Original air date: 1/18/2021 (produced in 2019)
SpongeBob cleans up the boating school's lighthouse, where he finds a cute but uncomfortable companion.
"Lighthouse Louie" contains examples of:
- Continuity Cavalcade:
- Mrs. Puff's ability to make balloon animals from "No Free Rides" is referenced. See Freeze-Frame Bonus below.
- Many items from previous episodes can be seen in the trash pile:
- Bold and Brash.
- The Big Fat Meanie drawing.
- Mrs. Puff's hat, coat, and washing machine.
- An enchanted tiki.
- The #1 soda drink hat and swordfish skull.
- Krusty Krab pizza.
- Patrick's shoes.
- Squidward's piggy bank, teddy bear, Mrs. Nibsy, and Clown Frown.
- Seahorse plush.
- Help Wanted sign.
- Maniac Wanted Poster, hall monitor hat and belt.
- Mrs. Puff's hair curlers.
- "Save the Jellyfish" sign.
- Mermaid Man's belt.
- Mrs. Puff's nameplate.
- Part of the ripped "extra credit" test.
- Radio and SpongeBob's diary.
- A Treasure chest.
- An Empty box.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: The newspaper inside the lighthouse reads "DERANGED BOAT TEACHER MAKES GETAWAY distracts authorities with balloon animals".
- Gender Reveal: The previously thought to be male, Louie, turns out to be a girl, who SpongeBob decides to name "Louise".
- Headphones Equal Isolation: Mrs. Puff spends a majority of the episode rocking out to the music on her headphones, completely unaware of the destruction SpongeBob is causing with the lighthouse.
- Mama Bear: When SpongeBob goes to the top of the lighthouse, he is suddenly attacked by Louie. SpongeBob discovers afterwards that Louie has babies that she was protecting.
- Offscreen Teleportation: No matter how many times SpongeBob puts Louie outside, Louie always manages to get back in the lighthouse.
- Shout-Out: SpongeBob eating the canned krabby patty and flexing his arm is a reference to Popeye.
- Surprise Litter of Puppies: Louie is not only revealed to be a girl, but also has a litter of baby snails.
- Title Drop: SpongeBob says the episode's title when he says, "I think I'll call you Louie. Lighthouse Louie."
- Trailers Always Lie: A promo for this episode said that SpongeBob will finally get his driver's license, although the plot is entirely different.
- Your Tomcat Is Pregnant: "Louie" has a litter of babies.
Original air date: 4/22/2022 (produced in 2019) note
No one in Bikini Bottom is safe from a case of contagious hiccups.
"Hiccup Plague" contains examples of:
- Body Horror: Old Man Jenkins claims the hiccups have the ability to turn people inside out - Bubble Bass promptly does so in a grotesque fashion.
- Call-Back: Bubble Bass's hiccup cure is putting pickles under his tongue.
- Patrick's hiccup cure is eating snail po, which of course, SpongeBob is reluctant to try.
- Delayed Reaction: When Mr. Krabs attempts to scare SpongeBob's hiccups away, SpongeBob pauses for a moment before screaming in terror.
- Exorcist Head: This happens to Timmy and Tina when they eat spicy chips to give themselves the hiccups.
- Gasshole: Timmy burps loudly after chugging down a can of fizz bomb cola.
- Hiccup Hijinks: Hiccup bubbles cause everyone in Bikini Bottom to suffer from hiccups.
- Kids Are Cruel: Timmy and Tina who create the contagious hiccups just so they can watch it spread across Bikini Bottom.
- Laser-Guided Karma: At the end of the episode, Timmy and Tina catch the hiccup bubble they created.
- Medium Blending: Mr. Krabs's werewolf mask briefly turns live-action.
- Spraying Drink from Nose: Bubble Bass spray soda from his nose when he catches the hiccups, ruining the comic book he's reading.
- Tickle Torture: Sandy cures SpongeBob of his hiccups by tickling him.
- X Days Since: There's a chalkboard in the Krusty Krab that says "2 DAYS WITHOUT NONSENSE", since it's been a few days without anything bad happening, but due to the hiccups SpongeBob captured getting in the way of his work, this causes a disappointed Mr. Krabs to erase the "2" and replace it with "0".
