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'''Sleepy Time'''

'''Original air date:''' 1/17/2000 ''(produced in 1999)''

[=SpongeBob=], via astral projection, visits the strange, surreal dreams of his friends.
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!!"Sleepy Time" contains examples of:
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Plankton dreams of being a giant stomping through Bikini Bottom.
* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: While Plankton dreams of him being a giant, he taunts Gary, who's too slow to run away from him, and would have deliberately stomped on him if it weren't for [[PapaWolf SpongeBob]] intervening.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: In [=SpongeBob=]'s dream when he begins crashing for paying too much attention to his license:
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' How could I have forgotten the most important rule of driving? ...Always wear your seatbelt!
* BigNo: [=SpongeBob=] screams one after Mrs. Puff rips up his license in his dream, just before flying out into the real world.
* BondOneLiner: When [=SpongeBob=] transforms into a thumbtack and Plankton steps on him, [=SpongeBob=] delivers this witty one-liner: "I think he's got the point!"
* BrickJoke:
** The last line, "Does anyone have a quarter?"
** While in Gary's dream, he tells [=SpongeBob=] a limerick. Later [=SpongeBob=] recites the limerick to the king in Squidward's dream.
** [[invoked]]Before [=SpongeBob=] goes to bed, he tells Gary to, "mind his wandering eye." When Dream![=SpongeBob=] leaves Gary's dream, Gary tells him, "Beware of your wandering eye." They each follow it up with the [[GeniusBonus proper phylum each character belongs to]], as well ("mollusk" and "poriferan").
** When [=SpongeBob=] looks at his picture on his dream license, he comments that he should have grown a mustache. Later, in Mr. Krabs' dream, he sees that Mr. Krabs has a mustache in his license photo.
* CatapultNightmare: Plankton wakes up at his desk like this after [=SpongeBob=] leaves his dream. Also, [=SpongeBob=] himself does this indirectly when Squidward pats him awake near the ending.
* ChekhovsSkill: [=SpongeBob=] remembers at the very last second he can morph into objects right from Squidward's dream just when giant Plankton attacks him.
* CoveredInGunge: Sandy falls into a pile of clam manure.
* DeathGlare: Mr. Krabs gives one to [=SpongeBob=] for letting Moby Dollar get away before telling him he's fired.
* DisproportionateRetribution: After Squidward angrily breaks his clarinet during his dream, the king angrily declares that if he doesn't hear "beautiful music" he is going to have Squidward executed.
* TheDogBitesBack: Early in Plankton's dream, Fred shouts "My leg!" when the giant Plankton zaps him. After [=SpongeBob=] shrinks Plankton back to his normal size, Fred is revealed to have survived getting zapped, and steps on Plankton as retribution.
* DreamEpisode: [=SpongeBob=] starts out by having a strange, driving-related dream, when a dream version of Mrs. Puff rips away his dream license. Now out of his own dream, he starts to explore the dreams of his friends and messes each and every one of them up- for example, in Plankton's dream of being a giant monster destroying the town, [=SpongeBob=] ends up defeating and shrinking him.
* DreamWalker: [=SpongeBob=] becomes one after his dream self falls out of his dream bubble and starts entering other people's dream bubbles.
* EnemyMine: Krabs and Plankton put their differences aside and join forces to order [=SpongeBob=] to refrain from trespassing into their dreams.
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: Gary is among the people calling out [=SpongeBob=] for intruding in their dreams.
* EyeBeams: Plankton has them in his dream.
* FantasyTwist: Patrick's dream is just him riding a seahorse kiddy ride in a blank white universe. When the ride stops and Patrick loses his last quarter, he just sits there.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: This is the first episode to show Plankton's goals in life go to flat out megalomaniacal levels.
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** A quick glance at the driver's license [=SpongeBob=] gets in his dream reveals his birthday as July 14, 1986.
** Mr. Krabs' license in his dream reveals his birthday as November 30, 1942.
* FunnyAnimal: Gary, in his own dream, is tall, can walk on two legs, has human hands, and speaks in a sophisticated manner with [=SpongeBob=] in his library.
* GiantFootOfStomping: Dream Plankton as a giant stomps on [=SpongeBob=], who at the last moment turns himself into a thumbtack. Plankton then deflates like a balloon back to his normal size, and one of his victims gets even by stomping on him.
