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* YourHeadASplode: After it's revealed that [=SpongeBob=] had a spare key all along, the top of the Strangler's head pops open as a mushroom cloud erupts from his cranium.
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* EyePop: When Nat hears an invisible Patrick talking, he freaks out and vamooses the scene as his eyeballs fall out. They then panic and drive off in a boatmobile.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: While fighting over the invisible spray, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick exchanged these.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: While fighting over the invisible spray, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick exchanged [[HurricaneOfPuns exchanged]] these.
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** One of Mr. Krabs’ anti-ghost protections (Actually just a paddleball) is called [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom the Spector Deflector.]]
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** One of Mr. Krabs’ anti-ghost protections (Actually just a paddleball) is called [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom the Spector Specter Deflector.]]
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A dangerous criminal known as the "Tattletale Strangler" has escaped police custody after [=SpongeBob=] rats him out for littering. To help heighten security for himself, [=SpongeBob=] hires a bodyguard. However, unknown to him, its the Strangler in disguise!
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A dangerous criminal known as the "Tattletale Strangler" has escaped police custody after [=SpongeBob=] rats him out for littering. To help heighten security for himself, [=SpongeBob=] hires a bodyguard. However, unknown to him, its it's the Strangler in disguise!
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* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the cartoon, [[TooDumbToLive Patrick becomes convinced that he's the Stranger]] and decides to turn himself in. At the end of the cartoon, the Strangler finds out Patrick's his cellmate.
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* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the cartoon, [[TooDumbToLive Patrick becomes convinced that he's the Stranger]] Strangler]] and decides to turn himself in. At the end of the cartoon, the Strangler finds out Patrick's his cellmate.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Not only does Squidward show up to ''both'' of [=SpongeBob=]'s parties, but is shown clearly having the time of his life. Same goes to Plankton.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: Not only does Squidward show up to ''both'' of [=SpongeBob=]'s parties, but is shown clearly having the time of his life. Same goes to for Plankton.
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-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' "The Krusty Krabs presents: 'Live Nude Pranksters!' Starring the Bikini Bottom Ghosts!"
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-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' "The Krusty Krabs Krab presents: 'Live Nude Pranksters!' Starring the Bikini Bottom Ghosts!"
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'''Strangler:''' Alright, enough with the sappy talk! Open the door so I can strangle you... I mean, uh, choke you... I mean, uh, crush your windpipe... gah, I mean...\\
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'''Strangler:''' Alright, enough with the sappy talk! Open the door so I can strangle you... I mean, uh, choke you... I mean, uh, crush your windpipe... gah, GAH! I mean...\\
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Implied. For much of the episode, [=SpongeBob=] seems to be convinced that his [[PaperThinDisguise mustachioed "bodyguard"]] isn't the Strangler, but unintentionally puts him through a lot of comic suffering. But at one point, [=SpongeBob=] calls him "strangler", but then corrects himself with a VerbalBackspace, implying that [=SpongeBob=] knew all along that that was the Strangler.
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* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: Mrs. Puff was about to eat double dark deep sea light diet cake.
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* InvisibleStreaker: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick take off their clothes before using the spray to avoid staining them. (Naturally, they end up staining them anyway.) When it wears off they are caught out in the open for everyone to see.
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* InvisibleStreaker: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick take off their clothes before using the spray to avoid staining them. (Naturally, they end up staining them anyway.) When it wears off it's washed off, they are caught out in the open for everyone to see.
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* [[NakedPeopleAreFunny Invisible Naked People Are Funny]]: "Live Nude Pranksters! Starring the Bikini Bottom Ghosts!"
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-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' "The Krusty Krabs presents: 'Live Nude Pranksters!' Starring the Bikini Bottom Ghosts!"
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* InvisibleJerkass: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick spend most of the episode tormenting everyone in Bikini Bottom while Invisible.
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* InvisibleJerkass: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick spend most of the episode tormenting everyone in Bikini Bottom while Invisible.invisible.
