History Recap / SpongebobSquarepantsS1E7HallMonitorJellyfishJam

* JerkassHasAPoint: Squidward is right when he tells [=SpongeBob=] that a jellyfish is a wild animal and not a pet. He gets proven right at the climax of the episode. While antagonizing the jellyfish was only throwing fuel on the fire, you can't blame him for losing his temper after they made him lose a night sleep with their rave [[{{Hypocrite}} and Spongebob had the audacity to treat ''his'' clarinet playing as a noise disturbance]]. Even [=SpongeBob=] and the French Narrator both treat this response as KarmicOverkill and are sympathetic toward him.[invoked]

-->'''Squidward:''' Everybody's a critic. ''(hands his clarinet over)'' They won't be hearing from ''me'' anymore...

* SpoofAesop: "[=SpongeBob=] has learned one of the sea's harshest lessons: wild animals can throw ''very'' wild parties."

* SuddenlyShouting: [[MemeticMutation "He's just standing there.... MENACINGLY!!"]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: Squidward is right when he tells [=SpongeBob=] that a jellyfish is a wild animal and not a pet. He gets proven right at the climax of the episode. While antagonizing the jellyfish was only throwing fuel on the fire, you can't blame him for losing his temper after they made him lose a night sleep with their rave [[{{Hypocrite}} and Spongebob had the audacity to treat ''his'' clarinet playing as a noise disturbance]]. Even both Spongebob and the narrator treat the response as KarmicOverkill and are sympathetic toward him.

--->"The maniac's IN THE MAILBOX!"

* Foreshadowing: Squidward says he wouldn’t let a wild jellyfish in his house “even if it was potty-trained.” It wasn’t wrong for him to say that, as the multiple wild jellyfish give [=SpongeBob=] a hard time.

** When the swarm of Jellyfish sting Squidward, he becomes covered in red pimples, which are shown when he angrily goes to [=SpongeBob’s=]. He is later seen in the bathtub still covered in pimples.

* BrickJoke: When Squidward is trying to go to sleep, he states that [=SpongeBob=] is the only guy he knows who could have fun with a jellyfish for twelve hours. The next morning, Squidward says it’s been eighteen hours of torture.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Admittedly, Squidward deserved his fate from the jellyfish for playing his music loudly to aggravate the jellyfish more.

* {{Hypocrite}}: While Spongebob meant well, he unintentionally came off as a hypocrite when he complained about how Squidward’s bad clarinet playing ways was making noise…when Spongebob himself (again, unintentionally) had a whole house party for 18 hours.

* AnAesop:
** Even if you're awarded for being outstanding (or given an award that everyone gets, like a participant award), it doesn't mean you're good at everything else. Know your limits.
** Leave the jobs like policing to the authorities.
** For Mrs. Puff: don’t give out duties and responsibilities to those you don't think are mature enough to handle certain tasks.

* AnAesop: Lampshaded by the French Narrator: never bring a wild animal home and make a pet out of it. They're better off staying in the wild.

* {{Hypocrite}}: While Spongebob meant well, he came off as a hypocrite when he complained about how Squidward’s bad clarinet playing ways was making noise…when Spongebob himself had a whole house party for 18 hours.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Squidward is right when he tells [=SpongeBob=] that a jellyfish is a wild animal and not a pet. He gets proven right at the climax of the episode. While antagonizing the jellyfish was only throwing fuel on the fire, you can't blame him for losing his temper after they made him lose a night sleep with their rave and Spongebob had the audacity to treat ''his'' clarinet playing as a noise disturbance. Even both Spongebob and the narrator treat the response as KarmicOverkill and are sympathetic toward him.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Squidward is right when he tells [=SpongeBob=] that a jellyfish is a wild animal and not a pet. He gets proven right at the climax of the episode.

** Don't give out duties and responsibilities to those you don't think are mature enough to handle certain tasks.

* PetTheDog: [=SpongeBob=]'s house ends up being completely demolished because of the jellyfish, but he doesn't reach his breaking point until the jellyfish proceed to attack Squidward, which he calls them out on.