History YMMV / SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E19TheSpongeWhoCouldFly

** A Website/YouTube video in 2014 titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwL1MeixHnI Forgetting [=SpongeBob=]]]", which parodies the "Remembering [=SpongeBob=]" montage by using clips from the show's SeasonalRot-era, becomes this trope after [=SpongeBob=] [[WinBackTheCrowd won back the crowd]] a single year later.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: Depending on your biew, the "Remembering [=SpongeBob=]" sequence also can be this.

** HeartwarmingMoments: The "Remembering SpongeBob" sequence, showcasing the sponge in his best moments.

** Even worse was in a deleted scene, where Patchy rips out a SpongeBob Band-Aid, with ''blood spurting out''.

** "[[https://youtu.be/Wtr-8TBat0c He's Flying]]" is a triumphant tune that makes the viewers feel happy for [=SpongeBob=] to finally achieve his dream of flying.
** "[[https://youtu.be/s3__jwSonnI All You Need is Friends]]" may be a blatant AwardBaitSong, but it also features Creator/TomKenny giving one of his best and poignant performances as [=SpongeBob=], [[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct let alone singing]].

** Patchy being dismayed to discover that the "Lost Episode" he really wanted to find was apparently just [=SpongeBob=] in a bunch of walk cycles set to music seems ahead of its time in some ways. Later on in the 21st century, communities devoted to spreading rumors about lost media and searching for it would rise on the Internet, and in many cases, the discovery turns out to be disappointing for the people who wanted to find it, with one of the biggest cases being an unauthorized bootleg film called "A Day with Spongebob", after many years of searching it turned out that the film had never actually been released or even made at all which was a major letdown to those who had been involved in the search.

** First off, the advertising mentioned that this was a lost episode, which was just an excuse to make the episode a special(though it did work given how rarely this episode was shown on Nick). The advertising of later specials would contain similarly misleading statements, such as "The Clash of Triton"[[note]]claimed to be a battle between [=SpongeBob=] and Triton[[/note]], "Atlantis [=SquarePantis=]"[[note]]claimed to be a big adventure instead of a musical[[/note]], and especially "Truth or Square"[[note]]claimed that the Krabby Patty Formula was being revealed, and that [=SpongeBob=] and Sandy were getting married[[/note]]. Not to mention the infamous "Best Day Ever Marathon", which was just a highly promoted and advertised 24 hour marathon for a regular eleven minute episode.

* GeniusBonus: [=SpongeBob=] saying that they laughed at the guy who invented lightbulbs is actually a historical truth. UsefulNotes/ThomasEdison was ridiculed by the public mass for his [[TallPoppySyndrome seemingly tryhard inventions]], including the ''record player'', until his reputation was saved by inventing the lightbulb. And considering Lou says, "No, they didn't," viewers aware of this factoid could see it as a subtle highlight of the townsfolk's SelfServingMemory.
* HarsherInHindsight: The "Remembering [=SpongeBob=]" montage now seems like a heartbreaking eulogy for the pre-movie episodes or even Stephen Hillenberg himself.

** The episode is a musical, which was never alluded to in the advertising...just like "Atlantis [=SquarePantis=]".

** The UngratefulTownsfolk adding a tint of mean spiritedness that would become common in later seasons (especially since they turn out to be a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk in the end). Here however, they're more directly conveyed as the antagonists of the episode for Spongebob to overcome, and ultimately he does get a HappyEnding.

* MemeticMutation: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEGVGqJEeCo "SpongeBob Betrayed Us!"]] The catch-all response to whenever a fandom believes that a franchise "betrayed" them (replacing [=SpongeBob=] with the name of the work/creator). Occasionally, someone will say a variation on the line "That was just a bunch of cheap walk-cycles!".

** Finally, the citizens of Bikini Bottom are depicted as complete jerks with few to no redeeming qualities. If they aren't picking on [=SpongeBob=], they're chasing him for no good reason or exploiting his good nature. Here, it's cruel enough, but a number of post-movie episodes, especially "Little Yellow Book", "Stuck in the Wringer" and "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy", would crank it up to eleven, to the point that the ''nameless side characters'' are widely considered to be the worst part of many of the newer episodes.

** Finally, the citizens of Bikini Bottom are depicted as complete jerks with few to no redeeming qualities. If they aren't picking on [=SpongeBob=], they're chasing him for no good reason or exploiting his good nature. Here, it's cruel enough, but a number of post-movie episodes, especially "Little Yellow Book", "Stuck in the Wringer" and "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy", would crank it UpToEleven, to the point that the ''nameless side characters'' are widely considered to be the worst part of many of the newer episodes.

** Patchy being dismayed to discover that the "Lost Episode" he really wanted to find was apparently just [=SpongeBob=] in a bunch of walk cycles set to music seems ahead of its time in some ways. Later on in the 21st century, communities devoted to spreading rumors about lost media and searching for it would rise on the Internet, and in many cases, the discovery turns out to be disappointing for the people who wanted to find it, with one of the biggest cases being an unauthorized bootleg film called "A Day with Spongebob", after many years of searching it turned out that the film had never actually been released or even made at all.

** Patchy’s reaction towards the walk cycles predicts the fan’s reactions towards other special episodes after they were hyped and advertised with misleading commercials.

** Patchy being dismayed to discover that the "Lost Episode" he really wanted to find was apparently just [=SpongeBob=] in a bunch of walk cycles set to music seems ahead of its time in some ways. Later on in the 21st century, communities devoted to spreading rumors about lost media and searching for it would rise on the Internet, and in many cases, the discovery turns out to be disappointing for the people who wanted to find it.

