While there are some shines of brilliance here, there's really not too much to see here. Also, the animation of this season looks like it wasn't really ready to be HD yet, since it heavily brightened the colors of 8, and it somewhat hurts to look at. You can tell that by this point the writers felt kind of tired, because these episodes don't have a unique charm, with episodes like Evil Spatula and Yeti Krabs being good examples as not only do both of these rip-off other episodes, but they just feel tired and boring. Although I will say there are more bad episodes here, the obvious two bad ones being Squid Baby and SpongeBob You're Fired, but there are a couple more too.
I enjoyed S8 though and 9A has mostly the same good qualities as that season, such as solid humor, serviceable stories, and fine characters. I won't review this season as a whole because honestly, these two halves are so drastically different I'm surprise they are the same season.ĩA: Really all I can say about this season is that it is HD version of season 8, so if you don't like that season, well you're not going to like this. gone on for ages, seriously over five years of airtime? Anyways you might notice that alongside the season rating there are ratings for 9A (refers to first 20 segments) and 9B (the rest of the segments). Season 9 of SpongeBob is well known for having.