SpongeBob - "Employee of the Month"

I thought the episode that aired with this, "The Chaperone," was okay, but it wasn't good enough for me to watch it more than twice. Luckily, Paul Tibbitt and his team of storyboard artists were able to bring us back up with the following episode, "Employee of the Month."

Today is judging for Employee of the Month, but Squidward on the other hand finds this a scam. Mr. Krabs warns SpongeBob about Squidward being on the while, hence the phrase, "I might sneak up on you." SpongeBob, thanks to his soldier portrait, spies on Squidward, and Squidward, now following what's going on, decides to prove to SpongeBob he's better than him by trying to get awarded Employee of the Month that he is better. How will this end? Well, just watch and find out, okay?

This episode really made up for the blandness that "The Chaperone" had. It had more comedy than it's predecessor, and it even has a good plot, Squidward and SpongeBob competing against each other for the aforementioned Employee of the Month. I like the running gags of the krabby patties being spit at Squidward by a fan, as well as him stubbing his foot when trying to step on SpongeBob's hat. They even go so far as to carry anchors on foot.

This plot's just all over the place. But in a good way.


I should also mention that this episode had four storyboard artists!

You see that? FOUR STORYBOARD ARTISTS! And only one of them wrote the script, that one was Paul Tibbitt. Ennio Torresan and Erik Wiese previously worked as a duo writing various episodes for SpongeBob during the first half of the first season, and Mark O'Hare, he only wrote three episodes with Paul so, I guess he wasn't quite ready to be an official writer or something until late season 2.

Overall, you have to watch this episode to understand the humor they were going for.

I mean I like it when Squidward and SpongeBob showing Mr. Krabs what they can do even goes out of hand and after making too many krabby patties, the Krusty Krab explodes! Leaving the citizens of Bikini Bottom free krabby patties.

This episode is a heck of a lot of fun, and it's much better than "The Chaperone." Just watch out for that laughing Squidward hallucination.

SpongeBob - Sleepy Time

You tired yet? Well, it''s 7:30, and now, I'm going to review a bedtime related episode of SpongeBob. That of course being, "Sleepy Time."

After SpongeBob's own dream falls apart, his dream self escapes from his dream cloud, and travel into his friends own dreams. Including Gary, Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, Pearl, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton, all in that order. But no matter what SpongeBob does, with the exception of Gary, Patrick, and Pearl, he just ruins their hopes and dreams. Meanwhile, Patrick is just looking for a quarter. Even when he's asleep. The next time SpongeBob's asleep, he should just stay out of his dreams and stay in his own dream. But that's not even so much his fault, because it was his daydream self that did all that.

This episode is so imaginative and creative at the same time. The dreams are so visually cool, it has SpongeBob's dream of having a driver's license, Gary being intelligent, Patrick needing a quarter, Squidward being Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sandy skydiving, Pearl's tea party, Mr. Krabs fishing for money, and Plankton being giant and terrorizing the city. I especially like the music for that scene, it was actually"Muscovite Rebellion," the same background music that was used in "Squeaky Boots" where Mr. Krabs goes completely insane over those squeaky boots. And he gets his comeuppance at the end by being stepped on.

This episode is sheer joy, it's funny, imaginative, cool, and interesting. We've got to see all the main characters dreams and what they look like and how SpongeBob goes through these scenes. This episode is just too cool for me to go on. Did I mention Ennio Torresan wrote this with Paul Tibbitt and Mr. Lawrence? Also, the "My Leg" gag is in here when Plankton zaps one of the citizens of Bikini Bottom.

Go ahead and give it a watch, and you'll be asleep in no time.