(A minor conflict is also introduced with Mr. However, the writers deftly have Sandy the Squirrel stand in for the voice of reason and a battle for SpongeBob’s health takes place without SpongeBob playing a big role. Since the sick character is going along with the zany cure schemes of the caretaker, this leaves the episode without conflict. Also, instead of the sick character (SpongeBob) realizing the incompetence of the caretaker (Patrick), they blindly go along with it. For one, the episode explicitly shows how the character with the illness got the illness. SpongeBob does things a little differently. The other flavor, which this episode plays with, is the caretaker being incompetent (see Ed, Edd n Eddy). One flavor of this episode, which also translates to live action sitcoms, features the so-called sick character getting better and not telling the caretaker because they like being pampered for a change (see Hey Arnold!). One of the characters gets sick and another takes take of them to interesting results. So, basically, this episode follows the usual sickness episode structure. After going through my mental rolodex of cartoon sick episodes, the one that stood out most was from SpongeBob SquarePants season 1 episode 15b “The Suds.” I’m currently bedridden, so I decided to return to a familiar episode in cartoons: the sick episode.
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