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A [[Nickelodeon]] [[Animated Series]] about a highly energetic sea sponge who lives in a pineapple under the sea. Absorbent and yellow and porous is he. And if nautical nonsense be something you- ok, you probably get it.
The show, first broadcast in 1999, has since aired over 250 episodes and is currently in its thirteenth season, which premiered on October 22, 2020. It proved to be a
''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'' came out in 2004,
''SpongeBob'' has had several [[Licensed Game|video game]] [[SpongeBob SquarePants (video game)|adaptations of the show]], with [[The Problem with Licensed Games|many at the quality you would expect]] - a few, like ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom]]'' and ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Game'', are [[No Problem With Licensed Games|considered surprisingly good]].
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* [[I've Heard of That! What Is It?]]
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* [[The Ugly Barnacle]] (not exactly a trope, but a [[Just for Fun]] page)
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* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: Happens every once in a while to random characters.
* [[Accidental Dance Craze]]: Patrick starts one by being
* [[Accidental Marriage]]:
** In
{{quote| '''Mermaid Man''': Listen up you villains, I wanna eat my meat loaf! Now if you don't get out of here, then with the power invested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife!
'''Warden''': What is going on here?
'''Mermaid Man''': ''(Talking to the warden, pointing at SpongeBob)'' You may kiss the bride!
'''Patrick''': ''(SpongeBob is thrown out of Shady Shoals and rolls home, where Patrick is waiting for him)'' Did you reunite our heroes?
'''SpongeBob''': No. But I'm married. }}
:* In "Truth or Square", Sandy and SpongeBob act out a marriage without telling the very real priest it was just a play.
* [[Acid Trip Dimension]]:
** The Fly of Despair from "Shanghaied".
** The titular "land" from "Squidward in Clarinetland".
* [[Acting Unnatural]]:
** In "Life of Crime", SpongeBob and Patrick are panicking because (they think) they stole a balloon. SpongeBob advises, "Just act natural" - then, whether out of nerves or sheer stupidity, both of them start gibbering and acting crazy. They are immediately surrounded by a crowd who mistake them for street performers.
** In the episode "Boating School", when SpongeBob is asked to act natural, he gets on all fours and starts grazing like a cow.
** Inverted in
{{quote|'''Student:''' (looking down at Spongebob in the toilet) Oh, that's real nice.}}
* [[Adam Westing]]:
** Done with the actual [[Adam West]] and [[Burt Ward]] playing the younger versions of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, who are usually played by [[Ernest Borgnine]] and [[Tim Conway]] respectively, in an obvious homage to [[Batman (TV series)|the 1960's ''Batman'']].
** ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'': "I'm [[David Hasselhoff]]!" "Hooray!"
* [[Adult Child]]: SpongeBob's actual age is very difficult to guess. He lives independently, has a job, is trying for his "boating license"... and acts very much like a five-year-old. While there's never been any outright confirmation, some episodes and movies do touch on this:
** The dream sequence in "Sleepy Time" has his birthday listed as July 14, 1986 on a driver's license, which would make him 13 at the time of the episode's airing.
** Based on the number of times SpongeBob won Employee of The Month in ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'', he is somewhere around thirty, which is young for a sponge. The movie also [[Playing With|plays with this]] by making his immaturity the reason he was passed over for a promotion to manager - when King Neptune accuses Mr. Krabs of stealing his crown, they are interrupted by SpongeBob ([[Does This Remind You of Anything?|"drunk" from several ice cream sundaes]]), who proceeds to rant about his missed promotion.
** "SpongeBob LongPants" also plays with this, with the salesman assuring SpongeBob that the longer pants make him look more mature.
* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Karen plays and subverts this to an extent. She is seemingly more competent and intelligent than Plankton, usually serving as the source of Plankton's plans. However, in newer episodes, she becomes more preoccupied with [[Deadpan Snarker|pointing out Plankton's stupidity]] than helping him.
** In addition, nearly anything technological that SpongeBob or Squidward buy is bound to work wrong in some manner, like Le Spatula or Squidward's house security system.
* [[Alliterative Title]]
* [[All Just a Dream]]: The episodes "{{spoiler|Procrastination" and "Doing Time}}
* [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song]]: Rip Slyme wrote a new ending theme song for the Japanese version. You can find it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eMyzohXUmQ here].
* [[Amusing Injuries]]:
**
** In "Krabby Land" SpongeBob hurts himself to amuse children for Mr. Krabs.
** Spongebob's arm(s) coming loose is a somewhat frequent gag as well:
*** One episode has SpongeBob offering to "lend a hand". Cue him pulling off one arm with the other, only have have another pop out instantly until the ''ground is covered with yellow arms''.
*** This occurs several times in "MuscleBob BuffPants" during SpongeBob's [[Training Montage]].
*** In "Graveyard Shift", as Squidward is telling SpongeBob a scary story about a man who chopped his hand off with a knife, SpongeBob doesn't understand that fish's arms don't grow back like his (even Squidward is shocked it doesn't hurt SpongeBob at all) - naturally, he SpongeBob freaks out upon Squidward telling him this. While Squidward continues the story, he begins biting his nails, which transitions into him [[Auto Cannibalism|eating his arms repeatedly]], followed by outright holding a bucket full of arms to nervously chew on.
* [[Angrish]]:
** Happens in "Krusty Love" when SpongeBob finally loses patience with Mr. Krabs.
{{quote|'''Spongebob:''' "Ah regga fregga smelinolin Mr. Krabs! Yugga hugga hollin wallet! Zibby mibby spibb! Yolla holla '''MR. KRABS WALLET!!!'''"
'''Mrs. Puff:''' (as SpongeBob walks away grumbling) "I had no idea SpongeBob had such a colorful vocabulary..."}}
::* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EatgIocOvl4&NR=1 It's even better in the German dub.] The Dutch dub, meanwhile, actually uses censor bleeps. No kidding. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjRMcQZwxQk&feature=related See for yourselves.]
** Also happens in "Karate Choppers".
* [[Annoying Laugh]]: SpongeBob's tradmark laugh is considered this by quite a few of his friends (and of course, Squidward).
** In "Something Smells", SpongeBob is trying to figure out why everyone's been avoiding him. Patrick ponders:
{{quote|'''Patrick''': Maybe it's your voice.
'''SpongeBob''': Dahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaa!... [[Sarcasm Mode|good one, Patrick.]] }}
:* "Funny Pants" has Squidward trying to figure out a way to stop SpongeBob laughing constantly.
:* "Larry's Gym" has Larry note that he finds SpongeBob's laugh annoying as well.
* [[Anti-Advice]]: In "Pizza Delivery", when SpongeBob and Squidward get lost together, SpongeBob predicts which way to go using his pioneering skills. Squidward goes the opposite way. The camera then pans over to show that their houses are just over a ridge in the direction SpongeBob wanted to go.
* [[
** In "The Splinter", Squidward finds out about SpongeBob's splinter and threatens to tell Mr. Krabs about it [[Workaholic|so he'll have to leave work early]].
** "The Battle of Bikini Bottom" has SpongeBob giving [[The Pig Pen|Patrick]] a pedicure, [[Slobs Versus Snobs|much to his chagrin]].
* [[April Fool's Plot]]: "Fools in April".
* [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?]]:
{{quote|'''Flying Dutchman''': Who dares disturb the Flying Dutchman?
'''SpongeBob''':
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Plenty of times.
{{quote|'''Mr. Krabs:''' You can beat up me employees, you can destroy me restaurant...but NOBODY TOUCHES ME THERMOSTAT!}}
{{quote|'''SpongeBob''': It was big. Scary! AND PINK!}}
:* SpongeBob after stumbling upon Patrick and Squidward in Squidward's bathroom in "Naughty Nautical Neighbors":
{{quote|'''SpongeBob''': My best friend, my ex best friend, and... RUBBER BATH TOYS!}}
{{quote|'''Plankton''': It's evil! It's diabolical! IT'S LEMON SCENTED!}}
** From "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V":
{{quote|'''Barnacle Man:''' 1. I want to be treated like a superhero, not a sidekick.
2. I want to be called "Barnacle ''Man''".
3. I want an adult
** When Mrs. Puff is stealing SpongeBob's new boat, he's not letting go for giant clams, cheese graters, and... EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION!? OH NO! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
** From "Life of Crime":
{{quote|'''Patrick:''' "We're not talking about some dumb mail fraud scheme or hijacking here... WE STOLE A BALLOON! And they're gonna lock us up forever!"}}
** In "Graveyard Shift";
{{quote|'''Squidward:''' He cut off own hand by mistake! [...] He replaced his hand, with a ''rusty spatula''... And then! He got hit by a bus! And then! At his funeral... they ''fired'' him!}}
* [[Art Attacker]]: In
** Fun Trivia Point: the artist himself, briefly seen in live-action at the start and close of this episode
* [[Art Evolution]]: Season one looks very different. It was the only season to use hand-painted traditional animation cels, and some character designs are slightly different. With season two, the series abandoned cels in favour of the newer digital ink-and-paint process. The series evolved slightly more after [[The Movie]], in which the animation is more fluid and a little closer to that of the movie.
* [[The Artifact]]: Recent seasons just barely acknowledge the fact that Bikini Bottom takes place underwater. Some episodes contain underwater ''thunderstorms'', for example.
* [[Art Shift]]:
** Many occur in "Truth or Square": The opening is redone in really trippy stop-motion (with a new theme by Cee-Lo), a sequence [[Retraux|made to look like an old 1950's-esque TV commercial]], and another [[Retraux]] sequence made to look like an old 1920's [[Mickey Mouse]] cartoon that shows SpongeBob going to work, and [[The Hill ''every single thing has a face''.
* [[Ascended Meme]]
** "Are You Happy Now?" seems to have been inspired by the "Squidward's Suicide" [[Creepypasta]]. [[Dude, Not Funny|Why they'd chose that of all memes to ascend...]]
** Another SpongeBob Creepypasta meme gets ascended in "SpongeBob in Randomland", when a face similar to Red Mist Squidward makes an appearance. (It's replaced with [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|a baby Squidward]] in later airings.)
* [[Ascetic Aesthetic]]: Squidward time-travelling into [[Ironic Hell|the middle of nowhere]].
* [[Ass Shove]]: Implied in "Spy Buddies" while Patrick is wearing [[It Makes Sense in Context|a pair of shorts with a built in pay-phone/walkie-talkie]].
{{quote|'''Disembodied Techno-Female Voice:''' If you would like to make a call, please insert twenty-five cents. ''(SpongeBob produces a quarter)''}}
* [[At Arm's Length]]: Krabs and Plankton.
