History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E2ClubSpongeBobMyPrettySeahorse

[[caption-width-right:350:"Praise the Magic Conch! ''WOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOO!''"]]

'''Original air date''': 7/12/2002[[note]]"Club [=SpongeBob=]" was released by itself on the ''Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies'' DVD set on 3/12/02.[[/note]] ''(produced in 2001)''

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Considering that the Magic Conch Shell is supportive of [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, and that its command to do "Nothing" led to them getting food, and that another one led someone with a machete to them, it is a bit hard to tell if the Magic Conch Shell is genuinely useless/malicious and the benefits the characters get are just ContrivedCoincidence, or the Shell is just mean to those who doubt it and actually is correct that doing nothing will lead to them getting out of the Kelp Forest. Related to MaybeMagicMaybeMundane below.

* BreakTheHaughty: Happens to Squidward when the toy conch shell keeps saying no.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint:

* CompanionCube: The toy conch shell which [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick base all their decisions on. Their devotion to it borders on CargoCult.
* DisproportionateRetribution: While Squidward was being a bit of a Jerkass, [[JerkassHasAPoint he had every right to doubt the conch shell, seeing how it looked like a toy on the outside.]] Unfortunately, the conch apparently has it in for Squidward, as it's willing to let him starve to death by that reason alone.

--> '''Pilot:''' Dude! We're falling right out of the sky!

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Squidward gives a smug one to [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick for listening to the magic conch shell while holding a pan with a bug on it.
-->'''Squidward:''' Doesn't that smell good, [=SpongeBob=]? You haven't eaten in days. How about you, Patrick? A big boy's gotta eat. Well, you can't have any. And do you know why, [=SpongeBob=]? Because your club president is a shell! ''([[ShakingTheRump shakes his butt]] in [=SpongeBob=]'s face)'' If you had listened to me, you'd have food, shelter, and a roaring fire. But instead you listened to a talking clam... ''that tells you '''nothing!''''' As if the answers to solve all your problems will fall right out of the sky! ''(laughs)'' [[TemptingFate Fall right out of the sky!]]\\

* ShakingTheRump: Squidward does this in front of [=SpongeBob=] while mocking him for listening to the magic conch shell.
* SnarkyInanimateObject: The Conch Shell sure has it in for Squidward, despite him being a {{Jerkass}} to her.

'''Magic Shell:''' No.\\

'''Magic Shell:''' No.\\

'''Magic Shell:''' [[OverlyLongGag No.]]\\

'''Magic Shell:''' Try asking again.\\

'''Magic Shell:''' ''(snarkily) No!''

--> '''Mr. Krabs:''' Squidward, what’s going on in here?\\
'''Squidward:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Why don’t you go ask [=CowBob=] [=RanchPants=] and his faithful companion Sir Eatsalot?]]

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: "''Why'' must ''every 11 minutes of my life'' be filled with ''MISERY?'' '''WHY???'''"

-->'''Patrick:''' Here, let me try. Magic Conch, could Squidward have some of this yummy, delicious, super-terrific sandwich?
-->'''Magic Conch:''' No.
-->'''Patrick:''' Hmm... Could ''I'' have this yummy, delicious, super-terrific sandwich?
-->'''Magic Conch:''' Yes.
-->'''Patrick:''' All right! ''([[VacuumMouth vacuums in the sandwich]] and burps)'' Sorry, Squidward.

-->'''Squidward:''' Doesn't that smell good, [=SpongeBob=]? You haven't eaten in days. How about you, Patrick? A big boy's gotta eat. Well, you can't have any. And do you know why, [=SpongeBob=]? Because your club president is a shell! (''shakes his butt in [=SpongeBob=]'s face'') If you had listened to me, you'd have food, shelter, and a roaring fire. But instead you listened to a talking clam... ''that tells you '''nothing!''''' As if the answers to solve all your problems will fall right out of the sky! [''laughs''] [[TemptingFate Fall right out of the sky!]]\\
([[GilliganCut camera switches to an airplane falling out of the sky]])

'''Squidward:''' (''hopefully'') Can I have something to eat?\\
'''Magic Shell:''' (''snarkily'') ''No!''

