 and beyond episodes that are pretty good, they were definitely downgrades compared to the pre-movie episodes.

@Chicky_Lumps

Жыл бұрын

I find it interesting that how well I remember episodes strongly correlates with how good they are looking back, even though I was too young to critique "why" lame episodes were lame and still watched them a lot. Post S3 episodes are like a fever dream compared to how vividly familiar Hillenburg episodes feel, even though S4 is the first season I remember watching premiers of.

As someone who barely watches SpongeBob, even I can tell the difference between pre movie SpongeBob and post movie spongebob

This is such a fair pick for 'turning point' of the show. As a kid my family didn't have cable so I've got more memories renting DVDs of the show. I cannot recall ever choosing to watch this episode, it's such a marketing ploy.

I am incredibly jealous of that Spongebob CRT

@okjeffy6581

Жыл бұрын

I remember wanting one not knowing if they even existed or not. I was sosisiaoaj when I found out that they existed.

@mr.goodboi2780

Жыл бұрын

Same. I wanted one so bad as a kid.

@Berrybamboo112

Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe the liberals are teaching SpongeBob Critical Race Theory

@jessbian3385

Жыл бұрын

@@Berrybamboo112 Whatever you say, Plank Tonsantis.

SpongeBob's girlfriend telling the story of their breakup on her KZread channel be like:

I remember begging my aunt to let me watch the tv just so I can make it to see the special "Best Day Ever" It wasn't the greatest, I guess the song was pretty catchy since everyone in the house was humming it after it was over. But that was it. I don't even remember the episode, except for the 'sun smiling at SpongeBob" in the beginning of the song

@okjeffy6581

Жыл бұрын

The only part I remember from that episode was where Spongebob slapped Squidjwjaja.

Best day ever feels like a mix between a direct to dvd Disney sequel and a fan fic

@HauntakuTV

8 ай бұрын

I thought it was a Scholastic book

If you ever want to check out a modern episode. I recommend Chef Bob. It's one of the greatest episodes ever made. People are amused by SpongeBob's tricks when he makes Krabby Patties and Mr. Krabs takes down the wall so people can see Spongebob cook. He gets stage fright so he uses a puppet to cook. The puppet gets a personality of its own and becomes a diva.

@nolife6013

8 ай бұрын

Nah Season 11 is trash

@icecreamhero2375

8 ай бұрын

@@nolife6013 Season 11 is one of my favorite seasons. As Chef Bob in particular is fantastic.

@icecreamhero2375

8 ай бұрын

@@nolife6013 My favorite seasons are 3,4,5, and 11.

@CalebJones2008

4 ай бұрын

BOMMER DETECTED!!!

I miss the 3 seasons. Even as a child I noticed the animation started to change…

The lost mattress is the last episode I remember feeling like classic SpongeBob so much so I actually thought it was from the first 3 seasons for the longest time even though it was from season 4. I don’t know it was a holdover from season 3 or what but after that It went downhill.

It's a strange circumstance now that I think of it: a song made in tandem with the film, along with other songs exclusively for the film soundtrack, became an 11-minute episode. Unless maybe the episode was in the works during production of the film and the song just shared DNA with the movie? I thought the song was okay, as well as the other credits songs from the movie, and at some point my brother and I bought the CD titled after the song. We were looking for a full version of the song Patrick made in a Season 5 episode (yeah I still watched a little bit of Season 5 before abandoning ship, no pun intended). The music CD of Best Day Ever is also exclusive to the album release, save for the title track, and the rest of the album is treated like a radio show with half of its tracks involving skits between songs (thankfully as their own tracks). Some characters get to sing lead in their own song, like Patrick singing "Under My Rock" or Plankton hijacking the broadcast with his song "You Will Obey". Needless to say, I didn't find the Patrick song, and to my knowledge it still hasn't been released outside the episode to this day. But by now, I'm not in hot pursuit of it either, it's a silly song that I wouldn't care to hear on its own. I do find it funny some songs from the album like "Riding the Hook" and "Employee of the Month" made their way onto Rock Band as downloadable tracks - you know, a T-rated game and before the release of E10+ release of LEGO Rock Band? That's fun to play just to hear Spongebob coming out of a dimly-lit rock stage.