* [[Attack Backfire]]: In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy", when Mermaid Man attacks Spongebob with his trademark Water Balls, SpongeBob enjoys it.
* [[Author Appeal]]: The show was created by a former marine biologist. In all honesty, could you imagine anybody else creating a cartoon about a talking sea sponge?
* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: At the climax of [[The Movie]].
* [[Auto Cannibalism]]: [[Played for Laughs]]
* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: [http://i465.photobucket.com/albums/rr15/Acedude55/SaltySpitoon.jpg The Salty Spitoon.] Also mocked in [[The Movie]].
* [[Bad Job, Worse Uniform]]:
* [[Based on a Great Big Lie]]:
** This wakes up the Flying Dutchman, who comes to take his treasure back, but is willing to share a couple of doubloons with SpongeBob and Patrick. Mr. Krabs is rewarded for his greed with... a plastic treasure chest.
{{quote|'''The Flying Dutchman:''' But it's based on a '''''real''''' treasure chest!"}}
* [[Beach Bury]]:
** In the episode "Ripped Pants", one of the "losers" on the beach is a whale
** In "Bubble Buddy", SpongeBob buries Scooter and then asks Bubble Buddy, his [[Companion Cube|inanimate friend]], to unbury him before the tide raises. Later, when the annoyed beachgoers list Bubble Buddy's offenses:
{{quote|Scooter (as an angel): Dude, he made me experience high tide! (laughs as he ascends to heaven)}}
:* [[Harsher in Hindsight]] when it's revealed Bubble Buddy was [[Real After All]]... and just let Scooter die.
* [[Beach Episode]]: Several episodes take place at the Goo Lagoon, the favorite place of Bikini Bottomites who need to take a dip.
** ''Ripped Pants'' has a sizeable portion on the beach.
** As does ''MuscleBob BuffPants''.
** ''Walking Small'' is the first to fully take place on the beach. And it ends with SpongeBob participating in a volleyball game... [[Be the Ball|as the volleyball]]. [[It Makes Sense in Context|Yeah]].
** ''SpongeGuard on Duty'' has SpongeBob attempt to be a lifeguard... [[Epic Fail|and fail miserably]].
** ''Sand Castles in the Sand'' makes SpongeBob and Patrick duke it out... with [[Humongous Mecha]] made out of sand. Definitely one of those that has to be seen to be believed.
* [[Being Watched]]: From "Jellyfish Hunter", while SpongeBob walks home from work, a blue jellyfish from earlier begins to follow him, resulting in this exchange:
{{quote|'''Spongebob:''' It feels like someone... wants to sell me something!
([[Beat]])
(Spongebob continues walking along nervously)
'''Salesman (behind a rock, to fellow salesman)''': [[Properly Paranoid|I told you he was onto us!]]}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Whatever you do, NEVER call Patrick "tubby". Or eat his chocolate bars and lollipops... you flatfoots !
** Even more so in the the video game version of Truth or Square, where when SpongeBob called Patrick tubby, Patrick turns into a huge one-eyed robot intent on crushing SpongeBob with a mace. {{spoiler|1=Though the battle apparently only happened in SpongeBob's head as SpongeBob was in Plankton's machine the ENTIRE time.}}
** Don't mess up his name tag either.
{{quote| '''Patrick''': [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|MY. NAME'S. NOT. "
** [[Chewing the Scenery|CHOOOOOCOOOOLAAATEEE!!!]]
** In Sandy's case, don't talk smack about Texas, or you ''will'' die.
*** Or rip all of her fur off (she will make you into bikinis), or even kick her in the butt, Patrick does this (responding to SpongeBob's previous comment about kicking), and she ends up clobbering him with a trombone.
*** The time
** Don't touch Krabs's thermostat.
*** Or refer to his hands as Big Meaty Claws
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** Apparently, you should never use Krabby Patty meat as any footwear around SpongeBob, or he will hurt you. (Episode: Battle of Bikini Bottom).
** Gary's undercarriage.
** In "The Sponge Who Could Fly", the Bikini Bottomites get pissed with SpongeBob for assuming they didn't have dreams, especially when they think he had nothing that made him special.
* [[Bigger on the Inside]]:
** SpongeBob's house.
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** In the movie, Plankton lets one loose when SpongeBob began zapping the mind-controlling helmets off of the Bikini Bottom residents using [[The Power of Rock]].
* [[Big Ol' Unibrow]]: Squilliam Fancyson.
{{quote| '''Squidward''': How's the unibrow?
'''Squilliam''': [[Insult Backfire|It's big and valuable.]] }}
** In "House Fancy", he has a giant sculture of his unibrow made of [[Brick Joke|gilded doornobs.]]
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: In "Pizza Delivery", SpongeBob hallucinates actual Korean words on the gearshift of the boat, which really mean "forward" and "reverse".
* [[Biting the Hand Humor]]:
{{quote| '''Stanley''': Wow! A TV! Uncle Sherm never let me watch TV back at home.
'''SpongeBob''': Why not? *The TV explodes*
'''Stanley''': That's why. *runs off* What's that?
'''SpongeBob''': Oh, it's okay. There's nothing good on television anyway.*turns to camera* Nothing. }}
** "The Krusty Sponge" may be this, regarding the series' wild success and Nickelodeon's subsequent milking.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: In "Opposite Day", Squidward doesn't get to sell his house, but he DOES get to [[Crowning Moment of Funny|chase SpongeBob and Patrick into the distance with a bulldozer]]. In "Enchanted Tiki Dreams" the Tiki Land burns but Squidward gets to knock
** "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful". Squidward manages to one-up Squilliam, but get a littering ticket for the umpteenth time.
* [[
** The other giant objects that the characters live in. Although they're only giant in comparison with the characters, [[Doing in the Wizard|according to]] the movie.
** Well, most of the important buildings follow a sort of a theme, in that they're the sort of things that might appear as decor in fishtanks. Moai, rocks, treasure chests, etc.
* [[Black Comedy]]: This show, especially in its earlier seasons, contains a surprising amount of dark humor. For example, the entire comedy of "Nasty Patty" comes from SpongeBob and Krabs believing that they've killed the health inspector (he was just unconscious).
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: Post-movie. SpongeBob and co are the gray while Plankton is the black, although many fans actually take this as vice-versa.
* [[The Blank]]
* [[Blind Driving]]: SpongeBob had to learn a driving course blindfolded as part of a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]'s [[Training
* [[The Blind Leading the Blind]]: "Your Shoe's Untied", where Patrick buys shoes, but doesn't know how to tie them. SpongeBob tries to teach him how, but realizes he's never learned himself.
** Patrick often gives SpongeBob this kind of misguided advice. For example, one episode has Patrick teaching
** Since they're both mentally six, they're occasionally known to do this to themselves-devoid of anyone to provide them with questionable advice, they'll attempt to deduce the proper course themselves and arrive at exactly the wrong answer through some of the unsoundest logic it's possible to come across.
** In the 'pilot' episode where
* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: After the movie.
* [[Blowing a Raspberry]]: One episode, SpongeBob goes to Rock Bottom, where everyone speaks in raspberries. When he asks for directions, a Rock Bottomite can't understand his "accent" until SpongeBob starts adding raspberries between words.
* [[Boot Camp Episode]]: When SpongeBob gets Mrs. Puff fired after failing the boating exam once again, her replacement is a drill instructor named Sarge. A drill instructor who just so happens to be [[Mass Effect|Zaeed Massani]]
** And "The Inmates of Summer" where SpongeBob and Patrick get on the wrong ship and end up in Boot Camp. Complete with a character voiced R. Lee!
* [[Boredom Montage]]: "Squidville": Squidward moves into a new neighborhood where everyone has the same interests and hobbies as he does, and gradually gets sick of it. And then he loses it BIG TIME. He attacks people with a reef blower, sings songs, and acts just like
* [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]: In "Can You Spare a Dime?",
{{quote| '''
'''Squidward''': No.
'''
'''Squidward''': No.
'''
* [[Break the Cutie]]: This happens to SpongeBob quite a bit. For example:
{{quote| '''SpongeBob:''' ''(strangles Mr. Krabs)'' "Listen, you crustaceous cheapskate!! Squidward has been living in MY HOUSE driving me CRAZY!! '''AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA HIRE HIM BACK ALL BECAUSE OF A STUPID DIME?!?!"'''}}
* [[Brick Joke]]: In what is possibly a parody on the [[Trope Namer]], "The Two Faces of Squidward" has a fish gain the ability to fly out of seeing handsome Squidward, and then proceed to lose his untied shoe. Later in the episode, the shoe falls through the roof of the Krusty Krab, causing SpongeBob to push Squidward into a pole to save him from being hit on the head with it.
** "The Great Snail Race" has one. SpongeBob, who's training Gary, calls him a lady to "humiliate and demean him". Cut to Sandy, who says "I don't know why, but I think I'll kick SpongeBob's butt tomorrow.". The next day, at the end of the episode, Sandy comes out of nowhere, kicks SpongeBob off screen and yells "That's for yesterday SquarePants!".
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* [[Christmas Episode]]: "Christmas Who?" and the upcoming "It's A SpongeBob Christmas!"
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs''': I didn't want to say this in front of Patrick, but that hat makes you look like a girl!
'''SpongeBob''': ''(Glowing)'' Am I a ''pretty'' girl? }}
** Patrick too, though to a lesser extent.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: The episode "Sailor Mouth". Complete with [[Sound Effect Bleep|dolphin squeaks]].
** At the end of "Krusty Love", SpongeBob lets out a stream of...gibberish that is obviously intended to be interpreted as cursing.
{{quote| '''Mrs. Puff:''' I had no idea
'''Mr. Krabs:''' ... ''(Gaping in shocked silence with his jaw on the ground)'' }}
* [[Cobweb of Disuse]]: In "Pretty Patties", the Krusty Krab is covered in cobwebs when business gets slow. SpongeBob tries to clean one, a spider makes another one. Later, Mr. Krabs himself is seen covered in cobwebs.
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* [[Comic Trio]]: Variant between SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward.
* [[Congruent Memory]]: Be the crane!
**
** "Missin Identity" had him forget where he put his nametag. So he repeats his morning routine ad infinitum, exactly, hoping that this'll help him remembers.
* [[Conjoined Twins]]: Has happened several times: in the movie, we meet two conjoined twins in a bar. In "SquidBob TentaclePants", SpongeBob and Squidward are conjoined because of one of Sandy's experiments. And then there's this infamous quote:
{{quote| ''"We're like brothers...only closer."''}}
* [[Conspicuously Light Patch]]: Although the ones in older episodes could be attributed to the fairly small budgets at the time, the newer, more [[Nickelodeon]]-backed episodes have no such [[Hand Wave|(weak) excuse]].
