SpongeBob SquarePants: Difference between revisions

''"Aye aye, captain!"'' }}

* [[Accidental Marriage]]: In 'Truth or Square' Sandy and SpongeBob act out a marriage, without telling the very real priest it was just a play.

** In 'Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy', a delusional, senile Mermaid Man, a confused SpongeBob and the warden of Shady Shoals take part in this hilarious exchange.

'''SpongeBob''': No. But I'm married. }}

* [[Acid Trip Dimension]]: The Fly of Despair from "Shanghaied" and "Squidward in Clarinetland"

*** The same thing happens when Squidward is telling SpongeBob a scary story about a man who chopped his hand off with a knife, and 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).

* [[Angrish]]: "Ah regga fregga smelinolin Mr. Krabs! Yugga hugga hollin wallet! Zibby mibby spibb! Yolla holla '''MR. KRABS WALLET!!!'''"

** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EatgIocOvl4&NR=1 It's even better in the German dub.]

** The Dutch dub actually uses censor bleeps. No kidding. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjRMcQZwxQk&feature=related See for yourselves.]

* [[Annoying Laugh]]: In "Something Smells", SpongeBob is trying to figure out why everyone's been avoiding him. Patrick ponders:

'''SpongeBob''': Dahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaaaa!... [[Sarcasm Mode|good one, Patrick.]] }}

* [[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.

* [[April Fool's Plot]]: "Fools in April"

* [[Are You Pondering What I'm Pondering?]]:

'''SpongeBob''': That's it! This ship belongs to the Red Baron! }}

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: Plenty of times.

** Mr. Krabs in "Krabs a la Mode":

** SpongeBob describing an Alaskan Bull Worm.

** SpongeBob describing the bath scene.

** From [[The Movie]], Plan Z:

** From "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V"

3. I want an adult sized Krabby Patty. }}

** 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": "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";

* [[Art Attacker]]: In one episode, an artist's pencil which can bring to life a disgruntled duplicate of SpongeBob falls into Bikini Bottom. The pencil and eraser are both used to attack and defend.

** Fun Trivia Point: the artist himself, briefly seen in live-action at the start and close of this episode ("Frankendoodle") is played by Mr. Lawrence, an artist, voice actor (most notably Plankton) and ocassional writer for the show.

* [[Ascetic Aesthetic]]: Squidward time travelling into [[Ironic Hell|the middle of nowhere]].

* [[Ass Shove]]: Implied. While Patrick is wearing a pair of shorts with a built in pay-phone/walkie-talkie.

* [[At Arm's Length]]: Krabs and Plankton

* [[Attack Backfire]]: Mermaid Man mistakes Spongebob for evil and attacks with his trademark Water Balls. Spongebob enjoys it.

** 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.

** [[Chewing the Scenery|CHOOOOOCOOOOLAAATEEE!!!]] {{spoiler|The guy who says that turns out to like chocolate though.}}

** In Sandy's case, don't talk smack about Texas, or you ''will'' die.

** 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.

'''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]]:

'''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.

* [[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 Spongebob used to. At the end of the episode, Squidward uses the reef blower as a jetpack while laughing madly (underwater, no less). It then shows Spongebob and Patrick, who were searching for Squidward, unable to find him because everyone looks the same. They then hear Squidward laughing, look up, and say "Well at least we know one thing; it SURE isn't ''that'' guy!" Episode ends.

* [[Bread, Eggs, Breaded Eggs]]: In "Can You Spare a Dime?", [[SpongeBob]] guesses what job Squidward (who had quit the Krusty Krab) is now doing:

'''Spongebob''': A football playing king in space? }}

* [[Break the Cutie]]: This happens to SpongeBob quite a bit. For example:

* [[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!".

* [[Christmas Episode]]: "Christmas Who?" and the upcoming "It's A SpongeBob Christmas!"

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

'''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.

'''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.

** "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:

* [[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 [http://spongebob.nick.com/videos/clip/can-you-spare-a-dime-full.html here]).

* [[Delayed Reaction]]: Happens a lot.

** From 'The Great Snail Race':

'''SpongeBob:''' Well, I guess I can't enter Gary in that. [[Comically Missing the Point|Sunday's Laundry day!]]<br />

'''Squidward:''' What?! No, SpongeBob. You can't enter Gary because Gary's a ''mutt''!<br />

** 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.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Sandy. She rarely appears in newer episodes. Gary, Mrs. Puff, Larry, The Flying Dutchman, Old Man Jenkins, Scooter... Anyone who isn't [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad|SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs or Plankton]].

* [[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:

'''Patrick:''' It varies. }}

** Whether [[Earn Your Happy Ending|Squidward]] or [[Downer Ending|Squilliam]] wins at the end of their episodes also varies.

** 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.

** 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":

'''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":

* [[Downer Ending]]: Quite a few episodes, [[Played for Laughs|for the laughs.]]

