Fart Baby (Sanjay and Craig)
"Fart Baby" is an episode of the Nickelodeon show Sanjay and Craig, it is the 21st episode of the 1st season, and it is also shown to be a highly controversial episode by many viewers for its qualities. It premiered on Nickelodeon on November 2, 2013.
Plot
After Sanjay and Craig go to the Frycade and order wings from Belle, they suddenly have a fart contest. However, Sanjay was having a hard time trying to fart when he ate a whole plate of wings that things get pretty disturbing when Sanjay finds out that he is pregnant with a fart!
Why It's Nothing But(t) Farts
- The premise of this episode is completely nonsensical, immature, and disgusting. It’s nothing more than just 11 whole minutes of toilet humor, except it’s gone way too far because fart jokes are overused throughout the entire episode. Sound familiar?
- This is the Sanjay and Craig version of "Stimpy's Pregnant", and that episode itself was already terrible enough.
- Plot holes:
- Why would Sanjay and Craig even challenge each other to a contest as stupid as a farting contest? Wouldn't they stink up the Frycade if they have done that?
- How can Sanjay get pregnant on a fart just from eating too many wings? We know that this is a cartoon, but that doesn't excuse the fact that there is no clear logic explained anywhere in this episode.
- It also doesn't help that Sanjay is only 12 years old, which makes this episode even creepier.
- Sanjay and Craig even gave the fart names such as Corky or Tabitha, which sounds beyond weird.
- Also, Sanjay is a male, and men can't get pregnant in real life unless if they're transgender.
- Bad moral: The fact that Sanjay and Craig ate some wings and had a farting contest might encourage some viewers to do the same with their food which is a bad manner for people, especially children.
- In the scene when the Fart Baby was ready to come out, Craig tries to keep it from coming out by actually taping Sanjay’s butt with duct tape. Not to mention, holding down farts is already unhealthy enough to begin with as it causes pain and discomfort, as well as even heartburn and indigestion; yet this episode literally encourages it!
- Not to mention, he does it while Sanjay’s pants are still on. While it’s likely to keep the cartoon kid-friendly, how does taping Sanjay's pants keep the fart in to begin with?
- Speaking of which, this episode is just filled with jokes about pregnancy where farts are treated as actual pregnancies, which can be offensive to women who are or plan on getting pregnant.
- Weird and gross title card: Its sequence is incredibly annoying as you hear non-stop farting sounds throughout its short length.
- As if that wasn't enough, it's also misleading. The Fart Baby looks like an actual baby; however, in the actual episode, it just looks like a fart bubble.
- Disturbing ending: When the Fart Baby floats over to Leslie Noodman, the latter pops the former, causing it to explode and nearly destroy the neighborhood. To make matters worse, we can even get a disgusting glimpse of Noodman’s teeth rotting and falling out from the explosion.
Redeeming Qualities
NOTE: These redeeming qualities do not excuse the episode's content.
- Decent animation, as usual, especially thanks to Tom Yasumi, who also did the animation for SpongeBob SquarePants.
- Passable voice acting as usual, despite sounding mediocre for some of the characters.
Reception
Like most controversial episodes, this episode was universally panned, mainly for its plot about Sanjay becoming pregnant on a huge fart. It currently sits at a 3.5/10 on IMDb. Making it one of the lowest rated episodes of the series.
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