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** Mrs. Puff also is much more tolerant and friendlier towards [=SpongeBob=] in this episode. (However, it could take place during the early days of [=SpongeBob=]'s boating school lessons, before she lost her patience and feared teaching him).
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** Mrs. Puff also is much more [[CharacterizationMarchesOn tolerant and friendlier towards [=SpongeBob=] [=SpongeBob=]]] in this episode. (However, it could take place during the early days of [=SpongeBob=]'s boating school lessons, before she lost her patience and feared teaching him).
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* BookEnd: The episode begins with [=SpongeBob=] riding his unicycle to boating school. The episodes with him riding that same unicycle away.
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** Mrs. Puff speaks in a deep voice whenever she's inflated. Later episodes starting with "No Free Rides" have her aways speak in her normal voice when inflated.
** Mrs. Puff also is much more tolerant and friendlier towards [=SpongeBob=] in this episode. (However, it could take place during the early days of [=SpongeBob=]'s boating school lessons, before she lost her patience and feared teaching him).
** Mrs. Puff also is much more tolerant and friendlier towards [=SpongeBob=] in this episode. (However, it could take place during the early days of [=SpongeBob=]'s boating school lessons, before she lost her patience and feared teaching him).
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* DoWrongRight: When [=SpongeBob=] realizes that he's cheating and starts flipping out, Mrs. Puff begs him to at least cheat his way to the end of the course instead of crashing again.
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* AnAesop:
** Don't create conflict between friends.
** Or don't ruin the friendship of people you hate. It might backfire on you.
** Don't create conflict between friends.
** Or don't ruin the friendship of people you hate. It might backfire on you.
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* AnAesop: CheatersNeverProsper.
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* AnAesop: AnAesop:
** It's good to ask for help, but don't cheat. If you're not sure what applies to cheating, ask your teacher first.
** CheatersNeverProsper.
** It's good to ask for help, but don't cheat. If you're not sure what applies to cheating, ask your teacher first.
** CheatersNeverProsper.
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* OverlyLongGag: Patrick going "Testing" over and over into his walkie talkie, waiting for [=SpongeBob=] to respond, eventually [[SuddenlyShouting starting to scream it]].
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* OverlyLongGag: Patrick going "Testing" over and over into his walkie talkie, walkie-talkie, waiting for [=SpongeBob=] to respond, eventually [[SuddenlyShouting starting to scream it]].
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* AnAesop: CheatersNeverProsper.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [=SpongeBob=]'s reaction when he realizes that what Patrick is telling him is cheating. It causes him to fail the test. Again. Patrick also has this reaction when he's also told it's cheating then cries and runs back to his rock.
* OhCrap: [=SpongeBob=] gets this reaction when he discovers he's cheating.
* OhCrap: [=SpongeBob=] gets this reaction when he discovers he's cheating.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [=SpongeBob=]'s reaction when he realizes that what Patrick is telling him is cheating. It causes him to fail the test. Again.
** Patrick also has this reaction when he's also told it'scheating then cheating: he cries and runs back to his rock.
* OhCrap: [=SpongeBob=] gets this reaction when hediscovers realizes he's cheating.cheating.
* OverlyLongGag: Patrick going "Testing" over and over into his walkie talkie, waiting for [=SpongeBob=] to respond, eventually [[SuddenlyShouting starting to scream it]].
** Patrick also has this reaction when he's also told it's
* OhCrap: [=SpongeBob=] gets this reaction when he
* OverlyLongGag: Patrick going "Testing" over and over into his walkie talkie, waiting for [=SpongeBob=] to respond, eventually [[SuddenlyShouting starting to scream it]].
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* WhamLine: "But that would be cheating!"
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* AnAesop: Don't create conflict between friends.
** Or don't ruin the friendship of people you hate. It might backfire on you.
** Or don't ruin the friendship of people you hate. It might backfire on you.
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* AnAesop: It's good to ask for help, but don't cheat. If you're not sure what applies as cheating, ask your teacher first.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: Patrick speaks directly to the viewer after saving Squidward from choking on his fork.
