History YMMV / SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E15TheSecretBoxBandGeeks

* SignatureScene: The entire ending, with the cast performing "Sweet Victory" and ending on a still shot of Squidward jumping in triumph. It is a scene you will never forget.

** "Is X an instrument?" "No, [name], X is not an instrument. Y is not an instrument either."
** "Well, ''maybe'' we wouldn't sound so bad if some people didn't try to play with big, meaty claws!"
*** [[TranquilFury "What did you say, punk?"]]
*** "BIG. MEATY. CLAWS."
*** "WELL THESE CLAWS AIN'T FOR JUST ATTRACTING MATES!
** [[DeadpanSnarker Oh! So now the X is going to preach to us!]]
** [=SpongeBob=]'s "eager face". [[labelnote:Explanation]]Spongebob dancing in his singer attire became a popular gif to express enthusiasm towards something[[/labelnote]]

** "Is X an instrument?"

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The scene where the two flag twirlers twirl their flags so fast they get lifted into the air, crash into a blimp, and die. This episode first aired on September 7, 2001, just '''four days''' before 9/11.

* FountainOfMemes: Quite possibly ''the'' most quoted episode of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' ever.

* MemeticMutation: You could qualify almost every line in the episode as this.
** The episode is a popular source for WebAnimation/YouTubePoop.
*** This episode was remade as a [[https://www.deviantart.com/bearquarter2008/art/Band-Geeks-565679571 Fanmake by Bearquarter2008]].

*** "No, [name], X is not an instrument. Y is not an instrument either."
** "Well, ''maybe'' we wouldn't sound so bad if some people didn't try to play with big, meaty claws!"
*** [[TranquilFury "What did you say, punk?"]]
*** "BIG. MEATY. CLAWS."
*** "WELL THESE CLAWS AIN'T FOR JUST ATTRACTING MATES!"

** [=SpongeBob=]'s "eager face".
** "Whoever's the owner of the white sedan, you left your lights on."

* SacredCow: Widely considered the best episode of the series, and (as seen below) one of the best episodes on ''any'' Nickelodeon show. Fans will not take criticism of this episode lightly.
* SignatureScene: The entire ending. It is a scene you will never forget.

* TheWoobie: Those two flag twirlers that were only doing what they were told to do only for Squidward to yell at them to do it faster which results in them getting blown up after the flag twirling ends up colliding them with a blimp.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Not that this episode is considered ''bad'' by any means, but even fans who don't like it that much will sit through it just because of its' sister episode.

* CatharsisFactor: One of the major reasons for its enduring popularity, as the increasing levels of [[CosmicPlaything cosmically unjust torture]] Squidward suffers in the show’s DorkAge only makes this episode grow more satisfying with age. For the first time in the entire series, Squidward actually ''won'', his hard work pays off, everyone else pitches in to help him out, and [[SmugSnake Squilliam]] quite possibly [[BlackComedy suffers an abrupt heart attack and dies.]] This is a major part of the reason many fans consider it an unofficial series finale - it's a good way to send it off.

* TearJerker: "It's the best friends forever! Best friends forever! Ring!" [=SpongeBob=] has to use their friendship ring to prove to Patrick that it's him and not an intruder. Patrick breaks down crying because it means [=SpongeBob=] has betrayed his trust, which was why he refused to believe it was really him until that point. And the little figures of [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick on the ring are so darn cute...

** When [=SpongeBob=] looked in the secret box and saw the string, he somehow doesn't take it out of the box, nor does he ask Patrick why it's a "secret string" and why it's there.

** "The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma."

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: Why the Bubble Bowl takes place ''on land'', watched by a crowd of [[RogerRabbitEffect live-action humans]] is never foreshadowed, explained, or referred to in any way. Then again, this is ''[[RuleOfFunny SpongeBob]]'' we're talking about here...

* MemeticMutation: "The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma."

* WhatAnIdiot: When [=SpongeBob=] looked in the secret box and saw the string, he somehow doesn't take it out of the box, nor does he ask Patrick why it's a "secret string" and why it's there.

