Spin the Bottle
Original air date: 7/16/2017
Plankton poses as a wish-granting genie in his latest scheme to get the secret formula.
Spin the Bottle contains examples of:
- And I Must Scream: The genie punishes Squidward, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton for their greed, lust, and selfishness by shrinking them down and putting them in a ketchup bottle. SpongeBob mistakes it for a ketchup bottle gone bad and throws it in the garbage.
- Burning with Anger: Mr. Krabs when he demands SpongeBob give him the genie bottle.Mr. Krabs: YOU HAND ME THAT BOTTLE!!!
- Continuity Nod: Gary can be seen watching the sports channel from "Your Shoe's Untied".
- Genie in a Bottle: Plankton disguises himself as one to trick Mr. Krabs. It turns out to be the home of an actual genie who was away visiting his mom. He's very unhappy at the condition of his bottle from everyone mishandling it.
- Selfless Wish: SpongeBob chooses to give his friends each of his three wishes.
- Shout-Out: This quote from SpongeBob: "Friendship is magic too."
- When Squidward sees the "golden" clarinet he wished for, he says, "Well, I’ll be an ocean monkey’s uncle."
- The genie bottle resembles the one from I Dream of Jeannie.
- Spin the Bottle: Title Drop aside, SpongeBob decides to play this game to help his friends decide who should get the genie bottle. Patrick of course mistakes it for the actual game.
- Spoonerism: When Squidward and Patrick barge into the kitchen to find the genie reclaiming his bottle.Squidward: What's that clod doing with my bottle?Patrick: What's that bottle doing with my clod?
- Vomit Indiscretion Shot: When SpongeBob waves the genie bottle around, Plankton's vomit spews out from inside the bottle.
There's a Sponge in My Soup
Original air date: 11/7/2017
Mr. Krabs’ new Krabby Soup is a hit – until some heat-loving hippies move into the soup vat.
There's a Sponge in My Soup contains examples of:
- All There in the Script: The names of the hippies can be found in the credits: Moon Gills, Sunshine, Crystal Dave.
- Bigger on the Inside: The soup vat.
- Continuity Nod: SpongeBob and Patrick wear their hippie costumes from "SpongeBob's Last Stand".
- Eye Scream: Mr. Krabs's eyes burn off from the hydrothermal vent, which allow the hippies to sneak into the Krusty Krab.
- Got Me Doing It: When Mr. Krabs orders the hippies to leave the soup, they start chanting "Heck, no! We won't go!", during which SpongeBob joins in. When Mr. Krabs snaps at him for it, SpongeBob apologizes and says it's so catchy.
- Mermaid Arc Emergence: SpongeBob does this when he emerges from the soup.
- Stating the Simple Solution: Squidward suggests just throwing out the soup to get rid of the hippies. But Mr. Krabs refuses on the grounds that it would be wasting soup.
- Shout-Out: The episode's title comes from "There's a fly in my soup!"
- The line "Make soup, not war" alludes to the hippie slogan "Make love, not war."
- The line "Hey hey, Mr. K, how much money did you make today?" comes from the Vietnam War protest chant "Hey hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?"
- What Happened to the Mouse?: Patrick is shown to be living in the soup as a hippie. But he isn't seen afterwards even after the hippies go to live somewhere else.
- Wingding Eyes: Moon Gills's pupils turn to hacky sacks when he is tempted by it.