Season 4 and 5 are nostalgic seasons to me because I'm a idiotic young 2003 borner. I watched all the episodes when I was small but the 4th/5th seasons just mean a bit more in terms of what I hold close watching TV with developing memory. I understand if you hate me, I totally understand.

@paperdawn

Жыл бұрын

you'd have to be silly to hate someone who enjoys what they're nostalgic for! Especially when it's as silly as Spongebob. The main point i try to make in this video is that the nostalgic connection is WHY I didn't love the shift, but if you grew up with it, it'd be the opposite!

@zkoopa4445

Жыл бұрын

@@paperdawn I know, I understand

@LaptapGamer

Жыл бұрын

I love those seasons

@CoolJamz887

Жыл бұрын

@@paperdawn now I was born in 2002 and this is how I feel about this whole thing for me seasons 1-8 where the best seasons in my personal opinion because I was very young and enjoyed all of them I feel the same way you feel about seasons 4 how I feel about seasons 9 and after I guess what I'm tryna say is it's a generational thing because I feel that the seasons 9 and up are dumbed down for ME that's my version of being dumbed down from the animation being all stretchy now and the characters not acting how they usually act is weird to me so the same way you feel about seasons 4 and up is the way I feel about seasons 9 and up so there you go in the perspective of a 2002 kid :)

@HauntakuTV

8 ай бұрын

@@paperdawn It's like how I actually enjoyed "Dave the Barbarian" "George of the Jungle" "Camp Lazlo" and "Coconut Fred" because I grew up with those shows that people have mixed opinions about

As a kid, Best Day Ever resonanated with me because I often would feel excited when I got to do multiple things I enjoyed doing in one day, even if I could do them on separate days. That's likely how Spongebob felt, as he did those things before, but not all in one day or episode. I think the moral was that even if things don't go your way, you should maintain a positive attitude and try to have fun anyway. When Spongebob's friends tell him how he helped them and remind him of his adventures that day, that's kind of the message I got.

It's so weird to think about how I know hand geeks is the fan favorite episode just from watching Mr enter's stuff as a kid

I feel like the song itself is written as stuff that happens in SpongeBob's every day life because he's just so happy and loves his life. To him, every day is the best day ever, because he does the things he loves with the people he most cares about But the episode kinda doesn't go into that aspect of the song and instead tries to make a big event out of it Over all I think season 4 is pretty good, but towards the end of it the writing kinda starts to degrade a bit. The earlier episodes feel more like Chowder than SpongeBob, and by the end it's on par with season 5

i came from your lego video and im absolutely stunned by the quality and general chill tone of your video essays. i wouldn't be surprised if your content took off huge soon.

Just saw this pop in my recommended. "Strategically stupid" I love that those words describe golden Spongebob perfectly.

10:59 To be fair it's not a big concert it's a local thing. It's not like he is on a World Tour. In another episode Squidbob Tentacle Pants he was supposed to perform at the rec center. Sandy built a teleporter and he was fused with SpongeBob. Remember that one. Also we never actually got to here him play.

I don't think I've ever found someone who was able to dig down into exactly what went wrong with SpongeBob, the characters. No one ever mentions character consistency, and how integral the characters as they were in seasons 1-3 are to the show. Patrick with his nuance, Squidward being a stick in the mud, SpongeBob doing what he believes is right, Mr. Krabs being a father/mentor figure to SpongeBob... It's so blatantly obvious what made them work, but only after it's pointed out.

I mean, it kinda is like what a 5 year old would write... cause ngl, I tried to write an episode of Spongebob as a kid for fun, and it basically went just like this... I was disappointed by this episode too. There was too much hype for so little payoff. Nothing can ever hold a candle to those original 3 seasons.

I might have seen this episode, but I honestly don't remember it at all now. Maybe it's just so generic that I just forgot about it? Anyway when it comes to me as the first episode of SpongeBob that I remember genuinely disliking was that one where SpongeBob drops like a chair on Squidward's foot and you see like it bleeding, it just grossed me out when I saw it.

