Chatterbox Gary
Original air date: 2/12/2018 (produced in 2017)
SpongeBob buys a new pet translation collar for Gary, and everyone likes it except for Squidward.
"Chatterbox Gary" contains examples of:
- Actor Allusion: Gary talking to Patrick is essentially a reunion between Goliath and Broadway.
- Affectionate Nickname: Gary refers to his owner as "Papa Bob," which moves SpongeBob to tears.
- Animals Hate Him: Gary's immense hatred of Squidward is put to good use for this episode.
- Bait-and-Switch Comment: When SpongeBob asks Gary what he dreams about.Gary: Mostly, I dream of flying above it all...SpongeBob: Aww, that's sweet.
- Bait-and-Switch Comparison: When SpongeBob presents Gary to Squidward:Squidward: Why would you wanna talk to him?SpongeBob: Who wouldn't wanna talk to their pet?Squidward: I was talking to Gary.
- Berserk Button: Gary does not take kindly to Squidward driving SpongeBob to tears with his horrible prank.
- Break the Cutie: Having no place to live, SpongeBob is reduced to tears.
- Cast as a Mask: Squidward's disguise voice for Gary's fake collar is provided by Keith David himself.
- Continuity Nod: Squidward's Band Geeks uniform can be seen in his closet.
- Crying a River: SpongeBob starts to cry after his house rolls away, and starts digging a hole filled with his tears surrounding him.
- Evil-Detecting Dog: The moment Gary sees Squidward and realizes everything, he promptly fends him off.
- Failed a Spot Check:
- SpongeBob seems not to notice that the speaker on the collar has changed into an obvious microphone. Justified as he was too half-asleep to notice.
- SpongeBob should have also gotten a little suspicious when the collar activated when Gary is not meowing, and the real collar only works if Gary meows.
- High-Pressure Emotion: Squidward goes red in the face when Gary insults his lifestyle.
- In-Series Nickname: With the collar, Gary calls SpongeBob "Papa Bob", Patrick "Stinky Man", Sandy "Hairy Astronaut Lady", and Squidward "Grouchy Man".
- Insulting from Behind the Language Barrier: The episode implies that Gary insults Patrick and Squidward in meows all the time. SpongeBob puts a translator collar on him and shows it off to everyone, and his meows translate into insults when SpongeBob shows off the translator collar to Patrick and Squidward.
- Laser-Guided Karma: After seeing Squidward manipulate SpongeBob into digging himself into a hole, Gary throws the walkie-talkie down Squidward's throat and meows into it, attracting the attention of a bunch of vicious worms who attack Squidward.
- The Nicknamer: Gary has nicknames for SpongeBob and all of SpongeBob's friends.
- SpongeBob is "Papa Bob."
- Patrick is "Stinky Man."
- Sandy is "Hairy Astronaut Lady."
- Squidward is "Grouchy Man."
- Ocular Gushers: SpongeBob turns them on when he loses his house.
- Rake Take: Happens to Squidward after sneaking out of SpongeBob's house.
- Riddle for the Ages: What became of the translation collar after Squidward stole it...?
- Series Continuity Error: SpongeBob never had trouble understanding Gary before.
- Shoo Out the Clowns: Patrick and Sandy disappear for the rest of the episode following their one scenes, building up to what Squidward does.
- Speaks Fluent Animal: SpongeBob claims he speaks fluent snail, but even he has a hard time guessing what Gary wants.
- Special Guest: Keith David as the voice of Gary's collar.
- Taking Advantage of Generosity: Squidward does not take well to Gary insulting his artwork and lifestyle, so he replaces the translator collar with a knockoff and takes advantage of SpongeBob's pamperment to ruin his own lifestyle as payback.
- Tears of Joy: SpongeBob is brought to these after Gary's collar talks for the first time.
- The Television Talks Back: While is Squidward is watching a show to help him meditate, trying to be free of all distractions, his doorbell rings repeatedly as he tries to ignore it. When the doorbell continues ringing, the meditator comes out of the TV and yells, "WILL YOU ANSWER THE DOOR ALREADY?!"
- Translator Collar: The episode centers around Gary getting a collar that allows SpongeBob and everyone else to understand him. Of course, Squidward takes advantage of this and replaces the collar with a fake to get rid of SpongeBob, whom he hates with a passion.
- Unknown Rival: SpongeBob is unaware of Squidward's manipulation.
- Voice Changeling: Squidward can do an impeccable impression of Keith David.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: After the collar is stolen by Squidward and replaced with a knockoff, it is never seen again for the rest of the episode.
Don't Feed the Clowns
Original air date: 2/12/2018 (produced in 2017)
When a small clown is left behind by his traveling circus, SpongeBob offers to take him under his care.
"Don't Feed the Clowns" contains examples of:
- Burning with Anger: Both the CEO manager and the baker right before they fire Little Clown.
- Clown Species: The clowns are presented as a separate species from those in Bikini Bottom, acting more like nonverbal wild animals who do nothing but clown antics and come from an area where they run wild.
- Eye Scream: When Little Clown juggles some hot dogs, he throws the hot dogs into the customers' eyes, causing them to scream in pain.
- Damsel in Distress: Mrs. Puff gets trapped on the top floor of her boating school while it's on fire. Little Clown fails to rescue her and the school burns down around her.
- No Name Given: Little Clown's real name is never revealed.
- Pie in the Face: Little Clown does this during his brief stint as a baker, and again at the end to SpongeBob.
- Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right!: SpongeBob tries to return to the circus with a large bag of popcorn for the little clown, saying he doesn't care what the ringmaster says. However, the circus is already gone by that time.
- Series Continuity Error: Episodes like "Rodeo Daze" and "Tunnel of Glove" show SpongeBob being terrified of clowns. However, in this episode, he loves the circus.
- The Speechless: Little Clown and the other clowns don't speak due to behaving like wild animals and only communicate with laughs.
- Title Drop: The ringmaster shouts the title at SpongeBob when the latter tries to feed Little Clown some popcorn. Twice.
- X-Ray Sparks: Happens to a fish who gets stung by multiple jellyfish.
