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Being a [[Long Runner]], [[SpongeBob SquarePants]] is bound to have moments we can't forget, moments we can't remember, and [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs|moments we wish we'd forget]]. Guess which of the three we're listing here.
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== Seasons 1-3 ==
* ''The Paper'' for an early
* Patrick's attitude in the episode ''Dumped'' where it seems that Gary left Spongebob for him is deplorable. He goes over to do laundry at Spongebob's house who's feeling depressed about Gary leaving him. Then when he starts crying, Patrick just scoffs at him and rubs it in his face how Gary doesn't want to be with him anymore. Finally, when Gary goes back to Spongebob, Patrick screams "I thought what we has was speciaaaal!"
* To give an example from the early days, "I'm With Stupid" is an episode where Spongebob (the [[Nice Guy]] that he is) decided to help Patrick impress his parents by [[Playing Dumb]] to make Patrick seem bright by comparison. What does Patrick do? He runs with the act, fooling himself into believing that this isn't an act. Patrick and his parents go on to make a mockery of poor Spongebob (keep in mind that Spongebob and Patrick have been [[Heterosexual Life Partners|BFFs since they were children]] and Spongebob regularly volunteers to help Patrick with his daily troubles), sending the sponge away in a huffing rage. We then find out that those aren't even Patrick's parents. So, to recap: Patrick treated his best friend like garbage without apologizing. Without feeling bad afterward. [[Karma Houdini|And he gets away with this]]! How Spongebob [[Easily Forgiven|let Patrick off the hook]] is beyond me.
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== Season 4 ==
* I’m surprised nobody mentioned “Squid Wood" or as I call it “the episode where SpongeBob makes a rape-face through the window at Squidward, who’s trying to have his peace and quiet bath time"! What is wrong with you, SpongeBob!? I thought your heart goes to Sandy Cheeks, not Squidward Tentacles! Seriously, SpongeBob, what part of “Don't bother Squidward at all!" do you not understand!?
* "Best Day Ever" was a huge DMOS if there ever was one. So much hype and a 24-hour marathon to accompany it, and finally we got to Best Day Ever. But it wasn't an hourly special. It wasn't even a 30-minute special. It was just another 15-minute episode, and it wasn't too great either. First of all, his supposed "Best Day Ever" was really just his daily schedule. The song at the end was annoying, and SpongeBob was out of character. But the fun didn't really begin until, right outta nowhere, he shouted at somebody who tried to leave during his
* Karate Island. To summarize, SpongeBob is scammed to believe he's the Karate Master ([[Jumped the Shark|hi-ya!]]) He and Sandy travel to Karate Island to get the reward, SpongeBob being a blatant [[Took a Level in Jerkass|asshole]] along the way. SpongeBob beats up a few [[Bad Bad Acting|obvious actors]] and is whisked away. Sandy leaves, only to have to rescue SpongeBob. [[Asshole Victim|"Sandy! I need you! I can't handle this myself!"]] Sandy fights a few foes in what was trying to be a [[Homage]] to Bruce Lee-esque action scenes but turns out to just be [[
* I'd like to add the Season 4 episode ''Wigstruck'' to this increasingly long list of Spongebob-related DMOS. Long story short, the episode centers around Spongebob finding a rock star's 19th century-looking wig and decides to wear it. Throughout the episode, Spongebob acts like a complete arrogant moron acting like the wig makes him the coolest thing ever despite people telling him that he looks like an idiot and that the wig is nothing more than an annoyance. Even Patrick, who by now is too stupid to even know how to operate a can opener, points out that Spongebob is acting like an [[Jerkass|idiotic jerk]] with that wig. And, how does Spongebob react? He brags that everyone is jealous. ...Uh, Spongebob's friends tell him directly to his face that the wig is disgusting and he looks stupid in it, and he acts like they're just jealous of him!? No. Just...no. Oh, and to top it all off, the ending has Spongebob ditch the wig (finally) only to find out that now everyone is wearing one because the rock star is wearing it again and it's now trendy. So, yeah, Spongebob doesn't even get any commupance for being an arrogant jerk to his friends. Compare that to the earlier season episode ''Ripped Pants'', where Spongebob does' realize his actions to become popular are annoying his friends and feels genuinely sorry about it, and you'll see just why this episode is horrible on so many levels.
* ''Good Neighbors,'' which, for me (and a few others) marks the start of the show's downfall. The entire episode involved Spongebob and Patrick [[Kafka Komedy|practically torture Squidward]] by making him "leader" of their cult. Despite Squidward telling them numerous times that he doesn't want to have them around him, they continue doing so. Worst of all, at the end of the episode, when [[It Makes Sense in Context|Squidward's house goes on a rampage]], Squidward is the one who gets most of the blame. The fact that the annoyance levels for Spongebob and Patrick were taken [[Up to Eleven]] was already bad, but the fact that it was like this for the entire episode made it worse.
