Restraining SpongeBob (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Restraining SpongeBob is the sixteenth episode of the eighth season of SpongeBob SquarePants. In this episode, a fed-up Squidward resorts to legal action to keep SpongeBob away.

Synopsis
After having enough of SpongeBob's careless antics, a fed-up Squidward resorts to legal action to keep SpongeBob away from him.

Restraining Qualities

 * 1) This is another 11 minutes of Squidward getting mistreated.
 * 2) *On that note, the way SpongeBob is treated in this episode is not any better. He gets a restraining order from Squidward all because of an accident at work from yesterday, even though he (SpongeBob) does very little to almost nothing to deserve any of this guilt-trippy treatment.
 * 3) The idea of SpongeBob being given a restraining order is not a good episode idea to begin with. Yes SpongeBob can be annoying at times, but there was no apparent reason why he would be given a restraining order.
 * 4) SpongeBob's desperate attempts to give the order to Squidward causes him to use Patrick to get to Squidward, which is not a bad idea, but it begs the question: Why couldn't he just use someone else, like Sandy?
 * 5) The scene where Squidward has a mental breakdown at work is somewhat disturbing and unsettling.
 * 6) Patrick is a barely-functional baby in this episode, annoying the sea shanties out of Squidward every time, including the audience watching. Though it becomes a bit tolerable if you sign on to the theory that SpongeBob told Patrick to act as obnoxious as possible to make him drop the restraining order against him, and Patrick was willing to take one for the team.
 * 7) *He even mistakes Squidward with an allergic reaction for a monster and attacks him.
 * 8) *His antics here are much more destructive.
 * 9) Mr. Krabs is also unlikable. He blames SpongeBob for "setting Squidward over the edge" because Squidward broke the ice machine butt first, and he even ignores SpongeBob's pleas to help him while Squidward, lazing around, is protected by a restraining order.
 * 10) Speaking of which, even Squidward was unlikable as he doesn't bother actively doing something to maintain his restraining order on SpongeBob and keep safe, lazing off of it and forcing SpongeBob to use Patrick to coax Squidward into serving the table orders without SpongeBob coming within Squidward's space. This just leads to further mayhem.
 * 11) Bad ending: After Squidward writes Patrick's name on the restraining order, his response is to laugh loud like a maniac, which is incredibly creepy and scary for some. The episode cuts off immediately afterward.
 * 12) *Why not just have Squidward get a second restraining order?

Good Qualities

 * 1) SpongeBob doesn't seem to be doing anything on purpose to Squidward in this episode.
 * 2) The voice actors of Mr. Krabs, Squidward, and Patrick did a decent job voicing Hairy, Combover, and Bald respectively.
 * 3) It's nice to see in the end there is someone else Squidward hates more than SpongeBob as he puts the order to Patrick.
 * 4) Squidward falling into the deep fryer, turning him into a giant crispy nugget that a customer unknowingly bites into, and that is pretty funny. (depending on your view)
 * 5) Squidward says two of the funniest lines from the same episode:
 * 6) *He says "Patrick! Patrick! Patrick! Patrick!" over and over, and that is pretty funny.
 * 7) *And when a customer asks him if his order is too much, he also says "How long do you want to live?". Yet another funny line.

Reception

 * 1) Mr. Enter ranked this number 8 on his Squidward Torture Episode list mostly over Patrick's behavior.
 * 2) The episode has a 6.0/10 rating on IMDB.

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