Naughty Nautical Neighbors/Boating School

Naughty Nautical Neighbors-an astonishing mix of mild morals and side splitting cartoon comedy. Nearly every single joke is perfectly constructed and there isn't a boring or uninteresting moment, Also, the subtle sexual undertones I began picking up from some of this episode's more adult jokes only added to my enjoyment, making me laugh even harder than I would without these odd additions.

Boating School-a wonderfully weird episode that takes a very simplistic premise and turns it into an extremely creative and clever piece of witty and absurd comedy. It's a boatload of fun! Get it? Boatload? It is a very humorous joke if one has the brain capacity to appreciate such commentary on Marx's theories of dialectic materialism as opposed to those of Hegel's idealism. Anyway, the point is that this is a fun episode that is, of course, jam packed with memorable moments and lines.

This is a really solid two parter.

Up until this episode, each episode had at least one short that was clearly Inferior to the other. This time NNN is the lesser of the two, but it's still fantastic in its own right.

NNN - 8 or 9 Boating School - 9.5 Overall - 9

The first short is extremely cute with Patrick and SB whispering sweet words of friendship to each other via bubbles. Of course Squidward interferes and then gets what he deserves. It's funny to see Pat and SB fighting.

Boating School is brilliant. Mrs Puff is one of the most memorable characters and we can't help but sympathise with her over the sheer terror of being subjected to SB's irrational fear of practical driving. 1924....

Wow, this time I want to talk about the second story of the episode first - "Boating School". It introduces Mrs Puff - a bit flat (imagine) character, but perfect for her purpose in the show. She already has PTSD because of Bob... Honestly, boating school episodes are rarely my favourite, but this one is absolutely perfect! Also who would have known that after a 10+ years people will be able to do such cheating for real! I mean, you don't need to put a radio inside of your head - there are some small earphones and you can make your friend telling you all the answers... I don't know, if you think about it - it's really genius.

The "Naughty Nautical Neighbors" episode might be another Squidward torture episode, but doesn't he deserve it? I mean, he didn't care about the noise - he hates to hear other people laughing and having fun. When he made Bob and Patrick hate each other and yell - he laughed himself and it couldn't stop him from eating the cake... Squidward started it and he was punished for this. Also the episode is really funny to watch, it's full of iconic gags and I love how Patrick saved Squid for real. Like, actually saved him... Patrick from the new episodes would sit on him or something like that...

So yeah, for me this is another pure gold of the series.

Spongebob (the show, not the character) so far has mastered the art of making characters flawed yet sympathetic.

Naughty nautical neighbors (8) Spongebob and Patrick are the textbook definition of manchildren, so seeing them inadvertedly imitate a nasty breakup/rebound is hilarious. Squidward shows that despite being a jerky killjoy, he still has some humanity (for lack of a better word,) making him feel like a complex yet cruel antagonist. It's simple, stupid, and incredibly entertaining.

Boating school (8) Mrs Puff is a character I disliked as a child but really enjoy now. She has every right to be cynical and is a perfect foil to Spongebob as a grounded yet jaded authority figure. Spongebob and Patrick's dynamic carries the segment and the message at the end is both a worthwhile one while also being a humorous payoff to the episode.

Both episodes are solid and worth watching, proving that Spongebob has an unusually impressive first season for a cartoon.