In Season 9A, only 4 out of the first 10 episodes have not been bodied by previous episodes!Īnd then even when the half-season does have original plots for episodes, it shares the same problem with Season 8, in that most of them have rather unremarkable execution, whether they don't have enough funny jokes or pulls in their story. That's 9 out of 10, which the unoriginal episode being The Other Patty which was bodied by Best Frenemies. Of the first 10 episodes in Season 8, Accidents Will Happen, Drive Thru, The Hot Shot, A Friendly Game, Sentimental Sponge, Frozen Face-Off, Squidward's School For Grown-Ups, Oral Report and Sweet and Sour Squid have original concepts. Even Season 8, which the bland execution of a bunch of it's episodes at least had mostly original concepts. That's over half the season consisting of episodes that remind me of another episode that has executed a similar concept a lot better than it. And finally, SpongeBob You're Fired is bodied by every single episode in existence. Kenny The Cat is bodied by I'm Your Biggest Fanatic. Evil Spatula is bodied by All That Glitters and Imitation Krabs. Little Yellow Book is bodied by Fools In April. Squid Baby is bodied by Rock-A-Bye-Bivalve. Gary's New Toy is bodied by Gary Takes A Bath. Squirrel Record is bodied by Prehibernation Week, and heck, even Rodeo Daze. Extreme Spots is bodied by A Life In A Day. It's what I would call getting "bodied" by them. Because if you look at this season's plot lines, most of these episode's plots rehash previous stories that have done them way better. It's pretty much the same issue Season 8 had, but the problem with Season 9A which makes it worse is that this is truly when I feel like the show was running out of original ideas.
Neither of these episodes are that imaginative when it comes to the story to take it's direction in or telling jokes and as such end up getting lost in the shuffle because they don't go out there in terms of story and comedy. Much like Season 8, 9A falls under the same trap of playing everything too safe, giving us episodes with good but rather unremarkable execution like Patrick-Man, Evil Spatula and Séance Shméance. Now going back to what people say about this half-season being like HD Season 8. The only complaint I have regarding it is that sometimes it might look too bright on the eyes, but that is fixed by 9B and is only a minor negative. Overall, the HD animation was a positive change for the show, and at that point it was honestly long overdue. And special credit to Don't Look Now because that episode looks legitimately beautiful with it's night-time background art design and shading, making for an episode that atmospherically looks more dark. Episodes like Kenny The Cat and Don't Look Now look really expressive which some really well-drawn facial expressions. Something like Extreme Spots exists to show off the new animation with it's action, expressions and how great the backgrounds look as well as having a whole ton of visual gags which is something you didn't see much during the past couple of seasons. Furthermore, the background work is really good and the transition to widescreen allows for a grander scope for each setting, meaning that there can be a greater attention to detail in the backgrounds. It definitely looks less stiff than the previous season and is overall more expressive. Now before I attest to whether this is true or not, I'll first give my thoughts on the new HD animation because yeah, I think it looks nice. I have seen people say that this half-season is like Season 8 but in HD. Season 9A: Unless any of the new seasons have some funny ideas, Season 9A is basically the lowest point of the show, and and the reason why is pretty obvious.
So for now, here is a scorecard on Season 9A of the show. Meanwhile, I have began binging a new show which I plan to release a scorecard on in the coming future.
Seeing as I am now finally finished the post-movie era of the show as of Season 9A, I think that now would be a good time to stay away from SpongeBob, especially as the second half of Season 9 and the seconds that succeed it (also known as Season 9B) are vastly different from Season 9A, and to an extent the rest of post-movie SpongeBob. For over a year, I have continuously been watching this show, but it as been a rather slow process overall. I am taking a bit of break from this show.
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