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* SerialKiller: The Strangler is basically one, but to keep the show's G-rating he's never shown killing anyone.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The Strangler is an infamous criminal that terrifies everyone. After almost 11 minutes of [=SpongeBob=]'s various antics, he's reduced to a screaming wreck of a fish begging to go to prison.
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* VillainousBreakdown: The Strangler is an infamous criminal that terrifies everyone. After almost 11 minutes (or in-universe, a couple of hours for errands, twenty minutes of waiting for a key that had a spare, ''6 hours'' of spiky cleats in his eyes, another couple of hours worth of parties) of [=SpongeBob=]'s various antics, he's reduced to a screaming wreck of a fish begging to go to prison.
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** How did the citizens of Bikini Bottom get inside the Krusty Krab to laugh at [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick if the entrance doors were glued shut and all of the glass was replaced with rubber?
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Patrick's [[YourHeadASplode head explodes]] from chewing explosive gum and a bone is exposed. How does Patrick have a bone? Starfish are invertebrates.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Patrick's [[YourHeadASplode head explodes]] from chewing explosive gum and a bone is exposed. How does Patrick have a bone? Starfish are invertebrates. But [[RuleOfFunny this is a cartoon]], so it's ok.
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* AssholeVictim: If the Strangler weren't established to be a violent criminal beforehand, all of the mental and physical torment Spongebob puts him through would be a lot crueler.
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* KeyUnderTheDoormat: After failing to get into [=SpongeBob=]'s house, [=SpongeBob=] tells the Strangler he keeps a key under his mat for emergencies...[[CranialEruption which enrages the Strangler]] as he just got cleats stuck in his eyes for nothing.
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* KeyUnderTheDoormat: After failing to get into [=SpongeBob=]'s house, [=SpongeBob=] tells the Strangler he keeps a key under his mat for emergencies...[[CranialEruption which enrages the Strangler]] as he just got cleats stuck in his eyes for nothing.nothing for the last ''six hours''.
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* BigNo: Unsurprisingly, Mr. Krabs lets out one of these when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick nearly [[BerserkButton burn a dollar]], before unwittingly exposing the two pranksters with a bucket of water.
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* BigNo: Unsurprisingly, Mr. Krabs lets out one of these when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick nearly [[BerserkButton [[{{Greed}} burn a dollar]], before unwittingly exposing the two pranksters with a bucket of water.
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** One of Mr. Krabs’ anti-ghost protections is called [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom the Spector Deflector.]]
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** One of Mr. Krabs’ anti-ghost protections (Actually just a paddleball) is called [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom the Spector Deflector.]]
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* UsedToBeMoreSocial: The store clerk. He used to be friendlier and happier when he was young before becoming his present cynical self.
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* UsedToBeMoreSocial: The store clerk. He used to be friendlier and happier when he was young before becoming his present cynical self.
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* EverybodyDoTheEndlessLoop: At both of [=SpongeBob=]'s parties. And yet, someone forgot to animate Sandy, Larry, and some of the background fish.
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* LampshadeWearing: Squidward, of all people, at [=SpongeBob=]'s parties.
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* HereWeGoAgain: After the Strangler ends up in a cell away from [=SpongeBob=], he's initially relieved to be away from the 'idiot'...but then discovers that he's sharing a cell with Patrick.
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* PreferJailToTheProtagonist: By the end of the episode, the Strangler has been driven so crazy by [=SpongeBob=]'s antics that he's actually ''relieved'' to be in jail and away from him.
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* PreferJailToTheProtagonist: By the end of the episode, the Strangler has been driven so crazy by [=SpongeBob=]'s antics that he's actually ''relieved'' to be in jail and away from him. Unfortunately, he finds that Patrick is his cellmate.
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* HandOrObjectUnderwear: At the end, when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are seen nude by everyone, they desperately try to cover their shame.
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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: After they accidentally spray their clothes invisible, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick and seen by a tour bus, to [=SpongeBob=]'s embarrassment. After the invisible paint comes off, the pair are caught by the entire population of Bikini Bottom.
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* StillGotIt: Mr. Krabs tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick he pulled a few pranks when he was young. By the looks of the one he pulls on them at the end of the cartoon, he's not a bit rusty.
