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* PrisonEpisode: "The Inmates of Summer" where [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick get on the wrong ship and end up on a prison island. Complete with a character voiced by R. Lee Ermey!
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** Heard in "Nature Pants", when Patrick, gone {{Yandere}}, tells [=SpongeBob=] he'll make him into a trophy.
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** Not as long as others, but Mr. Krabs in "Born Again Krabs" screams until he simply runs out of breath. His head also splits apart and grows back.
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** '''CHOCOLATE!!!'''
** Backing up! Backing up! Backing up! Backing up...
** Backing up! Backing up! Backing up! Backing up...
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* MadnessMantra: ''FOCUS ON THE ROAD, THERE IS NOTHING BUT THE ROAD.''
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* {{Pseudolympics}}: The Fry Cook games, including events such as patty throwing, artistic ice cream diving, bun wrestling...
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-->Krabs: Thats a 4/4 String Ostinato in D-Minor and every sailor knows it means death!
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* LaughingMad: [=SpongeBob=] engages in a bit of this during the infamous "I've Been Waiting for You, Patrick" scene from "Bummer Vacation".
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** Mermaidman and Barnacleboy's origin story [[spoiler: (specifically, that they gained their powers from eating some overcooked popcorn)]]
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* ManChild: [=SpongeBob=]'s actual age is very difficult to guess. He lives independently, has a job, is trying for his "boating license"...and acts like a five-year-old with ADHD despite being 25.
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I think I was generalizing a little too much. It\'s more that a lot of the characers can be hammy, but they don\'t necessarily yell constantly. At least most of the time.
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* NoIndoorVoice: A lot of characters frequently have this problem, especially Spongebob himself. This not only applies to named characters, but completely random ones as well. In fact, just about any time most characters get really ticked off, expect them to start yelling. ''Constantly''.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Used several times, first when Plankton pulls out a tiny record player from {{Hammerspace}} to provide musical accompaniment for his EvilLaugh.
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX-DB7JaNPM second time he does this]] is a funny moment.
** The episode ''Clams'' an ominous tune starts up, Krabs takes notice. He discovers a full orchestra playing the song.
-->Krabs: Thats a 4/4 String Ostinato in D-Minor and every sailor knows it means death!
** The [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mX-DB7JaNPM second time he does this]] is a funny moment.
** The episode ''Clams'' an ominous tune starts up, Krabs takes notice. He discovers a full orchestra playing the song.
-->Krabs: Thats a 4/4 String Ostinato in D-Minor and every sailor knows it means death!
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-->For tropes A to C see [[SpongebobSquarepants/TropesAToC here]].
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* NoIndoorVoice: A lot of characters frequently have this problem, especially Spongebob himself. This not only applies to named characters, but completely random ones as well. In fact, just about anytime most characters get really ticked off, expect them to start yelling. ''Constantly''.
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* NoIndoorVoice: A lot of characters frequently have this problem, especially Spongebob himself. This not only applies to named characters, but completely random ones as well. In fact, just about anytime any time most characters get really ticked off, expect them to start yelling. ''Constantly''.
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* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: Spongebob tries to warn Squidward. "Sea Bears are no laughing matter, why, once I met this guy who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy... who knew this guy, who knew this guy, who knew this guy's ''cousin''-"
** In "The Suds", Patrick tells [=SpongeBob=] of the horrors of the doctor's office which he knows because "I know a guy who knows a guy who went to the doctor once".
** In "The Suds", Patrick tells [=SpongeBob=] of the horrors of the doctor's office which he knows because "I know a guy who knows a guy who went to the doctor once".
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* NoIndoorVoice: A lot of characters frequently have this problem, especially Spongebob himself. This not only applies to named characters, but completely random ones as well. In fact, just about anytime most characters get really ticked off, expect them to start yelling. ''Constantly''.
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* LookAlikeLovers: Squidward's first impression of a female octopus in "Love That Squid":
-->'''Squidward:''' [=SpongeBob=], she's got it all! Class, style, grace, and looks like yours truly!
-->'''Squidward:''' [=SpongeBob=], she's got it all! Class, style, grace, and looks like yours truly!
* {{Metaphorgotten}}: In "Banned in Bikini Bottom":
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' If Krabby Patties are illegal now, aren't we breaking the law?\\
'''Mr. Krabs:''' There's an old saying, lad. What doesn't kill ya... usually succeeds in the second attempt.\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' But what does that have to do with making Krabby Patties?\\
'''Mr. Krabs:''' Nothing!
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' If Krabby Patties are illegal now, aren't we breaking the law?\\
'''Mr. Krabs:''' There's an old saying, lad. What doesn't kill ya... usually succeeds in the second attempt.\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' But what does that have to do with making Krabby Patties?\\
'''Mr. Krabs:''' Nothing!
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* NeverTrustAHairTonic: In the movie, King Triton tries to use some hair tonic, but accidentally it gets into his eye. So his eyeballs grow hair.
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** Played straight in "Shellback Shenanigans".
