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* IncessantMusicMadness: [=SpongeBob=] and a jellyfish keep Squidward up all night playing loud music. When more jellyfish show up and play the music even louder, Squidward has had enough and counterattacks by playing his clarinet. This angers the jellyfish, and when [=SpongeBob's=] pleas to stop result in Squidward playing even louder, the jellyfish go over to Squidward's and stings him.
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* IncessantMusicMadness: [=SpongeBob=] and a jellyfish keep Squidward up all night playing loud music. When more jellyfish show up and play the music even louder, Squidward has had enough and counterattacks by playing his clarinet. This angers the jellyfish, and when [=SpongeBob's=] pleas to stop result in Squidward playing even louder, the jellyfish go over to Squidward's and stings sting him.
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** Don't give out duties and responsibilities to those you don't think are responsible.
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* DesperatePleaForHome: After being scared by the police showing him a picture of the Maniac, Patrick breaks into tears and shouts "I wanna go home!" over the walkie-talkie.
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* RealityEnsues: [=SpongeBob=] causes several car wrecks by leading traffic ineptly, and he breaks into a couple's home pretending to be a maniac just to teach them a lesson. Both instances cause him to be wanted by the police.
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* TemptingFate: [=SpongeBob=] causes several car wrecks by leading traffic ineptly, and he breaks into a couple's home pretending to be a maniac just to teach them a lesson. Both instances cause him to be wanted by the police.
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* IncessantMusicMadness: [=SpongeBob=] and a jellyfish keep Squidward up all night playing loud music. When more jellyfish show up and play the music even louder, Squidward has had enough and counterattacks by playing his clarinet. This angers the jellyfish, and when [=SpongeBob's=] pleas to stop result in Squidward playing even louder, the jellyfish goes go over to Squidward's and stings him.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: The aforementioned ice cream incident
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* DisproportionateRetribution: The aforementioned ice cream incidentincident.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: The aforementioned ice cream incident
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Admittedly, Squidward deserved his fate from the jellyfish for playing his music loudly to aggravate the jellyfish more.
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* AllCrimesAreEqual: [=SpongeBob=] tries to arrest Patrick for littering by dripping ice-cream on the ground.
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** Don't give out duties and responsibilities to those you don't think are responsible.
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* 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.
** 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.
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* AnAesop: Lampshaded by the Narrator: never bring a wild animal home and make a pet out of it. They're better off staying in the wild.
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* 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.
** 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.
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* AnAesop: Lampshaded by the Narrator: never bring a wild animal home and make a pet out of it. They're better off staying in the wild.
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* SuddenlyShouting: "He's just standing there.... MENACINGLY!!"
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* RuleOfFunny: "Hurry Spongebob, I think it's getting-" *suddenly turns nighttime* "-dark"
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* ShoutOut: [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar "Friends, citizens, juvenile delinquents, lend me your ears!"]]
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* ShoutOut: [[Theatre/JuliusCaesar "Friends, citizens, juvenile delinquents, lend me your ears!"]]
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* 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.
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* 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.
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** Mrs. Puff realizes she’s in big trouble once she tells the police that is was her idea to give [=SpongeBob=] the hall monitor outfit.
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** Mrs. Puff realizes she’s in big trouble once she tells the police that is it was her idea to give [=SpongeBob=] the hall monitor outfit.
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** [=SpongeBob=] affects a deeper, more heroic voice whenever he calls himself "The Hall Monitor!"
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** [=SpongeBob=] affects a [[BadassBaritone deeper, more heroic voice voice]] whenever he calls himself "The Hall Monitor!"
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%%* CallForward: This isn't the last time [=SpongeBob=] brings a wild animal home. What was the next time?
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* EverythingHasRhythm: Gary tapping his eyeballs creates a rhythm that calms the jellyfish down. Later the jellies play their tentacles like guitar strings while bubbles, burping treasure chests, chains, dolphins, and clams provide ambience.
