Original air date: 11/28/2008
The Slumber Party
Mr. Krabs sends SpongeBob to crash Pearl's slumber party.
"The Slumber Party" contains examples of:
- An Aesop: Don't assume the worst about your children; let them have fun the way they want it.
- Big "NO!": Done by Mr. Krabs when Pearl tells him, "Now it's going to cost you...money!"
- Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: "We could stay up really, really late, and tell ghost stories, and trade socks!"
- Chekhov's Gun: The root beer cellar.
- Continuity Nod: A sponge being mistaken for SpongeBob in disguise had happened before in "No Weenies Allowed".
- Delivery Guy Infiltration: SpongeBob's first attempt to crash Pearl's slumber party involves wearing a fake mustache and pretending to deliver a pizza to Pearl and her friends.
- Dumbass Has a Point: After getting hit by a piano, SpongeBob was right to tell Mr. Krabs they should at least leave Pearl alone, as she and her friends are not causing any trouble and seem trustworthy enough to take care of themselves. Mr. Krabs does not listen and still orders him to get into the party otherwise he'll fire him.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus: The list of all the rules that Mr. Krabs hammers in front of his house.
- Gross-Up Close-Up: Of SpongeBob's stinky socks.
- HA HA HA—No:Mr. Krabs: Uh, SpongeBob, do you know anything about girls?
SpongeBob: (laughs) Do I know anything about... (stops laughing) No, but Gary does. - Hoist by His Own Petard: Mr. Krabs recruits SpongeBob to stop Pearl and her friends from destroying his house during their slumber party. SpongeBob successfully gets into the house, but while trying to show Pearl that he's fun, ends up destroying Krabs' house himself.
- Hypocrite:
- Mr. Krabs becomes convinced that Pearl and her friends will destroy his house and recruits SpongeBob to stop them from doing so... after he acts it out by personally destroying SpongeBob's house.
- One of the rules Mr. Krabs gives Pearl is "no boys allowed", yet he tries to get SpongeBob to infiltrate the slumber party.
- Hypocritical Humor: SpongeBob tries to infiltrate Pearl's slumber party by going in disguise. It then shows a female sponge from "Farawayville" who just so happens to want to join Pearl's party, and is rejected. Turns out that was not SpongeBob in disguise, as when she runs away from the party in tears, SpongeBob remarks that the girl is "uug-lee!"
- Identical Stranger: Girly TeenGirl, whom Pearl assumes to be SpongeBob Disguised in Drag, but turns out to be an actual person who looks like SpongeBob.
- I Take Offense to That Last One: When SpongeBob asks Pearl why he can't come to her sleepover, Pearl responds that he's just like [Mr. Krabs], to which SpongeBob excitedly replies, "Really?", only to go into shock when Pearl calls them both "a no-good, dried-up old fuddy-duddy".
- Karma Houdini: Technically the mess of Mr. Krabs' house at the end was all SpongeBob's fault, yet he received no comeuppance from either Pearl or Mr. Krabs for it. Subverted, however, in that, like Krabs, he, too, is banned from the beach rave. Take in account that Sponge Bob was force into getting into Pearl party and was constantly got hurt for it. Since Mr.Krab was being a jerk to Sponge Bob such as destroying his home, going through his personal things, eating Sponge Bob as a pizza, and threatening to fire him, Sponge Bob being the one to ruined Mr.Krab home and ultimately got him (Mr.Krab) punish mean Sponge Bob pretty much serve as karma to Mr.Krab.
- Kids Punishing Parents: After Krabs goes into the house and sees it destroyed, he tries to ground Pearl for throwing a Wild Teen Party, but she rightfully calls him out for making SpongeBob crash her party who then went on to trash the house and traumatize her friends. As punishment for trying to blame her for something he's ultimately responsible for, Pearl makes Krabs pay for a rave at the beach, which includes a bouncer that's been instructed to keep him (and SpongeBob) away from the festivities.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Mr. Krabs gets a rightful punishment for sneaking SpongeBob (threatening to fire him if he didn't) into the party where he destroys the house, and not letting Pearl and her friends handle themselves, when he is forced to spend many of his savings on a beach party for the girls.
