Line #3 Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS11E12DriveHappyOldManPatrick


1	'''Original air date''': 2/13/2018 ''(produced in 2017)''
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3	[=SpongeBob=] buys a sentient self-driving car that tries to control his life. / When Patrick thinks he's an old man, [=SpongeBob=] tries to show him how much fun being a kid can be.
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5	!!"Drive Happy" contains examples of:
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7	* AIIsACrapshoot: Coupe is a self-driving car who is sentient, but proves to be just as bad as Le Spatula.
8	* ButtMonkey: [=SpongeBob=]'s new car leads him into this status yet again. At first, Coupe hogs [=SpongeBob=]'s bedroom, forcing him and Gary to sleep outside in the rain. Then, he doesn't want to be seen in front of the Krusty Krab, so he starts doing things for himself and takes ''cruel'' advantage of [=SpongeBob=].
9	* CoolCar: Played with. Coupe is a fancy self-driving car on the outside, but when you get to know him, he's a snobby, self-absorbed asshole.
10	* DisasterDominoes: While to minor avail, [=SpongeBob=] tries to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard invoke revenge]] on Coupe by installing a wheel on him and driving to work against the car's will. This backfires when Coupe gets a hold on [=SpongeBob=] with its seatbelts, but [=SpongeBob=] orders a large Krabby Patty with ice cream scoops and throws it on Coupe to interfere with his operation. Revenge is thereby invoked on him by Patrick.
11	* FateWorseThanDeath: At the end, Coupe demands to be sold for vehicle parts to be put out of his misery.
12	* IrisOut: The episode ends on one. These became consecutive from this episode on.
13	* ItsAllAboutMe: Coupe has a ''very'' selfish demeanor.
14	* {{Jerkass}}: Coupe. He has a horrendous attitude and shows no concern for [=SpongeBob=]'s well-being, only doing things for his own seflish needs. Luckily the self-absorbed bastard gets hit by LaserGuidedKarma in the end.
15	* LaserGuidedKarma: Coupe receives his comeuppance at the end when he is used as a kiddy ride in front of the Krusty Krab by Patrick, who is acting like a complete idiot and sloppily eaten ice cream. Serves that pathetic excuse for a car right for all the trouble he put on [=SpongeBob=] this whole episode.
16	* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: To ''Film/DriveAngry''.
17	* SeriesContinuityError: [=SpongeBob=] seems to have forgotten that his pineapple has a garage, instead letting Coupe into his living room and then his bedroom.
18	* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: [=SpongeBob=] receives one at the garage for all the tuning up Coupe gets for himself.
19	* SpecialGuest: Creator/BrianGeorge as Coupe.
20	* TookALevelInDumbass: This is one of the episodes where Patrick's stupidity is taken to ''extreme'' levels: All he does here is smash his butt on Coupe and [[ItMakesSenseInContext eat ice cream out of his belly button]]. [[LaserGuidedKarma It's a good thing it makes a good comeuppance for Coupe]].
21	* YourSizeMayVary: Coupe is big enough for at least two passengers until the end scene, where he can just barely fit Patrick.
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24	'''Original air date''': 2/14/2018 ''(produced in 2017)''
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26	!!"Old Man Patrick" contains examples of:
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28	* BlackComedy: Someone pretending to die.
29	* BrainFreeze: Patrick gets one following his consumption of several bowls of prune ice cream.
30	* BrickJoke: Midway through the episode, a fish pretends to flatline, scaring Patrick. Near the end of the episode, [=SpongeBob=] pull the same trick on Patrick.
31	* ContinuityNod: The Bunny Buns arcade that [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Mr. Krabs went to in "Mid-Life Crustacean" reappears in this episode.
32	* DisneyDeath: A fish flatlined and it’s revealed to be a trick. The same thing happens to [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] as an old man]] later.
33	* EarlyBirdCameo: One of the kids at Bunny Buns is a green version of Elwood, who would go on to be a BitCharacter on ''WesternAnimation/KampKoral''.
34	* GrumpyOldMan: Patrick in this episode.
35	* IrisOut: Just like its sister episode.
36	* NeverMessWithGranny: Marco learns this at the end.
37	* OpeningShoutOut: [=SpongeBob=] helps Patrick remember who he is by re-enacting the opening theme.
38	* RambunctiousItalian: Marco.
39	* RapidAging: Patrick becomes an old man after receiving a brain freeze.
40	* RunningGag: Some playing Marco Polo, only for a fish named Marco to show up and threaten them with violence if they keep shouting his name.
41	* SanityBall: Patrick ''massively'' outgrows his past immaturity and behaves like an old man after aging into one. [[spoiler: Of course, he goes back to his old ways in the end.]]
42	* ShoutOut: The music for Bunny Buns is similar to Yakety Sax, the ending theme for ''Series/TheBennyHillShow''.
43	* SuckECheeses: Bunny Buns.

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