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* BreakingtheFourthWall: Patrick speaks directly to the viewer after saving Squidward from choking on his fork.
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* BreakingtheFourthWall: BreakingTheFourthWall: Patrick speaks directly to the viewer after saving Squidward from choking on his fork.
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* DreadfulMusician: [=SpongeBob=] claims to have been playing the "bassinet" for years, but a few seconds on the double bass shows that he clearly hasn't.
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* HighPressureEmotion: After [=SpongeBob=] smashed the bassinet due to Patrick interrupting his song, Squidward is shown to have red in the face and has steam erupting from his head, along with the kettle whistle sound effect, before kicking [=SpongeBob=] out of his house.
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* HighPressureEmotion: After [=SpongeBob=] smashed the bassinet double bass due to Patrick interrupting his song, Squidward is shown to have red in the face and has steam erupting from his head, along with the kettle whistle sound effect, before kicking [=SpongeBob=] out of his house.
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* OwMyBodyPart: This marks the debut of the running gag of someone shouting "My leg!" (heard right after Mrs. Puff says "Oh, [=SpongeBob=], why?" the first time).
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* OhCrap: [=SpongeBob=] gets this reaction when he discovers he's cheating.
* OwMyBodyPart: This marks the debut of therunning gag RunningGag of someone shouting "My leg!" (heard right after Mrs. Puff says "Oh, [=SpongeBob=], why?" the first time).
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* OwMyBodyPart: This marks the debut of the running gag of someone shouting "My leg!" (heard right after Mrs. Puff says "Oh, [=SpongeBob=], why?" the first time).
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* ReboundBestFriend: SpongeBob and Patrick break up and each try to replace the other with Squidward (who broke them up in the first place).
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* ReboundBestFriend: SpongeBob [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick break up and each try to replace the other with Squidward (who broke them up in the first place). place).
* ScareChord: One plays after Squidward finds Patrick in his bathtub.
* ScareChord: One plays after Squidward finds Patrick in his bathtub.
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* FailedASpotCheck: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can't seem to tell each other's voices apart from Squidward's in the bubblegram scene. Granted, this IS [[SuperGullible [=SpongeBob=]]] and [[TheDitz Patrick]] we're talking about here, but still.....
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* FailedASpotCheck: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can't seem to tell each other's voices apart from Squidward's in the bubblegram scene.scene, as they're both unaware of Squidward caused them to fight and dislike each other. Granted, this IS [[SuperGullible [=SpongeBob=]]] and [[TheDitz Patrick]] we're talking about here, but still.....
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* ReboundBestFriend: SpongeBob and Patrick break up and each try to replace the other with Squidward (who broke them up in the first place).
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-->'''Mrs. Puff''': (looking out the window dismayed, then sighing) I'm not ready.
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--> (Mrs. Puff looks out the window dismayed)
-->'''Mrs. Puff''':(looking out the window dismayed, then sighing) (sigh) I'm not ready.
-->'''Mrs. Puff''':
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-->'''Mrs. Puff''': (looking out the window dismayed) I'm not ready.
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-->'''Mrs. Puff''': (looking out the window dismayed) dismayed, then sighing) I'm not ready.
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-->[=SpongeBob=]: I'm ready! I'm ready! I'm ready!
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* SubvertedCatchphrase: Mrs. Puff subverts [=SpongeBob's=] catchphrase in her EstablishingCharacterMoment.
-->[=SpongeBob=]: I'm ready! I'm ready! I'm ready!
-->Mrs. Puff: (looking out the window dismayed) I'm not ready.
-->[=SpongeBob=]: I'm ready! I'm ready! I'm ready!
-->Mrs. Puff: (looking out the window dismayed) I'm not ready.
