History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E18SailorMouthArtistUnknown

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Squidward chastising [=SpongeBob=]'s off-the-book art work because he doesn't want to admit that it's better than his own comes back to bite him. When a famous art collector sees one of [=SpongeBob=]'s creations (the statue of ''Art/{{David}}''), he promises the artist fame and fortune, so Squidward immediately takes credit. But when the head accidentally breaks off the statue, he needs [=SpongeBob=] to make another one for him. Unfortunately, Squidward's chastising of [=SpongeBob=]'s creative artwork has conditioned him to only do artwork by the book, resulting in his new sculpture being a literal pile of dirt with a prosthetic nose attached.

* NeverMyFault: When Monty comes back and asks who is responsible for what Squidward has done, the latter, who thinks he destroyed the studio and is unaware of the piece of art he created, blames the janitor.

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

* {{Deconstruction}}: The entire episode deconstructs both [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward's characters for much of its humor. It sets up a scenario where [=SpongeBob=] succeeds at something that Squidward takes pride in, in this case his art. Squidward cannot handle [=SpongeBob=] succeeding at everything he tries to teach him, and tries to enforce his own standards onto him. On the other hand, [=SpongeBob=] takes everything that Squidward tells him to heart after Squidward tries to take him back after scolding him.

* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Upon hearing [=SpongeBob=] swear over the intercom at the Krusty Krab, a mother octopus covers the ears of four of her children to stop them from laughing. Unfortunately, she only has so many tentacles, so when the last kid won't stop laughing, she dumps a soda over his head.
* DisproportionateRetribution: [[SeriousBusiness A lot of punishment happens all because [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Mr. Krabs swear.]]

* FurryConfusion: A female octopus and her children look more like real-life octopus than Squidward and his kin.

* TearsOfAwe: Squidward, upon looking at [=SpongeBob's=] impressive sculpture that was done in a single carve, got teary-eyed and remarked that it was beautiful.

--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' It looks like the excitement of my artistic triumph is too much for Squidward. Oh, well, back to the dump!

* BaitAndSwitch: When Squidward demonstrates his first art piece to the critic, the latter, seemingly attempting to let him down gently, claims it wouldn't fit with the rest of his collection... adding because it's an ''art'' collection and [[AssholeVictim begins laughing obnoxiously at the rest of Squidward's work]].

** Before that, SpongeBob is visibly disturbed by Squidward's rampage and decides to flee right back to the dump.
--->'''SpongeBob:''' It looks like the excitement of my artistic triumph is too much for Squidward. Oh, well, back to the dump!

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Squidward at the end when he decides to quit his art-teaching career.

* BittersweetEnding: Squidward inadvertently succeeds in creating another David statue ([[GaveUpTooSoon though he doesn't realize it]]), but [=SpongeBob=] lost his artistic creativity ([[NegativeContinuity at least for the episode]]) in the process.
* BreakTheCutie: Squidward's criticisms on [=SpongeBob=]'s art out of jealousy is enough to reduce him to tears and walks right out on him.

* ADayInTheLimelight: For Squidward.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Squidward chastising [=SpongeBob=]'s off-the-book art work because he doesn't want to admit that it's better than his own comes back to bite him. When a famous art collector sees one of [=SpongeBob=]'s creations (the statue of ''Art/{{David}}''), he promises the artist fame and fortune, so Squidward immediately takes credit. But when the head accidentally breaks off the statue, he needs [=SpongeBob=] to make another one for him. Unfortunately, Squidward's chastising of [=SpongeBob=]'s creative artwork has conditioned him to only do artwork by the book, and will not make a new sculpture for Squidward.

* IronicEcho: "There, ''now'' it's art."

* TearsOfAwe: Squidward, upon looking at Spongebob's impressive sculpture that was done in a single carve, got teary-eyed and remarked that it was beautiful.