** One particularly [[Egregious]] example is the episode "Can You Spare a Dime?", where SpongeBob pokes Squidward's animated nose, and the ''entire rest of his head'' is a much-darker matte painting (see 9:34-9:40 [https://web.archive.org/web/20120219024930/http://spongebob.nick.com/videos/clip/can-you-spare-a-dime-full.html here]).
* [[Continuity Nod]]: One of the thugs that wants to enter the Salty Spitoon tells about how he ate a bowl of nails for breakfast. "Without any milk!". In [[The Movie]] one of the thugs in the bar is shown eating a bowl of nails. And yes, without milk.
** In the April Fools episode, Patrick mistakenly says a depressed SpongeBob was "impressed" by Squidward's [[Comedic Sociopathy|prank]]. In Squidward's Tiki Land, Patrick mentions a time he was feeling "impressed".
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** In "Chum Bucket Supreme", Patrick gives the Chum Bucket a slogan. Said slogan is later seen on a billboard in "SpongeBob's Last Stand".
** In "Rock a Bye Bivalve", Patrick is always seen watching a show where someone gets hit in the head with a coconut with music playing. In "The Thing" Patrick and SpongeBob are watching TV and the music for the show plays again, with Patrick saying he thinks he seen this before and this part is real funny.
** In "Bubble Buddy Returns", [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Bubble Buddy returns]]. Mr. Krabs (unsurprisingly) recalls that Bubble Buddy still owes him money.
** In "Whelk Attack", SpongeBob remembers the time that [[Sick Episode|he got "suds".]]
** In "Born Again Krabs", Mr.Krabs is going to be thrown into Davy Jones locker with his gym socks. In
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: Averted when Mr. Sun lights the room on fire.
* [[Courtroom Episode]]: "Plankton vs. Krabs"
* [[The Cover Changes the Gender|The Cover Changes The Species]]: For the movie, [[Motorhead]] re-recorded one of their older tracks, "You Better Run," with new sea lyrics as "You Better Swim."
* [[Cowboy Episode]]: "Pest of the West"
* [[Crack Defeat]]: In the episode 'The Great Snail Race' had
* [[Crane Game Gag]]: In the episode "Skill Crane", Squidward becomes addicted to a crane game that his boss Mr. Krabs installs. Mr. Krabs further enables the addiction so he can get more quarters from his employee. Ironically, Spongebob keeps winning toys without even trying. In the climax, Squidward gets so addicted that he hijacks a ''real'' crane that rapidly goes out of control.
* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: [[Depending on the Writer]], but Bikini Bottom definitely fits the bill in certain episodes.
* [[Crazy Consumption]]: Squidward eats Krabby Patties until he blows up.
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* [[Cross-Popping Veins]]: Squidward does it towards the end of both "Tentacle-Vision" and "Squid's Visit".
* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: Plankton. He is a scientific genius, capable of creating time machines and the like, (among other things that could be tweaked to benefit all ocean life) and yet he insists on working his way up to the top by running a dingy restaurant whose food is [[Human Resources]]. Oh, and trying to steal the Krabby Patty recipe, despite the fact that as long as Krabs is also in business, he'll get all the customers because of the aforementioned dinginess of his restaurant. This was worked around in Plan Z, which [[You Meddling Kids|would have worked if he had tried this ingenious plan from the beginning, before Krabs hired]] SpongeBob, instead of using countless plans that were doomed to fail.
* [[Dance Sensation]]: "The Sponge". Everybody besides SpongeBob and Pearl get mangled up badly, and all [[Crosses The Line Twice|while a peppy rock song is playing!]]
* [[The Danza]]: In "Mermaid Man Begins", the real names of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are revealed to be Ernie and Tim. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are voiced by [[Ernest Borgnine]] and Tim Conway, respectively.
* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Implied for Mrs. Puff.
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** The series as a whole starting in season four.
* [[Dead Man's Chest]]: "The Nasty Patty".
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Squidward and Karen. ''Big time''. They're both a lot smarter than the people they routinely have to deal with, and respond to the stupidity of those around them with sarcasm. In Squidward's case, he's perpetually depressed, so his sense of humor is extremely dry as a result. Mr. Krabs and Sandy also have their moments— in fact, [[World of Snark|the only major characters who aren't sardonic with at least some sort of regularity are SpongeBob and Patrick]].
* [[Delayed Reaction]]: Happens a lot.
** From 'The Great Snail Race':
{{quote| '''Squidward:''' For the Bikini Bottom Snail Race. Snellie will be winning this Sunday.
'''Patrick:''' Sunday?
'''SpongeBob:''' Well, I guess I can't enter Gary in that. [[Comically Missing the Point|Sunday's Laundry day!]]
'''Squidward:''' What?! No, SpongeBob. You can't enter Gary because Gary's a ''mutt''!
(close-up of Gary looking '''exactly''' like a mutt)
'''<nowiki>SpongeBob:</nowiki>''' Boy, you got that right. Gary's no--HEY!! What makes you think Gary couldn't win that race? }}
** Also in 'Ghost Host', where a customer falls asleep on a mattress being sold to him. The Flying Dutchman comes in and tries to scare the sleeping dude, but no matter how much he tries, he won't wake up. Only when The Flying Dutchman gave up and the salesman has come back already [[Crowning Moment of Funny|did the customer wake up and scream in terror.]]
* [[Delicious Fruit Pies]]: Parodied in "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob", with the "Krusty Kids Meal" commercial at the beginning of the episode.
{{quote| '''Man Ray''': How can I be evil with flavors this good?}}
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Sandy
* [[Depending on the Writer]]: A lot of the character interpretations are rather inconsistent between episode to episode. SpongeBob can be a sweet natured albeit naive [[The Ditz|Ditz]] or an arrogant, idiotic [[Butt Monkey]], Squidward tends to vacillate between being a complete [[Jerkass]] and a [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]], Sandy can be a multitalented [[Only Sane Man|voice of reason]] or a rowdy [[Ted Baxter]] while Mr. Krabs can be a greedy yet somewhat well intentioned [[Pointy-Haired Boss]] or a borderline [[Complete Monster|Monster]] in his [[Money Fetish|money lust]].
** [[Lampshaded]] in one episode:
{{quote| '''Squidward:''' Patrick, just how dumb are you?
'''Patrick:''' It varies. }}
** Whether [[Earn Your Happy Ending|Squidward]] or [[Downer Ending|Squilliam]] wins at the end of their episodes also varies.
** Usually the character interpretations fall on who the character in focus is. If the focus is Squidward's life being ruined, then SpongeBob and Patrick will have nothing bad happen to them, while when the focus is instead SpongeBob having a problem, everything bad will instead happen to him, usually caused by Patrick.
* [[Deranged Animation]]: Most episodes at some point.
* [[Destructive Saviour]]: In "Wormy",
** On the episode "Sandy,
* [[Detached Sleeves]]: SpongeBob.
* [[Disney Dog Fight]]: SpongeBob thinks that Gary had left him forever to live with Patrick, but at the end he comes back to SpongeBob.
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** Patrick is more extreme. For example, he can short-circuit his brain at random. Taken ''past'' the logic extreme in one episode where he FORGETS HOW TO BREATHE!. "I'm With Stupid" mentions [[[[Noodle Incident]] Patrick also forgot how to eat at one point.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: From the second season and onward.
{{quote| '''
** The episode "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve" where [[Has Two Daddies|SpongeBob and Patrick raise a baby oyster to adulthood.]]
** In "Gary Takes a Bath", SpongeBob paints the bathtub like a treasure chest, which he leads Gary to as if on a treasure hunt. SpongeBob hands Gary bars of soap, calling them doubloons, then promptly warns Gary not to drop them.
** This exchange in "Grandma's Kisses":
{{quote| '''Patrick:''' Then you get behind her and I'll push!
'''SpongeBob:''' Patrick, we didn't say that. }}
** There's also in the beginning of the episode "Your Shoe's Untied", where SpongeBob was watching a live-action sea anemone gyrating (thus implying that he was watching porn) until Gary meows, startling SpongeBob -- who promptly changes the channel, claiming he was looking for football and admonishing Gary for telling lies.
** The ending of "The Fry Cook Games":
{{quote| '''Patrick:''' You know, these were white when I bought them. *He is wearing yellow underwear.*}}
* [[Downer Ending]]: Quite a few episodes, [[Played for Laughs|for the laughs.]]
* [[Dreadful Musician]]: Squidward, at least according to everyone in Bikini Bottom.
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* [[Driving Test]]: SpongeBob's taken the test countless times.
* [[Drunk on Milk]]: In [[The Movie]], where SpongeBob and Patrick get drunk off sundaes.
**
* [[Dude, Not Funny]]: In-Universe example: During "Fools in April", Squidward gets fed up with
* [[Dumb and Drummer]]: Patrick is the drummer for SpongeBob and the Hi-Seas.
* [[Dumbass Has a Point]]: One particular episode, where Squidward gets his clarinet reed stuck in his throat, Partick actually says something smart, and everybody is surprised.
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* [[Easy Amnesia]]: Played with in "Missing Identity", where SpongeBob suffers a "horrific incident of terror", yet came out alright -- it was a missing nametag that drove the plot. For "WhoBob WhatPants", the creators intentionally revisited the idea to play it straight.
* [[Efficient Displacement]]: Quite a few times, but Patrick has done this more than once, especially combined with [[There Was a Door]].
* [[Either or Title]]: All episodes have title cards, but some are presented within Patchy specials, most of which have titles themselves: "Shanghaied" is part of "You Wish" or "Patchy's Pick", "Party Pooper Pants" is part of "SpongeBob SquarePants House Party", "Ugh" is part of "SpongeBob SquarePants B.C. (Before Comedy)", "The Sponge Who Could Fly" is part of "SpongeBob SquarePants Lost Episode", and "Truth or Square" is part of "Patchy the Pirate's SpongeBob SquarePants Fan Club Big Time Impressive Celebratory Television Extravaganza!" Similarly, two episodes have [[Special Edition Title
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom]].
** What Puffy Fluffy turns into
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* [[Everything Is Big in Texas]]: Sandy.
* [[Everything's Better with Chocolate]]: Taken to aN all-time extreme.
{{quote| '''Tom''': '''CHOCOLATE!? Did you say...CHOCOLATE!? [[Chewing the Scenery|CHOCOLAAAATTTTE!!!! CHOCOLAAAATTTTE!!!! CHOCOLAAAATTTTE!!!!''']]}}
* [[Evil Is Dumb]]
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Krabs versus Plankton (in newer episodes).
