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This is one of the 1st shows I've ever watched in my whole life, and I still love it to this day.

I originally intended to make this scorecard to share my thoughts with the cartoon community. I started off with this scorecard on June 20, 2016, when I first made the scorecard. It wasn't until a month later until I decided to change my ratings because they're obviously aren't my opinions. That's why you see some unpopular opinions in this scorecard when it was first uploaded to DeviantArt and today. A year later, I decided to rewrite my opinions AGAIN because I disagree with some of my opinions on SpongeBob episodes. While I kept some ratings, most of them had a major change either if they're booted up to being divine or just bad. Can you spot the diff?

But when it comes to my critic side, this show is a mixed bag the entire time. Seriously, I have seen lots of debate between pre-movie SpongeBob and post-movie SpongeBob in the last few months, and I decided to make my own scorecard of the show, thus beginning my own series of scorecards I'll be making very soon.

Because of all of the debating, there’s a lot of unpopular opinions in this scorecard. I’m afraid that my scorecard will be controversial, but nowadays, I feel rather glad that it's controversial. The reason why I rated a lot of SpongeBob episodes ample and under is because that the episode that’s ample or under isn’t balanced enough. For example, an episode might have a great sense of comedy but ended up having an inadequate plot, mostly because it focuses more on being funny, which this example appears in most comedies.

I’m aware of some of the episodes I rated to be controversial, but I won’t post my reasons here. Instead, I’ll post them in a different deviation that’ll be my new series called “ControChoices”, where I post mostly my unpopular opinions on a variety of episodes.

Anyways, this show is a mixture of good and bad episodes and a butt load of meh episodes (Alright-Poor). It’s just the fact that it’s not good because despite being funny, the story is weak enough to anchor an episode’s chances of being great, it being a stupid episode overall, or just rehash a lot from the previous episodes, making it into being either so-so or plain bad. In my opinion, SpongeBob had a problem with at least 1 thing varying through the seasons.

There is 1 thing that’s making me want to re-review a couple of SpongeBob episodes (especially the “pre-movie” ones), and that are pre-movie reviews. Pretty much any review like this is missing 1 thing; the story. It can often go in a pretty straightforward path that blocks a lot of episodes into being such masterpieces. Not to mention that some of their endings are just really stupid that I can't excuse it at all. What I seem to notice about the pre-movie seasons is that SpongeBob's characterization can be frustratingly inconsistent where he can act a lot mature than usual in several episodes (Chocolate With Nuts, Party Pooper Pants, Mid-Life Crustacean, etc.). What I also notice about this era is that the episodes can have such bad and simple plots that the progressions they take can be pretty slow and hollow, which in some cases doesn't have lot happen throughout the episode, adding to the boredom factor (The Paper, Chocolate With Nuts).

And if I didn't like pre-movie but liked post-movie better, then why did I put Season 4 in the same category as Seasons 1-3? It's simple really; it's not funny as a lot of the episodes don't have a lot of jokes, the plots and animation can be pretty uncreatively boring and hollow and I know, this show has no continuity, but this season seems to be contradicting itself that the show knows and repeats, including the part where SpongeBob was on the V.I.P. list on Squidward's concert for some reason despite Squidward hating SpongeBob, and the fact that everyone seemed to enjoy his clarinet recital, despite it often being posed as bad throughout the series. Those plot holes happened in Best Day Ever

For Seasons 5-9a, I notice how they were an improvement compared to the first four seasons as that was when the storytelling got more smart and creative with a lot of funny and reasonable plot twists shown here and there. In fact, some of these episodes became pretty bizarre enough with a lot of things happening throughout the episode that I honestly became really engaged in those seasons' episodes. And yes, I think this chunk of the show is the funniest not only because of the plot twists but also due to the unpredictable actions and dialogues of the characters. This is what makes these "Squidward Torture" episodes better as they are cruel but in an unexpectedly hilarious way. Also, the crew knew how to make SpongeBob in-character in situations where he's honest and helpful of other people who appear to be miserable, adding more likability to this character.

