SpongeHenge (SpongeBob SquarePants)

"SpongeHenge"
This is why you should not jump between parodies without sticking to one of them while writing the script for an episode of a TV show.
Series: SpongeBob SquarePants Part of Season: 5 Episode Number: 99b Air Date: November 23, 2007 Writer: Casey Alexander Zeus Cervas Richard Pursel Previous episode: The Two Faces of Squidward Banned in Bikini Bottom (Airing order) Next episode: Banned in Bikini Bottom 20,000 Patties Under the Sea (Airing order)

SpongeHenge is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season five. In this episode, SpongeBob's holes make music in the wind, attracting the jellyfish.

Summary

When a strong gust of winds arrives at Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob starts making music with his holes, and the jellyfishes like it.

Why It Should Get Stranded In a Cave

1. For starters, it’s unclear what movie this episode is supposed to parody. Although there are references to the real-life Stonehenge and Planet of the Apes, it never sticks with one side or the other, confusing the viewers about what this episode is about.
2. It's an 11-minute torture episode for SpongeBob as he's repeatedly chased by the jellyfish, forced to stay in a cave for an incredibly long time, and later finding out what happened to everyone and everything that he cared about, making the whole episode very mean-spirited.
3. The episode tries so hard to be serious and dark to make people more interested in the story. However, due to its tone, it becomes more unappealing and nightmarish. Granted, "SB-129", another SpongeBob episode, also had somewhat dark scenes, but they never went this far.
4. Some scenes are flat-out disturbing and will make the viewer uncomfortable such as the cave sequence.
5. This whole episode tries so hard to make SpongeBob suffer, he did nothing wrong in this episode, all he did was play music with his holes.
6. Patrick is unlikable and dumb in this episode, as he kicks SpongeBob out of his home only because he thinks he's a bad influence for the jellyfish stinging him, yet it was obvious that the jellyfish were causing SpongeBob problems.
7. It shows a couple of contrived plot holes:
   • Why didn't SpongeBob cover up his holes to stop the music? The whole story could've been avoided if he did that.
   • Why hasn't Bikini Bottom been evacuated because of these strong winds?
     • Speaking of wind, how is there wind underwater?
   • At the Krusty Krab, why didn't SpongeBob close the window when he saw it open?
   • If the wind could push the Krusty Krab away, then how come it couldn't push lighter objects, such as SpongeBob's house, which is literally a pineapple?
   • How did SpongeBob manage to survive if the sea life became extinct?
8. Disturbing and cruel ending: After SpongeBob succeeds in fending off the jellyfish from him and he goes back to the Krusty Krab, he finds out that the place is deserted which technically means that the fish life got extinct, which is cruel and out of place. The fact that he cries out in despair finding out what happened only makes this even creepier and sadder.
   • To make things more awkward, we, later on, see aliens taking pictures of the giant SpongeBob statues. This scene in particular is even creepier as it is implied that not only that SpongeBob is dead and forgotten, but an eerie laugh of his is heard as we cut to black.
     • Speaking of the alien photographers, not only are their designs look real creepy, which is just enough to scare young viewers, but also generate one question; what the heck do alien photographers taking pictures of the giant SpongeBob statues have to do with what happened to poor SpongeBob?
9. The Jellyfish never get punished for all they put SpongeBob through, and yet THEY get the good ending, making them Karma Houdinis.

Redeeming Qualities

1. The song that was played through SpongeBob's sponge holes is nice despite its grim and dark tone.
2. SpongeBob is the only likable character.
3. The SpongeHenge monument looks really creative.
4. "My shift's over. Time for work, SpongeBob."

Gallery

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  Who built a bunch of statues under the sea? SpongeBob SquarePants!

Trivia

• This episode and the SpongeBob statues are a reference to Stonehenge, a monument in England.
• This episode was previously PieGuyRulz's worst Spongebob Episode, then it was Atlantis SquarePantis, then in the present, Choir Boys.
• This episode won a Golden Reel for Best Sound Editing in Television: Animated in 2008.

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