Line #26 Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS9E18TheFishbowlMarriedtoMoney


1	->Written by Kyle [=McCulloch=] and Jack Pendarvis (The Fishbowl) / Josh Androsky and Daniel Dominguez (Married to Money)
2	->Storyboard by John Trabbic (The Fishbowl) / Lynne Naylor (Married to Money)
3	->Animation Directors: Alan Smart and Tom Yasumi
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5	'''Original air date''': 5/2/2016 ''(produced in 2015)''
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7	!!"The Fishbowl" contains examples of:
8	* ActingUnnatural: Sandy wants to observe [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick acting natural, but when she starts recording data, they start acting very ''un''natural.
9	* BrickJoke: When Sandy first decides to experiment on Patrick and [=SpongeBob=], she shouts "Eureka", which then cuts to a gold-fishing prospector saying "That's my line". Sandy later says "Double Eureka" and it cuts to two prospectors saying "That's our line".
10	* DidntSeeThatComing: Sandy says this word-per-word when she sees [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick beginning to fight each other.
11	* DissensionRemorse: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick immediately stop their fighting when Sandy arrives to reveal she was filming them for an experiment.
12	* EtTuBrute: Upon finding out that Gary was helping Sandy study them, [=SpongeBob=] responds with "Et tu, Gary?"
13	* FeudEpisode: Sandy's meddling with the experiment ends up degrading into one between [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick.
14	* GrossUpCloseUp: Of Patrick's feet when he makes [=SpongeBob=] rub them.
15	* ImagineSpot: Patrick has one on being the head of his own corporation and doing nothing but playing with the telephone and spilling a cup of coffee on the ground.
16	* JerkassBall: One of the complaints for this episode was that Patrick is a jerk to [=SpongeBob=] when he is put in charge. He does have a JerkassRealization, though.
17	* HollywoodPsych: Sandy's "experiment" breaks some critical rules.
18	** There's no hypothesis or questions asked. What data is Sandy looking for? What does she expect the results to be? How would other researchers be able to reproduce this test? The goals of exactly what Sandy is trying to accomplish here are unclear to begin with.
19	** Sandy consistently refers to what she's doing as an "experiment". This does not fit the definition, as it does not have a control group or defined variables.
20	** Sandy's description of "I observe you while you two act normal" would befit a naturalistic observation. The ''key point'' of this is that researchers must not disturb the participants or their environment. Sandy explicitly tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick about the observation, which means the data is incredibly skewed.
21	** The informed consent process, where the researcher tells the subjects anything they might be expected to do, is very brief and nonspecific in this episode. There is also no debriefing process at the end, where the researcher explains the purpose of the test and any deception they may have used. By not including these processes, Sandy breaks the rules of ethical studies.
22	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Patrick [[JerkassRealization realizes he was a monster]] after being a {{Jerkass}} to [=SpongeBob=] in this episode.
23	* RageBreakingPoint: [=SpongeBob=] finally snaps and [[HighPressureEmotion steams with anger]] when Patrick eats his ice cream.
24	* RunningGag:
25	** Squidward not getting his ice cream.
26	** [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick freezing like robots whenever they realize they are being filmed.
27	* SanitySlippage: Squidward getting upset that there’s no more ice cream in the end of the episode.
28	* ShowdownAtHighNoon: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick end up igniting this when Patrick drops his ice cream, complete with letterbox shots and western music.
29	* StanfordPrisonExperiment: Sandy's experiment is a WholePlotReference to this.
30	* YouNeedABreathMint: When Sandy invites [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick to help out with her experiments, Patrick [[MondegreenGag mishears]] this and his bad breath burns his face. Patrick then says, "I could use a mint!"
31	* YourHeadAsplode: Patrick's head explodes when he realizes that "Mr. Pavlovi" the ice cream vendor is actually Sandy in disguise.
