History Recap / SpongebobSquarepantsS1E5PizzaDeliveryHomeSweetPineapple

* WrongRestaurant: The customer calls the Krusty Krab for a pizza by mistake. Not one to miss out on a quick buck, Mr. Krabs smashes some Krabby Patties into a pizza and has [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward deliver it.

* ScoldedByAStranger: A rather unjust example when SpongeBob is yelled at by a customer who he delivered a Krusty Krab-made pizza to because he neglected to provide a beverage that the customer didn't even order. What makes this unjust is that throughout the episode, SpongeBob was protecting the pizza for the customer's sake and having his efforts be rejected like that ended up cutting him deep.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Well, it's more of a "The Reason THEY Suck Speech", but anyway, Squidward calls the pioneers idiots for their hitchhiking methods, their diet of coral, following moss to civilization, and driving rocks. Of course, [[TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight the moss did lead toward Bikini Bottom]] and [=SpongeBob=] was able to drive the rock, which skews closer to TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Witnessing the customer outright chew [=SpongeBob=] out for forgetting his drink pisses Squidward off, ''big time.'' He then retaliates by giving him a [[PieInTheFace Pizza In The Face]] for scolding the very neighbor he dislikes.

** When [=SpongeBob=] is enticed into eating the pizza by Squidward, he immediately sees right through the charade and protects it. In later episodes, [=SpongeBob=] is depicted as TheDitz and SuperGullible.

* TryingNotToCry: [=SpongeBob=] tries to hold back his tears after the customer rejects the pizza, but fails to do so. He stops crying when Squidward comes back and says the customer “ate the whole pizza in one bite.”

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' (still crying) Did he change his mind?
-->'''Squidward:''' He sure did, he ate the whole thing in one bite.
* BrattyFoodDemand: In this case beverage instead of food. The customer refused to accept the pizza because the Diet Dr. Kelp he wanted wasn’t included in the order. That got resolved when Squidward forced the customer to eat the pizza, which was now “on the house.”

* BrattyFoodDemand: In this case beverage instead of food. The customer refused to accept the pizza without the Diet Dr. Kelp that wasn’t included in the order, or that was the case until Squidward forced the customer to eat the pizza which was now “on the house.”

** When [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward finally arrive at the customer's house, [=SpongeBob=] says he can't wait to see the look on the customer's face, unaware about what kind of situation he was about to get into.

* TemptingFate: "Oh, how could this get any ''WORSE''?!", spoken by Squidward seconds before a swift kick to their delivery boat, previously out of gas, causes it to spontaneously fill up and drive off without them, leaving the duo stuck walking through the desert.

* SkewedPriorities: The customer is much more upset with the fact that he didn't get his drink rather than the fact that it took ''[[ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree a day to deliver the pizza to him.]]'' If he was angry because of how long it took for the pizza to arrive, his behavior would’ve been at least somewhat justified.

* TruthInTelevision: Entitled customers are, unfortunately, a regular part of service jobs, especially food service, and ''will'' ask for or get mad about anything no matter how trivial or even illogical. [=SpongeBob=] learns this the hard way.

** The fact the guy orders a pizza delivered to his house from a restaurant that doesn't deliver, doesn't even make pizzas, and is already closed is more than a subtle sign he is not of reasonable custom.

** Squidward states that the Krusty Krab doesn’t deliver in this episode, but later on in the series (specifically after the second movie), we’ve seen SpongeBob and/or Squidward deliver food from the Krusty Krab on a few occasions.

* SkewedPriorities: The customer is much more upset with the fact that he didn't get his drink rather than the fact that it took ''[[ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree a day to deliver the pizza to him.]]'' If he was angry because of how long it took for the pizza to arrive, his anger would’ve been at least somewhat justified.

* TryingNotToCry: [=SpongeBob=] tries to hold back his tears after the customer rejects the pizza, but fails to do so. He stops crying when Squidward says the customer “ate the whole pizza in one bite.”

** Mr. Krabs is shown to be a good enough cook to quickly turn some Krabby Patties into a pizza. In later episodes, he's depicted as a LethalChef.[[note]]That being said, we never find out what the pizza actually tastes like...[[/note]]

** When [=SpongeBob=] starts crying because of the unsatisfied customer, Squidward repeatedly calls [=SpongeBob=] "Sponge" rather than [=SpongeBob=], which is something he does very rarely, if at all, past this episode.