![]() ![]() That’s made clear by a picture-in-picture box in the upper left and right corners of the video, which show the identical frames from the original “Chocolate with Nuts.” The puppet version also uses the original vocal track, which helps maintain the show’s spirit. Titled “SpongeBob and Patrick Sell Chocolate IRL,” the video is a shot-for-shot recreation of the original episode. ![]() But “Pineapple Playhouse” is actually delightful and, as the “Chocolate with Nuts” installment affirms, more than just a novelty. So much of SpongeBob’s humor is derived from the flexibility of its characters’ facial expressions and movements, which come courtesy of its stellar animation. Released last weekend, this is far from the first entry in the series-other classics that have received the puppet treatment include “ Welcome to the Chum Bucket,” “ Wet Painters,” and “ Frankendoodle.” Still, it’s fair to be skeptical of the concept. And the sound design and animation are perfect, as is the case with all good SpongeBob episodes the sound of the scammer’s “ glass bones” (a lie!!!!) breaking, as he slowly slides down his stairs, is unforgettable. ![]() There’s incredibly specific bit characters, like the guy whose intense love for chocolate sends him into a psychosis an old woman and her even older, seemingly immortal mother an incredibly talented scam artist, who cons SpongeBob and Patrick with incredibly obvious lies. It’s got Tom Kenny ( SpongeBob) and Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick) giving top-notch vocal performances. “ Chocolate with Nuts” has it all: It’s incredibly quotable (“Sweet, sweet chocolate-I always HATED IT ” “CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE!!!!!!”). The plot is really a means to an end, which is to give us great quips and weird character moments. In “Chocolate with Nuts,” SpongeBob and Patrick try (and fail) to sell chocolate door-to-door, in the hopes of achieving “fancy living.” Thanks to hilariously escalating roadblocks-and their combined IQ of 40-the boys struggle to make back the money they spent on the chocolate in the first place. (Yes, I know, we’re all old let’s move along.) Such is the inimitable strength of SpongeBob, which has only become more off-the-wall over the course of its 24-year run. It’s also a prime example of how to take a simple premise and elevate it into something blissfully, unpredictably absurd. The best episode of SpongeBob SquarePants is undeniably Season 3’s “Chocolate with Nuts.” This remains true, more than 21 years after its premiere the 11-minute segment is a comedic tour de force. ![]()
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