** First off, the advertising mentioned that this was a lost episode, which was just an excuse to make the episode a special(though it did work given how rarely this episode was shown on Nick). The advertising of later specials would contain similarly misleading statements, such as "The Clash of Triton"[[labelnote:*]]claimed to be a battle between [=SpongeBob=] and Triton[[/labelnote]], "Atlantis [=SquarePantis=]"[[labelnote:*]]claimed to be a big adventure instead of a musical[[/labelnote]], and especially "Truth or Square"[[labelnote:*]]claimed that the Krabby Patty Formula was being revealed, and that [=SpongeBob=] and Sandy were getting married[[/labelnote]]. Not to mention the infamous "Best Day Ever Marathon", which was just a highly promoted and advertised 24 hour marathon for a regular eleven minute episode.

** First off, the advertising mentioned that this was a lost episode, which was just an excuse to make the episode a special(though it did work given how rarely this episode was shown on Nick). The advertising of later specials would contain similarly misleading statements, such as "The Clash of Triton"[[labelnote:*]]claimed to be a battle between [=SpongeBob=] and Triton[[/labelnote]], "Atlantis [=SquarePantis=]"[[labelnote:*]]claimed to be a big adventure instead of a musical[[/labelnote]], and especially "Truth or Square"[[labelnote:*]]claimed that the Krabby Patty Formula was being revealed, and that [=SpongeBob=] and Sandy were getting married[[/labelnote]]. Not to mention the infamous "Best Day Ever Marathon", which was just a highly promoted and advertised 24 hour marathon for a mediocre eleven minute episode.

** First off, the advertising mentioned that this was a lost episode, which was just an excuse to make the episode a special. The advertising of later specials would contain similarly misleading statements, such as "The Clash of Triton"[[labelnote:*]]claimed to be a battle between [=SpongeBob=] and Triton[[/labelnote]], "Atlantis [=SquarePantis=]"[[labelnote:*]]claimed to be a big adventure instead of a musical[[/labelnote]], and especially "Truth or Square"[[labelnote:*]]claimed that the Krabby Patty Formula was being revealed, and that [=SpongeBob=] and Sandy were getting married[[/labelnote]]. Not to mention the infamous "Best Day Ever Marathon", which was just a highly promoted and advertised 24 hour marathon for a mediocre eleven minute episode.

* HilariousInHindsight: On the plus side, a Website/YouTube video in 2014 titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwL1MeixHnI Forgetting [=SpongeBob=]]]", which parodies the above montage by using clips from the show's SeasonalRot-era, becomes this trope after [=SpongeBob=] [[WinBackTheCrowd won back the crowd]] a single year later.
* MemeticMutation: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEGVGqJEeCo "SpongeBob Betrayed Us!"]] The catch-all response to whenever a fandom believes that a franchise "betrayed" them (replacing [=SpongeBob=] with the name of the work/creator). Occasionaly, someone will say a variation on the line "That was just a bunch of cheap walk-cycles!".

* FranchiseOriginalSin: While it's technically the penultimate pre-SeasonalRot episode[[note]]though it was aired a year before it [[OutOfOrder "should have been"]] according to production order, with "Ugh" taking its place as the penultimate pre-movie episode to air[[/note]] and has its fans, the whole episode reads like a laundry list of everything that would go wrong once the rot fully kicked in:

** HilariousInHindsight: On the plus side, a Website/YouTube video in 2014 titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwL1MeixHnI Forgetting [=SpongeBob=]]]", which parodies the above montage by using clips from the show's SeasonalRot-era, becomes this trope after [=SpongeBob=] [[WinBackTheCrowd won back the crowd]] a single year later.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: While it's technically the penultimate pre-SeasonalRot episode and has its fans, the whole episode reads like a laundry list of everything that would go wrong once it fully kicked in:

** Finally, the citizens of Bikini Bottom are depicted as complete jerks with few to no redeeming qualities. If they aren't picking on Spongebob, they're chasing him for no good reason or exploiting his good nature. Here, it's cruel enough, but a number of post-movie episodes, especially "Little Yellow Book", "Stuck in the Wringer" and "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy", would crank it UpToEleven, to the point that the ''nameless side characters'' are widely considered to be the worst part of many of the newer episodes.

** HilariousInHindsight: On the plus side, a Website/YouTube video in 2014 titled "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwL1MeixHnI Forgetting Spongebob]]", which parodies the above montage by using clips from the show's SeasonalRot-era, becomes this trope after [=SpongeBob=] [[WinBackTheCrowd won back the crowd]] a single year later.

* NauseaFuel: One of the pieces of [=SpongeBob=] memorabilia that Patchy throws out is a pair of [=SpongeBob=]-print boxers. Which he takes off of himself.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: While it's technically the penultimate pre-SeasonalRot episode and has it's fans, the whole episode reads like a laundry list of everything that would go wrong once it fully kicked in:

** Finally, the citizens of Bikini Bottom are depicted as complete jerks with few to no redeeming qualities. If they aren't picking on Spongebob, they're chasing him for no good reason or exploiting his good nature. Here, it's cruel enough, but a number of post-movie episodes, especially "Little Yellow Book", "Stuck in the Wringer", and "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy", would crank it UpToEleven, to the point that the ''nameless side characters'' are widely considered to be the worst part of many of the newer episodes.

* MoralEventHorizon: '''''[[UngratefulTownsfolk Most of Bikini Bottom]]''''' crosses it by attempting to murder [=SpongeBob=] [[DisproportionateRetribution just for being a "dreamer."]]