Boy howdy, WickedBinge viewers! We’ve got a video zestier than a can of chili peppers dancin’ at a
Texas night club. One of SpongeBob’s best friends, Sandy’s always looking out for
the other citizens of Bikini Bottom, especially SpongeBob and Pat, and is one of the town’s most
prominent forces of good. But even the strongest critter in Bikini Bottom has her off days.
I’m Brad with WickedBinge, and this is Sandy Cheeks’s Deeds: Good to Evil.
We’ll start out with the times Sandy was sweeter than a Pecan pie–with The Good Deeds.
Hopefully, we’ll scratch your itch right away with the time Sandy Helped SpongeBob Take His Wig Off.
When SpongeBob finds a tall powdered wig blown onto his head by the wind,
he’s totally misled into thinking everyone in town is just laughing at it because they
like it so much. What would he do without a friend like Sandy? Naturally, even though she
finds the whole thing pretty darn funny herself, Sandy is sharp enough to sense that something is
off with SpongeBob’s new ‘do. After all, he doesn’t have hair. Or…does he? In any case,
she goes to check on SpongeBob and try and talk some sense into him,
not wanting him to keep being the laughingstock of the town. Sure, she laughed a bit as well,
but at least someone was nice enough to keep SpongeBob from making a fool of himself on repeat.
But she’s just as willing to stand up for herself when the situation calls for it. Take her
Educating SpongeBob About his “Squirrel Jokes”. In an episode that’s aged like a fine wine, SpongeBob
starts to use hurtful(and downright racist) jokes about squirrels and how darn stupid they are.
Sandy nicely asks SpongeBob to stop doing so, being genuinely hurt by his jokes. She even
relents for a while, until the other townspeople start to insult her on a regular basis. SpongeBob
doesn’t stop despite Sandy’s pleas, resulting in her actually pretending to be as stupid as
SpongeBob’s jokes say she is–overfilling him with water straight from the hose. While the
means were perhaps a little violent, teaching someone not to use hurtful jokes–or at least
to insult everyone equally–is perfectly valid, and the fact that Sandy was willing
to compromise with SpongeBob’s jokes while not compromising her self worth is quite respectable.
You know what else is respectable? Having the generosity to give away free food to
your community. Like, really–in THIS economy? Nutty Butter is truly one of Sandy’s greatest
feats of altruism. I know that sounds like a joke, but really, it isn’t. In the episode
“Sandy’s Nutmare,” Sandy starts to use the power of science to make her tree grow exponentially–and
produce the biggest acorns she’s ever seen. Not able to store all of them, she decides to make
Nutty Butter. If I had to guess, I’ll imagine it as the peanut butter filling in those Nutty Buddy
candy bars. Which, if correct, is an INCREDIBLE act of public service on Sandy’s part. I’ll take
your whole stock…and it’d be pretty easy to, since Sandy was giving them away to the townspeople for
free–not wanting to let any of them down. Mr. Krabs better be glad the tree wasn’t growing
Krabby Patties. Unfortunately, as sweet of a deed as this was, we have to mention her disregard for
her oak tree, which she nearly killed through excessive artificial growth serum. She does
commit to taking better, more natural care of it from then on, but the initial lack of regard for
the environment is a little concerning…even if the environment in this case is just her tree dome.
Wait…isn’t it about time for hibernation? Sandy’s gotta get all her extreme energy
outta the way first, with SpongeBob’s help. She might put him through a lot, but she’ll also do
anything to Rescue SpongeBob from…well, herself, really. When SpongeBob runs away from Sandy and
her extreme playtime activities, she shows that the whole “repeatedly endangering his life” thing
was nothing intentional. Immediately, she shows great concern for SpongeBob,
putting all of her pre-hibernation week activities on hold until he’s brought back safe and sound.