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* EverythingHasRhythm: EverythingIsAnInstrument: Gary tapping his eyeballs creates a rhythm that calms the jellyfish down. Later the jellies play their tentacles like guitar strings while bubbles, burping treasure chests, chains, dolphins, and clams provide ambience.
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* TwoDVisualsThreeDEffects: The shot that pans from [=SpongeBob's=] house to Squidward's house the next morning is the very first use of CGI in the series.
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* ConspicuousCGI: The shot that pans from [=SpongeBob's=] house to Squidward's house the next morning is the very first use of CGI in the series.
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: After Mr. Puff scolds [=SpongeBob=] when his antics destroy half the city:
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: After Mr.Mrs. Puff scolds [=SpongeBob=] when his antics destroy half the city:
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* AnswerCut: Squidward asks "How can you possibly have fun with a jellyfish?" Cue [=SpongeBob=] and the jellyfish dancing for 12 hours straight.
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** The newspaper fish has a high voice when he is far away, but when he talks normal, its rough and gritty.
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** The newspaper fish has a high voice when he is far away, but when he talks normal, its it is rough and gritty.
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* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Spongebob gets worried when he hears the news of a maniac terrorizing the citizens and cuasing traffic accidents, not realizing that that's exactly what he has been doing as hall monitor.
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'''United States airdate: August 28, 1999'''
'''Canada airdate: May 27, 2000'''
It's finally [=SpongeBob=]'s turn to be hall monitor! But, what will happen when he begins abusing his power?
!!Hall Monitor provides examples of:
* AccidentalVentriloquism: Patrick is eating ice-cream when [=SpongeBob=] calls him, and Patrick thinks the ice-cream is talking.
* AllCrimesAreEqual: [=SpongeBob=] tries to arrest Patrick for littering by dripping ice-cream on the ground.
* 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.
* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: "The maniac's in the MAILBOX!!!"
* ComesGreatResponsibility: [=SpongeBob=] learns this near the end of the episode.
* TheDitz: Patrick doesn't realize that [=SpongeBob=] is the maniac until near the very end, even when he is in point-blank range. What's more, he thinks the police sketch of the Maniac is the Maniac, even when told by the cops that it's not. They have a bit of fun watching him scream every time they show him the sketch.
* DownerEnding: The very first episode to have one: [=SpongeBob=] realizes he's the maniac, is punished by Mrs. Puff who gets arrested for this, and in the end she demands his presence...six months from now.
* DramaticIrony: Crossed with TomatoInTheMirror. The audience ''knows'' [=SpongeBob=] is the maniac, but he and Patrick ''don't.''
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: After Mr. Puff scolds [=SpongeBob=] when his antics destroy half the city:
-->'''Policeman:''' You know this guy?\\
'''Mrs. Puff:''' Of course I do. I'm the one who gave him the uniform in the first place. He's ''my'' responsibility! (''the cops glare at her'') Uh-oh.
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: A paper boy gives [=SpongeBob=] a paper telling him about the Maniac.
-->(deep voice) Take it, friends. Arm yourselves with knowledge.
* FacialCompositeFailure: The police sketch of the Maniac is just a stick figure [=SpongeBob=].
* FauxHorrific: Patrick is horrified by the composite sketch of the maniac, even though it's clearly a picture of [=SpongeBob=], and not a particularly scary one at that.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mrs. Puff after she allows [=SpongeBob=] to wear the Hall Monitor attire until the following morning.
-->'''Mrs. Puff:''' What are the consequences of what I've just done?...
* HiredToHuntYourself: [=SpongeBob=] takes it on himself to catch the Maniac, not knowing that it's him.
* IdiotHoudini: [=SpongeBob=] spends the whole episode causing chaos and vandalism, but in the end, it's Mrs. Puff who gets arrested for giving him the title to begin with.
* IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut: Done twice in succession when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick try to figure out what the Maniac might do next.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' You were a criminal once. What would you do?\\
'''Patrick:''' Hmmm... I'd get an ice-cream. [cut to them leaving an ice-cream parlor]\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Okay, now what?\\
'''Patrick:''' Hmmm... [cut to them leaving the same ice-cream parlor]\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' This isn't working.
* LawfulStupid:
** [=SpongeBob=]. His attempts at maintaining law and order cause more problems than they solve.
** [[PoliceAreUseless The actual police aren't much better,]] misinterpreting Mrs. Puff's explanation for [=SpongeBob=]'s actions as a ''confession''.
* LordErrorProne: [=SpongeBob=] has no idea that his attempts at helping just cause more chaos.
* NapInducingSpeak: Except for [=SpongeBob=], all the other students are being put to sleep by Mrs. Puff's lecture.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [=SpongeBob=]'s incompetent road traffic control and Open Window Maniac gag both caused him to become wanted by the town.
* NoBadgeNoProblem: [=SpongeBob=] assumes being hall monitor is the same as being a policeman. He even goes so far as to deputize Patrick.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Spongebob gets worried when he hears the news of a maniac terrorizing the citizens and cuasing traffic accidents, not realizing that that's exactly what he has been doing as hall monitor.
* OhCrap:
** [=SpongeBob=] when he finally realizes he’s the maniac.
** Mrs. Puff realizes she’s in big trouble once she tells the police that is was her idea to give [=SpongeBob=] the hall monitor outfit.
* RealityEnsues: [=SpongeBob=] causes several car wrecks by leading traffic ineptly, and he breaks into a couple's home pretending to be a maniac just to teach them a lesson. Both instances cause him to be wanted by the police.
* ScareEmStraight: [=SpongeBob=]'s tactic to teach a couple not to leave their window open is to jump inside as the Open Window Maniac, scaring the bejesus out of them.
* SeriousBusiness: [=SpongeBob=] takes being hall monitor ''way'' too seriously, which is why Mrs. Puff is so reluctant to give him the job.
* SuddenlyShouting: "He's just standing there.... MENACINGLY!!"
** Just before that, Patrick's timid "Wee-woo... wee-woo..." siren turns into a panicked "'''WEE-WOO-WEE-WOO'''" the second he sees the Maniac.
* TearsOfFear: [=SpongeBob=] when he starts running around in panic that he's in the vicinity of the Maniac.
* TomatoInTheMirror: Beyond this episode providing the page image, this trope is also played with. Namely, it takes [=SpongeBob=] the whole episode to realize he's the Maniac, while [[DramaticIrony the audience already knows it.]] The episode derives much of his humour from this.
* VocalDissonance:
** The newspaper fish has a high voice when he is far away, but when he talks normal, its rough and gritty.
** [=SpongeBob=] affects a deeper, more heroic voice whenever he calls himself "The Hall Monitor!"
* WhatTheHellHero: Mrs. Puff gives one to [=SpongeBob=] for the trouble he's caused in the city as the Hall Monitor. Unfortunately, she was arrested by the police after admitting them that she's responsible for giving him the uniform.
* WindbagPolitician: Upon being named hall monitor, [=SpongeBob=] gives an incredibly long, boring acceptance speech (which includes a quote from an equally long speech from a famous hall monitor). By the time he's finished, class is over without him actually performing his actual duties. His remark to Mrs. Puff afterwards - "I overdid the speech again, didn't I?" - implies this isn't the first time he's done this.
* YellowSashOfPower: Comes with the uniform.
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'''United States airdate: August 28, 1999'''
'''Canada airdate: May 27, 2000'''
[=SpongeBob=] takes in a jellyfish that won't leave him alone. Unfortunately, the jellyfish throws a big party in [=SpongeBob=]'s house, and he needs to get them out!
!!Jellyfish Jam provides examples of:
* AnAesop: Lampshaded by the Narrator: never bring a wild animal home and make a pet out of it. They're better off staying in the wild.
