History Recap / SpongebobSquarepantsS1E20HookyMermaidManandBarnacleBoyII

** [=SpongeBob=] ignores Mr. Krabs' warning, as he rides on a hook on the way to work, and his pants get stuck to it. Then he has to deal with being laughed out for being naked when his underwear gets torn off by the hook.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Mermaid Man has a photo of Barnacle Boy as a baby, with Barnacle Boy having his modern day style eyes and nose. Later episodes [[SeriesContinuityError (as well as the first Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episode)]] would depict the younger Barnacle Boy with a smaller nose and eyes, as well as implying he's not that much younger than Mermaid Man.

-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' I wanna hear a sailor's promise. Yo-ho, yo-ho! Near the hooks I'll never go!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick:''' Yo-ho, yo-ho! Near the hooks I'll never go!\\

* ShoutOut: [[Literature/LordOfTheFlies A conch shell being used as a symbol of authority]].
** [=SpongeBob=] [[ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen constantly calling on his favorite heroes to help him with menial tasks using a special device.]]

** [=SpongeBob=][[ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen constantly calling on his favorite heroes to help him with menial tasks using a special device.]]

** SpongeBob [[ComicBook/SupermansPalJimmyOlsen constantly calling on his favorite heroes to help him with menial tasks using a special device.]]

** SpongeBob [[ComicBook/Superman’sPal,JimmyOlsen constantly calling on his favorite heroes to help him with menial tasks using a special device.]]

* JerkassHasAPoint: Invoked by Barnacle Boy who not only denied SpongeBob the conch signal and rejected his apologies for the exhaustion he caused. Even if he was harsh about it, he was right to call out on SpongeBob for using the conch signal too often.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After Patrick tells Mr. Krabs about the fun of playing on hooks and jumping off and floating back down to safety, Mr. Krabs asks them this which causes SpongeBob to rethink his ways.

* 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.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The episode's plot is basically a [[GRatedDrug drug addiction conflict in a kid-friendly wrapper]]. Spongebob gets obsessed with playing with the hooks to the point of neglecting important things like his job, with Patrick enabling him. Meanwhile Mr. Krabs and Squidward stage an intervention to get Spongebob to kick the habit, while Patrick continues to play around with hooks and suffers worse consequences.

* FishingEpisode: Inverted/Deconstructed. It's not the main characters doing the fishing; ''they're'' the ones being fished and everyone else in the episode.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The episode's plot is basically a drug addiction conflict in a kid-friendly wrapper. Spongebob gets obsessed with playing with the hooks to the point of neglecting important things like his job, with Patrick enabling him. Meanwhile Mr. Krabs and Squidward stage an intervention to get Spongebob to kick the habit, while Patrick continues to play around with hooks and suffers worse consequences.

* StrippingSnag: [=SpongeBob's=] underwear is caught on a hook, eventually ripping off and leaving him naked.

* KickTheSonOfABitch: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, after having a somewhat pleasant time with [=SpongeBob=] and with Mermaid Man saying "for a pain in the neck, he's a pretty nice kid", decide to suddenly ditch him, and then immediately run into the Dirty Bubble right after leaving.

* SpecialGuest: Charles Nelson Reilly as The Dirty Bubble. This was the only time he voiced the Dirty Bubble before his death in 2007 (not counting his appearance in ''VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsLightsCameraPants'').

* AnAesop: Authority figures such as the police are role models to look up to, but don't call them when you're not in danger -- it is important that they aren't distracted when something bad does happen.

'''Original air date''': 2/23/2001 ''(produced in 1999; first aired in Brazil on 7/18/00)''

!! Hooky contains examples of:
* AngerBornOfWorry: Mr. Krabs is upset when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick apparently die from getting hooked, breaking down and sobbing that he couldn't save them. When he discovers that they do survive, he gets angry and scolds them for disobeying him.
-->'''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 while laughing)'' I'D THROTTLE 'EM!
* AnAesop:

* BodyHorror: At one point, Patrick has a myriad of hooks ''stretching his mouth out.''

*** "Hello? [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Does somebody have a can opener?]]"

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

'''Mr. Krabs:''' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Gift shops]].

-->'''Patrick:''' Well, that Mr. Krabs is just a big dummy!... Are you gonna listen to a big dummy, or are you gonna listen to ''me''?

-->'''Customer #1:''' Pee-ew! You call this food?\\

--> '''Patrick:''' You're not going to work today. We're gonna go play... hooky!

'''Original air date''': 3/3/2001 ''(produced in 1999; first aired in Brazil on 7/18/00)''

!! Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II contains examples of:
* AccidentalMisnaming: The Realistic Fish Head mispronounces [=SpongeBob=]'s name as "Springboob Squirepin" and has to be corrected. [=SpongeBob=] doesn't realize it's a mispronunciation and thinks Springboob Squirepin stole his idea when it's said he won by submitting life-size Krabby Patty replicas of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.

* EyeBeams: Barnacle Boy's "Sulfurvision", which doesn't work as well as it used to.

-->'''Atomic Flounder''': If I weren't retired, I'd, I'd... '''''ROAAAAR!''''' [''breathes radiation at Barnacle Boy's face, leaving it charred''] ...do that. Outta my way, punk!

->"Oh, jingle bells, Mermaid Man smells, Barnacle Boy laid an egg, the Dirty Bubble popped and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy and [=SpongeBob=] got away! YAAAAAAAY!"[[note]]"Watch out!"[[/note]]

'''Original air date''': 2/23/2001 ''(produced in 1999)''

'''Original air date''': 3/3/2001 ''(produced in 1999)''

-->'''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!

* RunningGag: Barnacle Boy getting his head charred. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by the Dirty Bubble when he encounters them.