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* StillGotIt: Mr. Krabs tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick he pulled a few pranks [[WhenIWasYourAge when he was young.young]]. By the looks of the one he pulls on them at the end of the cartoon, he's not a bit rusty.
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* ElectricJoybuzzer: Frank uses one on Patrick when he shakes his hand:
-->'''Frank:''' There's your first lesson, Son, the Granddaddy of all Pranks: the Joybuzzer!
-->'''Frank:''' There's your first lesson, Son, the Granddaddy of all Pranks: the Joybuzzer!
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* ShoutOut:
** [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 “I ain’t afraid of no ghosts!”]]
** One of Mr. Krabs’ anti-ghost protections is called [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom the Spector Deflector.]]
** [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 “I ain’t afraid of no ghosts!”]]
** One of Mr. Krabs’ anti-ghost protections is called [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom the Spector Deflector.]]
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* PoliceAreUseless: After the Strangler escapes and [=SpongeBob=] asks if the police will provide protection for him, the tell him it's not their job (even though it actually is) and leave him to his fate. They even go so far as to ''tease'' him over it:
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* PoliceAreUseless: After Are they ''ever''! Not only does the Strangler escapes and escape their custody only about a ''minute'' after apprehending him, but when [=SpongeBob=] asks if the police will provide protection for him, the tell him it's not their job (even though it actually is) and leave him to his fate. They even go so far as to ''tease'' him over it:
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'''United States airdate: October 11, 2004'''
'''Canada airdate: November 12, 2004'''
A dangerous criminal known as the "Tattletale Strangler" has escaped police custody after [=SpongeBob=] rats him out for littering. To help heighten security for himself, [=SpongeBob=] hires a bodyguard. However, unknown to him, its the Strangler in disguise!
!! [=SpongeBob=] Meets The Strangler contains examples of:
* AnAesop: As shown when the opposite of these happen.
** If you see suspicious activity, call the police instead of confronting it yourself. Handling the situation yourself may make things worse, including putting you at risk.
** If you think someone is after you, surround yourself with friends and family, because strength is in numbers. Your assailant (if they're smart) will only attack you when you're alone.
* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the cartoon, [[TooDumbToLive Patrick becomes convinced that he's the Stranger]] and decides to turn himself in. At the end of the cartoon, the Strangler finds out Patrick's his cellmate.
* TheCatCameBack: The Strangler finally gets fed up with [=SpongeBob=] and tries to flee from him, only to keep running into [=SpongeBob=] wherever he goes.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The Strangler reveals his identity while screaming and ripping off his fake mustache. [=SpongeBob=] asks him how he got rid of his mustache without shaving cream.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: As [=SpongeBob=] and the Strangler (disguised as the bodyguard) make it to [=SpongeBob=]'s House:
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Bodyguard, let me just be the first to say you're the best bodyguard a fella could hope to have.\\
'''Strangler:''' Alright, enough with the sappy talk! Open the door so I can strangle you... I mean, uh, choke you... I mean, uh, crush your windpipe... gah, I mean...\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Protect me?\\
'''Strangler:''' Thanks.\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Don't mention it, Strangler. ''[gasp]'' I mean, Bodyguard.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The Tattletale Strangler strangles his victims after they rat him out.
* TheDreaded: The Tattletale Strangler. When [=SpongeBob=] approaches several characters, such as Mr. Krabs and Larry, for protection, they refuse to help and flee in fear.
* EvilLaugh: The Strangler. And [=SpongeBob=] joins him in the laughter.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin:
--> '''Patrick''': "We just do what the invitations say. Let's boogie some more!"
* EyeScream: [=SpongeBob=] gets his cleats stuck in the Strangler's ''eye sockets''. It lasts for ''six hours''.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Not only does the Strangler get arrested for littering, but he also gets chained with dozens of handcuffs. This is actually justified as Strangler is also a serial killer and has been wanted for a while, and later on, even with dozens of handcuffs, he still escapes.
* FromBadToWorse: Even though the Strangler finally gets away from [=SpongeBob=] in jail, he finds himself stuck with Patrick for a cellmate.