- Leg Cling: SpongeBob does this to Pearl while begging to stay at her party.
- Mistaken for an Imposter: Mr. Krabs asks SpongeBob to sneak into Pearl's slumber party and SpongeBob agrees, saying he has the perfect disguise. It then cuts to a female sponge named "Girly TeenGirl" from "Farawayville" asking to attend Pearl's party. Pearl accuses her of being SpongeBob Disguised in Drag and she's chased away from the party in tears. The real SpongeBob pulls up to the house with Mr. Krabs, wondering who she was.SpongeBob: I dunno, but she is ug-leeee!
- Mistaken for Undead: After watching Slumber Party Zombie Attack, Pearl and her friends mistake SpongeBob for a zombie when he emerges from the root beer cellar, looking a lot like the zombie on TV.
- "Not So Different" Remark: Pearl initially tries to keep SpongeBob away from the party by telling him that he is like her father: "A no-good, dried-up old fuddy-duddy!"
- Paper-Thin Disguise: SpongeBob's disguise consists solely of a mustache.
- Piano Drop: Pearl and her friends drop a piano on SpongeBob when he comes over disguised as a piano repairman.
- Slumber Party: The episode focuses on Pearl having one.
- 30 Minutes, or It's Free!: When Mr. Krabs opens a pizza box to find SpongeBob inside, he eats a slice, then spits it out because it's too cold, and says, "You should have been here in 30 minutes or less."
- Troubled Fetal Position: One of Pearl's friends as a result of "Zombie Shock Syndrome".
- Wild Teen Party: Mr. Krabs assumes Pearl is having one and it's why he orders SpongeBob to crash the party. She's actually having a rather tame get-together with her friends and it's only after she punishes Mr. Krabs does she throw a truly wild party in the form of a beach rave.
Grooming Gary
SpongeBob enters Gary in the local pet show.
"Grooming Gary" contains examples of:
- Alliterative Title: Grooming Gary
- An Aesop: A very clear one about treating your pets well, and recognizing their needs and feelings.
- Bait-and-Switch: The judge awards SpongeBob and his pet first prize. SpongeBob initially thinks they're awarding Gary for speaking his mind, but it turns out they were talking about SpongeBob's "other pet": Patrick dressed as a dog (worm).
- Berserk Button: When someone sticks their hand in Gary's undercarriage, he gets vicious.
- Bindle Stick: Gary has one while attempting to escape...until SpongeBob offers to carry his shell.
- Cats Hate Water: Gary, being the underwater version of a cat, needs Patrick to hold him down while SpongeBob bathes him and brushes his teeth.
- Dark Horse Victory: Patrick ends up winning the pet show.
- Eye Scream: During the pet revolt, a snail who was previously made to wear a too-small pair of glasses by her owner makes him wear the same glasses and he screams in pain in response. Shortly after, another snail squeezes a guy's eyes when she lassos him with a diamond-studded leash.
- Foreshadowing: Some the snails and worms are shown to be very unhappy about the outfits they wear and they are very bothered with the judge inspecting them hinting that they hate The Pet Show very much.
- Gross-Up Close-Up: Several close-ups of Gary's shell and teeth before SpongeBob realizes how much fancier all the other pets are.
- Oh, Crap!: SpongeBob does this when the judge goes to check Gary's undercarriage.
- Pet Contest Episode: The episode revolves around SpongeBob getting Gary pampered so he can fit in at the Bikini Bottom pet show, which he detests.
- Running Gag: Gary viciously bites anyone who gives him an undercarriage check.
- Shout-Out: Charles and Foofy glide via umbrella like Mary Poppins.
- Speaks Fluent Animal: SpongeBob's ability to "speak a little snail" allows him to tell the other pet owners why the pets are rioting.
- Sudden Anatomy: Gary grows arms when he and the other pets stage a riot.
- Torches and Pitchforks: Gary and the other pets ignite a riot after making it very clear that they absolutely hate the pet show.
