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This episode's type of humor may cause some to roll their eyes, but there's a lot of fantastic writing and acting in here. The writers give Jake Hopkins the most ridiculous things to say (and sing), and he gives an 11/10 performance. The first time I saw this, I was dying at the entirety of the second act. I showed it to my brother and we were both struggling to breathe as Gumball repeatedly tries and fails to get Tobias to slap his butt.

It took me several watches to realize that Tobias is whistling the same tune that Gumball was singing about his butt. Just another brilliant joke that the writers threw in.

Mind the Gap started off with the crazy exaggerated facial expressions that scream, "This is for kids!" It turned me off pretty quickly. It got a little better. None of the jokes are really memorable, though the jazz club is a fun spot, and Spongebob talking all cool was a pleasure to listen to. 6/10 Dirty Bubble Returns has more funny jokes, for sure. It's around a 7/10 to me. The current 8.3 rating is wayyyy too generous to this pairing.

Bubble Bass's Tab works pretty well. Most jokes land, and the concept has creativity, if in a goofy way thanks to Bubble Bass's low-budget basement design. Kooky Cooks has good humor in spots too, though it leans a little more into the weird and uncomfortable at times.

Both of these episodes have Spongebob and Squidward together for substantial amounts of time, and they luckily play off of each other well. Spongebob's cheeriness doesn't become annoying, and Squidward is delightfully gloomy with appropriate bursts of other strong emotions when he feels he needs to take charge.