Thread:Ngh93/@comment-3300142-20190615155906/@comment-25906608-20190615162226

Here's one reason I think it's not one of hte best Season 3 episodes. After only one attempt to return the belt, SpongeBob decides, even though he thinks otherwise, to keep the belt until after work. He then proceeds to play with the shrinking device. When Squidward (rightfully) attempts to call Mermaid Man to tell on SpongeBob, he shrinks him out of desperation. He selfishly ignores Squidward's demands to get Mermaid Man's help, fearful that Mermaid Man will kick him out of his fan club. He eventually shrinks everyone in Bikini Bottom, still fearful that they will tell Mermaid Man on him (ironically, he winds up shrinking Mermaid Man himself).

Well, I say SpongeBob totally deserved to be kicked out of Mermaid Man's fan club as punishment, even if Mermaid Man wasn't angry with him. He only made one single attempt to return the belt and later caused nothing but chaos with it.

I know what you guys are thinking. How can I say that stuff towards SpongeBob? According to TV tropes, it's called Unintentionally Unsympathetic. Look it up.