The "Bring it around town" move. It's not uncommon to see people trying it at dances.
Patrick's "It's a giraffe!" Is a popular comment on images of elephants.
Ripped Pants:
Alternate Aesop Interpretation: Quinton Reviews ends up noting in his video "How Spongebob Predicted Meme Culture" that the episode is very resonant with the life cycle of memes; more specifically, how memes initially start off as funny, but overtime degrade because people either get sick of the joke, or the joke is slowly divorced from it's original intentions until it's just being repeated over and over without any proper context. It also highlights how these kinds of jokes and memes are only flashes in the pan in regards to popularity, and how Spongebob's fixation on trying to keep the stale joke relevant only ensured that no one would care for him in the long term. By contrast, his decision to sing his feelings is interpreted by Quinton as him showing that he can be relevant by showing genuine talent and long term abilities that aren't dependent on short-term amusement and one-note gags.
Alternative Character Interpretation: After hearing SpongeBob's song, Sandy tells him that he's right: if he wants to be her friend, he should be himself. Besides forgiving him and giving him credit for learning his lesson, she also might be admitting that she enabled him by not telling him to lay off the ripped pants joke before it got out of hand?
Awesome Music: "The Fool Who Ripped His Pants," the show's first original song and a spot-on pastiche of classic '60s surf rock.
Crosses the Line Twice: If a real person pretended to drown, then croaked to the person saving them that they need a tailor because they ripped their pants, it would be as offensive and unfunny as when SpongeBob does it. As just a joke in the show, it's funny. It helps that it still fits the moral regardless.
Designated Villain: Larry in this episode is meant to be seen as a Jerk Jock who tries to one-up SpongeBob so that he can have Sandy all to himself, emphasized by how SpongeBob is devastated by how Sandy would, "rather hang out with Larry," as well as saying in his song that Larry came around just to put him down, but he never shows any sort of animosity towards SpongeBob, and treats him with about the same respect as he shows towards Sandy.
Franchise Original Sin: One of the earliest "SpongeBob acts like a general nuisance/pest to everyone around him" plots. However, unlike latter episodes where SpongeBob gets away with actions scot-free, here SpongeBob both comes to realization that his actions were not okay and also has to face the consequences of them head on.
Growing the Beard: All of the episodes prior to this episode either have a lot of atmospheric, quiet moments or provide world building for the overall show. "Ripped Pants" is the first episode to have the more standardized, episodic, quicker-paced format of most SpongeBob episodes.
Heartwarming Moments: SpongeBob and the other beach outcasts singing a song about being yourself, winning the respect of the rest of the beachgoers. Sandy runs over to him and embraces him, presumably forgiving him, and even Larry gives him props.
"Observe."Explanation The line said by Larry when he's ready to lift his first set of weights is often used to build up to people doing things that they personally take as a challenge when someone else says it can't be done.
"HOLY FISHPASTE! IT'S A GUY!!!"Explanation Said by the lifeguard when SpongeBob seemingly drowns, well-loved due to the lifeguard's hammy delivery; also commonly used to poke fun at Dude Looks Like a Lady-type characters or cases of Viewer Gender Confusion. Unfortunately also used by transphobes when talking about transwomen.
The facial expression◊ of the lifeguard after SpongeBob reveals that he faked drowning for the "ripped Pants" joke. Often accompanied by the caption "Getting real tired of your shit".
" that the episode is very resonant with the life cycle of memes; more specifically, how memes initially start off as funny, but overtime degrade because people either get sick of the joke, or the joke is slowly divorced from it's original intentions until it's just being repeated over and over without any proper context. It also highlights how these kinds of jokes and memes are only flashes in the pan in regards to popularity, and how Spongebob's fixation on trying to keep the stale joke relevant only ensured that no one would care for him in the long term. By contrast, his decision to sing his feelings is interpreted by Quinton as him showing that he can be relevant by showing genuine talent and long term abilities that aren't dependent on short-term amusement and one-note gags.
