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* CobwebOfDisuse: Gary has cobwebs stuck to his shell when Squidward forgets to feed him.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The opening scenes in the Krusty Krab alone stand in stark contrast to how the character dynamics change in later episodes and seasons. Spongebob actually becomes angry with Squidward’s teasing when he usually assumes Squidward thinks he’s his best friend out of naïveté, and he also gets annoyed with Mr. Krabs, who he usually displays UndyingLoyalty to and quickly forgives him for any mistreatment.
* FauxHorrific: One of the things that scares [=SpongeBob=] so badly? A kid in a ''cowboy'' costume.
* FauxHorrific: One of the things that scares [=SpongeBob=] so badly? A kid in a ''cowboy'' costume.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The opening scenes in the Krusty Krab alone stand in stark contrast to how the character dynamics change in later episodes and seasons. Spongebob [=SpongeBob=] actually becomes angry with Squidward’s teasing when he usually assumes Squidward thinks he’s his best friend out of naïveté, and he also gets annoyed with Mr. Krabs, who he usually displays UndyingLoyalty to and quickly forgives him for any mistreatment.
* FauxHorrific: One of the things that scares [=SpongeBob=] so badly? A kid in a ''cowboy'' costume.
* FauxHorrific: One of the things that scares [=SpongeBob=] so badly? A kid in a ''cowboy'' costume.
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Because he neglected [=SpongeBob=]'s snail during the three days after the snail's owner was away, Squidward gets a dose of this when he is pursued by the snailified [=SpongeBob=] (who he injected with the snail plasma) and becomes affected by the snail plasma himselfhimself.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Squidward says this almost word-to-word whilst hiding from the [=SpongeBob=] transformed snail.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Twofold for Squidward. He neglected Gary the whole time Spongebob was away, causing them to call a veterinarian who recommended snail plasma, which Spongebob was too squeamish to give Gary, making Squidward try to use it and accidentally injected his neighbor with instead. It turns out that Gary was only dehydrated. Lampshaded by Squidward himself when the Spongesnail comes into his home.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Twofold for Squidward. He neglected Gary the whole time Spongebob was away, causing them to call a veterinarian who recommended snail plasma, which Spongebob was too squeamish to give Gary, making Squidward try to use it and accidentally injected his neighbor with instead. It turns out that Gary was only dehydrated. Lampshaded by Squidward himself when the Spongesnail comes into his home.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Squidward says this almost word-to-word word-for-word whilst hiding from the [=SpongeBob=] transformed snail.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Twofold for Squidward. He neglected Gary the whole timeSpongebob [=SpongeBob=] was away, causing them to call a veterinarian who recommended snail plasma, which Spongebob [=SpongeBob=] was too squeamish to give Gary, making Squidward try to use it and accidentally injected his neighbor with instead. It turns out that Gary was only dehydrated. Lampshaded by Squidward himself when the Spongesnail comes into his home.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Twofold for Squidward. He neglected Gary the whole time
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Squidward!
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* OneWordVocabulary: When [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward turn into snails, they lose the ability to say anything other than "meow".
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* TheVoiceless: When [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward turn into snails, they lose the ability to speak and can only meow.
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:
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* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:
-->'''Squidward:''' NoneCouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: As Squidward himself notes when the snailified [=SpongeBob=] is roaming around his house, none of this would be happening if I'd only fed that snail!he had just taken care of Gary.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: [=SpongeBob=] apparently doesn't know that Patrick cut off so much of his head that his brain is visible. Once it is pointed out to him, he is the only one that ''doesn't'' freak out about it. Though this is justified since [=SpongeBob=] says it will grow back, and he has demonstrated throughout the series to have a HealingFactor.
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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: In a roundabout way. The song that Gary, [=SpongeBob=], and Squidward "sing" at the end of the episode is "Blow the Man Down", which is what the theme song of the show is based off of.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: In a roundabout way. The song that Gary, [=SpongeBob=], and Squidward "sing" at the end of the episode is "Blow the Man Down", which is what the theme song of the show is based off of.
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'''United States airdate: October 28, 1999'''
'''Canada airdate: October 30, 2000'''
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* LaserGuidedKarma: Because he neglected [=SpongeBob=]'s snail three days after the snail's owner was away, Squidward gets a dose of this when he is pursued by the snailified [=SpongeBob=] (who he injected with the snail plasma) and becomes affected by the snail plasma himself
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* TheVoiceless: When [=SpongeBob=] and Squirdward turn into snails, they lose the ability to speak and can only meow.
