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'''United States airdate: November 27, 2000'''
'''Canada airdate: June 8, 2001'''
While house sitting Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's Mermalair, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick stupidly release their arch-nemesis Man-Ray from his frozen tartar sauce prison. Man-Ray attempts to attack the two, but is unable to due to a tickle belt placed on him. In an attempt to get rid of the belt, he tries to claim to [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick he's turned a new leaf, so they try to test that claim.
!! Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III contains examples of:
* AnAesop:
** When you're put in charge of something, be responsible and take care of it per their instructions.
** Don't mess around with things you don't know or understand, as it can be dangerous.
** You can't change people. [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Except maybe through harassment/torture]].
* BecomingTheMask: Man-Ray is only pretending to reform at first, but finds himself reforming in spite of himself.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Dumb and goofy as he may be, Patrick does know how to get revenge after Man-Ray nears him up.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Okay, Goodness Lesson Number Three... *thinking* umm, let's see...
-->'''Patrick:''' *snatches the tickle belt remote* I got one: I'm thinking of a number between one and one hundred, what is it?
-->'''Manray:''' Umm, sixty-two?
-->'''Patrick:''' *presses button* ''Wrong!''
* BrickJoke: During the "returning the wallet" lesson, Patrick insists his wallet is not his much to Manray's annoyance. The next lesson involves helping Patrick with a heavy package, which he frequently drops on Manray's foot. When Manray asks whats in the heavy box, Patrick says it's his wallets.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/JohnRhysDavis as Man-Ray
* ContinuityNod: Man-Ray was first mentioned in the first ''Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy'' episode in one of [=SpongeBob's=] stories of the duo's past adventures.
* EnragedByIdiocy: Manray has had it with Patrick's stupidity that he repeatingly slams him to the ground.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Orb of Confusion
-->'''Mermaid Man''': Prolonged exposure to the Orb of Confusion will give you, uh...confusion.
* {{Gesundheit}}:
-->'''Manray:''' It's tickling my DNA. Make it stop! [tears come out as he laughs] Please!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:'''Did you hear that, Patrick? He said the P word.\\
'''Patrick:''' Peanuts?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' No. Please.\\
'''Patrick:''' Well, that's good enough for me. Well, I guess he's reconstituted.\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Rehabilitated.\\
'''Patrick:''' Gesundheit.
* HeelFaceTurn: Man-Ray is first pretending to do one, but then turns for real.
-->'''Man Ray:''' The belt is gone but I still feel its tickle. The urge to do bad is ''gone''!
** FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Later ''Mermaid Man'' episodes have Man Ray back to being evil again, [[StatusQuoIsGod with no explanation]]
* HumanPopsicle: Man Ray was frozen in Tartar Sauce.
* ImpactSilhouette: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick crash the Invisible Boatmobile into a lamppost, which bends in the shape of the Boatmobile's prow.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Man-Ray pretends to desire a HeelFaceTurn so he can trick Spongebob and Patrick into removing the tickle belt. He then zaps the two and runs away to commit some crimes.
* MadnessMantra: "Muh-muh-muh-ma-muh-muh-ma-muh-ma!"
* NoFaceUnderTheMask: When Man-Ray reforms, he takes off his mask, revealing he has no head underneath.
* RageBreakingPoint:
-->'''Man-Ray:''' I found this ID in this wallet. And if that's the case, this must be your wallet.
-->'''Patrick:''' That makes sense to me.
-->'''Man-Ray:''' Then take it.
-->'''Patrick:''' It's not my wallet.
-->'''Man-Ray:''' '''YOU DIM BULB! TAKE BACK YOUR WALLET OR I'LL RIP YOUR ARMS OFF!'''
** Then again
-->'''Man Ray''': Excuse me, sir, I noticed you were struggling with that package. Do you need some help? (''Patrick drops the package on his foot'') OW!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops, sorry. Can I start over?\\
'''Man-Ray''': I noticed that... (''Patrick drops package again'') OWW!!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops. Gotta start again.\\
'''Man-Ray''': Could--(''[[RuleOfThree Patrick drops package again]]'') OWWW!!!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops!\\
'''Man-Ray''': GRR! YOU BUTTER-FINGERED PINK THING!! ''WHAT'S IN THAT BOX, ANYHOW?!''\\
'''Patrick''': My wallets.\\
'''Man-Ray''': '''''GAAAAHHH!!!''''' (''grabs Patrick'')\\
'''Patrick''': NO! [=SpongeBob=]! TICKLE HIM!\\
''(Man-Ray starts slamming Patrick on the floor repeatedly. [=SpongeBob=] turns on the Tickle Belt and Man-Ray continues slamming Patrick while laughing)''\\
'''Man-Ray''': Ah, it tickles, but it's worth it!
* RestrainingBolt: The Tickle Belt which keeps Man-Ray in line.
* TickleTorture: Man-Ray is the victim of this, even after the tickle belt is gone.
* VillainDecay: Man-Ray, after realizing that the tickle belt has lasting after-effects, gives up trying to rob a bank and just decides to open a checking account as long as he's there.
* WorthIt: Said by Man-Ray when [=SpongeBob=] uses the tickle belt on him while he is beating up Patrick.
