History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown

* BrokenAesop: The episode is meant to teach viewers that cursing is wrong. But the irony behind it is that [[{{Hypocrisy}} the voice actors have actually been cursing during recording]] and before the words were edited and replaced with dolphin noises, horns, and such.

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: There are thirteen bad words. [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick mostly used bad word #11.

!!Sailor Mouth provides examples of:

** Don’t call out people for using bad words when you use them yourself.

--->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Hold on there, [=SpongeBob=]! [''pulls [=SpongeBob=] back''] Take that pile of filth out with you. [''Squidward holds up a trash bag'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' [''gasps''] Mr. Krabs, you shouldn't talk about Squidward like that!\\

---->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Hold on there, [=SpongeBob=]! [''pulls [=SpongeBob=] back''] Take that pile of filth out with you. [''Squidward holds up a trash bag'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' [''gasps''] Mr. Krabs, isn't that Squidward's duty?\\

--->'''Garbage Man:''' [''Clearly disgusted at [=SpongeBob=]'s censored swear word''] Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Well, sometimes, but not...recently.

---->'''Garbage Man:''' [''Clearly disgusted at [=SpongeBob=]'s censored swear word''] You're such a trash-talker!\\

--->'''Garbage Man:''' Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' [''confused''] Well, sometimes, but not... recently...

-->'''Squidward:''' Don't you mean there are only seven?
-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Not if you're a sailor. ''(laughs)''
* ShoutOut:

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!!Artist Unknown provides examples of:

*** Though it's also somewhat a subversion because [=SpongeBob=] flatly and unknowingly admits he's sometimes a trash-talker and uses his cluelessness as a poor excuse.

The one where they say number eleven.

The one with "Bold and Brash".[[note]]More like "Belongs in the Trash"![[/note]]

* ToiletPaperTrail: Mr. Krabs rushes out of the bathroom with toilet paper stuck to his leg upon realising that all the customers are leaving.

-->'''Squidward:''' I thought there were only seven.
-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Not if you're a sailor.

* BaitAndSwitch: When Mama Krabs seems to shout a bad word covered by a car horn, she tells [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Mr. Krabs that it was only Old Man Jenkins' automobile.[[note]]If you watch her lip sync, it she actually says "My poor old foot!"[[/note]]

--->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Hold on there, [=SpongeBob=]! [''pulls [=SpongeBob=] back''] Take that pile of filth out with you. [''Squidward holds up a trash bag'']\\

--->'''Garbage Man:''' [''Clearly disgusted at [=SpongeBob=]'s censored swear word''] You're such a trash-talker!\\

** [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick do this involuntarily in the Krusty Krab after learning Bad Word #11.

** At the beginning, Mr. Krabs orders [=SpongeBob=] to take out the pile of trash that Squidward is holding. [=SpongeBob=] claims he shouldn't talk about Squidward like that.

-->'''Garbage Man:''' Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Well, sometimes, but not recently.

* EverybodyLaughsEnding: [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Krabs at Old Man Jenkins' honking boat.

* HypocriticalHumor: When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick try to rat out each other to Krabs for swearing, when they both did so.

* SevenDirtyWords: The original routine is referenced when Mr. Krabs says that there are 13 bad words.
-->'''Squidward:''' Don't you mean there are only seven?

* ToiletPaperTrail: Mr. Krabs rushes out of the bathroom with toilet paper on his leg after seeing that all the customers have left.

* BrokenAesop: The episode's message is to teach viewers that cursing is wrong. But the irony behind it is that the actors have actually been cursing during recording, and then the bad words are replaced with dolphin noises, horns, and such. [[{{Hypocrisy}} So it would seem that they're teaching children lessons that the actors and writers themselves would never live by.]]

* BrokenAesop: The episode's message is to teach viewers that using swear words is morally wrong. But the irony behind it is that the actors have actually been swearing during recording, and then the bad words are replaced with dolphin noises, horns, and such. [[{{Hypocrite}} So it would seem that they're teaching children lessons that the actors and writers themselves would never live by.]]

** Watch [=SpongeBob=] closely after he loses: he is animated to say "Ah, f*** it!".

** Watch [=SpongeBob=] closely after he loses: he is animated to say "Ah, f*** it!!".

** [=SpongeBob=] gains thirteen fingers when counting the bad words Mr. Krabs' profanity-laced rant.

* CensoredForComedy: The bad word that [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick say is covered with a dolphin chirp. The other bad words that Mr. Krabs spews are censored by other nautical sounds. It's played with in the end when Mr. Krabs' mother says something that's "censored" by a noisy jalopy, and everyone thinks she's cursing at first-- implying that either the censor-sounds ''are'' the curse words or everyone [[BreakingTheFourthWall hears the censor-sounds in-universe]].