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34	'''Original air date''': 5/3/2016 ''(produced in 2015)''
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36	!!"Married to Money" contains examples of:
37	* BouquetToss: [=SpongeBob=] quickly constructs a bouquet for Cashina to toss. A lot of women, including Mrs. Puff, clamor for it. But Patrick ends up catching it in his mouth and swallowing it.
38	* CallBack:
39	** The sea bear from "The Camping Episode" makes a return as part of Plankton's plan to steal the formula.
40	** Just as he did in "Truth or Square", [=SpongeBob=] sets up an extremely low-budget party for the Krusty Krab using the restaurant's food and condiments.
41	* CannotTellFictionFromReality: Pearl is hostile to the idea of gaining a stepmother on the basis [[WickedStepmother that she would get mistreated]] akin to {{Literature/Cinderella}}. Mr. Krabs' reaction implies it's [[NoodleIncident not the first time]] she's gotten fiction and reality confused.
42	-->'''Pearl:''' No way! I have seen stepmoms in movies, Dad. She'll make me sweep up the cinders, and then she won't let me go to the ball! And then I'll ''never'' meet my Prince Charming!\
43	'''Mr. Krabs:''' Ya know, we're gonna have to have another talk about fantasy and reality.
44	* DownerEnding: Mr. Krabs is about to reveal the secret formula to Cashina, only to suddenly get emotional and tear up. One of said tears causes Plankton's control panel to short circuit, and Cashina blows up, revealing herself as Plankton. Mr. Krabs is too emotionally devastated to even bother crushing Plankton, choosing to bemoan his loneliness to him instead. Plankton, being [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk Plankton,]] then insults Krabs and leaves him crying in his hotel room, vowing to get the formula someday.
45	* EmbarrassingDampSheets: It is mentioned that Mr. Krabs wet his bed until he was 40.
46	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Plankton says this to Mr. Krabs after the latter becomes depressed from finding out Cashina was Plankton in disguise.
47	-->'''Plankton:''' Get a hold of yourself Krabs.
48	* IrisOut: The first HD episode to end with this, before becoming a prominent example in future seasons.
49	* KarmaHoudini: Besides leaving empty-handed [[StatusQuoIsGod as usual]], Plankton doesn't receive any comeuppance for destroying Mr. Krabs' heart.
50	* MiniMecha: Plankton used this under a false identity Cashina.
51	* MoneyFetish: Mr. Krabs {{exaggerate\|dTrope}}s it here by being in a relationship with a sentient wad of money.
52	* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: Mr. Krabs introduces himself to Cashina this way.
53	* OcularGushers: When Pearl worries that Cashina will treat her like a slave, her tears flood the house and Mr. Krabs pulls a plug from the floor to drain Pearl's tears.
54	* PaperThinDisguise: Cashina was actually Plankton. This is actually the 5th time he disguises himself for the sake of the plot.
55	* RightForTheWrongReasons: Pearl is completely correct to be suspicious of Cashina. However, she's suspicious on the basis that Cashina would become her stepmom and [[WickedStepmother mistreat her]], when in actuality it's because Cashina is actually Plankton in disguise as part of another scheme to steal the formula.
56	* ShockAndAwe: This happens twice when Mr. Krabs kisses Cashina.
57	* SpaghettiKiss: Subverted: Mr. Krabs and Cashina do end up pulling on the same piece, but Plankton cuts it off before they can kiss.
58	* TookALevelInBadass: In "The Camping Episode", [=SpongeBob=] was afraid of sea bears to the point where his only means of defense was to draw a circle in the sand to keep one away. In this episode, he's become capable of taming numerous sea bears at once.
59	* WhyDontYouMarryIt: After Plankton's failed attempts to get the Krabby Patty secret formula in the beginning, he mocks Mr. Krabs's love for money and asks why doesn't he marry it. To which Mr. Krabs replies sadly that he would if he could.
60	* WingdingEyes: One of the sea bears has hearts in its eyes when [=SpongeBob=] covers himself in jellyfish honey.

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