History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsS12E12JollyLodgersBiddySitting

** The jellyfishing convention is held for the third time.
** SpongeBob wears the bellhop suit from "Krusty Towers" when pretending to be room service.

* ArtisticLicense: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick should've been arrested for impersonating room service.

* ContinuityNod: A jellyfishing convention is held for the third time.

* ArtisticLicense: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick should've been arrested for impersonating room service.

* ContinuityNod: A jellyfishing convention is held for the third time.

* ForbiddenFruit: PlayedForLaughs. When Squidward is cornered by the always present [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, the former slyly "warns" him if he wants to be alone, then don't go into the door nearby because Jelly-Con is through there. Squidward disobeys and runs through, and sure enough, he's at Jelly-Con, which is just what they planned.

* AnAesop:
** Babysitting can be a hard job; it's important to know your job duties.
** Not all babysitting jobs involve babies; the "baby" you're caring for might not be what you expect.

'''Squidward:''' Wait. Are you two in there ''already?''\\

* LaserGuidedKarma: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick get their comeuppance for ruining Squidward's alone time at Hotel Halibut when he calls pest control, claiming the hotel is invested with "jellyfish fanatics", filling the hotel with toxic gas which kicks everyone out.

* AnAesop: If someone wants to be alone, give them the time they deserve; don't constantly disrupt them.

* BigNo: Squidward lets one out when he sees [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick at the end of the hallway, and another when he gets trapped in the Jellyfishing Convention.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have no clue Squidward wants to be alone and keep disobeying him, showing up in every hotel activity to the point of forcing him to the convention.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Squidward is right that [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can't be trusted as babysitters

* NeverMessWithGranny: Baby Prunes turns out to be a total badass.
* OhCrap: [=SpongeBob=] is shocked when he reads the old lady's birthday note and realizes she's an old woman.

** The scene where [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick appear at the end of the hallway is a reference to when the Grady Twins appear in ''Film/TheShining'', complete with StaggeredZoom and {{ScareChord}}s.

* FailedASpotCheck: Squidward completely failed to realize Hotel Halibut is hosting a jellyfishing convention -- something [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick obsessively love -- which he would've found out if he looked at the programmer before checking in.

* BigNo: Squidward lets one out when he gets trapped in the Jellyfishing Convention.

** The scene where [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick appear at the end of the hallway is a reference to ''Film/TheShining''.

* ForbiddenFruit: PlayedForLaughs. When Squidward is cornered by the always present [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, the former "warns" him if he wants to be alone, then don't go into the door nearby because Jelly-Con is through there. Squidward disobeys and runs through, and sure enough, he's at Jelly-Con, which is just what they planned.

* IdiotBall: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have no excuse to not leave Squidward alone and keep showing up at his hotel activities.

* ThrowTheDogABone: Squidward succeeds in getting the convention attendees out of the hotel, and celebrates with a one-man DancePartyEnding.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode primarily focuses on Mary's disheveled, skeletal mother from "Chocolate With Nuts".

* TheBusCameBack: The episode brings back the old woman and her even older mother from Season 3's "Chocolate With Nuts".

* JerkassHasAPoint: Squidward is right that Spongebob and Patrick can't be trusted as babysitters

* ItsAllAboutMe: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are more focused on the convention and keep following Squidward around the hotel, trying to convince him to go there, despite his please to just leave him alone.
* JerkassBall: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick were responsible for infesting Squidward's house with sea urchins, they later PrankCall his hotel room by pretending to be room service, sneak into his room, and repeatedly force him to attend the Jellyfishing Convention when he makes it clear that he's not interested. And no matter how many times he tells them to leave him alone, they keep disobeying him and annoying him to their own will until he finally attends, which was their plan all along.

* WhamLine: The birthday note for Mary's mother reads "Happy birthday to mother on her 137th birthday," causing [=SpongeBob=] to realize she's not a baby, but an ''old lady.''

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The name of Mary's mom is not given and is only known by the nickname "Baby Prunes" that [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick give her.

Squidward visits a hotel after his house becomes infested by sea urchins, but it turns out to be the same hotel holding the jellyfishing convention and carries an even bigger pest.

* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode primarily focuses on Mary's disheveled, skeletal mother from the "Chocolate With Nuts".

* ShockAndAwe: Squidward uses the jellyfish costume's zapper to electrocute the convention guests when they pursue hi,.