* CatharsisFactor: One of the major reasons for its enduring popularity, as the increasing levels of [[CosmicPlaything cosmically unjust torture]] Squidward suffers in the show’s SeasonalRot only makes this episode grow more satisfying with age. For the first time in the entire series, Squidward actually ''won'', his hard work pays off, everyone else pitches in to help him out, and [[SmugSnake Squilliam]] quite possibly [[BlackComedy suffers an abrupt heart attack and dies.]] This is a major part of the reason many fans consider it an unofficial series finale - it's a good way to send it off.

* JustHereForGodzilla: Not that this episode is considered bad by any means, but even fans who don't like it that much will sit through it just because "Band Geeks" is after it.

* TearJerker: "It's the best friends forever! Best friends forever! Ring!" [=SpongeBob=] has to use their friendship ring to prove to Patrick that it's him and not an intruder. Patrick breaks down crying because it means [=SpongeBob=] has betrayed his trust, which was why he refused to believe it was really him until that point. And the little figures of [=Spongebob=] and Patrick on the ring are so darn cute...

* CatharsisFactor: One of the major reasons for its enduring popularity, as the increasing levels of [[CosmicPlaything cosmically unjust torture]] Squidward suffers in the show’s SeasonalRot only makes this episode grow more satisfying with age. For the first time in the entire series, Squidward actually ''won'', his hard work pays off, everyone else pitches in to help him out, and [[SmugSnake Squilliam]] quite possibly [[BlackComedy suffers an abrupt heart attack and dies.]] This is a major part of the reason many fans consider it an unofficial series finale - it's a good way to end it off.

** The German dub, when [=SpongeBob=] takes over conducting, has him saying the line, "Eins, und zwei, und keine schlägerei!" ("One, and two, and no brawls!"), as though he expects one to happen again.

* JerkassWoobie: Squidward.

* SacredCow: Widely considered the best episode of the series, and (as seen below) one of the best episodes on ''any'' Nickelodeon show.

** The part where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Q5mRbkUgU Sandy stuffs Patrick into a trombone.]] From Patrick's over-the-top scream, to the way everyone just blankly stares at him without even changing expression, to the [[ISophagus trombone sounds]] when he walks before letting out a big note (that comes out of his mouth) when he sits down, every second of that scene is side-splittingly hilarious.

** The part where [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Q5mRbkUgU Sandy stuffs Patrick into a trombone.]] From Patrick's over-the-top scream, to the way everyone just blankly stares at him without even changing expression, to the [[ISophagus trombone sounds]] when he walks, every second of that scene is side-splittingly hilarious.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The Korean dub of the episode changes the famous "Big! Meaty! Claws!" line into "Some stupid yellow guy!" (In Korean culture, the term "yellow person" is slang for "a selfish, narrow-minded person.") The Hebrew dub tweaks the line so he says "Two sharp claws!" instead. The indonesian dub makes the line even more on the nose by having Harold insult Krabs by calling him "fat one with big claws!" The polish dub makes the line unusually more formal by having him say "With huge, unshapely pincers!"

* {{Woolseyism}}: The Korean dub of the episode changes the famous "Big! Meaty! Claws!" line into "Some stupid yellow guy!" (In Korean culture, the term "yellow person" is slang for "a selfish, narrow-minded person.") The Hebrew dub tweaks the line so he says "Two sharp claws!" instead. The indonesian dub makes the line even more on the nose by having Harold insult Krabs by calling him "fat one with big claws!"

* {{Woolseyism}}: The Korean dub of the episode changes the famous "Big! Meaty! Claws!" line into "Some stupid yellow guy!" (In Korean culture, the term "yellow person" is slang for "a selfish, narrow-minded person.") The Hebrew dub tweaks the line so he says "Two sharp claws!" instead.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The Korean dub of the episode changes the famous "Big! Meaty! Claws!" line into "Some stupid yellow guy!" (In Korean culture, the term "yellow person" is slang for "a selfish, narrow-minded person.")

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The scene where the two flag twirlers twirl their flags so fast they get propelled, crash into a blimp, and die. This episode first aired on September 7, 2001, just '''four days''' before 9/11.