History Recap / SpongebobSquarepantsS2E17ProcrastinationImWithStupid

'''Original air date''': 10/19/2001

'''Original air date''': 10/19/2001

!!''Procrastination'' provides examples of:

'''I'm With Stupid'''

Patrick's parents are visiting and he doesn't want them to think that he's an idiot, so he asks [=SpongeBob=] to act like an idiot to make Patrick seem smart by comparison. Unfortunately, Patrick starts [[BelievingTheirOwnLies believing his own lies.]]

!!''I'm with Stupid'' provides examples of: (YMMV [[YMMV/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E17ProcrastinationImWithStupid here]])

** Don’t act stupid just to make someone else look smart.
** Don’t forget who your parents are.

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' (''in response to a piece of paper Patrick is holding'') Hey, a note! (''takes it to reveal that there's a music note on it'')\\
'''Patrick:''' Yeah, but turn it over, there's a letter!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' (''turns the "note" around to reveal the letter B on the back'') You're right!

-->'''Patrick''': [[spoiler:Janet? Marty?! ''Who are you people?!'']]

* CaptainErsatz: Marty and Janet are noticeable parodies of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer and Marge Simpson]], respectively, in both design and voice. The only big diversion (aside from species and name) is that unlike Homer and Marge, [[spoiler:Marty and Janet don't have a son]].

* ImpactSilhouette: [=SpongeBob=] leaves a himself-shaped hole in the wall when he makes a hasty retreat.

The one with 800 words.

The one with Patrick's parents(es).

* RidiculousProcrastinator: As the title implies. [=SpongeBob=] is initially very eager and motivated to writing the 800 word essay due the following day, unlike the rest of class, but when upon discovering that coming up with ideas isn't as easy as he thought it would be, he starts finding any possible way to avoid it, from feeding Gary an enormous amount of food and saying he's not leaving until he eats it all... which he does in about two seconds. [=SpongeBob=] then decides that he must clean up Gary's enormous mess he made (actually just one small drop of snail food) and the rest of the kitchen pristine before going back to work. He then decides to stop goofing up and we a monologue of him appearing to be writing something very creative, but we see he actually just wrote the word "the" in a very fancy manner. Several other humorous distractions occur.

* OneWordTitle: "Procrastination", which is what [=SpongeBob=] spends the episode doing.

* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Patrick, of course.
-->"Dumb people are always blissfully unaware of how dumb they really are."

* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Over the course of the episode, Patrick begins to believe [=SpongeBob=] really is dumb, forgetting about their own plan.

** [[JokingMode Starfish are ''very'' stupid]].

** When getting ready to act stupid for Patrick, Gary questions [=SpongeBob=] and he replies, "[[TemptingFate What could go wrong?]]". Well, something ''will'' go wrong indeed -- Patrick begins to believe [=SpongeBob= really ''is'' stupid.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Patrick's parents are initially impressed that their son immediately recognizes them (their first line is, "Wow, son! You actually recognized us this time!"), and Patrick doesn't bother to defend himself. As it turns out, they're not his parents. Patrick doesn't realize this because, as hinted at, he frequently forgets what his real parents look like.

* DumbassHasAPoint: Patrick through BrutalHonesty calls out [[RidiculousProcrastinator SpongeBob]] for trying to have a conversation with him when he has an essay to write.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The scenes where Patrick and the mailman point out [=SpongeBob=] is not writing his essay, and the fish anchorman giving a news report about it (seemingly implying that literally '''everyone in the world''' knows about [=SpongeBob's=] assignment and procrastination), are hints that this is AllJustADream.

-->'''Mailman:''' Don't you have an essay to write?

-->'''Patrick''': [[spoiler: Janet? Marty? ''Who are you people?!'']]

* TookALevelInJerkass: Patrick starts to believe that [=SpongeBob=] really ''is'' dumb, forgetting that [=SpongeBob=] is only pretending. Patrick then starts making personal insults, and when [=SpongeBob=] tries to remind him that they're only pretending, he denies it.

* CaptainErsatz: Marty and Janet are noticeable parodies of [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer and Marge Simpson]], respectively, in both design and voice. The only big diversion (aside from species and name) is that unlike Homer and Marge, [[spoiler:Marty and Janet don't ''have'' a son]].

* NoodleIncident: "Patrick! You forgot how to eat again! Come on, we'll get the funnel!"

* ShaggyDogStory: Patrick manages to impress his parents - at the cost of [[DrivenToMadness poor [=SpongeBob's=] sanity]]. Then Squidward brings over Patrick's ''real parents'', who'd been standing outside all day asking him where their son was. And [=SpongeBob=] didn't get the whole idea.

* TooDumbToLive: Patrick lampshades this, feeling this is how his parents view him. It turns out they aren't exactly mistaken about their son, who can't even ''recognize'' them until after he's already mistaken two other people for his parents! Though they themselves don't seem to know where he lives either, and apparently kept bothering Squidward about it.

'''United States airdate: November 30, 2001'''

'''Canada airdate: January 25, 2002'''

'''United States airdate: November 30, 2001'''

'''Canada airdate: January 25, 2002'''