Sandy's Country Christmas (SpongeBob SquarePants)
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 Cause you didn't, SpongeBob, this here's a good old Texas bushwhack visit. This is also what Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie should've been.
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"Sandy's Country Christmas" is an episode from season 14 of SpongeBob SquarePants.
Plot
When one of Sandy's experiments goes awry, the Cheeks family team up to save Christmas in Bikini Bottom.
Why It's a F.U.N. Country Christmas
- This episode brings back the stop motion animation from "It's a SpongeBob Christmas" and "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom" and even improves it like what The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom did, but this time added the sweet of "Ian Vazquez" flavored to make the face expressions more expensive.
- Great music, as usual.
- The concept on a Christmas special about Sandy and her family saving Christmas is decent but however, this episode executes this concept greatly.
- This is also a massive improvement over the extremely infamous Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie. What makes it even better is that it also improves "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas."
- It uses content from the movie really well, just like Teen Titans Go! To the Movies.
- Great moral: Never miss the day for Christmas and always stand up for yourself.
- This episode can be funny at times like when Randy sees a police submarine despite being filler.
- Sandy's family is so much better than in the movie as they get character development in the episode along with Sandy and SpongeBob despite accidently making Santa fall down,
- They even save Christmas with Sandy and SpongeBob by delivering presents to every Bikini Bottom house.
- Granny Cheeks' story on how they had a year without Santa is creative and hilarious.
- Catchy songs like the Country Carol one.
- French Narrator's appearance is really cool.
- The poster is a huge improvement over Kreepaway Kamp's one despite the false advertising.
- Great ending: Everyone got their presents as Santa is now in his normal state and the Cheeks family got Sandy's giant Christmas tree as a present.
Naughty List Qualities
- Patchy the Pirate does not make an appearance in this episode, as the French Narrator appears instead despite the French Narrator being an iconic character.
- A few scenes can be filler like when Randy spots a police submarine, despite being funny.
- False advertising: On the episode's promotional images and promos, the episode was titled "SpongeBob & Sandy's Country Christmas" despite only being called "Sandy's Country Christmas" on DVD and TV airings, unlike Snow Yellow and the Seven Jellies.
- Santa was a bit dumbed down in this episode as he didn't realize that he was being bumped in a Christmas tree, causing him to lose his state and memory.
Reception
This episode received positive-mixed reviews and an 8.0 on IMDb. However, it is considered the weakest of the three stop-motion specials that the series offers.
Trivia
- This episode was originally titled "SpongeBob & Sandy's Country Christmas."
- The episode's logo on the promotional poster, promos, dubs, and Amazon Prime listing use the episode's original name
- This episode, along with "Snow Yellow and the Seven Jellies," was released on the Another 100 Episodes and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs, both of which were released on October 15, 2024, before airing on American television or anywhere in the world. It was also available on The Complete Fourteenth Season DVD released on November 19, 2024.
- The opening credits for this episode is different unlike most of the series, similar to the opening credits in the full version of "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout."
- This episode properly introduces the Cheeks family into the main series. They previously made their debut in the Netflix spin-off film Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.
- This marks the first time Larry the Lobster and Slappy Laszlo appear in stop-motion.
- This is the first stop-motion special in 7 years since "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom."
- This episode, alongside "Squidiot Box," "Blood is Thicker Than Grease," "PL-1413," "In the Mood to Feud," "Mooned!," "Hysterical History," "Kreepaway Kamp," and "Snow Yellow and the Seven Jellies" serve as this season's 25th anniversary specials.
- In packaging order, this is the first episode to use the 2024 Nickelodeon Productions logo at the end of the credits to represent the splat rebrand. In airing order, however, "Sammy Suckerfish" and "Big League Bob" are the first.
- Because of the Paramount byline in the Nickelodeon Productions logo, the copyright info is baked onto the credits, after the Executive in Charge of Nickelodeon credit.
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