* BriefAccentImitation: [=SpongeBob=] briefly affects a French accent when eating jellyfish jelly on bread, which sounds not too dissimilar to Creator/TomKenny's French narrator voice.
* BrownNote: Squidward's bad clarinet-playing has this effect on the jellyfish, causing them to go berserk. Notably, this is possibly the only occasion in the ''entire series'' in which Squidward not only acknowledges, but ''embraces'' his lack of skill, weaponising it to piss the jellyfish off further.
* BullyingADragon: [=SpongeBob=] warns Squidward that the jellyfish don't like his music. Squidward, who by this point is too furious to listen to reason, decides to antagonise them further by blaring his awful clarinet-playing through loudspeakers. This does not end well for him.
* CallForward: This isn't the last time [=SpongeBob=] brings a wild animal home.
* ConspicuousCGI: The shot that pans from [=SpongeBob's=] house to Squidward's house the next morning is the very first use of CGI in the series.
* DisneyAcidSequence: [=SpongeBob=] and the jellyfish dancing to pounding house music, accompanied by trippy visuals.
* EpilepticFlashingLights: It's probably not wise to see the dance sequence if you have epilepsy.
* EverythingHasRhythm: Gary tapping his eyeballs creates a rhythm that calms the jellyfish down. Later the jellies play their tentacles like guitar strings while bubbles, burping treasure chests, chains, dolphins, and clams provide ambience.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Spongebob offers to take in a jellyfish that seems to have bonded with him. Said jellyfish then invites its kin to party in Spongebob's house, responding violently whenever he or someone else protests.
* ImTakingHimHomeWithMe: The jellyfish follows [=SpongeBob=] home, and [=SpongeBob=] at first doesn't want to take him home, but he relents easily.
* 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.
* IncessantMusicMadness: [=SpongeBob=] and a jellyfish keep Squidward up all night playing loud music. When more jellyfish show up and play the music even louder, Squidward has had enough and counterattacks by playing his clarinet. This angers the jellyfish, and when [=SpongeBob's=] pleas to stop result in Squidward playing even louder, the jellyfish goes over to Squidward's and stings him.
* InstantGravestone: When the jellyfish plays dead, it appears buried under a gravestone.
* LoudOfWar: After being kept up all night by the music, Squidward decides to [[StartXToStopX fight fire with fire]] and starts playing his clarinet. This only aggravates the jellyfish, and when [=SpongeBob=] tries to warn Squidward, he just plays louder. This leads the jellyfish to attack him.
* MinimalistCast: The only main characters present are [=SpongeBob=], Squidward and Gary.
* MobileShrubbery: To get close to the jellyfish at the beginning, [=SpongeBob=] disguises himself as a piece of coral.
* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: The jellyfish calm down thanks to the funky beat of Gary's eyes clacking. Inverted by Squidward's clarinet-playing, which just drives them berserk.
* OhCrap: When the jellyfish attack Squidward for playing his clarinet and when [=SpongeBob=] breaks the music player.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [=SpongeBob=]'s patience is brought to its absolute limit when the jellyfish invade his house, vandalize the place, and attack Squidward. When they burn Squidward's clarinet in a bonfire, he ''[[RageBreakingPoint explodes]]''.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': [''blows bubbles out his pore holes with a loud foghorn sound''] OKAY! THAT IS IT! [[GetOut EVERYBODY OUT!]]
* ReachingBetweenTheLines: When Squidward calls to complain about the noise, a jellyfish answers and squirts strawberry jelly through the phone.
* SpoofAesop: "[=SpongeBob=] has learned one of the sea's harshest lessons: wild animals can throw really wild parties."
-->'''Squidward''': ''[bathing from all the jellyfish stings]'' Ahhhh....
-->'''Narrator''': Ooh, I felt that.
* SuddenlyShouting: "[=SpongeBob=] is the only guy I know that can have fun with a jellyfish... FOR TWELVE HOURS!"
* SynchronizedSwarming: The jellyfish form, among other things, a hand to pick up [=SpongeBob=], a conveyor belt, and a smiley face (which turns into an angry face when Squidward plays his clarinet).
