Paul Mavis of DVDTalk said in a review of it, that "I can't see much point in recommending a purchase for [it] when the "uncut" version of Truth or Square has already been released on the first volume of the Sixth Season release (and those live-action bits that are left out of the regular cable airings aren't worth a separate purchase anyway), and when you know the four bonus cartoons here will show up on the Sixth Series' second volume release. A rental, therefore, for [it]... only if you really need to see a few minutes Robin Williams and Tina Fey (and god help you if you do)."[1]
Currently retired critic Roy Hrab of the DVD Verdict called the 10th anniversary episode "Truth or Square" "the lamest SpongeBob episode ever," calling it "all filler, extremely boring, with the story going nowhere, and little action or mania," while also criticizing the Patchy segments and the celebrity cameos as "drawing attention to the episode's lack of substance." He called the rest of the episodes "the weakest I've seen," plus "tired" and "boring. The episodes here are the weakest I've seen."[2]
Trivia[]
General[]
The back cover of this DVD contains pictures from the episode "Truth or Square."
In Italy, Germany, French-speaking Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, Latin America and Brazil, this DVD is known as SpongeBob’s Stuck in the Freezer.
This DVD contains ten chapters due to "Truth or Square" being six chapters long, so the last episode on this DVD, "The Card," would be chapter 10, not 5.
After "The Card," the DVD goes straight to the main menu, rather than showing the credits. However, the full credits can only be accessed through the credits option on the main menu.
On The Pilot a Mini-Movie and the Square Shorts DVD, the 51-minute version of "Truth or Square" is used instead of the extended version (if it’s international, the 44-minute version) found on this DVD.
This is the first SpongeBob SquarePants DVD for a few things:
The first single-disc SpongeBob DVD to use the 2009 Nickelodeon logo in the United States and Canada.
However, the 2009 Nickelodeon logo was not seen on the DVD entirely, as this DVD still uses the Nickelodeon fish logo in the opening like all of the other SpongeBob DVDs before this one. This does not happen with releases outside of the US, UK and Australia, as releases in Italy, Germany, French-speaking Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, Latin America and Brazil use the 2009 Nickelodeon logo in the opening.
Despite the Region 1/North American release using the 2009 logo, the 1984 Nickelodeon Splat logo is still used on some of the international covers such as the UK.
The first SpongeBob DVD to contain a widescreen episode. The second is It's a SpongeBob Christmas! DVD. However, the episode is technically not in true widescreen but rather full screen in the letterbox format.
The first SpongeBob DVD to have less than 6 episodes.
The first SpongeBob DVD to include an episode that was produced in 1080i: in this case, it is "Truth or Square."
In the closed-captioning version of "The Card," when SpongeBob says, "Dear Neptune!" while freaking out about Patrick possibly putting the #54 card in his pocket, the closed-captioning says, "Damn, Neptune!"
Some of the international versions of this DVD claim to use the extended 59-minute version of "Truth or Square" even though those releases actually use the shortened 44-minute version due to that being the version that was dubbed in every country.