* HumanLadder: When the Strangler can't reach [=SpongeBob=]'s window to get into his house, he asks him to climb on his shoulders. Unfortunately, it's at that moment that [=SpongeBob=] decides to wear spiky cleats.
* ImpactSilhouette: Patrick leaves [=SpongeBob=]'s house [[ThereWasADoor by going through the wall]], leaving a star-shaped hole. When the Strangler reaches his breaking point, he does the same and leaves a hole beside Patrick's.
* KeyUnderTheDoormat: After failing to get into [=SpongeBob=]'s house, [=SpongeBob=] tells the Strangler he keeps a key under his mat for emergencies...[[CranialEruption which enrages the Strangler]] as he just got cleats stuck in his eyes for nothing.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [=SpongeBob=] is only in this mess because he reported the Strangler for littering. Then again, he spends most of the episode blissfully unaware of who his sudden bodyguard is and accidentally makes him suffer instead.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Not only does Squidward show up to ''both'' of [=SpongeBob=]'s parties, but is shown clearly having the time of his life. Same goes to Plankton.
* PaperThinDisguise: The Strangler's disguise consists of a fake handlebar mustache and nothing else. [=SpongeBob=] even notices the price tag and the Strangler's receipt, but is none the wiser.
* PoliceAreUseless: After the Strangler escapes and [=SpongeBob=] asks if the police will provide protection for him, the tell him it's not their job (even though it actually is) and leave him to his fate. They even go so far as to ''tease'' him over it:
-->'''Male officer''': Give us a call if you see him again, ''tattletale''!
* PreferJailToTheProtagonist: By the end of the episode, the Strangler has been driven so crazy by [=SpongeBob=]'s antics that he's actually ''relieved'' to be in jail and away from him.
* RageBreakingPoint: When the Strangler finally explodes and reveals his identity.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Squidward is there when the Strangler is being arrested and informs [=SpongeBob=] who it is. When [=SpongeBob=] comments on how angry the Strangler looks, Squidward immediately makes himself scarce.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The Stranger's plan is to kill [=SpongeBob=]. It's a simple plan that is repeatedly ruined by various acts of idiocy from [=SpongeBob=] and his friends.
* TemptingFate: The Strangler when he ends up in jail.
-->'''Strangler''': At least I'm safe from that yellow idiot.\\
'''Patrick''': ''(in the same cell as the Strangler)'' Hey, mac. ''([[OhCrap the Strangler turns to face him]])'' What are you in for?
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Trying to get in through the window, the Strangler tells [=SpongeBob=] to climb up his back. [=SpongeBob=] says that'll be easy since he's wearing spiky cleats. The Strangler nervously asks "Cleats?" mere seconds before EyeScream.
* VillainousBreakdown: The Strangler is an infamous criminal that terrifies everyone. After almost 11 minutes of [=SpongeBob=]'s various antics, he's reduced to a screaming wreck of a fish begging to go to prison.
* WhatAreYouInFor: Patrick asks the Strangler this question at the end of the cartoon.
'''United States airdate: October 11, 2004'''
'''Canada airdate: November 12, 2004'''
[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick buy some invisible spray and use it to prank their friends.
!! Pranks A Lot contains examples of:
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Patrick's [[YourHeadASplode head explodes]] from chewing explosive gum and a bone is exposed. How does Patrick have a bone? Starfish are invertebrates.
* BedsheetGhost: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick disguise themselves this way to scare Sandy. Sandy knows it's them, but when she pulls the sheets away and sees no one there, she screams and launches herself back to Texas.
* BehindTheBlack:
** Within 10 seconds of entering the Krusty Krab, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick had already glued the doors shut, [[BeyondTheImpossible replaced all the glass with rubber]], and clogged all the toilets to keep Mr. Krabs from escaping.
** Five seconds after [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick leave Mr. Krabs behind a closed door, he reappears behind them in a crow's nest...along with everyone the duo had pranked.
* BigNo: Unsurprisingly, Mr. Krabs lets out one of these when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick nearly [[BerserkButton burn a dollar]], before unwittingly exposing the two pranksters with a bucket of water.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: '''''We should have bought the whoopee cushion!'''''