* NeverTrustAHairTonic: In the movie, KingTriton Neptune tries to use some hair tonic, but accidentally it gets into his eye. So his eyeballs grow hair.
* NeverTrustAHairTonic: In the movie, King
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* TheNotSecret: In "Banned in Bikini Bottom", when Mr. Krabs was forced to close down the Krusty Krab, he converts [=SpongeBob=]'s house into a secret Krusty Krab... complete with a sign advertising it as such.
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* NotMeThisTime: In "Best Frenemies", Mr. Krabs assumes Plankton was behind the new [=KelpShake=] store that's driving him out of business. It turns out Plankton had done nothing wrong for once.
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* ParentheticalSwearing: "Shrimp" is often used in place of "shit".
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* LyingFingerCross: Played with in one episode. When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick promise Mr. Krabs not to play on the fishing hooks, Patrick claims he had his fingers crossed. [=SpongeBob=] then points out that Patrick has no fingers.
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** Patrick becomes one of these any time he gets a taste of power or some sort of reassurance of his "genius" abilities. (The episode where he gets a boat, when he becomes king, the time when his parents come over, etc.) Any other time, he's just TheDitz taken to its LogicalExtreme.
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** Patrick becomes one of these any time he gets a taste of power or some sort of reassurance of his "genius" abilities. (The episode where he gets a boat, when he becomes king, the time when his parents come over, etc.) Any other time, he's just TheDitz taken to its LogicalExtreme.
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** Especially in "The Clash Of Triton" where he traps his son in a cage for wanting to meddle in the lives of mortals instead of smiting them, but he gets better.
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* LineOfSightName: When the Flying Dutchman comes for Mr. Krabs' soul in the hospital, Mr. Krabs insists that he is "Harold Flower", after the flower on the end table.
* LittleKnownFacts: Patrick Star comes up with loads of these, usually in TheBlindLeadingTheBlind situations with [=SpongeBob=]. They both believe them.
* LittleKnownFacts: Patrick Star comes up with loads of these, usually in TheBlindLeadingTheBlind situations with [=SpongeBob=]. They both believe them.
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* LineOfSightName: When the Flying Dutchman comes for Mr. Krabs' soul in the hospital, Mr. Krabs insists that he is "Harold Flower", after the flower on the end table.
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* LittleKnownFacts: Patrick Star comes up with loads of these, usually in TheBlindLeadingTheBlind situations with [=SpongeBob=]. They both believe them.
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** [=SpongeBob=] has a cameo in "Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band", a ChildrenInNeed music video crossing over many significant British StopMotion cartoons, a few 2D British and American cartoons, and the live-action {{Teletubbies}}. (The reason for having a mere cameo is that the 2D shows[[hottip:* :Including [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce a character]] from Nickelodeon's [[CartoonNetwork "other side"]], just as the Children In Need telethon includes programmes from TheBBC's [[{{ITV}} "other side"]]. Funny, no?]] only appear on TV screens to avoid major MediumBlending.)
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** [=SpongeBob=] has a cameo in "Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band", a ChildrenInNeed music video crossing over many significant British StopMotion cartoons, a few 2D British and American cartoons, and the live-action {{Teletubbies}}. (The reason for having a mere cameo is that the 2D shows[[hottip:* :Including [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce a character]] from Nickelodeon's [[CartoonNetwork [[Creator/CartoonNetwork "other side"]], just as the Children In Need telethon includes programmes from TheBBC's [[{{ITV}} "other side"]]. Funny, no?]] only appear on TV screens to avoid major MediumBlending.)
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* TheMillstone: Patrick fits more than the usual. Whenever [=SpongeBob=] or anyone has a plan, Patrick is sure to screw it up, or do something stupid to make it worse.
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* MockCousteau: The Narrator.
* MockMillionaire: Double subverted when Squilliam Fancyson pretends to be a MockMillionaire to bait Squidward... only to finally reveal he actually ''is'' rich.
* MockMillionaire: Double subverted when Squilliam Fancyson pretends to be a MockMillionaire to bait Squidward... only to finally reveal he actually ''is'' rich.
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* MockCousteau: The Narrator.
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* MockMillionaire: Double subverted when Squilliam Fancyson pretends to be a MockMillionaire to bait Squidward... only to finally reveal he actually ''is'' rich.
* MockMillionaire: Double subverted when Squilliam Fancyson pretends to be a MockMillionaire to bait Squidward... only to finally reveal he actually ''is'' rich.
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--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': "Squidward, you can make this box whatever you want it to be with... [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows *makes rainbow appear from hands*]] ...[[MemeticMutation imagination!]]" imagination!]]"
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The episode "Can You Spare a Dime?" features Squidward quitting his job over a misunderstanding. When he ends up losing his house, Spongebob selflessly takes him into his own home, and takes care of him. Squidward "thanks" him by [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave becoming a freeloader]], forcing SpongeBob to wait on him hand and foot.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The episode "Can You Spare a Dime?" features Squidward quitting his job over a misunderstanding. When he ends up losing his house, Spongebob selflessly takes him into his own home, and takes care of him. Squidward "thanks" him by [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave becoming a freeloader]], forcing SpongeBob to wait on him hand and foot.
