History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E9NaturePantsOppositeDay

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Sandy said that she'll give [=SpongeBob=] a week for him to come to his senses, while Squidward said he gives [=SpongeBob=] 11 minutes, which is the duration of the episode in question.

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Sandy said that she'll give SpongeBob a week for him to come to his senses, while Squidward said he give's SpongeBob 11 minutes, which is the duration of the episode in question.

* BreakingTheForthWall: Sandy said that she'll give SpongeBob a week for him to come to his senses, while Squidward said he give's SpongeBob 11 minutes, which is the duration of the episode in question.

* AnAesop:
** Nature is crueler than it looks.
** Be grateful for your lot in life. Chances are, the life you desire may actually be worse than your own.

* AnAesop: Don't force someone to be something they're not. They might end up becoming more annoying than you make them out to be.

* AesopAmnesia: [=Spongebob=] attempts to assimilate with the jellyfish, despite Sandy's warnings that they are in fact pretty unfriendly animals. [=Spongebob=] himself should already know given how ugly [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E7HallMonitorJellyfishJam his last attempt to bond with one went.]]

'''Spongebob:''' Don't\\

* NoNameGiven: The realtor is not named in the episode, nor is she named in the credits.

'''Gary:''' ''(in Squidward voice with a pickle for a nose)'' Meow.\\

** LaserGuidedKarma: Squidward suffers this when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick enjoying Opposite Day (the holiday he came up with in the first place) are what cause the realtor to cancel selling his house.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Squidward suffers this when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick enjoying Opposite Day (the holiday he came up with in the first place) are what cause the realtor to cancel selling his house. And both [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick get one when they ruin the realtor's visit when they get chased by the bulldozer to parts unknown.

* AnAesop: Nature is crueler than it looks.

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* ICallItVera: [=SpongeBob's=] jellyfish net is named "Ol' Reliable". [[spoiler:Patrick winds up [[ItsAllJunk breaking it over his knee]] after tearfully giving up on catching [=SpongeBob=], and [=SpongeBob=] acquires a new, metallic jellyfishing net dubbed Ol’ Reliable.]]

* ICallItVera: [=SpongeBob's=] jellyfish net is named "Ol' Reliable".

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The large rock snail that wakes up and moves, forcing [=SpongeBob=] to find a new hiding spot. It has only appeared in this episode.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mr. Krabs, Sandy, and Squidward all surmised [=SpongeBob=] would realize living with the jellyfish is a harsh and unbearable lifestyle and he'd crawl back to civilization sooner or later.

* AnAesop:
** You can't become something you're not (and impossible to become) by acting like it. You are what you are and you have to accept it.
** Don't make life-changing decisions without thinking of the consequences.
** While it's okay and normal to be frustrated, that feeling shouldn't color your outlook of your life as a whole. Chances are you have it better than you realize.
** Do not attempt to befriend or live among wild animals; they will not accept an outsider as one of their own, and may even react with hostility.

* AnAesop: Don't make any attempts to goad someone into altering his/her traits. It can backfire and get the person to act even worse than what you intended.
* BadImpressionists: Patrick when imitating Squidward. He just goes "I'm Squidward, I'm Squidward" over and over in his normal voice.

* RewindGag: Part of their "oppositing" montage has [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick briefly [[SdrawkcabSpeech speaking backwards]].[[note]]When played forwards, their conversation is as follows: "Hey, Patrick!" "I give up!" "To get to the ''opposite'' side!" followed by both of them laughing.[[/note]]

* BrickJoke: One of the indignities Spongebob suffers in the wild is getting all itchy after being stung by sea urchins. At the end the episode everyone gives Spongebob a GroupHug, only to get the sea urchin toxin on themselves and end up all itchy.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The large rock Snail that wakes up and moves, forcing [=SpongeBob=] to find a new hiding spot. It has only appeared in this episode.

* InsaneTrollLogic: [=SpongeBob=] demolishes his house, [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad which on Opposite Day is cleaning it]]. When Squidward repairs his house, not wanting the realtor to see such a mess, Spongebob is so confused that he literally ties himself into knots trying to figure out why. He deduces that Squidward is being [=SpongeBob=], which is the opposite of Squidward, and that he must become Squidward, the opposite of [=SpongeBob=].
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' I don't get it. [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad I made my house a mess, which was making it clean]], which made Squidward clean my yard, but that really means he's messing it up. But the opposite of clean is filth, which means filth is clean. That means Squidward's really making my yard a wreck, but I normally wreck my own yard, which means Squidward is being the opposite of Squidward, which means he's [=SpongeBob=].

* InsaneTrollLogic: Spongebob demolishes his house, [[BadIsGoodAndGoodIsBad which on Opposite Day is cleaning it]]. When Squidward repairs his house, not wanting the realtor to see such a mess, Spongebob is so confused that he literally ties himself into knots trying to figure out why. He deduces that Squidward is being [=SpongeBob=], which is the opposite of Squidward, and that he must become Squidward, the opposite of [=SpongeBob=].

'''Original air date''': 9/11/1999

!!Nature Pants provides examples of:

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: [=SpongeBob=] is unsurprisingly shunned and zapped out of Jellyfish Fields because he is CLEARLY not a jellyfish.

--> '''Patrick''': [[BadBadActing Why... thank you Sandy... I would love one. Take patty. Too bad [=SpongeBob=] isn't here... these are his favorites... I sure wish he would come home. Take bite...]]

--> '''Patrick''': You're gonna look good on my mantel! '''''FRIENDS FOREVER, SPONGEBOB!!'''''

'''Original air date''': 9/11/1999

!!Opposite Day provides examples of:

-->'''Squidward:''' ''([[LegCling clinging to the real estate agent's leg]])'' Please sell my house!\\