----
It's Open Mic Night at the Krusty Krab, and [=SpongeBob=] tries to do some stand-up comedy. His act initially bombs until he starts telling rather insulting jokes about squirrels, and Sandy is not pleased when people begin to take his jokes seriously.
!! Squirrel Jokes contains examples of:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: At the end when [=SpongeBob=] is doing insult humor for others besides squirrels, he jokes about crabs being cheep, and Mr. Krabs happily laughs with it before telling a nearby customer "It’s true, I ''am'' cheap". Then when [=SpongeBob=] moves on to fish, which most of the audience members are, joking about their bad smell, all of the audience erupts into even louder laughter.
* AnAesop: You can't tell someone to laugh at themselves if you, yourself, are not willing to laugh at ''your''self, otherwise you risk creating a DoubleStandard where everyone treats your jokes about someone's flaws as facts.
* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends at the Krusty Krab.
* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: InUniverse. [=SpongeBob=] falls back on insult humor when his regular act flops, as is usually the case with failed stand ups.
* ChirpingCrickets: A live-action cricket chirps after [=SpongeBob=] tells his first joke. The second joke bombs so badly [[EvenTheDogIsAshamed even the cricket won't dignify it with a response]].
* EpicFail: [=SpongeBob's=] first attempt at comedy nearly gets him booed clean off the stage until he starts making fun of Sandy. Before that he attempted to make jokes about salt shakers, tomatoes, and ''forks''.
* EqualOpportunityOffender: How [=SpongeBob=] is eventually able to make up with Sandy and continue telling his squirrel jokes: by expanding his act to [[TakeThatAudience insulting ''everyone!'']]
* FantasticRacism: After [=SpongeBob's=] act becomes a hit, everyone begins thinking squirrels ARE dumb.
* HereWeGoAgain: Averted; it seems like [=SpongeBob=] will start telling jokes about squirrels again, but starts in on [[SelfDeprecation sponges]], fish, crabs and starfish. Now that everyone's a part of it they have much greater humor.
* InsultComic: What [=SpongeBob=]'s act eventually becomes. First he starts with squirrel jokes but later learns to insult everybody equally after insulting himself to warm up the crowd.
* LightBulbJoke: One of [=SpongeBob's=] squirrel jokes.
-->How come it takes more than one squirrel to screw in a light bulb? Because they're SO. DARN. STUPID!
* LaserGuidedKarma: After everything [=SpongeBob=] does, Sandy rightfully rewards him by acting stupid just as his jokes describe her, making him realize his mistake.
* LiteralMinded: Because of [=SpongeBob=]'s squirrel jokes, everyone thinks squirrels are stupid. This doesn't sit well with Sandy.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: When she can't take any more of [=SpongeBob=]'s squirrel jokes, Sandy invites [=SpongeBob=] over to the treedome and spends the afternoon [[IResembleThatRemark acting like a brain-dead hillbilly]] until [[LaserGuidedKarma her put-on stupidity starts causing him pain]].
* PieInTheFace: Dougie Williams, the comic who opens for [=SpongeBob=] throws pies at the audience as part of his act.
* SelfDeprecation: When [=SpongeBob=] begins insulting everyone at the end, he first claims sponges are even dumber than squirrels.
'''United States airdate: November 27, 2000'''
'''Canada airdate: June 8, 2001'''
While house sitting Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's Mermalair, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick stupidly release their arch-nemesis Man-Ray from his frozen tartar sauce prison. Man-Ray attempts to attack the two, but is unable to due to a tickle belt placed on him. In an attempt to get rid of the belt, he tries to claim to [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick he's turned a new leaf, so they try to test that claim.
!! Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III contains examples of:
* AnAesop:
** When you're put in charge of something, be responsible and take care of it per their instructions.
** Don't mess around with things you don't know or understand, as it can be dangerous.
** You can't change people. [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Except maybe through harassment/torture]].
* BecomingTheMask: Man-Ray is only pretending to reform at first, but finds himself reforming in spite of himself.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Dumb and goofy as he may be, Patrick does know how to get revenge after Man-Ray nears him up.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Okay, Goodness Lesson Number Three... *thinking* umm, let's see...
-->'''Patrick:''' *snatches the tickle belt remote* I got one: I'm thinking of a number between one and one hundred, what is it?
-->'''Manray:''' Umm, sixty-two?
-->'''Patrick:''' *presses button* ''Wrong!''
* BrickJoke: During the "returning the wallet" lesson, Patrick insists his wallet is not his much to Manray's annoyance. The next lesson involves helping Patrick with a heavy package, which he frequently drops on Manray's foot. When Manray asks whats in the heavy box, Patrick says it's his wallets.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/JohnRhysDavis as Man-Ray
* ContinuityNod: Man-Ray was first mentioned in the first ''Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy'' episode in one of [=SpongeBob's=] stories of the duo's past adventures.
* EnragedByIdiocy: Manray has had it with Patrick's stupidity that he repeatingly slams him to the ground.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Orb of Confusion
-->'''Mermaid Man''': Prolonged exposure to the Orb of Confusion will give you, uh...confusion.
* {{Gesundheit}}:
-->'''Manray:''' It's tickling my DNA. Make it stop! [tears come out as he laughs] Please!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:'''Did you hear that, Patrick? He said the P word.\\
'''Patrick:''' Peanuts?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' No. Please.\\
'''Patrick:''' Well, that's good enough for me. Well, I guess he's reconstituted.\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Rehabilitated.\\
'''Patrick:''' Gesundheit.