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: The jellyfish (plural, not just the first one) become this to [=SpongeBob=].
* WildTeenParty: The jellyfish invites others to a late-night party at [=SpongeBob's=], which lasts for 18 hours.
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-> '''Squidward:''' [''sighs''] [=SpongeBob=] is the only guy I know that can [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife browse TV Tropes Wiki]]...''FOR 12 HOURS!!''
-> '''French Narrator:''' 6 Hours Later
-> '''Squidward:''' [''really angry''] RRRRRRRR!!! 18 HOURS!
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'''Canada airdate: May 27, 2000'''
It's finally [=SpongeBob=]'s turn to be hall monitor! But, what will happen when he begins abusing his power?
!!Hall Monitor provides examples of:
* AccidentalVentriloquism: Patrick is eating ice-cream when [=SpongeBob=] calls him, and Patrick thinks the ice-cream is talking.
* AllCrimesAreEqual: [=SpongeBob=] tries to arrest Patrick for littering by dripping ice-cream on the ground.
* 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.
* TheCallsAreComingFromInsideTheHouse: "The maniac's in the MAILBOX!!!"
* ComesGreatResponsibility: [=SpongeBob=] learns this near the end of the episode.
* TheDitz: Patrick doesn't realize that [=SpongeBob=] is the maniac until near the very end, even when he is in point-blank range. What's more, he thinks the police sketch of the Maniac is the Maniac, even when told by the cops that it's not. They have a bit of fun watching him scream every time they show him the sketch.
* DownerEnding: The very first episode to have one: [=SpongeBob=] realizes he's the maniac, is punished by Mrs. Puff who gets arrested for this, and in the end she demands his presence...six months from now.
* DramaticIrony: Crossed with TomatoInTheMirror. The audience ''knows'' [=SpongeBob=] is the maniac, but he and Patrick ''don't.''
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: After Mr. Puff scolds [=SpongeBob=] when his antics destroy half the city:
-->'''Policeman:''' You know this guy?\\
'''Mrs. Puff:''' Of course I do. I'm the one who gave him the uniform in the first place. He's ''my'' responsibility! (''the cops glare at her'') Uh-oh.
* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: A paper boy gives [=SpongeBob=] a paper telling him about the Maniac.
-->(deep voice) Take it, friends. Arm yourselves with knowledge.
* FacialCompositeFailure: The police sketch of the Maniac is just a stick figure [=SpongeBob=].
* FauxHorrific: Patrick is horrified by the composite sketch of the maniac, even though it's clearly a picture of [=SpongeBob=], and not a particularly scary one at that.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mrs. Puff after she allows [=SpongeBob=] to wear the Hall Monitor attire until the following morning.
-->'''Mrs. Puff:''' What are the consequences of what I've just done?...
* HiredToHuntYourself: [=SpongeBob=] takes it on himself to catch the Maniac, not knowing that it's him.
* IdiotHoudini: [=SpongeBob=] spends the whole episode causing chaos and vandalism, but in the end, it's Mrs. Puff who gets arrested for giving him the title to begin with.
* IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut: Done twice in succession when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick try to figure out what the Maniac might do next.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' You were a criminal once. What would you do?\\
'''Patrick:''' Hmmm... I'd get an ice-cream. [cut to them leaving an ice-cream parlor]\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Okay, now what?\\
'''Patrick:''' Hmmm... [cut to them leaving the same ice-cream parlor]\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' This isn't working.
* LawfulStupid:
** [=SpongeBob=]. His attempts at maintaining law and order cause more problems than they solve.
** [[PoliceAreUseless The actual police aren't much better,]] misinterpreting Mrs. Puff's explanation for [=SpongeBob=]'s actions as a ''confession''.
* LordErrorProne: [=SpongeBob=] has no idea that his attempts at helping just cause more chaos.
