History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E14SB129KarateChoppers

-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' But no more karate! It's poisoning your mind! ''(sniffs [=SpongeBob=])'' Mmm, mammals...

* [[ISurrenderSuckers I Surrender, Sucker]]: Defied and played for laughs. [=SpongeBob=] feigns defeat and submission when Sandy threatened to pour hot sauce on his tongue. It was revealed as a toy which he tries to catch Sandy by surprise, but it's ''Sandy'' who gets the knockout blow instead of [=SpongeBob=].

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: It is no secret among older fans that Karate in this episode is treated as a [[GRatedSex g-rated metaphor for sex]]. During the first karate fight of the episode, [=SpongeBob=] interrupts the action so he can go get his protective equipment. A bit later, he gives her a phone call, sending his arm through the phone line to karate-chop her, representing [[IntimateTelecommunications phone sex]] but Sandy blows him off, more interested in sleeping than participating at the moment. The subsequent matches appear to imply that fetishes are getting involved in it as well, namely the hot sauce scene representing sadomasochism. He eventually gets so obsessed that he can't focus at work because all he can think about is doing karate with Sandy. When they're told to stop karate, they quickly find that everything else reminds them of the martial art. Once they give in and start karate chopping all over the park, [=SpongeBob=], laying back, sarcastically wonders if Mr. Krabs ever does karate, but is shocked when he realizes that Mr. Krabs [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown caught him in the act]].

* CarnivoreConfusion: A fish is fishing for ''OTHER'' fish?? (though in real life fish cannibalize their own species/babies or eat smaller, different species of fish but then that wouldn't be cannibalism)

* AnAesop:
** It's okay to love doing something, but there's a time and place for everything.
** Don't mix your hobbies with your job, unless they happen to be the same thing. Or if you must engage in your hobbies regularly, find a way to incorporate them into your work without disrupting it.
** It's not your business what other people do when they're doing something that has nothing to do with you.
** It's great to tie in what you love doing into something you do regularly and sharing it with other people.
** If you get someone else in trouble by accident, stand up for them.

* AnAesop: If you get lost, it's possible you'll start to even miss the people you hate.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While banning [=SpongeBob=] from doing karate entirely is a bad move, and firing him on the spot for seeing Sandy trying to provoke him into fighting even more so, Mr. Krabs ''does'' have a valid point. [=SpongeBob's=] obsession with karate had begun to interfere with his business, considering that he'd attacked both a random customer ''and'' Krabs himself while he was using the bathroom, thinking they were Sandy trying to provoke him into another match.

* BeggarsCantBeChoosers: Squidward gets his wish of going home when [=SpongeTron=] tells him about the time machine, but he's not all too fond of the kitschy elevator design.
-->'''Squidward:''' Well, I wouldn't have chosen this interior.

-->'''Narrator:''' Ah, it is Sunday morning in Bikini Bottom, and it is about time for Squidward to practice his clarinet, so get your ear plugs ready...

* FailedFutureForecast: Based on the calendar post-timeskip, the episode takes place on March 6, 4017. However, the real-life date was on a Monday, whereas [=SpongeBob=] explicitly states that it's a Sunday.

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: If the calendar in the future is accurate, this means that the episode starts off and ends on March 6, 2017.