Line #23 Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E2BubblestandRippedPants


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:It's all in the technique.]]
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4	'''Bubblestand'''
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6	'''Original air date:''' 7/17/1999 ''(produced in 1998)''
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8	It's a beautiful day in Bikini Bottom and [=SpongeBob=] decides it's the perfect day to build a bubblestand, much to Squidward's annoyance. Now for only 25 cents, [=SpongeBob=] will teach anyone who's willing the proper technique to creating the perfect bubble. Just as Squidward wonders aloud who would be stupid enough to pay to blow bubbles, Patrick shows up and [=SpongeBob=] begins his show of amazing bubble creations, which bothers Squidward even further. When Squidward's attempts to blow bubbles for himself fail, he is forced to do his own take on [=SpongeBob=]'s technique with unexpected results.
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10	!!"Bubblestand" contains examples of:
11	* AchievementsInIgnorance: Squidward somehow manages to blow a really big bubble by making a mocking demonstration of [=SpongeBob=]'s bubble-blowing technique and then screaming loudly into the wand. He doesn't realize what he's accomplished until he stops screaming to catch his breath.
12	* AnswerCut: Patrick's introduction to the episode amounts to this.
13	-->'''Squidward:''' Oh, puh-lease. I mean, who in the world would ''pay'' to blow bubbles?!\
14	'''Patrick:''' ''(rock opens)'' Good morning! ''(falls into his house hole)''\
15	'''Squidward:''' [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Oh, boy...]]
16	* BlowingARaspberry: What Squidward's bubbles do when he blows them.
17	* BottleEpisode: The entire episode is set at [=SpongeBob=]'s home lane Conch Street.
18	* BrickJoke: When Patrick gives [=SpongeBob=] a quarter (the same one he gave him), [=SpongeBob=] [[TastyGold bites it]] (to make sure it's not a fake/counterfeit coin). He does this again when Squidward gives him one later on, and it bends (meaning Squidward [[PokeThePoodle gave him a fake coin]]).
19	* BrokenRecord: After Squidward successfully did the technique, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick [[SayMyName chant his name]] until a giant bubble approaches Squidward's house. What's their reaction? [[DidntThinkThisThrough Chant his name again]]!
20	* CorrelationCausationGag: [=SpongeBob=] blows a tugboat bubble which sounds off a deep, loud horn when it pops. At the time, Squidward was playing his clarinet in his house, confusing him and causing him to shake the thing as if he made that sound.
21	* CounterfeitCash: The quarter Squidward gives [=SpongeBob=] seems to be fake, as it bends when [=SpongeBob=] bites it.
22	* DoubleTake: [=SpongeBob=]'s bubble blowing technique includes [[RuleOfThree three in a row]].
23	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
24	** [=SpongeBob=] makes a bubble of a caterpillar and a butterfly. The season 2 episode [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E5WormyPattyHype Wormy]] has him and Patrick being unfamiliar with them, so it's either this trope or SeriesContinuityError.
25	** From the outside, the windows on Squidward's house appear as completely black. Past this episode, they're the usual light blue color.
26	** Patrick refers to [=SpongeBob=] as "Sponge" when he asks if he could borrow a quarter. This never happens again.
27	* FloatingInABubble: Squidward's house towards the end.
28	* GainaxEnding: After the bubble that envelops Squidward's house pops, all that happens is... [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick give each other {{Aside Glance}}s, run back to their houses, Squidward's house lands in its original spot, and Squidward plays a solemn song off-key. And that's it.
29	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The giant bubble that Squidward makes then captures his house and sends it floating high above the ground, popping and sending the house crashing back down at his expense.
30	* HypocriticalHumor: Squidward gets mad at [=SpongeBob=] for making loud noise. He then proceeds to loudly play his clarinet out the window.
31	* IAmNotWeasel: Patrick calls [=SpongeBob's=] bubble elephant a giraffe.
32	* LemonadeStandPlot: This episode sees [=SpongeBob=] set up a stand selling a chance to blow bubbles for 25 cents. Rather than focus on profits or loss, however, the episode revolves around [=SpongeBob=] teaching Patrick how to blow a bubble while Squidward is annoyed by the whole setup. Though the product is different, the other details are functionally identical.
33	* MinimalistCast: Only [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Squidward appear.
34	* MundaneMadeAwesome: [=SpongeBob=]'s bubble blowing technique.
35	* NotSoInnocentWhistle: Done by [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick when Squidward tries (and fails) to show them how simple it is to blow a bubble.
