five-minute edit of the episode was released on YouTube by the official SpongeBob SquarePants YouTube account. Critical reception "Shanghaied" received critical acclaim from online pop culture critics. Lizzie Manno of Paste ranked "Shanghaied" at 3 in her top ten list of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes, commending the episode's abundance of jokes and stating that it "might be the most underrated episode of Spongebob due to its high laugh ratio." Jaclyn Kessel of Decider ranked "Shanghaied" at 1 in her "10 Essential 'SpongeBob Squarepants' Episodes" list, writing that "[t]he terrific writing, creativity, and absolute goofiness of 'Shanghaied' makes it the best episode ever." Jared Russo of the website Medium ranked the episode at 1 in his top 100 list, praising its clever dialogue and "hilarious" gags and expressing that it "perfectly encapsulates the humor that SpongeBob is known for.... I’ve been watching this episode for thirteen years now, and I still find it funny." Elijah Ackerman, who also writes for Medium, gave praise to the episode as well, describing its pace as "really really fast" and stating that "it gets better with every watch." Oliver Whitney of TV Guide ranked "Shanghaied" at 6 in his "100 Best SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes" list, while Aaron Kirby of WhatCulture ranked it at 10 in his top ten list. References External links 2001 American television episodes American television specials Fiction with alternate endings Piracy in fiction SpongeBob SquarePants episodes Television episodes about ghosts Television episodes with live action and animation Film and television memes