History Recap / SpongebobSquarepantsS1E20HookyMermaidManandBarnacleBoyII

The one with a fried boot.

The one with [=SpringBoob SquirePin=].

--->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Boys... I wasn't quick enough... They're gone! ''(sobs)'' If I could only hold them in me arms again... I.. I'd.. ''([=SpongeBob=] and Patrick float safely back down)'' I'D THROTTLE 'EM!

* AdultFear: As Patrick walks [=SpongeBob=] through the "carnival", he mentions that a kid was there earlier as they pass by a pair of child's shoes lying on the ground. [[DeathOfAChild Three guesses on what happened.]]
** Then Mr. Krabs has a moment like this when he tries to stop [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick from riding the hooks, only to fail and break down sobbing that he couldn't save them.
--->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Boys... I wasn't quick enough... They're gone! ''(sobs)'' If I could only hold them in me arms again...
* This leads into the next trope:
* AngerBornOfWorry: Mr. Krabs is upset when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick apparently die from getting hooked. When he discovers that they do survive, he gets angry and scolds them for disobeying him.

* ShamingTheMob: After stirring up an angry mob of customers that's ganged up on him for terribly burnt (and boot-flavored) Krabby Patties, Squidward rebuffs "WHY DO YOU WANT TO EAT THIS STUFF ANYWAY?!" Their response? Beat up Squidward! Unfortunately for him, this was [[SubvertedTrope unsuccessful in deterring the mob.]]

* FishingEpisode: Inverted. It's not the main characters doing the fishing; ''they're'' the ones being fished.

* BadBoss: Whatever the Chum Famine of '59 was, it was apparently the ''only'' time in many years that Mr. Krabs allowed an employee to take a break at the Krusty Krab.

'''Mr. Krabs:''' [''[[PainToTheAss a hook pokes him in the butt]]''] YEOW! Mother of pearl! Fire on the poop deck! (''rubs his butt'')\\
'''[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick:''' Yeow! Mother of pearl! Fire on the poop deck! (''they rub their butts'')

-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Boys... I wasn't quick enough... They're gone! *sobs* If I could only hold them in me arms again...

-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' Then they cook you, and then they eat you... ''or worse!''\\

* Foreshadowing: Note that Squidward is the only one not present in the Krusty Krab once [=SpongeBob=] runs there hooked. Additionally, Mr. Krabs is more bemused than anything seeing [=SpongeBob=] hooked, whereas before when he thought his life was in danger, he was frantic and terrified, showing he knows he's not really in danger.

--> '''Patrick:''' Look, [=SpongeBob=], [[IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance are you gonna listen to a big dummy or are you gonna listen to]] ''[[IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance me]]''?
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' [[LampshadeHanging Ummm...]]

* AngerBornOfWorry: Mr. Krabs is upset when Spongebob and Patrick apparently die from getting hooked. When he discovers that they do survive, he gets angry and scolds them for disobeying him.

* RapidFireNo: Mr. Krabs does this after witnessing SpongeBob and Patrick playing with a hook after they promised they wouldn't.

* BodyHorror: Played for laughs, while riding in the invisible boatmobile, Spongebob presses the origami button, which folds him, Mermaid Man, and Barnacle boy up like paper.

* AnAesop: Don't get obsessed over dangerous things.

** If you're going to do something dangerous, be prepared for painful consequences.

* BittersweetEnding: [=SpongeBob=] ends up learning the hard way never to playing with hooks again, at the cost of his pride and dignity.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Note that Squidward is the only one not present in the Krusty Krab once [=SpongeBob=] runs there hooked.

* ShamingTheMob: After stirring up an angry mob of customers that's ganged up on him for terribly burnt (and boot-flavored) Krabby Patties, Squidward rebuffs "WHY DO YOU WANT TO EAT THIS STUFF ANYWAY?!" Their response? Beat up Squidward!

* BittersweetEnding: The episode ends with [=SpongeBob=] naked and humiliated and running back to his house crying, but at least he'll learn never to play with fishing hooks ever again.

** Then Mr. Krabs has a moment like this when he tries to stop [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick from riding the hooks, only to fail and break down crying that he couldn't save them, leading into the next trope:
* AngerBornOfWorry: Mr. Krabs gets upset when Spongebob and Patrick apparently die from getting hooked. When he discovers that they do survive, he gets angry and scolds them.

* AshFace: Happens to [[ButtMonkey Barnacle Boy]] four times: twice when the Invisible Boatmobile's exhaust fires straight into his face, again after running afoul of the Atomic Flounder, and lastly when the Dirty Bubble burns him with a surprise attack.

* BodyHorror: Played for laughs, while riding in the invisible boatmobile, Spongebob presses the origami button, which folds him, Merimaid Man, and Barnacle boy up like paper.

--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' [[LampshadeHanging Err...]]

'''United States airdate: April 8, 2000'''

'''Canada airdate: January 12, 2001'''

'''United States airdate: April 8, 2000'''

'''Canada airdate: January 12, 2001'''

* BrickJoke: Mr. Krabs warns SpongeBob and Patrick that if they keep playing with the hooks they'll end up in a tuna can. In the end, that's exactly what happens to Patrick.

* BrickJoke: Mr. Krabs warns the boys that if they keep playing with the hooks they'll end up in a tuna can. In the end, that's exactly what happens to Patrick.