Kamp Koral: SpongeBob’s Under Years is a prequel series to SpongeBob SquarePants that takes place during SpongeBob’s childhood. The show is set at Kamp Koral, a summer camp where a young SpongeBob and his friends, including Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs, experience fun adventures and outdoor activities.

Kamp Koral: Spongebob’s Under Years (Season 1) Review

It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly what Kamp Koral is missing except that it feels fractionally louder and forced, as though written and directed by talented superfans rather than the creative team responsible for the zany wackiness of the original Spongebob Squarepants.

The show’s impact is further lessened by the CGI animation. Although technically well done, its smooth surfaces and textureless foreground starkly contrast with the original series’ unique style.

All in all, Kamp Koral: Spongebob’s Under Years is an unnecessary entry into the Spongebob franchise that children will probably enjoy but will almost certainly be little more than noise and colors for adults.

PARENTAL NOTES IN KAMP KORAL

Bikini Bare Bottoms

• In Episode 4, a character tells the children (Spongebob, Patrick, and Sandy) about a nudist camp, which they spend the episode searching for. Even though the fish are all photorealistic when they find the camp, the episode contains the same themes as that of curious human children tantalized by the thought of seeing nude adults.
  • Mister Krab ends up running “naked” through the scene as a photo-realistic crab and Patrick (a child in this series) takes his clothes off and runs around as a photo-realistic starfish.
  • When I was very young, I caught Smokey and The Bandit 3 on HBO in the middle of the day. In it, there is a scene in which the Sheriff’s idiot adult son meets a scantily clad woman who invites him to a nude party. When she walks away from him, it is revealed that her outfit doesn’t cover her bottom. More than seeing that, the idea that attractive adult women might traipse about in the nude triggered something primordial in my immature brain like nothing before, and this scene became something of an obsession for much of my adolescence. Believe me when I say the concept has no business in a program for 7-year-olds.
• In another episode, a camper is repeatedly warned about skinny dipping, yet in every scene, his swimming shorts are floating next to him.
• Spongebob and Patrick take a number two together in a one-seat outhouse.
• In episode 19, camp counselor Squidward teaches a children’s art class for which he has enlisted an art model. With the camera angle behind her, she quickly opens her robe, seemingly flashing the children who gasp in shock before it is shown that she is wearing an old-style union suit. Soon after she walks away, it is revealed that her butt flap is open and we see her naked rear end.

WOKE REPORT

Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby

• See the above PARENTAL NOTES. Stop introducing sex into our children’s lives, and stop pretending like this isn’t doing just that.