* HeelFaceTurn: Man-Ray is first pretending to do one, but then turns for real.
-->'''Man Ray:''' The belt is gone but I still feel its tickle. The urge to do bad is ''gone''!
** FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Later ''Mermaid Man'' episodes have Man Ray back to being evil again, [[StatusQuoIsGod with no explanation]]
* HumanPopsicle: Man Ray was frozen in Tartar Sauce.
* ImpactSilhouette: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick crash the Invisible Boatmobile into a lamppost, which bends in the shape of the Boatmobile's prow.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Man-Ray pretends to desire a HeelFaceTurn so he can trick Spongebob and Patrick into removing the tickle belt. He then zaps the two and runs away to commit some crimes.
* MadnessMantra: "Muh-muh-muh-ma-muh-muh-ma-muh-ma!"
* NoFaceUnderTheMask: When Man-Ray reforms, he takes off his mask, revealing he has no head underneath.
* RageBreakingPoint:
-->'''Man-Ray:''' I found this ID in this wallet. And if that's the case, this must be your wallet.
-->'''Patrick:''' That makes sense to me.
-->'''Man-Ray:''' Then take it.
-->'''Patrick:''' It's not my wallet.
-->'''Man-Ray:''' '''YOU DIM BULB! TAKE BACK YOUR WALLET OR I'LL RIP YOUR ARMS OFF!'''
** Then again
-->'''Man Ray''': Excuse me, sir, I noticed you were struggling with that package. Do you need some help? (''Patrick drops the package on his foot'') OW!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops, sorry. Can I start over?\\
'''Man-Ray''': I noticed that... (''Patrick drops package again'') OWW!!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops. Gotta start again.\\
'''Man-Ray''': Could--(''[[RuleOfThree Patrick drops package again]]'') OWWW!!!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops!\\
'''Man-Ray''': GRR! YOU BUTTER-FINGERED PINK THING!! ''WHAT'S IN THAT BOX, ANYHOW?!''\\
'''Patrick''': My wallets.\\
'''Man-Ray''': '''''GAAAAHHH!!!''''' (''grabs Patrick'')\\
'''Patrick''': NO! [=SpongeBob=]! TICKLE HIM!\\
''(Man-Ray starts slamming Patrick on the floor repeatedly. [=SpongeBob=] turns on the Tickle Belt and Man-Ray continues slamming Patrick while laughing)''\\
'''Man-Ray''': Ah, it tickles, but it's worth it!
* RestrainingBolt: The Tickle Belt which keeps Man-Ray in line.
* TickleTorture: Man-Ray is the victim of this, even after the tickle belt is gone.
* VillainDecay: Man-Ray, after realizing that the tickle belt has lasting after-effects, gives up trying to rob a bank and just decides to open a checking account as long as he's there.
* WorthIt: Said by Man-Ray when [=SpongeBob=] uses the tickle belt on him while he is beating up Patrick.
----
It's Open Mic Night at the Krusty Krab, and [=SpongeBob=] tries to do some stand-up comedy. His act initially bombs until he starts telling rather insulting jokes about squirrels, and Sandy is not pleased when people begin to take his jokes seriously.
!! Squirrel Jokes contains examples of:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: At the end when [=SpongeBob=] is doing insult humor for others besides squirrels, he jokes about crabs being cheep, and Mr. Krabs happily laughs with it before telling a nearby customer "It’s true, I ''am'' cheap". Then when [=SpongeBob=] moves on to fish, which most of the audience members are, joking about their bad smell, all of the audience erupts into even louder laughter.
* AnAesop: You can't tell someone to laugh at themselves if you, yourself, are not willing to laugh at ''your''self, otherwise you risk creating a DoubleStandard where everyone treats your jokes about someone's flaws as facts.
* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends at the Krusty Krab.
* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: InUniverse. [=SpongeBob=] falls back on insult humor when his regular act flops, as is usually the case with failed stand ups.
* ChirpingCrickets: A live-action cricket chirps after [=SpongeBob=] tells his first joke. The second joke bombs so badly [[EvenTheDogIsAshamed even the cricket won't dignify it with a response]].
* EpicFail: [=SpongeBob's=] first attempt at comedy nearly gets him booed clean off the stage until he starts making fun of Sandy. Before that he attempted to make jokes about salt shakers, tomatoes, and ''forks''.
* EqualOpportunityOffender: How [=SpongeBob=] is eventually able to make up with Sandy and continue telling his squirrel jokes: by expanding his act to [[TakeThatAudience insulting ''everyone!'']]
* FantasticRacism: After [=SpongeBob's=] act becomes a hit, everyone begins thinking squirrels ARE dumb.
* HereWeGoAgain: Averted; it seems like [=SpongeBob=] will start telling jokes about squirrels again, but starts in on [[SelfDeprecation sponges]], fish, crabs and starfish. Now that everyone's a part of it they have much greater humor.
* InsultComic: What [=SpongeBob=]'s act eventually becomes. First he starts with squirrel jokes but later learns to insult everybody equally after insulting himself to warm up the crowd.
* LightBulbJoke: One of [=SpongeBob's=] squirrel jokes.
