In the episode, Mr. Krabs realizes he is old, and desires to feel young again; he joins SpongeBob and Patrick on their big night out, only to discover it consists of mundane activities.

At the Krusty Krab, after overhearing a patron comparing him to an "old and dried out" Krabby Patty, he asks to join SpongeBob and Patrick's "big night out" in order to feel young again.

At an arcade, SpongeBob, Patrick and several children ask Mr. Krabs if he's "feeling it" multiple times, causing him to lose his temper and berate the duo.

[8] Allegra Frank at Slate commented in 2021 "...as a nostalgia buff who looks to Paramount+ solely to sate that need, seeing a small piece of SpongeBob history be stripped away by its parent company is jarring.

"[6] In a 2021 article discussing the controversy around the episode by Comic Book Resources, writer Reuben Baron considered it a great episode, reasoning "There's tons of great character-based humor driven by Mr. Krabs' mid-life crisis, Pearl's embarrassment about her dad and SpongeBob and Patrick's gleeful strangeness.