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** When [=SpongeBob=] gets chimney soot on his head he imitates Creator/RingoStarr.

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** When [=SpongeBob=] gets chimney soot on his head he imitates Creator/RingoStarr.Music/RingoStarr.
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* HatesBaths: As a little sea star, when his parents tried to get him to take a bath by ringing a bell [[spoiler:(or in reality, a rubber duck as revealed at the end]], Patrick would always have a tantrum to try to get out of it.

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* HatesBaths: As a little sea star, when his parents tried to get him to take a bath by ringing a bell [[spoiler:(or (or in reality, a rubber duck as revealed at the end]], end, Patrick would always have a tantrum to try to get out of it.

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* HatesBaths: As a little sea star, when his parents tried to get him to take a bath by ringing a bell [[spoiler:(or in reality, a rubber duck as revealed at the end]], Patrick would always have a tantrum to try to get out of it.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Mr. Krabs causes numerous accidents in Bikini Bottom by using a large bell to condition customers into stopping what their doing and getting Krabby Patties. In the end he loses the money Patrick won fighting Harry the Health Hazzard to one of Patrick's tantrums.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Mr. Krabs causes numerous accidents in Bikini Bottom by using a large bell to condition customers into stopping what their they're doing and getting Krabby Patties. In the end he loses the money Patrick won fighting Harry the Health Hazzard to one of Patrick's tantrums.

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* CirclingBirdies: After being knocked out, Harry the Health Hazard gets circling Patricks who say "tweet".


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* RapidFireNo: Patrick does this when he goes into his destructive tantrums.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: At the end of the episode, this almost appears [[subverted SubvertedTrope]] when Mr. Star sincerely denies using a bell to condition Patrick for bath time when [[DumbassHasAPoint [=SpongeBob=]]] points out how it messed up Patrick. Mr. Star then reveals that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he used Patrick's rubber ducky instead]], which [[HereWeGoAgain sets off Patrick once again]].

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* CallingTheOldManOut: At the end of the episode, this almost appears [[subverted SubvertedTrope]] [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] when Mr. Star sincerely denies using a bell to condition Patrick for bath time when [[DumbassHasAPoint [=SpongeBob=]]] points out how it messed up Patrick. Mr. Star then reveals that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he used Patrick's rubber ducky instead]], which [[HereWeGoAgain sets off Patrick once again]].
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* CallingTheOldManOut: At the end of the episode, this almost appears [[subverted SubvertedTrope]] when Mr. Star sincerely denies using a bell to condition Patrick for bath time when [[DumbassHasAPoint [=SpongeBob=]]] points out how it messed up Patrick. Mr. Star then reveals that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint he used Patrick's rubber ducky instead]], which [[HereWeGoAgain sets off Patrick once again]].
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'''Original air date''': 4/30/2021 ''(produced in 2019)''


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'''Original air date''': 2/25/2022 ''(produced in 2019)'' [[note]]"Patrick's Tantrum" aired in many foreign countries in 2020 and 2021, before airing in the United States.[[/note]]
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* ShoutOut: Patrick's tantrum being triggered by a certain sound, and helping him win a fight, may have been taken from [[Recap/TheThreeStoogesPunchDrunks Punch Drunks, a Three Stooges short film from 1934.]]

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* ShoutOut: Patrick's tantrum being triggered by a certain sound, and helping him win a fight, may have been taken from [[Recap/TheThreeStoogesPunchDrunks Punch Drunks, a Three Stooges short film from 1934.]]]]
** Susy calls Mr. Krabs [[Literature/TheHunchbackofNotreDame "Quasimodo"]] when he tries conditioning her with the bell.
** When [=SpongeBob=] gets chimney soot on his head he imitates Creator/RingoStarr.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Spoken word for word by SpongeBob when Patrick's parents reveal that they didn't ring a bell when it was time for his bath, but squeaked his rubber ducky, which turns out to set Patrick off yet again.

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* HereWeGoAgain: Spoken word for word by SpongeBob [=SpongeBob=] when Patrick's parents reveal that they didn't ring a bell when it was time for his bath, but squeaked his rubber ducky, which turns out to set Patrick off yet again.
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* BerzerkButton: Patrick flies into a destructive rage when he hears a bell.

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* BerzerkButton: BerserkButton: Patrick flies into a destructive rage when he hears a bell.

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[=SpongeBob=] and the others discover that the sound of a bell ringing causes Patrick to go on a rampage, leading them to try to curb Patrick's behavior.

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[=SpongeBob=] and the others discover discovers that the sound of a bell ringing causes Patrick to go on a rampage, leading them him to try to curb Patrick's behavior.behavior. Mr. Krabs takes advantage of this to profit off Patrick fighting Harry the Health Hazard, a notorious fighter who's in town.