* NapInducingSpeak: Except for [=SpongeBob=], all the other students are being put to sleep by Mrs. Puff's lecture.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [=SpongeBob=]'s incompetent road traffic control and Open Window Maniac gag both caused him to become wanted by the town.
* NoBadgeNoProblem: [=SpongeBob=] assumes being hall monitor is the same as being a policeman. He even goes so far as to deputize Patrick.
* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Spongebob gets worried when he hears the news of a maniac terrorizing the citizens and cuasing traffic accidents, not realizing that that's exactly what he has been doing as hall monitor.
* OhCrap:
** [=SpongeBob=] when he finally realizes he’s the maniac.
** Mrs. Puff realizes she’s in big trouble once she tells the police that is was her idea to give [=SpongeBob=] the hall monitor outfit.
* RealityEnsues: [=SpongeBob=] causes several car wrecks by leading traffic ineptly, and he breaks into a couple's home pretending to be a maniac just to teach them a lesson. Both instances cause him to be wanted by the police.
* ScareEmStraight: [=SpongeBob=]'s tactic to teach a couple not to leave their window open is to jump inside as the Open Window Maniac, scaring the bejesus out of them.
* SeriousBusiness: [=SpongeBob=] takes being hall monitor ''way'' too seriously, which is why Mrs. Puff is so reluctant to give him the job.
* SuddenlyShouting: "He's just standing there.... MENACINGLY!!"
** Just before that, Patrick's timid "Wee-woo... wee-woo..." siren turns into a panicked "'''WEE-WOO-WEE-WOO'''" the second he sees the Maniac.
* TearsOfFear: [=SpongeBob=] when he starts running around in panic that he's in the vicinity of the Maniac.
* TomatoInTheMirror: Beyond this episode providing the page image, this trope is also played with. Namely, it takes [=SpongeBob=] the whole episode to realize he's the Maniac, while [[DramaticIrony the audience already knows it.]] The episode derives much of his humour from this.
* VocalDissonance:
** The newspaper fish has a high voice when he is far away, but when he talks normal, its rough and gritty.
** [=SpongeBob=] affects a deeper, more heroic voice whenever he calls himself "The Hall Monitor!"
* WhatTheHellHero: Mrs. Puff gives one to [=SpongeBob=] for the trouble he's caused in the city as the Hall Monitor. Unfortunately, she was arrested by the police after admitting them that she's responsible for giving him the uniform.
* WindbagPolitician: Upon being named hall monitor, [=SpongeBob=] gives an incredibly long, boring acceptance speech (which includes a quote from an equally long speech from a famous hall monitor). By the time he's finished, class is over without him actually performing his actual duties. His remark to Mrs. Puff afterwards - "I overdid the speech again, didn't I?" - implies this isn't the first time he's done this.
* YellowSashOfPower: Comes with the uniform.
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'''United States airdate: August 28, 1999'''
'''Canada airdate: May 27, 2000'''
[=SpongeBob=] takes in a jellyfish that won't leave him alone. Unfortunately, the jellyfish throws a big party in [=SpongeBob=]'s house, and he needs to get them out!
!!Jellyfish Jam provides examples of:
* AnAesop: Lampshaded by the Narrator: never bring a wild animal home and make a pet out of it. They're better off staying in the wild.
* BriefAccentImitation: [=SpongeBob=] briefly affects a French accent when eating jellyfish jelly on bread, which sounds not too dissimilar to Creator/TomKenny's French narrator voice.
* BrownNote: Squidward's bad clarinet-playing has this effect on the jellyfish, causing them to go berserk. Notably, this is possibly the only occasion in the ''entire series'' in which Squidward not only acknowledges, but ''embraces'' his lack of skill, weaponising it to piss the jellyfish off further.
* BullyingADragon: [=SpongeBob=] warns Squidward that the jellyfish don't like his music. Squidward, who by this point is too furious to listen to reason, decides to antagonise them further by blaring his awful clarinet-playing through loudspeakers. This does not end well for him.