She recruits a multitude of citizens at the Krusty Krab with Mr. Krabs’s help to find SpongeBob,
and while she does end up overworking them just like Spongebob before them, it was all
out of concern for her friend. That may knock this into “CHAOTIC good” territory,
but it’s still certainly good. Still…maybe lighten up on the “hay in the needle stack” games, Sandy.
And if that wasn’t enough to convince you that Sandy is always looking out for SpongeBob, don’t
forget the time she offered to Take SpongeBob to the Doctor when he came down with a nasty
case of the Suds. Sickness is no fun, and while normally leaving your fridge open isn’t enough
to give you the flu, it gives SpongeBob a nasty sickness called the Suds. When even Mr. Krabs
doesn’t want SpongeBob working in his condition, SpongeBob gets the feeling something is serious.
He calls Sandy to take him to the doctor’s office, and Sandy’s more than happy to oblige. If only
she’d gotten there before Patrick, with his terrifying horror stories about the
doctor and his…old magazines…and his INTERESTING home remedies. Thankfully, Sandy is ultimately
successful–though not before a swollen SpongeBob crushes the Krusty Krab. It might not have ALL
gone to plan, but at least we’re reminded how much of an absolute GIGACHAD season 1 Mr. Krabs was…
Now we can move on to the more traditionally heroic deeds under Sandy’s belt, starting
with her Battle on Karate Island. In a parody-of-sorts of martial arts movies,
SpongeBob is crowned the “king of karate” by Master Udon. Unfortunately(albeit unsurprisingly,)
SpongeBob is not in fact the greatest karate user around–and when Sandy catches wind of
the situation, she catches something fishy…(wait, is that racist in this show?) Well, in any case,
she tags along to check things out. It turns out that Master Udon was running a Timeshare pyramid
scheme…truly one of the most evil deeds by anyone in Bikini Bottom. When SpongeBob is kidnapped by
him, Sandy goes to the rescue through the Four Floors of Fear, defeating three master martial
artists before facing Udon himself. And, as a side note, Sandy is absolutely jacked.
All of this is done to save SpongeBob, who was honestly
being pretty darn arrogant about the whole situation. She might get a little ticked,
but Sandy’s a friend who will have your back at the end of the day.
She’s also got the back of the Krabby Patty–and thus, Bikini Bottom as a whole–as seen when she
becomes The Rodent. Like SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and even Plankton,
Sandy has her own superhero alter-ego in the second SpongeBob movie, Sponge Out
of Water. She is the Rodent, a gigantic squirrel well-versed in karate. She’s also completely nude,
which we’re gonna do our best not to think about. There’s not much to say–we honestly
end up talking about this movie a LOT in these good-to-evil deed videos–but
just know Sandy is no less heroic than her sea-critter buddies here. That said, there
are actually some moments where she’s even more of a superhero–no realistic CGI squirrels needed.
You may not have seen this next entry coming, but believe it or not–the Rodent
was not Sandy’s superhero debut. Enter Miss Appear. John Cena? Overdone. Invisible Girl?
Too plain. Toru Hagakure? There’s NO way you didn’t have to look that one up. When it comes
to heroes of the invisible kind, nobody quite beats Miss Appear. Well…unless the opponent
is a moving car. But that’s not relevant. What’s relevant is that when Barnacle-Man teams up with
the Dirty Bubble and Man-Ray to form the EVIL team of villains known as E.V.I.L., she gladly
puts on one of the superpowered costumes found in the Mermalair to help protect Bikini Bottom from
their horrifying ding-dong-ditch pranks. Like the last entry, we’ve mentioned this before,
but for Sandy this deed stands out even more. For SpongeBob and Patrick’s part, they’re both
huge fans of Mermaidman and Barnacleboy, and actually know them personally. For Squidward,
as unenthusiastic as he was, he changed his tone when Mr. Krabs ordered him to go save the world or
be fired. Well…okay, he didn’t change his tone, but he did it anyway. Sandy, on the other hand,
didn’t have any motivation but to stop the dastardly villains terrorizing Bikini Bottom.
