Monday, March 7, 2011

Spongebob! XI: Muscular Ghosts


Before we get to the main event, I have some original content to present:

::drum roll::






I think some explanation is required. Starcraft II  (and Starcraft) has a unit called the Zealot, whose body is seen in the picture above. In the main game, one can only use the regular zealot, but in custom games there is more variety, including dark zealots and zealot outcasts. I couldn't find a decent picture of a zealot outcast, so I just used a regular zealot; it works well enough. And the heads attached to the bodies are those of Andre 3000 and Big Boi, the two members of the hip-hop group Outkast. 
SO there you go- zealot outkast. I. Am. Hilarious.


And now, back to the show:

Episode 11a: MuscleBob BuffPants

Spongebob is weak. Very weak. Very, very weak (most of the time; some episodes break this continuity).

So he sees this commercial:
To the careful examiner, it is apparent that these muscles do not make one strong. So the plot continues, that everyone is impressed by his muscles and Sandy enters him into the anchor throwing contest.


I remember seeing this episode a lot in my childhood and not really liking it. I continue to not like it.


Episode 10b: Squidward, the Unfriendly Ghost

Luckily, this episode starts off strong with the greatest game ever:



Also, the rest of the episode stays quite strong. Squidward makes a wax statue of himself, S&B break it and believe that they killed Squidward. He then comes out of the shower in a robe with steam following behind, so S&B realize the obvious, that it is the ghost of Squidward. 

Squid takes advantage, making his neighbors obey his every word.
Like:



That is interesting, because Spongebob is able to play fantastic music with a piece of paper. Is a tissue really so different?


My favorite moment is one that is sooooooo not suited for the target audience:



Did you get it? Toulouse-Lautrec was a French artist in the late 19th century, which is something that young children obviously know. I applaud the writers for including this joke. Kudos!

Great episode.

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