Demolition Doofus

Why is this episode still ALIVE?!!!

**Demolition Doofus** is a SCUMBOB!-infamous episode of *SpongeBob SquarePants*. In this episode, Mrs. Puff tries to kill SpongeBob in a demolition derby.

**AIR DATE FOR THIS EPISODE: JULY 14, 2012**

## Why this episode should be demolished.

1. Mrs. Puff is REALLY unlikable in this episode and completely at her worst, as she is portrayed as a cold-blooded psychopath who straight-up tries to ***murder*** SpongeBob rather than being the paranoid but patient teacher she has always been. She should be smart and mature enough to acknowledge that seeking revenge and murder isn't the answer.
2. It is also in some ways a blatant rehash of "Ball of Revenge", an episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog, even though that episode aired ten years earlier and that episode was not any better.
3. Mrs. Puff putting SpongeBob into a Demolition Derby to get him killed feels more like something out of a bad *Robot Chicken* SpongeBob skit or a really bad SpongeBob parody rather than an actual SpongeBob episode.
4. Unfunny and cruel attempts at humor.
5. Predictable plot where SpongeBob wins each time by doing almost nothing.
6. The infamous scene where Mrs. Puff enters the derby using a large truck and chases Spongebob in a desperate attempt to kill him. She is also hitting innocent civilians as if she is playing *Carmageddon*. SpongeBob, at this point, is shown to be driving flawlessly due to what can only be described as a plot contrivance.
7. SpongeBob being entirely mean-spirited by making cruel jokes about Mrs. Puff's critical condition, as well as outright stating that she looks better in said condition, especially when it was his carelessness that caused it. In fact, if it wasn't for his insensitivity towards Mrs. Puff, Mrs. Puff wouldn't have gone full lengths to desperately want to get him killed, granted it doesn't excuse Mrs. Puff's behavior, but it doesn't make SpongeBob worth rooting for either, as he pretty much brought this on himself, which in-turn makes both characters unlikeable.
8. **Ridiculous and stupid Ending:** Mrs. Puff and SpongeBob both crash into the Boating School and Mrs. Puff somehow randomly regains her puff. They then get injured by the school, which the tower collapses and crushes them, and the episode ends there. How do you call that an ending?
9. Mrs. Puff doesn't get any comeuppance for her respective unjustified actions, unlike in most other episodes focused around Mrs. Puff's Boating School where Mrs. Puff always gets arrested for no discernible reason, even though here, she does not get punished for her heartless deeds. Sure, the boating school collapses on her and SpongeBob, but it's still baffling this of all episodes does not result in Mrs. Puff getting arrested.
10. Mrs. Puff's infamous quote: *"Why are you still **ALIVE!?**"* This proves that she wants SpongeBob dead. And to think Mrs. Puff wouldn't get any more heartless....
11. The Very-infamous scene is the rumble, when Mrs. Puff, SpongeBob and the Doctor watches the hurting tough guys how did you call this?, this is very violence and most-painful scene.
12. Technically, this episode rips-off "One Coarse Meal", which is because both episodes contain one character hatching a scheme to KILL another.

## How to fix the episode

* Change the plot from Mrs. Puff wanting to kill SpongeBob, to have Mrs. Puff help SpongeBob out by completing his boating test and get her puff back.
* Have Mrs. Puff be more helpful to SpongeBob instead of torturing him and even being more harmful to him.
* Have SpongeBob show more remorse and apologize to Mrs. Puff for what he has done to her instead of telling mean-spirited jokes, or claiming that she looks better in her bad state.
* Change the ending from a bad ending, to a good ending.
* MAKE SURE THAT MRS. PUFF NEVER MENTIONS SPONGEBOB BEING KILLED!

## Redeeming Qualities

1. The Demolition Derby was spot-on and is the best part of the episode.
2. The beginning of the episode with SpongeBob on a unicycle and helping harvest carrots for Squidward is one of the few good things about the start of the episode, but it's also entertaining, too.
3. SpongeBob bringing flowers to Mrs. Puff at the hospital was nice (despite Mrs. Puff being allergic to them).
4. The book adaptation toned down Mrs. Puff's grudge against SpongeBob.

## Reception

This episode has an overwhelmingly negative reception, with criticism mostly targeted at its dark tone, its subject matter of murder, the massive flanderization of Mrs. Puff into a murderous psychopath, as well as SpongeBob's lack of sympathy towards Mrs. Puff at the start after he carelessly crippled her. It has been commonly cited as one of the worst episodes of the show and holds a 4.5/10 rating on IMDB along with its sister episode, Squiditis. It also holds a 2.78/10 on SpongeBuddy Mania, making it one of the lowest-rated episodes. The Mysterious Mr. Enter ranked this episode as #5 on his Top 10 WORST Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants list and compared the episode's premise to a creepypasta. PhantomStrider ranked this as #3 on his Top 6 WORST SpongeBob episodes, as well as #4 in his Top 6 Super Duper HYPER ULTRA infamous ScumBob episodes list inside of his Top 10 Most Hated SpongeBob episodes list. He also mentioned in the video that it is his least favourite episode of the show.

## Quotes

Here are some of the quotes in this episode:

SpongeBob's quotes:

* "For now on, I guess we will have to call you Mrs. Pop!"
* "Sheesh! I don't understand what's she so upset about. I think she looks better this way."

Mrs. Puff's quotes:

* "Why are you still ALIVE!?"

## Gallery

"I think she looks better this way" Damn, SpongeBob is a Bastard!"Why are you still ALIVE?!" Dear Lord, she is a total sociopath.This ending is just stupid. how did Mrs. Puff regain her "Puff" back randomly?