History Recap / SpongebobSquarepantsS1E7HallMonitorJellyfishJam

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Ride/SixFlags We like to party!]]'']]

** [=SpongeBob=] affects a [[BadassBaritone deeper, more heroic voice]] whenever he calls himself "The Hall Monitor!"

It's finally [=SpongeBob=]'s turn to be hall monitor at boating school! However, he’s unable to do anything thanks to a ridiculously long acceptance speech, but to make it up to him, Mrs. Puff allows him to keep the uniform for the night. However, he lets the power get to his head, and goes out “monitoring” the streets of Bikini Bottom, inadvertently causing a wave of terror.

It's finally [=SpongeBob=]'s turn to be hall monitor! But, what will happen when he begins abusing his power?

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

* 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.

* AnswerCut: Squidward asks "How can you possibly have fun with a jellyfish?" Cue [=SpongeBob=] and the jellyfish dancing for 12 hours straight.

* 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.

* MinimalistCast: The only main characters present are [=SpongeBob=], Squidward and Gary.

'''Original air date''': 8/28/1999 ''(produced in 1998)''

!!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 give Patrick a ticket for littering by dripping ice-cream on the ground.

* DramaticIrony: Crossed with TomatoInTheMirror. The audience ''knows'' [=SpongeBob=] is the maniac, but he and Patrick ''don't.''

'''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.

* 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.

'''Original air date''': 8/28/1999 ''(produced in 1998)''

!!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.

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': [''blows bubbles out his pore holes with a loud foghorn sound''] OKAY! THAT IS IT! [[GetOut EVERYBODY OUT!]]

-->'''Squidward''': ''[bathing from all the jellyfish stings]'' Ahhhh....
-->'''Narrator''': Ooh, I felt that.

-> '''Squidward:''' [''sighs''] [=SpongeBob=] is the only guy I know that can [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife browse TV Tropes]]...''FOR 12 HOURS!!''
-> '''French Narrator:''' Six hours later.
-> '''Squidward:''' [''really angry''] RRRRRRRR!!! 18 HOURS!

* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: The first episode where [=SpongeBob=] does it (if not counting his girly "[[OhCrap OH]] [[BigNo NO!]]" shrieks from "Home Sweet Pineapple" earlier in the season); he does a series of these as part of his panic attack when he thinks the maniac is in the mailbox he's hiding in.

* 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.

* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Spongebob gets worried when he hears the news of a maniac terrorizing the citizens and causing traffic accidents, not realizing that that's exactly what he has been doing as hall monitor.

* RuleOfFunny: "Hurry Spongebob, I think it's getting- ''(suddenly turns nighttime)'' dark..."

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: During his power trip after becoming Hall Monitor, [=SpongeBob=] tries to lead traffic and causes multiple accidents. Then he breaks into a family's home in an attempt to teach them about "the dangers of open windows". While it's rather ridiculous and is initially PlayedForLaughs, [=SpongeBob=] is wanted by the police shortly afterward.

* 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.

** [[PoliceAreUseless/SpongeBobSquarePants The actual police aren't much better,]] misinterpreting Mrs. Puff's explanation for [=SpongeBob=]'s actions as a ''confession''.

** [=SpongeBob=] when he finally realizes he’s the maniac.

* RuleOfFunny: "Hurry Spongebob, I think it's getting-" *suddenly turns nighttime* "-dark"

-->'''Paperboy:''' ''[[LarynxDissonance (deep voice)]]'' Take it, friends. Arm yourselves with knowledge.

* 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.

'''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.

'''Patrick:''' Hmmm... I'd get an ice-cream. [cut to them leaving an ice-cream parlor]\\

'''Patrick:''' Hmmm... [cut to them leaving the same ice-cream parlor]\\

The one where [=SpongeBob=] [[TomatoInTheMirror confronts The Maniac]].

The one with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1bO0H1D2v8 Stadium Rave A]].

* 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.

** [[PoliceAreUseless The actual police aren't much better,]] misinterpreting Mrs. Puff's explanation for [=SpongeBob=]'s actions as a ''confession''.

-> '''French Narrator:''' 6 hours later.

-> '''Squidward:''' [''sighs''] [=SpongeBob=] is the only guy I know that can [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife browse TV Tropes Wiki]]...''FOR 12 HOURS!!''
-> '''French Narrator:''' 6 Hours Later

-> '''Squidward:''' [''sighs''] [=SpongeBob=] is the only guy I know that can [[TVTropesWillRuinYourLife browse TV Tropes Wiki]]...''FOR 12 HOURS!!''