@Emery_Pallas

Жыл бұрын

Ahh House Fancy. It feels quant now ngl

@AtomIsTooTiredToStream

Жыл бұрын

I actually like house fancy a lot, me and my sister watch it a lot.

thank you for articulating how i felt watching spongebob when i was younger and not understanding what was different, and your vibe/aesthetic rlly inspire me , thanks for sharing

I grew up a big fan of Spongebob, Seasons 1-4 I watched pretty consistently along with the first movie, some of the toys and games, or other Nicktoons tie-ins like Nick Party Blast or Nick Scene It. Several of the computer games as well as PC games, posters, key chain photo album, you name it, short of that Spongebob CRT. My parents even taped the premiere of the episode "Ugh", taking place in prehistoric times, and drawing Patgar on paper. I had such big hype for The Lost Episode and Friend or Foe. And yes, I do remember watching the original version of "Just One Bite" with the bucket of gasoline scene included, and felt like a Mandela Effect on subsequent watches when the scene was omitted. *However,* I didn't see this episode when it premiered however, but in grade school a classmate told me about it, very accurately every detail of the plot including directly quoting the end. It didn't sound very engaging or appealing, but I did watch it for myself sometime later. And even now, despite owning the Season 4 DVD along with the original 3 seasons and the mini-movie/Pilot DVD, I don't have alot of desire to return to this episode, let alone Season 4. But if I see it quoted or clipped online, at least I recognize it.

I didn't know that "best day ever" was a special episode. I always thought it was a random normal episode.

After watching the whole video, I have 3 things to say: 1. Great video! 2. Karate Island sucks ass. 3. Roller Cowards is the best post-movie episode.

@zkoopa4445

Жыл бұрын

There is no good post movie episode, you must've forgotten.

@locomotivetrainstation6053

Жыл бұрын

​@@zkoopa4445 there's lots of good post-movie episodes

@Mary-Vintage

Жыл бұрын

Or have you seen this snail

@Dashiell777

Жыл бұрын

@@zkoopa4445 there's plenty of good post movie episodes. Just because it's not from the first three seasons does not mean it can't be good

@noman6385

Жыл бұрын

@@zkoopa4445 Krusty Towers

Oh my gosh I remember the 100 episode countdown thing! I stayed up late watching it one night. For some reason I remember they had a joke that went like “Why does Mr. Krabs like money so much? Because he’s shell fish!” and I thought it was so clever I immediately went downstairs to tell it to my mom.

I felt pretty similar to you when that fourth season came out, as well as when Best Day Ever premiered. Sadly, I still sort of kept with the series for a while longer, hoping against hope that it could still be great (though I didn't watch the episodes on premiere consistently anymore). What finally nailed the coffin shut for me was Atlantis SquarePantis. That was the moment that I could finally let the show go. Granted, I was in middle school by then, so my interests were shifting, but I did have a tendency to hold onto things even after they started dropping in quality. Thankfully, that was one of several instances where I just had to face the facts and move on.

Anyone else thinks the credits to the SpongeBob movie goes hard? Ocean Man -> Big Wall of Psychic Energy -> Just a Kid -> Best Day Ever. Always felt like a great way to end the classic era.

I don’t get why people hate Season 4. Season 4 was just as good at the first 3 in my opinion (except Good Neighbors).

@blockotheblock5672

Жыл бұрын

Some people out there don’t realize they’re accidentally praising and even quoting episodes from that season despite saying it was the “decline”

@kirbyleggington7205

Жыл бұрын

I mostly agree. Some of my favorite episodes are from season 4, Skill Crane will always be top five for me

For me, I don't even hold Season 3 up that highly since I think the back half of episodes came out post-movie. Much like your disappointment with Best Day Ever, I similarly was burned by the Lost Episode/The Sponge That Could Fly. One of the first childhood instances where I could definitely say "I don't like this". And the rest of season 3 kind of let me down, so going into season 4, I kind of knew in the back of my mind I wasn't gonna enjoy this as much or that something about it was off.