* [[Expanded Universe]]
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: SpongeBob in some episodes, most notably "Walking Small". As Plankton puts it, "he's like stairs", and the ending (in which he literally becomes [[Be The Ball|a volleyball]] for the whole beach to use) proves how much he really does care about others. Unless the episode calls for otherwise, anyway.
* [[Extra! Extra! Read All About It!]]: "Maniac strikes Bikini Bottom! City paralyzed with fear!"
* [[Eye Scream]]: Crops up a number of times.
{{quote| '''[[Paper-Thin Disguise|Tattle-Tale Strangler]]''': Get your feet out of my eye sockets! ''[screaming]''
'''SpongeBob''': I'm trying-- '''BUT MY CLEATS ARE STUCK IN YOUR CORNEAS!!!''' ...Six hours later... }}
** Also in the episode where the krusty Krab gets a claw machine (which squidward fails at) and therefore cant pick anything up- so while watching tv- and cant pick up the remote- he changes the channel WITH HIS EYE- then proceeds to scream.
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* [[Fan of the Underdog]]: SpongeBob and Patrick seem to be the only entities in Bikini Bottom that actually like Squidward and consider him as wonderful and talented a being as he himself believes he is. Unfortunately their stupidity and clinginess still manages to cause him [[Stop Helping Me!|as much suffering and pain]] as everyone else's harshness.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Played for laughs when SpongeBob became a lifeguard:
{{quote| '''SpongeBob''': There are sharks in the water!
'''Shark''': Hey! That's my family you're talking about! }}
** Also parodied in "Squirrel Jokes"
** From
* [[Fantasy Twist]]: SpongeBob fantasizes about what his life would be like if he had muscles. It turns out to be exactly the same as it is now, but with muscles.
* [[Far Side Island]]: On the surface.
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* [[The Film of the Book]]: The episode "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?" is based on the [[Tie-in Novel]] ''For the Love of Bubbles''.
* [[Fire-Breathing Diner]]: Patrick launches hot marshmallows on Squidward when camping.
* [[Flanderization]]:
** Another thing that has been flanderized about Patrick is his snaggletoothed grin, in the early seasons he very rarely used it, in the later episodes he does this all the time to the point where it's practically his default smile.
** Gary and Sandy suffer highly inconsistent Flanderization [[Depending on the Writer]]. Gary can act as a normal pet or be [[Silent Snarker|several times]] [[Only Sane Man|as intelligent as most of the cast around him]] while Sandy can be an [[Cloudcuckoolander|insane]] [[Ted Baxter]] or a [[The Ace|walking]] [[The Smart Guy|embodiment]] [[Parody Sue|of]] [[Positive Discrimination]].
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* [[Flat Character]]: Princess Mindy in [[The Movie]]. If you think about it, she's really not much more than a plot device. Her only contributions to the story were to be a love interest for Patrick, stop her father from killing Mr. Krabs, give SpongeBob and Patrick their [[Magic Feather|"mustaches"]], and stall her father long enough for SpongeBob to come back with the crown.
* [[Flashback Cut]]: In "The Bully"
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* [[Flaying Alive]]: Surprisingly frequent.
** Despite its status as a kids show, In the episode [[Family-Unfriendly Violence|"Plankton's Regular"]], Plankton's new customer moves the Chum Bucket door over the lying
** In the same episode, Plankton flays ''himself''.
* [[Flexing Those Non-Biceps]]: Anchor Arms, [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|which look nothing like balloons worn over SpongeBob's arms.]]
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* [[Gainax Ending]]: In-universe: "I Had An Accident"'s ending results in a family staring through their TV at you in disbelief, shaking their heads, and [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|turning it off.]]
* [[Geographic Flexibility]]: Bikini Bottom is shown to be this. In most episodes it's a typical small town, but other episodes have shown that it contains a mall, a racetrack, and an Olympic stadium, among other things.
* [[Get It Off Me!]]: Several examples:
** In one episode [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk1F4BZOfMA a sheet of paper adheres itself to SpongeBob's face the moment he walks out of his house] and he panics, crying "Get it off of me!"
** In another, <!-- the S01E18 episode "Texas", (leaving this commented out until we can identify all the episodes) --> Patrick is swarmed by musical notes ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]) and yells "Get'em off me! Get'em off me!"
** In yet another, Squidward [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaXS15NKtGs gets a gelatinous mass of eyes and tentacles deposited on his head] and reacts accordingly.
* [[Get Out!]]: Squidward shouts this to Spongebob and/or Patrick in several instances.
** In "Ghost Host", SpongeBob angrily shouts this to the Flying Dutchman's rambunctious ghost friends as he kicks them out of his house.
** In "Who R Zoo?", the zookeeper shouts this at SpongeBob when he bans him from the zoo for risking his own life with the animals one too many times.
{{quote|"'''''OUT, I SAY!!!'''''"}}
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: An [[SpongeBob SquarePants/Radar|ENTIRE PAGE WORTH OF IT!]]
* [[Giftedly Bad]]: Squidward is not as good at music as he thinks he is.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: In the episode "Idiot Box", Squidward doesn't understand why the cardboard box will make noises for SpongeBob and Patrick.
{{quote| '''Squidward:''' Why won’t this thing turn on? All right, fine. If you don’t want to show me, I don’t care! I've got better things to do than pace the floor wondering how you two work this thing. ''(Cut to Squidward pacing the length of his living room floor)'' How do those two work that thing?! There's got to be a secret button or a switch or something!}}
** [[Ambulance Cut]]: Subverted temporarily in the episode "Born Again Krabs". Mr. Krabs prepares to take a bite out of an old, filthy, tainted patty. Just as he is about to bite down on it, the shot cuts to an ambulance, implying that Krabs was now being rushed to the hospital. As it turns out, the ambulance was only passing by the Krusty Krab.
{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs:''' Oh, look. An ambulance. Now then, where was I? ''(He takes a bite out of the patty, and the Trope is played straight afterwards.)'' }}
* [[Glass-Shattering Sound]]: In "Life of Crime", when Patrick screams "WE STOLE A BALLOON!!!", all the windows in the area shatter completely.
* [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]: You shouldn't be surprised if SpongeBob invites ''even Plankton'' to one of his parties.
** Mr. Krabs and Plankton have also played poker every Tuesday night for years.
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* [[Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow]]: Squidward.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Patrick's sister, Sam. The episode even gives us this exchange:
{{quote| '''Sam''': What Patrick doing? Why Patrick talk to meanies?
'''Patrick''': Umm......umm.....it's about your temper, sis.
'''Sam''': No have temper! [[Hypocritical Humor|This make Sister Sam...SOOO MAAAD,]] Sister Sam...[[Nightmare Face|PUT ON MEAN FACE.]] }}
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** In "FUN", he hid the Krabby Patty (which is bigger than his body) in his pocket.
* [[Hands Go Down]]: From "Band Geeks":
{{quote| '''Patrick''': [[Memetic Mutation|Is mayonnaise an instrument?]]
'''Squidward''': No, Patrick. Mayonnaise is not an instrument.
''(Patrick raises his hand)''
'''Squidward''': Horseradish is not an instrument either.
''(Patrick puts his hand down)'' }}
* [[Hanlon's Razor]]: Played rather straight with SpongeBob, he can get away with all kinds of travesties he commits on others, so long as he means well in his actions. Patrick fits the bill most of the time as well.
** Subverted with other characters however, particularly in the [[Sadist Show|later more sociopathic episodes]]. Mr. Krabs in particular has committed numerous [[Karma Houdini
* [[Hard Work Montage]]: One such montage actually gets an introduction.
* [[Hates Baths]]: An episode is devoted to
* [[Healing Factor]]: SpongeBob can repeatedly rip off his own arms, and they will sprout back in the same scene with no problems and no pain. May also explain the various [[Amusing Injuries]]. In fact, considering the supporting cast includes a starfish, a crab and a(n alleged) squid, this trope is [[Justified Trope|Justified]].
** [[Word of God]] confirms that Squidward is in fact an octopus. In a commentary on [[The Movie]] DVD, he says that calling him "Octo-ward" didn't sound right, it was too difficult to animate him with eight legs, and early drafts that gave him the ability to produce ink...[[Does This Remind You of Anything?|just didn't look right]].
** SpongeBob's healing factor is so powerful that there are several gags involving [[Spong Bob]]'s arms or legs being ripped or broken off. One hilarious example is in the episode "The Graveyard Shift", where Mr. Krabs decides that the Krusty Krab will be open 24 hours a day. So Squidward and SpongeBob are stuck there all night. To pass the time, Squidward tells a scary story about the "Hash-Slinging Slasher". SpongeBob bites his nails...then chews his fingers off...then his arms are being fed into his [[Buzzsaw Jaw]] as soon as they regenerate...[[Overly Long Gag|and then he eats a bucket of his arms like a bucket of popcorn.]]
*** [[I Thought Everyone Could Do That
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: Man Ray.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Mr. Krabs in "One Krab's Trash"
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** Squidward also gets one near the end of "Squid's Visit".
** SpongeBob gets one in ''Krusty Dogs'' when Mr. Krabs removes Krabby Patties from the menu.
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: SpongeBob and Patrick; but [[Word of God]] has it that
* [[Hook Hand]]: Patchy the Pirate.
* [[Humans Are Cthulhu]]:
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Uses this from time to time.
** From 'Hooky':
{{quote| '''Patrick:''' Look, SpongeBob, are you gonna listen to a big dummy, or are you gonna listen to [[The Ditz|me]]?
'''SpongeBob:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Umm...]] }}
** From 'Pressure', while SpongeBob and the others were laughing at Sandy's failed attempt to breathe underwater:
{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs:''' I knew it! There was no way some "airhead" was gonna win anything against a water breather!
'''Patrick:''' Airhead... ''(Laughs. The top of his head deflates like a balloon)'' Huh? ''(Puts thumb in mouth and blows. His head becomes round at the top.)'' }}
** Same episode, while Sandy is telling the other four to go on dry land already :
{{quote| '''Sandy:''' Well? So are you going or not?
'''SpongeBob:''' Actually, you know, but...
'''Squidward:''' We can't, uh...because...
'''Mr. Krabs:''' Well, um... we're late for our...
'''Patrick:''' Our fitting!
'''Sandy:''' Oh, you mean for your chicken costumes?
'''Patrick:''' ''(Holding and eating popcorn)'' Hey, we are not chicken! ''(Drops popcorn) (Gasps)'' My popcorn! ''(Begins pecking at it like a chicken)'' }}
** From "Party Pooper Pants", while Patchy remarks that he hopes SpongeBob received his invitation for his party:
{{quote| '''Patchy:''' Welcome! Say, you didn't bring SpongeBob with you, did you? I sure hope he got his invitation. (cut to SpongeBob and Patrick)
'''SpongeBob:''' I'd sure like to go to this party, but I can't read the invitation! ''(Shows close-up of the invitation revealing that the print is sogged and ruined)''
'''Patrick:''' Me neither.
