The Main Drain (SpongeBob SquarePants)

The Main Drain is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season seven, and is the fourth episode of the Legends of Bikini Bottom special.

Summary
SpongeBob and Patrick seek out a legendary drain that once destroyed Bikini Bottom.

Why It Went Down The Drain

 * 1) The premise is unoriginal, it's another rehash of "Hooky" from Season 1.
 * 2) So much of the episode is wasted on filler.
 * 3) In fact, the episode doesn't even get to the point early on, and instead wastes time on SpongeBob's duties, which are seen all the time.
 * 4) Furthermore, what does pulling the sink drain plug have to do with the drain plug that's supposedly the apocalyptic one?
 * 5) The journey is only a short period of the episode, since most of it already wastes time with talking to Mr. Krabs, Plankton, and Old Man Jenkins.
 * 6) Mr. Krabs and Plankton explain that they pulled the drain plug before, except there's a problem to their story.
 * 7) * So how are they still alive? If the plug was pulled then everyone in the sea would've died.
 * 8) Bad and copout ending: Patrick pulls the drain plug causing everyone to go down the drain...and it's revealed that it was a bedtime story to Patrick.
 * 9) *This only makes the plot less sensible, according to MoBrosStudios.
 * 10) Patrick acts like a jerk, trying to convince Spongebob to pull the Main Drain to prove it is real, even at the risk of destroying Bikini Bottom.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) There isn't anything nasty in The Main Drain thankfully.
 * 2) The premise of the episode is not bad.

Reception

 * Although not one of the worst of the Legends of the Bikini Bottom episodes, The Main Drain is criticized for filler and the random ending.
 * Ranked 19th on the top 20 worst Spongebob episodes fan edition list from MoBrosStudios.