SpongeBob was mostly a mixed bag and thanks to that confusion, I don’t know what’s my conclusion of SpongeBob SquarePants. But instead, I’ll just go through a brief summary; SpongeBob SquarePants can be hilarious or tell good stories sometimes, but a lot of the show’s episodes ended up swapping the quality of the show’s story and humor. The show can be executed terribly wrong, but more commonly in the “pre-movie” era and rarely in the “post-movie” era. The characters are mostly solid and interesting but ended up taking their characterization to a different path to the point where they’re either obnoxious or jerky. Thanks to its tackled reputation, I’m calling it a fair show, but not a meh but really close.

I hope you reviewers express your thoughts on my scorecard. Like what the warning sign said, ‘this is my opinion only, so please respect my opinion on each episode’. I don’t mind if you disagree with me, but don’t rage or start a fight in the comment section. It’s very rude for many reviewers and that doesn’t help you become a better user. Thank you.

And before I close off this review, I'd like to say something to everyone: I tend to update opinions of past episodes because I feel like they didn't age well, not for the sake of attention. If you think these updates are dishonest, causing you to lose respect for me, then please check out my updated reviews of various episodes from this show. Some of these reviews are episodes that were formerly rated a higher/lower rating:
Love That Squid
Demolition Doofus
Band Geeks

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Comments: 521

TheLoudHouseFan37 [2019-12-01 14:59:31 +0000 UTC]

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1033Forest In reply to ??? [2019-11-30 18:52:17 +0000 UTC]

Things to do:
247 and 251a title cards need to be added under the ? placeholders for them
Also, the final episode of the year aired today. (262b The Hankering).
And the Italy flag from Plankton's Old Chum can be removed now, since it already aired here today.

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Intrancity In reply to 1033Forest [2019-11-30 20:44:27 +0000 UTC]

you don't need to tell me what to do. i already know those episodes premiered today

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CheeseCrocker In reply to ??? [2019-11-27 19:17:26 +0000 UTC]

Can't wait for Good Ol' Whatshisname promotion.

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Intrancity In reply to CheeseCrocker [2019-11-28 10:59:04 +0000 UTC]

And I can't wait for you to check back at the hysteria at Encyclopedia SpongeBobia.

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SandalsFish In reply to Intrancity [2019-12-10 08:52:58 +0000 UTC]

where is the promised good ol' whatshisname promotion >: (

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Intrancity In reply to SandalsFish [2019-12-10 08:54:14 +0000 UTC]

ok fine i upgraded it by 1%. it is now 17%.

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SandalsFish In reply to Intrancity [2019-12-10 11:36:29 +0000 UTC]

woo yeah

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Intrancity In reply to SandalsFish [2019-12-10 08:53:50 +0000 UTC]

that wasn't a promise i just feel like cheesey needs to be back at esb

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SandalsFish In reply to Intrancity [2019-12-10 11:36:21 +0000 UTC]

lol esb

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SoshiTheYoshi In reply to ??? [2019-11-25 18:16:44 +0000 UTC]

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PineapplePan2003 In reply to ??? [2019-11-11 23:00:29 +0000 UTC]

also lol party pooper pants

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PineapplePan2003 In reply to ??? [2019-11-11 22:58:48 +0000 UTC]

lol have you seen this snail

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SoshiTheYoshi In reply to ??? [2019-11-10 16:08:07 +0000 UTC]

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TTLF In reply to ??? [2019-11-10 07:01:59 +0000 UTC]

you just demoted the best episode of the series to heinous lmfao

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MisterBoyyo In reply to ??? [2019-11-10 05:13:02 +0000 UTC]

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098765four In reply to MisterBoyyo [2019-11-10 05:52:12 +0000 UTC]

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MisterBoyyo In reply to ??? [2019-11-10 05:03:22 +0000 UTC]

I hope you're prepared for what TTLF is about to do

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098765four In reply to ??? [2019-11-10 04:57:26 +0000 UTC]

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TheReviewer20 In reply to ??? [2019-11-10 04:56:48 +0000 UTC]

Aside from the massive demotion of HYSTS and the addition of new episodes, were there any changes?

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BluewolfZero In reply to ??? [2019-11-05 19:14:46 +0000 UTC]

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098765four In reply to ??? [2019-10-31 22:44:10 +0000 UTC]

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Jaylop97 In reply to 098765four [2019-11-05 18:30:26 +0000 UTC]

Here's some old ratings of episodes above the Divine mark.


