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6	'''Are You Happy Now?'''
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8	'''Original air date''': 3/31/2012 ''(produced in 2011)''
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10	[=SpongeBob=] tries to help Squidward find his "happiest memory".
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12	!!"Are You Happy Now?" contains examples of:
13	* AgonyOfTheFeet: [=SpongeBob=] accidentally jams a flag on Squidward's foot.
14	* AnAesop:
15	** Your happy memory can come from anywhere, and it will happen when it’s time.
16	** Don't force people to be happy; it'll only annoy them even more.
17	* BaitAndSwitchSuicide: When Squidward goes into a depression he sticks his head in the oven but is really taking brownies out. In another part he throws a rope with a loop in the end over the ceiling but is really hoisting up a bird cage.
18	* BeardOfSorrow: Squidward grows a stubble while under depression.
19	* BookEnds: The episode starts at the Krusty Krab where [=SpongeBob=] is happy, but Squidward is not; the episode ends at the Krusty Krab where Squidward is happy at destroying the paper mache [=SpongeBobs=], and [=SpongeBob=] is happy, too.
20	* DarkerAndEdgier: ZigZagged. The episode starts out pretty standard for an episode of this show, and the antics [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward encounter in the first half are what you would expect. But in the second half, the story becomes much more serious as Squidward becomes clinically depressed because of his inability to be happy or have a happy memory, and aside from two jokes that [[BaitAndSwitchSuicide misleads the audience into thinking Squidward is about to kill himself]], ''nothing'' about this is PlayedForLaughs.
21	* {{Determinator}}: [=SpongeBob=] stops at nothing to find Squidward's happiest memory, let alone create one himself.
22	* DrivenToSuicide: {{Subverted\|Trope}}. It looked like Squidward was going to hang himself, but he was really hoisting up a bird cage. Also, what looks like Squidward with his head in the oven is him taking brownies out.
23	%%ZCE * TheEeyore: '''Squidward''', full stop.
24	* EyeScream: The bow of a violin gets lodged in Squidward's eye.
25	* {{Foreshadowing}}: After falling off a mountain, Squidward tells [=SpongeBob=] he will not be involved in his happiest memory. [=SpongeBob=] actually ''does'' get involved in the happiest memory later on, as Squidward destroys all the paper mache copies of him.
26	* HeroicBSOD: Squidward sinks into depression when he thinks he'll never have a happiest memory at all, let alone one including [=SpongeBob=].
27	* MoodDissonance: Squidward violently destroying all the paper mache [=SpongeBobs=] at the Krusty Krab, all while [[ObliviousToHatred the real [=SpongeBob=] smiles with joy]] at finally making a happiest memory for Squidward.
28	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [=SpongeBob=] seems more like a NiceGuy toward Squidward in this episode, compared to how he acts as an annoying neighbor in most of the series. He is upset to hear Squidward doesn't have a happiest memory and joins in crying with him, and while [=SpongeBob=] does try to find one by doing activities with him, the various accidents and injuries Squidward suffered were not [=SpongeBob=]'s fault. It is to the point [=SpongeBob=] won't rest until he makes a happy memory for Squidward when he falls into depression.
29	* SelectiveMemory: Depression can affect memory and perception, making it impossible not only to feel happy but to comprehend that anything can bring happiness. Squidward's definitely had happy memories before (“Band Geeks,” "Love That Squid," "Enchanted Tiki Dreams," etc.), but his inability to recall any of them is tragically consistent with the depression he's clearly going through. Then again, this might just be NegativeContinuity.
30	* VerySpecialEpisode: About depression.
31	* WingdingEyes: Squidward gets skull and crossbones eyes as he sees [=SpongeBob=] made paper mache copies of himself as their party guests.
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35	'''Planet of the Jellyfish'''
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37	'''Original air date''': 3/31/2012 ''(produced in 2011)''
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39	[=SpongeBob=] and Sandy must defeat an evil Jellien overlord that is replacing everyone in Bikini Bottom with evil clones.
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41	!!"Planet of the Jellyfish" contains examples of:
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43	* ArcWords: The cloned Bikini Bottomites repeatedly shout "Hold the mayonnaise!", which turns out to be their weakness in the climax as mayonnaise can destroy them.
44	* BlackEyesOfEvil: The Jelliens have black eyes which appear in place of the character they take the form of.
45	* TheEndOrIsIt: In the last scene, Patrick orders a Krabby Patty, without the mayo. This shocks [=SpongeBob=] as he looks suspiciously at Patrick, cutting to a "The End?" card as the episode ends.
46	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: A timecard explains it took eleven minutes for [=SpongeBob=] to tell the whole story.
47	* MistakenForAliens: Despite their name being a portmanteau of jellyfish and aliens, Jelliens aren't explicitly aliens at all, with their implied origin actually being underground.
48	* MorphicResonance: When a Jellien takes the place of someone, they look just like that character except with black eyes and slightly darker skin.
49	* NearVillainVictory: The Jellien leader nearly succeeds on taking over Bikini Bottom. The only reason he loses is [=SpongeBob's=] desire to have a Jellien for a pet & Sandy not coming out which could've had her replaced with a Jellien clone and the defeated him w/ mayonnaise.
50	* NonMaliciousMonster: Jellien Patrick is the only Jellien clone that isn't hostile towards [=SpongeBob=]. The only really "hostile" thing he does is eat a Krabby Patty that [=SpongeBob=] was about to put mayonnaise on.
51	* PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle: The title is a reference to ''Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes''.
52	* ShoutOut: Two, one to Planet of the Apes and one to Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
53	* TickleTorture: Sandy straps [=SpongeBob=] to a table and tickles him in order to find out if he is really a "jelly-clone."
54	* WeaksauceWeakness: The Jelliens are weak against mayonnaise.
55	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fate of Gary's flowerpot shelled Jellien clone is left unknown. Though it's most likely dead since the clones all died when their creator was destroyed.

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