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* TheVoiceless: When [=SpongeBob=] and Squirdward Squidward turn into snails, they lose the ability to speak and can only meow.
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** If you feel uncomfortable after a misuse of medicine, trust your gut and call a professional.
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* TheVoiceless: When [=SpongeBob=] and Squirdward turn into a snails, they lose the ability to speak and can only meow.
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* AnAesop:
** When someone trusts you to take care of something, be responsible and take care of it. Follow their instructions carefully.
** When someone trusts you to take care of something, be responsible and take care of it. Follow their instructions carefully.
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* TheVoiceless: When [=SpongeBob=] turns into a snail, he loses the ability to speak and can only meow.
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* TheVoiceless: When [=SpongeBob=] turns and Squirdward turn into a snail, he loses snails, they lose the ability to speak and can only meow.
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* NoEnding: The episode ends with [=SpongeBob=] and eventually Squidward turned into snails, with no explanation how they got back to normal.
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* AnAesop: When someone trusts you to take care of something, be responsible and take care of it. Follow their instructions carefully and ask questions if you don't understand.
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* NotSoInnocentWhistle: After the Flying Dutchman says how much he detests people who dress like him and mock his name, Squidward quickly removes his beard and hat and whistles nonchalantly.
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* NotSoInnocentWhistle: After the Flying Dutchman says how much he detests people who dress like him and mock his name, Squidward (who is dressed as the Flying Dutchman) quickly removes his beard and hat and whistles nonchalantly.
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** And more importantly, ''listen'' to said instructions, don't tune them out when they are giving important infomation.
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** And more importantly, ''listen'' to said instructions, don't tune them out when they are giving important infomation.information.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Twofold for Squidward. He neglected Gary the whole time Spongebob was away, causing them to call a veterinarian who recommended snail plasma, which Spongebob was too squeamish to give Gary, making Squidward try to use it and accidentally injected his neighbor with instead. It turns out that Gary was only dehydrated all along.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Twofold for Squidward. He neglected Gary the whole time Spongebob was away, causing them to call a veterinarian who recommended snail plasma, which Spongebob was too squeamish to give Gary, making Squidward try to use it and accidentally injected his neighbor with instead. It turns out that Gary was only dehydrated all along.dehydrated. Lampshaded by Squidward himself when the Spongesnail comes into his home.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Twofold for Squidward. He neglected Gary the whole time Spongebob was away, causing them to call a veterinarian who recommended snail plasma, which Spongebob was too squeamish to give Gary, making Squidward try to use it and accidentally injected his neighbor with instead. It turns out that Gary was only dehydrated all along.
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* TheUnreveal: We never actually get to see the jellyfish convention nor Ukulele Bottom.
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* TheUnreveal: We never actually get to see the jellyfish convention nor Ukulele Bottom.
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** As he lowers [=SpongeBob=] down into the Krusty Krab, a jellyfish comes up behind Patrick and stings him in the butt, and it takes Patrick about ten seconds to react before running around screaming in pain.
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* ImpactSilhouette: Patrick leaves a star-shaped hole in the wall ''and'' in the bus when it arrives.
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* ImpactSilhouette: Patrick leaves a star-shaped hole in the [=SpongeBob's=] wall ''and'' in the bus when it arrives.
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* EatingPetFood: One of the first side effects of [=SpongeBob's=] snail plasma injection.
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** As he lowers [=SpongeBob=] down into the Krusty Krab, a jellyfish comes up behind Patrick and stings in the butt, and it takes Patrick about five to ten seconds to react before running around screaming in pain.
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** As he lowers [=SpongeBob=] down into the Krusty Krab, a jellyfish comes up behind Patrick and stings him in the butt, and it takes Patrick about five to ten seconds to react before running around screaming in pain.
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* FauxHorrific: One of the things that scares [=SpongeBob=] so badly? A kid in a ''cowboy'' costume.
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* HalloweenEpisode: The first of the series, and the only for more than 15 years.
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* SpecialGuest: The Ghastly Ones who perform the end credits song "[=SpongeBob ScaredyPants=]".
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* DelayedReaction: After realizing that it was [=SpongeBob=]'s brain instead of a pink hat, Patrick runs off like everyone else. What makes this a really delayed reaction was that Patrick was the one who shaved [=SpongeBob=] down to his brain.