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*** Honestly, other then the whole under water thing, you give someone with Spongebobs personality type a welding torch and rollerblades, and it'd be weirder if the place DIDN'T burn down.
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* OverlyLongScream: Plankton did it once in the episode where he and Mr. Krabs switch places.
-->'''Plankton:''' AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *Takes a drink of his soda* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
-->'''Plankton:''' AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *Takes a drink of his soda* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
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* OverlyLongScream: Plankton did it once in the episode where he and Mr. Krabs switch places.
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-->'''Plankton:''' AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *Takes a drink of his soda*AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
-->'''Plankton:''' AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *Takes a drink of his soda*
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* PetTheDog: The ending of "Love That Squid", where Squidward, after seasons of being down on his luck and designated to have anything seemingly good that could happen to him get crushed, succeeds in getting a date with a girl.
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** Even the normally sympathetic Mrs. Puff becomes one in "Demolition Doofus" as she tries outright MURDER Spongebob!
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* OneSceneWonder: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPlAagCXYeI&feature=related The "DEEEUUAGH" fish, who shows up for about five seconds in "Something Smells",]] has spawned a [[MemeticMutation meme]].
** Probably one of the only shows to feature this for a ''location''; Rock Bottom has only been visited in one episode in the first season (of nine), but a level based on it appears in almost ''every'' video game based on the series and has a roller coaster themed around it in the Mall of America.
** Probably one of the only shows to feature this for a ''location''; Rock Bottom has only been visited in one episode in the first season (of nine), but a level based on it appears in almost ''every'' video game based on the series and has a roller coaster themed around it in the Mall of America.
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* MadeOutToBeAJerkass: In the infamous "Stuck In A Wringer", Patrick's stupidity results in [=SpongeBob=] being trapped in a wringer and can't get out, and despite Patrick trying to convince him otherwise, nothing goes right for him anymore. Finally, at an amusement park, [=SpongeBob=] yells at Patrick, saying it's all his fault his life is ruined. After a sad Patrick leaves, the crowd around [=SpongeBob=] get on his case.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome:
** '''[[MemeticMutation "CHOCOLATE?! CHOCOLATE!!!!"]]'''
** In the episode "Procrastination". As the name implies, [=SpongeBob=] grapples with his denial for hesitation in writing a 800-word essay. In one of his many time-wasting gimmicks, he spends an implied ludicrous amount of time and effort writing the "The" at the start of the paper, so the sequence ends up just looking "awesome" instead of being the HardWorkMontage it initially appears to be.
** The opening scene of The Movie features a dramatic scene based around the "crisis" of a customer being given a Krabby Patty without cheese, complete with a slow-motion sequence of [=SpongeBob=] putting some cheese into the patty. It's a Dream Sequence, but still...
** How about any time the Krabby Patty is brought to the audiences attention by [=SpongeBob=], or at least when it focuses on him making Krabby Patties?
** When a customer gets a Patty with jellyfish jelly added, he's so enthused that he bursts into an impromptu musical number: "LISTEN to me, everybody! I just had a sand-wich! It's no ordinary sand-wich!"
** And in one of the "Legends of Bikini Bottom" episodes, [=SpongeBob=] is unconscious due to his Krabby Patty meter being empty. Mr. Krabs gets him to eat one. He then blasts up, explodes into pieces, then regenerates after all of them land together, and then... '''[[ChewingTheScenery "OHHHHHHHHH, YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"]]'''
** Mermaid Man. "To the meatloaf... AWAY!"
** '''[[MemeticMutation "CHOCOLATE?! CHOCOLATE!!!!"]]'''
** In the episode "Procrastination". As the name implies, [=SpongeBob=] grapples with his denial for hesitation in writing a 800-word essay. In one of his many time-wasting gimmicks, he spends an implied ludicrous amount of time and effort writing the "The" at the start of the paper, so the sequence ends up just looking "awesome" instead of being the HardWorkMontage it initially appears to be.
** The opening scene of The Movie features a dramatic scene based around the "crisis" of a customer being given a Krabby Patty without cheese, complete with a slow-motion sequence of [=SpongeBob=] putting some cheese into the patty. It's a Dream Sequence, but still...
** How about any time the Krabby Patty is brought to the audiences attention by [=SpongeBob=], or at least when it focuses on him making Krabby Patties?
** When a customer gets a Patty with jellyfish jelly added, he's so enthused that he bursts into an impromptu musical number: "LISTEN to me, everybody! I just had a sand-wich! It's no ordinary sand-wich!"
** And in one of the "Legends of Bikini Bottom" episodes, [=SpongeBob=] is unconscious due to his Krabby Patty meter being empty. Mr. Krabs gets him to eat one. He then blasts up, explodes into pieces, then regenerates after all of them land together, and then... '''[[ChewingTheScenery "OHHHHHHHHH, YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!"]]'''