-->How come it takes more than one squirrel to screw in a light bulb? Because they're SO. DARN. STUPID!
* LaserGuidedKarma: After everything [=SpongeBob=] does, Sandy rightfully rewards him by acting stupid just as his jokes describe her, making him realize his mistake.
* LiteralMinded: Because of [=SpongeBob=]'s squirrel jokes, everyone thinks squirrels are stupid. This doesn't sit well with Sandy.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: When she can't take any more of [=SpongeBob=]'s squirrel jokes, Sandy invites [=SpongeBob=] over to the treedome and spends the afternoon [[IResembleThatRemark acting like a brain-dead hillbilly]] until [[LaserGuidedKarma her put-on stupidity starts causing him pain]].
* PieInTheFace: Dougie Williams, the comic who opens for [=SpongeBob=] throws pies at the audience as part of his act.
* SelfDeprecation: When [=SpongeBob=] begins insulting everyone at the end, he first claims sponges are even dumber than squirrels.
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'''United States airdate: November 27, 2000'''
'''Canada airdate: June 8, 2001'''
While house sitting Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's Mermalair, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick stupidly release their arch-nemesis Man-Ray from his frozen tartar sauce prison. Man-Ray attempts to attack the two, but is unable to due to a tickle belt placed on him. In an attempt to get rid of the belt, he tries to claim to [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick he's turned a new leaf, so they try to test that claim.
!! Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III contains examples of:
* AnAesop:
** When you're put in charge of something, be responsible and take care of it per their instructions.
** Don't mess around with things you don't know or understand, as it can be dangerous.
** You can't change people. [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Except maybe through harassment/torture]].
* BecomingTheMask: Man-Ray is only pretending to reform at first, but finds himself reforming in spite of himself.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Dumb and goofy as he may be, Patrick does know how to get revenge after Man-Ray nears him up.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Okay, Goodness Lesson Number Three... *thinking* umm, let's see...
-->'''Patrick:''' *snatches the tickle belt remote* I got one: I'm thinking of a number between one and one hundred, what is it?
-->'''Manray:''' Umm, sixty-two?
-->'''Patrick:''' *presses button* ''Wrong!''
* BrickJoke: During the "returning the wallet" lesson, Patrick insists his wallet is not his much to Manray's annoyance. The next lesson involves helping Patrick with a heavy package, which he frequently drops on Manray's foot. When Manray asks whats in the heavy box, Patrick says it's his wallets.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/JohnRhysDavis as Man-Ray
* ContinuityNod: Man-Ray was first mentioned in the first ''Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy'' episode in one of [=SpongeBob's=] stories of the duo's past adventures.
* EnragedByIdiocy: Manray has had it with Patrick's stupidity that he repeatingly slams him to the ground.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Orb of Confusion
-->'''Mermaid Man''': Prolonged exposure to the Orb of Confusion will give you, uh...confusion.
* {{Gesundheit}}:
-->'''Manray:''' It's tickling my DNA. Make it stop! [tears come out as he laughs] Please!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:'''Did you hear that, Patrick? He said the P word.\\
'''Patrick:''' Peanuts?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' No. Please.\\
'''Patrick:''' Well, that's good enough for me. Well, I guess he's reconstituted.\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Rehabilitated.\\
'''Patrick:''' Gesundheit.
* HeelFaceTurn: Man-Ray is first pretending to do one, but then turns for real.
-->'''Man Ray:''' The belt is gone but I still feel its tickle. The urge to do bad is ''gone''!
** FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Later ''Mermaid Man'' episodes have Man Ray back to being evil again, [[StatusQuoIsGod with no explanation]]
* HumanPopsicle: Man Ray was frozen in Tartar Sauce.
* ImpactSilhouette: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick crash the Invisible Boatmobile into a lamppost, which bends in the shape of the Boatmobile's prow.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Man-Ray pretends to desire a HeelFaceTurn so he can trick Spongebob and Patrick into removing the tickle belt. He then zaps the two and runs away to commit some crimes.
* MadnessMantra: "Muh-muh-muh-ma-muh-muh-ma-muh-ma!"
* NoFaceUnderTheMask: When Man-Ray reforms, he takes off his mask, revealing he has no head underneath.
* RageBreakingPoint:
-->'''Man-Ray:''' I found this ID in this wallet. And if that's the case, this must be your wallet.
-->'''Patrick:''' That makes sense to me.
-->'''Man-Ray:''' Then take it.
-->'''Patrick:''' It's not my wallet.
-->'''Man-Ray:''' '''YOU DIM BULB! TAKE BACK YOUR WALLET OR I'LL RIP YOUR ARMS OFF!'''
** Then again
-->'''Man Ray''': Excuse me, sir, I noticed you were struggling with that package. Do you need some help? (''Patrick drops the package on his foot'') OW!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops, sorry. Can I start over?\\
'''Man-Ray''': I noticed that... (''Patrick drops package again'') OWW!!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops. Gotta start again.\\
'''Man-Ray''': Could--(''[[RuleOfThree Patrick drops package again]]'') OWWW!!!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops!\\
'''Man-Ray''': GRR! YOU BUTTER-FINGERED PINK THING!! ''WHAT'S IN THAT BOX, ANYHOW?!''\\
'''Patrick''': My wallets.\\
'''Man-Ray''': '''''GAAAAHHH!!!''''' (''grabs Patrick'')\\
'''Patrick''': NO! [=SpongeBob=]! TICKLE HIM!\\
''(Man-Ray starts slamming Patrick on the floor repeatedly. [=SpongeBob=] turns on the Tickle Belt and Man-Ray continues slamming Patrick while laughing)''\\
'''Man-Ray''': Ah, it tickles, but it's worth it!