* CensoredForComedy: The bad word that [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick say is covered with a dolphin chirp. The other bad words that Mr. Krabs spews are censored by other nautical sounds. It's played with in the end when Mr. Krabs' mother says something that's "censored" by a noisy jalopy, and everyone thinks she's cursing at first--implying that the censor-sounds ''are'' the curse words.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The fact that this is an episode that handles swearing is enough to be this. But the fact that the characters are animated to say the actual swear words (see FreezeFrameBonus above) pushes this even further.

'''Original air date''': 9/21/2001

* AnAesop: There's no place for bad words.

** Telling on someone is wrong.

--->'''Mr. Krabs''': Hold on there, [=SpongeBob=]! [''pulls [=SpongeBob=] back''] Take that pile of filth out with you. [''Squidward holds up a trash bag'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': [''gasps''] Mr. Krabs, you shouldn't talk about Squidward like that!\\
'''Squidward''': He means ''this'' filth, you loon!

--->'''Mr. Krabs''': Hold on there, [=SpongeBob=]! [''pulls [=SpongeBob=] back''] Take that pile of filth out with you. [''Squidward holds up a trash bag'']\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': [''gasps''] Mr. Krabs, isn't that Squidward's duty?\\
'''Squidward''': This garbage is yours, idiot!

--->'''Garbage Man''': [''Clearly disgusted at [=SpongeBob=]'s censored swear word''] Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Well, sometimes, but not...recently.

--->'''Garbage Man''': [''Clearly disgusted at [=SpongeBob=]'s censored swear word''] You're such a trash-talker!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Well, sometimes yes, sometimes no. I'm just a bit clueless.

* ClusterBleepBomb: Mr. Krabs performs one when accidentally stepping on a pebble.

* EveryoneHasStandards: A sailor gasps and is shocked while his friend, a pirate, is shown disgusted at [=SpongeBob=]'s swear word.

* SuddenAnatomy: [=SpongeBob=] gains thirteen fingers when counting the bad words Mr. Krabs' profanity-laced rant.
** Squidward also sprouts an ear when he hears [=SpongeBob=] using "bad word #11" over the intercom.

'''Janitor''': Sorry, I must've missed that one. (''grabs the painting and throws it into the trash can he is wheeling'')

'''Squidward''': (''under his breath'') Uncultured trash urchin.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* AccidentalArt: Squidward has a breakdown and thrashes his studio. When Monty returns and asks who is responsible, Squidward points to the janitor and says "As of now, it's ''his'' responsibility!" and leaves. What Squidward doesn't realize is that [[GaveUpTooSoon during his destruction spree he had accidentally created another David statue more glorious than the previous one]], which Monty congratulates the janitor on, calling him "The greatest artist who ever lived!"

* DisproportionateRetribution: [[SeriousBusiness A lot of punishment happens all because Spongebob, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs swear.]]
** After losing at Eels and Escalators, Spongebob blurts out a bad word and Patrick decides to run all the way to the Krusty Krab to tattle on him.
** After Spongebob and Patrick tattle on each other for swearing back at Spongebob's house, Mr. Krabs makes them paint the Krusty Krab.
** After Mr. Krabs blurts all thirteen swear words upon injuring his own foot, Spongebob and Patrick decide to run to Mr. Krabs' mother's house to tattle on Mr. Krabs.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: One of the customers complains about Spongebob's cussing by saying that someone with his talent shouldn't have to "work blue," a remark usually expressed towards standup comedians who take RefugeInAudacity.

** Watch Spongebob closely after he loses: he is animated to say "Ah, f*** it!!".

* SirSwearsALot: Mr. Krabs turns out to be one. Spongebob and Patrick become this unintentionally.

* GreenEyedMonster: Squidward gets instantly jealous of [=SpongeBob’s=] artistic talent and tries to take credit for it.

* PetTheDog: When Spongebob sulks after Squidward insults his art, Squidward's expression as he watches him leave implies that he at least has the decency to feel a tiny bit sorry for him and guilty for hurting his feelings. [[SubvertedTrope This doesn't stop him from plagiarizing said artwork for his own personal gain, though.]]

* UnstoppableRage: Squidward launches into this and begins smashing every block of marble and destroying the whole classroom toward the end when Spongebob ends up taking Squidward's rules of art to heart and reduces a block of marble into a pile of rubble instead of the statue he created earlier.

[[More like...belongs in the trash!]]

'''United States airdate: September 21, 2001'''

'''Canada airdate: December 14, 2001'''

** Also this conservation: