Who R Zoo?
SpongeBob gets kicked out of the zoo after getting too close to the animals. Instead of pouting however, he decides to build a zoo on his own - made out of bubbles.
This is a fairly mediocre segment. While the plot sounds fun on paper, the problems that seem to permeate the newer seasons are present here: the music is way too loud and frequent, the facial expressions are needlessly exaggerated and often used in place of actual jokes.
And when I mean that the music overpowers the lines, I'm not kidding. There were times where a character said something I completely missed due to not being able to hear a word. I thought the point of crisper audio was to make the dialogue clearer.
SpongeBob is also overexcited to an annoying degree, where it seems like he's on caffeine pills all the time.
Still, a few chuckles manage to come through all the noise. I liked Plankton being terrified of the zoo animals with Karen dismissively calling them cute only to be attacked and start panicking herself. Patrick hiding inside of SpongeBob's body was one of the few visual gags that worked.
Other than that, there's not much that stands out.
Kwarantined Krab:
A health inspector comes to The Krusty Krab to see if everything is in order. When he arrives he has a shocking announcement to make: One of the people currently residing there are sick! Everyone are put under quarantine. Which one of them could be infected?
Oh yes, folks. I'm covering the infamous banned episode that Nickelodeon doesn't want you to see. The only reason I'm even able to talk about it right now is because someone was actually able to find an English version of it. With all that controversy aside, is it worth watching in the end?
Well, it's certainly a better attempt at an infection panic story than Fungus Among Us. What makes it work so well is that instead of focusing on how gross the disease is, the humor mostly stems from the interplay and reactions from the characters. Mr. Krabs shows to have a screw loose right away, where he tells a story of how he once locked a sick crewmember on his ship in the freezer. When SpongeBob asks if he was ever let out, Krabs vaguely answers that "someone" probably did. Amusingly dark joke.
Plankton, who was hiding in one of the cups, doesn't care about the quarantine and heads out of the resturant. Only to immediately get blasted with a flamethrower. Mr. Lawrence nails the joke with his usually hilarious screaming.
Mr. Krabs is so intent on reusing his old trick that he asks the other five left at the place (SpongeBob, Patrick, Pearl, Squidward and Mrs. Puff) if any of them would be willing to volunteer for a trip to the freezer. Jesus, Krabs. The ever so noble SpongeBob relents after seeing everyone fighting with each other. The mood becomes melodramatic and he asks them to remember him as full of life. Mr. Krabs interrupting by shutting the door made me chuckle. Mrs. Puff says she can't look, but asks if it still can be described how it's like to be there. That's very cold. No pun intended.
We get a funny reveal where it turns out that the freezer is a giant fun winter wonderland where SpongeBob can ski and do all sorts of fun things.
Patrick is tempted to join the sponge after seeing that he's having ice cream. He comes back, but Krabs is horrified at how infected he looks. He forcefully throws him back into the freezer. Shortly after, Pearl calls out Squidward for scratching his arm and says he's the sick one. Following her daddy's paranoid footsteps, it seems. The best part though has to be how Mrs. Puff gets thrown in just for yawning. Noboby can make a single bodily movement without suspicion at this point.
Finally, Pearl gives Krabs money back from the mall since she didn't spend all of it. If you thought he was crazy before, right now he's so frantic about the Clam Flu that he berates her for accepting change covered with germs. Well, maybe on second thought he's being sensible. There are things in the world more important than money.
Inside the freezer, Mrs. Puff makes Pearl come to the realization that it's Mr. Krabs who has the Clam Flu. Squidward demands they take action, but SpongeBob wants to stay. Until the ol' squid reminds him he'll never be able to make Krabby Patties again.
Once the five of them band together to catch Mr. Krabs we get an energtic chase sequence. Unlike WRZ?, the quick pacing and hectic music fits since the story's been naturally building up to a crazy finale.
The character animation of Mr. Krabs as SpongeBob tries to retrieve him from under the grill is pretty funny. His worn demeanor looks even more demented when his body's scrunched.
After a while, Mr Krabs crashes into a window and a garbage can falls down on Mrs. Puff. Due to her inflatable nature, she managed to spread garbage across the entire resturant. The health inspector comes by and is about to tell them that he actually held the chart upside down and no one there is sick at all. But when he sees everyone got infected by *other* diseases instead he not only quarantines the resturant, but instructs his workers to drop it somewhere safer. It falls down on The Chum Bucket. I feel like they could've ended on a stronger joke than that. We've already seen Plankton's eatery destroyed as a final punchline before.
There are a few issues such as the unfunny (though I guess somewhat necessary) grossout moments, and the pace while much calmer could nevertheless stand to be toned down a little. But overall, I enjoyed Kwarantined Krab. The coincidences to the ongoing pandemic will unnerve some people, but if you can look past that this is still nothing more than a wackily entertaining SpongeBob toon. While the apprehension towards airing it on TV is unsurprising, it was unfair to exclude it from the latest season box set. Hopefully these final words will be outdated in the future with the hopes that this episode no longer gets treated the way Mr. Krabs treats his crew: Like the plague.
