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* SeldomSeenSpecies: As her name suggests, Madame Hagfish is in fact a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagfish hagfish]], a type of primitive, bottom-dwelling fish. Like her real-life counterpart, Madame Hagfish exudes a copious amount of slime as she travels.
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'''Original air date:''' 6/11/2011 ''(produced in 2010)''

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'''Original air date:''' 6/11/2011 ''(produced in 2010)''
2010)'' [[note]]First released on the ''Legends of Bikini Bottom'' DVD on 11/16/10.[[/note]]
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* UnexplainedRecovery: According to the story, pulling the plug destroyed Bikini Bottom. Despite this, everyone is still alive and the town is intact. Not that this is ever addressed.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: According to the story, pulling the plug destroyed Bikini Bottom. Despite this, everyone is still alive alive, and the town is intact. [[HandWave Not that this is ever addressed.addressed]].
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* UnexplainedRecovery: According to the story, pulling the plug destroyed Bikini Bottom. Despite this, everyone is still alive and the town is intact. Not that this is ever addressed.
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'''The Curse of the Hex'''

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'''The '''Legends of Bikini Bottom: The Curse of the Hex'''



'''The Main Drain'''

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'''The '''Legends of Bikini Bottom: The Main Drain'''
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* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: [=SpongeBob=] tries to sneak out some krabby patties to Madame Hagfish after closing, but Mr. Krabs immediately catches him.


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* ImmediateSelfContradiction: After Patrick assures [=SpongeBob=] that they're not like the kids who pulled the main drain because they're grown-ups, Patrick pulls a baby tooth out of his mouth.


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* ShoutOut: [=SpongeBob=] tying bubbles to Patrick's house so that it'll fly them to their destination is similar to ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}''.
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'''Original air date:''' 6/11/2011 ''(produced in 2010)''


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'''Original air date:''' 1/28/2011 ''(produced in 2010)''

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* GypsyCurse: Madame Hagfish invokes a lot of Roma sterotypes and curses the Krusty Krab when Krabs refuses to give her a free meal. However, it turns out all she did was place a "Closed" sign outside of the restaurant, as she wasn't going to waste an actual spell on someone like Mr. Krabs.

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* GypsyCurse: Madame Hagfish invokes a lot of Roma sterotypes stereotypes and curses the Krusty Krab when Krabs refuses to give her a free meal. However, it turns out all she did was place a "Closed" sign outside of the restaurant, as she wasn't going to waste an actual spell on someone like Mr. Krabs.Krabs.
* LampreyMouth: Madame Hagfish has one at first.


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* SpecialGuest: Creator/KristenWiig as Madame Hagfish.
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-->'''Squidward:''' There's a "no-contract" clause in it too.

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-->'''Squidward:''' [[InsaneTrollLogic There's a "no-contract" clause in it too.]]
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* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Mr. Krabs tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick about two boys who unclogged the Main Drain many years ago and drained the entire ocean as a result. Right before the two attempt to pull the actual plug themselves, Mr. Krabs and Plankton stop them and reveal that ''they'' were the ones who pulled the plug all those years ago. Which actually [[FrideLogic makes no sense whatsoever]], considering that if this was true, then Mr. Krabs and Plankton wouldn't even ''be'' there in the present. It's a wonder [=SpongeBob=] didn't call them out about this.

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* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Mr. Krabs tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick about two boys who unclogged the Main Drain many years ago and drained the entire ocean as a result. Right before the two attempt to pull the actual plug themselves, Mr. Krabs and Plankton stop them and reveal that ''they'' were the ones who pulled the plug all those years ago. Which actually [[FrideLogic [[FridgeLogic makes no sense whatsoever]], considering that if this was true, then Mr. Krabs and Plankton wouldn't even ''be'' there in the present. It's a wonder [=SpongeBob=] didn't call them out about this.
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* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Mr. Krabs tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick about two boys who unclogged the Main Drain many years ago and drained the entire ocean as a result. Right before the two attempt to pull the actual plug themselves, Mr. Krabs and Plankton stop them and reveal that ''they'' were the ones who pulled the plug all those years ago.

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* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Mr. Krabs tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick about two boys who unclogged the Main Drain many years ago and drained the entire ocean as a result. Right before the two attempt to pull the actual plug themselves, Mr. Krabs and Plankton stop them and reveal that ''they'' were the ones who pulled the plug all those years ago. Which actually [[FrideLogic makes no sense whatsoever]], considering that if this was true, then Mr. Krabs and Plankton wouldn't even ''be'' there in the present. It's a wonder [=SpongeBob=] didn't call them out about this.

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* StorybookOpening: The episode opens up with an opening book showing the title card.

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'''The Curse of the Hex'''

An old hagfish puts a curse on the Krusty Krab.

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* AintTooProudToBeg: Mr. Krabs resorts to begging to Madame Hagfish for her to lift the curse over the Krusty Krab. It does work, as she agrees to do so in exchange for bringing back a gold doubloon from the Giant Golden Eel.
* BrokenRecord: This happens when [=SpongeBob=] starts stuttering on the word "the" during the middle of his sentence. It soon turns into a literal example, as Mr. Krabs lifts him up to reveal a record player skipping inside him.
* GypsyCurse: Madame Hagfish invokes a lot of Roma sterotypes and curses the Krusty Krab when Krabs refuses to give her a free meal. However, it turns out all she did was place a "Closed" sign outside of the restaurant, as she wasn't going to waste an actual spell on someone like Mr. Krabs.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Once it appears that the curse is beginning to take its effect, Squidward immediately leaves the Krusty Krab.
-->'''Squidward:''' I just remembered I have a "no-curse" clause in my contract. Nice working with you.
-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Squidward, wait! You don't even have a contract.
-->'''Squidward:''' There's a "no-contract" clause in it too.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: As her name suggests, Madame Hagfish is in fact a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagfish hagfish]], a type of primitive, bottom-dwelling fish. Like her real-life counterpart, Madame Hagfish exudes a copious amount of slime as she travels.

'''The Main Drain'''

[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick search for a legendary drain.

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* AllJustADream: Patrick accidentally pulls the plug to the Main Drain and everyone is sucked down the drain along with the rest of Bikini Bottom... only for the entire episode to be revealed as a story [=SpongeBob=] was telling Patrick before he went to bed.
* AndThatLittleGirlWasMe: Mr. Krabs tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick about two boys who unclogged the Main Drain many years ago and drained the entire ocean as a result. Right before the two attempt to pull the actual plug themselves, Mr. Krabs and Plankton stop them and reveal that ''they'' were the ones who pulled the plug all those years ago.
* FunWithFlushing: Sure, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick want to find the Main Drain to make sure nobody unplugs it, but that doesn't stop their curiosity from getting the better of them and putting the entire ocean at risk.
* {{Irony}}: Patrick ends up tripping over a caution sign warning about the slippery floor.
* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Ominous music starts playing as Mr. Krabs tells the story about the Main Drain. However, Mr. Krabs soon tells Patrick to turn off the radio the music's coming from because it's distracting him.
* SchmuckBait: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick know that pulling the plug for the Main Drain will destroy Bikini Bottom, but they have to know for sure that they found the right drain and not knowing would be even worse. Thankfully, they're stopped by Krabs and Plankton before they can go through with it, but Patrick pulls the plug by accident anyways.
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