* RestrainingBolt: The Tickle Belt which keeps Man-Ray in line.
* TickleTorture: Man-Ray is the victim of this, even after the tickle belt is gone.
* VillainDecay: Man-Ray, after realizing that the tickle belt has lasting after-effects, gives up trying to rob a bank and just decides to open a checking account as long as he's there.
* WorthIt: Said by Man-Ray when [=SpongeBob=] uses the tickle belt on him while he is beating up Patrick.
----
It's Open Mic Night at the Krusty Krab, and [=SpongeBob=] tries to do some stand-up comedy. His act initially bombs until he starts telling rather insulting jokes about squirrels, and Sandy is not pleased when people begin to take his jokes seriously.
!! Squirrel Jokes contains examples of:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: At the end when [=SpongeBob=] is doing insult humor for others besides squirrels, he jokes about crabs being cheep, and Mr. Krabs happily laughs with it before telling a nearby customer "It’s true, I ''am'' cheap". Then when [=SpongeBob=] moves on to fish, which most of the audience members are, joking about their bad smell, all of the audience erupts into even louder laughter.
* AnAesop: You can't tell someone to laugh at themselves if you, yourself, are not willing to laugh at ''your''self, otherwise you risk creating a DoubleStandard where everyone treats your jokes about someone's flaws as facts.
* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends at the Krusty Krab.
* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: InUniverse. [=SpongeBob=] falls back on insult humor when his regular act flops, as is usually the case with failed stand ups.
* ChirpingCrickets: A live-action cricket chirps after [=SpongeBob=] tells his first joke. The second joke bombs so badly [[EvenTheDogIsAshamed even the cricket won't dignify it with a response]].
* EpicFail: [=SpongeBob's=] first attempt at comedy nearly gets him booed clean off the stage until he starts making fun of Sandy. Before that he attempted to make jokes about salt shakers, tomatoes, and ''forks''.
* EqualOpportunityOffender: How [=SpongeBob=] is eventually able to make up with Sandy and continue telling his squirrel jokes: by expanding his act to [[TakeThatAudience insulting ''everyone!'']]
* FantasticRacism: After [=SpongeBob's=] act becomes a hit, everyone begins thinking squirrels ARE dumb.
* HereWeGoAgain: Averted; it seems like [=SpongeBob=] will start telling jokes about squirrels again, but starts in on [[SelfDeprecation sponges]], fish, crabs and starfish. Now that everyone's a part of it they have much greater humor.
* InsultComic: What [=SpongeBob=]'s act eventually becomes. First he starts with squirrel jokes but later learns to insult everybody equally after insulting himself to warm up the crowd.
* LightBulbJoke: One of [=SpongeBob's=] squirrel jokes.
-->How come it takes more than one squirrel to screw in a light bulb? Because they're SO. DARN. STUPID!
* LaserGuidedKarma: After everything [=SpongeBob=] does, Sandy rightfully rewards him by acting stupid just as his jokes describe her, making him realize his mistake.
* LiteralMinded: Because of [=SpongeBob=]'s squirrel jokes, everyone thinks squirrels are stupid. This doesn't sit well with Sandy.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: When she can't take any more of [=SpongeBob=]'s squirrel jokes, Sandy invites [=SpongeBob=] over to the treedome and spends the afternoon [[IResembleThatRemark acting like a brain-dead hillbilly]] until [[LaserGuidedKarma her put-on stupidity starts causing him pain]].
* PieInTheFace: Dougie Williams, the comic who opens for [=SpongeBob=] throws pies at the audience as part of his act.
* SelfDeprecation: When [=SpongeBob=] begins insulting everyone at the end, he first claims sponges are even dumber than squirrels.
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'''United States airdate: November 27, 2000'''
'''Canada airdate: June 8, 2001'''
While house sitting Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's Mermalair, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick stupidly release their arch-nemesis Man-Ray from his frozen tartar sauce prison. Man-Ray attempts to attack the two, but is unable to due to a tickle belt placed on him. In an attempt to get rid of the belt, he tries to claim to [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick he's turned a new leaf, so they try to test that claim.
!! Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III contains examples of:
* AnAesop:
** When you're put in charge of something, be responsible and take care of it per their instructions.
** Don't mess around with things you don't know or understand, as it can be dangerous.
** You can't change people. [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Except maybe through harassment/torture]].
* BecomingTheMask: Man-Ray is only pretending to reform at first, but finds himself reforming in spite of himself.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Dumb and goofy as he may be, Patrick does know how to get revenge after Man-Ray nears him up.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Okay, Goodness Lesson Number Three... *thinking* umm, let's see...
-->'''Patrick:''' *snatches the tickle belt remote* I got one: I'm thinking of a number between one and one hundred, what is it?
-->'''Manray:''' Umm, sixty-two?