* IncrediblyLamePun: While fighting over the invisible spray, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick exchanged these.
--> '''Patrick''': "Patrick sprays [=SpongeBob=]'s hand and it disappears] I gotta ''hand'' it to you, [=SpongeBob=]. You look kinda funny"
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': "[sprays Patrick making a hole in the middle of his body] Kind of gives you an ''empty'' feeling, huh?"
--> '''Patrick''': "Yeah. [sprays one of [=SpongeBob=]'s eyes] I ''see'' what you mean!"
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': "[[=SpongeBob=] takes the spray can and sprays Patrick's lower half] No ''guts'', no glory!"
--> '''Narrator''': "'''''Several bad puns later...'''''"
* InvisibleJerkass: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick spend most of the episode tormenting everyone in Bikini Bottom while Invisible.
* InvisibleMainCharacter: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick spend most of the episode being invisible.
* [[NakedPeopleAreFunny Invisible Naked People Are Funny]]: "Live Nude Pranksters! Starring the Bikini Bottom Ghosts!"
* InvisibleStreaker: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick take off their clothes before using the spray to avoid staining them. (Naturally, they end up staining them anyway.) When it wears off they are caught out in the open for everyone to see.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After the spray wears off, Mr. Krabs tricks [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick into stepping out naked on stage so that all their victims can laugh at the "Live Nude Pranksters".
* PlotHole:
** The whole show takes place underwater! How did the invisible paint stick in the first place?
** And how did the paint not come off when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick were going surfing?
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: During a montage of people shouting "Ghost!", one character goes "Toast!" instead.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After becoming convinced she's being haunted by ghosts, Sandy uses an EscapePod to flee back to Texas. She somehow ends up back for the ending.
* StillGotIt: Mr. Krabs tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick he pulled a few pranks when he was young. By the looks of the one he pulls on them at the end of the cartoon, he's not a bit rusty.
* SuperWindowJump: To get away from the 'ghosts', Mr. Krabs attempted to smash through the window, but [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick somehow had replaced it with rubber.
* TemptingFate: Mr. Krabs brags that he has no fear of ghosts, even showing off various devices used to protect himself from them. Naturally, he's the next one targeted by the "ghosts". Then again, that may have been his plan all along.
* ToiletTeleportation: While running from the 'ghosts', Mr. Krabs attempted to jump down the toilet as a last resort, only to find that they had clogged it.
* YourHeadASplode: This happens to Patrick after chewing a piece of [[DeadlyPrank exploding chewing gum]]. [[ArtisticLicenseBiology A large, femur-like bone is exposed afterwards. And he's still able to say that he doesn't get it, despite his lack of a mouth.]]
'''Canada airdate: November 12, 2004'''
A dangerous criminal known as the "Tattletale Strangler" has escaped police custody after [=SpongeBob=] rats him out for littering. To help heighten security for himself, [=SpongeBob=] hires a bodyguard. However, unknown to him, its the Strangler in disguise!
!! [=SpongeBob=] Meets The Strangler contains examples of:
* AnAesop: As shown when the opposite of these happen.
** If you see suspicious activity, call the police instead of confronting it yourself. Handling the situation yourself may make things worse, including putting you at risk.
** If you think someone is after you, surround yourself with friends and family, because strength is in numbers. Your assailant (if they're smart) will only attack you when you're alone.
* BrickJoke: Towards the end of the cartoon, [[TooDumbToLive Patrick becomes convinced that he's the Stranger]] and decides to turn himself in. At the end of the cartoon, the Strangler finds out Patrick's his cellmate.
* TheCatCameBack: The Strangler finally gets fed up with [=SpongeBob=] and tries to flee from him, only to keep running into [=SpongeBob=] wherever he goes.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: The Strangler reveals his identity while screaming and ripping off his fake mustache. [=SpongeBob=] asks him how he got rid of his mustache without shaving cream.