* GiftedlyBad: [=SpongeBob=] pretending to be Squidward's clarinet, by morphing into the shape of the instrument and then shrieking "LA LA LA LA LA!!!" horribly. The audience is moved to tears by the "beautiful" music.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: Pearl's dream is her having a tea party with her stuffed animals.
-->'''Pearl:''' Boys don't understand the sophistication of tea parties. Right, Mr. Stuffy?
* HoldYourHippogriffs: [=SpongeBob=] says to Gary, "curiosity salted the snail", which is the undersea version of, "curiosity killed the cat", as sea snails are this world's equivalent to cats.
* IncrediblyLameFun: Patrick's dream is just him in a white void, riding one of those coin-op kiddie rides you'd find outside the grocery store. Despite [=SpongeBob=] showing him the possibilities of being in a dream, Patrick's not interested. Then the ride stops, and Patrick drops his last quarter into a drain. Turns into a BrickJoke at the end, when a sleepy Patrick asks the others if anyone has a quarter.
* InertialImpalement: Just as Giant Plankton is stomping him, [=SpongeBob=] turns into a pushpin, making Plankton stab himself in the foot and deflate back to normal.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' [[BondOneLiner I think he got the point.]]\\
'''Plankton:''' WAAAAH! ''(starts shrinking; as he screams his voice gets higher and higher until he goes back to his normal, puny size; three burnt fish walk up to Plankton looking mad)'' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Well, I guess I've got some explaining to do, huh?]] ''(one of the burnt fish lowers his foot onto him)'' [[RapidFireNo No! No! NO!]] ''[[NotInTheFace NOT THE FACE!]] (gets squished. Plankton wakes up screaming and his dream cloud pops, making Dream![=SpongeBob=] fall to the ground)''
* IronicEcho: After Gary sticks his eyestalks in [=SpongeBob=]'s socks, [=SpongeBob=] tells him, "Mind your wandering eye, you little mollusk." Later, as [=SpongeBob=] leaves Gary's dream, Dream Gary warns him, "Beware your wandering eye, you little poriferan."
* JerkassBall: Mrs. Puff grabs this when she rips up [=SpongeBob=]'s license in his driving dream even though he cannot get hurt for real. Granted, she's not the real Mrs. Puff.
* {{Kaiju}}: What Plankton dreamt he was: rampaging through Bikini Bottom a la Godzilla.
* KarmicDeath: When Plankton is [[BroughtDownToNormal reduced to normal size]] in his dream, one person decides to crush him under his foot the way he crushed Bikini Bottom.
* LastSecondWordSwap: "Not a parakeet! Para- [Splat!] -medic."
* MarshmallowDream: Referenced when Gary reads a limerick about it to [=SpongeBob=].
-->There was a 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.
* MesACrowd: [=SpongeBob=] duplicates himself a million times in Patrick's dream to show him all the things he can do while dreaming.
* MobySchtick: Mr. Krabs dreams of catching "The mighty Moby Dollar".
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Gary's voice in his dream is influenced by that of Creator/RichardHaydn, best-known as the Caterpillar from ''WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland''.
* NotInTheFace: Plankton shouts it in his dream after he's BroughtDownToNormal and one of his victims raises his foot to stomp on him.
* NotSoAboveItAll:
** The king in Squidward's dream is amused by the [[BrickJoke man from Peru limerick]].
** Both the king and the audience chase [=SpongeBob=] out of the theater like a bunch of fangirls after the performance.
* OffWithHisHead: In Squidward's dream, the king threatens to behead Squidward if he doesn't play his clarinet well.
* OhCrapSmile: [=SpongeBob=] does this in Mr. Krabs' dream after accidentally letting Moby Dollar get away and receiving a DeathGlare from Krabs in doing so.
* OverworkedSleep: Plankton, apparently, seeing as the episode shows him sleeping at his desk.
* OwMyBodyPart: When Plankton zaps someone offscreen, someone screams "My leg!"
* PreAsskickingOneLiner: When [=SpongeBob=] lets Moby Dollar get away, Mr. Krabs tells [=SpongeBob=] he's fired, then proceeds to fire a plunger gun, hurling [=SpongeBob=] out of his dream.
* SayingSoundEffectsOutLoud: Dream Plankton. He says "Zap!" when using his EyeBeams, "Crush!" when he crushes the Krusty Krab, and even "Lick, lick!" while licking the Krusty Krab sign.