** Mermaid Man. "To the meatloaf... AWAY!"
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* TheJimmyHartVersion: The techno song from "Jellyfish Jam" is ''very'' similar to the NBA song "Get Ready For This." [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-XGEzGgf8 Here's a comparison of the two.]]
** Lampshaded by one Krusty Krab customer, who, upon hearing a Jimmy Hart Version of a song, said, "I hated the REAL version of this song".
** The depressing song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwePGV289tY Daytime Drama]] in the episode "Dumped" is in comparison with this more [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCwwRO3Fitk upbeat counterpart.]]
** The title card for "Hall Monitor" has similarities to the theme for the late '60s/early '70s action show ''The Mod Squad''.
** Lampshaded by one Krusty Krab customer, who, upon hearing a Jimmy Hart Version of a song, said, "I hated the REAL version of this song".
** The depressing song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwePGV289tY Daytime Drama]] in the episode "Dumped" is in comparison with this more [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCwwRO3Fitk upbeat counterpart.]]
** The title card for "Hall Monitor" has similarities to the theme for the late '60s/early '70s action show ''The Mod Squad''.
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* JerkAss: Practically everyone in the show at some time or the other, with Mr. Krabs and Squidward being the most prominent examples.
** In "Keep Bikini Bottom Clean," a cop follows Squidward around and continuously slams tickets into his face for even being ''near'' a pile of garbage.
** Patrick becomes one of these any time he gets a taste of power or some sort of reassurance of his "genius" abilities. (The episode where he gets a boat, when he becomes king, the time when his parents come over, etc.) Any other time, he's just TheDitz taken to its LogicalExtreme.
* JerkassGods: Neptune, usually
** Especially in "The Clash Of Triton" where he traps his son in a cage for wanting to meddle in the lives of mortals instead of smiting them, but he gets better.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Arguably Squidward and Mr Krabs [[DependingOnTheWriter on their better days]].
* TheJimmyHartVersion: The techno song from "Jellyfish Jam" is ''very'' similar to the NBA song "Get Ready For This." [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr-XGEzGgf8 Here's a comparison of the two.]]
** Lampshaded by one Krusty Krab customer, who, upon hearing a Jimmy Hart Version of a song, said, "I hated the REAL version of this song".
** The depressing song, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwePGV289tY Daytime Drama]] in the episode "Dumped" is in comparison with this more [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCwwRO3Fitk upbeat counterpart.]]
** The title card for "Hall Monitor" has similarities to the theme for the late '60s/early '70s action show ''The Mod Squad''.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: The dream version in the episode "Sleepy Time." Naturally, Spongebob managed to ruin the dreams of everyone in Bikini Bottom, and he awoke to find a group of annoyed friends and neighbors, insisting he stay out of their dreams because they get enough of him during the day.
* JumpScare '''''"Hi, mailman!"'''''
* JustFriends: [=SpongeBob=] apparently has a crush on Sandy. This isn't very noticeable within the show itself, but supplemental materials place special emphasis on it. A survival guide released in 2002 played with the fact, [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/The_Sponge_Is_Straight_by_helgoth11_5659.jpg hinting at the crush being "secret"]].
** Sandy's official biography states that she "is the only thing under the sea that [=SpongeBob=] likes better than his job at the Krusty Krab."
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The uncut version of "Just One Bite", featuring Squidward catching on fire (twice) when underestimating the deceptively primitive Krusty Krab security system. Only the edited version made it to DVD, with this scene removed.
* {{Keet}}: [=SpongeBob=]
* KidsPreferBoxes: "Idiot Box" revolved around [=SpongeBob=] ordering a giant screen television... simply so that he and Patrick could have the box to play in.
* KillItWithFire: In the castaway episode.
* KitschyLocalCommercial: When Mr. Krabs decides to make a commercial for the Krusty Krab, Squidward initially goes all out to make it as extravagant as possible. Krabs then decides it's too much and goes for a cheesy commercial on at 3AM.
* KnightTemplar: Mr. Krabs's increasingly less provoked antagonism towards [[DesignatedVillain his rival Plankton]]. While in early episodes, Krabs was interested solely in protecting his own business from the latter's villainous tactics, he became more obsessed in actively destroying any minor success or happiness Plankton achieved out of spite, via unscrupulous methods or not. On occasion Krabs is shown to take offense when Plankton merely isn't suicidally miserable. [=SpongeBob=] often plays a role in this as well, albeit due to his naivete and [[GoKartingWithBowser on-off friendship with Plankton]], likely more as [[MinionWithAnFInEvil a blind follower of Krabs]] than out of spite.
* LampshadeHanging: The series features phenomena impossible in its underwater setting, like fire, and the characters comment on this.
** "Hey, if we're underwater, then how can there be a-" *fire extinguishes*
** In one episode, a tree is shown wearing scuba gear.
** In "Chimps Ahoy", Sandy's bosses come to visit her and check on her scientific progress. One points out that sending scientists underwater to live in Treedomes for no reason doesn't really make much sense.