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**As he lowers [=SpongeBob=] down into the Krusty Krab, a jellyfish comes up behind Patrick and stings in the butt, and it takes Patrick about five seconds to react before running around screaming in pain.
**After realizing that it was [=SpongeBob=]'s brain instead of a pink hat, Patrick runs off like everyone else. What makes this a really delayed reaction was that Patrick was the one who shaved [=SpongeBob=] down to his brain.
**As he lowers [=SpongeBob=] down into the Krusty Krab, a jellyfish comes up behind Patrick and stings in the butt, and it takes Patrick about five seconds to react before running around screaming in pain.
**After realizing that it was [=SpongeBob=]'s brain instead of a pink hat, Patrick runs off like everyone else. What makes this a really delayed reaction was that Patrick was the one who shaved [=SpongeBob=] down to his brain.
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* KidsAreCruel: A group of kids dressed in their halloween costumes were amongst the people who tease [=SpongeBob=] for being scared.
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* KidsAreCruel: A group of kids dressed in their halloween Halloween costumes were amongst the people who tease [=SpongeBob=] for being scared.
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* ImpactSilhouette: Patrick leaves a himself-shaped hole in the wall ''and'' in the bus when it arrives.
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* ImpactSilhouette: Patrick leaves a himself-shaped star-shaped hole in the wall ''and'' in the bus when it arrives.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The opening scenes in the Krusty Krab alone stand in stark contrast to how the character dynamics change in later episodes and seasons. Spongebob actually becomes angry with Squidward’s teasing when he usually assumes Squidward thinks he’s his best friend out of naïveté, and he also gets annoyed with Mr. Krabs, who he usually displays UndyingLoyalty to and quickly forgives him for any mistreatment.
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* RealAfterAll: It’s implied the townsfolk believed the Flying Dutchman to be just a myth until he personally lays siege to the Krusty Krab.
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'''United States airdate: October 28, 1999'''
'''Canada airdate: October 30, 2000'''
It's Halloween in Bikini Bottom, and [=SpongeBob=] wants to be the one who scares people for a change, so he goes as the scariest spectre in all the sea: the FlyingDutchman! But his plan backfires when the ''real'' Dutchman appears.
!!Scaredy Pants contains examples of:
* BedsheetGhost: The extent of [=SpongeBob=]'s Flying Dutchman costume is this and wooden clogs. People keep mistaking him for a haunted mattress due to his square shape. Upon becoming round, he gets demoted to "sleeping bag".
* BerserkButton: The real Flying Dutchman hates being impersonated and considers [=SpongeBob=]'s costume the worst one yet, and the last straw. [[AffablyEvil Though he does casually explain how someone like him just isn't scary in general.]]
* BodyHorror: [=SpongeBob=] has Patrick shave down his head until it's round enough to make a perfect ghost. It's later revealed that he's been shaved down all the way to his ''brain''. [=SpongeBob=] takes it all in stride, though, and reassures everyone that [[ResetButton it'll grow right back.]]
* ButtMonkey: Because it's Halloween, everyone (minus Patrick) makes fun of [=SpongeBob=] for being scared.
* DelayedReaction: After realizing that it was [=SpongeBob=]'s brain instead of a pink hat, Patrick runs off like everyone else. What makes this a really delayed reaction was that Patrick was the one who shaved [=SpongeBob=] down to his brain.
* FlyingDutchman: Making his grand debut.
* HalloweenEpisode: The first of the series, and the only for more than 15 years.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: The Flying Dutchman screams and flees in terror after unmasking [=SpongeBob=] and seeing his exposed brain.
* ImplausibleDeniability: When everyone realizes the "ghost" is [=SpongeBob=] due to his pants sticking out upside down, Patrick says "I am not [=SpongeBob=]! Those are my street clothes!".
* JerkassBall: Everyone who teased [=SpongeBob=] for being scared.
* KidsAreCruel: A group of kids dressed in their halloween costumes were amongst the people who tease [=SpongeBob=] for being scared.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Everyone who made fun of [=SpongeBob=] for being scared of Halloween were terrorized when they saw [=SpongeBob=]'s brain.
* MaliciousMisnaming: [=SpongeBob=] being called "Scaredy Pants".
* NotSoInnocentWhistle: After the Flying Dutchman says how much he detests people who dress like him and mock his name, Squidward quickly removes his beard and hat and whistles nonchalantly.