She’s a downhome hero through and through–and here we see that’s not limited just to her friends.
But don’t go thinking that means her friends don’t get to enjoy her good nature. In Sandy’s
debut appearance, we got a hint of her character when she // Saved SpongeBob(and Patrick’s) Lives.
Before SpongeBob and Sandy even knew each other, they were both concerned when they saw the other
seemingly attacked by a clam. The key difference is that while clam wrasslin’ is a fun activity
for Sandy, it was actually something that had SpongeBob in danger–so Sandy’s determination to
take the creature down and save the little square dude is pretty admirable. Later into the episode,
she manages to save Spongebob and Patrick’s lives when they dry out from lack of water,
giving them the water helmets we see them wearing in her dome for the rest of the series.
This makes the third time in just one episode where she saves someone’s life,
and it makes for a pretty great start to their friendship.
But we’ve finally reached the Gold Medal of Good, and when it comes to Sandy, it’s gotta be an
umbrella entry. We’re giving the gold to Sandy Saving Bikini Bottom from Various Monsters and
Large Scale Threats. Being one of Bikini Bottom’s strongest and strongest critters, Sandy thankfully
uses her abilities for the good of those around her–which often involves helping SpongeBob and
company stop whatever threats loom above the city. From discovering the cure to Jerktonium in “It’s
a SpongeBob Christmas!” to helping SpongeBob save the citizens from aliens in “Planet of the
Jellyfish,” Sandy seldom takes a break from using her brawn and brains to protect those around her.
Perhaps her bravest moment was the defeat of the terrible, mysterious monster who ate Wormy,
a creature who never had the courage to terrorize the good people of Bikini
Bottom again knowing that Sandy was back in town. What would we do without her?
Remember, you can’t say nothin’ bad about Texas…but you can say
a couple of bad things about The Bad Deeds.
Sandy is always looking out for SpongeBob and Patrick, but that doesn’t mean she always does
things right. Take her Testing SpongeBob and Patrick’s “Survival Skills” for instance.
In the episode “To Save a Squirrel,” Sandy does an elaborate experiment on SpongeBob and
Patrick. Feeling they’re too fragile and cowardly, Sandy baits them into secretly tagging along on
her wilderness survival trip…only to fall out of her truck and end up stranded with her supplies.
Dressed as an old hermit in a cave, she encourages SpongeBob and Patrick that the only way for them
to survive in the wilderness is to “eat or be eaten”. Now, to her credit, Sandy did know what
she was doing here, and stopped the two once she was sure they were able to fend for themselves…but
she also willingly drove her two best friends to the brink of insanity to test their survival
skills. She does get some credit for kinda looking out for the two like a big sister figure, but
that definitely doesn’t excuse dangerous, not to mention non-consensual, experimentation like this.
Next up we have one of the more lighthearted moments in the series:
the time Sandy Kicked SpongeBob for Seemingly No Reason. It’s time for the Great Snail Race,
and SpongeBob’s running Gary through the wringer to make sure he’s ready to take
home the trophy and rub Squidward’s big, fat nose in it. One of his methods happens to be,
in his own words, “calling him a lady to humiliate and demean him”. Okay, this is a little sexist,
and maybe if Sandy had walked by at that moment, a swift kick to the butt would’ve
been understandable…but given what we know, all that happened was that Sandy was walking
down the street and verbalized her plan to kick SpongeBob’s butt tomorrow. She even acknowledges
that she has no known reason for this; it just feels right. I mean, that…could be worse, I guess?
Like, yeah, unethical experiments are bad, and so are threats of violence…but what if
we combined both of them? Enter: Using SpongeBob and Patrick for Experiments. In the episode “House
Sittin’ For Sandy,” Sandy leaves for a science convention and commissions SpongeBob to watch
the place while she’s gone. All is well, until Patrick shows up and starts wrecking the place.
