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Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful/A Pal for Gary

  • Episode aired Jan 3, 2010
  • 24m
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3.3/10
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Squidward cleans up the city of Bikini Bottom with 'help' from SpongeBob.SpongeBob brings Gary a pet that terrorizes him.Squidward cleans up the city of Bikini Bottom with 'help' from SpongeBob.SpongeBob brings Gary a pet that terrorizes him.Squidward cleans up the city of Bikini Bottom with 'help' from SpongeBob.SpongeBob brings Gary a pet that terrorizes him.

  • Director
    • Vincent Waller
  • Writers
    • Stephen Hillenburg
    • Luke Brookshier
    • Nate Cash
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    • Tom Kenny
    • Rodger Bumpass
    • Dee Bradley Baker
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    3.3/10
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    • Director
      • Vincent Waller
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      • Stephen Hillenburg
      • Luke Brookshier
      • Nate Cash
    • Stars
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      • Rodger Bumpass
      • Dee Bradley Baker
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    1goberkorey

    My eyes

    I understand why the episode is infamous it's horrible. It's just SpongeBob at his stupidest. And when he saw Gary being held up by fluffy, he still blamed, this episode had potential but for me it's the absolute worst episode of SpongeBob ever made. The only thing I liked about it is well Mr. Krabs is totally in character here and he's just there everything else I do not like about the episode and it's partnered with an episode that is one that I consider to be meh I hate this episode don't watch this episode if you do not like SpongeBob doing animal cruelty on his pet that he will go to Atlantis for.
    2totaldramaicequn

    2 Terrible Episodes

    Congratulations Nickelodeon, you created two episodes nobody will ever watch.

    Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful was literal trash as it was centered around said thing and Squidward getting tickets for littering to the point where it seemed that the cop was stalking him! I see Squidward's motive here, but how in the world can he not find a place to get rid of the trash? How can a dump be closed? And how did it take Squidward two minutes to realize that his house was made of trash? I face palmed my head so many times, I felt like I would get a concussion

    As for A Pal for Gary, this episode was just poorly written. How does SpongeBob go from concerned about Gary to neglectful to oblivious in a single episode?! SpongeBob at the very beginning was fine but the second he bought Puffy-Fluffy, he became dumber than Billy from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Normally, SpongeBob would listen to what others had to say. I mean, he could've listened to the shop owner and acknowledged that he'll make sure Puffy-Fluffy and Gary will get along then forget the lady's words then remember them upon seeing Puffy-Fluffy try to eat Gary, but how is it that SpongeBob seeing Gary getting eaten does he not realize what has happened?! I, believe that SpongeBob should just worry that Gary's feeling replaced and that something so adorable like Puffy-Fluffy couldn't do such destruction or scare Gary only to realize his error and remember the lady's warning. Then have SpongeBob order Puffy-Fluffy to stop his attack and when Puffy-Fluffy runs away, have SpongeBob either tell him not to mess with Gary or that they can work things out and finally apologize to Gary for not believing in him.

    Honestly, episodes like this make me want to see Patchy the Pirate invite all the SpongeBob superfans to his house and rewrite the worst episodes of SpongeBob. Just like that time Bart and Lisa tried to write an episode of Itchy and Scratchy.
    1sidneycrosbyfan-29175

    Bruh

    When A Pal For Gary comes on the TV I turn it off.

    This review is too short so I guess I gotta add to it.
    1uwukawaiicowuwu

    Waste of your time

    "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful" Is boring and a waste of time its also unfair since squidward didn't even litter in the first places its unenjoyable and a bit frustrating to get through but its nothing compared to the second one.

    "A Pal For Gary" is so bad. It starts off fine but then after spongebob gets his new pet his pet wants to eat Gary and everytime he gets mad at Gary despite him doing nothing he's so oblivious to this that even when the new pet is attacking Gary Infront of him he blames Gary and tells him to stop hurting his new pet. Spongebob is so unlikable in this episode and extremely out of character. This episode has no redeeming qualities and honestly your better off not watching it.
    1so-21144

    Omg

    The episode is terrible. The destruction of the personality of the characters of SpongeBob in that episode was notorious and the little creativity together with a loose writing made an aberrational episode and that only dishonors the legacy of SpongeBob.

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    • Quotes

      SpongeBob: Gary!

      [cuts to Puffy Fluffy holding Gary in his mouth]

      SpongeBob: You put Puffy Fluffy down right now!

    • Connections
      Featured in Animated Atrocities: A Pal for Gary (2013)
    • Soundtracks
      SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song
      Written by Stephen Hillenburg and Derek Drymon

      Composed by Hank Smith Music

      Performed by Patrick Pinney

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      • January 3, 2010 (United States)
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