SpongeBob SquarePants-Lost at Sea (2004)

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General		Extras
Category	Animation	Main Menu Introduction Main Menu Audio & Animation
Rating
Year Of Production	2004
Running Time	107:48 (Case: 115)
RSDL / Flipper	Dual Layered	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	2,4	Directed By	Sherm Cohen Walt Dohrn C.H. Greenblatt Sam Henderson
Studio Distributor	Paramount Home Entertainment	Starring	Tom Kenny Rodger Bumpass Bill Fagerbakke Carolyn Lawrence Clancy Brown Mr. Lawrence Lori Alan Jill Talley Mary Jo Catlett Carlos Alazraqui Brian Doyle-Murray Dee Bradley Baker Ernest Borgnine
Case	Amaray-Opaque
RPI	$19.95	Music	The Blue Hawaiians Bradley Carow Eban Schletter

    Spongebob Squarepants debuted on US cable network Nickolodeon in 1999 and quickly became a big hit. So far there have been approximately 75 episodes produced and a motion picture.

    If you have not come across this show before, it is an animated series aimed at children, probably the 5 - 12 age group, although it does have wider appeal. The series is set under the sea in a town called Bikini Bottom and the major characters are:

• Spongebob Squarepants - A square shaped sponge who wears pants, in a major surprise. He is a bit dim, annoying to friends and enemies alike, but has a heart of gold. He works at the local crab burger bar.
• Patrick - A even dimmer starfish who also happens to be Spongebob's best friend.
• Sandy - A female squirrel who lives in an undersea treedome. She is Bob's love interest and also a karate expert.
• Squidward - Spongebob's workmate. He is a squid and finds Spongebob more annoying than the others do.
• Gary - Spongebob's pet snail.

    This disc contains 9 episodes in total, 8 of which are good and one of which is annoying due to the presence of a live action pirate who is really lame. The episodes come from very early in the series right up until 2003. None are included from the latest series. In detail the episodes are:

• The Sponge Who Could Fly (21:56) - The live action pirate annoys you for about 7 minutes before the real episode starts, and then he comes back at the end. The actual episode sees Spongebob trying to work out a way to fly like a jellyfish.
• Plankton (10:32) - An evil plankton tries to steal the formula for Krabby Patties by controlling Spongebob's mind.
• Boating School (10:34) - Funny episode in which Spongebob is trying to get his boating licence but keeps failing the test. Patrick helping does not improve the situation.
• Suds (11:05) - A funny episode in which Spongebob leaves his fridge open overnight freezing his house which results in his getting the 'suds' which is his form of a cold. Dr Patrick 'treats' him.
• Mermaidman & Barnacle Boy II (10:44) - A second episode involving Spongebob's favourite cartoon characters. This time he wins a competition on their show.
• The Chaperone (10:34) - Spongebob gets talked into accompanying Mr Krabb's daughter to the prom when her date cancels.
• Bubble Buddy (10:33) - It's Leif Ericsson day and no-one wants to play with Spongebob, so he invents a new friend, Bubble Buddy, and annoys everyone in Bikini Bottom.
• Your Shoe's Untied (11:15) - Spongebob tries to teach Patrick how to tie shoes but can't remember himself and is too embarrassed to ask anyone. Spelt as 'Your Shoe's United' on the case.
• Pre-Hibernation Week (10:35) - Sandy is preparing for hibernation so she runs Spongebob ragged trying to fit as much into her last week as possible.

    Overall, these are all quite good episode if you can ignore the pirate in the opening one.

Video

    The video quality is excellent.

    The feature is presented in a 1.29:1 aspect ratio which is the original aspect ratio.

    The picture is very clear and sharp throughout, with no evidence of low level noise.

    The colour was excellent.

    The only noticeable artefact was aliasing in the live action section on shutters and blinds.

    There are no subtitles.

    This is a dual layer disc, however the layer change must fall between episodes.
    

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Audio

    The audio quality is perfectly fine for the show.

    This DVD contains four audio options, an English Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack encoded at 192 Kb/s and the same in Spanish, French & Dutch.

    Dialogue was clear and easy to understand.    

    The surround speakers & subwoofer were not used at all.

Audio Ratings Summary

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    None.

Menu

    The menu included an episode selection function  plus an intro and scenes from the shows.

    This disc includes the same episodes in Region 1 however also includes a commentary on one episode, storyboards and a featurette.

    The video quality is excellent.

    The audio quality is fine.

    The disc has no extras.

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