Smallscreen Reviews

SpongeBob SquarePants cheated out of Nobel Peace Prize: Proof in latest DVD release

By April MacIntyre Oct 10, 2009, 19:12 GMT

Allow me to fully recommend a DVD purchase that celebrates the first 100 episodes of America\'s Calcarea class of the Porifera phyllum in the Animalia kingdom. That\'s SpongeBob, to you.

SpongeBob SquarePants is the most brilliant children's animation since the days of Looney Tunes yore.

Allow me to fully recommend a DVD purchase that celebrates the first 100 episodes of America's favorite Calcarea class of the Porifera phyllum in the Animalia kingdom. That's SpongeBob, to you.

With clever writing and beautiful old school animation, our intrepid SpongeBob SquarePants teaches our kids kindness, compassion, enthusiasm, love and friendship and the benefits of working hard at something.

His dim sidekick Patrick is the perfect foil, as the two have numerous adventures in the land of Bikini Bottom.  Life is what you make it, and the two prove this cliche each and every show.

The latest DVD offering includes: 38 Hours. 14 Discs. 1 Yellow Sponge. Some of the classics included are “Ripped Pants,” “The Camping Episode,” “Goo Goo Gas,” “Atlantis SquarePantis,”“Help Wanted,” “SpongeBob’s House Party,” “Christmas Who?” and “Dunces and Dragons.” 

Relive the infamous flying Dutchman effort, as SpongeBob claims to be said Dutchman while wearing a very silly costume. Their time travel episode is also another favorite, where Squidward accidentally freezes himself and wakes up 2000 years later. The show also features excellent guest stars like Tim Conway as "Barnacle Boy," too.

The gifting holidays are around the corner, and I couldn't recommend a better box set of DVD's to any family for purchase. You’ll be the envy of Bikini Bottom with the first 100 episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants with the fancy "SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes" DVD box set.  The collection delivers huge laughs and is children's programming that works for the over-18 crowd too.

The premise of SquarePants follows SpongeBob (Tom Kenny), the naïve happy-go-lucky sponge and his Starfish buddy Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke) who together inadvertently torture Squidward (Rodger Bumpass), their long-suffering neighbor and primary antagonist. 

Other great side characters include Sandy (Carolyn Lawrence), a Texan squirrel and Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown), SpongeBob's boss at the Krusty Krab.  Gary the Snail too (also Tom Kenny) is Bob's pet, and Sheldon Plankton (Doug Lawrence) is another thorn in ol' Bob's squishy side.

Special features:

-          limited edition etched Plexiglas case

-          limited edition 3D lenticular

-          Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

-          Audio Commentary from the Animation Team

-          Life Lessons from Bikini Bottom

-          “Help Wanted”: The Seven Seas Edition

-          Kick-Wham-Pow-Bob Music Video

With this Box Set, now available, each episode on this First 100 Episodes is presented in its original 1.33:1 aspect ratio, and the colors are vibrant, with near perfect transfers. A joy to behold.  The discs are made in Dolby Digital 2.0 surround mix.

A total gem, buy it!

Amazon link: HERE

Complete episode list:

