Inferred Holocaust: As soon as Wormy's introduced, the rest of Sandy's pets all end up getting neglected, and considering that SpongeBob, Patrick, and the rest of Bikini Bottom are all spending the second day of Sandy's vacation until she arrives back home running and hiding in fear of Wormy, the fact that the rest of her pets haven't been fed paints a rather bleak picture for them. At least Wormy doesn't eat much, according to Sandy.
"We did it, X! We saved the Y!"Explanation Used to mock token attempts at solving a social issue that does nothing to actually solve the issue, or when trying to solve an issue that doesn't exist while ignoring a related, but actual issue.
Comparing Wormy to Morpho KnightExplanation A lot of Kirby fans edit the Jump Scares Butterfly!Wormy does and replace it with Morpho Knight absorbing a powerful entity (such as Galacta Knight in Kirby Star Allies and Fecto Forgo in Kirby and the Forgotten Land), labeling the edits as "Kirby got me scared of a butterfly".
"Uh, sorry, I don't speak Italian."Explanation Often used as a response towards people who are perceived as speaking complete nonsense.
Nightmare Fuel: Even though the gross ups of Wormy are meant to be a parody of jump scares, the abrupt switch between the cartoon and the stock footage closeup of the horsefly, combined with the ungodly buzzing noise that accompanies it, are still pretty scary. And if you're entomophobic, you'll most likely be just as scared as SpongeBob and Patrick. As a result, this episode along with "Patty Hype" was banned in some countries, most likely to avoid scaring children.
Patty Hype:
Demographically Inappropriate Humour: "Look what I got under me kilt!"Explanation Kilted Scotsmen are infamous for allegedly not wearing underwear under their kilts. In context, though, the Scottish fish is showing how his legs have turned plaid thanks to the Pretty Patty and he is, fortunately, wearing underwear.
Ensemble Dark Horse: Despite only appearing in this episode, the Scottish fish is a fan-favorite for how much Refuge in Audacity he manages to elicit, not to mention the kilt scene.
Memetic Badass: The one fish who somehow managed to turn off the light in the entire ocean.
Confused Mr. KrabsExplanation A shot from the climax of the episode where Mr. Krabs is surrounded by a mob of angry customers suffering from Pretty Patties' side effects. The shot was then given a radial blur effect by a Twitter user in 2016, complimenting his distressed expression. This edit quickly became a popular reaction image among Black Twitter for expressing feelings of fear or disorientation.
Sequin milkshakes and bow tie french fries.
A popular social media meme is SpongeBob at his booth with the "open" sign reading one thing and getting a small crowd, then flipping it over to read another thing and the crowd suddenly growing massive (for example, the first half saying something like "high-effort, well thought out joke" and the second saying "low-effort reference", each referring to how much attention such posts get). Note that this doesn't actually happen in the episode, as the pictures are removed from their original contexts. And also the frames of SpongeBob at his stand come from "Bubblestand", not "Patty Hype".
If only because of a YouTube Poop called "Pride Patties", a popular quote from the episode is, "Purple is my favorite color!"note Or as they say in the YouTube Poop, "Purple is my favorite DRINK!!!"
Squick: The dusty Krusty Krab at the start of the episode is pretty gross as is, but the most gross aspect is when Mr. Krabs squeals at the sight of a customer, and his mouth has an entire cobweb in it with a spider crawling on it.