'''SpongeBob:''' ''(Examines invitation)'' Whoever sent this obviously has no idea about the physical limitations of life underwater! Well, might as well throw these in the fire. ''(Scene zooms out revealing a bonfire between SpongeBob and Patrick. Both throw their invitations in the fire)'' }}
** From 'Squilliam Returns', when Squidward told SpongeBob to empty his mind and his mind has various SpongeBobs emptying his mind literally:
{{quote| '''SpongeBob # 1:''' Hurry up! What do you think I'm paying you for?
'''SpongeBob # 2:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|You don't pay me. We don't even exist. We're just a clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought.]]
'''SpongeBob # 1:''' One more crack like that and you're outta here!
'''SpongeBob # 2:''' ''(Down on his knees and begging)'' NO! Please! I have three kids! }}
** Patrick in "I'm With Stupid", after trying to convince his parents that SpongeBob is an idiot to [[Straw Loser|outshadow his own idiotic tendencies]], only for his own stupidity to convince him that SpongeBob really ''is'' an idiot, leading him to insult and talk down on him in the most condescending manner, ultimately leading to:
{{quote| '''Patrick:''' Oh, SpongeBob. Dumb people are always blissfully unaware to how dumb they really are... ''(Stares vacantly and drools)''}}
*** And it's revealed in the end the couple Patrick introduced to
** From "The Camping Episode"
{{quote| '''Squidward''' That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard!
'''Patrick''' Well maybe it is stupid, but it's also dumb. }}
** From "Mermaid Man Begins":
{{quote| '''
'''Squidward:''' Go away! I've got better things to do than watch grown men prance around in ridiculous outfits. (Cut to a man dancing ballet on Squidward's TV) }}
** There was also one from the episode " Big Sister Sam". Go above to see it.
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* [[If I Had a Nickel]]: "If I had a dollar for every brain you don't have...I'd have one dollar."
* [[I'm Not a Doctor But I Play One on TV]]: Parodied in "All That Glitters":
{{quote| '''Doctor:''' Oh, I'm not a doctor, I'm an actor who's searching for a role. Yes! Woohoo! I am so totally gonna get this part. ''(gives a sigh of relief)''}}
* [[Impossibly Delicious Food]]: Krabby Patties, to the point where [[Deus Ex Machina|conflicts can be resolved merely by eating one]].
* [[Incessant Music Madness]]: In "Jellyfish Jam", SpongeBob and a jellyfish keep Squidward up all night playing loud music. When more jellyfish show up and play the music even louder, Squidward has had enough and counterattacks by playing his clarinet. This angers the jellyfish, and when SpongeBob's pleas to stop result in Squidward playing even louder, the jellyfish goes over to Squidward's and stings him.
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** And have you seen [[Ernest Borgnine|Mermaid Man]]?
* [[Inner Monologue Conversation]]: In "Big Pink Loser", Patrick is imitating everything SpongeBob says and does. SpongeBob thinks ''(At least I'm safe inside my mind)'', then hears Patrick thinking the same thing.
* [[Innocently Insensitive]]:
{{quote| '''
'''Squidward:''' Wha?...There weren't any loose notes!!! }}
* [[Innocent Swearing]]: In "Sailor Mouth",
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: King Neptune is ''not'' bald, he is thinning.
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Sandy and, [[Flowers for Algernon Syndrome|in one episode,]] Patrick.
* [[Interspecies Adoption]]: One episode focuses on
* [[Invisible Streaker]]: In "Pranks a Lot," SpongeBob and Patrick.
* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: Squidward and Plankton.
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* [[Ironic Echo]]: In One Krab's Trash. Krabs goes to the cemetery to find Smitty Werbenjagermanjensen's grave and take back his hat. He sees Squidward laying down flowers on a grave, which reads "Here Lies Squidward's Hopes and Dreams." Krabs remarks "what a baby." Later, when Krabs finds out that the hat is now worthless, he breaks down in tears, and a flower carrying Squidward walks in the background, pausing to say "what a baby."
* [[It Tastes Like Feet]]: When Squidward is subbing for SpongeBob at the Krusty Krab grill.
{{quote| '''Customer #1:''' You call this food? My sandwich tastes like a fried boot!
'''Customer #2:''' My sandwich ''is'' a fried boot! }}
** And in "Whale of a Birthday", when Pearl's friends drink from the punch bowl...
{{quote| '''Pearl's Friend:''' Ew, it tastes like dishwater!
'''Squidward:''' It ''is'' dishwater. }}
* [[Its Pronounced Tropay]]: "I love kara-TAY!"
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* [[Jerkass Gods]]: Neptune, usually
** Especially in "The Clash Of Triton" where he traps his son in a cage for wanting to meddle in the lives of mortals instead of smiting them, but he gets better.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Arguably Squidward and Mr. Krabs [[Depending on the Writer|on their better days]].
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: The techno song from "Jellyfish Jam" is ''very'' similar to the NBA song "Get Ready For This." [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-XGEzGgf8 Here's a comparison of the two.]
** Lampshaded by one Krusty Krab customer, who, upon hearing a Jimmy Hart Version of a song, said, "I hated the REAL version of this song".
** The depressing song, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwePGV289tY Daytime Drama] in the episode "Dumped" is in comparison with this more [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCwwRO3Fitk upbeat counterpart.]
** The title card for "Hall Monitor" has similarities to the theme for the late '60s/early '70s action show ''The Mod Squad''.
* [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]]: The dream version in the episode "Sleepy Time." Naturally,
* [[Jump Scare]] '''''"Hi, mailman!"'''''
* [[Just Friends]]: SpongeBob apparently has a crush on Sandy. This isn't very noticeable within the show itself, but supplemental materials place special emphasis on it. A survival guide released in 2002 played with the fact, [[media:The_Sponge_Is_Straight_by_helgoth11_5659.jpg|hinting at the crush being "secret"]].
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* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: Squidward complains, "Why must every 11 minutes of my life be filled with misery?"
** From "Nature Pants":
{{quote| '''Sandy:''' I give him a week.
'''Squidward:''' I give him 11 minutes. }}
** After
** "Normal" SpongeBob: "One more thing, Squidward, you don't wear pants."
** Squidward: "Why must every 11 minutes of my life be filled with torture."
** From "Planet of the Jellyfish":
{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs:''' What happened?
'''
'''narrator:''' Eleven minutes later...
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* [[Let Me Tell You a Story]]: Mr. Krabs' story to SpongeBob about spending a dollar on a soda to persuade SpongeBob to let his seahorse go.
* [[Let's Have Another Baby]]: Patrick says this to SpongeBob after they take care of a baby scallop.
* [[Light Bulb Joke]]: The basis of many of SpongeBob's "squirrel jokes" stand-up.
{{quote| '''SpongeBob''': How come it takes more than one squirrel to screw in a lightbulb?
'''Audience''': ''BECAUSE THEY'RE SO DARN STUPID!!!'' }}
* [[Line-of-Sight Name]]: When the Flying Dutchman comes for Mr. Krabs' soul in the hospital, Mr. Krabs insists that he is "Harold Flower", after the flower on the end table.
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* [[Make-Out Point]]: "Ah, makeout reef. Good times. ''Gooood times.''"
* [[Marshmallow Dream]]: SpongeBob dreams of eating Krabby Patties and wakes up chewing on his pillow.
** Also referred to on "Sleepy Time". When
* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: Sandy and SpongeBob.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]:
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* [[Mirror-Cracking Ugly]]: SpongeBob thought he was this, but it was just his reflection reacting to his smelly breath.
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]: Lord Royal Highness, the ruler of Atlantis, has one blue eye and one green eye. (This is a reference to his [[David Bowie|voice actor's]] [[wikipedia:anisocoria|anisocoria]].)
* [[Missed the Bus]]: Rock Bottom. [[
* [[Mock Cousteau]]: The Narrator.
* [[Mock Millionaire]]: Double subverted when Squilliam Fancyson pretends to be a [[Mock Millionaire]] to bait Squidward... only to finally reveal he actually ''is'' rich.
* [[Mondegreen]]: "Sweet Victory" from the episode "Band Geeks" has a few lyrics that are often misheard, specifically "the world closing in" being heard as "the wind closing in", "be on the attack with your wings in the wind" being heard as "the only attack with their wings in the wind", and "the games will begin" heard as "the daydream begins"
* [[Money Fetish]]: Mr. Krabs
{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs''': My whole life has been about money, saving money, collecting money... ''* rubs his fingers lustfully* '' touching money...}}
* [[Morning Routine]]: Many an episode begins with Songebob getting up to his blasting foghorn alarm clock and ready for work.
* [[The Movie]]: ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]''. [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacom-paramount-release-
* [[Moving the Goalposts]]: Kevin's treatment of SpongeBob in "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic". SpongeBob is trying to get into the Jellyfishers' Club, but their leader Kevin keeps stringing him along with increasingly difficult tasks, at which SpongeBob succeeds with ease. When they finally come up with something sufficiently impossible, it winds up in Kevin being [[Hoist by His Own Petard]] as the fake "queen jellyfish" he creates attracts a real king jellyfish, and SpongeBob saves the day, revealing Kevin as a complete loser.
* [[Mr. Imagination]]: SpongeBob and Patrick create a world of scenarios with only a cardboard box in "The Idiot Box", much to Squidward's disbelief.
{{quote| '''SpongeBob''': "Squidward, you can make this box whatever you want it to be with... [[Everything's Better with Rainbows|*makes rainbow appear from hands*]] ...[[Memetic Mutation|imagination!]]" }}
* [[Mr. Vice Guy]]: Mr. Krabs pre-[[Flanderization]].
* [[Multiple Endings]]: "Shanghaied" has three (depending on whether SpongeBob, Patrick, or Squidward gets the third of [[Three Wishes]]), which viewers got to call in and choose between during the episode's premiere. Reruns of the episode show only the winning ending, though all three endings are available on some home video releases.
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* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]: SpongeBob, despite his occasional disgust at Mr. Krabs's actions and sympathy for the people he victimizes, ([[Go-Karting with Bowser|even Plankton]]), generally follows through with his plans blindly, either due to his blind idolization of his boss or the fact his dream job may be at stake otherwise.
* [[Naked People Are Funny]]: Pranking the town as ghosts with no clothes on, among other instances.
