Original air date: 7/6/2019 (produced in 2018)
SpongeBob's alarm clock is broken, and if he keeps oversleeping and missing work, he risks a firing. What kind of alarm could possibly get him there on time?
"Broken Alarm" contains examples of:
- Bait-and-Switch Comment:Mr. Krabs: You better be at work on time! Or else... I'll have to open up and close the restaurant an hour later!
- Big "NO!": SpongeBob does this when Mr. Krabs reveals that he will have to open the restaurant an hour later due to SpongeBob not being able to show up on time.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Some of the earlier dialogue of SpongeBob trying to fix his alarm clock brings to mind an I Can Change My Beloved scenario. After it breaks, he hugs it to defend it from Krabs and Squidward, saying "I can fix it!" As he's fixing it in his front yard, he tells it, "I still love you!"
- Dude, Not Funny!: Mr. Krabs assumes the worst when SpongeBob does not make it to work, and he insists they go over to SpongeBob's house to check on his possible remains. Squidward gleefully replies "With pleasure." Mr. Krabs is not amused and Squidward asks if it's too soon.
- Failure Montage: All of SpongeBob's attempts at using a substitute alarm clock result in SpongeBob arriving to work late.
- Heavy Sleeper: SpongeBob turns out to be one if he doesn't have his alarm clock to wake him up, which is why he has such a large and loud one.
- Never Say "Die": Mr. Krabs announces that Spongebob has “passed away” and refers to his “passing”.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Krabs immediately assumes that Spongebob has literally died when he doesn’t show up for work on time.
- Rube Goldberg Device: SpongeBob builds one out of all the alarm clocks he buys to help him get to work and do his job while he sleeps.
- Shout-Out:
- During a montage, SpongeBob passes through the famous painting The Persistence of Memory (the one with the melting clocks).
- SpongeBob's Rube Goldberg Device is scored to a ukulele cover of Looney Tunes standard "Powerhouse"
by Raymond Scott.
- Spanner in the Works: SpongeBob's Rube Goldberg Device was working fine until Bubble Bass's complaint about a wrong order resulted in a Disaster Dominoes effect that destroyed the Krusty Krab's kitchen.
Original air date: 8/10/2019 (produced in 2018)
Karen orders a child in the mail and raises him throughout his rapid age-ups, while Plankton couldn't be less interested in parenting.
"Karen's Baby" contains examples of:
- A Day in the Limelight: This episode mostly focuses on Karen as she tries to raise her son.
- Attack! Attack... Retreat! Retreat!: This line when Plankton attempts to save Chip from the junkyard robots:Plankton: Get away from my son!
(The robots destroy Plankton's tank)
Plankton: Get away from me! - Calculator Spelling: Karen's new baby, Chip, starts off as a calculator. When Chip starts crying, she quiets him by typing "4445"; then turns it upside down, which says "Shhh".
- Call-Back: After Chip announces that he's going to college, Plankton does his "sincere face" from "Grandmum's the Word." and mutters his "I went to college" line he used in his earlier episodes.
- Chekhov's Gun: Chip's swearing is shown to operate on a frequency that Plankton's antennae can detect easily (much to the latter's dismay). This comes in handy when Chip ends up in danger later in the episode and needs Plankton's help.
- Dead Guy Junior: Parodied. Karen names the baby "Chip" after her grandfather, who is actually a computer chip that's inside her software.
- Delivery Stork: A robot stork delivers Chip as a baby.
- I Can't Believe I'm Saying This: While Plankton is calling out for Chip after the latter runs away from home:Plankton: Come to Daddy! Ugh, what am I saying?
- Mama Bear: After finding out that Plankton convinced their son to run away, Karen threatens Plankton with violence and demands that he go find him.
- Mandatory Line: SpongeBob's appearance in this episode is odd. He shows up inside the Chum Bucket out of nowhere, briefly coos at Chip, then shows off a present: a can of compressed air. He doesn't even end up giving it to them, he uses it to burst out of the Chum Bucket. SpongeBob isn't in the rest of the episode and the compressed air doesn't appear again.
- Out of Focus: SpongeBob only appears in one scene, long enough to congratulate Plankton and Karen for their baby.
- Papa Wolf: Plankton, after being adamantly against accepting Chip and even tricking him into running away, rushes in with a tank as soon as he realizes Chip is in trouble.Plankton: Get away from my son!
- Plot-Relevant Age-Up: Chip's upgrades make him grow older throughout the episode until he's eventually old enough to go to college and get a job.
- Shout-Out: Karen creates glowing green weapons like the Green Lantern.
- So Proud of You: Plankton is very pleased when Chip goes off to college and gets a job as an ATM where he trolls the crap out of Mr. Krabs.Plankton: That's my boy!
- The Speechless: Chip can't speak, instead communicating via computer noises and other sound effects. He is able to speak in full sentences once he's college-aged.
- Tears of Joy: Plankton and Karen do this after Chip announces that he's going off to college.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: Plankton forms a bond with his new son, showing great pride in him and, as the cherry on top, Chip trolls Mr. Krabs, his father's worst enemy.
