User Reviews

This episode took me by complete surprise. This is now the second best episode of the season, close to being up there with Salty Sponge. I have almost 0 clue what to write about this episode, so I'm just gonna start off by saying the characters were really enjoyable in this episode.

Plankton, Mr. Krabs, and Squidward were all somewhat funny in this episode (especially Squidward acting like Gaspar Le Gecko). The way they all tied into the story was enjoyable too, I like how Squidward had a crush on Petunia, reminded me of Love That Squid (underrated episode).

The thing that got me the most however was the setup. I saw photos of leaks for the ending for this episode and figured it was going to be exactly like Married To Money, but the fact they had it to where we knew Petunia was Plankton the whole time made it way more enjoyable than Married To Money. The "playing God" aspect of this makes it more suspenseful and enjoyable. It also made Plankton come off as funnier when knowing his motive.

The animation of the flower store and how it turns back into the Chum Bucket is really cool as well!

It's not as good as something like Salty Sponge, but it's up there. I'm glad another season 13 episode is good. Usually these reviews are longer, but this time I just wanted to get my opinion out with a quicker summarization of my thoughts.

SpongeBob on Parade was weaker than I'd like to believe, but oh boy did I find this one strange. Don't get me wrong, the plot is creative. The execution though... no. It just turned into another formula episode, which was what happened in The Flower Plot too, but was done in a way less creative way.

The return of the Ice Cream King was cool and he had a few funny lines. However, that's not really enough to make this episode better.

I did like the beginning at the Krusty Krab, and there were some good jokes there. Mostly from Squidward, I loved the "more on theme" to "moron theme" line from him. Plus, the animation was amazing as always. The colors were really nice in this one with all the parade floats

I'm leaving the rating here an 8/10 to boost the overall rating average, but just know this episode is a 5/10. Feels really weird making a review this short. Average of my scores is a 7/10.

-The Flower Plot: In this episode, the Chum Bucket is replaced by a flower shop with a charming new owner.

Season 13 has been improving lately, and The Flower Plot is the perfect proof of it.

This episode feels like your average "Plankton disguises as someone to steal the formula," but it's actually very unique. Plankton fakes leaving and disguises as Petunia, a florist who says "Huh!" constantly and has a positive attitude. Opens The Flower Pot Florist in front of The Krusty Krab, and disguises Karen as a flower so they can talk and she can still give Plankton some advice.

Mr. Krabs befriends Petunia very soon, right before it's revealed that Petunia is Plankton.

SpongeBob gives a few problems to Plankton, but he's not a big part of this episode.

Squidward shows up, tells SpongeBob to leave, and falls in love with Petunia. Plankton realizes that Squidward might be an obstacle for his plan.

Plankton keeps selling flowers, and Karen is confused by his attitude. Even when they're alone, Plankton seems to act as if he liked his new job.

Petunia gives Mr. Krabs a bag of flowers for the Krusty Krab, with bombs in them, so Plankton can get in the Krusty Krab and steal the secret formula.

Plankton tells Karen that he has decided to stop the plan for now and be a florist, because he really loves his new job.

Karen is happy that he wants to be a florist now, but reminds Plankton that the flowers he gave to Krabs are bombs.

Plankton tries to get all the flowers back, disguised as Petunia of course. Squidward decides to tell her about his feelings, and runs to her.

Plankton is about to get in his shop and try to defuse the bombs, but Squidward stops him, telling Petunia that he loves her.

The bombs explode and it's revealed to everyone that Petunia is Plankton. Squidward is just depressed now.

Mr. Krabs and the customers get mad, but SpongeBob is happy that Plankton is back.

Now that Plankton can't be a respected florist, he goes back to stealing the formula, and The Chum Bucket is back.

This is a GREAT episode, and my third favorite of the season so far. 8/10.

-SpongeBob on Parade: In this episode, the Krusty Krab enters a float in the annual Bikini Bottom Parade.

I don't have to make a long review on this episode, because it's less centered on the plot.

SpongeBob writes the secret formula in a paper in a bottle that is on the float for the Krusty Krab's parade, and Plankton makes his own float to steal it.

He almost gets it, but the formula catches fire. Though he does get one ingredient: Salt, and I love how happy he is about it, even though it was pretty obvious that Krabby Patties had salt. It's my favorite part of the episode.

What about the rest? Well, it's fun. You have a bit of Perch Perkins lore (they explain his color changes between purple and orange), some references to my least favorite season 12 episode, The Nitwitting (which isn't a bad thing at all, I liked these references), some good jokes and great animation. Honestly that's it, I feel like the scene showing the different floats and Pearl's band was a bit slow and didn't have enough jokes to actually be entertaining to me.

There's only one scene I dislike about this episode: The band members separating into two was too random, and felt like something from The Patrick Star Show, I don't really know what Kaz was thinking when he wrote that tbh, I just don't see the point in that scene.

Still, this is a good episode and worth watching for sure, it's the second worst of the season since Welcome to Binary Bottom imo, and I think that says a lot for these new episodes.

Good episode, 7/10.

(8/10 + 7/10)/2 = 7.5/10 -> 8/10.