* ShoutOut:
** As [=SpongeBob=] gets ready for bed, he tells Gary, "Mind your wandering eye, you little mollusk." A paraphrase of the title track of Music/{{Ween}}'s album ''Music/TheMollusk'', which Stephen Hillenburg was a huge fan of and considered to be a huge influence on the series.
** Gary quotes an Creator/EmilyDickinson poem in his dream. And while reading it, Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart's "Concerto 21 In C, 2nd Mvt." plays.
** Squidward is also called Wolfgang Amadeus Tentacles in his dream.
** In Mr. Krabs' dream, he hunts down the mighty [[Literature/MobyDick Moby Dollar]].
** Plankton's dream is a throwback to [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} old]] [[Film/{{Gamera}} kaiju]] [[Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms films]].
* StillSucksThumb: Patrick does it in his sleep.
* SuddenlyVoiced: Gary is able to speak fluent English in his dream.
* SugarBowl: Pearl's dream takes place in a candy-colored FluffyCloudHeaven.
* ThisBillboardNeedsSomeSalt: Giant Plankton, after stomping on the Krusty Krab, picks up the sign and licks it like a lollipop.
* VisualPun: When [=SpongeBob=] disguises himself as a thumbtack and Plankton [[AgonyOfTheFeet steps on him]], causing himself to shrink back to his normal size, [=SpongeBob=] delivers the following line: "I think he's got the point!"
* WhatTheHellHero: Everyone except for Patrick tell [=SpongeBob=] off for appearing and annoying them in their dreams.
* WhiteVoidRoom: Patrick’s dream is this, with only a coin-operated kid’s seahorse ride, which promptly stops working when he runs out of quarters.
* WrongParachuteGag: In Sandy's dream, she and [=SpongeBob=] are skydiving, and she tells him he needs a "big ol' parachute". [=SpongeBob=] misunderstands and inflates his shoes (big ol' pair of shoes), then pulls out a parakeet. Sandy spends so much time correcting [=SpongeBob=] she forgets to deploy her parachute and lands on a truck full of clam manure ("Not a parakeet, para-- ''(CRASH!)'' --medic..."), while [=SpongeBob=] breaks through the ground and out of Sandy's dream cloud.
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[[caption-width-right:350:"You're not gonna make me read [[FauxHorrific old magazines]], are you?"[[note]]"No, silly. You get the ''Sponge'' Treatment!"[[/note]]]]

'''Suds'''

'''Original air date:''' 1/17/2000 ''(produced in 1999)''

After leaving the refrigerator door open when making a midnight snack, [=SpongeBob=] comes down with "the suds", the sponge equivalent of the flu. Afraid to go to the doctor, he lets Patrick help, but his "treatments" only make him worse.
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!!"Suds" contains examples of:
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: In the original episode, Patrick pretends that he has the suds so he can get a lollipop, only to get harmed from Hans as he gives him a "special" treatment. In the book adaptation, ''[=SpongeBob=] Goes to the Doctor'', Patrick is instead forced to read [[BrickJoke old magazines]], causing him to run out of the hospital screaming and leave an ImpactSilhouette.
* AdaptedOut: The book ''[=SpongeBob=] Goes to the Doctor'' skims a few parts out from the original episode:
** In the episode, [=SpongeBob=] got the suds due to him leaving the fridge open. The book omits that part out and simply states that [=SpongeBob=] just got them.
** Patrick scares [=SpongeBob=] about waiting at the doctor's office with old magazines and the stethoscope. The book omits the last part.
** Some of the tactics Patrick tried to cure [=SpongeBob=] were skimmed as well.
** In the episode, Hans was the person who helps cure [=SpongeBob=]'s suds. The book omits him and instead the doctor gives [=SpongeBob=] some medicine.
* AfraidOfDoctors: Patrick scares [=SpongeBob=] with scary stories about the doctor, terrifying him out of his wits. Said stories are hardly scary; reading old magazines in a waiting room and the coldness of a stethoscope are practically mundane.
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: The premise of the entire episode would not have happened had it portrayed the open refrigerator more accurately. A refrigerator works by pumping warm air out of an insulated space, leaving only cold air. Leaving it open would actually have ''warmed up'' the surrounding environment rather than cooling it down as shown in the episode.