@paperdawn

Жыл бұрын

The Lost Episode definitely is the beginning of the end. I think as a kid, I was still a little blissfully unaware when that aired. I remember being pretty disappointed in the House Party special too.

@Chicky_Lumps

Жыл бұрын

The Lost Episode's walk cycle gag still kinda works because it's self aware. Also there were only 2 S3 episodes after Lost Episode, and one of those was the Strangler episode. If that one was a "let down" you must have been watching with cleats in your corneas.

@waddafugg3072

Жыл бұрын

I think all of Season 3 was produced before the movie though

@Ultimatedogfan

Жыл бұрын

​@@waddafugg3072 yop

@ethantreadway9478

Жыл бұрын

I actually kinda love the Lost Episode but that’s mainly due to the Patchy the Pirate segments. The treasure hunt, the walk cycle, and getting angry tearing down everything before rewinding to watch the real lost episode.

This man is 100% correct. I watched the first three series almost religiously as a kid. Everyone I knew loved it. My friends and my whole family loved SpongeBob. After the movie our interest fell off pretty much immediately, it was just so different, and so much worse. The best day ever event was a massive disappointment to us all too. It didn't even feel like a story.

Be grateful for getting out that early. There’s a reason is Season 4 is counted as one of the good ones. The DNA of the first 3 seasons has corroded so far that they only use it to bring back characters for nostalgia pandering (and making Bubble Bass pretty much a main side character now). And it’s weird seeing SpongeBob in a state where the only discourse on the show is Seasons 1-3 (with the only non 1-3 related SpongeBob meme I can think of being the chicken SpongeBob from Little Yellow Book). By now it’s just a DeviantArt fetish blog with the budget of an actual kids show.

@TheCanaaniteUnionist

Жыл бұрын

“Living like Larry” is also a post-first movie meme

@Emery_Pallas

Жыл бұрын

@@TheCanaaniteUnionist Yeah there is a few memes post season 3 (handsome squidward probably being the most well known, though I do not even remember one existing using a clip later on then Season 9

@Chicky_Lumps

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad someone else got a vague but creepy fetish-y vibe from the late-2000's episodes. As a kid certain moments felt slightly weird even though I couldn't explain why. Not nearly as bad a vibe as Ren & Stimpy but still slightly there.

@zerozipfour5459

Жыл бұрын

Something I've also noticed is just how over the top and violent the show can get. I saw an episode preview on TV where Spongebob rolled into a building all beaten up and his eye straight up pops out of its socket. It was WAY too much imo and crossed into scary territory. The older episodes did utilize some gross out or cartoon violence, but clips and previews of recent episode show so many veins and body parts it genuinely makes me queasy

I kinda disagree but also really agree. I really liked almost all of season 4 as a kid and still do now. Krusty Towers, Karate Island, The Lost Mattress, Fear of a Krabby Patty, Best Day Ever, Wigstruck, Wishing You Well, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI, The Gift of Gum, Squid Wood, Where's Gary... there's so many good episodes to me in this season and that's just a few. When me, my friends, my parents, talk about SpongeBob season 4 gets brought up a lot, as well as some from season 5. Best Day Ever always felt like a good tribute to SpongeBob's optimism to me as well and I'm surprised you see it as an attack on the show. SpongeBob getting his happy ending at the end with all his friends was very satisfying to me. Wouldn't be my first pick for the episode that started the downfall. It's safe yes, but it still felt like the characters I knew prior. The first episode that really killed it for me was To Love a Patty, when SpongeBob killed all the clams for no reason. It was the first moment the show shocked me with it's writing, and after that it just slowly got worse. To see SpongeBob do something antithetical to his loving and optimistic character made me mad as a viewer. Season 5 started good and then went into absolutely lazy territory where the characters acted truly weird and the plots dragged in bizarre fashion. I won't say there IS a specific moment, and I won't say you're completely wrong, as season 1-3 are superior to anything else. The show just gradually fell off like most long running comedies somewhere in the second half of season 5 / first half of season 6 and IMO never recovered. I still watched though season 8 regularly anyway though. I have to say though your ending speech got me emotional. It is true how magical seasons 1, 2, 3 and the movie is. It is very special, and may as well be one of the best animation ever put to screen.I see why you feel so strongly, but I felt there was so many memorable season 4 / 5 episodes I got a bit kneejerked. Good video overall.