-->'''Patrick:''' *presses button* ''Wrong!''
* BrickJoke: During the "returning the wallet" lesson, Patrick insists his wallet is not his much to Manray's annoyance. The next lesson involves helping Patrick with a heavy package, which he frequently drops on Manray's foot. When Manray asks whats in the heavy box, Patrick says it's his wallets.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/JohnRhysDavis as Man-Ray
* ContinuityNod: Man-Ray was first mentioned in the first ''Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy'' episode in one of [=SpongeBob's=] stories of the duo's past adventures.
* EnragedByIdiocy: Manray has had it with Patrick's stupidity that he repeatingly slams him to the ground.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Orb of Confusion
-->'''Mermaid Man''': Prolonged exposure to the Orb of Confusion will give you, uh...confusion.
* {{Gesundheit}}:
-->'''Manray:''' It's tickling my DNA. Make it stop! [tears come out as he laughs] Please!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:'''Did you hear that, Patrick? He said the P word.\\
'''Patrick:''' Peanuts?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' No. Please.\\
'''Patrick:''' Well, that's good enough for me. Well, I guess he's reconstituted.\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Rehabilitated.\\
'''Patrick:''' Gesundheit.
* HeelFaceTurn: Man-Ray is first pretending to do one, but then turns for real.
-->'''Man Ray:''' The belt is gone but I still feel its tickle. The urge to do bad is ''gone''!
** FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Later ''Mermaid Man'' episodes have Man Ray back to being evil again, [[StatusQuoIsGod with no explanation]]
* HumanPopsicle: Man Ray was frozen in Tartar Sauce.
* ImpactSilhouette: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick crash the Invisible Boatmobile into a lamppost, which bends in the shape of the Boatmobile's prow.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Man-Ray pretends to desire a HeelFaceTurn so he can trick Spongebob and Patrick into removing the tickle belt. He then zaps the two and runs away to commit some crimes.
* MadnessMantra: "Muh-muh-muh-ma-muh-muh-ma-muh-ma!"
* NoFaceUnderTheMask: When Man-Ray reforms, he takes off his mask, revealing he has no head underneath.
* RageBreakingPoint:
-->'''Man-Ray:''' I found this ID in this wallet. And if that's the case, this must be your wallet.
-->'''Patrick:''' That makes sense to me.
-->'''Man-Ray:''' Then take it.
-->'''Patrick:''' It's not my wallet.
-->'''Man-Ray:''' '''YOU DIM BULB! TAKE BACK YOUR WALLET OR I'LL RIP YOUR ARMS OFF!'''
** Then again
-->'''Man Ray''': Excuse me, sir, I noticed you were struggling with that package. Do you need some help? (''Patrick drops the package on his foot'') OW!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops, sorry. Can I start over?\\
'''Man-Ray''': I noticed that... (''Patrick drops package again'') OWW!!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops. Gotta start again.\\
'''Man-Ray''': Could--(''[[RuleOfThree Patrick drops package again]]'') OWWW!!!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops!\\
'''Man-Ray''': GRR! YOU BUTTER-FINGERED PINK THING!! ''WHAT'S IN THAT BOX, ANYHOW?!''\\
'''Patrick''': My wallets.\\
'''Man-Ray''': '''''GAAAAHHH!!!''''' (''grabs Patrick'')\\
'''Patrick''': NO! [=SpongeBob=]! TICKLE HIM!\\
''(Man-Ray starts slamming Patrick on the floor repeatedly. [=SpongeBob=] turns on the Tickle Belt and Man-Ray continues slamming Patrick while laughing)''\\
'''Man-Ray''': Ah, it tickles, but it's worth it!
* RestrainingBolt: The Tickle Belt which keeps Man-Ray in line.
* TickleTorture: Man-Ray is the victim of this, even after the tickle belt is gone.
* VillainDecay: Man-Ray, after realizing that the tickle belt has lasting after-effects, gives up trying to rob a bank and just decides to open a checking account as long as he's there.
* WorthIt: Said by Man-Ray when [=SpongeBob=] uses the tickle belt on him while he is beating up Patrick.
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It's Open Mic Night at the Krusty Krab, and [=SpongeBob=] tries to do some stand-up comedy. His act initially bombs until he starts telling rather insulting jokes about squirrels, and Sandy is not pleased when people begin to take his jokes seriously.
!! Squirrel Jokes contains examples of:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: At the end when [=SpongeBob=] is doing insult humor for others besides squirrels, he jokes about crabs being cheep, and Mr. Krabs happily laughs with it before telling a nearby customer "It’s true, I ''am'' cheap". Then when [=SpongeBob=] moves on to fish, which most of the audience members are, joking about their bad smell, all of the audience erupts into even louder laughter.
* AnAesop: You can't tell someone to laugh at themselves if you, yourself, are not willing to laugh at ''your''self, otherwise you risk creating a DoubleStandard where everyone treats your jokes about someone's flaws as facts.
* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends at the Krusty Krab.
* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: InUniverse. [=SpongeBob=] falls back on insult humor when his regular act flops, as is usually the case with failed stand ups.
* ChirpingCrickets: A live-action cricket chirps after [=SpongeBob=] tells his first joke. The second joke bombs so badly [[EvenTheDogIsAshamed even the cricket won't dignify it with a response]].
