Food Con Castaways (SpongeBob SquarePants)

' Food Con Castaways is the 24th episode of  SpongeBob SquarePants''' season 9.. It aired on July 13, 2016, and is paired with the episode Snail Mail.

Plot
Mr Krabs, Squidward, SpongeBob and Patrick want to go to the Food Con. However, on the way there, they got stranded in a forest with no way out. Starving, they have to find food, and the only food left is a perfect-conditioned Krabby Patty meant for the Food Con.

Why It Rocks

 * 1) The characters are very funny and likable in this episode, specially SpongeBob and Squidward
 * 2) The scene that tricks you into believing Mr. Krabs rented a cool ride, but then the ride leaves and reveals the real vehicle they are riding in, which is a barely functioning wooded vehicle is hilarious depending on your view.
 * 3) The animation is quite good, such as one scene having Squidward's angry face look incredibly stunning since his veins bulge and his entire head seem to swell in anger.
 * 4) The plot is pretty entertaining, and the inclusion of a food convention is pretty cool.
 * 5) The ending, with SpongeBob realizing that he gave the host of Food Con a "nature patty" instead of a krabby patty, brings tension and surprise. A viewer may think that the host is going to tell SpongeBob that he didn't like the patty he eats, but instead say he says that he likes it and that it wins.
 * 6) There are many funny moments:
 * 7) * Squidward's pile of straw wrappers.
 * 8) * SpongeBob making a door inside the pile.
 * 9) * SpongeBob and Patrick telling Mr. Krabs to stop the vehicle to look at something a sign tell them is near.
 * 10) "Food Con!"

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Squidward gets tortured a lot throughout the episode.
 * 2) Mr. Krabs and Patrick have a few bad moments, like when Krabs overworks SpongeBob and Patrick, throws Squidward to a deadly predator, and brought Squidward along the ride even though he didn't want to go. Patrick purposefully berates Squidward for doing something he encouraged him to do, annoys both him and Eugene during the whole drive, eats nearly all of the krabby patties Krabs brought on the trip, steals the last krabby patty from SpongeBob, and finally eats the last patty right inside the Food Con.
 * 3) *Both Patrick and Mr. Krabs try to trick SpongeBob into giving them the last krabby patty (though to be fair, they just wanted to quench their hunger with it).
 * 4) It takes a lot of already used elements from previous episodes and recycles them:
 * 5) *This episode is similar to "Club SpongeBob" because the characters are stuck in the wilderness, and Squidward is unable to eat something because of SpongeBob's rules.
 * 6) *It's similar to "To Save a Squirrel" because again, the characters are stuck in the wilderness and desperate for food.
 * 7) *It's also very similar to "A SquarePants Family Vacation" for a number of reasons:
 * 8) **SpongeBob and Patrick are being the annoying passengers at first.
 * 9) **After that, the story turns out that they're suddenly and randomly stuck in the wilderness where their destination seems to be near them.
 * 10) Patrick has an unamused face after the last krabby patty got stolen from a cary bird-like creature, which feels more like how Squidward would react; Squidward instead looks worried.
 * 11) Many scenes can be disturbing, such as the scene where a "snail" turns into a vile creature.
 * 12) The ending twist is weird and nonsensical:
 * 13) *How does the mayor enjoy the Nature Patty if Squidward and Mr. Krabs dislike it?
 * 14) *Squidward is also sprayed with smoke at the end, which is means that the trucker from earlier took his truck inside the Food Con, which makes no sense.
 * 15) *Lastly, Mr. Krabs gets the award because the mayor randomly likes the Nature Patty. It's just a bland, cheesy, clichéd, predictable "happy ending" twist, which has been used so many times in the show, making it less original.

Trivia

 * 1) This episode kind of spawned memes. There is a sparta remix of Mr. Krabs saying "Food Con!" on YouTube.
 * 2) This episode reveals that Patrick's parents fell in love at the World's Least Exciting Sweater.