@ethantreadway9478

Жыл бұрын

While I don’t agree with Best Day Ever, The Gift of Gum and Squid Wood being there. They are still alright/good.

@nextgenjah

19 күн бұрын

I had to love a patty on dvd and would watch it on repeat when i was 5 recovering from having my toncils taken out so that episode will always have a special place in my heart. But you hit everything on the head. I thought Best Day Ever was genuinely a good song and still do today. And season 4 had bangers like krusty towers, wishing well and dunces and dragons

11:13 why am I only just noticing the anchor on spongebob's hat is jacked up in this shot

I think the point is that every day is the best day ever for SpongeBob. He's so optimistic and happy that he doesn't think that any day could be worse than another. I think the song was better used in The SpongeBob Musical, and better illustrates this point, as in that context, bikini bottom is possibly going to be completely destroyed, and yet SpongeBob still believes it's the best day ever.

Yeah, they hyped this episode up so much and I remember being disappointed, too, even though I was too young to really remember when seasons 1-3 were coming out. I had a similar feeling with another episode from Season 4 or 5 called Friend or Foe. That episode was hyped up to the max, I think they even had Burger King toys for it, and then it aired and I remembered almost nothing about other than that it was about Mr. Krabs and Plankton. I think it might’ve been about how they used to be friends and became enemies? Doesn’t help that they only aired it a few times when it came out, and then I never really saw it again.

I definitely share the sentiment. This episode essentially baby-fying the tone and characters down to a Nick Jr. level was something I really felt, even at that age. It was difficult to watch and it made me feel like I was too old for the cartoon that was supposed to be for everyone, even adults. The song playing during this video still deals me immense psychic damage. Saying this is the turning point for later seasons is a good take imo, because until then I liked most of the new episodes.

@nolife6013

8 ай бұрын

Have you seen some of the later episodes? Some can get downright awful in terms of dark moments. Including one where Squidward is clinically depressed.

@JohnJoe-uo5hv

6 ай бұрын

​@@nolife6013My favorite episodes.

11:04 Uh, I'd actually like to refute that Mr. Krabs did give at least a FEW you-know-whats about SpongeBob and Squidward, especially in the first three seasons.

@Chicky_Lumps

Жыл бұрын

Yep, it kept him from being too much of an unsympathetic character. He was a simpleminded avaricious jerk, but occasionally he'd have a moment of clarity and realize the damage he'd done to people he secretly does care about, at least when it comes to life or death. Mr. Krabs may rip off everyone he knows to get rich but he's heartbroken in Hooky when he thinks SpongeBob died, as a young naive "kid" with a whole life ahead of him.

In the UK, they aired "Best Day Ever" maybe a month or two after it aired in America. I saw it when it aired, oblivious to how heavily this episode had been hyped up, seeing as they didn't do the big TV marathon and all that in the UK. I saw the episode when it aired, and... actually really liked it. I was like, 8 or 9. And then.... it didn't air again. For a really really really long time. I remember thinking "are they EVER going to show that best day ever episode again? It was a really amazing episode!" None of my friends caught the airing, and they didn't believe me that this really amazing episode called "Best Day Ever" existed with a really great song. I wasn't using Wikias or fansites or anything like that, I was a pretty casual viewer. After a while, I began to wonder if I had just dreamed the existence of this episode. Nobody else remembered it. But I really really wanted to see it again, because I remembered it being so good. Literally not even my SISTER believed me that this episode existed. And then, some YEARS later, I finally saw the episode again. I was SO EXCITED to see it again, as I remembered it being so amazing. I watched it and said.... "Oh. That was it? That was... nowhere NEAR as good as I remembered it being. That episode was... actually pretty bad.... Jesus... I remembered this episode as being amazing... it actually kinda... sucked..." Weird.