* EpicFail: [=SpongeBob's=] first attempt at comedy nearly gets him booed clean off the stage until he starts making fun of Sandy. Before that he attempted to make jokes about salt shakers, tomatoes, and ''forks''.
* EqualOpportunityOffender: How [=SpongeBob=] is eventually able to make up with Sandy and continue telling his squirrel jokes: by expanding his act to [[TakeThatAudience insulting ''everyone!'']]
* FantasticRacism: After [=SpongeBob's=] act becomes a hit, everyone begins thinking squirrels ARE dumb.
* HereWeGoAgain: Averted; it seems like [=SpongeBob=] will start telling jokes about squirrels again, but starts in on [[SelfDeprecation sponges]], fish, crabs and starfish. Now that everyone's a part of it they have much greater humor.
* InsultComic: What [=SpongeBob=]'s act eventually becomes. First he starts with squirrel jokes but later learns to insult everybody equally after insulting himself to warm up the crowd.
* LightBulbJoke: One of [=SpongeBob's=] squirrel jokes.
-->How come it takes more than one squirrel to screw in a light bulb? Because they're SO. DARN. STUPID!
* LaserGuidedKarma: After everything [=SpongeBob=] does, Sandy rightfully rewards him by acting stupid just as his jokes describe her, making him realize his mistake.
* LiteralMinded: Because of [=SpongeBob=]'s squirrel jokes, everyone thinks squirrels are stupid. This doesn't sit well with Sandy.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: When she can't take any more of [=SpongeBob=]'s squirrel jokes, Sandy invites [=SpongeBob=] over to the treedome and spends the afternoon [[IResembleThatRemark acting like a brain-dead hillbilly]] until [[LaserGuidedKarma her put-on stupidity starts causing him pain]].
* PieInTheFace: Dougie Williams, the comic who opens for [=SpongeBob=] throws pies at the audience as part of his act.
* SelfDeprecation: When [=SpongeBob=] begins insulting everyone at the end, he first claims sponges are even dumber than squirrels.
'''Canada airdate: June 8, 2001'''
While house sitting Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's Mermalair, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick stupidly release their arch-nemesis Man-Ray from his frozen tartar sauce prison. Man-Ray attempts to attack the two, but is unable to due to a tickle belt placed on him. In an attempt to get rid of the belt, he tries to claim to [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick he's turned a new leaf, so they try to test that claim.
!! Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III contains examples of:
* AnAesop:
** When you're put in charge of something, be responsible and take care of it per their instructions.
** Don't mess around with things you don't know or understand, as it can be dangerous.
** You can't change people. [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop Except maybe through harassment/torture]].
* BecomingTheMask: Man-Ray is only pretending to reform at first, but finds himself reforming in spite of himself.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Dumb and goofy as he may be, Patrick does know how to get revenge after Man-Ray nears him up.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Okay, Goodness Lesson Number Three... *thinking* umm, let's see...
-->'''Patrick:''' *snatches the tickle belt remote* I got one: I'm thinking of a number between one and one hundred, what is it?
-->'''Manray:''' Umm, sixty-two?
-->'''Patrick:''' *presses button* ''Wrong!''
* BrickJoke: During the "returning the wallet" lesson, Patrick insists his wallet is not his much to Manray's annoyance. The next lesson involves helping Patrick with a heavy package, which he frequently drops on Manray's foot. When Manray asks whats in the heavy box, Patrick says it's his wallets.
* CelebrityVoiceActor: Creator/JohnRhysDavis as Man-Ray
* ContinuityNod: Man-Ray was first mentioned in the first ''Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy'' episode in one of [=SpongeBob's=] stories of the duo's past adventures.
* EnragedByIdiocy: Manray has had it with Patrick's stupidity that he repeatingly slams him to the ground.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Orb of Confusion
-->'''Mermaid Man''': Prolonged exposure to the Orb of Confusion will give you, uh...confusion.
* {{Gesundheit}}:
-->'''Manray:''' It's tickling my DNA. Make it stop! [tears come out as he laughs] Please!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:'''Did you hear that, Patrick? He said the P word.\\
'''Patrick:''' Peanuts?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' No. Please.\\
'''Patrick:''' Well, that's good enough for me. Well, I guess he's reconstituted.\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Rehabilitated.\\
'''Patrick:''' Gesundheit.
* HeelFaceTurn: Man-Ray is first pretending to do one, but then turns for real.
-->'''Man Ray:''' The belt is gone but I still feel its tickle. The urge to do bad is ''gone''!
** FaceHeelRevolvingDoor: Later ''Mermaid Man'' episodes have Man Ray back to being evil again, [[StatusQuoIsGod with no explanation]]
* HumanPopsicle: Man Ray was frozen in Tartar Sauce.
* ImpactSilhouette: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick crash the Invisible Boatmobile into a lamppost, which bends in the shape of the Boatmobile's prow.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Man-Ray pretends to desire a HeelFaceTurn so he can trick Spongebob and Patrick into removing the tickle belt. He then zaps the two and runs away to commit some crimes.
* MadnessMantra: "Muh-muh-muh-ma-muh-muh-ma-muh-ma!"
* NoFaceUnderTheMask: When Man-Ray reforms, he takes off his mask, revealing he has no head underneath.
