ElectricPikachu said:

This season is where things have changed a little, but nothing effecting/impactful. I wouldn't call this season a decline in quality, since there are some great episodes. I actually loved this season and it's kind of underrated. I couldn't see the difference between Season 3 and the beginning of Season 4. What this season lacked is the humor like the previous seasons, as seen almost at the near end of the season, so this is why people won't see Season 4 as high in quality as the first three seasons were. I don't mind this, as I still found other things funny in this season. Some episodes in this season were excellent however and I though the first 6 episodes in production order were in Season 3. There are some really funny moments in the very beginning of Season 4, but at the end, eh not so much, but some episodes don't need humor to become perfect. Humor =/= perfection. Anyways, the characters were also changed slightly, but we'll continue with that in later seasons. While we've seen Squidward abuse in previous seasons, people started to think it became worse in this season. I wouldn't say so. Later seasons (S5-S8) didn't portray it well. However, on the good side, Season 4 has some of the best episodes in the show. Skill Crane, HYSTS?, Krusty Towers, all those were perfection. They were extremely well-written and not lackluster at all and I think other great episodes like these can compensate Season 4 in general. I can't really see who was the best character in this season, mainly because a few started to change like SpongeBob and Patrick. I think they were good in this season, no matter what. Especially Patrick. Patrick was good in this season. Sandy didn't appear that much, neither did Gary, but Once Bitten was his major role. Squidward and Mr. Krabs were still good, but S1-S3 appearances were better. But I feel like this season was still great. Animation was great, most episodes are well executed. Some episodes also tend to be very unique based on their plots and I enjoyed more than half of the season. I think it is one of the best seasons of SpongeBob yet. Like I said, I don't think this season downgraded the show a lot in quality even with bad episodes like All That Glitters and The Thing and some of the mediocre episodes are better than the other ones. Overall, a great season if you ask me, but it can be slightly better. Here are some of my thoughts about every episode in this season:



1. Skill Crane (A)

2. Have You Seen This Snail? (A)

3. Krusty Towers (A)

4. Wishing You Well (A)

5. The Lost Mattress (A)

6. Selling Out (A)

7. Dunces and Dragons (A)

8. Mrs. Puff You're Fired (A)

9. Fear of a Krabby Patty (A)

10. The Pink Purloiner (A)

11. Patrick SmartPants (A)

12. Mermaidman and Barnacleboy VI: The Motion Picture (A)

13. Shell of a Man (A)

14. Best Frenemies (A)

15. Once Bitten (A)

16. Krabs vs. Plankton (A-)

17. SquidBob TentaclePants (A-)

18. Squidtastic Voyage (A-)

19. Enemy In-Law (A-)

20. Driven to Tears (A-)

21. Born to be Wild (A-)

22. That's No Lady (B+)

23. Rule of Dumb (B+)

24. Bummer Vacation (B+)

25. Whale of a Birthday (B+)

26. Karate Island (B+)

27. Chimps Ahoy (B+)

28. New Leaf (B+)

29. Ghost Host (B+)

30. The Gift of Gum (B+)

31. Best Day Ever (B)

32. Hocus Pocus (B)

33. Wigstruck (C+)

34. Good Neighbors (C+)

35. Funny Pants (C)

36. Squid Wood (C-)

37. The Thing (D+)

38. All That Glitters (D)



Season 4: B+