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-->'''Patrick:''' Hey, you're a turkey!\\
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-->'''Patrick:''' Well, that makes you a big dummy, you dummy!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Yeah, well, that means that, uh...so are you!\\
'''Patrick:''' Hey, you're a turkey!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Yeah, well, that means that, uh...so are you!\\
'''Patrick:''' Hey, you're a turkey!\\
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the most competent Patrick has been in any episode. He even had to talk [=SpongeBob=] out of being dumb.
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* BookEnd: The episode begins with [=SpongeBob=] riding his unicycle to boating school. The episodes with him riding that same unicycle away.
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* GeniusDitz: [=SpongeBob=] knows all the answers to the verbal test, he just gets nervous and floors it when he's behind the wheel. Meanwhile, Patrick knows all the directions to follow in order to pass the behind-the-wheel driving test, giving [=SpongeBob=] all the answers.
* HelpingGrannyCrossTheStreet: [=SpongeBob=] during his 39th boating test attempt.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: [=SpongeBob=] having Patrick help him out with an EarpieceConversation to pass his boating exam seemed like a clever idea...until Mrs. Puff mentioned that situation would be cheating.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: [=SpongeBob=] having Patrick help him out with an EarpieceConversation to pass his boating exam seemed like a clever idea...until Mrs. Puff mentioned that situation would be cheating.
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* GeniusDitz: [=SpongeBob=] knows all the answers to the verbal test, he just gets nervous and floors it when he's behind the wheel. Meanwhile, Patrick knows all the directions to follow in order to pass the behind-the-wheel driving test, giving [=SpongeBob=] all the answers.
* HelpingGrannyCrossTheStreet: [=SpongeBob=] during his 39th boating test attempt.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: [=SpongeBob=] having Patrick help him out with an EarpieceConversation to pass his boating exam seemed like a clever idea...until Mrs. Puff mentioned that situation would be cheating.
* HelpingGrannyCrossTheStreet: [=SpongeBob=] during his 39th boating test attempt.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: [=SpongeBob=] having Patrick help him out with an EarpieceConversation to pass his boating exam seemed like a clever idea...until Mrs. Puff mentioned that situation would be cheating.
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* AppleForTeacher: [=SpongeBob=] gives Mrs. Puff an apple before they start the test.
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* WingdingEyes: Squidward's eyes display the text "K-O" just before he faints.
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* UnwantedAssistance: At the end, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick demolish Squidward's house from burping up so much carbon dioxide from binging on soda. [=SpongeBob=] offers to help him clean up, but Squidward angrily kicks them out.
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* GeniusDitz: [=SpongeBob=] knows all the answers to the verbal test, he just gets nervous and floors it when he's behind the wheel.
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* GeniusDitz: [=SpongeBob=] knows all the answers to the verbal test, he just gets nervous and floors it when he's behind the wheel. Meanwhile, Patrick knows all the directions to follow in order to pass the behind-the-wheel driving test, giving [=SpongeBob=] all the answers.
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* FailedASpotCheck: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can't seem to tell each other's voices apart from Squidward's in the bubblegram scene.
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* FailedASpotCheck: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can't seem to tell each other's voices apart from Squidward's in the bubblegram scene. Granted, this IS [[SuperGullible [=SpongeBob=]]] and [[TheDitz Patrick]] we're talking about here, but still.....
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'''United States airdate: August 7, 1999'''
'''Canada airdate: March 25, 2000'''
Squidward's genius plan worked! While [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick were blowing bubbles to communicate, Squidward interfered by blowing his own insults at them, causing them to fight. Now they're not even friends anymore! Meanwhile, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick separately perform acts for Squidward that earn his gratitude and 'friendship'. But what's this? The two are fighting over Squidward now?
!!Naughty Nautical Neighbors tropes include:
* AlliterativeTitle: '''N'''aughty '''N'''autical '''N'''eighbors. Though the title is misleading because only Squidward did something bad, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick were attacking each other out of misinformation.
* AnAesop: Don't create conflict between friends.
** Or don't ruin the friendship of people you hate. It might backfire on you.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' My best friend, my ex best friend, and...RUBBER BATH TOYS!
