History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E3HaveYouSeenThisSnail

* ParentalNeglect: Spongebob forgets to take care of Gary because he's been obsessed with his new paddleball.

* StorefrontTelevisionDisplay: During the song "Gary Come Home", Spongebob appears on multiple televisions in a storefront and calls for Gary.

-->'''Green Snail:''' Hey! You're that guy who doesn't like nachos!

'''Green Snail:''' I guess he didn't like nachos...

** What happened to the ''real'' Miss Tuffsy? Did she successfully escape like Granny implied or did she pass away like the rest and Granny was too senile to realize?

* {{Foreshadowing}}: At one point, Gary is looking around Granny's living room and a photo of her surrounded by multiple snails can be seen. Noticeably, those snails are all nowhere to be seen in the present day...

* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear whether Granny is [[FatteningTheVictim fattening up her snails to eat them]] or if she accidentally [[DeathByGluttony overfeeds them until they die]] due to her senility.

* YouAreNumberSix: Based on how she refers to the green snail from the alleyway as Miss Tuffsy as she does with Gary, it appears that Granny refers to all of the snails she raises as Miss Tuffsy as an indicator in her head that she's going to later eat them.

* CobwebOfDisuse: When [=SpongeBob=] forgets to feed Gary, the bag of snail food on his doorstep gets dusty and covered with cobwebs over time.

--->''' Patrick:''' Did you say "Gary"? [=SpongeBob=], I just remembered! Earlier today at the craft store, I ''saw''... THESE HUGE CHUNKS OF BALSA WOOD! They were AWESOME!

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Gary plans to find a new master who'll remember to feed him every now and then. He gets taken in by Granny, who feeds him and takes good care for him, only to later find a closet full of cracked, empty snail shells inside her house, revealing that Granny overfeeds her pets until it ultimately kills them, either accidentally due to her own senility, or deliberately in order to fatten them up and then eat them.

* YouAreNumberSix: Based on how she refers to the green snail from the alleyway as Miss Tuffsy like she does with Gary, it appears that Granny refers to all of the snails she raises as Miss Tuffsy as an indicator in her head that she's going to later eat them.

* EvilAllAlong: Granny at first appears to be a sweet old lady who gives Gary the food he needs, but is later revealed to be a ChronicPetKiller.

* GaveUpTooSoon: The alley snails which corner Gary actually wanted to have nachos with him, but Gary understandably runs away. Gary could have had food there and not had to go through Granny's trials.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Gary plans to find a new master who'll remember to feed him every now and then.

* AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear whether Granny is [[FatteningTheVictim fattening up her snails to eat them]] or simply [[DeathByGluttony overfeeding them until they die]].

* DeathByGluttony: One interpretation of Granny's closet full of busted snail shells is that she accidentally overfed her pets until it killed them.

* FatteningTheVictim: One interpretation of Granny's closet full of busted snail shells is that Granny fattens up her pet snails before eating them and Gary is just her latest victim.

*** And when [=SpongeBob=] mentions Gary, Patrick is reminded of when he saw… [[BaitAndSwitch these huge chunks of balsa wood]].

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: The main alley snail which Gary hides with.
-->Hey! You're that guy who doesn't like nachos!

* BaitAndSwitch: Gary spots a plate of nachos in the alley and is about to eat them when he sees some scary-looking alley snails, one of whom hisses, "Look who came to dinner!" Gary runs off thinking the alley snails are going to eat him, but then another one says, "Guess he didn't like nachos," and the three alley snails groan in disappointment.

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' So let's get this straight, Gary: you don't want me to defeat the Dirty Bubble. You know, Dirty Bubble, terror of the Seven Seas, arch-nemesis of my favorite TV superheroes, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy...and apparently, uh...renowned paddleball champion.

--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Hey...I got one! Dirty Bubble, say your prayers!

--->'''Patrick:''' ''[knocks on [=SpongeBob=]'s door; seems to notice the bag of snail food at his feet]'' That's strange...usually, I knock on the door with ''this'' hand.

--->'''Patrick:''' [=SpongeBob=], what happened? ...This picture is crooked!

--->'''Patrick:''' YOU WHAT?!!? ''[bursts into tears]''\\

'''Patrick:''' Because...many years ago ''I'' took that challenge!\\

'''Patrick:''' I won. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking But then I lost the trophy they sent me.]]

--->''' Patrick:''' Did you say "Gary"? [=SpongeBob=], I just remembered! Earlier today at the craft store, I saw...THESE HUGE CHUNKS OF BALSA WOOD! They were AWESOME!

[[caption-width-right:350:[[TearJerker ''♪ Gary, now I know, I was wrong\\
I messed up, and now you're gone ♪'']]]]

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Gary, your purring is making it hard to forget you... ''Gary!'' Oh, Gary!

* NeverTrustATrailer: [[https://youtu.be/7q1Mah4t2D0?t=4 A YTV promo]] has an edited clip from the episode where Squidward is screaming as [=SpongeBob=] is digging in his bathtub. In the episode proper, Squidward only screams when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick barge into his bathroom.

--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': Gary, your purring is making it hard to forget you... ''Gary!'' Oh, Gary!

[[caption-width-right:350:''♪ Gary, now I know, I was wrong\\
I messed up, and now you're gone ♪'']]

* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: The main alley snails which Gary hides with.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Granny at first appears to be a sweet old lady who gives Gary the food he needs, but is later revealed to be a ChronicPetKiller.