To Love a Patty (SpongeBob SquarePants)

To Love a Patty (SpongeBob SquarePants)
This episode makes you question how it got past the writer’s room. It’s too stupid!
Air Date: July 26, 2007 Writer: Casey Alexander, Zeus Cervas, and Eric Shaw Director: Andrew Overtoom Previous episode: Bucket Sweet Bucket Next episode: Breath of Fresh Squidward

To Love a Patty is the first segment of the seventh episode of the fifth season of SpongeBob SquarePants.

Summary

After making what he believes is the perfect Krabby Patty, SpongeBob falls in love with it and refuses to let anyone eat it, even after it begins to rot. Oblivious to this, SpongeBob decides to take it on a date. When at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob still thinks the sandwich is beautiful until he smells it, then sees the hideous appearance of the expired patty. Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob that Krabby Patties are meant to be loved and eaten. SpongeBob then eats the spoiled Krabby Patty, feeling nauseous afterward.

Why We Don't Love This Patty

1. The entire premise of this episode is SpongeBob falling in love with a Krabby Patty, which is not only nonsensical, but also counts as objectophilia. Sure he loves Krabby Patties, but this is just taken too far.
2. SpongeBob literally stole a Krabby Patty from a patron so he could keep it, when he simply could've made himself a fresh one.
3. SpongeBob communicates with Patty that he even has plans even though Patty is a Krabby Patty, which is food, which more feels like he's doing it on purpose.
4. The infamous and shockingly disturbing scene where SpongeBob gruesomely murders scallops for simply trying to eat Patty, even showing SpongeBob literally ripping a scallop in half by the jaws, which is also disturbing for a children's cartoon. It is also contradictory to the fact that he (and Patrick) raised one in "Rock-A-Bye Bivalve" and also has a pet scallop named Junior in one episode. This scene becomes even worse when you consider the fact that one of the clams he killed could have potentially been the clam he raised.
5. "I Can't Keep My Eyes Off of You", despite being sung decently at first, gets really cringeworthy.
   • After Patty falls off of a waterfall, SpongeBob still keeps it, even though the Krabby Patty became even worse as result of the aforementioned waterfall incident, in terms of smell and look.
6. Disturbing and gross imagery, such as close-up shots of the expired Patty, Squidward literally squeezing and showing SpongeBob the patty that it is, as well the ending where SpongeBob ate Patty despite it being rotten.
   • Not to mention that Squidward squeezing Patty as a closeup has tons of maggots.
7. To make things worse, originally there was a scene containing Spongebob in his underwear in the bed with Patty.
   • At least this scene was later removed and we had a picnic scene.

Redeeming Qualities

1. Patrick, Sandy, and Mr. Krabs is likable in this epsiode, as he teaches SpongeBob a lesson, that Krabby Patties are meant to be loved and eaten.
2. Unlike A Very Special Blossom from The Powerpuff Girls (1998) and The Scoop from Teen Titans Go!, the moral is that food is meant to be loved and eaten only, and that objectophillia is a bad and stupid idea.
   • "Cuddle E. Hugs" is the episode that done right despite having its own flaws.
3. We Bare Bears also had a similar episode called "Burrito", which is considered one of that show's best episodes due to its extremely heartwarming/sad ending.
4. A few funny moments, such as SpongeBob gives a patron a grilled shoe which replaces a patty, and it reveals that the patron loves "grilled shoes".
   • "'I've been replaced... BY A SANDWICH!"
5. "I Can't Keep My Eyes Off of You", while cringeworthy, is admittedly catchy.
6. We cannot be truly sure that SpongeBob really killed the scallops considering that almost all of the characters of this show are unkillable due to the fact that this show is a kids cartoon with extreme comedic standards.

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