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* I have to agree with the sentiment about the post-movie episodes, although not all (Several Squidward episodes like Suction Cup Symphony gave him a [[Heartwarming Moments|Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]), but ''20,000 Patties Under the Sea'' really did it for me. While the premise was funny (along with the scene where Plankton insulted all of his potential customers), the Abyss sequence was idiotic and the monster was corpulent and annoying. Quite a few episodes sucked before this (notably the twofer Karate Island and Pearl's Birthday), 20,000 Patties Under the Sea marked an almost irredeemable downhill slope for the series.
* While virtually everything on this page has earned it's spot as a DMoS, I would take the opportunity to add the episode ''Money Talks.'' Mr. Krabs sells his soul to the Flying Dutchman so....[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|he can be able to talk to money.]] It pretty much cemented that the writers were not only just plain out of ideas at that point, but yet another prime example of the rampant Flanderization that's been plaguing the series.
* "Boat Smarts" was the point were I gave up on watching [[SpongeBob]]. The episode itself was like an educational video of how to drive your boat, with Squidward as the smart driver and SpongeBob, as always, the haywire one ([[Fridge Logic|Why that moron never learns from his driving-mistakes is a mystery.]] And no, I don't take [[Rule of Fun]] as a legit answer. It might even lead someone to think Spongebob's [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|drunk]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20130515091939/http://wtso.net/movie/519-2314_At_Long_Last_Leave.html like driving drunk while you're sober]). Squidward does the right things, only with SpongeBob following and making a mistake, but with Squidward taking the pain. For instance, there's a lesson about how you always have to fasten your seatbelt. Guess what happens: SpongeBob crashes into Squidward's boat, the seat flies out of it. With Squidward still sitting on it, he tries to open his seatbelt, but failing and getting crushed by a [[Fridge Logic|vehicle with two spiked cylinders on its front, which solely seems to exist just to make Squidward miserable at this exact moment]]. [[Rule of Funny]] be damned, what is the reason for such a thing to exist? That makes me, [[Shameless Self Promoter|a hobby-writer trying to write an entertaining and logical story]], really cringe. The ending is even worse. SpongeBob causes a major car accident, with Squidward (who's by far the only character on this goddamn show I like, even though he is a jerk sometimes) and several other of the townspeople (who I absolutely despise, thanks to [[No Sympathy]] and [[What the Hell, Townspeople?]]) being the only victims, with SpongeBob getting away unscathed. And what does he do? He approaches Mrs. Puff, Squidward and the others and chastises them for not having the right boat smarts, then drives off laughing without any comeuppance! Not to mention that this episode apparently tells us the [[Sarcasm Mode|wonderful]] [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|aesop: "Kids, regardless of what you do when you're in traffic, you will get caught up in an accident."]] That's not helpful for kids who always fear they will do something wrong when they're old enough to drive a car. Good thing it was only four minutes long.
* I never thought season 4 and beyond was very funny, (except for ''Skill Crane'' and a few exceptions) but the worst one that made me actually cut the show was ''Good Ol' Whatshisname''. It was basically yet another Squidward torment episode, with him and Spongebob trying to find out some guy's name before the contest Mr. Krabs sets up is over. Long dull story short, the episode carries on with Squidward going crazy and stealing the guy's wallet, only to find out the guy's name was actually Whatzittooya, the name the guy was yelling at him earlier on in the episode. The guy yells for the police and they proceed to arrest him, the guy calling him a wallet snatcher. Worse, the real prize wasn't a
** Actually, he doesn't yell for the police. It's even worse. One of them starts chasing him for running a red light (on foot). His punishment for running a red light, resisting arrest and stealing a wallet? Ten years in prison. Not kidding.
** It gets even worse. At the very end of the episode, when Squidward is in jail, he realizes that at least he will have some peace and quiet for those ten years. Considering the sheer amount of pain and annoyance he endured, its nice to think that Squidward would get a break from all that. NOPE! Instead, it turns out that Patrick "annoying, stupid, neighbor" Star is in the jail cell with him. It disgusted me to see Squidward's only Hope Spot of peace and quiet taken away from him like that. Especially since the cell was empty when Squidward was put in there and we never see Patrick get put in. It's like the writers hate Squidward so much, they ignored all rules of logic just to make his life even more miserable than it is now.
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* "Patty Caper", the episode when the secret ingredient of the formula was stolen while being shipped, then Krabs sends Spongebob to find who stole it. When he can't find who did it, he goes back to Krabs to report. Guess what? Out of nowhere Krabs blames Spongebob! The guy's about to be thrown in jail under bogus charges when we find out that Krabs actually stole the formula so he wouldn't have to pay shipping. ...What was the point of shipping it in the first place? Also, I think Krabs, right before Spongebob is thrown in jail, was about to fire the poor kid. He sends him on a search, blame him when there are no results, and almost fires him. Apparently he forgot that Spongebob is pretty much the only person keeping the Krusty Krab in business, Squidward and Krabs are horrible cooks! Ya know what this means? Mr, Krabs would destroy his own restaurant so he'd save money! I can't get behind this. I seriously can't.