Dunces and Dragons used to be Magnificent along with Krusty Towers, but got demoted. Skill Crane used to be Great 

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SoshiTheYoshi In reply to ??? [2019-10-27 01:33:05 +0000 UTC]

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BluewolfZero In reply to ??? [2019-10-26 13:55:57 +0000 UTC]

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TTLF In reply to ??? [2019-10-26 10:36:18 +0000 UTC]

despite the fact that i agree The Secret Box sucks, it's not even S2's prime example of being a failure of storytelling sometimes. that honor goes to Welcome to the Chum Bucket

you should probably rewatch that ep and see if it gets demoted because it's honestly my least favorite episode of the series

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Intrancity In reply to TTLF [2020-01-13 05:57:34 +0000 UTC]

yeah, it was demotedn't.
 

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TTLF In reply to Intrancity [2020-01-13 09:10:07 +0000 UTC]

bruh

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TTLF In reply to TTLF [2019-11-10 18:46:48 +0000 UTC]

wait no, truth or square is, but this comes an easy 2nd or third

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PineapplePan2003 In reply to ??? [2019-10-22 23:57:22 +0000 UTC]

Can't wait until you demote Krusty Krab Training Video

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SandalsFish In reply to ??? [2019-10-21 09:28:09 +0000 UTC]

Well that makes another that thinks Truth Or Square is superior to Blowout

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PineapplePan2003 In reply to ??? [2019-10-20 01:34:55 +0000 UTC]

Surprised you think Truth or Square is better than Big Birthday Blowout

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BluewolfZero In reply to PineapplePan2003 [2019-10-26 13:58:42 +0000 UTC]

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CheeseCrocker In reply to ??? [2019-10-13 18:33:15 +0000 UTC]

Every damned episode is a pre-movie one.

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SamHalls2015 In reply to CheeseCrocker [2021-01-18 16:14:38 +0000 UTC]

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BacktoReviews In reply to ??? [2019-10-13 04:34:43 +0000 UTC]

Krusty Hate

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PineapplePan2003 In reply to ??? [2019-10-13 04:09:46 +0000 UTC]

So I guess The Paper isn't your least favorite episode anymore

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bobcarotte In reply to ??? [2019-10-13 01:28:52 +0000 UTC]

spongebob's GREAT bad habit 

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1033Forest In reply to ??? [2019-10-13 00:54:43 +0000 UTC]

Okay, what made Krusty Love your worst episode ever?

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MisterBoyyo In reply to ??? [2019-10-12 21:21:54 +0000 UTC]

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Doraemonfanforever In reply to ??? [2019-10-12 21:02:15 +0000 UTC]

Dang that Krusty Love demotion...

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098765four In reply to ??? [2019-10-12 20:35:29 +0000 UTC]

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MisterBoyyo In reply to 098765four [2019-10-12 20:50:50 +0000 UTC]

Well I at least agree that Krusty Love is awful and worse than The Paper.

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HugeSUFan In reply to ??? [2019-10-12 19:46:03 +0000 UTC]

Oh god why does S2 keep getting demoted

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1033Forest In reply to ??? [2019-10-12 19:37:33 +0000 UTC]

So double inadequate today...

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TTLF [2019-10-04 11:05:30 +0000 UTC]

i like how every season besides 4 has an ep that's at least great 

like bruh

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PineapplePan2003 [2019-09-29 03:47:41 +0000 UTC]

House Fancy is MAGNIFICENT NOW??? That's a pretty unpopular opinion that I agree with honestly

Help Wanted - Tolerable. I guess I can see where you're coming from as the episode was pretty rough around the edges

The Secret Box - Heinous, WAT

Frankendoodle - Ample, WAT

Band Geeks - Inadequate, WAAAT

Atlantis Squarepantis - Poor, uhhhhh....

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HugeTFPFan In reply to ??? [2019-09-28 21:59:06 +0000 UTC]

Band Geeks - Inadequate 

What... The hell!? 

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MisterBoyyo In reply to ??? [2019-09-28 20:07:40 +0000 UTC]

These recent changes are great, more specifically your downgrading of Band Geeks and upgrades for House Fancy and Atlantis SquarePantis. Just another handful of episodes I can agree with you on.

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jhay0912 In reply to ??? [2019-08-31 17:52:14 +0000 UTC]

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