History Recap / SpongebobSquarepantsS2E6GrandmasKissesSquidville

* JerkassBall: Squidward's treatment of Spongebob goes from annoyance to outright malicious teasing.

* LargeHam: [=SpongeBob=] does ''not'' hold back during his "GrowingUpSucks" rant.

** [=SpongeBob=] whining about wanting to stay a baby forever has him reenact multiple childlike activities for a long time.

** [=SpongeBob=] whining about wanting to stay a baby forever.

* YouNeedABreathMint: "FRIED OYSTER SKINS?! AAAAAHH! ''FaintsInShock''"

* Foreshadowing: While Squidward is enjoying his time in Tentacle Acres, most of the other octopi are frowning or don't look happy. Eventually, the same thing happens with Squidward, as he becomes tired of the repetitive and boring lifestyle and environment.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The security guards tell [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick that "their kind" isn't allowed inside Squidville. However, this isn't brought up again, as when they get in, none of the other octopi comment on [=SpongeBob's=] and Patrick's species when they interact.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The guards tell [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick by the security guards that "their kind" isn't allowed inside Squidville. However, this isn't brought up again, as when they get in, none of the other octopi comment on [=SpongeBob's=] and Patrick's species when they interact.

* BreakTheCutie: Twice: first when [=SpongeBob=] gets picked on for having a kissy mark on his forehead, and again when he can't keep up his "adult" facade any longer.

* {{Manchild}}: Once Patrick and [=SpongeBob=] are swayed by Grandma's coddling, they each have their respective moments of giving up their manly facade and acting like babies. Patrick doesn't last a second after he learns that Grandma has cookies and [=SpongeBob=] throws a tantrum about wanting to stay a baby forever when he can't keep the act up any more. However, Grandma assures him that he doesn't have to be a baby to have fun.

* ManChild: Once Patrick and [=SpongeBob=] are swayed by Grandma's coddling, they each have their respective moments of giving up their manly facade and acting like babies. Patrick doesn't last a second after he learns that Grandma has cookies and [=SpongeBob=] throws a tantrum about wanting to stay a baby forever when he can't keep the act up any more. However, Grandma assures him that he doesn't have to be a baby to have fun.

* {{Suburbia}}: Tentacle Acres is an idyllic gated community located far away from the rest of Bikini Bottom. True to more critical portrayals of suburbs, the place is [[CutAndPasteSuburb cartoonishly cookie-cutter]] to the point of being ''utterly boring'' after Squidward spends a few days there, and the paradisical advertising masks thinly-veiled FantasticRacism towards sea sponges, referencing how the growth of suburbs was partly driven by [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight white flight]].

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: The guards who are racist towards sponges and starfish like [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick get knocked out by Patrick’s bad breath right when they get ready to go nightstick-happy on them. Bonus points for [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick cause they get in when they were initially refused.

* PlanetOfHats: Tentacle Acres is a town inhabited by octopi who are exactly like Squidward.

* ParentalBonus: The guard asks Squidward, "Are you now or have you ever been a sponge?" This is a reference to UsefulNotes/JosephMcCarthy's common opening question, "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?"

* FantasticRacism: Squidville only allows Squids to live and to be inside their community, and especially discriminates against Sponges and Starfish like [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick. When they try to get into Tentacle Acres, a guard tells them "your kind isn't allowed here" and intends to chase them with a nightstick. Earlier, Squidward was asked to confirm he is, and always was a squid.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [=SpongeBob=]'s reef blower sucks up Squidward's windows and front door in a cartoonish fashion, but when he tries to put them back by reversing the reef blower, the doors and windows destroy Squidward's house in a realistic fashion.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Patrick suddenly disappears after Grandma puts him down for a nap.

* CutAndPasteSuburb: Taken to its logical extreme. Not only are all the houses in Tentacle Acres identical to Squidward's Easter Island Head home, albeit with big numbers on the doors to help distinguish them, but the ''residents'' are all carbon copies of Squidward as well, to the point where [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can't tell them apart despite having known Squidward for years.

* JerkassHasAPoint: The cop who talks to Squidward as he acts out due to cracking from the boredom of his monotonous, repetitive lifestyle in Tentacle Acres comes off as rude and snide, but he's absolutely correct when he points out that nobody's forcing Squidward to live there and he can move out any time he wants. Squidward himself acknowledges this and takes the opportunity to leave.
-->'''Cop:''' FYI, you don't have to live here, you know.\\
-->'''Squidward:''' ''([[EurekaMoment dawning realization]])'' You're right... and I'm leaving ASAP!

* {{Suburbia}}: Tentacle Acres is an idyllic gated community located far away from the rest of Bikini Bottom. True to more critical portrayals of suburbs, the place is [[CutAndPasteSuburb cartoonishly cookie-cutter]] to the point of being ''utterly boring'' after Squidward spends a few days there, and the paradisical advertising masks thinly-veiled FantasticRacism towards sea sponges, referencing suburbia's basis in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight white flight]].

* CutAndPasteSuburb: Taken to its logical extreme. Not only are all the houses in Tentacle Acres identical to Squidward's Easter Island Head home, albeit with big numbers on the doors to help distinguish them, but the ''residents'' are all carbon copies of Squidward as well, to the point where [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can't tell them apart.

* ParentalBonus: The guard asks Squidward, "Are you now or have you ever been a sponge?" This is a reference to Joseph [=McCarthy's=] common opening question, "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?"

* PunchClockVillain: The guards/police officers of Tentacles Acres even though are racist toward creatures that are not octopi, they are really [[JustFollowingOrders just doing their job]].

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [=SpongeBob=]'s reef blower sucks up Squidward's windows and front door in a cartoonis fashion, but when he tries to put them back by reversing the reef blower, the doors and windows destroy Squidward's house in a realistic fashion.