* [[Dreadful Musician]]: Squidward, at least according to everyone in Bikini Bottom.

* [[Everything Is Big in Texas]]: Sandy.

* [[Everything's Better with Chocolate]]: Taken to aN all-time extreme.

* [[Evil Is Dumb]]

* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: Krabs versus Plankton (in newer episodes).

* [[Extra! Extra! Read All About It!]]: "Maniac strikes Bikini Bottom! City paralyzed with fear!"

* [[Eye Scream]]: Crops up a number of times.

'''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.

* [[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:

'''Shark''': Hey! That's my family you're talking about! }}

** Also parodied in "Squirrel Jokes"

* [[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"

'''Spongebob''': Hi, I'm Spongebob! }}

* [[Flaying Alive]]: Surprisingly frequent.

* [[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.

** [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow]]: Squidward.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Patrick's sister, Sam. The episode even gives us this exchange:

'''Sam''': No have temper! [[Hypocritical Humor|This make Sister Sam...SOOO MAAAD,]] Sister Sam...[[Nightmare Face|PUT ON MEAN FACE.]] }}

* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]: Many of the characters in the show, such as Patrick and Squidward.

** In "FUN", he hid the Krabby Patty (which is bigger than his body) in his pocket.

* [[Hands Go Down]]: From "Band Geeks":

'''Squidward''': No, Patrick. Mayonnaise is not an instrument.<br />

''(Patrick raises his hand)''<br />

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Uses this from time to time.

** From 'Hooky':

'''SpongeBob:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|Umm...]] }}

** From 'Pressure', while SpongeBob and the others were laughing at Sandy's failed attempt to breathe underwater:

'''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 :

'''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:

'''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:

'''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.]]<br />

'''SpongeBob # 1:''' One more crack like that and you're outta here!<br />

'''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:

*** And it's revealed in the end the couple Patrick introduced to Spongebob weren't Patrick's parents but the three stars were too dumb to notice until the real parents appeared.

** From "The Camping Episode"

'''Patrick''' Well maybe it is stupid, but it's also dumb. }}

** From "Mermaid Man Begins":

'''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.

* [[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":

* [[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.

* [[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]]: Spongebob and occasionally Patrick have moments of this, especially around Squidward. Case in point this compliment to Squidward's clarinet playing, said with completely sincere enthusiasm:

'''Squidward:''' Wha?...There weren't any loose notes!!! }}

* [[Innocent Swearing]]: In "Sailor Mouth", [[SpongeBob]] and Patrick read a bad word written in a trash bin and start using it. Patrick claims it's a "sentence enhancer".

* [[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.

'''Customer #2:''' My sandwich ''is'' a fried boot! }}

** And in "Whale of a Birthday", when Pearl's friends drink from the punch bowl...

'''Squidward:''' It ''is'' dishwater. }}

* [[Its Pronounced Tropay]]: "I love kara-TAY!"

* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: Squidward complains, "Why must every 11 minutes of my life be filled with misery?"

** From "Nature Pants":

'''Squidward:''' I give him 11 minutes. }}

** After Spongebob finishes a long-winded narrative about how he once "lost his identity", a waitress at the bar he was sitting in observes, "Well, you managed to kill 11 minutes."

** Squidward: "Why must every 11 minutes of my life be filled with torture."

** From "Planet of the Jellyfish":

'''Spongebob:''' ... And that's why we're covered in goo. }}

* [[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.

'''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.

* [[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

* [[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-spongebob-movie-late-2014-philippe-dauman295695 A second movie will be released in late 2014.]

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Jack M. Crazyfish. Tattletale Strangler, Flying Dutchman, Bubblebass.

* [[The Napoleon]]: Plankton.

* [[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, Spongebob selflessly takes him into his own home, and takes care of him. Squidward "thanks" him by [[The Thing That Would Not Leave|becoming a freeloader]], forcing [[SpongeBob]] to wait on him hand and foot.

* [[No Hero Discount]]:

'''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]]

* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: SpongeBob (target: Squidward)

** This is even worse since he DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT CLAUSTROPHOBIA IS:

'''SpongeBob''': It means he's afraid of Santa Claus. }}

* [[Obstacle Ski Course]]: (While snowboarding, on a sand mound, using his ''tongue'' as board.)

* [[Overcrank]]: Parodied in the Bubble Buddy episode.

* [[Overly Long Scream]]: Plankton did it once in the episode where he and Mr. Krabs switch places.

** 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"

** In the episode "Idiot Box", when [[SpongeBob]] and Patrick are pretending that they are mountain climbers, one of the lines Patrick said was "[[The Doors|I AM THE LIZARD KING!"]]

* [[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.

* [[Party of One]]: "I Had an Accident".

* [[Perfectly Cromulent Word]]: Patrick invents the word "wumbo" in one Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episode.