* BadLiar: Patrick is so desperate to keep [=SpongeBob=] from going to see a real doctor, that he keeps up his act as one, even after it's clear he's in over his head and his 'treatments' are useless placebos at best and harmful to [=SpongeBob=] at worst. When Sandy clearly sees [=SpongeBob=] having [[YouNeedABreathMint a very bad case of halitosis due to his illness]], Patrick feigns ignorance of it despite clearly pinning a clothespin on his face so he won't smell it. And as soon as he's proven wrong by [=SpongeBob=]'s fast and pleasant treatment (and the giant lollipop he got for it) he goes two faced and tries to feign having the suds too (by blowing a tiny bubble from a bubble wand) so he'll get the reward [=SpongeBob=] did. [[LaserGuidedKarma That sure backfires spectacularly.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: [=SpongeBob=] rolls out of control down a hill, headed towards the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs panics at the sight and yells at [=SpongeBob=] to stop. He does so, a few inches from the building. Mr. Krabs sighs with relief. [=SpongeBob=] then does a massive sneeze which not only shoots out all the corks from his pores, but blows up the Krusty Krab.
* BlatantLies:
** Despite being horribly pale, congested, and sneezing, [=SpongeBob=] insists several times that he’s okay. He later admits that he’s sick and asks Sandy to take him to the doctor.
** Patrick comes up with pathetic, weak lies to Sandy about when did he have two houses ("Since I ran out of my space to put my stuff!") even though most of the "stuff" in his home is just sand sculptures. And later on, he lies to Sandy about [=SpongeBob=] being fine after the breath examination -- [[ClothespinNosePlug while plugging his nose with a clothespin.]]
** However, the story Patrick tells [=SpongeBob=] about doctors being harbingers of torture and obsolete magazines is an even bigger lie.
* CatchYourDeathOfCold: [=SpongeBob=] catches the suds by leaving his freezer open overnight and making his room extremely cold.
* ClothespinNosePlug: After Sandy confronts "Doctor" Patrick's "treatment" of [=SpongeBob=]'s cold which leaves him stinking, Patrick denies his smelliness whilst wearing a clothespin on where his nose would be (in spite of not having one).
* ComicallyIneptHealing: Patrick's "treatments" for curing [=SpongeBob's=] suds don't even come close to having a positive effect on his health, and they hardly have anything to do with his actual condition.
* CreatorCameo: The showering man that [=SpongeBob=] gets rubbed on for his treatment is Creator/TomKenny.
* DIYDentistry: Patrick tries to treat [=SpongeBob=] through several well-meaning, yet ineffective, methods. One of which is where Patrick pulls one of [=SpongeBob=]'s teeth out using the doorknob method to cure his suds and asked [=SpongeBob=] if it worked. [=SpongeBob=] awkwardly replied with a missing tooth that it didn't.
* EyeScream: [=SpongeBob=] gets so sick that his eyes actually start ''rolling down his face'' and he has to nudge them back up.
* FauxHorrific: Patrick's description of the doctor's office.
-->'''Patrick:''' First, they make you sit in the... ''waiting room''.\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Is that the horrible part?\\
'''Patrick:''' No, it gets worse. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking They make you read...]] '''''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking OLD MAGAZINES!]]'''''\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Eek!\\
'''Patrick:''' And then the doctor pulls out his '''STETHOSCOPE!'''\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' [[BigNo No!]]\\
'''Patrick:''' Yes! It's a device so sinister, so icy cold when it touches your bare flesh, it... PSSS!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' No! No stethoscope! No doctor! No old magazines! No PSSS! No-o! Patrick, I don't wanna go to the doctor!\\
'''Patrick:''' Exactly.
* FeigningHealthiness: [=SpongeBob=] does this a few times in the episode, first by denying having the suds so that he can go to work before Mr. Krabs is told by Gary that he's sick; then by trying to deny Sandy's insistence on taking him to the doctor per Patrick's demands.
* FreezeSneeze: When [=SpongeBob=] is very cold, he starts sneezing, and ends up getting sick a bit later on.
* GreenAroundTheGills: As [=SpongeBob=]'s illness progresses, he goes from being his regular healthy yellow, to icy blue, to deathly pale, and then to a light sickly green.
* HappyEnding: At least by this show's standards. [=SpongeBob=] is healed and is given a giant lollipop, making him no longer afraid of the doctor, while [[LaserGuidedKarma Patrick is punished for all of the terrible (albeit unintentional) things he did throughout the episode, especially]] [[TruthInTelevision impersonating a doctor]].