{{quote| Tour Bus Driver: And if you look to your right, you'll see two naked guys fighting over a can of paint.}}
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Jack M. Crazyfish. Tattletale Strangler, Flying Dutchman,
* [[The Napoleon]]: Plankton.
* [[Negative Continuity]]: Hoo boy. Except for ''Krusty Krab Training Video'' and ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' being first and last in the series respectively (confirmed by [[Word of God]]), there's no revealed order or canon for ''any'' of the other episodes. ''Spongehenge'', despite being in season five, must come before many other episodes because SpongeBob specifically says that he's never been late for work when in fact he has been in earlier episodes. ''Just One Bite'' (a season three episode) also must happen after many episodes in the series due to Squidward remarking multiple times that he doesn't eat at or like the food at the Krusty Krab.
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* [[No Dialogue Episode]]: "Reef Blower", aside from one brief caption reading "You!".
* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Any episode involving Patchy the Pirate acknowledges that SpongeBob is a just a show. Other episodes do this as well, such as showing a live family reacting to the [[Mind Screw]] ending to the episode and shutting off the TV.
* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: The episode "Can You Spare a Dime?" features Squidward quitting his job over a misunderstanding. When he ends up losing his house,
* [[No Hero Discount]]:
{{quote| '''Barnacle Boy:''' Listen, bignose. That guy's been saving your butt since before you were born. Don't you have a living legend discount or something?
'''Squidward:''' This is a restaurant, not a lending library. [[Hypocritical Humor|And who are you calling bignose, bignose?]] }}
* [[No Matter How Much I Beg]]: [[Trope Namer]]
* [[Non Sequitur]]:
** In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy", SpongeBob tries to get Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy out of the retirement home. He attempts to reason with them, then Mermaidman gets fed up with it and says the following:
{{quote|'''Mermaidman''': If you don't get out of here, then by the power invested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife!
'''Orderly''': ''(walks into the retirement home's main room)'' What is going on in here!?
'''Mermaidman''': You may kiss the bride!!!}}
:* In "Boating School", during Spongebob's boating exam:
{{quote|'''Mrs. Puff''': Okay, SpongeBob, what's the first thing you do?
'''SpongeBob''': 1924?
'''Mrs. Puff''': No, no.}}
* [[Noodle Incident]]:
** "And that's the story of how I got my head stuck in the fry bed!"
** Whatever SpongeBob did at the Christmas party mentioned multiple times in the episode about Patrick's box.
** The time Mr. Krabs left SpongeBob alone at the Krusty Krab with a [[Noodle Implements|welding torch and rollerskates]]. This somehow ended with the Krusty Krab on fire.
*** Honestly, other then the whole under water thing, you give someone with
** Apparently, one time Patrick forgot how to eat and needed to be fed with a funnel. Another time, he ended up somehow choking on his remote control.
* [[No Party Like a Donner Party]]: Played with in "To Save A Squirrel".
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: SpongeBob (target: Squidward)
** This is even worse since he DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT CLAUSTROPHOBIA IS:
{{quote| '''Squidward''': Can you back off? You're making me claustrophobic.
'''Patrick''': What does that mean?
'''SpongeBob''': It means he's afraid of Santa Claus. }}
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* [[Ominous Music Box Tune]]: SpongeBob's "whistly holes".
* [[Ominous Pipe Organ]]: Heard in "Something Smells" when SpongeBob, convinced he's ugly, played a pipe organ in his house. Pipe organ motifs are also heard throughout "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost".
* [[One
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPlAagCXYeI&feature=related The "DEEEUUAGH" fish, who shows up for about five seconds in "Something Smells",] has spawned a [[Memetic Mutation|meme]].
** Probably one of the only shows to feature this for a ''location''; Rock Bottom has only been visited in one episode
* [[The One Who Wears Shoes]]: SpongeBob himself. Sandy's diving suit could also count.
** {{spoiler|Gary wears little sneakers under his shell, as seen in "Your Shoe's Untied".}}
* [[Onion Tears]]: Three times in "My Pretty Seahorse".
** Also seen in "Something Smells" when SpongeBob chops onions for his sundae.
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* [[Opening Shout-Out]]: Used in "Truth or Square". "Who lives in a rock on the sea floor? PATRICK STARFISH!"
* [[Opposite Day]]: The eponymous episode from season 1.
* [[Out of Focus]]: Sandy
* [[Overcrank]]: Parodied in the "Bubble Buddy" episode.
* [[Overly Long Scream]]: Plankton did it once in the episode where he and Mr. Krabs switch places.
{{quote| '''Plankton:''' AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *Takes a drink of his soda* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! }}
** Squidward's scream when SpongeBob and Patrick walk in on him during his bath, in a scene from "Have You Seen This Snail?" that has been subjected to [[Memetic Mutation]].
** The Snail Bites commercial in "Treats".
* [[Overly Narrow Superlative]]:
** In "The Ghost of Plankton", Plankton ([[It Makes Sense in Context|who had become a ghost]]) stumbles upon his funeral at the Chum Bucket and calls it "the worst funeral of mine I've ever been to".
* [[Parental Bonus]]: And how! Nosferatu, Dune and so on.
** And Flats the Flounder, if you know that it's Biff Tannen voicing him.
** Davy Jones' Locker is really guarded by
** In the episode "Missing Identity", when
** A musical bonus: In the episode where Patrick becomes smart when he switches his brain with brain coral, he mentions a clarinet piece by "Cornelius Bumpfish". Someone on the writing team must like Steely Dan, whose clarinetist was a man named Cornelius Bumpus.
** In the episode "Professor Squidward",
** In the episode "Idiot Box", when
* [[Parents for a Day]]: SpongeBob and Patrick in "Rock-A-Bye Bivalve". SpongeBob was [[Gender Bender|the mother]]. Patrick wanted to be the mother, but SpongeBob said he shouldn't because he doesn't wear a shirt.
{{quote| '''Patrick''': You're right. If I was a mom... <pans out to show grotesquely flabby, hairy chest>... this would be kinda shocking.}}
* [[Party of One]]: "I Had an Accident".
* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: Patrick invents the word "wumbo" in one Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episode.
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* [[Rapid-Fire Comedy]]
* [[Raw Eggs Make You Stronger]]:
** In the episode "The Great Snail Race",
** Also, in "MuscleBob BuffPants",
* [[Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud]]: Patrick.
{{quote| '''Sandy:''' Here Patrick, have a Krabby Patty. Psst! There he is, Patrick, say your line!
'''Patrick:''' (whimpering) Why, thank you, Sandy. I would love one. Take patty. ''(Takes patty)'' Too bad SpongeBob isn't here. These are his favorites. I sure wish he'd come home. Take...bite...out of patty ''(Bursts into tears)'' }}
* [[Real After All]]: The Sea Bear.
** Santa in "Christmas Who?".
* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Patrick gives one to SpongeBob near the end of "Dumped":
{{quote| '''Patrick:''' I'm sorry, SpongeBob, but Gary's with me now. You had your chance and you failed. You have to stop living in the past. Face it SpongeBob, you're only hurting yourself. It's what Gary wants, and what Gary wants is me!}}
* [[Rebus Bubble]]: "Sponge... + Starfish = ...Scallop???"
* [[Recursive Adaptation]]: The [[Tie-in Novel]] ''For the Love of Bubbles'' was [[The Film of the Book|adapted into]] the episode "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?" which was in turn [[Novelization|adapted into]] the [[Tie-in Novel|Tie-In Novels]] ''WhoBob WhatPants?'' and ''My Name is CheeseHead''.
* [[Removable Shell]]: Gary has sometimes, depending on the episode. Sometimes the shell lifts up to show something hidden inside; sometimes the shell is Bigger on the Inside and
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: SpongeBob and Squidward.
* [[Repeat What You Just Said]]: In "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost":
{{quote| '''Patrick''': He [Squidward] really needs to get up to the great beyond.
'''SpongeBob''': Patrick, say that again.
'''Patrick''': That again.
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'''Patrick''': Nevermind, I have an idea! }}
* [[Repetitive Name]]: Dr. Gill Gilliam.
* [[Retraux]]: "Truth or Square" had a brief throwback to [[The Golden Age of Animation|old black & white rubberhose cartoons.]]
* [[Riddle for the Ages]]: The secret formula of the Krabby Patty.
* [[Ridiculympics]]: The Fry Cook games, including events such as patty throwing, artistic ice cream diving, bun wrestling...
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* [[Roger Rabbit Effect]]: SpongeBob and Patrick with [[David Hasselhoff]].
* [[Rousing Speech]]: In "Band Geeks":
{{quote| '''SpongeBob:''' What kind of monsters are we? That poor creature came to us in his hour of need, and we failed him. Squidward's always been there for us when it was convenient for him. Evelyn, when your little Jimmy was trapped in a fire, who rescued him?
'''Evelyn:''' A fireman.
'''SpongeBob:''' And Larry, when your heart gave out from all those tanning pills, who revived you?
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'''Harold (in German accent):''' Yeah, for the fireman!
'''All:''' Hooray! }}
* [[Rubber Man]]: SpongeBob. Balls, kites, surfboards, you name it, he can become one. Of course, he's a sponge, and sponge material is easily moldable in real life.
** The more traditional superhero sense is spoofed in ''Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V'': Patrick gets the powers of Elastic Waistband, but he ends up seriously mangled (and unable to reform back) from a misguided attempt to help SpongeBob (who's The Quickster). Also, touching his arms with his toes is apparently something Patrick always wanted to do. Who knew?
* [[Rubber Forehead Aliens]]: Man Ray
* [[Ruined FOREVER]]: Mocked [[In-Universe]]. Patchy's reaction upon seeing "just a bunch of cheap walk cycles", thinking it was the [[Missing Episode|lost episode]] he was excitedly counting down to. He threw out all of his SpongeBob stuff, even his [[Goofy Print Underwear]] by ripping it ''out of his pants.''
{{quote| '''Patchy:''' [[Heroic BSOD|I'm gonna run away, that's what I'll do! Run away!]] ''(does so by crashing through a window)''
'''Potty:''' Sheesh, what a hothead! }}
* [[Rule of Funny]]: Laughbox
* [[Rule of Three]]: In the first season episode "Jellyfishing", Patrick helping an injured Squidward hold a jellyfish net.
{{quote| '''Patrick:''' Firmly grasp it in your hand. ''(Patrick places the pole end on Squidward's bandaged hand, but it falls off because he can’t grab it. Patrick picks it up)'' '''''Firmly''''' grasp it. ''(He does the same thing again and the results are exactly like before. Patrick gets angry) '' '''[[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|FIRMLY GRASP IT!]]''' ''(Patrick jams the net through Squidward’s bandaged hand. He groans in pain)'' That oughta do it.}}
* [[Running Gag]]: "My leg!"
