Line #61 Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS7E18ThatSinkingFeelingKarateStar


1	'''That Sinking Feeling'''
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3	'''Original air date:''' 7/8/2010
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5	[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick dig a tunnel between their houses and unknowingly sink Squidward's house in the process.
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7	!!"That Sinking Feeling" contains examples of:
8	* ButtMonkey: Squidward as usual.
9	* CountingToThree: After [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick brought a pile of dirt in his house, Squidward threatens them to dig it out by the count of three, which frightens them.
10	-->'''Squidward:''' I'm warning you: If you don't put my house back where it belongs by the count of th-ree- raises hand but only raises two so he uses his nose Three. I am going to [[NeverSayDie grind you into Chum!]] One!\
11	'''Patrick:''' AHH!!! He's counting, anything but counting!!! Quick, [=SpongeBob!=] Dig for your life!!!\
12	'''Squidward:''' Twwwwwwwwwooooooo!\
13	'''Patrick:''' He's already at Number Two!!! Who knows how many numbers we have until he reaches three?!!\
14	'''Squidward:''' Th-ree!\
15	'''Patrick:''' ''(gasp)''\
16	'''[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick:''' '''''AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!'''''
17	* DistinctionWithoutADifference: [=SpongeBob=] tells Squidward he and Patrick weren't playing in Squidward's yard, they were playing in their yards and used his yard as a walkway.
18	* DownerEnding: Bikini Bottom sinks underground and [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, Squidward, and the rest of the Bikini Bottomites are digging out the town. This doesn't seem to affect [=SpongeBob=], though.
19	* FearInducedIdiocy: Patrick and [=SpongeBob=] run from [[UnstoppableRage an enraged Squidward]] while they're underground. Because of how panicked they are, [[OneDimensionalThinking they simply attempt to dig through the rock instead of around it.]] This is {{downplayed\|trope}}, since [[TheDitz neither of them are particularly smart (especially Patrick)]].
20	* InsultBackfire:
21	-->'''Squidward:''' I knew you two reprobates were behind this.\
22	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Yeah! We're reprobates!\
23	'''Squidward:''' That was an insult.\
24	'''Patrick:''' And we're insulted!
25	* LoopholeAbuse: Squidward tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick they cannot play on his yard, so they dig ''under'' it.
26	* NeverSayDie: Squidward forces [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick to dig out his house on the count of three, or he'll "grind them into chum". Chum is fish guts, and this is an underwater show, so it seemed like Squidward wanted to ''kill'' them.
27	* NoEnding: In the end, all of Bikini Bottom is sunken, but there's [[SnapBack no explanation how everything was dug out by the next episode]].
28	* OhCrap:
29	** [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick when Squidward is enraged enough to the point of them unable to dig his house out, followed by an even bigger one when they cannot go any further and he rounds on them.
30	** An earlier one done by [=SpongeBob=] when Squidward is on the cusp of a RageBreakingPoint; cue him saying "Wuh-oh!"
31	* OneDimensionalThinking: When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are being chased by Squidward and encounter a rock, they tried to go ''through'' it, rather than over, under, or around it.
32	* OverlyLongGag: The episode starts with [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick repeatedly running back and forth from Sponge's house to Pat's and back across Squidward's front yard while laughing.
33	* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Squidward has a couple of these:
34	** "Stop...playing... [[SuddenlyShouting IN MY YARD!]]"
35	** "[[UnstoppableRage You... two... morons... SUNK MY HOUSE!]]"
36	* TheScream: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have a long and horrified one in unison when they cannot dig out Squidward's house in time, leading to the climatic chase scene. They let out another when they cannot go any further and Squidward comes right around the bend.
37	* ShoutOut: The underground chase is a reference to ''VideoGame/DigDug'', right down to Squidward getting crushed by a rock, though unlike the original game, Squidward simply pushes it off.
38	* TearsOfRemorse: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's response to Squidward's second PunctuatedForEmphasis response above.
