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* EasilyElected:[=SpongeBob=] traps the Bubble Poppin' Boys [[FloatingInABubble in a bubble]], which sends them off. The people of New Kelp City are overjoyed that the gang is gone and the mayor gives [=SpongeBob=] the position of the new mayor even though [=SpongeBob=] has no idea what a mayor is (as he admits in his speech), and he's [[EasyAmnesia lost his memory]] as well.

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* EasilyElected:[=SpongeBob=] EasilyElected: [=SpongeBob=] traps the Bubble Poppin' Boys [[FloatingInABubble in a bubble]], which sends them off. The people of New Kelp City are overjoyed that the gang is gone and the mayor gives [=SpongeBob=] the position of the new mayor even though [=SpongeBob=] has no idea what a mayor is (as he admits in his speech), and he's [[EasyAmnesia lost his memory]] as well.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: [=SpongeBob=] just so happens to come across situations with most of the others that he fumbles in, from accidentally ruining the cake Patrick was making into himself to knocking back Mr. Krabs and sending the money he just so happened to be carrying in his claws into the deep fryer, all so they can get mad at him, even when they were all accidents.
* Everyone (sans Gary, if you don’t think he was doing so in his angry hissing) calling [=SpongeBob=] “idiot boy,” which while fitting Squidward like a glove and arguably Mr. Krabs, is not something you’d expect from Patrick or Sandy to say. All the more noticeable is that Patrick is the first one to say so, no less in a TranquilFury manner hardly, if ever seen from him.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: ContrivedCoincidence:
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[=SpongeBob=] just so happens to come across situations with most of the others that he fumbles in, from accidentally ruining the cake Patrick was making into himself to knocking back Mr. Krabs and sending the money he just so happened to be carrying in his claws into the deep fryer, all so they can get mad at him, even when they were all accidents.
* ** Everyone (sans Gary, if you don’t think he was doing so in his angry hissing) calling [=SpongeBob=] “idiot boy,” which while fitting Squidward like a glove and arguably Mr. Krabs, is not something you’d expect from Patrick or Sandy to say. All the more noticeable is that Patrick is the first one to say so, no less in a TranquilFury manner hardly, if ever seen from him.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: [=SpongeBob=] just so happens to come across situations with most of the others that he fumbles in, from accidentally ruining the cake Patrick was making into himself to knocking back Mr. Krabs and sending the money he just so happened to be carrying in his claws into the deep fryer, all so they can get mad at him, even when they were all accidents.
* Everyone (sans Gary, if you don’t think he was doing so in his angry hissing) calling [=SpongeBob=] “idiot boy,” which while fitting Squidward like a glove and arguably Mr. Krabs, is not something you’d expect from Patrick or Sandy to say. All the more noticeable is that Patrick is the first one to say so, no less in a TranquilFury manner hardly, if ever seen from him.
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* HereWeGoAgain: New Kelp City is seen having problems with bubbles again at the end of the episode, with a construction fish saying they intend to hurt "Mayor BrownPants" if he sees him again. [=SpongeBob=] decides he's not going back to New Kelp City after seeing this on the television in the Krusty Krab.

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* HereWeGoAgain: New Kelp City is seen having problems with bubbles again at the end of the episode, with a construction fish saying they intend to hurt "Mayor BrownPants" [=BrownPants"=] if he sees him again. [=SpongeBob=] decides he's not going back to New Kelp City after seeing this on the television in the Krusty Krab.
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* HereWeGoAgain: New Kelp City is seen having problems with bubbles again at the end of the episode, with a construction fish saying they intend to hurt "Mayor BrownPants" if he sees him again. [=SpongeBob=] decides he's not going back to New Kelp City after seeing this on the television in the Krusty Krab.

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* ContinuityNod: When Sandy cries, her helmet fills up with her tears, just like in "Texas".

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When Sandy cries, her helmet fills up with her tears, just like in "Texas"."Texas".
** When [=SpongeBob=] leaves Bikini Bottom, he first approaches a desert-like area that is similar to the location him and Patrick flee to in "Life of Crime."


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* SeriesContinuityError: Bikini Bottom's population is shown to be 538 on the sign, but in "Patty Hype," it is implied that there are at least 46,853 residents.
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* HeroicBSOD: [=SpongeBob=] after unintentionally angering every one of his friends (and even his pet), tearfully comes to the conclusion that they’d all be better off without him and leaves town so they won’t have to put up with him anymore.


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* TheWoobie: While [=SpongeBob’s=] obliviousness and tendency to cause mayhem can be pretty grating depending on the episode (especially in the later seasons), this episode establishes from the beginning that, despite his flaws, he genuinely means well and only ever wants to make his friends happy. The setup for the plot begins with [=SpongeBob=] talking about how happy he is to have such a great job, friends, and pet (with each part of this juxtaposed by Mr. Krabs complaining about him being late, Squidward waking up from a nightmare about him, and Gary’s shell being broken from Sponge hugging him too tight), then shows him being slowly worn down throughout the day as his friends keep getting upset with him over the accidents he causes, culminating in him bursting into tears and deciding to leave town because he sees himself as a burden and thinks nobody wants him around, eventually leading to him getting amnesia after he runs away from strange figures in the dark and hits his head in the process. Even after he loses his memory, he struggles to find his place in New Kelp City as everyone he encounters seems to get upset with him for seemingly no reason until he runs the Bubble Poppin’ Boys out of town. Overall, while he really can be a nuisance in some episodes, it’s hard not to feel sorry for him in this one.
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* TearsOfRemorse: Patrick and Sandy break down in tears due to making [=SpongeBob=] run away.

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* TearsOfRemorse: Patrick and Sandy break down in tears due to making [=SpongeBob=] run away. Squidward on the other hand averts this without guilt.

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* AdaptedOut: The book adaptation leaves out a number of things such as the scene with the mailman getting hurt, [=SpongeBob=] being called "Idiot boy" and the newscast at the end, simply having [=SpongeBob=] go back to work like nothing happened.



* AmnesiaEpisode: The premise of the episode is that [=Spongebob=] runs away, hits his head, forgets his identity, and becomes mayor of New Kelp City while his friends look for him.

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* AmnesiaEpisode: The premise of the episode is that [=Spongebob=] [=SpongeBob=] runs away, hits his head, forgets his identity, and becomes mayor of New Kelp City while his friends look for him.


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* BalloonBelly: Happens to Gary after he ate his year's supply of Snail Food.


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* OpenSaysMe: Sandy uses her karate chop to get herself and Patrick into [=SpongeBob=]'s house after finding out Patrick's been knocking on [=SpongeBob=]'s door for three hours...to ask him to borrow some hot sauce for Patrick's milkshake. Patrick gets flattened when Sandy falls on top of him.


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* SquashedFlat: Happens to Patrick after Sandy falls on top of him after she karate chops [=SpongeBob=]'s door open.
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* OrMyNameIsnt:
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' While I am wearing the mayor's hat, it will always be safe to blow bubbles on the streets of New Kelp, or my name isn't [=CheeseHead BrownPants=]!
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: The episode is based on the TieInNovel ''For the Love of Bubbles''.

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* TheFilmOfTheBook: The episode is based on the TieInNovel ''For ''[[https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/For_the_Love_of_Bubbles For the Love of Bubbles''.Bubbles]]''.

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