* [[Sadist Show]]: There has been an awful lot of [[Comedic Sociopathy]] in the later seasons.
* [[Safety Worst]]: In "I Had an Accident", after getting a "broken butt" after a sandboarding wipeout, SpongeBob takes a doctor's orders to be more careful too far and becomes a shut-in.
* [[Sapient Cetaceans]]:
* [[Scenery Censor]]: Mermaid Man in one episode, with Gary blocking his crotch until he can get a towel on; spoofed with SpongeBob in the episode "Nature Pants", as he has nothing to hide and in fact spent some...er, most shots without his crotch obscured
* [[Schmuck Bait]]- Would anyone care for a bon bon?
* [[Screwed by the Network]]: On their Nicktoons channel, as it only airs when most people are asleep. You were probably confused when you saw this trope on this page if you don't get Nicktoons. (That's probably because they don't ''need'' to air it on Nicktoons.)
** Might just be me, but is this this show leaning towards this trope on their main channel? I mean seriously, this show seems to be suffering [[Schedule Slip]].
* [[Second-Person Attack]]: In "Pizza Delivery", when the fish ordering the Krusty Krab pizza refused to pay for the pizza because
* [[Secret Ingredient]]: Plankton's schemes revolve entirely around discovering the secret ingredient of the Krabby Patty at business rival Mr. Krabs' The Krusty Krab. At one point (after overtaking the restaurant with the help of his millions of hillbilly brethren), Plankton finds out that the secret ingredient is actual plankton ([[Go Mad From the Revelation|Plankton and his family do not take the news well]]), but Mr. Krabs reveals that it wasn't the real secret ingredient, [[Crazy Prepared|just a fake one used to dupe Plankton]]. Another episode involves the entire restaurant going into lockdown as the secret ingredient is air-lifted in.
* [[Seldom-Seen Species]]: Sponge. Also squid and plankton.
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: SpongeBob and Patrick.
* [[Shaggy Dog Story]]: "Procrastination." SpongeBob finally {{spoiler|gets his essay done, but when he turns it in the next morning,
* [[Shaped Like What It Sells]]: Glove World is made of many different buildings shaped like gloves.
** The Chum Bucket is in the shape of a giant bucket.
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Patrick had to go undercover (because he thinks someone is going to kick him out of town), so he dressed up as "Patricia". SpongeBob had to tell a few folks "she" wasn't his GF.
* [[Ship Tease]]: SpongeBob and Sandy (occasionally).
** If ''The Chaperone'' and ''Bossy Boots'' are anything, SpongeBob has some chemistry with Pearl too. In the former she tries to kiss SpongeBob on the lips (and SpongeBob actually reaches out to kiss back) and in the latter she outright pecks him on the forehead.
** That being said, it's advisable not to read too much into either of these pairings. Stephen Hillenburg has stated outright that SpongeBob is asexual (in the sponge sense of "not reproducing sexually", not the human sense of "not having any sexual attraction") just to ward off the shippers, and SpongeBob, being a cartoon that's meant to run on [[Rule of Funny]] is probably not the show to watch if you're into fictional relationships.
* [[Shout-Out]]:
** Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy reference both the [[Batman (TV series)|Batman TV series]] and [[Aquaman|Aquaman and Aqualad and Manta Ray is based off of Black Manta]].
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** "King needs food badly!"
** In "Stanley S. SquarePants", it was revealed that Mr. Krabs has [[DuckTales|three nephews who solve mysteries.]]
** "SpongeBob's Last Stand" has one to [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]].
** "Look, SpongeBob! [[Dune|Wormsign!]]" ''[[Visual Pun|*Cue a shot of a picket sign reading "Worm".*]]''
** In Rule of Dumb, "[[Spider-Man (film)|With great power comes great responsibility.]]"
** In the episode “Sailor Mouth”, there is a shoutout to [[George Carlin]]’s [[Seven Dirty Words]] routine in this exchange:
{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs''': There are 13 bad words you should never use.
'''Squidward''': Don’t you mean they’re only seven?
'''Mr. Krabs''': Not if you’re a sailor. }}
** In "New Student Starfish", Patrick's climb up the mountain of light bulbs has a brief shout out to [[The Price Is Right]]'s Cliff Hanger Game, complete with yodeling and lederhosen.
** In "The Camping Episode",
** During the tenth anniversary special, [[Robin Williams]] asked Patchy if he knew [[Hook|Captain Hook]]. Granted, this is [[Robin Williams]] we're talking about, so that line was likely to have been ad-libbed, but still...
** In "Squidbob Tentaclepants," Sandy's teleportation device bears a striking resemblance to [[The Fly|Brundle's telepods.]]
* [[Shrine to Self]]: Squidward, who only recreates himself in art.
* [[Shrunken Organ]]: In one episode, Squidward breaks his "laugh box" (an organ he thought he made up), which has to be removed. The doctor remarks that it's the most dried-up, underused laugh box he's ever seen; it's in a jar the size of a salt shaker. Inversely,
* [[Signature Laugh]]: Most of the characters have distinctive laughs:
** SpongeBob's dolphin giggle
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* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Interestingly this is a concept that slowly drifted from one to the other. The show was originally cheerful and vaguely sentimental, but has nowadays become harsher and darker in its comedy.
* [[Slobs Versus Snobs]]: "Battle of Bikini Bottom"
* [[Smug Snake]]: Plankton, Karen
* [[Snap Back]] -- About every other episode, especially in the earlier seasons. Otherwise, SpongeBob would have been the proprietor of the Krusty Krab for the last eight years or so.
** The above issue has been [[Handwaved]], as the episodes supposedly don't happen in the exact order they come out in. This is at least the case for [[The Movie]], which is ''the'' official ending for the series despite having been produced years ago. SpongeBob
** The newer seasons are by no means immune. One early post-movie episode, ''Wishing You Well'' ended with Mr. Krabs being wished away and ''almost eaten''. He was fine in time for the next episode.
* [[Snarky Non-Human Sidekick]]:
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* [[Snow Means Cold]]: During wintertime, it always snows in Sandy's treedome.
* [[Somebody Doesn't Love Raymond]]: Both SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs refuse to accept anyone can hate Krabby Patties (the plot device for ''Just One Bite'' and arguably ''Plankton's Regular'').
** Though in the former episode,
* [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]]: Used several times, first when Plankton pulls out a tiny record player from [[Hammerspace]] to provide musical accompaniment for his [[Evil Laugh]].
** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX-DB7JaNPM second time he does this] is a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]].
** The episode ''Clams'' an ominous tune starts up, Krabs takes notice. He discovers a full orchestra playing the song.
{{quote| Krabs: Thats a 4/4 String Ostinato in D-Minor and every sailor knows it means death!}}
* [[Sound Effect Bleep]]: "Hey, Patrick, how the [DOLPHIN CHIRP] are ya?"
** This has been a ''very'' popular source of parody on [[YouTube]], most involving editing cuss words in.
** Subverted with "Krusty Love." SpongeBob's cursing is filtered into nonsense vocal noises.
* [[Southern-Fried Genius]]: Sandy the Squirrel
* [[So Unfunny It's Funny]]: The show had this, especially in the earlier episodes. The real king is this gem:
{{quote| '''Squidward:''' Why couldn't the 11-year old go to the pirate movie? It was rated [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Aaaarrrrrgh.]] }}
* [[Special Edition Title]]: "Christmas Who?" (done as ''The SpongeBob Christmas Special''), "Whatever Happened to SpongeBob?" (done as ''WhoBob WhatPants''), and "Truth or Square" (done with a remade version of the theme song and stop-motion animation).
* [[Sphere Eyes]]: SpongeBob himself.
* [[Split-Screen Phone Call]]: Parodied in "Jellyfishing" as well as many other episodes.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Pearl [[Depending on the Writer]].
* [[Spotlight-Stealing Title]]
* [[Springtime for Hitler]]: It's theorized that all episodes after [[The Movie]] are this, as it was Stephen Hillenburg's intention to end it after the aforementioned movie.
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* [[Stock Audio Clip]]: SpongeBob's signature laugh, as well as the offscreen guy shouting "My leg!"
* [[Straw Loser]]: It takes a [[Butt Monkey]] to make SpongeBob and Patrick look like winners, Squidward apparently fills that role.
** Plankton seems to follow a similar comparison to Mr. Krabs, who is usually a [[Butt Monkey]] or [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]] himself when the former isn't in the spotlight.
* [[Stupid Crooks]]: SpongeBob and Patrick deliberately attempted to rob a bank in order to try and break Mrs. Puff out of jail from the inside. For masks, both characters wore socks over their heads, which covered their eyes and didn't allow them to see where they were going, and the bank teller treats the entire ordeal as a normal exchange, asking SpongeBob for his name and ID (which he gladly hands over), pulling up his checking and savings accounts, and bluntly informing SpongeBob that he has no money in either account.
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: In "Squilliam Returns":
{{quote| Squidward: Try to [[Imagine the Audience Naked|Imagine him in his underwear]]...oh no, he's hot!"}}
* [[Suckiness Is Painful]]: Patrick's self-composed song in "Sing A Song Of Patrick", which is so awful that it [[Brown Note|actually]] ''[[Brown Note|kills]]'' the band that records it.
** [[Giftedly Bad|Squidward's clarinet skills...]]
* [[Suddenly Voiced]]: In "The Secret Box", SpongeBob asks Gary if he thinks his plan is good. Gary replies with, "Hmm... ''NO''."
* [[Suddenly Fluent in Gibberish]]:
{{quote| Patrick, I didn't know you spoke bird!
No, that's Italian,
* [[Sue Donym]]: In "Fear of a Krabby Patty", Plankton gives his name as "Peter Lankton". It is later shortened to "P. Lankton".
** "Hey, wait a second... is this a prank call?"
* [[Supreme Chef]]: Jim
* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: Squidward -- ''[[Bigtime]]''.
* [[Swallowed a Fly]]: In "Nasty Patty", the health inspector swallows a fly before he can take a bite of the 'Nasty Patty' that
* [[Synchronized Swarming]]: Plankton rallies his extended family to aid him in finally stealing the Krabby Patty secret formula.
{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs''': Curse you Plankton, and [[Lampshade Hanging|your ability to join together to form a working human ear!]]}}
* [[
* [[Take a Third Option]]: In the episode where Plankton is trying to build his Chum Bucket Mega Bucket in the Goo Lagoon, he tells
* [[Taking Advantage of Generosity]]:
* [[Talk Like a Pirate]]: Krabs, SpongeBob, and Patrick do this in "Aargh!" Sponge and Patrick take it to an absurd degree, though:
{{quote| '''SpongeBob''': Aargh, captain, aargh, we're, aargh, about, aargh, to hit, aargh-
'''Krabs''': Out with it, man, aargh!
