[tps_title]Evan Griffin’s Favorite SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes[/tps_title]
When SpongeBob first came on the air, I was maybe 10 years old, and it was pretty much my entire life for three to four years, at least until after the movie came out in 2004. But among those first three seasons between 1999 and 2004 were some of the greatest moments in not just animation, but in comedy. Period. I can’t pick just one, so here’s a mouthful of delicious Krabby goodness. In those years, my friends and I would, I kid you not, somehow remember the entirety of the episodes from that recent Friday/Saturday and reenact them for friends on the playground that Monday, so some episodes, possibly even these three, I could recite the entire 11 minutes of even at the age of 23. Anyway, here they are.
“Band Geeks”
Most will list this, mainly for the 80’s ballad at the end of the episode, “Sweet Victory,” but I also list it because the majority of Bikini Bottom “banded” together to help Squidward achieve his dream in vanquishing his rival, and everyone gets a hysterical moment here. Everyone.
“Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III”
SpongeBob and Patrick are asked to guard the superheros’ hidden lair while they’re out. Nothing could go wrong, right? Only the best worst thing ever, where the lovably gullible two accidentally unfreeze the villain, Man Ray, from his Tartar Sauce prison, who convinces them he wants to learn how to be “good,” eventually learning the error of his ways with the phantom pain of the Tickle Belt, and buying checks… with little poodles on them.
“Krusty Krab Training Video”
This episode’s tone is different from the rest because it feels so uncannily real, and only becomes even more so when you’re a teenager or adult who has sat through these exact kinds of training videos.
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Oh, right, and any time Fred says “My Leg.”
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