* DiggingYourselfDeeper: As [=SpongeBob=] and the Strangler (disguised as the bodyguard) make it to [=SpongeBob=]'s House:
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Bodyguard, let me just be the first to say you're the best bodyguard a fella could hope to have.\\
'''Strangler:''' Alright, enough with the sappy talk! Open the door so I can strangle you... I mean, uh, choke you... I mean, uh, crush your windpipe... gah, I mean...\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Protect me?\\
'''Strangler:''' Thanks.\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Don't mention it, Strangler. ''[gasp]'' I mean, Bodyguard.
* DisproportionateRetribution: The Tattletale Strangler strangles his victims after they rat him out.
* TheDreaded: The Tattletale Strangler. When [=SpongeBob=] approaches several characters, such as Mr. Krabs and Larry, for protection, they refuse to help and flee in fear.
* EvilLaugh: The Strangler. And [=SpongeBob=] joins him in the laughter.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin:
--> '''Patrick''': "We just do what the invitations say. Let's boogie some more!"
* EyeScream: [=SpongeBob=] gets his cleats stuck in the Strangler's ''eye sockets''. It lasts for ''six hours''.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Not only does the Strangler get arrested for littering, but he also gets chained with dozens of handcuffs. This is actually justified as Strangler is also a serial killer and has been wanted for a while, and later on, even with dozens of handcuffs, he still escapes.
* FromBadToWorse: Even though the Strangler finally gets away from [=SpongeBob=] in jail, he finds himself stuck with Patrick for a cellmate.
* HumanLadder: When the Strangler can't reach [=SpongeBob=]'s window to get into his house, he asks him to climb on his shoulders. Unfortunately, it's at that moment that [=SpongeBob=] decides to wear spiky cleats.
* ImpactSilhouette: Patrick leaves [=SpongeBob=]'s house [[ThereWasADoor by going through the wall]], leaving a star-shaped hole. When the Strangler reaches his breaking point, he does the same and leaves a hole beside Patrick's.
* KeyUnderTheDoormat: After failing to get into [=SpongeBob=]'s house, [=SpongeBob=] tells the Strangler he keeps a key under his mat for emergencies...[[CranialEruption which enrages the Strangler]] as he just got cleats stuck in his eyes for nothing.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [=SpongeBob=] is only in this mess because he reported the Strangler for littering. Then again, he spends most of the episode blissfully unaware of who his sudden bodyguard is and accidentally makes him suffer instead.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: Not only does Squidward show up to ''both'' of [=SpongeBob=]'s parties, but is shown clearly having the time of his life. Same goes to Plankton.
* PaperThinDisguise: The Strangler's disguise consists of a fake handlebar mustache and nothing else. [=SpongeBob=] even notices the price tag and the Strangler's receipt, but is none the wiser.
* PoliceAreUseless: After the Strangler escapes and [=SpongeBob=] asks if the police will provide protection for him, the tell him it's not their job (even though it actually is) and leave him to his fate. They even go so far as to ''tease'' him over it:
-->'''Male officer''': Give us a call if you see him again, ''tattletale''!
* PreferJailToTheProtagonist: By the end of the episode, the Strangler has been driven so crazy by [=SpongeBob=]'s antics that he's actually ''relieved'' to be in jail and away from him.
* RageBreakingPoint: When the Strangler finally explodes and reveals his identity.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Squidward is there when the Strangler is being arrested and informs [=SpongeBob=] who it is. When [=SpongeBob=] comments on how angry the Strangler looks, Squidward immediately makes himself scarce.
* SpannerInTheWorks: The Stranger's plan is to kill [=SpongeBob=]. It's a simple plan that is repeatedly ruined by various acts of idiocy from [=SpongeBob=] and his friends.
* TemptingFate: The Strangler when he ends up in jail.
-->'''Strangler''': At least I'm safe from that yellow idiot.\\
'''Patrick''': ''(in the same cell as the Strangler)'' Hey, mac. ''([[OhCrap the Strangler turns to face him]])'' What are you in for?
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Trying to get in through the window, the Strangler tells [=SpongeBob=] to climb up his back. [=SpongeBob=] says that'll be easy since he's wearing spiky cleats. The Strangler nervously asks "Cleats?" mere seconds before EyeScream.
