You Don't Know Sponge is a very high super-infamous episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. In this episode, SpongeBob discovers that Patrick knows nothing about him.
Why It Doesn't Know Sponge, But Does Know Scum[]
- The main problem with the episode is that the whole concept of SpongeBob and Patrick falling out has already been done before, but here, it is not done in a good way. The whole episode just speaks of friendship drama than a "fallout" plot line for an episode.
- It's also a rip-off of "Naughty Nautical Neighbors", and also the writers of this episode also decided to tick us by mixing with "A Day Without Tears".
- This is another episode that has some of the laziest writing in the series ever imaginable. Its premise is essentially based on something that is trivia, which makes the episode interesting on paper, but uninteresting when used for the first half of the episode.
- In the first half, the whole part about SpongeBob and Patrick quizzing on each other takes forever and just drags on and on, and of course, SpongeBob gets all the questions right while Patrick doesn't get all the ones right.
- Aside from that, it's really irritating to watch Patrick try to guess every basic info about his friend. That implies Patrick is, once again, way too stupid to even remember SpongeBob's basic info. Did the writers think IQ and memory are the same things again?
- Some of the voice acting in this episode is really annoying and obnoxious to listen to, especially when you have Tom Kenny yell out every single scream or cry when voicing as SpongeBob. Even SpongeBob's crying sounds ungodly annoying in this episode.
- The episode's promotional advertisement is hard to even buy. You'd think SpongeBob and Patrick are really falling out, yet SpongeBob just threw a fit at Patrick by saying he doesn't know him anymore at his face, shown in the then-announced episode. Yes, Patrick wasn't any better, but this makes the episode is already an 11 minute ratings trap of very little happening with very little emotion put into the episode, let alone Nickelodeon breathe down your neck and force you to find this episode "emotional".
- There's not even a lot of funny jokes or moments in the episode, either.
- One example being the trivia magazine being titled "Simple-Ton". That's clearly added in by telling a corny joke through a magazine.
- Rushed and stupid ending: First thing first, it's really predictable because of course, SpongeBob and Patrick would eventually rebecome friends since Patrick tells SpongeBob that he's just buying a gift with Larry's help. Secondly, it somehow implies that the friendship can be bought back by any stuff, which is nonsensical and bad in the actual world. Lastly, the stupid thing is that Patrick gets scared by SpongeBob in the glasses and mustache at the very end. It's rushed as well because every single part before the ending does drag on and the actual conflict gets kicked out very late, then when you were thinking you finally get the actual things for the plot, it just feels like it suddenly ends.
- This is just a lazy and mean-spirited SpongeBob torture episode.
Redeeming Qualities[]
- The animation and voice acting are good as usual.
- Patrick isn't depicted as outwardly callous like he is in several other episodes released around the same time, and attempts to make up for what happened by buying SpongeBob a gift despite being overly stupid in the first half of the episode, as well as the ending.
- Sandy calling SpongeBob a crybaby is admittedly satisfying.
- In a rare case of continuity for the series, the reveal that SpongeBob is ambidextrous "one season earlier" is referenced here.
- Sandy and Larry are both still likable.
Trivia[]
- This episode was paired with "Hide and Then What Happens?" on the same day that both episodes aired.
- The episode's title is a pun on "You Don't Know Jack", a trivia game series.
Quote[]
"Looks like your best friend isn't a friend at all!"