** Then there's the infamous episode where [=SpongeBob=] breaks his butt and becomes agoraphobic. After several attempts to get [=SpongeBob=] outside, a gorilla suddenly attacks Patrick, Sandy, and [=SpongeBob=], who points out the absurdity of having a gorilla underwater. Unable to explain itself, the gorilla rides off on a zebra into the sunset. The last shot is a family watching the episode, being just as confused as we are.
** In "Squilliam Returns" [=SpongeBob=] has to forget everything he knows except fine dining. This is visualised by little [=SpongeBob=]s in his brain shredding documents, burning them, etc. One of them asks his boss why he should work harder, as they're just "...a clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought." When the boss then threatens to fire said worker he's begging for him not to, because he has wife and kids. Which kind of qualifies as a lampshade hung onto a lampshade.
* LastDayToLive: {{Inverted}} -- the titular sponge is thought to have unknowingly eaten a deadly pie, which will end his life at sunset. Squidward, responsible for bringing a pie-shaped bomb to [=SpongeBob=], feels guilty enough to spend the rest of the day doing anything [=SpongeBob=] wants. It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] never ate the bomb-pie, but rather a different pie. He saved the bomb, which he promptly trips and thus throws into Squidward's face, producing a nuclear blast.]]
* LaughablyEvil: Dennis, Plankton's Assassin from TheMovie, is downright sadistic and threatening. He's also very entertaining to watch due to his over-the-top nature and constant EvilLaugh.
* LaughWithMe: A variation. The Flying Dutchman take [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick onboard as his crew. When he demands that they "howl with me, that we might set the seven seas, '''ABLAZE''' with fear!", they comply with various ridiculous noises, until he finally gives up on making them scary.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Squidward complains, "Why must every 11 minutes of my life be filled with misery?"
** From "Nature Pants":
--->'''Sandy:''' I give him a week.
--->'''Squidward:''' I give him 11 minutes.
** After Spongebob finishes a long-winded narrative about how he once "lost his identity", a waitress at the bar he was sitting in observes, "Well, you managed to kill 11 minutes."
** "Normal" [=SpongeBob=]: "One more thing, Squidward, you don't wear pants."
** [=Squidward=]: "Why must every 11 minutes of my life be filled with torture."
** From "Planet of the Jellyfish":
--->'''Mr. Krabs:''' What happened?
--->'''Spongebob:''' Well, let me tell ya...
--->'''narrator:''' Eleven minutes later...
--->'''Spongebob:''' ... And that's why we're covered in goo.
* LetMeTellYouAStory: Mr. Krabs' story to [=SpongeBob=] about spending a dollar on a soda to persuade [=SpongeBob=] to let his seahorse go.
* LetsHaveAnotherBaby: Patrick says this to [=SpongeBob=] after they take care of a baby scallop.
* LightBulbJoke: The basis of many of [=SpongeBob=]'s "squirrel jokes" stand-up.
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': How come it takes more than one squirrel to screw in a lightbulb?
--> '''Audience''': ''BECAUSE THEY'RE SO DARN STUPID!!!''
* LineOfSightName: When the Flying Dutchman comes for Mr. Krabs' soul in the hospital, Mr. Krabs insists that he is "Harold Flower", after the flower on the end table.
* LittleKnownFacts: Patrick Star comes up with loads of these, usually in TheBlindLeadingTheBlind situations with [=SpongeBob=]. They both believe them.
* LiteralJunkFood: In the episode "Just One Patty", Squidward is desperately trying to get a Krabby Patty without anyone finding out, going so far as to say that he'll even eat one off the garbage. Sure enough, a customer throws away his patty and Squidward dives right in. [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments He ends up eating everything except the patty]].
* LostHimInACardGame: Mr. Krabs lost [=SpongeBob=] to Plankton.
* LoudOfWar: There's a jellyfish party at [=SpongeBob=]'s that's been going for 18 hours that annoys Squidward, so he turns his house towards [=SpongeBob=]'s and plays his clarinet through full-blast speakers. The jellyfish are not happy.
* MacGuffin: The Secret Formula, arguably.
* MadScientist: Plankton
* MakeOutPoint: "Ah, makeout reef. Good times. ''Gooood times.''"
* MarshmallowDream: [=SpongeBob=] dreams of eating Krabby Patties and wakes up chewing on his pillow.
** Also referred to on "Sleepy Time". When SpongeBob meets Gary in the dreamworld, the now erudite Gary tries to explain to him the concept of dreams as a view to another world. When an EmilyDickinson poem goes over SB's head, Gary recites one more his speed: "There once was an old man from Peru; Who dreamed he was eating his shoe; He woke with a fright; In the middle of the night; To find that his dream had come true".
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: Sandy and [=SpongeBob=].