36	* OhCrap: [=SpongeBob=] when his elephant bubble squeezes through Squidward's house, ready to pop. Then he and Patrick have one after the giant bubble begins to approach the house and engulf it.
37	* OverlyLongGag: [=SpongeBob=] hammering slowly and looking back at Squidward's house on the pause.
38	* RunningGag: Patrick going too long with his reactions long after [=SpongeBob=] stops with his.
39	* SurroundedByIdiots:
40	-->'''Squidward:''' How did I ever get surrounded by such loser neighbors?
41	* TastyGold: [=SpongeBob=] bites into a quarter Patrick gave him to see if it's real... despite it being the exact same quarter he gave Patrick mere seconds before. He does the same thing to Squidward's quarter, which bends when he bites it.
42	* YankTheDogsChain: Squidward briefly learns how to play the clarinet well after using [=SpongeBob=]'s bubble technique until his house gets sucked inside a giant bubble, and it loudly pops, apparently destroying his clarinet skills.
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45	[[caption-width-right:350:"I didn't have to be a ''fool'' to get Sandy's attention!"]]
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47	'''Ripped Pants'''
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49	'''Original air date:''' 7/17/1999 ''(produced in 1998)''
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51	[=SpongeBob=] is spending the day at Goo Lagoon with Sandy and is having fun making her laugh, but finds the spotlight stolen by the buff and athletic Larry the Lobster. While trying to join them in lifting weights, [=SpongeBob=] rips his pants in front of everyone and is humiliated. He then discovers that everyone thought he did it on purpose and finds him hilarious. [=SpongeBob=] then proceeds to find creative ways to split his pants and send everyone in hysterics... until he does so after pretending to drown. Joining several other miscasts on the beach, he learns that if he wants to win over his friends, just be himself... in song!
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53	!!"Ripped Pants" contains examples of:
54	* AttentionWhore: As the episode goes on, [=SpongeBob=] keeps ripping his pants, not by accident or to merely get a laugh out of everyone, but because he keeps trying to get attention out of them. It eventually goes [[GoneHorriblyWrong wrong]], and all his attention gets stripped away from him.
55	* BaitAndSwitch: One character complains of sand in his buns, then pulls out his ''hamburger'' buns full of sand.
56	* BeachBury: An elderly whale is buried in the sand.
57	* BeachEpisode: The first one of the series.
58	* BeYourself: What [=SpongeBob=]'s song is about in the end.
59	* BigWhy: The lifeguard when he finds the seemingly drowned [=SpongeBob=] and believes [[YouAreTooLate he arrived too late]].
60	* BlackComedy: When [=SpongeBob=] fakes drowning to get a laugh.
61	* BottleEpisode: The entire episode takes place at Goo Lagoon.
62	* DudeNotFunny: While the beachgoers were [[OverusedRunningGag already getting sick]] of [=SpongeBob=]'s "ripped pants" schtick, they desert him in disgust once he pretends to drown as a lead-in to yet another variation of it. Sandy spells it out for him.
63	-->'''Sandy:''' That wasn't funny, [=SpongeBob=]! [[AngerBornOfWorry Y'all had me worried sick]]!
64	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
65	** [=SpongeBob=] appears to dislike Larry in this episode. It's implied that Larry was initially meant to be a JerkJock and rival to [=SpongeBob=] for Sandy's attention, especially in the song that says he "came 'round just to put him down", when nothing of the sort happened. Later episodes would portray Larry as a LovableJock and an all around NiceGuy who [=SpongeBob=] is always friendly towards ([[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsRevengeOfTheFlyingDutchman except for one time]]).
66	** This episode also clearly displays the crush [=SpongeBob=] had on Sandy since when everyone deserts him, he's most hurt by her absence. His song also makes mention of how "no girl ever wants to dance with a fool who went and ripped his pants", clearly alluding to Sandy and the apparent rivalry with Larry. [=SpongeBob=]'s crush on Sandy ultimately went away as the early seasons went on.
67	* EmbarrassinglyPainfulSunburn: One of the fish claiming to be the biggest loser on the beach has one.
68	* EpicFail:
69	** [=SpongeBob=] tries and fails to lift a mere stick with marshmallows on the ends, with it being akin to lifting a super heavy weight.
70	** [=SpongeBob's=] faux-drowning gag.
71	--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Let's see... Lifting weights: Big laugh. Frisbee in face: Kills. Surfing: Knocks 'em dead. Pretending to drown: '''NO'''.
