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** SpongeBob's situation also qualifies, being fully conscious of Plankton controlling his body but powerless to stop him, only able to speak and move his eyes.

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** SpongeBob's [=SpongeBob=]'s situation also qualifies, being fully conscious of Plankton controlling his body but powerless to stop him, only able to speak and move his eyes.


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* AnyLastWords:
-->'''Plankton:''' Any last words, [=SpongeBob=] [[MaliciousMisnaming SecretPants]]?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' I just have to say I'm sorry I let Mr. Krabs down. I let all of Bikini Bottom down. But worst of all, I let you down, you delicate little Krabby Patty.
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* RejectedApology: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick eventually realize the trouble they've caused Squidward after getting him stung by a queen jellyfish. The next day, they manage to jar one and give it to Squidward as an apology, hoping he still isn't mad at them. Sure enough, he is, and he releases the jarred jellyfish to sting the two repeatedly.

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* RejectedApology: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick eventually realize the trouble they've caused Squidward after getting him stung by a queen jellyfish. The next day, they manage to jar one a jellyfish and give it to Squidward as an apology, hoping he still isn't mad at them. Sure enough, he is, and he releases the jarred jellyfish to sting the two repeatedly.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Squidward fell off a cliff on a bike and ended up in a spontaneous explosion, got zapped by the giant jellyfish, then got zapped again by that same jellyfish that his life-support cracks apart, and his reactions are nothing more than a simple "Ow".

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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Squidward fell off a cliff on a bike and ended up in a spontaneous explosion, got zapped by the giant jellyfish, then got zapped again by that same jellyfish that which caused his life-support cracks full-body cast to crack apart, and his reactions are nothing more than a simple "Ow".
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* BullyingADragon: Squidward poking the dominant giant jellyfish with a net that contained one of her own offspring.

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* BullyingADragon: Squidward poking hitting the dominant giant jellyfish with a net that contained one of her own offspring.
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** SpongeBob situation also qualifies, being fully conscious of Plankton controlling his body but powerless to stop him, only able to speak and move his eyes.

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** SpongeBob SpongeBob's situation also qualifies, being fully conscious of Plankton controlling his body but powerless to stop him, only able to speak and move his eyes.
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I feel like being forced to obey Plankton without being able to stop yourself counts.

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**SpongeBob situation also qualifies, being fully conscious of Plankton controlling his body but powerless to stop him, only able to speak and move his eyes.
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* AndIMustScream: Plankton is trapped within his computer in the end.

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* AndIMustScream: Plankton is trapped within his computer in the end. Naturally, since he shows up later, he manages to find a way out.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After controlling [=SpongeBob=] to being a Krabby Patty to the Chum Bucket, Plankton falls into his own analyzer and becomes stuck inside of the computer screen.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: After controlling [=SpongeBob=] to being bring a Krabby Patty to the Chum Bucket, Plankton falls into his own analyzer and becomes stuck inside of the computer screen.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: After controlling [=SpongeBob=] to being a Krabby Patty to the Chum Bucket, Plankton falls into his own analyzer and becomes stuck inside of the computer screen.
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* MovingTheGoalposts: After accidentally falling into the analyzer, Plankton winds up being forced to watch Spongebob leave with the Krabby Patty, all while he tries in vain to make Spongebob stay and hand over the patty... before ultimately declaring "I'll settle for some fries!"
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* ForWantOfANail: What winds up being [[NearVillainVictory an unintentional Hail Mary in preserving the Secret Formula]] is Spongebob [[FoodPorn waxing poetic about the Krabby Patty]] just before Plankton can make him drop it.
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* OffModel: Plankton briefly gains a butt crack in one shot.
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* BaitAndSwitch: See ShortDistancePhoneCall below.


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* BigBallOfViolence: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick end up in one while trying to catch a jellyfish.


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* PainToTheAss: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick each get stung in the butt by jellyfish multiple times.
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** What little we see of Squidward in the bed implies that he [[SleepsInTheNude wears nothing]] under the blanket. Later episodes show him sleeping in pyjamas.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Time to break out [[ICallHerVera Ol' Reliable]]!]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Time to break out [[ICallHerVera [[ICallItVera Ol' Reliable]]!]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Time to break out [[ICallHerVera Ol' Reliable]]!]]



'''Original air date''': 7/31/1999 ''(produced in 1998)''

Squidward just wants to get away from [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick for one day, but a jellyfish accident seems to render him helpless in a wheelchair/body cast. Then [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick try to help him have his best day ever, but nothing seems to work; not even soup or music can help! So they have one option left: jellyfishing! So [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick try to help Squidward learn how to jellyfish...but is he up to it?