Great video! I really enjoyed your editing, especially layering the Spongebob footage inside of the Spongebob CRT, and your insight into your perspective on the show was really interesting. I don't mean to come off as condescending or patronizing (as I am a humble 3k subs schmuck), but it's always great to get recommended quality videos from not huge name-brand creators on the rise. Keep up the good work.

I mean not everything after the first 3 seasons sucks, you have krusty tower, roller cowereds, squid noir, spy buddies and even more

@paperdawn

Жыл бұрын

I tried to articulate this in the video, but I don't really think they suck. I just think it's different. And different in a way I didn't appreciate as a kid. (And sorta still don't)

You hit the nail on the head, I remember being so disappointed when this episode premiered. The fact that it was only 11 minutes especially stung. I was only around 7 when this aired however, and I was yet to understand that I subconsciously wasn’t enjoying the new episodes as much. I think the episode that did it for me was Slide Whistle Stooges/The Splinter. That was the first episode I remember where I genuinely did not even want to finish watching it (yet I still did anyways). By that point the series had deteriorated so heavily that the season 4 episodes seemed more like SpongeBob than what we were getting anymore. I think that’s why a lot of people are nostalgic for season 4, we were getting such bad episodes that season 4 wasn’t that bad by comparison. At least that’s how it was for me. As an adult of course I see no value in season 4, other than analyzing how weird it is to see the show die in real time. The earlier episodes still mostly felt like SpongeBob even if they were already feeling off and a lot less funny. It’s like every episode drifted further away from what made the show work, each layer stripped apart bit by bit. It’s a very bittersweet set of episodes. The last gasping breath of a dying show. Seasons 1-3 will always be classic at least.

Wow you unlocked a memory for me. Me and my little sister was very invested in SpongeBob, and were actively using the website leading up to the countdown to the best day ever. We voted on our favorite episodes and made predictions of what the top 10 episodes were be. We were FLOORED when Karate Island was voted the #1 episode. We HATED that episode. We were in complete disbelief.... Also we both ended up not liking the Best Day Ever episode either lol

A bit of topic but my favorite would have to be the training episode one in my opinion, I always love when shows make episodes that are unlike the rest of the series.

I think season 4 and even 5 can still be considered pretty good, but my God does season 6 take a nose dive. (not to say there isn't good episodes, the sandcastle one being great) Theres so many episodes in 6-8 where i felt gross watching them. Like that's rare for a show especially a kids show. Like 'Are You Happy Now' and 'One Course Meal' are genuinely gross. They made me feel gross inside even as a kid

This episode always kind of just made me SAD as a kid and I could never figure out why. Thank you for taking my unidentifiable thoughts and putting them into words!

I kinda thought the reason SpongeBob was so excited to do the things he does every day is because this was the first time he did ALL of them in one day, I think that’s what the writers were going for

Oh wow wow wow that “best day ever” promotional ad took me back. I watched that too, i still remember the commercials. I was 21, so older than the target demographic, but the show’s wit always appealed to me. IIRC my mother was just out of the hospital after treatment for colon cancer/a bowel resection. It was a really hard time, and I remember wondering if I was even capable anymore of being genuinely happy, if my “best day ever” was years behind me already. (so deep lmao) I know I watched a good chunk of the marathon, sitting in my mother’s bedroom and drawing. And when they did start getting into the newer episodes, it struck me how the tone and quality were significantly changed. I like a few of the episodes that aired around 2005-08, there are a couple that are among my favorites, like The Original Fry Cook. But for the most part, the show took a real dive. It was depressing! It blows my mind that 17 years later, the show is STILL in production?! I think the last episode I watched was probably made in the early 2010s, and it was hideous.

I wasn't expecting to see SB Mania on this haha, that takes me back

My dad loved watching SpongeBob with me during those first three seasons. It was one of the few kids cartoons he would be hanging out cracking up with me over. I love revisiting the early episodes.

