Krabby Land (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Krabby Land is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from Season 3. In this episode, Mr. Krabs builds a cheaply made playground in an attempt to get lots of money from children.

Plot
Mr. Krabs builds a junky playground in an attempt to get lots of money from children.

Cheapy the Cheapskate Qualities

 * 1) There are several problems with the characters:
 * 2) * Mr. Krabs is at his absolute worst in this episode in terms of pre-movie era, (Almost as bad as he is portrayed in seasons 6-8 and Seasons 9 & 10. However, while this is to be expected in those seasons, it feels very out of place for the classic era) as he builds an amusement park out of junk and scrap, has SpongeBob get tortured so that the children can have fun, and misleads and steals the money from the children because he says that a clown was coming.
 * 3) *The children in this episode are no better than Mr. Krabs because they like to see SpongeBob suffer exaggerated punishments, like when SpongeBob blows a bubble that explodes and the fluid goes straight into SpongeBob's eyes. The children are shown to be cruel and spoiled brats when they are not entertained. One example is when SpongeBob makes a bubble house, they pop in and say "You stink! Bring in the clown!".
 * 4) *The children get no comeuppance for torturing Spongebob.
 * 5) *SpongeBob SquarePants is getting tortured throughout the episode because he suffers from exaggerated punishments to amuse the children in Krabby Land.
 * 6) The premise of an amusement park made of scrap, as mentioned earlier, is generic and not that interesting. In addition, this episode overuses the "Butt Monkey" trope where a character is tortured by other characters, and, unlike the other episodes of the early seasons that use that trope, it's not funny here.
 * 7) Regular to mediocre and unpleasant humor:
 * 8) *SpongeBob being tortured to amuse children.
 * 9) *When Mr. Krabs says he's not cheap, he takes off the tomato on his nose, wipes the blue paint off it, and tells SpongeBob to take it back to the kitchen before it spoils.
 * 10) *Earlier on, Krabs sees a hefty kid taking a bite out of a lollipop and complains about children not eating properly, although fast food isn't an exactly healthy choice for them either.
 * 11) *Mr. Krabs asks what happened to SpongeBob's arms and legs; he replies that the kids are using them as boomerangs. Mr. Krabs is outraged... as they could break his windows.
 * 12) *When SpongeBob complains he can't stall the kids much longer because of the abuse, Krabs mutters that SpongeBob is always thinking only of himself... which, by the way, is not true.
 * 13) SpongeBob is a big punching bag in this episode. To amuse the children at Krabby Land, SpongeBob has to suffer things like:
 * 14) * Pouring bubble fluid into his eyes.
 * 15) * Ripping his face-off with adhesive tape.
 * 16) *Having a truck run over his tongue three times.
 * 17) *Having a thug hit his head with a hammer.
 * 18) *Having the thug smash SpongeBob with a wrecking ball.
 * 19) *Having the thug hold him and force-feed him lima beans.
 * 20) *Having the thug and his brother play tennis using SpongeBob as a tennis ball.
 * 21) *Having the thug brothers play tug-of-war with SpongeBob (they ripped him in half, youch!).
 * 22) *Having the kids use his arms and legs as boomerangs.
 * 23) The SpongeBob torture scenes were meant to be comedic, but instead, the scenes come out as exaggerated and realistic-looking.
 * 24) *There is even one disturbing scene where SpongeBob's eyes are seen melting after bubble fluid gets poured into his eyes, which looks gruesome to watch (thankfully, his eyes turn back to normal afterward).
 * 25) Spongebob in the end is very stupid. He is hurt and betrayed by Mr. Krabs, yet he still asks where he is and thinks he's missing the summer fun.
 * 26) The infamous quote from Mr. Krabs: "The children? I don't care about the children! I just care about their parents' money! Ah, the fact that their feeble minds are easily manipulated by cheap playgrounds and talentless clowns is no skin off my nose! Survival of the fittest, SpongeBob! Survival of the fittest!" How much more could you hate Mr. Krabs for this?

Krabby the Clown Qualities

 * 1) The first few minutes were good because they feel like a normal episode of SpongeBob SquarePants.
 * 2) SpongeBob's emotional line "How could you, Mr. Krabs? You promised these children Krabby the Clown, but all I saw out there was... Cheapy the Cheapskate!"
 * 3) Good ending: Mr. Krabs gets his comeuppance.
 * 4) SpongeBob is still a likable character.
 * 5) *Despite serving no purpose here, Squidward is also likable in this episode.

Trivia

 * This episode premiered in South Korea on October 14, 2002, before it premiered in the United States.
 * On October 28, 2007, the Netherlands' Best Day Ever marathon named this episode as #1.

Reception
Despite having a 9.1 rating on IMDb (mostly because its sister episode is among the most beloved episodes), this episode was criticized by some fans of the series due to the torture scenes of SpongeBob and the greed of Mr. Krabs. Krabby Land is ranked 3rd in PhantomStrider's video of "The Worst Episodes of the Classic SpongeBob Era".

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