* RageBreakingPoint:
-->'''Man-Ray:''' I found this ID in this wallet. And if that's the case, this must be your wallet.
-->'''Patrick:''' That makes sense to me.
-->'''Man-Ray:''' Then take it.
-->'''Patrick:''' It's not my wallet.
-->'''Man-Ray:''' '''YOU DIM BULB! TAKE BACK YOUR WALLET OR I'LL RIP YOUR ARMS OFF!'''
** Then again
-->'''Man Ray''': Excuse me, sir, I noticed you were struggling with that package. Do you need some help? (''Patrick drops the package on his foot'') OW!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops, sorry. Can I start over?\\
'''Man-Ray''': I noticed that... (''Patrick drops package again'') OWW!!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops. Gotta start again.\\
'''Man-Ray''': Could--(''[[RuleOfThree Patrick drops package again]]'') OWWW!!!\\
'''Patrick''': Oops!\\
'''Man-Ray''': GRR! YOU BUTTER-FINGERED PINK THING!! ''WHAT'S IN THAT BOX, ANYHOW?!''\\
'''Patrick''': My wallets.\\
'''Man-Ray''': '''''GAAAAHHH!!!''''' (''grabs Patrick'')\\
'''Patrick''': NO! [=SpongeBob=]! TICKLE HIM!\\
''(Man-Ray starts slamming Patrick on the floor repeatedly. [=SpongeBob=] turns on the Tickle Belt and Man-Ray continues slamming Patrick while laughing)''\\
'''Man-Ray''': Ah, it tickles, but it's worth it!
* RestrainingBolt: The Tickle Belt which keeps Man-Ray in line.
* TickleTorture: Man-Ray is the victim of this, even after the tickle belt is gone.
* VillainDecay: Man-Ray, after realizing that the tickle belt has lasting after-effects, gives up trying to rob a bank and just decides to open a checking account as long as he's there.
* WorthIt: Said by Man-Ray when [=SpongeBob=] uses the tickle belt on him while he is beating up Patrick.
----
It's Open Mic Night at the Krusty Krab, and [=SpongeBob=] tries to do some stand-up comedy. His act initially bombs until he starts telling rather insulting jokes about squirrels, and Sandy is not pleased when people begin to take his jokes seriously.
!! Squirrel Jokes contains examples of:
* ActuallyPrettyFunny: At the end when [=SpongeBob=] is doing insult humor for others besides squirrels, he jokes about crabs being cheep, and Mr. Krabs happily laughs with it before telling a nearby customer "It’s true, I ''am'' cheap". Then when [=SpongeBob=] moves on to fish, which most of the audience members are, joking about their bad smell, all of the audience erupts into even louder laughter.
* AnAesop: You can't tell someone to laugh at themselves if you, yourself, are not willing to laugh at ''your''self, otherwise you risk creating a DoubleStandard where everyone treats your jokes about someone's flaws as facts.
* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends at the Krusty Krab.
* BottomOfTheBarrelJoke: InUniverse. [=SpongeBob=] falls back on insult humor when his regular act flops, as is usually the case with failed stand ups.
* ChirpingCrickets: A live-action cricket chirps after [=SpongeBob=] tells his first joke. The second joke bombs so badly [[EvenTheDogIsAshamed even the cricket won't dignify it with a response]].
* EpicFail: [=SpongeBob's=] first attempt at comedy nearly gets him booed clean off the stage until he starts making fun of Sandy. Before that he attempted to make jokes about salt shakers, tomatoes, and ''forks''.
* EqualOpportunityOffender: How [=SpongeBob=] is eventually able to make up with Sandy and continue telling his squirrel jokes: by expanding his act to [[TakeThatAudience insulting ''everyone!'']]
* FantasticRacism: After [=SpongeBob's=] act becomes a hit, everyone begins thinking squirrels ARE dumb.
* HereWeGoAgain: Averted; it seems like [=SpongeBob=] will start telling jokes about squirrels again, but starts in on [[SelfDeprecation sponges]], fish, crabs and starfish. Now that everyone's a part of it they have much greater humor.
* InsultComic: What [=SpongeBob=]'s act eventually becomes. First he starts with squirrel jokes but later learns to insult everybody equally after insulting himself to warm up the crowd.
* LightBulbJoke: One of [=SpongeBob's=] squirrel jokes.
-->How come it takes more than one squirrel to screw in a light bulb? Because they're SO. DARN. STUPID!
* LaserGuidedKarma: After everything [=SpongeBob=] does, Sandy rightfully rewards him by acting stupid just as his jokes describe her, making him realize his mistake.
* LiteralMinded: Because of [=SpongeBob=]'s squirrel jokes, everyone thinks squirrels are stupid. This doesn't sit well with Sandy.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: When she can't take any more of [=SpongeBob=]'s squirrel jokes, Sandy invites [=SpongeBob=] over to the treedome and spends the afternoon [[IResembleThatRemark acting like a brain-dead hillbilly]] until [[LaserGuidedKarma her put-on stupidity starts causing him pain]].
* PieInTheFace: Dougie Williams, the comic who opens for [=SpongeBob=] throws pies at the audience as part of his act.
* SelfDeprecation: When [=SpongeBob=] begins insulting everyone at the end, he first claims sponges are even dumber than squirrels.