Not gonna lie I straight up…don’t remember this episode except the song. I’ve seen it multiple times and remember being SUPER stoked to watch it after school. I’ve even seen it a few times SINCE then and it’s like every time I see it, my brain straight up deletes it from my memory as a trauma response.

In Bubblestand Squidward was actually quite a great clarinet player thus making the perfect continuity point for Best Day Ever and Squidward always sucking at clarinet invalid - not saying it’s one of the great episodes by any means

I remember having the EXACT experience of disappointment from waiting all day to watch this episode as a kid. I remember it so clearly

I could remember even before you reminded me, that "the best day ever" was my least favorite episode. I'd been so excited for it because it was super hyped up for some reason. But all I thought after seeing it was "...wait that's it? Why weren't there any funny parts?"

I remember feeling exactly the same when this episode came out! Basically everything you described matches up with my own memories, esp with just knowing something was off after the movie but not properly understanding what. I loved the song, I heard it in the SpongeBob movie credits the first time and thought it was wonderful, so the actual episode was a huge letdown. And didn't they even lean into it with some sort of marathon of every prior episode? Anyway, if you want a better implementation of Best Day Ever, I recommend the SpongeBob musical. I'm not a fan of all the changes made from the Chicago run to the actual Broadway show, but they did a great job making Best Day Ever so much more impactful than you'd imagine. It suited spongebob's character much better, even if it took them all these years to use it well

Something about the song by itself just makes me happy (sometimes even a bit teary eyed depending on the mood

No way Karate Island won 💀

good timing uploading this after the new spongebob video game came out

It really hurts knowing Spongebob isn't anything like it was back in its golden era. I grew up rewatching those episodes growing up. Till this day, jokes, the style and some of the music (ripped pants is still one of my favorite things ever) Have been ingrained into my mind, so seeing how all the writers just threw out what worked hurts me a lot. The only thing I can say now is that purple lamp studios is making pretty good spongebob games, with writing that actually feels a bit like how they were. Also a lot of references

@Dashiell777

Жыл бұрын

To be honest I felt Life season 5 was the end of good SpongeBob before things got really bad

@Chicky_Lumps

Жыл бұрын

@@Dashiell777 Honestly certain aspects of the show improved in the early 2010's (just as I got old enough to ditch the show because it sucked), but it never regained its original writing wit and charm.

@Dashiell777

Жыл бұрын

@@Chicky_Lumps I agree it will probably never be as good as it once was but it still has great episodes

@rodrigomontalvo910

9 ай бұрын

I’m so glad the extreme antagonism was discarded. It’s clear that awful shit writing was a HUGE turnoff. Why do you think that worked is beyond me. Squidward and Patrick’s characters were slaughtered.

Im sorry, SpongeBob was on the VIP list? You would think the would have SpongeBob be on like, the super duper anti vip list, and then he would be kicked super high in the air or something and find a way inside. And I thought that up in like 30 seconds!

Great video! Best Day Ever was such a massive let down back in the day. I used to dislike S4, but there are a handful of episodes that aged surprisingly well. 5-9 is what I consider the dark ages. 10-current has been great so far.

I remember watching “The Best Day Ever” Episode thinking, “he’s not even doing anything” n it was lowkey boring

Even as a kid, I noticed that the animation and art style of "Fear of a Krabby Patty" looked different.

What is it with trans girls and really clicking with me? Like somehow 1/8th of all the channels i've gotten into are run by a trans woman. Am I reading too far into things or is there a giant pink magnet strapped to my back?

@_gorillazfreakinc._2

Жыл бұрын

Lol don't worry about it. Trans girls are almost always adorable

@heyhi5503

Жыл бұрын

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@gryficowa

11 күн бұрын

You get to know better content, just use it, because how many movies can you have on the main page with conservative movies and channels

Unpopular opinion but my favorite episode ever of SpongeBob has always been dunces and dragons from season 4

@CalebJones2008

4 ай бұрын

That's not an unpopular opinion. That's just a fact.

holy shit new paperdawn upload! in all seriousness tho even growing up as a kid when season 4 was in regular rotation with the original episodes theres something generally about that season that is just super off and noticable even when i was incredibly young

Patrick also went to community college with flats. I would always feel like Patrick acted stupid when he really wasn’t

You read through the new comments and you figure out how little people actually care about how someone identifies. A few stragglers holding to bigoted preconceptions for no other reason than hate, but most are normal well-adjusted people.

