History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E18MissingIdentityPlanktonsArmy

-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Attention all employees! Just giving you a heads-up. I'll be conducting a surprise uniform inspection in one hour. Whoever doesn't pass... gets the boot! ''[pulls out big black boot with toxic fumes]'' This boot, to be exact. It's very stinky, and you'll have to wear it all day.

-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Attention all employees! Just giving you a heads-up. I'll be conducting a surprise uniform inspection in one hour. Whoever doesn't pass... gets the boot! [pulls out boot] This boot to be exact. It's very stinky, and you'll have to wear it all day.

* IAteWhat: Spongebob, wondering what Gary's SnailPo tastes like, takes a small taste of it, only to find its taste so disgusting that even the SnailPo headquarters hears his reaction.

* IAteWhat

* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Even though Plankton's relatives turn out to be clueless rednecks instead of the super smart criminal masterminds he had expected them to be, they are successful in overpowering Mr. Krabs and helping Plankton get the formula.

* AsideGlance: Twice in the episode, [=SpongeBob=] reacts to a joke by staring blankly at the camera with his hand on his cheek - a ShoutOut to Creator/JackBenny.

* GoLookAtTheDistraction: At the beginning of the episode, [=SpongeBob=] is given a mop and told to clean the back room, getting him out of the way so that Mr. Krabs can deal with the robot customer.

Plankton hires his relatives to help him get the Krabby Patty formula once and for all, and almost succeeds.

[=SpongeBob=] goes into an existencial crisis when he loses his nametag.

* {{Corpsing}}: Spongebob's numerous attempts to retrace his steps always end with Patrick flubbing the line in the same vein as a [[HilariousOuttakes blooper reel]]. By the end of it, he can't stop snickering.
* CruelTwistEnding: [=SpongeBob=] manages to find his nametag in time for inspection, but because he crawled in the dumpster, he smells so bad that he possibly fails.

* FramingDevice[=/=]{{Flashback}}: The events are told via flashback by [=SpongeBob=] at the diner one rainy night.

Plankton hires his relatives to help him get the Krabby Patty formula.

-->'''Plankton:''' Felicitations, malefactors! I am endeavouring to misappropiate the formulary for affordable comestibles! Who will join me?

* ShooOutTheClowns: [=SpongeBob=] is absent from the scene where Plankton has Mr. Krabs and Squidward trapped in the toilet. He reappears, [[BrickJoke mop in hand,]] after Plankton and his bretheren find out about the Krabby Patty formula. This is an odd case, as the proceedings that go on without him are just as clownish.

* ThatsNoMoon: Plankton's family surrounds the Krusty Krab and Mr. Krabs asks "You planted grass?" Then the grass started laughing and reshaping itself into limbs and ears...

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: [=SpongeBob=] would've just noticed he put his shirt on backwards, since his nametag was there the whole time.

'''Mr. Krabs:''' Eye.\\

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Subverted with "Pourqoui?!"

* HamAndCheese: Big time.

* CountryCousin: Plankton call his relatives to help him get the Krabby Patty formula in "Plankton's Army". He expects them to be {{Evil Genius}}es like him, so he's shocked to find that they're all hillbillies.

* ShooOutTheClowns: [=SpongeBob=] is absent from the scene where Plankton has Mr. Krabs and Squidward trapped in the toilet. He reappears after Plankton and his bretheren find out about the Krabby Patty formula. This is an odd case, as the proceedings that go on without him are just as clownish.

** [[spoiler:Fortunately for everyone, the recipe was a decoy.]]

* {{Corpsing}}: Spongebob's numerous attempts to retrace his steps always end with Patrick flubbing the line in the same vein as a [[HilariousOuttakes blooper reel. By the end of it, he can't stop snickering]].

* SeriousBusiness: To [=SpongeBob=], losing his nametag was a literal IdentityCrisis.

* ShooOutTheClowns: [=SpongeBob=] is absent from the scene where Plankton has Mr. Krabs and Squidward trapped in the toilet. He reappears after Plankton and his bretheren find out about the Krabby Patty formula. This is an odd case, as the preceedings that go on without him are just as clownish.

!!Missing Identity

!!Plankton's Army

* MySignificantSenseIsTingling: After [=SpongeBob=] tastes Gary's food and goes "Bleagh!", miles away at Snailpo headquarters, an employee says "I sense a... disturbance."

* CountryCousin: Plankton call his relatives to help him get the Krabby Patty formula in "Plankton's Army". He expects them to be Evil Geniuses like him, so he's shocked to find that they're all hillbillies.

** [[spoiler:Fortunately for everyone, the recipe was a decoy.]]