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Just get out of here, you stupid, dumb animal! [''Patrick walks away without reaction'']

->'''Squidward:''' In case you've forgotten, here's how things work: I ''order'' the food, you ''cook'' the food, then the customer ''gets'' the food. We do that for 40 years, and then we die. [[SarcasmMode Seems like a pretty good deal to me. Whadda you say?]]

-->'''Squidward''': Hey, Mr. Krabs! Looks like ol' Mystery had an after-dinner salad!\\
(''points at money vault, nearly empty with bits of eaten cash'')\\
'''Mr. Krabs''': '''''GET THAT HORSE!'''''\\
(''He and [=SpongeBob=] run after Mystery'')\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Mystery!\\
'''Mr. Krabs''': Mystery! Come back!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Mystery! Weesnaw!\\
'''Both''': Mystery! Come back here!

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Just get out of here, you stupid, dumb animal! [''Patrick walks away without reaction'']

* AnAesop: Fortune-telling devices are not the Gospel. Ignore them and don't take them so seriously.
** Don't assume literal warnings are insults. There genuinely wasn't enough room for Squidward in the club at first.
** When you get lost in the woods, stay put and help will eventually find you.

* PrematurelyMarkedGrave: Lost in the kelp forest, Patrick is seen building coffins for himself, [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward until [=Spongebob=] says it isn't the end to a physically and literally deflated Squidward.

!!'''Club Spongebob''' contains examples of:

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Considering that the Magic Conch Shell is supportive of Spongebob and Patrick, and that its command to do "Nothing" led to them getting food, and that another one led someone with a machete to them, it is a bit hard to tell if the Magic Conch Shell is genuinely useless/malicious and the benefits the characters get are just ContrivedCoincidence, or the Shell is just mean to those who doubt it and actually is correct that doing nothing will lead to them getting out of the Kelp Forest. Related to MaybeMagicMaybeMundane below.

The one with the Magic Conch Shell.

The one with the [[AssShove coin slot]].

* MistakenForBadVision: While [=SpongeBob=] is taking care of Mystery the seahorse in the Krusty Krab, Mr. Krabs sees Mystery puke out Old Man Jenkins after eating him. Mr. Krabs plucks off his eyes to clean them, thinking he has a bad eyesight.

'''Original air date''': 7/12/2002[[note]]"Club [=SpongeBob=]" was released by itself on the ''Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies'' DVD set on March 12, 2002.[[/note]] ''(produced in 2001)''

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: As a consequence of eating frozen processed meat (Krabby Patties) and inedible things like a gas stove, a spatula, and even Old Man Jenkins, Mystery falls ill, and Mr. Krabs catches [=SpongeBob=] having to nurse her with bicarbonate of soda.

* EyePop: [=SpongeBob=] is determined to find out who is eating his flowers when he's not looking, so he extends his eyeballs for extra focus. He ends up doing this for ''three days'', periodically watering his eyes so they don't dry out. Then Patrick passes by and says hello, and in the brief moment [=SpongeBob=] looks away to greet him back, the flower gets eaten.

-->'''Male 1:''' Where's our food?!\\

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [=SpongeBob=], when naming Mystery, considers calling her Grace or Majesty... or Debbie.

** Don't bring home or tame wild animals.

* AnAesop: Fortune-telling devices are not the Gospel.

* AlreadyTheCase: When Squidward bemoans being stuck in the Kelp Forest with [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, they remark it could be worse; he could be bald and have a big nose. Of course, Squidward [[BaldOfAwesome already has]] [[GagNose both of those]].

'''Original air date''': 7/12/2002 ''(produced in 2001)''

* DisproportionateRetribution: While Squidward was being a bit of Jerkass, [[JerkassHasAPoint he had every right to doubt the conch shell, seeing how it looked like a toy on the outside.]] Unfortunately, the conch apparently has it in for Squidward, as it's willing to let him starve to death by that reason alone.