39	-->'''[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick:''' We're sorry...
40	* TemptingFate: When [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's digging causes the Krusty Krab to fall underground, Plankton gloats that the Chum Bucket is now the only restaurant in town. The Chum Bucket promptly also falls underground, and when he sees what happened he lets out a dejected "Nuts."
41	* ThisIsMySide: Squidward draws a rectangle around his yard so that [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick wouldn't play on it.
42	* UnstoppableRage: Squidward was ''really'' set over the edge after [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick brought the dirt into his house.
43	* WhosOnFirst: Patrick tells Squidward that he doesn't need to thank them for burying his house, and Squidward angrily asks "THANK YOU?!!", to which Patrick says "You're welcome".
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45	'''Karate Star'''
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47	'''Original air date:''' 7/9/2010
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49	Patrick's new karate skills cause him to wreak havoc on Bikini Bottom.
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51	!!"Karate Star" contains examples of:
52	* AnAesop: Martial arts, including karate, are all bound under a strict code of honor that practitioners must follow. In this case, martial arts must be done in self-defense, not to hurt other people.
53	* BigNo:
54	** Done by [=SpongeBob=] when Patrick is about to chop a baby.
55	** The panicking fish who warns [=SpongeBob=] about Patrick's mad chopping screams this once [=SpongeBob=] leaves the Krusty Krab.
56	* ComesGreatResponsibility: What Patrick learns in the end.
57	* DoNotExplainTheJoke: Happens in the beginning when [=SpongeBob=] makes Gary a pineapple sculpture of him.
58	--> '''[=SpongeBob:=]''' Cuz you're so sweet. Get it? Cuz pineapples are sweet, and you are sweet also as well. Get it? ''(Gary leaves)''
59	* FurryReminder: Patrick tears off his own arm and regenerates it just like a real-life sea star would. The severed arm also regenerates a new body that is still a mad chopper.
60	* HopeSpot: When Patrick causes the Barg N' Mart to collapse, he mistakes a packet of cleaning sponges for [=SpongeBob=] and thinks he crushed him. When a random fish points out his mistake, Patrick is relieved...at first.
61	-->'''Patrick:''' ''(Hopefully)'' Then I haven't crushed the life out of my best friend in the world?\
62	'''Fish:''' Uh, I wouldn't say ''that''.\
63	''(Screen pans out to show [=SpongeBob=]'s feet sticking out from under a tower of rubble)''
64	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Patrick is remorseful when he sees [=SpongeBob=] crushed under the Barg'N-Mart debris.
65	* ShoutOut: The way that only [=SpongeBob's=] legs are seen when he is crushed is similar to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
66	** When Patrick slices the cinder block in half, the halves look similar to the brick blocks from ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros''.
67	** Patrick not being able to control his hand when it chops is similar to ''Film/IdleHands''.
68	** Patrick saying "Oh, yeah!" and bursting through a brick wall might be a reference to vintage Kool-Aid commercials.
69	* StorefrontTelevisionDisplay: Patrick is on an uncontrollable karate-chopping rampage and is chopping down the Barg-N-Mart. He chops down a giant screen TV that is broadcasting a news report about him, and then chops down an even "gianter" TV! They're not in the storefront but rather in the aisles.
70	* StrongButUnskilled: Patrick is deemed incapable of learning formal karate training, aside from a simple chop. However, his monstrous strength allows him to perform a perfect slice even on the hardest of substances.
71	* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: When a fish informs [=SpongeBob=] that Patrick is causing trouble, he sets out to stop him on his own despite the fish's protests.
72	* ThisIsUnforgivable: Patrick says this to his hand which he then takes apart.
73	* TyopOnTheCover: An in-universe example - Bikini Botto'''n''' Arcade.
74	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [=SpongeBob=] advises Patrick to use his karate skills responsibly. Unsurprisingly, he didn't listen.

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