History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E5WormyPattyHype

* AnAesop:
** Don't assume the worst about something; and don't cause public panic because of it.
** [[SpoofAesop A butterfly is just a grown-up caterpillar, not a monster that ate it.]]
** Just because you've never seen something before doesn't mean that it's dangerous.

* AnAesop:
** Don't take credit for other people's ideas just to profit off of it. And if you do, that means ''you'' will be held responsible for anything that goes wrong.
** Do not underestimate new ideas and to be open to innovation, as they can lead to unexpected success and profits.
** Research the ingredients you put into food. They might have disastrous side effects.
** No matter how successful your business is, you have to update it to keep up with the competition.

* ArtEvolution: "Wormy" is the first episode of the series where Patrick's design permanently changed from having eyebrows shaped like sideways W's to having Z-shaped eyebrows.

* ArtShift: "Wormy" is the first episode of the series where Patrick's design permanently changed from having eyebrows shaped like sideways W's to having Z-shaped eyebrows.

* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: While running from the angry mob of Pretty Patty customers, Mr. Means tries to duck into the Krusty Krab for shelter, but can't get in because he can't find his key...before remembering he had given it to [=SpongeBob=].

* AndYouThoughtItWouldFail: An InUniverse example with Pretty Patties. Mr. Krabs and Squidward initially mock [=SpongeBob's=] idea and think it would never work, and eventually even [=SpongeBob=] thinks so, but they're all proven wrong when the patties become a massive sleeper hit.

** Mr. Krabs gives [=SpongeBob=] the key to the Krusty Krab and starts running the Pretty Patties instead of [=SpongeBob=]. The next day, trying to hide from the angry mob, Mr. Krabs reaches into his pocket for his key to the Krusty Krab, but then realizes he gave it to [=SpongeBob=] the previous day.

** Trying to hide from the angry mob, Mr. Krabs reaches into his pocket for his key to the Krusty Krab, but then realizes he gave it to [=SpongeBob=] the previous day.

* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: While running from the angry mob of Pretty Patty customers, Mr. Means tries to duck into the Kristy Krab for shelter, but can't get in because he can't find his key...before remembering he had given it to [=SpongeBob=].

* BrickJoke: [=SpongeBob=] mentions one of the things of the Krusty Krab he misses is a tiny squeaking sound from rubbing pickles. Later near the end as Mr. Krabs is being chased, [=SpongeBob=] is rubbing those pickles and making them squeak, thus ignoring Mr. Krabs.

* DramaticIrony: The audience knows the "monster" is really Wormy, but [=SpongeBob=] and the others (except Sandy) don't. The LeapPad adaptation fixes this by adding an extra scene where Sandy explains to SpongeBob and Patrick that the "monster" was Wormy all along.

* NoEnding: The episode ends with Sandy coming back and being welcomed home by [=SpongeBob=] and the others, with no explanation behind the misunderstanding and how the town got back to normal by the next episode. The LeapPad adaptation fixes this by adding an extra scene where Sandy explains to SpongeBob and Patrick that the "monster" was Wormy all along.

* DramaticIrony: The audience knows the "monster" is really Wormy, but [=SpongeBob=] and the others (except Sandy) don't.

* NoEnding: The episode ends with Sandy coming back and being welcomed home by [=SpongeBob=] and the others, with no explanation behind the misunderstanding and how the town got back to normal by the next episode.

-->'''French Narrator:''' Perhaps you should have asked someone else?

-->'''French Narrator:''' Perhaps you should have asked someone else?

* Foreshadowing: [=SpongeBob=] refers to the pretty patties as "painted meat" when he presents them to Mr. Krabs. If [=SpongeBob=] literally meant paint was an ingredient in the pretty patties, that could explain the side effects as paint is poisonous if consumed.

** A caterpillar like Wormy obviously doesn't turn into a butterfly overnight. The process usually takes at least two weeks. Lampshaded by Sandy, who says to Wormy (now a Butterfly) "You weren't supposed to change till I got back".

** The close-ups of Wormy that suddenly pop up out of nowhere thrice are actually those of a horse fly.