** Also, in "MuscleBob BuffPants", Spongebob mentions that he "starts off with twenty raw eggs everyday".

* [[Reading the Stage Directions Out Loud]]: Patrick.

'''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":

* [[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''.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: SpongeBob and Squidward.

* [[Repeat What You Just Said]]: In "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost":

'''Patrick''': Nevermind, I have an idea! }}

* [[Repetitive Name]]: Dr. Gill Gilliam.

* [[Roger Rabbit Effect]]: SpongeBob and Patrick with [[David Hasselhoff]].

* [[Rousing Speech]]: In "Band Geeks":

'''All:''' Hooray! }}

* [[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.''

'''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.

* [[Running Gag]]: "My leg!"

* [[Sadist Show]]: There has been an awful lot of [[Comedic Sociopathy]] in the later seasons.

** 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:

'''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.

** 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.

* [[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.

* [[So Unfunny It's Funny]]: The show had this, especially in the earlier episodes. The real king is this gem:

* [[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.

* [[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":

* [[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]]:

No, that's Italian, Spongebob. }}

* [[Sue Donym]]: In "Fear of a Krabby Patty", Plankton gives his name as "Peter Lankton". It is later shortened to "P. Lankton".

* [[Swallowed a Fly]]: In "Nasty Patty", the health inspector swallows a fly before he can take a bite of the 'Nasty Patty' that Spongebob and Mr. Krabs fixed up. {{spoiler|They believe that they killed him when they see him lying on the floor}}.

* [[Synchronized Swarming]]: Plankton rallies his extended family to aid him in finally stealing the Krabby Patty secret formula.

* [[Synchro Vox]]: Used in the opening with "Painty the Pirate", who starts the theme song.

* [[Take a Third Option]]: In the episode where Plankton is trying to build his Chum Bucket Mega Bucket in the Goo Lagoon, he tells Spongebob that nice guys finish last, and that only aggressive people conquer the world. Spongebob kindly retorts with "What about aggressively ''nice'' people?"

* [[Taking Advantage of Generosity]]: Spongebob is often the victim of this.

* [[Talk Like a Pirate]]: Krabs, SpongeBob, and Patrick do this in "Aargh!" Sponge and Patrick take it to an absurd degree, though:

'''Krabs''': Urgh... from now on, only the captain says "aargh". }}

* [[Team Rocket Wins]]: Plankton in Wishing You Well and the movie

* [[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:

'''Patrick:''' Nonsense! ''(produces a bike pump to hook up to the paint bubble, inflating it further)'' }}

** Also, in "Can You Spare a Dime?":

'''Narrator 2:''' [[Rule of Three|So much later that the old narrator got tired of waiting and they had to hire a new one...]]<br />

'''SpongeBob:''' *grunts as he crawls to the living room*<br />

* [[Tradesnark]]: In one episode, SpongeBob and Patrick play <s>Frisbee</s> Small Plastic Disc That You Throw/Toss.

* [[Training From Hell]]: The episode when a [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] shark teaches SpongeBob how to drive. It works, but {{spoiler|1=SpongeBob ends up being able to drive only when [[Handicapped Badass|BLINDFOLDED]]}}. [[Hilarity Ensues]].

* [[Troubled Fetal Position]]: Played for laughs with Squidward in "Band Geeks", after another screw-up by his slapdash marching band.

** [[SpongeBob]] does this for a whole episode in which he becomes afraid to go outside, so he decides to live inside his house for the rest of his life. Thankfully, he got over it.

* [[Unsatisfiable Customer]]: Bubblebass.

* [[Unsound Effect]]: Plankton makes habit out of saying these.

* [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Villain Song]]: The pirate ghosts from "Ghost Fools" get one.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Type 1 with SpongeBob and Squidward.

* [[Walk On the Wild Side Episode]]: In one episode, Squidward gets so fed up with Spongebob and Patrick's antics that he decides to move out into a gated community filled with other squids who share his interests. Inside, he finds that everyone else has a Easter Island head house, everyone else loves playing the clarinet, everyone else loves riding their paddlebikes, everyone else loves ballet dancing, and everyone else enjoys eating canned bread. He's thrilled at this, but soon gets bored of the same routine every day, to the point where he starts going out of control and just lets loose while playing around with a leaf blower. The other citizens filled a formal list of complaints, but Squidward tells them off by flying his leaf blower into the sky while screaming wildly.

* [[Watching the Sunset]]: With Squidward.

* [[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...

** The Fly of Despair from "Shanghaied".

* [[What the Hell, Hero?|What The Hell, SpongeBob?]]: When [[SpongeBob]] accidentally makes Plankton's computer wife Karen cry some more after Plankton dumps her, Mr. Krabs responds to this with this:

* [[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.

* [[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.

'''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''.

* [[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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