History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E10WetPaintersKrustyKrabTrainingVideo

** RuleOfFunny, most likely.

* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Patrick's answer to "What could be worse than a giant paint bubble"? ''Two'' giant paint bubbles.

* AnAesop:
** Learning the basics and rules of your new job is very important.
** Be patient during a presentation. Sometimes, there’s going to be a lot of boring stuff before your favorite part.
** Be patient with difficult customers. Even if Patrick's behavior was annoying, Squidward was obligated to be patient with him as a cashier.

'''Spongebob and Patrick:''' ''(begging)'' Mr. Krabs, we're so sorry! Have mercy! Don't de- butt me!\\

'''Spongebob and Patrick:''' ''(still begging)'' Accident! Accident! Accident! Accident!\\

** Don’t make false threats towards someone just to get them to do what you want.

* NumberOneDime: Krabs' first dollar earned.

* ComicalOverreacting: When Plankton attempts to steal a Krabby Patty, by implanting mechanical spider legs in it and riding off on it (at a pretty slow pace), [=SpongeBob=] goes running around the restaurant in panic, knocking tables over while Mr. Krabs handles the situation (though the narrator gives [=SpongeBob=] credit for it.) Then again, it was probably [=SpongeBob=]'s screaming that alerted Mr. Krabs in the first place.

-->'''Patrick:''' Ohh, ''now'' I see it!

** Patrick only got a microscopic amount of paint upon Mr. Krabs' dollar. [=SpongeBob=] trying to wipe off the paint with his red tie makes the ''entire'' dollar smeared in paint!

* AnAxeToGrind: Patrick pulls a humongous battleaxe from nowhere in order to open his paint bucket, [[HypocriticalHumor right after pleading for [=SpongeBob=] to be careful with his own]].

** Right after pleading for [=SpongeBob=] to be careful with opening of his own can of paint with a screwdriver, [[AnAxeToGrind Patrick pulls a humongous battleaxe from nowhere in order to open his paint can]].

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' (brandishes baseball bat) NOTHING'S WORKING!!!\\

'''Patrick:''' Wait, [=SpongeBob=]! We're NOT CAVEMEN! WE HAVE TECHNOLOGY...([[ComicallyMissingThePoint smashes computer against desk, as hard as humanly possible, 6 times in a row, to try to get the paint off of the dollar]])\\

-->'''Mr. Krabs''': Aw, crud! I really gotta learn to say it, not ''spray'' it.

-->'''Patrick:''' Wait, [=SpongeBob=]! We're not cavemen! ''[walks over to a computer]'' We have technology! ''[picks up the computer and angrily grunts as he smashes it on the dollar like a caveman]''

-->'''Mr. Krabs''': [=SpongeBob=], what are you doing?\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Oh, you know ... just ''hanging around!''\\
'''Patrick''': Boooooo!

'''Original air date''': 5/10/2002 ''(produced in 2001)''

!!Wait, [=SpongeBob=]! We're not cavemen! We have TV Tropes:

!!It's time for the tropes you've been waiting for:

-->Remember: No employee wants to be a Squidward!

-->'''Squidward''': I'm getting paid overtime for this, right Mr. Krabs?
-->'''Mr. Krabs''' (offscreen): Sorry! Can't hear you!

* StockAudioClip: Plankton's comical babbling while Mr. Krabs prepares to fling him away is actually recycled audio from "Plankton's Army," sped up to the point of incomprehensibility.

* TheUnreveal: "The secret formula i-! ''(SmashCut)''"

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* OverlyLongGag: The narrator's "da da da" song building up to the preparation of the Krabby Patty. He even pauses to take a breath. [[FridgeBrilliance The gag purposely uses up the last few minutes of the episode so that the secret formula is not revealed. It also makes sense in-universe, as a safety measure in case Plankton ever got ahold of the tape.]]

* CaptainObvious: Every word of dialogue from this incredibly underrated scene where [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick make their last desperate attempt to get the paint off of Mr. Krabs' first dollar (after attempting to machine-wash it, sand it, and spray it).

* {{Hypocrite}}: Squidward gets angry at Patrick for falling asleep after being unable to complete his order and tells him to go be stupid somewhere else. Earlier, we saw Squidward fall asleep twice on his shift!

-->'''Patrick:''' Wait, [=SpongeBob=]! We're not cavemen! [walks over to a computer] We have technology! [picks up the computer and angrily grunts as he smashes it on the dollar like a caveman]

--> ''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Barnacles! [[TemptingFate What could be worse than a giant paint bubble?!]]

--->'''Patrick:''' This is all Mr. Krabs' fault! If he hadn't hung that stupid dollar in the first place! ...I mean, it's not like it looks any different than a ''regular'' dollar. Why hang it?! You could just stick any old dollar bill up on the wall; no one would even know the difference! You might as well just reach into my wallet, pull out a dollar, and put it on the wall! And it would-

* DumbassHasAPoint: Patrick makes a rant after he and [=SpongeBob=] get a microscopic drop of paint on Mr. Krabs' first dollar:
-->'''Patrick:''' This is all Mr. Krabs' fault! If he hadn't hung that stupid dollar in the first place!...I mean, it's not like it looks any different than a regular dollar. Why hang it? You could just stick any old dollar bill on the wall, no one would even know the difference! You might as well just reach into my wallet, pull out a dollar and put it on the wall!
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' [[EurekaMoment Hurry. Patrick, take out your wallet!]]

--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': Barnacles! [[TemptingFate What could be worse than a giant paint bubble?!]]

The one with ''two'' giant paint bubbles.

The one [[FormulaBreakingEpisode unlike all the others]].

* SomethingCompletelyDifferent: The title cards and the credits are done in the style of the video with simple white text in front of a black screen.

* PercussiveMaintenance: How Patrick tries to use technology to fix Mr. Krabs' dollar: by [[WhatAnIdiot smashing it with a computer]].