SpongeBob gets kicked out of the zoo after getting too close to the animals. Instead of pouting however, he decides to build a zoo on his own - made out of bubbles.
This is a fairly mediocre segment. While the plot sounds fun on paper, the problems that seem to permeate the newer seasons are present here: the music is way too loud and frequent, the facial expressions are needlessly exaggerated and often used in place of actual jokes.
And when I mean that the music overpowers the lines, I'm not kidding. There were times where a character said something I completely missed due to not being able to hear a word. I thought the point of crisper audio was to make the dialogue clearer.
SpongeBob is also overexcited to an annoying degree, where it seems like he's on caffeine pills all the time.
Still, a few chuckles manage to come through all the noise. I liked Plankton being terrified of the zoo animals with Karen dismissively calling them cute only to be attacked and start panicking herself. Patrick hiding inside of SpongeBob's body was one of the few visual gags that worked.
Other than that, there's not much that stands out.
Kwarantined Krab:
A health inspector comes to The Krusty Krab to see if everything is in order. When he arrives he has a shocking announcement to make: One of the people currently residing there are sick! Everyone are put under quarantine. Which one of them could be infected?
Oh yes, folks. I'm covering the infamous banned episode that Nickelodeon doesn't want you to see. The only reason I'm even able to talk about it right now is because someone was actually able to find an English version of it. With all that controversy aside, is it worth watching in the end?
Well, it's certainly a better attempt at an infection panic story than Fungus Among Us. What makes it work so well is that instead of focusing on how gross the disease is, the humor mostly stems from the interplay and reactions from the characters. Mr. Krabs shows to have a screw loose right away, where he tells a story of how he once locked a sick crewmember on his ship in the freezer. When SpongeBob asks if he was ever let out, Krabs vaguely answers that "someone" probably did. Amusingly dark joke.
Plankton, who was hiding in one of the cups, doesn't care about the quarantine and heads out of the resturant. Only to immediately get blasted with a flamethrower. Mr. Lawrence nails the joke with his usually hilarious screaming.
Mr. Krabs is so intent on reusing his old trick that he asks the other five left at the place (SpongeBob, Patrick, Pearl, Squidward and Mrs. Puff) if any of them would be willing to volunteer for a trip to the freezer. Jesus, Krabs. The ever so noble SpongeBob relents after seeing everyone fighting with each other. The mood becomes melodramatic and he asks them to remember him as full of life. Mr. Krabs interrupting by shutting the door made me chuckle. Mrs. Puff says she can't look, but asks if it still can be described how it's like to be there. That's very cold. No pun intended.
We get a funny reveal where it turns out that the freezer is a giant fun winter wonderland where SpongeBob can ski and do all sorts of fun things.
Patrick is tempted to join the sponge after seeing that he's having ice cream. He comes back, but Krabs is horrified at how infected he looks. He forcefully throws him back into the freezer. Shortly after, Pearl calls out Squidward for scratching his arm and says he's the sick one. Following her daddy's paranoid footsteps, it seems. The best part though has to be how Mrs. Puff gets thrown in just for yawning. Noboby can make a single bodily movement without suspicion at this point.
Finally, Pearl gives Krabs money back from the mall since she didn't spend all of it. If you thought he was crazy before, right now he's so frantic about the Clam Flu that he berates her for accepting change covered with germs. Well, maybe on second thought he's being sensible. There are things in the world more important than money.
Inside the freezer, Mrs. Puff makes Pearl come to the realization that it's Mr. Krabs who has the Clam Flu. Squidward demands they take action, but SpongeBob wants to stay. Until the ol' squid reminds him he'll never be able to make Krabby Patties again.
Once the five of them band together to catch Mr. Krabs we get an energtic chase sequence. Unlike WRZ?, the quick pacing and hectic music fits since the story's been naturally building up to a crazy finale.
The character animation of Mr. Krabs as SpongeBob tries to retrieve him from under the grill is pretty funny. His worn demeanor looks even more demented when his body's scrunched.
After a while, Mr Krabs crashes into a window and a garbage can falls down on Mrs. Puff. Due to her inflatable nature, she managed to spread garbage across the entire resturant. The health inspector comes by and is about to tell them that he actually held the chart upside down and no one there is sick at all. But when he sees everyone got infected by *other* diseases instead he not only quarantines the resturant, but instructs his workers to drop it somewhere safer. It falls down on The Chum Bucket. I feel like they could've ended on a stronger joke than that. We've already seen Plankton's eatery destroyed as a final punchline before.
There are a few issues such as the unfunny (though I guess somewhat necessary) grossout moments, and the pace while much calmer could nevertheless stand to be toned down a little. But overall, I enjoyed Kwarantined Krab. The coincidences to the ongoing pandemic will unnerve some people, but if you can look past that this is still nothing more than a wackily entertaining SpongeBob toon. While the apprehension towards airing it on TV is unsurprising, it was unfair to exclude it from the latest season box set. Hopefully these final words will be outdated in the future with the hopes that this episode no longer gets treated the way Mr. Krabs treats his crew: Like the plague.