'''Patrick''': I think, aargh, he's trying, aargh, to say, aargh... (crashes the boat) Land.
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* [[Teeth Flying]]: SpongeBob has to impersonate Mr. Krabs at his Navy reunion. One of Krab's buddies asks to punch him in the "armor abs", resulting in one of his teeth coming loose. The others are disappointed that he only lost one tooth, until he spits out a few more, and then ''his skeleton'' and the others declare, "Now that's manly!"
* [[Tempting Fate]]: A textbook example occurs in "Wet Painters," when SpongeBob and Patrick have to paint Mr. Krabs' house of valuable collectibles. Cue Murphy's Law, involving a giant paint bubble:
{{quote| '''SpongeBob:''' Barnacles! What could be worse than a giant paint bubble?!
'''Patrick:''' Ooh! I know! ''(produces a bubble wand, dips in into the paint, and blows another giant paint bubble)'' ''Two'' giant paint bubbles!
'''SpongeBob:''' NOOOOOOOOOO!
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'''Patrick:''' Nonsense! ''(produces a bike pump to hook up to the paint bubble, inflating it further)'' }}
** Also, in "Can You Spare a Dime?":
{{quote| '''SpongeBob:''' Squidward is not a freeloader and he would never take advantage of me.
'''Narrator:''' Three weeks later...
'''SpongeBob:''' He's just having a hard time getting his confidence back.
'''Narrator:''' Many months later...
'''SpongeBob:''' I'm sure he's close to a breakthrough.
'''Narrator 2:''' [[Rule of Three|So much later that the old narrator got tired of waiting and they had to hire a new one...]]
'''SpongeBob:''' *grunts as he crawls to the living room*
'''Gary:''' Meow meow meow.
'''SpongeBob:''' I ''know'' he's still not looking for work! DON'T RUB IT IN! }}
* [[Terrible Artist]] : SpongeBob's crude drawings come to life in the episode "Frankendoodle". Even Patrick criticizes him on his lack of structure and perspective, [[Hypocritical Humour|though his drawings aren't any better.]]
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* [[That Cloud Looks Like...|That Cloud Looks Like A Flower]]: SpongeBob watches the clouds go by with Sandy, who then reminds him they are all flowers.
* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: SpongeBob hums the show's credits theme (usually not heard due to Nickelodeon's [[Credits Pushback]]) in "Krabs vs. Plankton".
* [[The Ugly Barnacle]]: [[Trope Namer]]
* [[They Plotted a Perfectly Good Waste]]: A lot of post-movie episodes don't seem to rely much on a plot as they used to. One notable example is the episode "The Splinter", where SpongeBob gets, well, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]. This particular episode had no plot whatsoever and instead of some fancy way to get it out, we are treated to 11 minutes of [[Nausea Fuel]], and near the end, Mr. Krabs simply pulled it out in a way too predictable fashion to simply end it. Apparently, the creators believed [[Squick]] was hilarious and played out this episode to expect some [[Played for Laughs|laughs]] from viewers, but [[Epic Fail|epically failed]] in doing so.
* [[The Thing That Would Not Leave]]:
** Squidward, when he loses his job in 'Can You Spare A Dime?'.
** SpongeBob when he has to take a vacation.
** the Flying Dutchman, after he wrecks his ghostly ship.
* [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|This! Is! PATRICK!]]{{context}}
** [[Berserk Button|My Name's! NOT! RICK!]]
** BIG! MEATY! CLAWS!
* [[Three Wishes]]: At the end of "Shanghaied".
* [[Throw the Dog a Bone]]: Squidward in 'Band Geeks', 'House Fancy', 'Enchanted Tiki Dream' and 'Suction Cup Symphony'. Plankton and Mrs. Puff in 'Wishing You Well'.
** {{spoiler|Squidward}} receives one at the end of {{spoiler|''Love That Squid''.}}
* [[Tie-in Novel]]
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* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: {{spoiler|"Wait a minute, Patrick... ''I'm'' the maniac!"}}
* [[Tom Kenny]]: In his most iconic role to date.
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: '''Patrick.''' And
** Not just Pat and SpongeBob, the entire cast, including random extras, tend to do incredibly stupid things.
* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: SpongeBob and Patrick after the movie.
** Sandy to an extent following the second season.
* [[Too Spicy for Yog-Sothoth]]: In "Born Again Krabs" Mr. Krabs trades
** The Flying Dutchman gave
** In a third Flying Dutchman example, namely "Scaredy Pants",
* [[
* [[Training
{{quote| MY PANTS!!!!}}
* [[Troubled Fetal Position]]: Played for laughs with Squidward in "Band Geeks", after another screw-up by his slapdash marching band.
**
** One episode had Kevin the Sea Cucumber sits in a fetal position and cry for his mommy and blankie when attacked by a King Jellyfish. The other Jellyspotters join in shortly until
* [[Three Shorts|Two Shorts Format]]: There are occasional episodes containing a third short -- namely, the [[Pilot]] and five of the fifth season's episodes.
* [[Two-Timer Date]]: Averted; you see, SpongeBob had ''three'' appointments booked for the same time, not two.
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** In ''Krabby Road'' we are given a brief glimpse at the formula. However the ingredients are [[Unusual Euphemism|nonsense words comprised of random letters]] akin to something a frustrated person might type when banging on a keyboard.
** A book detailing the series claimed to have the secret formula at the end. {{spoiler|All it read was, in .5-point font, "Congratulations! You know how to use a magnifying glass!"}}
** In "Mooncation", Patrick is shown watching a soap opera where we see a fish named Frankie Billy about to reveal to a female fish named Carol who her real father is, only for the TV to go out, due to SpongeBob and Sandy inadvertantly damaging the satellite in space.
{{quote|'''Patrick:''' Hey! Who's Carol's real father?!}}
* [[Unsatisfiable Customer]]: Bubble Bass.
* [[Unsound Effect]]: Plankton makes habit out of saying these.
{{quote| '''Plankton:''' Oh, look, it's the Krusty Krab, home of the Krabby Patty! '''''CRUSH!''''' ''[Crushes the restaurant, picks up its sign and starts to lick it like a lollipop]'' Lick, lick!}}
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Patrick was tearing up the carnival in the Valentine's Day episode after he only got a handshake (while SpongeBob got other people roses, a box of chocolates, and a bike).
* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: "Fishpaste!" "Barnacles!" "Tartar Sauce!" etc.
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* [[Valentine's Day Episodes]]: "Valentine's Day".
* [[Verbal Tic]]: In Rock Bottom, you actually need to raspberry between words (i.e.: '''JUST''' * PPPTPTPTP* '''LIKE''' * PTPTPT* '''THIS''') in order for you to be understood.
{{quote| "What? *pbthbth* I can't *pbthbth* understand *pbthbth* your accent. *pbthbth*}}
* [[Villain Song]]: The pirate ghosts from "Ghost Fools" get one.
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 1 with SpongeBob and Squidward.
* [[Vocal Evolution]]: [[Tom Kenny]]'s SpongeBob voice was somewhat deeper and nasal in earlier seasons, before becoming higher pitched and childlike later on.
* [[Walk On the Wild Side Episode]]: In one episode, Squidward gets so fed up with
* [[Watching the Sunset]]: With Squidward.
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* [[Water Is Air]]: Most noticeable in the episode involving a wind storm that causes SpongeBob's holes to whistle.
** SpongeBob and friends are also perfectly capable of falling off cliffs, taking baths...
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** Mermaid Man. "To the meatloaf... AWAY!"
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Heinous?|What Do You Mean, It's Not Heinous?]]: SpongeBob tends to overreact whenever he makes a single mistake during his job, like being late by a minute, accidentally giving a customer a large-sized soda instead of a medium one, being out of napkins...
** "We're not talking about some dumb mail fraud scheme or hijacking here... '''''WE STOLE A BALLOOOOOOOON!!!!''''' And they're gonna lock us up forever!"
* ~What Do You Mean, It Wasn't Made On Drugs?~: "Squidward in Clarinet Land" is a possible example.
** Karate Island maybe.
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** ''"Welcome to Squidward's Tiki Land..."''
** The Fly of Despair from "Shanghaied".
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]:
** At one point in "Prehibernation Week", Sandy tells SpongeBob that they're going fly-fishing, but then they go finding the hay in the needle stack instead, as if she completely forgot about the other sport, and without ''one mention'' of any change of plans.
** In "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation", SpongeBob is desperate to use the bathroom during the car trip, but when he, Mr. Krabs, and Pearl arrive at the Bikini Bottom Mint, it's never brought up again.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?|What The Hell, SpongeBob?]]: When SpongeBob accidentally makes Karen cry some more after Plankton dumps her, Mr. Krabs responds to this with this:
{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs''': ''(Angrily)'' Smooth, SpongeBob. VERY smooth!}}
* [[Who's on First?]]: "Good Ol' Whatshisname", in which Squidward tries to find out the name of a mystery customer.
* [[Who's Watching the Store?]]: Only three people operate the Krusty Krab, and all three are not always at work at the same time.
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* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: SpongeBob performs one at the end of [[The Movie]]. [[Crazy Awesome|Then]] [[The Power of Rock|after that...]]
* [[Worlds Smallest Violin]]: In a scene from "Squilliam Returns" in which Mr. Krabs plays the World's Smallest Violin as a variant of this trope.
{{quote| '''Mr. Krabs''': Oh, boo hoo. Let me play a sad song for you on the World's Smallest Violin. ''[Does so]''
'''Squidward''': This is serious!
'''Mr. Krabs''': I know. This really ''is'' the World's Smallest Violin. See? (camera focuses on his claw to show World's Smallest Violin) }}
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Mr. Krabs in ''Born Again Krabs''.
* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: The Krusty Krab.
* [[X Must Not Win]]: While usually fine defending his own business, Mr. Krabs is sometimes shown to have an unsettling grudge towards any minor success his rival Plankton gains, even so much as gaining ''one'' customer is enough for him to start on an obsessive vendetta in stealing Plankton's "business".
* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: Some episodes tend to do this to both Squidward and Plankton. Used so often in the later seasons that it's almost the show's signature trope.
** SpongeBob whenever he tries to get his driver's license.
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* [[Your Television Hates You]]: In "Idiot Box", Squidward is trying to forget about SpongeBob and Patrick playing in their box, but everything on TV is about boxes, even [[Visual Pun|boxing]].
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{{quote| [[Brick Joke|"I CAN'T HEAR YOU..."]]}}
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