Written by Andrew Goodman (Sandy’s Nutmare) / Jack Pendarvis (Bulletin Board)
Storyboard by John Trabbic (Sandy’s Nutmare) / Ed Baker (Bulletin Board)
Animation Directors: Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi
Original air date: 7/12/2016
Sandy uses a fertilizer to keep her tree healthy, and makes a popular food product called Nutty Butter.
”Sandy’s Nutmare" contains examples of:
- An Aesop: Sometimes your desire to make everyone happy may be at the cost of something you love.
- Fight for the Last Bite: The beginning of the episode has SpongeBob and Sandy get into a karate duel for the last krabby patty.
- Green Aesop: The episode serves as a warning against the draining natural resources and against human greed.
- Growling Gut: Happens briefly to a young fish's stomach.
- Lame Pun Reaction: After SpongeBob tells Sandy she has a real nutmare on her hands, Sandy slaps him.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Sandy when she realizes she neglected her oak tree because of her greed.
- Out of Focus: Squidward does not appear in this episode, but a representation of him appears as the moon in the Shalmon's story.
- Picky Eater: Among the group of Bikini Bottomites who want Sandy's nutty butter is a mother who claims that nutty butter is the only thing her son will eat.
- Shout-Out: Some of the plot of this episode is one to The Lorax.
- Title Drop: Inverted when SpongeBob mentions the word nutmare.
Original air date: 10/1/2016 note
SpongeBob starts a bulletin board community at the Krusty Krab. While it seems like a good idea at first, the community starts to harass each other after a user named PStar7 starts posting seemingly terrible things about the Krusty Krab.
”Bulletin Board“ contains examples of:
- An Aesop: Don't take criticism or mean comments seriously.
- Ascended Extra: Bubble Bass has a bigger role for the first time since Pickles. In fact, a tweet from Waller states that there’s gonna be another episode focusing on him.
- Bait-and-Switch: After Patrick is revealed to be PStar7, Mr. Krabs shouts, "I'll tear ya to pieces!" and launches himself at Patrick- only to rush past Patrick and tear down the bulletin board.
- Caustic Critic: Patrick happens to be PStar7 the whole time.
- Embarrassing Nickname: Squidward's codename is "Delicate Flower" based on the tattoo on Squidward's arm.
- Foreshadowing: It's no surprise viewers would immediately recognize Patrick as PStar7 given that both have the same initials. Not just that, but when Patrick recalls PStar7 saying that Krabby Patties taste like old baseball gloves, SpongeBob is shocked to hear that but Patrick says he didn't say that yet.
- Poor Communication Kills: The conflict is brought upon when PStar7's notes are taken as criticisms against the Krusty Krab, despite Patrick trying to explain that he meant the opposite.
- Take That!: This episode is a spoof of online bullying/cyberbullying from chat rooms. The fact that the episode uses a bulletin board is also a direct parody of 4chan.
- Very Special Episode: The bulletin board serves as a metaphor for online trolling/cyberbullying.