* ArtisticLicenseMusic:
** Squidward's "Solitude in E Minor" is not in E minor. It is impossible to tell what key it is in, as there are only two notes (C and F, respectively).
** When [=SpongeBob=] asks Squidward to "give him an A", he plays A sharp/B flat.
* BareHandedPuppetry: After breaking up with Patrick, [=SpongeBob=] tries to think of three other friends. When he can't think of any, he draws smiley faces on the three fingers he's holding up and sadly entones "The gang's all here."
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Subverted twice. First, Patrick made friends with Squidward after performing CPR to get the fork out of his throat just until he fell asleep while Squidward was playing his clarinet in which he tries dragging him out of his house, throwing out his back on the process. This causes [=SpongeBob=] to ram his head on Squidward's back, putting him back to normal. The two are friends until [=SpongeBob=] breaks his double bass which prompts Squidward to literally kick him out of his house. Of course, this didn't stop [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick from fighting over Squidward.
* BottleEpisode: The majority of the episode is set at and around [=SpongeBob=]’s home lane.
* CloseUpOnHead: At first it appears that [=SpongeBob=] has impaled Squidward on the head with a double bass bow, but the camera pulls back to show that it was just a portrait of Squidward (which already had a scared expression for some reason).
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Patrick does CPR on Squidward by inflating him like a balloon and letting the air push the fork out of his mouth. He also mentions needing to wash his hands first, but then shrugs it off.
* CrackOhMyBack: Squidward sprains his back dragging Patrick out of his home. He shouts it again when his door falls on him at the end.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick argue.
-->'''Patrick:''' Hey, you're a turkey!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' What's that?\\
'''Patrick:''' It's what you are!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Yeah? Well, you're a bigger one!\\
'''Patrick:''' Well, you're still yellow! And you know what else is yellow?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' What?\\
'''Patrick:''' You are!
* DinnerDeformation: The fork that Squidward accidentally swallows is clearly seen sticking through his neck.
* DoorSlamOfRage: When Squidward successfully makes [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick mad at each other, [=SpongeBob=] slams the door of his house while Patrick goes back into his rock and closes it with him on it, only to come out like an accordion. Squidward also does this at the end out of frustration his house is completely demolished.
* EvilIsPetty: Squidward becomes antagonistic simply for being annoyed by the duo's antics behind his house, even though they otherwise weren't bothering Squidward at the time.
* FailedASpotCheck: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can't seem to tell each other's voices apart from Squidward's in the bubblegram scene.
* FeudEpisode: The very first one of many between [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick.
* GarbageHideout: Squidward hides in his own trashcan to escape from [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick fighting over their friendship with him from his house.
* HighPressureEmotion: After [=SpongeBob=] smashed the bassinet due to Patrick interrupting his song, Squidward is shown to have red in the face and has steam erupting from his head, along with the kettle whistle sound effect, before kicking [=SpongeBob=] out of his house.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: After ending [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's relationship with malicious insults, Squidward swallows his own fork and passes out. At the end, Squidward gets crushed by his own door re-igniting his back pain.
* IfIHadANickel:
-->'''Squidward:''' ''(while pretending to sound like Patrick)'' "If I had a dollar for every brain you don't have, I'd have one dollar."
* ImpededCommunication: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are communicating with bubbles that contain their voices. Squidward, whose house is between theirs, gets annoyed and secretly sabotages their messages by using his own bubbles that let out mean insults to them. This causes Bob & Pat to hate each other for the episode.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Squidward's attempt to ruin [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's day ends up with the two bugging him and fighting over him. As a result, they destroy his bass, his art paintings and ultimately his entire house.
* LongSongShortScene: "Solitude in E Minor" is an actual stock song by Richard Myhill called "Wishful Thinking"; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ba-qNzSAJQ the entire track]] goes on for a minute, compared to the literal two notes heard in the scene where it plays.
* ManipulativeBastard: Squidward. He quickly pays for it, though.