By the time Sandy returns, her whole place is in ruins, which prompts her to hold SpongeBob
and Patrick at gunpoint. Yes, really. The promos really made this seem threatening,
from what I remember…thankfully, it’s not an actual gun–it’s a ray gun that fixes whatever
broken objects it’s pointed at. Sandy then claims that her intention all along was for
the two to screw up her place so she could test it out, which begs the question: why didn’t she
just mess it up herself? Or just ask SpongeBob and Patrick to? It’s like the “Wet Painters” episode,
with Sandy in Mr. Krabs’s place–and that’s not exactly the best mark for your morality.
As we enter our top three, remember that one episode where Sandy was racist? No? Oh. Well,
let’s talk about “Pressure”. What starts out as a playful competition between SpongeBob and Sandy
ends up as a brutal contest of which is better: sea creatures or land creatures. Sandy ends up
letting quite a few of her cognitive biases shine here. For one, she willingly sabotages
SpongeBob in their first mountain-climbing race. Throughout the remainder of the episode,
she continually asserts that land critters are superior, naming all sorts of activities only
they can do, fishing being one of them. Imagine walking up to a friend of yours and just telling
them casually “yeah, I like hunting your people for sport. That makes us a lot better than you.”
What’s more, she also calls SpongeBob as “chum chewer,” and given SpongeBob’s reaction, one must
wonder if that’s a slur in sea creature culture. If so–first of all, no wonder nobody goes to the
Chum Bucket–and second of all, this is one of very few truly venomous moments under Sandy’s belt. But
if nothing else, at least Sandy was kind enough to congratulate the sea critters on their success
on dry land…and save their necks from the seagulls attacking them. All’s well that ends well, right?
We aren’t done talking about Sandy’s competitive nature, though. Our Silver Medal of Evil goes to
Sandy Destroying Jellyfish Fields. Ever wondered why SpongeBob and Patrick never invite Sandy to
join them on jellyfishing expeditions? Well, the episode “Squirrel Jelly” answers that question.
When it comes to sports–or really, anything that can be competitive–Sandy has a tendency
to take stuff wayyy too far. For one example, jellyfishing with Sandy is far from the gentle
sport of catch-and-release that SpongeBob, Patrick, and even Plankton that one time
have enjoyed. It’s a game full of steroids, violence, and destruction that results in the
complete and total destruction of Jellyfish Fields. If nothing else, Sandy does learn
her lesson and even ends up going fully pacifist temporarily to atone for her sins…that is, until
she has to fight a gigantic jellyfish to save Spongebob and Patrick. But that doesn’t change the
fact that she cause major damage to their favorite playplace–and some to they themselves, as well.
The only way it could get worse would be for her to cause that kind of damage to her best friends,
themselves…and that leads us into Sandy’s ugliest deed of all, Trying to Wrangle SpongeBob and
Patrick. Sandy is a stand-up gal, overall. She’s kindhearted, friendly, hospitable, and always
there to protect her friends. But let us warn you; all of that flies out the window when you badmouth
Texas. In the episode of the same name, Sandy gets so steamed at Patrick calling Texas dumb that she
delays her anxious return to her home state just to give him and SpongeBob an earful. This prompts
the two to keep on insulting texas to keep Sandy from leaving ,and it does technically work…because
Sandy isn’t stopping until she annihilates these two. We don’t blame her for being angry, but MAN,
did she go overboard here. She chops down a tree with one hand, cutting Spongebob clean in half,
yanks Patrick back with enough force to cause a nuclear explosion–and later it’s revealed that
she hogtied him after beating him senseless–and would’ve presumably done the same to SpongeBob
had she not discovered their surprise party. Everyone’s got their bad days, and everyone’s
got their triggers. If you’re looking for a good pal in Bikini Bottom, there’s probably
no better option than Sandy Cheeks…just do NOT, I repeat, do NOT take the name of Texas in vain.