!!Jellyfishing provide examples of:

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'''Original air date''': date:''' 7/31/1999 ''(produced in 1998)''

Squidward just wants to get away from [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick for one day, but a jellyfish accident seems to render him helpless in a wheelchair/body cast. Then [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick try to help him have his best day ever, but nothing seems to work; not even soup or music can help! So they have one option left: jellyfishing! So [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick try to help Squidward learn how to jellyfish... but is he up to it?

!!Jellyfishing provide
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[[caption-width-right:350:"You're going to hand deliver it to me ''personally''!"]]



'''Original air date''': 7/31/1999 ''(produced in 1998)''

Another day at the Krusty Krab, and...a Krabby Patty sails for the door! But Mr. Krabs reveals the real patty-napper: Plankton, his archenemy. He wants the formula for the Krabby Patty and will stop at nothing to get it - and plots to have [=SpongeBob=] "hand deliver it to me personally!"

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'''Original air date''': date:''' 7/31/1999 ''(produced in 1998)''

Another day at the Krusty Krab, and...a Krabby Patty sails for the door! But Mr. Krabs reveals the real patty-napper: Plankton, his archenemy. He wants the formula for the Krabby Patty and will stop at nothing to get it - -- and plots to have [=SpongeBob=] "hand deliver it to me personally!"

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** Not only is [=SpongeBob=]'s blanket teal-aqua instead of purple (which also can be seen in a few other very early episodes), his mattresses have a similar flower pattern to the blanket. This mattress design does not appear in any other episode.
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Fixing a chained sinkhole.


* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: "[[AudibleGleam Shing!]] [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles Sparkle, sparkle.]]"

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* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: "[[AudibleGleam Shing!]] [[EverythingsBetterWithSparkles Shing! Sparkle, sparkle.]]"

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-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' (as Plankton is controlling him) Time for a well-balanced breakfast. ''(smashes through the wall, then through the front of the fridge with a loaf of bread, bottle of milk, and carton of eggs balanced on his head)'' This isn't what I had in mind.

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-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' (as ** When Plankton is starts controlling him) Time his brain, [=SpongeBob=] assumes that it's morning, since he woke up as a result of Plankton's work. As he starts marching through his house under Plankton's control, [=SpongeBob=] says "time for a well-balanced breakfast. ''(smashes breakfast," after which he smashes through the wall, then through the front of the fridge fridge, with a loaf of bread, a bottle of milk, and a carton of eggs balanced on his head)'' head.
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This isn't what I had in mind.mind.
** When Plankton forces [=SpongeBob=] into the Chum Bucket's laboratory, the first room past the dining section is Plankton's "lab," which quickly turns out to be stock footage of a ''Lab''rador Retriever.
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* TemptingFate: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick giving Squidward the Jellyfish from yesterday as a get-well present, as a way of saying sorry for all the trouble yesterday.

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* TemptingFate: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick giving Squidward the Jellyfish jellyfish from yesterday as a get-well present, as a way of saying sorry for all the trouble yesterday.
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* ToTheBatpole: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick slide down a rope to get to their jellyfishing supplies. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It gives them terrible]] FrictionBurn.

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* ToTheBatpole: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick slide down a rope to get to their jellyfishing supplies. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It gives them terrible]] terrible FrictionBurn.
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* KickTheDog: While controlling [=SpongeBob=], Plankton bursts through Squidward's house in the middle of the night, and after waking him up, gives him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. None of this was necessary for furthering his plans to obtain the secret formula: it just served to highlight his cruelty.
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[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one where]] Squidward firmly grasps it with his hand.



The one that introduces, well, [[AntagonistTitle Plankton]].
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'''Jellyfishing'''


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[[JustForFun/TheOneWith The one where]] Squidward firmly grasps it with his hand.


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'''Plankton!'''


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The one that introduces, well, [[AntagonistTitle Plankton]].
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* RuleOfThree: Plankton takes out his record player and laugh maniacally with the music three times.

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* RuleOfThree: Plankton takes out his record player and laugh laughs maniacally with the music three times.
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* AlphabetSong: Plankton ends up listening to a kids' song about the alphabet. However, it only goes from A (for apple) to F (for fish).
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* WrongSongGag: This episode has a RunningGag where Plankton pulls out a record player that plays an ominous musical sting to accompany his EvilLaugh. One time he does it, it plays a nursery tune instead, forcing him to stop laughing and switch the record to the correct side before resuming.
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* YankTheDogsChain: After Squidward gets payback on Spongebob and Patrick at the end, the giant jellyfish returns and stings him one last time for no good reason.

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* YankTheDogsChain: After Squidward gets payback even on Spongebob and Patrick at the end, the giant jellyfish returns and stings him one last time for no good reason.
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* RuleOfThree: Plankton takes out his record player and laugh maniacally with the music three times.
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* YankTheDogsChain: After Squidward gets payback on Spongebob and Patrick at the end, the giant jellyfish returns and stings him one last time for no good reason.


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* AndIMustScream: Plankton is trapped within his computer in the end.

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