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover:
** The ''NicktoonsUnite'' series of video games. It's subject to the [[TheProblemWithLicensedGames rule]].
** ''NicktoonsMLB'', which judging by reviews, doesn't suck.
** [=SpongeBob=] has a cameo in "Peter Kay's Animated All Star Band", a ChildrenInNeed music video crossing over many significant British StopMotion cartoons, a few 2D British and American cartoons, and the live-action {{Teletubbies}}. (The reason for having a mere cameo is that the 2D shows[[hottip:* :Including [[WesternAnimation/Ben10AlienForce a character]] from Nickelodeon's [[CartoonNetwork "other side"]], just as the Children In Need telethon includes programmes from TheBBC's [[{{ITV}} "other side"]]. Funny, no?]] only appear on TV screens to avoid major MediumBlending.)
* MeatOVision: Subverted in "Fear of a Krabby Patty", where [=SpongeBob=] develops a fear of Krabby Patties, and sees Mr. Krabs and the customer as them.
* MediumBlending: Above the surface of the water, everything's in live-action.
* MerchandiseDriven: In-universe example in "The Krusty Sponge". When [=SpongeBob=]'s cooking was the sole thing that saved Krabs from a bad review from a food critic, he exploits that for as much as possible with many [=SpongeBob=]-themed items, including the Spongy Patty... even though they were rotten.
* TheMillstone: Patrick fits more than the usual. Whenever [=SpongeBob=] or anyone has a plan, Patrick is sure to screw it up, or do something stupid to make it worse.
* MirrorCrackingUgly: [=SpongeBob=] thought he was this, but it was just his reflection reacting to his smelly breath.
* MismatchedEyes: Lord Royal Highness, the ruler of Atlantis, has one blue eye and one green eye. (This is a reference to his [[Music/DavidBowie voice actor's]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/anisocoria anisocoria]].)
* MissedTheBus: Rock Bottom. [[{{Pun}} Full stop]].
* MockCousteau: The Narrator.
* MockMillionaire: Double subverted when Squilliam Fancyson pretends to be a MockMillionaire to bait Squidward... only to finally reveal he actually ''is'' rich.
* {{Mondegreen}}: "Sweet Victory" from the episode "Band Geeks" has a few lyrics that are often misheard, specifically "the world closing in" being heard as "the wind closing in", "be on the attack with your wings in the wind" being heard as "the only attack with their wings in the wind", and "the games will begin" heard as "the daydream begins"
* MoneyFetish: Mr. Krabs
-->'''Mr. Krabs''': My whole life has been about money, saving money, collecting money... ''* rubs his fingers lustfully* '' touching money...
* MorningRoutine: Many an episode begins with Songebob getting up to his blasting foghorn alarm clock and ready for work.
* TheMovie: ''TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie''. [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacom-paramount-release-spongebob-movie-late-2014-philippe-dauman295695 A second movie will be released in late 2014.]]
* MovingTheGoalposts: Kevin's treatment of [=SpongeBob=] in "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic". [=SpongeBob=] is trying to get into the Jellyfishers' Club, but their leader Kevin keeps stringing him along with increasingly difficult tasks, at which [=SpongeBob=] succeeds with ease. When they finally come up with something sufficiently impossible, it winds up in Kevin being HoistByHisOwnPetard as the fake "queen jellyfish" he creates attracts a real king jellyfish, and [=SpongeBob=] saves the day, revealing Kevin as a complete loser.
* MrImagination: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick create a world of scenarios with only a cardboard box in "The Idiot Box", much to Squidward's disbelief.
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': "Squidward, you can make this box whatever you want it to be with... [[EverythingsBetterWithRainbows *makes rainbow appear from hands*]] ...[[MemeticMutation imagination!]]"
* MrViceGuy: Mr. Krabs pre-{{Flanderization}}.
* MultipleEndings: "Shanghaied" has three (depending on whether [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, or Squidward gets the third of ThreeWishes), which viewers got to call in and choose between during the episode's premiere. Reruns of the episode show only the winning ending, though all three endings are available on some home video releases.
* MundaneWish: The episode "Shanghaied" had Patrick waste the first wish the Flying Dutchman gave him and [=SpongeBob=] on wishing that he knew about the wishes earlier. In one of the alternate MultipleEndings, Patrick used the third and final wish on a pack of gum.
* MusicalEpisode: "Atlantis [=SquarePantis=]". It's [[JustifiedTrope justified]] (partially), though, in that Atlantean technology is [[DiscoTech powered by singing]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: "What kind of monsters are we?..."
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: [=SpongeBob=], despite his occasional disgust at Mr. Krabs's actions and sympathy for the people he victimizes, ([[GoKartingWithBowser even Plankton]]), generally follows through with his plans blindly, either due to his blind idolization of his boss or the fact his dream job may be at stake otherwise.
* NakedPeopleAreFunny: Pranking the town as ghosts with no clothes on, among other instances.
--->Tour Bus Driver: And if you look to your right, you'll see two naked guys fighting over a can of paint.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Jack M. Crazyfish. Tattletale Strangler, Flying Dutchman, Bubblebass.
* TheNapoleon: Plankton.
