Party Pooper Pants (SpongeBob SquarePants)

"Party Pooper Pants" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three, and it’s one of the half-hour episodes of the series. In this episode, SpongeBob throws a party, but his guests refuse to follow his rather strict schedule.

Why It Goes Down Down Down To The Bottom Of The Sea (Pooper Qualities)

 * 1) The title of this episode makes the plot feel completely predictable and formulaic since it already spoils that SpongeBob is going to be a party pooper at his party, and that "pants" references his last name, SquarePants.
 * 2) * This is also the case for the Patchy live-action segments, as Patchy is also going to be a party pooper at his party like SpongeBob.
 * 3) Some characterizations are flawed:
 * 4) * SpongeBob tries to make sure his party is "perfect", and that nothing goes wrong. While he starts innocent and funny at first, he then starts being a perfectionist jerk, like telling Patrick that he laughed at the wrong time, cutting Squidward’s cable so that he could come, oddly pairing people to have conversations he wants to hear, and vacuuming food out of people’s mouths. Then, when he gets locked out, he tries to get back inside to restore the party and freaks out over his party not being perfect.
 * 5) * The police wrongfully arrest SpongeBob for a pretty stupid reason (explained below).
 * 6) * Patchy does similar things to his party like SpongeBob, such as making the bird band leave the party, and playing and singing a song badly.
 * 7) * The female parrots Potty brings over kisses Patchy, who is a human.
 * 8) Although everyone was having fun at the party, they could have at least told SpongeBob that parties don’t have to be perfect and that they can still be entertaining, and it was kind of rude of them to leave SpongeBob outside (even though he did deserve it for trying to wreck their fun).
 * 9) Even though SpongeBob did get his comeuppance in some funny ways for trying to ruin everyone’s fun, there was one scene where it went too far, as the police took him to jail because he didn’t invite them to his party. That is the stupidest thing anyone has ever been arrested for, as that wouldn’t happen in real life.
 * 10) The police never got their comeuppance for wrongfully arresting SpongeBob.
 * 11) SpongeBob is immediately dressed in a bunny costume for apparently no specified reason after he exclaims how he kept failing to enter his house right before he attempts to break into it.
 * 12) The part where the band was playing at Patchy’s party and the loud sounds blew Patchy away through the houses was pretty mean-spirited.
 * 13) Patchy playing his song at his party was cringeworthy to watch.
 * 14) The ending to the live-action segment was a little weird, as the female parrots were kissing Patchy, who is a human.
 * 15) There are some errors in the episode, like in the cartoon part where SpongeBob's couch is red instead of green as it usually is, and in the live-action segments during the moment Minnie is seen standing up with everybody else, despite what she said earlier about how if she was not in the paddling pool with water, she would die (although, there could be a paddling pool with water underneath her during that moment).

Partying Qualities

 * 1) The episode as a whole (both cartoon and live-action segments) at least lives up to its name.
 * 2) The first 6-7 minutes of the episode (both cartoon and live-action segments) were good.
 * 3) * In fact, the cartoon part of the episode was still good until the moment SpongeBob was being mean to Patrick for laughing at the "wrong time".
 * 4) The "Underwater Sun" song is great and pretty catchy, and a highlight of the episode.
 * 5) The characters at SpongeBob’s party wanted to have fun and understandably couldn’t take SpongeBob’s perfectionism.
 * 6) * The same goes for the characters (outside the female parrots) at Patchy’s party in the live-action segments, as they reacted similarly to Patchy when he tried to make his party fun his way and also wanted to have fun.
 * 7) Some funny moments in the episode, like the cutscene of SpongeBob receiving Patchy’s invite to his party, but the message is messed up due to being underwater, Larry looking in the mirror, and Patchy being blown up but surviving by the head and getting a replacement wood body while he recovers.
 * 8) The costumes for the live-action characters are creative and pretty good.
 * 9) The parties were still good for the most part and everyone had fun, despite SpongeBob and Patchy wanting the parties to be "perfect".
 * 10) SpongeBob (aside from getting wrongfully arrested) and Patchy do get their comeuppance for trying to ruin everyone’s fun.
 * 11) Decent ending for both segments, as SpongeBob does head home in the morning after being released, and Patrick told him his party was fun, much to SpongeBob’s happiness. And, Patchy’s party turned out to be fun too, and successful, and Patchy went along with it, learning his lesson and having fun.
 * 12) A scene about good party advice in real life:
 * 13) * SpongeBob: "A guest list consisting only of your closest acquaintances will set an intimate tone for the evening and provide soiree success." Well, you heard the man, Gary, only our closest friends.

Trivia

 * Despite there being several reruns of the series on Nickelodeon during 2003-2006, this episode was not aired after its initial showing for over 3 years, possibly due to the episode's mixed-to-negative reception. Starting in 2007, the episode was aired once again on Nickelodeon.
 * In later airings of the Indonesian dub, all live-action scenes involving Patchy and Potty were all cut to save more time for other episodes to play randomly.
 * However, The Bird Brains' "Underwater Sun" song scene remains intact on several occasions.

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