History YMMV / SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E7PrehibernationWeekLifeOfCrime

** "Look, he's up in the sky!" Well, he wasn't, but [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E19TheSpongeWhoCouldFly many episodes later]], [=SpongeBob=] ''does'' learn to fly.

* HarsherInHindsight: Sandy urgently wants to find [=SpongeBob=] out of concern for his safety. It turns out that [=SpongeBob=] going missing is more serious, as [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E18WhateverHappenedToSpongeBob a later episode]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater two]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOnTheRun movies]] have shown. Without [=SpongeBob=] to make Krabby Patties, things go downhill fast.

* HarsherInHindsight: Sandy urgently wants to find [=SpongeBob=] out of concern for his safety. It turns out that [=SpongeBob=] going missing is more serious, as [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E18WhateverHappenedToSpongeBob? a later episode]] and [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater two]] [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOnTheRun movies]] have shown. Without [=SpongeBob=] to make Krabby Patties, things go downhill fast.

* HilariousInHindsight: "Look, he's up in the sky!" Well, he wasn't, but [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E19TheSpongeWhoCouldFly many episodes later]], [=SpongeBob=] ''does'' learn to fly.

** "This is a load of barnacles.[[labelnote:Explanation]]A line that one character quietly says to another in response to Sandy's aggressive plan for finding [=SpongeBob=]. The quote became a popular reaction image, sometimes paired with Sandy's response of "I heard that!" and turned into an exploitable.[[/labelnote]]

** "This is a load of barnacles." [[labelnote:Explanation]]A line that one character quietly says to another in response to Sandy's aggressive plan for finding [=SpongeBob=]. The quote became a popular reaction image, sometimes paired with Sandy's response of "I heard that!" and turned into an exploitable.[[/labelnote]]

** "I'm ready, I'm ready." "No you ain't!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]While trying to back out of Sandy's aggressive push to find [=SpongeBob=], one fish gets squeezed into the shape of [=SpongeBob=] and badly imitates him in an unsuccessful attempt to make her think he's the little yellow guy. The bit quickly became popular to both quote and parody among fans.[[/labelnote]]

** "You took my only food, now I'm gonna starve!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A photoset depicting this quote and its juxtaposition with Patrick's ''very'' full stomach became a popular exploitable used to mock fanbases seen as greedy and/or ungrateful.[[/labelnote]]
** [=SpongeBob=] eating a chocolate bar[[labelnote:Explanation]]While taunting Patrick over his misconception that [=SpongeBob=] ate his chocolate bar, [=SpongeBob=] proceeds to eat his own in a prolonged, elaborate manner, which became a popular subject for edits that further draw out or exaggerate the scene.[[/labelnote]]
** "But... we stole a balloon." "Yeah, on free balloon day!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]A photoset of the scene where two police officers pretend to incarcerate [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, then immediately let them out and taunt them about their belief that they committed a crime, became a popular exploitable, modifying the dialogue to reflect similar actions that the perpetrator sees as far more extreme than they actually are.[[/labelnote]]

!!Pre-Hibernation Week

!!Life of Crime
* HilariousInHindsight: [=SpongeBob=] points out that one of the things Mr. Krabs stole was Mrs. Puff's hair curlers. [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E4NastyPattyIdiotBox A later episode]] has [=SpongeBob=] tell a police officer that Mr. Krabs "wears curlers to bed."

%%ZCE* HilariousInHindsight: "Look, he's up in the sky!" Well, he wasn't, but [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E19TheSpongeWhoCouldFly many episodes later...]]

* AwesomeMusic: Pantera's "Prehibernation", an edited instrumental version of their single "Death Rattle", goes perfectly with Sandy's extreme stunts.

%%!!Pre-Hibernation Week

%%* MemeticMutation:
%%** "This is a load of barnacles." Explanation?
%%** "Uh, I can explain." Explanation?
%%** "Gold Team Rules!" Explanation?
%%** "WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!" Explanation?
%%** "I'm ready, I'm ready." "No you ain't!" Explanation?

%%* MemeticMutation: Inspired 3 memes, two of which involved [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick fighting over the chocolate.
%%** "You took my only food, now I'm gonna starve!" Explanation?
%%** The entire scene of [=Spongebob=] slowly eating the chocolate bar just to mess with Patrick. Especially the part where he [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything seductively licks the bar while moaning]]. Explanation?
%%** "If you can't do the time don't do the crime." {{Beat}} "Okay time's up. Now ''get out.''" Explanation?
%%*** But... but we (did something generally illegal)! Explanation?
%%*** Yeah, in (region where laws are more lax)! Explanation?

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: [=SpongeBob=] pulling the candy bar through his holes and Patrick freaking out over it, given it's not related to [=SpongeBob=] chewing on the candy bar to torment Patrick.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Patrick's rambling about how mail fraud and hijackings are nothing compared to stealing a balloon become this after the 9/11 attacks (that involved hijacked planes) and the anthrax attacks (sent through the mail) that followed later in 2001.

!!Pre-Hibernation Week
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The HeavyMetal music, courtesy of {{Music/Pantera}}.
* HilariousInHindsight: "Look, he's up in the sky!" Well, he wasn't, but [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E19TheSpongeWhoCouldFly many episodes later...]]
* MemeticMutation:
** "This is a load of barnacles."
** "Uh, I can explain."
** "Gold Team Rules!"
** "WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!"
** "I'm ready, I'm ready." "No you ain't!"

* MemeticMutation: Inspired 3 memes, two of which involved [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick fighting over the chocolate.
** "You took my only food, now I'm gonna starve!"
** The entire scene of [=Spongebob=] slowly eating the chocolate bar just to mess with Patrick. Especially the part where he [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything seductively licks the bar while moaning]].
** "If you can't do the time don't do the crime." {{Beat}} "Okay time's up. Now ''get out.''"
*** But... but we (did something generally illegal)!
*** Yeah, in (region where laws are more lax)!

** "If you can't do the time don't do the crime." {{Beat}} "Okay time's up. Now ''get out''"

* JustHereForGodzilla: A lot of fans and viewers found Patrick's "You took my only food!" line - especially the way he said it quite slowly to ensure "[[HypocriticalHumor stupid]]" [=SpongeBob=] can understand him - more entertaining than the episode's "innocent fugitives on the lam" plot.

** "You took my only food, now I'm gonna starve!" has been popularly used to mock the American obesity epidemic, FirstWorldProblems or rich people complaining about tax hikes. That joke wasn't intended to be political or satirical, though [[{{Applicability}} a lot of viewers (mis)interpreted it to be so]].

** "If you can't do the time don't do the crime." {{Beat}} "Okay time's up."

* MemeticMutation: Inspired 2 memes, both of them involving [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick fighting over the chocolate.

** "I'm ready, I'm ready. No You Ain't"