Restraining SpongeBob

Restraining SpongeBob
A torture episode revolving around a restraining order. Does that ring a bell?
Season	8
Episode No.	168a
Main Reason for being ScumBob	Squidward and SpongeBob torture, yet the former being a jerk at the same time (He can get away with not delivering orders,) while the latter was a bit annoying to Squidward at the beginning but does little to nothing to deserve the treatment he gets. Squidward loses his character. Patrick is a creep Mean-spirited as SpongeBob was being threatened with jail time Mr. Krabs is not being tolerable by threatening SpongeBob, and then becomes highly irresponsible by letting Patrick stalk Squidward throughout the episode. Boring The Ending Allergies and stalking jokes.

Restraining SpongeBob is an ULTRA-infamous episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. In this episode, after having enough of SpongeBob's careless antics, a fed-up Squidward puts a restraining order on him.

Why It Should Get a Restraining Order

1. This is another 11 minute torture episode.
   • For this case it takes the pin cushion on both SpongeBob & Squidward. Mainly Squidward is of course the scapegoat in this episode. On that note, How 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.
2. The idea of SpongeBob being given a restraining order isn't a good episode idea, to begin with. Even if SpongeBob can be annoying at times, there was no apparent reason why he would be given a restraining order.
3. This episode is very boring, as the 1st part is just SpongeBob annoying Squidward, & later on Patrick just annoys Squidward as well for no reason. No wonder why the series is going bad.
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 & 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, & Patrick was willing to take one for the team.
   • He even mistakes Squidward with an allergic reaction to pie for a monster & attacks him.
   • When he assaults Squidward, it almost looks like Patrick's violating him.
   • His antics here are much more destructive as well.
   • To add salt on the injury and knowing Season 6, Patrick does all this on purpose.
7. Mr. Krabs is also unlikable. He blames SpongeBob for "setting Squidward over the edge" because Squidward broke the ice machine buttfirst, & he even ignores SpongeBob's pleas to help him while Squidward, lazing around, is protected by a restraining order.
   • Mr. Krabs became even more unlikable when he just lets Patrick cause his antics on Squidward & never even bothered to stop him nor even punish him for his actions, proving how much more of an irresponsible boss he is.
   • He's also very hypocritical when he doesn't scold Patrick for his actions despite the fact that he unfairly scolded SpongeBob earlier.
8. Bad ending: After Squidward writes Patrick's name on the restraining order, his response is to laugh loud like a maniac, which is very senseless. The episode cuts off immediately afterward.
   • Why not just have Squidward get a 2nd restraining order? Beats me!

Redeeming Qualities

1. SpongeBob doesn't seem to be doing anything wrong to Squidward on purpose in this episode.
2. The voice actors of Mr. Krabs, Squidward, & Patrick did a decent job voicing Hairy, Combover, & Bald respectively.
3. Squidward releases SpongeBob from the order and puts Patrick on it instead, it is satisfying considering Patrick was even worse to Squidward than SpongeBob in this episode.
4. Squidward falling into the deep fryer, turning him into a giant crispy nugget that a customer unknowingly bites into, can be considered funny.
5. Good concept for the series' decline, but executed very poorly. Ouch.
6. Squidward says 2 of the funniest lines from the same episode:
   • He says "Patrick! Patrick! Patrick! Patrick!" over & over, & that is pretty funny.
   • Squidward also says "How long do you want to live?" to the customer. Yet, another funny line.
7. (Depending on your view) The scenes where Patrick annoys Squidward are very funny.
8. The idea might've sounded good on paper.

Reception

1. PIEGUYRULZ called this one a ScumBob episode, but like "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?" & "Big Sister Sam," he thought this was relatively close to meh as well.
2. Mr. Enter ranked this number 8 on his Squidward Torture Episode list mostly over Patrick's behavior.
3. The episode has a 6/10 rating on IMDB.