Dumped (SpongeBob SquarePants)

"Dumped" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two. In this episode, SpongeBob is jealous that Gary wants to spend time with Patrick.

Dumped Qualities

 * 1) This episode managed to make Gary and Patrick unlikable.
 * 2) * Gary disobeys SpongeBob's orders to return to him. Then at the end of the episode, for some reason, it is revealed that he only wanted to hang out with Patrick just to get a cookie in his pocket. This plot twist is...well...indolent on the writers' part.
 * 3) * Patrick, however, is the most unlikable because when it was clear Gary wanted to be with him, Patrick shows SpongeBob no empathy and claims ownership of Gary, although SpongeBob has always been Gary's caretaker before the start of the series. As a good friend, Patrick should have tried to help SpongeBob and Gary reconcile instead of immediately claiming ownership of Gary just because he wants to spend time with him.
 * 4) The premise, as mentioned earlier, is generic and not that interesting. It's essentially based on the typical trope of one character being jealous of the other and trying unsuccessfully to overcome it.
 * 5) The pets that SpongeBob tried to replace Gary with are lame and are only in the episode for filler.
 * 6) * Rex promptly illustrates SpongeBob's statement about all the traits that make worms superior to snails by completely abandoning SpongeBob and hitching a ride on a bus.
 * 7) * Larry, whose name just indolently takes off from the first name of Larry the Lobster, has a bad temperament and even threatens SpongeBob by taking his bed.
 * 8) * Even the anatomically correct snail, Jerry, can't fill the hole in SpongeBob's heart.
 * 9) Patrick is still rude to SpongeBob at the end of the episode and tells him that Gary likes him better and that he has to get over it as he's only "hurting himself", even though SpongeBob was miserably heartbroken.
 * 10) Even the title card theme could turn people away from this episode because it sounds sad.

Good Qualities

 * 1) The first few minutes were good.
 * 2) The ending where Gary goes back to SpongeBob is also good. Patrick also got what he deserved in the end too.
 * 3) Some funny lines:
 * 4) * “Gary? I thought what we had was special!”
 * 5) * “Heavy Du, Du, Du… (Spongebob breaks down crying)"
 * 6) * "Who's a good boy? Who's a good boy? WHO'S A GOOD BOY?"
 * 7) SpongeBob is still a likable character as usual.

Reception
Despite having a 8.7 rating on IMDb (mostly because its sister episode is among the most beloved episodes), this episode was hated by some fans of the series due to the unnecessary torture to SpongeBob, along with Patrick and Gary's cruelty towards SpongeBob.

Trivia

 * There was a creepypasta based on this episode called "SpongeBob Bootleg" and a Grimdark fanfic about the alternate version of the episode.
 * The episode was banned in Greece for reasons unknown. It never aired on Nickelodeon in Greece.

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