1. Help Wanted / Reef Blower / Tea at the Treedome
2. Bubblestand / RippedPants
3. Jellyfishing / Plankton!
4. Naughty Nautical Neighbors / Boating School
5. Pizza Delivery / Home Sweet Pineapple
6. MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy / Pickles
7. Hall Monitor / Jellyfish Jam
8. Sandy's Rocket / Squeaky Boots
9. NaturePants / Opposite Day
10. Culture Shock / F.U.N.
11. MuscleBob BuffPants / Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost
12. The Chaperone / Employee of the Month
13. ScaredyPants / I Was A Teenage Gary
14. SB-129 / Karate Choppers
15. Sleepy Time / Suds
16. Valentine's Day / The Paper
17. Arrgh! / Rock Bottom
18. Texas / Walking Small
19. Fools In April / Neptune's Spatula
20. Hooky / MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy II
21. Your Shoe's Untied / Squid's Day Off
22. Something Smells / Bossy Boots
23. Big Pink Loser / Bubble Buddy
24. Dying for Pie / Imitation Krabs
25. Wormy / Patty Hype
26. Grandma's Kisses / Squidville
27. Pre-Hibernation Week / Life of Crime
28. Christmas Who?
29. Survival of the Idiots / Dumped
30. No Free Rides / I'm Your Biggest Fanatic
31. MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy III / Squirrel Jokes
32. Pressure / The Smoking Peanut
33. Shanghaied / Gary Takes a Bath
34. Welcome to the Chum Bucket / Frankendoodle
35. The Secret Box / Band Geeks
36. Graveyard Shift / Krusty Love
37. Procrastination / I'm With Stupid
38. Sailor Mouth / Artist Unknown
39. Jellyfish Hunter / The Fry Cook Games
40. Sandy, SpongeBob and the Worm / Squid On Strike
41. The Algae's Always Greener / SpongeGuard on Duty
42. Club SpongeBob / My Pretty Seahorse
43. Just One Bite / The Bully
44. Nasty Patty / Idiot Box
45. MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy IV / Doing Time
46. Snowball Effect / One Krabs Trash
47. As Seen On TV / Can You Spare a Dime?
48. No Weenies Allowed / Squilliam Returns
49. Krab Borg / Rock-A-Bye Bivalve
50. Wet Painters / Krusty Krab Training Video
51. Party Pooper Pants
52. Chocolate With Nuts / MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy V
53. New Student Starfish / Clams
54. Ugh
55. The Great Snail Race / Mid-Life Crustacean
56. Born Again Krabs / I Had An Accident
57. Krabby Land / The Camping Episode
58. Missing Identity / Plankton's Army
59. The Sponge Who Could Fly
60. SpongeBob Meets the Strangler / Pranks a Lot
61. Fear of a Krabby Patty / Shell of a Man
62. The Lost Mattress / Krabs vs. Plankton
63. Have You Seen This Snail?
64. Skill Crane / Good Neighbor
65. Selling Out / FunnyPants
66. Dunces and Dragons
67. MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy VI / Enemy In Law
68. Patrick SmartPants / SquidBob TentaclePants
69. Krusty Towers / Mrs. Puff, You're Fired!
70. Ghost Host / Wishing You Well
71. Chimps Ahoy! / Whale of a Birthday
72. Karate Island / All That Glitters
73. New Leaf / Once Bitten
74. Bummer Vacation / Wigstruck
75. Squidtastic Voyage / That's No Lady
76. Hocus Pocus / The Thing
77. Driven to Tears / Rule of Dumb
78. Best Frenemies / Born to be Wild
79. Squid Wood / The Pink Purloiner
80. Best Day Ever / The Gift of Gum
81. Friend or Foe?
82. The Original Fry Cook / Night Light
83. Rise and Shine / Waiting / Fungus Among Us
84. Boat Smarts / Good Ol' Whatshisname / Spy Buddies
85. New Digs / Krabs á la Mode
86. Roller Cowards / Bucket Sweet Bucket
87. To Love a Patty / Breath of Fresh Squidward
88. SpongeBob vs. the Patty Gadget / Money Talks / Slimy Dancing
89. The Krusty Sponge / Sing a Song of Patrick
90. The Krusty Plate / The Donut of Shame / A Flea in Her Dome
91. Le Big Switch / Goo Goo Gas
92. Atlantis SquarePantis
93. Pat No Pay / Picture Day / Blackjack
94. Blackened Sponge / MermaidMan vs. SpongeBob
95. The Inmates of Summer / To Save a Squirrel
96. Pest of the West
97. The Battle of Bikini Bottom / 20,000 Patties Under the Sea
98. What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?
99. The Two Faces of Squidward / SpongeHenge
100. Banned in Bikini Bottom / Stanley S. SquarePants