* AssholeVictim: Monty P. Moneybags ''brutally'' mocks Squidward's art pieces, but considering how much of a jerk Squidward was to [=SpongeBob=] during class it was very much deserved.

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

* BaitAndSwitch: When Squidward demonstrates his first art piece to the critic, the latter, seemingly attempting to let him down gently, claims it wouldn't fit with the rest of his collection...adding because it's an ''art'' collection and [[KickTheSonOfABitch begins laughing obnoxiously at the rest of Squidward's work]].

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Monty P. Moneybags ''brutally'' mocks Squidward's art pieces, but considering how much of a jerk Squidward was to [=SpongeBob=] during class it was very much deserved.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Squidward chastising [=SpongeBob=]'s off-the-book art work because he doesn't want to admit that it's better than his own comes back to bite him. When a famous art collector sees one of [=SpongeBob=]'s creations (The statue of ''Art/{{David}}''), he promises the artist fame and fortune, so Squidward immediately takes credit. But when the head accidentally breaks off the statue, he needs [=SpongeBob=] to make another one for him. Unfortunately, Squidward's chastising of [=SpongeBob=]'s creative artwork has conditioned him to only do artwork by the book, and will not make a new sculpture for Squidward.

[[caption-width-right:350:"I call it ''Bold and Brash''."[[labelnote:*]]"More like ''[[TakeThat Belongs in the Trash]]''!"[[/labelnote]]]]

-->'''Squidward:''' I call this one "Squidward in Repose".\\
'''Monty:''' (''frowns and then gestures back uncomfortably'') I, uh...don't think that will fit in with the other pieces in my collection.\\

'''Monty:''' Because it's an ''art'' collection! Bahahaha!\\
'''Squidward:''' How about this one? I call it "Bold and Brash"!\\
'''Monty:''' More like "Belongs in the Trash"! Bahahahahaha!\\
'''Janitor:''' Sorry, I must've missed that one. (''grabs the painting and throws it into the trash can he is wheeling'')

* PlagiarismInFiction: See "HoistByHisOwnPetard" above.

'''Janitor:''' ''(passing by with a broom)'' Dude, you're teaching art at the rec center. Calm down.\\
'''Squidward:''' (''under his breath'') Uncultured trash urchin.

* WingdingEyes: Squidward has stars in his eyes when Monty P. Moneybags says, "I am gonna make you...IMMORTAL!"

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The fact that the characters are animated to say the actual swear words (see FreezeFrameBonus above).

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* {{Deconstruction}}: The entire episode sets up a scenario where [=SpongeBob=] succeeds at something that Squidward takes pride in, in this case his art. Squidward cannot handle [=SpongeBob=] succeeding at everything he tries to teach him, and tries to enforce his own standards onto him. On the other hand, [=SpongeBob=] takes everything that Squidward tells him to heart after Squidward tries to take him back after scolding him.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[SarcasmMode Why no]], Squidward robbing [=SpongeBob=] of his natural creativity by insisting that he follow rules to make "real art" is ''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial definitely]]'' [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial not a]] TakeThat [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial towards art schools]].

* AnAesop:
** There's no place for bad words.
** Don't call out people for using bad words when [[{{Hypocrite}} you use them yourself]].

* AnAesop:
** You don't need to rely solely on the traditional rules of art for creating great works. Your creativity can take you a long way sometimes.
** Instead of angrily lashing out at someone whose craft you believe to be better than yours, you could at least learn from their techniques.
** Don’t take credit for other people’s work.
** Don’t blame others for your work. You may have accidentally blamed someone else for making a masterpiece.

* CheatersNeverProsper: More specifically, ''plagiarists'' never prosper. See HoistByHisOwnPetard below.

* SoundEffectBleep: Rather than a standard bleep, most of the swears are censored using dolphin chirps and other nautical noises.

* 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]].

* SeriousBusiness: Swearing seems to lead to a punishment involving painting either a house or a restaurant.