* NegativeContinuity: Hoo boy. Except for ''[=Help Wanted=]'' and ''[=The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie=]'' being first and last in the series respectively (confirmed by WordOfGod), there's no revealed order or canon for ''any'' of the other episodes. ''Spongehenge'', despite being in season five, must come before many other episodes because [=SpongeBob=] specifically says that he's never been late for work when in fact he has been in earlier episodes. ''Just One Bite'' (a season three episode) also must happen after many episodes in the series due to Squidward remarking multiple times that he doesn't eat at or like the food at the Krusty Krab.
** The show also ignores what it said earlier. In a recent episode, Patrick's sister comes by. All fine and good, except in a previous episode (previous being a LONG time ago), Patrick talks quickly about being ugly (his breath just stunk), and one of the things he says is "and if my sister finds out, oh wait I don't have a sister..."
*** He states in the episode that she's his long lost sister who he just found out is still alive.
* NeverLearnedToRead: Clem, one of Plankton's many realatives.
-->Mr. Krabs: Why aren't you running?
-->Clem: Well, I can't read.
* NeverSayDie: Lampshaded in "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost": [=SpongeBob=] thinks he killed Squidward and says, "I don't know how to say this, but our friend Squidward, he's... pushing up daisies!" Patrick calmly replies: "Oh, I thought he was dead."
** "Dying For Pie" averts this trope, however.
** Averted once again with Literature/TheUglyBarnacle.
* NeverTrustAHairTonic: In the movie, King Triton tries to use some hair tonic, but accidentally it gets into his eye. So his eyeballs grow hair.
* NoDialogueEpisode: "Reef Blower", aside from one brief caption reading "You!".
* NoFourthWall: Any episode involving Patchy the Pirate acknowledges that [=SpongeBob=] is a just a show. Other episodes do this as well, such as showing a live family reacting to the MindScrew ending to the episode and shutting off the TV.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The episode "Can You Spare a Dime?" features Squidward quitting his job over a misunderstanding. When he ends up losing his house, Spongebob selflessly takes him into his own home, and takes care of him. Squidward "thanks" him by [[TheThingThatWouldNotLeave becoming a freeloader]], forcing SpongeBob to wait on him hand and foot.
* NoHeroDiscount:
-->'''Barnacle Boy:''' Listen, bignose. That guy's been saving your butt since before you were born. Don't you have a living legend discount or something?\\
'''Squidward:''' This is a restaurant, not a lending library. [[HypocriticalHumor And who are you calling bignose, bignose?]]
* NoMatterHowMuchIBeg: TropeNamer
* NonSequitur: One example is in the trope page.
* NoodleIncident:
** "And that's the story of how I got my head stuck in the fry bed!"
** Whatever [=SpongeBob=] did at the Christmas party mentioned multiple times in the episode about Patrick's box.
** The time Mr. Krabs left [=SpongeBob=] alone at the Krusty Krab with a [[NoodleImplements welding torch and rollerskates]]. This somehow ended with the Krusty Krab on fire.
*** Honestly, other then the whole under water thing, you give someone with Spongebobs personality type a welding torch and rollerblades, and it'd be weirder if the place DIDN'T burn down.
** Apparently, one time Patrick forgot how to eat and needed to be fed with a funnel. Another time, he ended up somehow choking on his remote control.
* NoPartyLikeADonnerParty: Played with in "To Save A Squirrel".
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: [=SpongeBob=] (target: Squidward)
** This is even worse since he DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT CLAUSTROPHOBIA IS:
--> '''Squidward''': Can you back off? You're making me claustrophobic.\\
'''Patrick''': What does that mean?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': It means he's afraid of Santa Claus.
* ObstacleSkiCourse: (While snowboarding, on a sand mound, using his ''tongue'' as board.)
* OffModel: Happens frequently in season one. Squidward's head size often changes from shot to shot, and there is something "off" about [=SpongeBob=]'s appearance during the first few minutes of "Tea at the Treedome".
* OminousMusicBoxTune: [=SpongeBob=]'s "whistly holes".
* OminousPipeOrgan: Heard in "Something Smells" when [=SpongeBob=], convinced he's ugly, played a pipe organ in his house. Pipe organ motifs are also heard throughout "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost".
* OneMansTrashIsAnothersTreasure:... but for Mr. Krabs, ''all'' trash is treasure.
* OneSceneWonder: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPlAagCXYeI&feature=related The "DEEEUUAGH" fish, who shows up for about five seconds in "Something Smells",]] has spawned a [[MemeticMutation meme]].
** Probably one of the only shows to feature this for a ''location''; Rock Bottom has only been visited in one episode in the first season (of nine), but a level based on it appears in almost ''every'' video game based on the series and has a roller coaster themed around it in the Mall of America.
* TheOneWhoWearsShoes: [=SpongeBob=] himself. Sandy's diving suit could also count.