* The biggest one for me is the one in ''House Fancy'', where Squidward gets his toenail (not joking) ripped out of one of his feet by a chair due to SpongeBob's tomfoolery. And just to make [[It Got Worse|it even worse]], Squidward ended up tripping on said toenail. Now for someone who didn't flinch when first seeing something like [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgWn7zbgxZ4 Pickle Surprise], seeing that actually made me want to close my eyes from that painful to watch scene.
** The worst part: [[Ass Pull|Squidward has never even had toenails]], [[
** SpongeBob has many disturbing and disgusting moments, but this one is the worst of them all. I cannot watch that scene at all, and I have no idea how my brothers and dad can watch that part and laugh.
* ''The Clash of Triton'' is a fairly light example. It goes like this: Mr Krabs is holding a banquet for Neptune, who is sad due to Triton's absence and refuses to eat. Spongebob is sent to retrieve Triton, who was imprisoned by Neptune for being a hippy. Spongebob finds Triton and frees him with Patrick's assistance. Triton causes mayhem and destruction, and Neptune congratulates him for his tyranny. He leaves, still having not eaten the krabby patties or payed for them. An angry mob then chases Spongebob and Patrick. Now why did this one suck? For starters, there's Patrick's [[Smart Ball]]. Patrick, who after years of [[Flanderization]] is now [[Too Dumb to Live]], shows surprising competency long enough to free Triton. After this point, he's [[Status Quo Is God|stupid as usual]]. The reasoning behind Neptune's imprisonment of Triton [[Wall Banger
** The commercials also stated that Spongebob will battle Trition, heck, even the online games have him fight Trition! But we got a birthday party instead. When this happened, [[
* ''Plankton's Regular'' was absolutely terrible, even by the recent standards. The episode starts with Plankton finally getting a customer that likes his food. Mr. Krabs sees this and decides to take the customer away from Plankton saying that "I can't let Plankton have even one [customer]" He then goes out of his way to drive this one customer away even going so far as to [[Not So Different|try to steal Plankton's secret formula for chum!]] After he fails at attempting to steal Plankton's secret formula Plankton gloats about how ironic it is for Krabs to try to steal his formula. Then it is revealed that the customer was being paid by Karen to eat at the Chum Bucket. Plankton cries about losing his only customer and Krabs just laughs at Plankton's misery.
*** That episode did actually seem to be trying hard to make the audience pity Plankton over Mr Krabs, even having Plankton call an end to their rivalry if he could keep his costumer. I think this was one of the key points the series was being converted into a [[Sadist Show]] and making the cast into a bunch of [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist
* [[SpongeBob]] Vs The Big One is a DMOS for me. First of all, Depp's fish-character is so far in the [[Uncanny Valley]] that he's pretty much underground (Seriously, remember when the show had relatively "believable" cartoon fish that didn't have any hair?). Second, the plot just seemed nonsensical and was just dull. It was all too predictable as to what was going to happen (IE: [[Sarcasm Mode|"Ooh, there's a "mysterious figure" who's going to teach them how to surf. I wonder if he's going to give a seemingly nonsensical "lesson" that'll somehow help them in the end." "Ooh, there's a giant wave that comes only "X" amount of years. I wonder if they'll use it to get back home."]]). Third, it was promoted as this [[This Is Going to Be Huge|big]] special (especially due to [[Johnny Depp]]'s guest-starring role) on Nickelodeon (yes, this is common practice with regards to ''Spongebob Squarepants''), but it turned out to be nothing more than a full half-hour episode rather than the standard "two 15-minute short" formula of the series. About the only good part of the episode was the "Davy Jones Locker" gag with Mr. Krabs and, well, [[The Monkees|Davy Jones]]. Though, for the most part, the rest of the jokes in the episode were mainly forced and just plain unfunny.
** [[Writer Cop Out|Not to mention that it was promised in both the promos and the special that "one of you will not return.." which was revealed to be a load of baloney!]] [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot|This would've been the perfect opportunity for some emotional buildup, but that would call for writing somebody out.]] Ripoffs you are all.
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* "Home Sweet Rubble". I absolutely hated this episode because everybody didn't even care about [[SpongeBob]] not liking the additions they added. Again, [[They Just Didn't Care]] about him! But I really liked Patrick's office scene, it was really funny though, and the ending, what a surprise! {{spoiler|Gary gave [[SpongeBob]] a can of "Pineapple House in a Can".}}
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