Line #7 YMMV/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E13ScaredyPantsIWasATeenageGary


1	!!Scaredy Pants:
2	* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The Halloween version of the [=SpongeBob=] theme song, courtesy of The Ghastly Ones.
3	* CatharsisFactor: Seeing the townsfolk be immensely terrified upon [[spoiler:the sight of [=SpongeBob's=] exposed brain]] qualifies, given how they'd been scaring the bejesus out of him throughout the entire episode, with the likes of Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and even [[JerkassBall Sandy]] included.
4	* MemeticMutation: Mr. Krabs [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_8416.png choking]] has become a common image used for out-of-context ''[=SpongeBob=]'' faces, to the point of being {{Defictionaliz\|ation}}ed in the form of a [[https://youtooz.com/products/choking-mr-krabs Youtooz figure]].
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6	!!I Was a Teenage Gary:
7	* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation:
8	** When [=SpongeBob=] goes to Squidward's house after becoming a snail, is he doing so because he wants Squidward to be his owner, or is it because [=SpongeBob=] is [[AndIMustScream trying to get Squidward to help him get back to normal]]? Or alternatively, is there no rhyme or reason to it given that he's now an animal without developed thinking skills?
9	** Also the squeamish Doctor; was he being lazy, genuinely nervous, [[FridgeHorror or did he have some idea that the snail plasma, if misused, would cause a horrible mutation?]] All the above? You decide!
10	** Considering how much Squidward [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone otherwise admits what he caused]], did he really blame the snail plasma in that one particular moment (also considering [[PlayedForLaughs how it was clearly a joke]]), or was he referring to himself, [[BreadEggsBreadedEggs and/or both]]?
11	* BrokenBase: A majority of viewers think this episode is one of the worst pre-movie episodes, but others think it's a horror episode done right and has good jokes. There's also a lot of viewers who think it's [[SoOkayItsAverage average.]]
12	* {{Fanon}}: Many fans have come to believe that "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E10NoFreeRidesImYourBiggestFanatic I'm Your Biggest Fanatic]]" serves as an {{Interquel}} to this episode, believing that the jellyfish convention in that episode takes place in Ukulele Bottom. It also helps that when [=SpongeBob=] comes home in this episode, he's wearing the same hat he wore at the start of "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic".
13	* JerkassWoobie: Despite Squidward's disregard of Gary, the remorse and trauma he gets after that can make him really pitiable.
14	* MemeticMutation: Comparing this episode, particularly the snail transformations, to what happens in the horror manga, ''Manga/{{Uzumaki}}'', or to Heavy Weather from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean''.
15	* NightmareFuel:
16	** The [=SpongeSnail=] {{transformation\|Horror}}.
17	--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Something is wrong with meeeee--''ow''!
18	** Then there's Squidward's reaction when he sees [=SpongeBob=] after the fact; most of his panic is played unnervingly straight, only to end with him getting injected. The tense music ("House of Horrors", a song known for playing in tense and scary moments in the series) playing during said scene doesn’t help.
19	** [[NightmareRetardant Negated at the end]] when Gary, [=SpongeBob=], and Squidward meow to the tune of "Yo, Ho, Blow The Man Down," annoying Patrick. Though considering what we went through to get here, maybe this was intentional.
20	** The scenes of the starving, parched, near-death Gary, which can easily hit home for pet owners, especially a shot where he appears to have a spiderweb under one of his eyestalks.
21	* {{Squick}}: [=SpongeSnail's=] eye shrinking and retreating when touched...like a real snail.
22	* TearJerker: When [=SpongeBob=] comes home to see that Gary is extremely sick, he bursts into tears and cradles the little snail in his arms. Definitely a case of RealismInducedHorror for pet owners.
23	* UglyCute: [=SpongeSnail=] is actually pretty cute, even though it's [=SpongeBob=] having gone through a TransformationHorror.

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