Many people have said that Atlantis SquarePantis was, and still to this day, the absolute WORST episode of SpongeBob; I disagree. That spot goes to A Pal for Gary (One Coarse Meal is still awful too). There's a reason why I don't consider this the worst episode in all of SpongeBob history. Call me crazy, but this episode COULD'VE been a GREAT episode of SpongeBob. No joke; I mean, an episode where SpongeBob and his friends go to Atlantis? THAT SOUNDS LIKE A FANTASTIC EPISODE!!!! What could possibly ruin the experience?? Well, there's one problem with it: Filler. That's the problem with this episode. And it's not even the only SpongeBob episode with filler. This episode turned out to be a FORCED musical that serves no purpose. If they wanna make this episode a musical, it shouldn't start off with the bubble song, they probably should've make this more like the original 1939 Wizard of Oz movie, starting off with a song about Atlantis. Not only that, they guest starred David Bowie, who NEVER sang ONE song in this movie. Another reason to wanting to make this a musical is to have David Bowie sing at least ONE song. Do you think that having David Bowie sing would ruin everything? No. Having him not sing at all does. So does the filler. If you're going to make this a musical, make it less forced, put GOOD morals in it, make it sound enchanting, have songs that DO go with the plot, and let David Bowie sing just this once, PLEASE!!! It's already too late, especially since David Bowie died last year. PRE-movie SpongeBob would do better at making an Atlantis-centered episode than POST-movie SpongeBob. Bottom line, this movie sucks.
Review of Atlantis SquarePantis
