Growth Spout

Season 7, Episode 12, Aired
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As Pearl's growth spurt occures, her hunger grows to be as big as herself. Mr. Krabs, wanting to save money, decides to raid his friends' houses to see if there's any free food he can steal that can satisfy his daughter.
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  • alright episode but boring at times

    7.0
    "Good"
    By kingnicky1, Nov 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    growth spout pearl;s growth appetite leads mr krabs into finding food for her now this was an okay episode but it did have some gross parts like the part where mr.krabs picks up mrs puff;s worms and thinks they are peanuts and then they squirted slime on him that was gross but it did have some funny parts like when pearl ate te refrigherator that was funny and the part where squidward tried to call the cops and mr .krabs said if he did he would fire him that was funny i dont have too much to say about this episode but it was alright grade 7/10 kingnicky1 outmoreless

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    By jmbsonic555, Nov 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    As Pearl's growth spurt occures, her hunger grows to be as big as herself. Mr. Krabs, wanting to save money, decides to raid his friends' houses to see if there's any free food he can steal that can satisfy his daughter.
    As Pearl's growth spurt occures, her hunger grows to be as big as herself. Mr. Krabs, wanting to save money, decides to raid his friends' houses to see if there's any free food he can steal that can satisfy his daughter.
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  • Oh...there was a plot?

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    By Makeavelli269, Sep 09, 2011 Report Abuse
    The whole episode was about Pearl going through a growth spurt and Mr. Krabs willing to break and enter into people's houses to feed her.
    Seriously. That's the whole episode. And yes, it's about as bad as it sounds.
    Nothing about this episode was appealing. The close-up shots of Pearl growing larger, Mr. Krabs not only constantly saying that Pearl is his daughter (we KNOW who she is), but acting like a lunatic and running around to steal food from his neighbors, the idiot cops (even Mrs. Puff got annoyed by them), Pearl basically eating anything that she could put in her mouth...what was the point?
    Even worse, the solution was so obvious! Mr. Krabs owns a RESTAURANT. He's perfectly capable of feeding Pearl. And yet he chose to trespass on Mrs. Puff's property, steal food from Patrick and Squidward, and break into multiple houses to get food. We don't hear anyone offer the obvious solution until about three minutes left of the episode!
    Even then, the ending wasn't satisfying. All SpongeBob had to do was give Pearl a Krabby Patty with "love" in it, and she was miraculously cured. And Mr. Krabs just seemed clueless about the whole thing. Does he even KNOW about love?
    Bottom line: when this episode wasn't being gross, it was just stupid. Nobody wants to watch an episode about puberty.moreless

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  • This is somewhat good but also somewhat alright

    7.0
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    By tigerdude22, Mar 04, 2011 Report Abuse
    This episode is overall good but not great and it is somewhat alright in my opinion. Pearl having a growth sprout was a little strange for me. Mr. Krabs was just selfish in this episode... he cared about more saving money then to take care of his daughter Pearl. He took care of Pearl by stealing from all of his friend's house (well... except for Sandy because she didn't appear in this episode). Anyways, Mr. Krabs should go to the store and buy food if he really cares about Pearl. That's what made my score low... Mr. Krabs' selfishness. I also didn't like how Mrs. Puff didn't look like she recognized Mr. Krabs because they did date in "Krusty Love". When she saw Mr. Krabs jumping over her fence, she could of at least said "Mr. Krabs, is that you?". This moment kind of bugged and also kind of made me laugh but it was with the policemen not catching Mr. Krabs for his crime but I thought it was funny because Mr. Krabs tricked them into thinking that he is Santa Claus and they believed him. Mr. Krabs running around saying "food food food" because he is in a rush to help Pearl was funny. I also thought it was hilarious when Mr. Krabs had a gold tooth and SpongeBob said "I never knew Mr. Krabs had a gold tooth" and then Squidward responds "Neither did I". SpongeBob only appeared in this episode for the last 2 minutes of this episode but I thought it was funny that all it took to make Pearl go back to normal is for SpongeBob to make one krabby patty that will taste like a million. Overall, somewhat good also somewhat alright but it also ain't bad. 7/10moreless

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  • I loved this one actually!

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    By SandMan967, Feb 14, 2011 Report Abuse
    Mr.Krabs was brushing his teeth at night and heard Pearl screaming. She was starting to grow big and huge, then Mr.Krabs thinks she's going through a growth spout and her hunger is rising. He gets all the food in the house and she eats it, she needs more and Mr.Krabs tries to steal people's food everywhere. Then when he tries to snatch Spongebob's food, Mr.Krabs explains he needs to get alot of food for Pearl for her growth spout that's rising. Spongebob knew an secret ingredient to make a Krabby Patty taste like a million. He cooks one for Pearl and her hunger stops rising. I loved this episode, the most random thing I saw in this episode was when Mr.Krabs gave Squidward his golden tooth, even though Squidward didn't know he had one. Still it was an sucessful episode! Final Grade: A++moreless

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    • When Mrs. Puff catches Mr. Krabs stealing from her garden, she reacts to him like he's a stranger. But she had dated Mr. Krabs in "Krusty Love". You would think she would recognize him, considering he's not even wearing a disguise. Edit
    • Squidward's house coming to life and speaking was similar to many gags commonly used on Rocko's Modern Life, a classical cartoon related to SpongeBob. Edit
    • It is revealed that Mr. Krabs used to have a gold tooth. Squidward now has possession of it. Edit

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    • Patrick makes a cameo appearance in this episode. Edit
    • We learn that Krabby Patties make Pearl lose weight. Edit
    • Plankton, Sandy and Gary don't appear in this episode. Edit

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    • Squidward's House: (after Mr. Krabs takes all the food) Oh, well. I needed to lose weight, anyway. Edit
    • Mr. Krabs: (searching for Pearl some food) Nothing. Cracker: What am I? Chopped liver? Jar of Chopped Liver: No, that's what I am. Edit

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