72	* EveryoneHasStandards: Scooter the SurferDude fish is the most amused by [=SpongeBob=]'s antics. But after [=SpongeBob=]'s fake drowning stunt causes everyone to angrily storm off, Scooter sadly shakes his head in disappointment, quietly saying "Dude..."
73	* FakingTheDead: [=SpongeBob=] used this to try and make people laugh. It fails horribly, and everyone is mad at him as a result.
74	* GreenEyedMonster: [=SpongeBob=] seems to hold some animosity towards [[LovableJock Larry]], mainly because he [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter impresses Sandy more]].
75	-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Oh, no. Everybody's gone. Even Sandy! She'd rather hang out with ''Larry''! Oh, no. [[RapidFireNo Oh, no, no, no, nooo...]]
76	* MustMakeAmends: [=SpongeBob=] does this with this song with the help of three other miscasts to win everyone back on his side, especially Sandy.
77	* LaserGuidedKarma: [=SpongeBob=]'s attempt to make another ripped pants joke by [[FakingTheDead pretending to drown]] [[DudeNotFunny doesn't earn him any laughs]], and only causes everyone, including Sandy to leave in anger. Sandy, in particular [[WhatTheHellHero spells it out to [=SpongeBob=] that what he did wasn't cool.]]
78	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When [=SpongeBob=] realizes just how much his newest attempt at ripping his pants really hurt Sandy and he sees the consequences of his actions, he finally realizes that he went too far.
79	* NakedPeopleAreFunny: [=SpongeBob=] leans in to sign Larry's pants, only for his underwear to rip off completely.
80	* OutclassedAtTheGym: Larry and Sandy perform impressive weightlifting feats, while [=SpongeBob=] struggles to lift a stick with two marshmallows on its sides. The strain causes him to accidentally rip his pants, and although he is mortified at first, he comes to embrace the crowd's laughter. For the rest of the episode, [=SpongeBob=] keeps purposefully ripping his pants while failing to keep up with Larry and Sandy's athletic achievements, eventually alienating observers due to the sheer saturation of the joke.
81	* OverusedRunningGag: [=SpongeBob=] ripping his pants becomes this in-story.
82	* PatheticallyWeak: [=SpongeBob=] rips his pants trying and failing miserably to lift a stick with just two, count 'em, ''two'', marshmallows attached to the ends like it's a dumbbell. Provides the trope image.
83	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: After being left alone after his fake drowning stunt, [=SpongeBob=] lays there and shouts to no one in particular "Am I the biggest loser on the beach?!", and he's approached by three other beachgoers who claim that ''they're'' the biggest loser on the beach, with a woman fish who forgot her sunscreen and got heavy sunburn, a male fish who got sand in his (hamburger) buns, and a whale who got buried in the sand by his friends only to be left there forgotten.
84	* RuleOfThree: Three more "losers" on the beach feel remorseful of [=SpongeBob=].
85	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [=SpongeBob=]'s own pants walked out on him after angering everyone with the ripped pants stunt:
86	-->'''[=SpongeBob=]'s pants''': What do you mean "we"?
87	* ShoutOut: [=SpongeBob=] references the song [[Film/TheManFromHongKong "Sky High" by Jigsaw]], fittingly enough in his ''own'' song, by saying, "But I went and blew it, all sky high."
88	* SingingVoiceDissonance: During the song at the end, the squeaky-voiced [=SpongeBob=] somehow sings with a soulful, deep male voice, which doesn't sound anything like him.
89	* SnarkyInanimateObject: [=SpongeBob's=] pants leave him after making a comment that only [=SpongeBob=] blew it.
90	* SplittingPants: The whole premise of the episode. The first time it happens to [=SpongeBob=], it is a genuine accident and it earns him a quick laugh from those who witnessed it, but then he keeps doing it on purpose to try and make people laugh again.
91	* SuperStrength: Sandy and Larry's strength is first shown in this episode.
92	* TitleDrop: The episode's title is mentioned several times by [=SpongeBob=].
93	* WhatTheHellHero: The beachgoers were ''not'' happy when [=SpongeBob=] pretended to drown for the sake of a joke. Sandy even says that [=SpongeBob=] worried her sick with his "joke".
94	* {{Wormsign}}: [=SpongeBob=] burrowing underground to go to a fish who's set up a campfire results in the sand he travels underneath being pushed up in a line.

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