* CallForward: This isn't the last time [=SpongeBob=] brings a wild animal home.
* ConspicuousCGI: The shot that pans from [=SpongeBob's=] house to Squidward's house the next morning is the very first use of CGI in the series.
* DisneyAcidSequence: [=SpongeBob=] and the jellyfish dancing to pounding house music, accompanied by trippy visuals.
* EpilepticFlashingLights: It's probably not wise to see the dance sequence if you have epilepsy.
* EverythingHasRhythm: Gary tapping his eyeballs creates a rhythm that calms the jellyfish down. Later the jellies play their tentacles like guitar strings while bubbles, burping treasure chests, chains, dolphins, and clams provide ambience.
* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Spongebob offers to take in a jellyfish that seems to have bonded with him. Said jellyfish then invites its kin to party in Spongebob's house, responding violently whenever he or someone else protests.
* ImTakingHimHomeWithMe: The jellyfish follows [=SpongeBob=] home, and [=SpongeBob=] at first doesn't want to take him home, but he relents easily.
* 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.
* IncessantMusicMadness: [=SpongeBob=] and a jellyfish keep Squidward up all night playing loud music. When more jellyfish show up and play the music even louder, Squidward has had enough and counterattacks by playing his clarinet. This angers the jellyfish, and when [=SpongeBob's=] pleas to stop result in Squidward playing even louder, the jellyfish goes over to Squidward's and stings him.
* InstantGravestone: When the jellyfish plays dead, it appears buried under a gravestone.
* LoudOfWar: After being kept up all night by the music, Squidward decides to [[StartXToStopX fight fire with fire]] and starts playing his clarinet. This only aggravates the jellyfish, and when [=SpongeBob=] tries to warn Squidward, he just plays louder. This leads the jellyfish to attack him.
* MinimalistCast: The only main characters present are [=SpongeBob=], Squidward and Gary.
* MobileShrubbery: To get close to the jellyfish at the beginning, [=SpongeBob=] disguises himself as a piece of coral.
* MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast: The jellyfish calm down thanks to the funky beat of Gary's eyes clacking. Inverted by Squidward's clarinet-playing, which just drives them berserk.
* OhCrap: When the jellyfish attack Squidward for playing his clarinet and when [=SpongeBob=] breaks the music player.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [=SpongeBob=]'s patience is brought to its absolute limit when the jellyfish invade his house, vandalize the place, and attack Squidward. When they burn Squidward's clarinet in a bonfire, he ''[[RageBreakingPoint explodes]]''.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': [''blows bubbles out his pore holes with a loud foghorn sound''] OKAY! THAT IS IT! [[GetOut EVERYBODY OUT!]]
* ReachingBetweenTheLines: When Squidward calls to complain about the noise, a jellyfish answers and squirts strawberry jelly through the phone.
* SpoofAesop: "[=SpongeBob=] has learned one of the sea's harshest lessons: wild animals can throw really wild parties."
-->'''Squidward''': ''[bathing from all the jellyfish stings]'' Ahhhh....
-->'''Narrator''': Ooh, I felt that.
* SuddenlyShouting: "[=SpongeBob=] is the only guy I know that can have fun with a jellyfish... FOR TWELVE HOURS!"
* SynchronizedSwarming: The jellyfish form, among other things, a hand to pick up [=SpongeBob=], a conveyor belt, and a smiley face (which turns into an angry face when Squidward plays his clarinet).
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: The jellyfish (plural, not just the first one) become this to [=SpongeBob=].
* WildTeenParty: The jellyfish invites others to a late-night party at [=SpongeBob's=], which lasts for 18 hours.
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-> '''Squidward:''' [''sighs''] [=SpongeBob=] is the only guy I know that can [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife browse TV Tropes Wiki]]...''FOR 12 HOURS!!''
-> '''French Narrator:''' 6 Hours Later
-> '''Squidward:''' [''really angry''] RRRRRRRR!!! 18 HOURS!
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