* MinimalistCast: [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Squidward are the only characters present.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Squidward's look on his face is quite noticeable when hiding from [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, due to them fighting over him, causing him to find a way to fix their relationship.
* NapInducingSpeak: Squidward's clarinet playing puts Patrick to sleep after ''one'' note.
* NoYou: Most of [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's arguments revolve around this.
* PassThePopcorn: Squidward watches [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick argue while sitting in a lounge chair and eating a souffle.
* TemporaryBulkChange: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick get bloated from drinking too much soda. They are back to normal once they burp it all out.
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'''United States airdate: August 7, 1999'''
'''Canada airdate: March 25, 2000'''
Another day at Boating School means another day with [=SpongeBob=] for Mrs. Puff, his Boating School teacher. Unfortunately, [=SpongeBob=] might just be her eternal burden, because as it stands, he's never going to pass his driver's test.
!!Boating School tropes include:
* ActingUnnatural: For [=SpongeBob=], acting natural apparently means acting like a cow.
* AnAesop: It's good to ask for help, but don't cheat. If you're not sure what applies as cheating, ask your teacher first.
* BigNo: As Mrs. Puff is being put on an ambulance, [=SpongeBob=] assures her that he'll try harder next year. She yells "NO!" as the ambulance drives away.
* BigWhy: Mrs. Puff each time [=SpongeBob=] fails the test.
* ButtMonkey: Mrs. Puff.
* ClothingSwitch: Patrick tries on [=SpongeBob's=] clothes.
-->What's pink and square at the same time? Patrick [=SquarePants=]!
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "I am confident in my abilities to successfully succeed."
* EarpieceConversation: Patrick coaches [=SpongeBob=] through his boating test by a walkie-talkie hidden under a cowboy hat. Mrs. Puff compliments [=SpongeBob=] on his improvement, joking that it's as if someone were telling him all the answers. But when she mentions that that would be cheating, [=SpongeBob=] freaks out and confesses... and crashes the boat, failing the test once again.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the most competent Patrick has been in any episode. He even had to talk [=SpongeBob=] out of being dumb.
* {{Hallucinations}}: After [=SpongeBob=] gets in the boat and starts to freak out, he hallucinates the track before him getting progressively longer and longer.
* LarynxDissonance: Mrs. Puff's voice deepens significantly when she inflates. Though she doesn't seem to do this anymore whenever she inflates as the series progressed.
* GeniusDitz: [=SpongeBob=] knows all the answers to the verbal test, he just gets nervous and floors it when he's behind the wheel.
* HelpingGrannyCrossTheStreet: [=SpongeBob=] during his 39th boating test attempt.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: [=SpongeBob=] having Patrick help him out with an EarpieceConversation to pass his boating exam seemed like a clever idea...until Mrs. Puff mentioned that situation would be cheating.
* MassOhCrap: The 1/2 Shell audience fish only appear to give this reaction.
* MoodWhiplash: The episode starts with [=SpongeBob=] excited to take his boating exam. But then it all changes once he gets ''in'' the boat.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [=SpongeBob=]'s reaction when he realizes that what Patrick is telling him is cheating. It causes him to fail the test. Again. Patrick also has this reaction when he's also told it's cheating then cries and runs back to his rock.
* OverlyLongGag: Patrick going "Testing" over and over into his walkie talkie, waiting for [=SpongeBob=] to respond, eventually [[SuddenlyShouting starting to scream it]].
* StaggeredZoom: When [=SpongeBob=] realizes he's cheating.
* VertigoEffect: The driving course track receding into infinity to show how intimidating [=SpongeBob=] finds driving.
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'''Canada airdate: March 25, 2000'''
Squidward's genius plan worked! While [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick were blowing bubbles to communicate, Squidward interfered by blowing his own insults at them, causing them to fight. Now they're not even friends anymore! Meanwhile, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick separately perform acts for Squidward that earn his gratitude and 'friendship'. But what's this? The two are fighting over Squidward now?
