Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Screenshot/Youtube/Pineapple PlayhouseThe best episode of SpongeBob SquarePants is undeniably Season 3’s “Chocolate with Nuts.” This remains true, more than 21 years after its premiere; the 11-minute segment is a comedic tour de force. It’s also a prime example of how to take a simple premise and elevate it into something blissfully, unpredictably absurd. Such is the inimitable strength of SpongeBob, which has only become more off-the-wall