[8.3/10] Such a blast! (No pun intended.) This is one of the loonier premises for a SpongeBob episode, and that’s saying something. Still, Squidward trying to be nice to the chipper co-worker he so loathes, because he thinks he accidentally fed him an explosive pie, is a great, if out there, setup. Squidward and SpongeBob going through SpongeBob’s list of fun activities, each weirder than the last, is a barrel of laughs. The vaudevillian humor of Mr. Krabs recounting that he’s seen this “eleven times” and there’s no helping SpongeBob, only to be confirmed by the hospital, is great. And the way the steep flips the usual Squidward/SpongeBob dynamic on its head makes for a lot of funny moments.
The show also plays with the misdirects nicely, particularly Squidward cringing and counting down to the sunset explosion, only for the actual bomb to go off by accident later. The episode wrings the usual humor from Squidwar barely tolerating Spongeobb’s smiling nonsense, and all the weird elements from exploding pies to a sweater made of eyelashes to Mr. Krabs being too sad over SpongeBob’s death even in Squidward’s thought bubble gives this one a distinctive flavor.
Overall, this is one of the goofy episodes you couldn’t find on any other show, and I am very much here for it!
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2020-08-16T18:11:03Z
[8.3/10] Such a blast! (No pun intended.) This is one of the loonier premises for a SpongeBob episode, and that’s saying something. Still, Squidward trying to be nice to the chipper co-worker he so loathes, because he thinks he accidentally fed him an explosive pie, is a great, if out there, setup. Squidward and SpongeBob going through SpongeBob’s list of fun activities, each weirder than the last, is a barrel of laughs. The vaudevillian humor of Mr. Krabs recounting that he’s seen this “eleven times” and there’s no helping SpongeBob, only to be confirmed by the hospital, is great. And the way the steep flips the usual Squidward/SpongeBob dynamic on its head makes for a lot of funny moments.
The show also plays with the misdirects nicely, particularly Squidward cringing and counting down to the sunset explosion, only for the actual bomb to go off by accident later. The episode wrings the usual humor from Squidwar barely tolerating Spongeobb’s smiling nonsense, and all the weird elements from exploding pies to a sweater made of eyelashes to Mr. Krabs being too sad over SpongeBob’s death even in Squidward’s thought bubble gives this one a distinctive flavor.
Overall, this is one of the goofy episodes you couldn’t find on any other show, and I am very much here for it!