Company Picnic is a semi-infamous episode[1] of SpongeBob SquarePants. In this episode, the Krusty Krew go on a company picnic.
Why you shouldn't watch this while on a picnic[]
Its boring and the ending twist makes no sense. We have a lot of sequences of the Krusty Krew having their own company picnic, and then Plankton shows up with his own company picnic. The conflict is kicked out at the very late. You might think it's an episode about the dual company picnic at first, but the actual story is not even like that! The real premise is that Plankton throws an awesome company picnic in order to let Mr. Krabs accept to become his employee, so that he'll become the owner of the Krabby Patty formula. That sounds like a really awful and lame plan, but how does it inexplicably almost work this time?
Both Mr. Krabs and Squidward are out of character. They quickly jump ship to join Plankton's picnic. Because it's like they knew the Krusty Krew's company picnic is really lame? Squidward is all over Plankton like nothing this time. We know the fact that he doesn't wanna on Plankton's side even though he's unsatisfied with his career in the Krusty Krab, like he was in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and "Sweet and Sour Squid", but, in here? He doesn't even hesitate to join Plankton's picnic very soon! As for Mr. Krabs? He's very cheap that he doesn't even wanna make his own picnic look better, like the decoration which is just a lot of toilet papers, and he doesn't wanna bring any food or drink for their own company picnic. Not to mention, he also quickly joins Plankton's company picnic and leaves SpongeBob at their own original company picnic.
The ending twist reveals all of Plankton's goods are just the projections. As mentioned above, it makes no sense. The robots which are actually the trash can and ball wash post are able to move or explode? The foods which are actually the chum and bugs are eatable? The roller coaster which is actually a dying corpse of sea monster is driveable? The van which is actually the broken down boat is able to drive? What the heck? Not to speak of, SpongeBob just debunks Plankton's plan by accident, making the twist at the end just baffling, stupid, and not very justified.
Good Qualities[]
- In the beginning, SpongeBob's Patty family having the picnic looks very cute.
- It has some funny jokes, like Mr. Krabs' shell getting knocked off and SpongeBob in the slow motion.
Trivia[]
- Ironically, this episode is paired with the famous episode, "Pull Up a Barrel".
- This episode was nominated for an Emmy, competing against Robot Chicken's "Robot Chicken Christmas Special: The X-Mas United", Adventure Time's "The Hall of Egress", The Powerpuff Girls (2016)'s "Once Upon a Townsville", and Steven Universe's "The Answer".