'''United States airdate: October 28, 1999'''
'''Canada airdate: October 30, 2000'''
Squidward agrees to take care of Gary while [=SpongeBob=] is away at jellyfishing camp, but he forgets and [=SpongeBob=] returns to find poor Gary sick. But then things take a turn for the scary when [=SpongeBob=] gets injected with snail plasma meant for Gary, and that night undergoes a strange transformation...
!! I Was A Teenage Gary contains examples of:
* AnAesop: When someone trusts you to take care of something, be responsible and take care of it. Follow their instructions carefully and ask questions if you don't understand.
** And more importantly, ''listen'' to said instructions, don't tune them out when they are giving important infomation.
* BerserkBoardBarricade: Squidward does this to his window to keep snailified [=SpongeBob=] out. He just squeezes through a knothole.
* BottleEpisode: The entire episode takes place at Conch Street, mostly inside [=SpongeBob=]'s house.
* CatConcerto: The episode ends with Gary and the snailified [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward meowing to the tune of "Blow the Man Down" on a fence. Patrick yells at them to keep quiet and tosses a boot at them, hitting poor Squidward.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:
-->'''Squidward:''' None of this would be happening if I'd only fed that snail!
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This episode has the first instance of a time card. It is not read aloud by the narrator.
* ImpactSilhouette: Patrick leaves a himself-shaped hole in the wall ''and'' in the bus when it arrives.
* MixAndMatchCritters: The snail plasma injection causes [=SpongeBob=] to turn into a snail-sea sponge hybrid. Ditto for Squidward.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Squidward says this almost word-to-word whilst hiding from the [=SpongeBob=] transformed snail.
* OhCrap: Squidward, after he is injected with the snail plasma through his nose.
-->'''Squidward:''' Uh-oh!
* PainfulTransformation: [=SpongeBob=] has one as he slowly transforms into a sponge-snail hybrid due to the snail plasma injection.
* ProperlyParanoid: After getting injected with snail plasma, [=SpongeBob=] worries that something will happen to him, but Squidward tells him he'll be fine. Turns out [=SpongeBob=] was right.
* ShaggyDogStory: It turns out Gary was only dehydrated and needed water.
-->'''Squidward''': [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe He just needed]] ''[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe water?!]]''
* ShoutOut: The title is one to ''Film/IWasATeenageWerewolf''.
* TemptingFate: After going through the ordeal of Gary being sick, Squidward comments "I hope I never see another snail again". Sure enough, ten seconds later, he encounters the transformed [=SpongeBob=].
* ThemeTuneCameo: In a roundabout way. The song that Gary, [=SpongeBob=], and Squidward "sing" at the end of the episode is "Blow the Man Down", which is what the theme song of the show is based off of.
* TimeSkip: After [=SpongeBob=] leaves for the convention, Squidward gets ready to relax...then it jumps to three days later when [=SpongeBob=] is coming home and Squidward neglected Gary the whole time.
* TransformationHorror: Parodied when the snail plasma turns [=SpongeBob=] into a snail. Currently provides the page quote:
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': I take it back, Gary... something is wrong with meeeee-ow!
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Squidward!
* TheUnreveal: We never actually get to see the jellyfish convention nor Ukulele Bottom.
* TheVoiceless: When [=SpongeBob=] turns into a snail, he loses the ability to speak and can only meow.
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It's Halloween in Bikini Bottom, and [=SpongeBob=] wants to be the one who scares people for a change, so he goes as the scariest spectre in all the sea: the FlyingDutchman! But his plan backfires when the ''real'' Dutchman appears.
!!Scaredy Pants contains examples of:
* BedsheetGhost: The extent of [=SpongeBob=]'s Flying Dutchman costume is this and wooden clogs. People keep mistaking him for a haunted mattress due to his square shape. Upon becoming round, he gets demoted to "sleeping bag".
* BerserkButton: The real Flying Dutchman hates being impersonated and considers [=SpongeBob=]'s costume the worst one yet, and the last straw. [[AffablyEvil Though he does casually explain how someone like him just isn't scary in general.]]
* BodyHorror: [=SpongeBob=] has Patrick shave down his head until it's round enough to make a perfect ghost. It's later revealed that he's been shaved down all the way to his ''brain''. [=SpongeBob=] takes it all in stride, though, and reassures everyone that [[ResetButton it'll grow right back.]]
* ButtMonkey: Because it's Halloween, everyone (minus Patrick) makes fun of [=SpongeBob=] for being scared.
* DelayedReaction: After realizing that it was [=SpongeBob=]'s brain instead of a pink hat, Patrick runs off like everyone else. What makes this a really delayed reaction was that Patrick was the one who shaved [=SpongeBob=] down to his brain.