!!Naughty Nautical Neighbors tropes include:
* AlliterativeTitle: '''N'''aughty '''N'''autical '''N'''eighbors. Though the title is misleading because only Squidward did something bad, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick were attacking each other out of misinformation.
* AnAesop: Don't create conflict between friends.
** Or don't ruin the friendship of people you hate. It might backfire on you.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking:
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' My best friend, my ex best friend, and...RUBBER BATH TOYS!
* ArtisticLicenseMusic:
** Squidward's "Solitude in E Minor" is not in E minor. It is impossible to tell what key it is in, as there are only two notes (C and F, respectively).
** When [=SpongeBob=] asks Squidward to "give him an A", he plays A sharp/B flat.
* BareHandedPuppetry: After breaking up with Patrick, [=SpongeBob=] tries to think of three other friends. When he can't think of any, he draws smiley faces on the three fingers he's holding up and sadly entones "The gang's all here."
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Subverted twice. First, Patrick made friends with Squidward after performing CPR to get the fork out of his throat just until he fell asleep while Squidward was playing his clarinet in which he tries dragging him out of his house, throwing out his back on the process. This causes [=SpongeBob=] to ram his head on Squidward's back, putting him back to normal. The two are friends until [=SpongeBob=] breaks his double bass which prompts Squidward to literally kick him out of his house. Of course, this didn't stop [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick from fighting over Squidward.
* BottleEpisode: The majority of the episode is set at and around [=SpongeBob=]’s home lane.
* CloseUpOnHead: At first it appears that [=SpongeBob=] has impaled Squidward on the head with a double bass bow, but the camera pulls back to show that it was just a portrait of Squidward (which already had a scared expression for some reason).
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Patrick does CPR on Squidward by inflating him like a balloon and letting the air push the fork out of his mouth. He also mentions needing to wash his hands first, but then shrugs it off.
* CrackOhMyBack: Squidward sprains his back dragging Patrick out of his home. He shouts it again when his door falls on him at the end.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick argue.
-->'''Patrick:''' Hey, you're a turkey!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' What's that?\\
'''Patrick:''' It's what you are!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Yeah? Well, you're a bigger one!\\
'''Patrick:''' Well, you're still yellow! And you know what else is yellow?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' What?\\
'''Patrick:''' You are!
* DinnerDeformation: The fork that Squidward accidentally swallows is clearly seen sticking through his neck.
* DoorSlamOfRage: When Squidward successfully makes [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick mad at each other, [=SpongeBob=] slams the door of his house while Patrick goes back into his rock and closes it with him on it, only to come out like an accordion. Squidward also does this at the end out of frustration his house is completely demolished.
* EvilIsPetty: Squidward becomes antagonistic simply for being annoyed by the duo's antics behind his house, even though they otherwise weren't bothering Squidward at the time.
* FailedASpotCheck: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can't seem to tell each other's voices apart from Squidward's in the bubblegram scene.
* FeudEpisode: The very first one of many between [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick.
* GarbageHideout: Squidward hides in his own trashcan to escape from [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick fighting over their friendship with him from his house.
* HighPressureEmotion: After [=SpongeBob=] smashed the bassinet due to Patrick interrupting his song, Squidward is shown to have red in the face and has steam erupting from his head, along with the kettle whistle sound effect, before kicking [=SpongeBob=] out of his house.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: After ending [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's relationship with malicious insults, Squidward swallows his own fork and passes out. At the end, Squidward gets crushed by his own door re-igniting his back pain.
* IfIHadANickel:
-->'''Squidward:''' ''(while pretending to sound like Patrick)'' "If I had a dollar for every brain you don't have, I'd have one dollar."
* ImpededCommunication: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are communicating with bubbles that contain their voices. Squidward, whose house is between theirs, gets annoyed and secretly sabotages their messages by using his own bubbles that let out mean insults to them. This causes Bob & Pat to hate each other for the episode.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Squidward's attempt to ruin [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's day ends up with the two bugging him and fighting over him. As a result, they destroy his bass, his art paintings and ultimately his entire house.