* BerzerkButton: Patrick flies into a destructive rage when he hears a bell.
* TheBusCameBack: Patrick's parents return for this episode.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Patrick, big time.
* HereWeGoAgain: Spoken word for word by SpongeBob when Patrick's parents reveal that they didn't ring a bell when it was time for his bath, but squeaked his rubber ducky, which turns out to set Patrick off yet again.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Mr. Krabs causes numerous accidents in Bikini Bottom by using a large bell to condition customers into stopping what their doing and getting Krabby Patties. In the end he loses the money Patrick won fighting Harry the Health Hazzard to one of Patrick's tantrums.
* OneManArmy: During his first on-screen tantrum, Patrick manages to fight through everyone else at the Krusty Krab without a scratch.
* ShoutOut: Patrick's tantrum being triggered by a certain sound, and helping him win a fight, may have been taken from [[Recap/TheThreeStoogesPunchDrunks Punch Drunks, a Three Stooges short film from 1934.]]
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* TakeAThirdOption: Rather than work for Mr. Krabs or Plankton, Pearl instead gets her father to triple her allowance.

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* RunningGag: Plankton forcing Pearl to clean up his failed inventions.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At first, a large crowd of people gather at the Chum Bucket to apply for the intern job, but as soon as Plankton mentions they'll be paid with sub-minimum wage, they all leave except for Patrick.




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* VillainEpisode: This episode mostly focuses on Plankton.

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* ExactWords: Pearl follows Mr. Krabs's words that "the boss always knows best" to a T, to the point that she goes along with Plankton's heist at the Krusty Krab.



* PoorCommunicationKills: It doesn't take until the end of the episode until Mr. Krabs realizes (to his horror) that Pearl's internship is at the Chum Bucket, due to Pearl never once mentioning where she was working while at home. Mr. Krabs also misses Pearl dressed up in her burglar outfit to break into the Krusty Krab due to him being half-asleep as he knits a quilt made of dollar bills.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: It doesn't take until the end of the episode until Mr. Krabs realizes (to his horror) that Pearl's internship is at the Chum Bucket, due to Pearl never once mentioning where she was working while at home. Mr. Krabs also misses Pearl dressed up in her burglar outfit to break into the Krusty Krab due to him being half-asleep as he knits a quilt made of dollar bills.bills as she leaves.
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* NegativeContinuity: The episode implies that Plankton has never met Pearl before (let alone knew she was Mr. Krabs's daughter), despite having interacted with her a number of times in the past (most notably, and infamously, in "One Coarse Meal").

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* NegativeContinuity: The episode implies that Plankton has never met Pearl before (let alone knew (or, at the very least, wasn't aware she was Mr. Krabs's daughter), despite having interacted with her a number of times times, often with Mr. Krabs, in the past (most notably, and infamously, in "One Coarse Meal").
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'''Plankton's Intern'''

Plankton decides to hire an intern, who ends up being Pearl. Plankton decides to take advantage of her blood relation to Mr. Krabs in order to get to the Krusty Krab Secret Formula.

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* BrickJoke: When Patrick attempts to become Plankton's intern, he ends up being accidentally cloned many times. At the very end of the episode after he has been foiled, Plankton reluctantly hires the army of Patricks, much to Karen's confusion when she returns home.
-->'''Plankton''': Don't ask...
* CallBack: [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS7E11OneCoarseMealGaryInLove Plankton is still afraid of whales]]. His phobia is played ''far'' more comically whenever it comes up this time, though.
* NegativeContinuity: The episode implies that Plankton has never met Pearl before (let alone knew she was Mr. Krabs's daughter), despite having interacted with her a number of times in the past (most notably, and infamously, in "One Coarse Meal").
* PoorCommunicationKills: It doesn't take until the end of the episode until Mr. Krabs realizes (to his horror) that Pearl's internship is at the Chum Bucket, due to Pearl never once mentioning where she was working while at home. Mr. Krabs also misses Pearl dressed up in her burglar outfit to break into the Krusty Krab due to him being half-asleep as he knits a quilt made of dollar bills.
* SendInTheClones: Patrick's interview with Plankton ends with him ending up inside a cloning machine, creating an army of Patricks that Plankton hastily removes from the Chum Bucket (and hires back at the end of the episode).
-->'''Patrick''': Hi, I'm Patrick!\\
'''Patrick #2''': No, I'm Patrick.\\
'''Patrick #3''': [[TheDitz Who's Patrick?]]
* {{Sleepwalking}}: The episode reveals that [=SpongeBob=] sleep-''cooks'', as in the middle of Plankton and Pearl's heist he walks into the Krusty Krab kitchen and begins "making" Krabby Patties.

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'''Patrick's Tantrum'''

[=SpongeBob=] and the others discover that the sound of a bell ringing causes Patrick to go on a rampage, leading them to try to curb Patrick's behavior.

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