* FlyingDutchman: Making his grand debut.
* HalloweenEpisode: The first of the series, and the only for more than 15 years.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: The Flying Dutchman screams and flees in terror after unmasking [=SpongeBob=] and seeing his exposed brain.
* ImplausibleDeniability: When everyone realizes the "ghost" is [=SpongeBob=] due to his pants sticking out upside down, Patrick says "I am not [=SpongeBob=]! Those are my street clothes!".
* JerkassBall: Everyone who teased [=SpongeBob=] for being scared.
* KidsAreCruel: A group of kids dressed in their halloween costumes were amongst the people who tease [=SpongeBob=] for being scared.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Everyone who made fun of [=SpongeBob=] for being scared of Halloween were terrorized when they saw [=SpongeBob=]'s brain.
* MaliciousMisnaming: [=SpongeBob=] being called "Scaredy Pants".
* NotSoInnocentWhistle: After the Flying Dutchman says how much he detests people who dress like him and mock his name, Squidward quickly removes his beard and hat and whistles nonchalantly.
'''United States airdate: October 28, 1999'''
'''Canada airdate: October 30, 2000'''
Squidward agrees to take care of Gary while [=SpongeBob=] is away at jellyfishing camp, but he forgets and [=SpongeBob=] returns to find poor Gary sick. But then things take a turn for the scary when [=SpongeBob=] gets injected with snail plasma meant for Gary, and that night undergoes a strange transformation...
!! I Was A Teenage Gary contains examples of:
* AnAesop: When someone trusts you to take care of something, be responsible and take care of it. Follow their instructions carefully and ask questions if you don't understand.
** And more importantly, ''listen'' to said instructions, don't tune them out when they are giving important infomation.
* BerserkBoardBarricade: Squidward does this to his window to keep snailified [=SpongeBob=] out. He just squeezes through a knothole.
* BottleEpisode: The entire episode takes place at Conch Street, mostly inside [=SpongeBob=]'s house.
* CatConcerto: The episode ends with Gary and the snailified [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward meowing to the tune of "Blow the Man Down" on a fence. Patrick yells at them to keep quiet and tosses a boot at them, hitting poor Squidward.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:
-->'''Squidward:''' None of this would be happening if I'd only fed that snail!
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: This episode has the first instance of a time card. It is not read aloud by the narrator.
* ImpactSilhouette: Patrick leaves a himself-shaped hole in the wall ''and'' in the bus when it arrives.
* MixAndMatchCritters: The snail plasma injection causes [=SpongeBob=] to turn into a snail-sea sponge hybrid. Ditto for Squidward.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Squidward says this almost word-to-word whilst hiding from the [=SpongeBob=] transformed snail.
* OhCrap: Squidward, after he is injected with the snail plasma through his nose.
-->'''Squidward:''' Uh-oh!
* PainfulTransformation: [=SpongeBob=] has one as he slowly transforms into a sponge-snail hybrid due to the snail plasma injection.
* ProperlyParanoid: After getting injected with snail plasma, [=SpongeBob=] worries that something will happen to him, but Squidward tells him he'll be fine. Turns out [=SpongeBob=] was right.
* ShaggyDogStory: It turns out Gary was only dehydrated and needed water.
-->'''Squidward''': [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe He just needed]] ''[[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe water?!]]''
* ShoutOut: The title is one to ''Film/IWasATeenageWerewolf''.
* TemptingFate: After going through the ordeal of Gary being sick, Squidward comments "I hope I never see another snail again". Sure enough, ten seconds later, he encounters the transformed [=SpongeBob=].
* ThemeTuneCameo: In a roundabout way. The song that Gary, [=SpongeBob=], and Squidward "sing" at the end of the episode is "Blow the Man Down", which is what the theme song of the show is based off of.
* TimeSkip: After [=SpongeBob=] leaves for the convention, Squidward gets ready to relax...then it jumps to three days later when [=SpongeBob=] is coming home and Squidward neglected Gary the whole time.
* TransformationHorror: Parodied when the snail plasma turns [=SpongeBob=] into a snail. Currently provides the page quote:
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': I take it back, Gary... something is wrong with meeeee-ow!
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Squidward!
* TheUnreveal: We never actually get to see the jellyfish convention nor Ukulele Bottom.
* TheVoiceless: When [=SpongeBob=] turns into a snail, he loses the ability to speak and can only meow.
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