* LongSongShortScene: "Solitude in E Minor" is an actual stock song by Richard Myhill called "Wishful Thinking"; [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ba-qNzSAJQ the entire track]] goes on for a minute, compared to the literal two notes heard in the scene where it plays.
* ManipulativeBastard: Squidward. He quickly pays for it, though.
* MinimalistCast: [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Squidward are the only characters present.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Squidward's look on his face is quite noticeable when hiding from [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, due to them fighting over him, causing him to find a way to fix their relationship.
* NapInducingSpeak: Squidward's clarinet playing puts Patrick to sleep after ''one'' note.
* NoYou: Most of [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's arguments revolve around this.
* PassThePopcorn: Squidward watches [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick argue while sitting in a lounge chair and eating a souffle.
* TemporaryBulkChange: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick get bloated from drinking too much soda. They are back to normal once they burp it all out.
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'''United States airdate: August 7, 1999'''
'''Canada airdate: March 25, 2000'''
Another day at Boating School means another day with [=SpongeBob=] for Mrs. Puff, his Boating School teacher. Unfortunately, [=SpongeBob=] might just be her eternal burden, because as it stands, he's never going to pass his driver's test.
!!Boating School tropes include:
* ActingUnnatural: For [=SpongeBob=], acting natural apparently means acting like a cow.
* AnAesop: It's good to ask for help, but don't cheat. If you're not sure what applies as cheating, ask your teacher first.
* BigNo: As Mrs. Puff is being put on an ambulance, [=SpongeBob=] assures her that he'll try harder next year. She yells "NO!" as the ambulance drives away.
* BigWhy: Mrs. Puff each time [=SpongeBob=] fails the test.
* ButtMonkey: Mrs. Puff.
* ClothingSwitch: Patrick tries on [=SpongeBob's=] clothes.
-->What's pink and square at the same time? Patrick [=SquarePants=]!
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "I am confident in my abilities to successfully succeed."
* EarpieceConversation: Patrick coaches [=SpongeBob=] through his boating test by a walkie-talkie hidden under a cowboy hat. Mrs. Puff compliments [=SpongeBob=] on his improvement, joking that it's as if someone were telling him all the answers. But when she mentions that that would be cheating, [=SpongeBob=] freaks out and confesses... and crashes the boat, failing the test once again.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This is the most competent Patrick has been in any episode. He even had to talk [=SpongeBob=] out of being dumb.
* {{Hallucinations}}: After [=SpongeBob=] gets in the boat and starts to freak out, he hallucinates the track before him getting progressively longer and longer.
* LarynxDissonance: Mrs. Puff's voice deepens significantly when she inflates. Though she doesn't seem to do this anymore whenever she inflates as the series progressed.
* GeniusDitz: [=SpongeBob=] knows all the answers to the verbal test, he just gets nervous and floors it when he's behind the wheel.
* HelpingGrannyCrossTheStreet: [=SpongeBob=] during his 39th boating test attempt.
* ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime: [=SpongeBob=] having Patrick help him out with an EarpieceConversation to pass his boating exam seemed like a clever idea...until Mrs. Puff mentioned that situation would be cheating.
* MassOhCrap: The 1/2 Shell audience fish only appear to give this reaction.
* MoodWhiplash: The episode starts with [=SpongeBob=] excited to take his boating exam. But then it all changes once he gets ''in'' the boat.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [=SpongeBob=]'s reaction when he realizes that what Patrick is telling him is cheating. It causes him to fail the test. Again. Patrick also has this reaction when he's also told it's cheating then cries and runs back to his rock.
* OverlyLongGag: Patrick going "Testing" over and over into his walkie talkie, waiting for [=SpongeBob=] to respond, eventually [[SuddenlyShouting starting to scream it]].
* StaggeredZoom: When [=SpongeBob=] realizes he's cheating.
* VertigoEffect: The driving course track receding into infinity to show how intimidating [=SpongeBob=] finds driving.
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