I feel like the message for this episode should have been that his friends don't want him to put aside his own happiness for them. Something like that would have made for a much more interesting episode and it would have related into one of Spongebob's biggest character flaws. Idk literally anything other than what we got would have been better

Ch greenblatt wasn't new to working on SpongeBob at that time he literally worked on it from the beginning and helped write classic episodes like Wet Painters, Krusty Krab training video, Band geeks,etc.... So that new people drawing it point doesn't make sense sure it has a different artstyle but you can still see those same types of expressions in earlier episodes

I had to have been 5 or 6 when this episode aired but I can still remember all of the hype it got and the countdown before it, and how the Best Day Ever song got released on cd afterwards because it was expected to be huge, and I can still remember the disappointment I felt after watching it. I was given the impression that this was supposed to be the best Spongebob episode yet, but all I really got from it was that I was watching an episode about Spongebob throwing a tantrum. But I guess the episode's marketing worked because the song was everywhere after that point, I can still remember a good amount of kids at my school singing it and it made me think to myself "Do other kids actually like that episode? I can't be the only one who didn't care for it, right?".

Love the "Aww" sound effect! Where did you get that??

This episode is extremely nostalgic to me so I have a soft spot for it but I can understand why you'd dislike it. I haven't seen The Best Day Ever in awhile but I genuinely think Spongebob had some good episodes in some of the seasons after the movie like Dunces & Dragons & Atlantis Squarepantis. Although admittedly I haven't seen those episodes in awhile either.

The "Best Day Ever" song takes on a whole different meaning in the Broadway show; the mellow, melancholic but hopeful reprise just as SpongeBob and the Bikini Bottom count down to the volcano erupting and hoping Sandy's device can stop it. I think that scene in the show sums up what makes SpongeBob both as a show and a character than the actual episode; there is nothing wrong with having an optimistic, joyous look on life even if it makes you stand out in an odd way. It captures the spirit Stephen Hillenburg wanted to presented in the show. It's surprisingly emotional for a show that's become a meme machine for two decades now!

Look I wasn’t watching SpongeBob avidly when this came out. So it was just another episode that I would watch constantly on the dvd player and the dvr. As for why, I’m sure it was just because of me just really liking that song as a kid. The rest of the episode didn’t leave much of an impression on me looking back. The powers of American capitalism I guess. However, I do remember the 48 hour marathon that Nick aired for the 10 year anniversary. Somehow their countdown of the best episodes wasn’t rigged like this one. The winner was pretty deservedly “Pizza Delivery”.

I loved the Best Day Ever Marathon as a kid, even getting permission to stay up all night in order watch it. However, the thing I was mainly excited for the television premiere of the movie, which I hadn't seen. I really didn't a shit about the special, the movie was the real special in my mind then.

Oh my god, I thought I was the only one who hated "The best day ever" I also watched that marathon leading up to that special, and young me was so exited to see that episode. Then it finally comes on and I had the exact same reaction that Patchy the Pirate had after watching "the lost episode. I was like "Thats it? That was just a cheap musical. SPONGEBOB BETRAYED US!!" And I also had my suspicions when most of the "best episodes" towards the end of the marathon where season 4 episodes that clearly had no right being that high in the list.

I think when I started not loving the show was that Atlantis Squarepantis thing that was hyped up and ended up being just a regular, not very good episode

@paperdawn

Жыл бұрын

Oh god I totally forgot about that episode! I remember at that point, I was pretty soured.

My only problems with spongebob season 13, is that patrick is too dumb and painfully annoying and Squidward gets beaten up too much, the show has potential to get better but executive interference is getting in the way of that.

PaperDawn upload? This really is the best day ever