* HonorBeforeReason: Apparently the reason [=SpongeBob=] dragged himself to work despite being sick to the point of having trouble even standing up. Gary tries to talk him out of it (which angers him), to no avail. Luckily, Mr. Krabs does the logical thing, and sends him home so he can rest.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Patrick spends the whole episode trying to keep [=SpongeBob=] from seeing a real doctor on the whim of a rumor he heard, but as soon as he finds out the benefits of [=SpongeBob=] seeing the doctor (getting a giant lollipop for free) he tries to feign having an illness right there so he'll get the same reward, unwittingly setting himself up for [[LaserGuidedKarma a painful and karmic humiliation]] not a few seconds later.
* IAteWhat: Everyone panics when Mr. Krabs says, "I just can't have you sneezing all over my food!"
* InflatingBodyGag: [=SpongeBob=] filling up with bubbles after Patrick plugs his pores, causing him to swell up like a beach ball.
* InstantIceJustAddCold: When [=SpongeBob=] leaves the fridge open all night, his entire ''house'' freezes. [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Even the guy on the TV is shivering and is all bundled up in winter gear]].
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Patrick when it comes to doctors and medicine.
* KnowsAGuyWhoKnowsAGuy: How Patrick knows about the horrors of the doctor's office.
-->'''Patrick:''' I know a guy who knows a guy who went to the doctor once, and the doctor's office is a horrible, horrible place.
* LampshadeHanging: Sandy points out to Patrick that he should be arrested for impersonating a doctor.
* LaserGuidedKarma: After all the stuff he pulled on [=SpongeBob=] and Sandy throughout the episode, and then having the nerve to fake having the suds himself when he sees [=SpongeBob=] get a lollipop for his treatment, Patrick gets his comeuppance in the form of [[HumiliationConga the special treatment]].
* LoveBubbles: Averted. It is a ''very'' bad sign for a sponge to have pink bubbles coming out of their pores.
* MarshmallowDream: At the beginning of the episode, a hungry [=SpongeBob=] is dreaming about the sky raining Krabby Patties, and wakes up to find himself munching on his pillow.
* MediumShiftGag: The "sponge treatment" is [=SpongeBob=] being scrubbed by a live-action hand.
* MidnightSnack: [=SpongeBob=] tries to eat a seanut butter and jelly sandwich as one. He never gets to eat it though since he fell asleep right after making it.
* MotorMouth: Sandy as she keeps blabbering on and on about how fast she'll get to [=SpongeBob=] instead of actually getting ready and going to his house immediately.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Patrick and Sandy fight over [=SpongeBob=], and their escalating argument ends with the patient rolling out of control down a hill.
* NightmareFace: The sicker [=SpongeBob=] gets, the more hideous he starts to look.
* NothingPersonal: "Just can't have you sneezing all over my food!" ''([[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud the customers react in horror upon hearing this]] and scramble out of the Krusty Krab)'' "No, wait! Wait!"
* NurseWithGoodIntentions: Patrick, to [=SpongeBob=]. Made a bit more frightening than the usual example, however, as Patrick is legitimately impersonating a doctor and physically and unintentionally torturing [=SpongeBob=]. Sandy is so upset by the entire situation that she yells at him that he should be arrested on-the-spot for impersonating a doctor. (In RealLife, she would absolutely be correct in suggesting that)
* PainfulAdhesiveRemoval: Patrick attempts to "treat" [=SpongeBob=] of his suds by placing a bandage on his back and asking if he's feeling better, and once [=SpongeBob=] says no, Patrick painfully rips the bandage off of him. He does this three times before transitioning to the next scene.
* PapaWolf: Krabs has shades of this when he’s clearly worried about an increasingly sick [=SpongeBob=]. Then again, he's also worried that he might infect the customers.
* PetTheDog: This is one of the rarest moments that Mr. Krabs showed concern about someone like [=SpongeBob=], due to the latter’s illness. It’s probably more on the side of Krabs being concerned about losing business.
* PlayingSick: Patrick tries this after [=SpongeBob's=] treatment so he can get a huge lollipop. It backfires right in his face.
-->'''Patrick:''' A lollipop?! ''(blows a bubble)'' Hey, Doc, I got the suds, too!\\
'''Physician Fish:''' ''(sarcastically)'' Oh, yes, Dr. Patrick, we have a special treatment for you!\\
''([[PunnyName Hans]] takes the guffawing Patrick into the back for his treatment)''\\
'''Patrick:''' ''(Hans washes him in the sink and painfully stretches out his limbs)'' Hey, wait! ''(then rubs him on a cactus)'' Ouch! Oh, that hurts! ''(then uses him to clean a toilet)'' WAIT! HEY, THIS DOESN'T SEEM RIGHT...!