** [[spoiler:Gary wears little sneakers under his shell, as seen in "Your Shoe's Untied".]]
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female main characters (i.e. not an extra or oneshot) are Sandy, Pearl, Mrs. Puff, and Plankton's wife Karen.
* OnionTears: Three times in "My Pretty Seahorse".
** Also seen in "Something Smells" when [=SpongeBob=] chops onions for his sundae.
* OnlySaneMan: Squidward and Sandy.
** [=SpongeBob=] sometimes. Notably when Patrick is a stupid jerk towards him.
*** Strangely enough, Gary, who often proves that he's somewhat smarter than this owner.
* OpeningShoutOut: Used in "Truth or Square". "Who lives in a rock on the sea floor? PATRICK STARFISH!"
* OppositeDay: The eponymous episode from season 1.
* OutOfFocus: Sandy, Larry, Mrs. Puff, and a few other recurring characters don't appear as often in later seasons to the point where they are forgotten as characters. It's also driven to the point where they forgot Sandy's ''name'' in one episode (she's referred to as "Sandy Squirrel" in "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful").
* OverCrank: Parodied in the Bubble Buddy episode.
* OverlyLongScream: Plankton did it once in the episode where he and Mr. Krabs switch places.
-->'''Plankton:''' AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *Takes a drink of his soda* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
** Squidward's scream when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick walk in on him during his bath, in a scene from "Have You Seen This Snail?" that has been subjected to MemeticMutation.
** The Snail Bites commercial in "Treats"
* ParentalBonus: And how! Nosferatu, Dune and so on.
** And Flats the Flounder, if you know that it's Biff Tannen voicing him.
** Davy Jones' Locker is really guarded by [[spoiler: The actual [[TheMonkees Davy Jones]], complete with Daydream Believer in the background]].
** In the episode "Missing Identity", when SpongeBob imagines the bank robber entering the store with his name tag, the robber yells [[DogDayAfternoon "ATTICA!"]].
** A musical bonus: In the episode where Patrick becomes smart when he switches his brain with brain coral, he mentions a clarinet piece by "Cornelius Bumpfish". Someone on the writing team must like Steely Dan, whose clarinetist was a man named Cornelius Bumpus.
** In the episode "Professor Squidward", SpongeBob and Patrick are hypnotised by Squidward's metronome...'''SpongeBob''': [[TaxiDriver My whole life has been pointing in one direction...]]'''Patrick''': [[TaxiDriver I see it clearly now. There never has been any choice for me.]]
** In the episode "Idiot Box", when SpongeBob and Patrick are pretending that they are mountain climbers, one of the lines Patrick said was "[[TheDoors I AM THE LIZARD KING!"]]
* ParentsForADay: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick in "Rock-A-Bye Bivalve". [=SpongeBob=] was [[GenderBender the mother]]. Patrick wanted to be the mother, but [=SpongeBob=] said he shouldn't because he doesn't wear a shirt.
--> '''Patrick''': You're right. If I was a mom... <pans out to show grotesquely flabby, hairy chest>... this would be kinda shocking.
* PerfectlyCromulentWord: Patrick invents the word "wumbo" in one Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episode.
** "I wumbo, you wumbo, he she we, WUMBO. Wumbo, wumboing... wumboligy? The study of wumbo? C'mon [=SpongeBob=] it's FIRST GRADE!"
* PerpetualFrowner: Squidward.
* PetTheDog: The ending of "Love That Squid", where Squidward, after seasons of being down on his luck and designated to have anything seemingly good that could happen to him get crushed, succeeds in getting a date with a girl.
* PieEyed: In the 10th Anniversary episode, Patchy shows a [=SpongeBob=] short in a 1920's style where everything has this eye style.
* PityTheKidnapper:
** The Tattletale Strangler's reaction to [=SpongeBob=].
** This happened to the Flying Dutchman TWICE. Once was when he tried to enslave Patrick and [=SpongeBob=] (they made horrible minions) and another time was when he bought [=SpongeBob=] from Mr. Krabs ([=SpongeBob=] was too annoying for him to keep).
* PleaseIWillDoAnything: [=SpongeBob=] gets Squidward to try a Krabby Patty.
* PlotSensitiveLatch: In the episode "Krabs Vs. Plankton", Mr. Krabs is sued by Plankton for slipping in the Krusty Krab, and his lawyer is indisposed, giving [=SpongeBob=] his briefcase, which he claims contains everything necessary to win the case. Unfortunately, the lawyer neglects to tell [=SpongeBob=] the combination to the lock, so he spends most of the trial struggling to open it. At the last possible moment, the briefcase opens, revealing [[spoiler:a Krabby Patty, which is used to lure Plankton out of his ruse and lose the trial.]]
* PooledFunds: Squidward does this on a pile of Krabby Patties after he becomes addicted to them. Mr. Krabs does this with money.
* ThePowerOfRock: In TheMovie and an early episode, "Band Geeks".
* ProducePelting: Squidward is hit with tomatoes during his ballet skit in "Culture Shock".
* PuffOfLogic: [=SpongeBob=] doesn't have hair...or does he?
