Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy/Pickles

"Pickles" is a bit dumb, but still good episode for the series. It's unclear who this Bubble Bass is and why everyone care about what he thinks about food. It's also unclear why Bob couldn't just show him pickles in the burger before giving it to him. But who cares? The episode is really funny and SpongeBob is just SpongeBob like always. Everything got mixed up in his head... I love how even the music was reversed, when Krabs came to Bob's house. And I can't not laugh at Squidward every time watching this episode... That's how you make a hilarious supporting characters. Bubble Bass casually throwing him everytime is gold.

Also "Marmaidman and Barnacleboy" episode introduces some real retired Bikini Bottom superheroes and I'm personally not a fan of M&B episodes (especially the titles of their episodes, so unique...). Their first appearance is just okay and there will be better M&B episodes, but it's definitely not the worst one. However, it's "Pickles" what carries the episode.

These two episodes are enjoyable but mostly unremarkable

Mermaidman and barnacleboy (7) This episode introduces two elderly superheroes. It's an interesting look at people past their prime and they're both enjoyable characters with fantastic voice acting. The jokes are quite hit and miss but the story hits most of the right beats and it never drags on for too long, throwing at least one good joke per scene.

Pickles (7) Pickles starts off poorly and ends brilliantly. The plot is a bit too unbelievable for someone like spongebob and the jokes miss quite frequently during the first half. When Mr Krabs enters, it shows that he can be a rather helpful person even when he's still a greedy jerk and the last two minutes are hilarious, topping off with one of the funniest jokes in the season. It's rough, but it nails the landing.

The episodes are more inconsistent than previous ones, though they're still of a high quality, even if far from the best the season has to offer.

M & B - 9.5

Pickles - 8.5

Overall - 9

Mermaidman & Barnacleboy is a really clever short. I just started watching the 1960s Batman series so I can appreciate this spoof version even more. I love that it turns out SB is the evil villain with his constant pestering of the retired hero.

Pickles is a fun and somewhat famous SB short. I've seen it re-enacted verbatim on YouTube. SB starts to doubt his ability to do anything at all after his burger constructing abilities are questioned due to apparently forgetting the addition of an essential pickle in a Krabby Patty. This short does a good job of showing how fragile SB's sense of self worth is.

These episodes were good. But after Pizza Delivery, I expected more of these.

"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" This episode has some very funny parts like when SpongeBob re-enacts a battle the heroes had with Man Ray and when SpongeBob and Patrick pretend Squidward is a villain. However, many of the other MM+BB episodes were better, especially when Barnacle Boy is evil. But it's still great. 9/10 "Pickles" A fish named Bubble Bass comes to the Krusty Krab one day and claims that SpongeBob forgot the pickles on his Krabby Patty. SpongeBob now can't remember how to make the formula after his screw-up, and soon he can't remember how to do anything. This episode is very clever, but I don't see why Bubble Bass is such a jerk to Squidward. I love the car keys gag, though. 9/10

9/10 (whole episode)

Mermaid man and barnacle boy was alright, dragged on a little but non the less good episode. Pickles was great, bubble bass was hilarious and the story behind the episode is clear and clever.