* PostTreatmentLollipop: After the "Sponge Treatment", [=SpongeBob=] is rewarded with a huge lollipop. Patrick sees this and fakes having the suds to get one, too -- it doesn't go as well for him.
* PunnyName: The giant hand that gives [=SpongeBob=] his treatment is named Hans.
* RainOfSomethingUnusual: [=SpongeBob=] has a dream that it's raining Krabby Patties.
* SequentialSymptomSyndrome: After feeling really shivery, [=SpongeBob=] tells Gary that he doesn't feel like himself. Gary's dialogue prompts [=SpongeBob=] to say, suddenly sounding very congested, "Don't be silly, Gary. I don't get colds, ''(sniffle)'' I get the suds." Gary responds again, and [=SpongeBob=] tells him that if he ''really'' had the suds, then bubbles would be coming out of him. He then sneezes loudly, causing dozens of pink bubbles to come out of his pores.
* SickEpisode: One of the very few instances of [=SpongeBob=] getting sick.
* ShoutOut: This isn't the first time [[Series/TheHoneymooners a dimwitted best friend pretends to be a doctor and proclaims "Don't touch me, I'm sterile!"]]
* SneezeOfDoom: Thanks to [[NurseWithGoodIntentions Patrick's]] ''[[SarcasmMode admirable]]'' wisdom, [=SpongeBob=] ends up an over-inflated beach ball. He comes hurtling towards the Krusty Krab, but stops short of crushing it. Then he sneezes loudly, blowing up the whole restaurant, much to Krabs' chagrin.
* SplitScreenPhoneCall: When Patrick calls Sandy to tell her how [=SpongeBob=] is doing.
* TemporaryBulkChange: Patrick "cures" [=SpongeBob=] of the suds by plugging up his pores so bubbles don't come out. Only now the bubbles pile up inside him, making him grow larger with each sneeze like a giant beach ball, until he's as big as the Krusty Krab.
* TheToothHurts: One of Patrick's "treatments" for [=SpongeBob=]'s illness is to do the classic "tie the tooth to the door knob and slam the door" act. Cut to [=SpongeBob=], missing a tooth ([[MajorInjuryUnderreaction though he's too tired to care]]).
* TruthInTelevision:
** As famous physician [[https://m.youtube.com/@DoctorMike Doctor Mike]] attests, some of Patrick's "treatments" have [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dn1yqO3b0bM&pp=ygUXZG9jdG9yIG1pa2Ugbmlja2Vsb2Rlb2I%3D genuine merit to them]]. Plugging up all of [=SpongeBob=]'s holes in order to stop the physical symptoms is standard practice for viral infections to allow the immune system to do the work, and bouncing on [=SpongeBob=] like a trampoline is a roundabout way of performing CPT (chest physiotherapy) for mucus cleansing, which is normally done with hospital beds.
** Although Sandy [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this to Patrick, anyone in real life would have been arrested for impersonating a doctor.
* WarmMilkHelpsYouSleep: [=SpongeBob=] goes to the kitchen to whip up some warm milk and a ''sea''nut butter sandwich to make him sleep again. One bite of the sandwich and he promptly goes to sleep on the table, spilling his milk, and leaving the fridge door open, thus kicking off the plot.
* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: After [=SpongeBob=] first cuts off Sandy's barefoot jackrabbit metaphor, Patrick cuts her off again when calling her, very clearly annoyed.
-->'''Sandy:''' I'll be over there faster than a barefoot jackrabbit on a hot--\\
'''Patrick:''' ''(angrily)'' Oh, yeah, yeah, the rabbit! Look, don't bother Sandy!
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Yeah, Patrick shouldn't have played doctor, but he just wanted [=SpongeBob=] to get better.
* WiltingOdor: [=SpongeBob=]'s illness gives him bad breath which causes the plants and scallops to die.
* WomenAreWiser: Between Sandy and Patrick, Sandy is obviously the wiser option for [=SpongeBob=]'s health.
* WorkingThroughTheCold: [=SpongeBob=] attempts this, but Krabs sees how sick he is and sends him home to take it easy.
* YouNeedABreathMint: Patrick's "treatments" for [=SpongeBob=] give him a nasty case of halitosis that comes in the form of a green poisonous gas which kills plants, clams, and everything else in its path the moment he exhales. Sandy points out [=SpongeBob's=] illness is much worse than she thought.
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