* VillainousBreakdown: The Strangler is an infamous criminal that terrifies everyone. After almost 11 minutes of [=SpongeBob=]'s various antics, he's reduced to a screaming wreck of a fish begging to go to prison.
* WhatAreYouInFor: Patrick asks the Strangler this question at the end of the cartoon.
'''United States airdate: October 11, 2004'''
'''Canada airdate: November 12, 2004'''
[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick buy some invisible spray and use it to prank their friends.
!! Pranks A Lot contains examples of:
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Patrick's [[YourHeadASplode head explodes]] from chewing explosive gum and a bone is exposed. How does Patrick have a bone? Starfish are invertebrates.
* BedsheetGhost: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick disguise themselves this way to scare Sandy. Sandy knows it's them, but when she pulls the sheets away and sees no one there, she screams and launches herself back to Texas.
* BehindTheBlack:
** Within 10 seconds of entering the Krusty Krab, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick had already glued the doors shut, [[BeyondTheImpossible replaced all the glass with rubber]], and clogged all the toilets to keep Mr. Krabs from escaping.
** Five seconds after [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick leave Mr. Krabs behind a closed door, he reappears behind them in a crow's nest...along with everyone the duo had pranked.
* BigNo: Unsurprisingly, Mr. Krabs lets out one of these when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick nearly [[BerserkButton burn a dollar]], before unwittingly exposing the two pranksters with a bucket of water.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: '''''We should have bought the whoopee cushion!'''''
* IncrediblyLamePun: While fighting over the invisible spray, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick exchanged these.
--> '''Patrick''': "Patrick sprays [=SpongeBob=]'s hand and it disappears] I gotta ''hand'' it to you, [=SpongeBob=]. You look kinda funny"
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': "[sprays Patrick making a hole in the middle of his body] Kind of gives you an ''empty'' feeling, huh?"
--> '''Patrick''': "Yeah. [sprays one of [=SpongeBob=]'s eyes] I ''see'' what you mean!"
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': "[[=SpongeBob=] takes the spray can and sprays Patrick's lower half] No ''guts'', no glory!"
--> '''Narrator''': "'''''Several bad puns later...'''''"
* InvisibleJerkass: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick spend most of the episode tormenting everyone in Bikini Bottom while Invisible.
* InvisibleMainCharacter: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick spend most of the episode being invisible.
* [[NakedPeopleAreFunny Invisible Naked People Are Funny]]: "Live Nude Pranksters! Starring the Bikini Bottom Ghosts!"
* InvisibleStreaker: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick take off their clothes before using the spray to avoid staining them. (Naturally, they end up staining them anyway.) When it wears off they are caught out in the open for everyone to see.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After the spray wears off, Mr. Krabs tricks [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick into stepping out naked on stage so that all their victims can laugh at the "Live Nude Pranksters".
* PlotHole:
** The whole show takes place underwater! How did the invisible paint stick in the first place?
** And how did the paint not come off when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick were going surfing?
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: During a montage of people shouting "Ghost!", one character goes "Toast!" instead.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After becoming convinced she's being haunted by ghosts, Sandy uses an EscapePod to flee back to Texas. She somehow ends up back for the ending.
* StillGotIt: Mr. Krabs tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick he pulled a few pranks when he was young. By the looks of the one he pulls on them at the end of the cartoon, he's not a bit rusty.
* SuperWindowJump: To get away from the 'ghosts', Mr. Krabs attempted to smash through the window, but [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick somehow had replaced it with rubber.
* TemptingFate: Mr. Krabs brags that he has no fear of ghosts, even showing off various devices used to protect himself from them. Naturally, he's the next one targeted by the "ghosts". Then again, that may have been his plan all along.
* ToiletTeleportation: While running from the 'ghosts', Mr. Krabs attempted to jump down the toilet as a last resort, only to find that they had clogged it.
* YourHeadASplode: This happens to Patrick after chewing a piece of [[DeadlyPrank exploding chewing gum]]. [[ArtisticLicenseBiology A large, femur-like bone is exposed afterwards. And he's still able to say that he doesn't get it, despite his lack of a mouth.]]
