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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Jellyfish are seen flying by the Krusty Krab at the start of the episode where Squidward was playing. [[spoiler: they stole it because they wanted to play it themselves.]]


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* OhCrap: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick make a familiar reaction as seen from TheMovie upon seeing the Badlands.
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* LongLostRelative: Squidward's nonexistent long-lost brother, whom [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick spend over ''six months'' trying to find before consulting Mrs. Tentacles, who reveals Squidward is an only child. Not realizing the brother was fake, [=SpongeBob=] vows to give Squidward the brother he never thought he had by arranging for Mrs. Tentacles to adopt him and Patrick.
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* TheUnreveal: SpongeBob and Patrick successfully finding the things Squidward asks them for, they have also somehow survived the disasters planned for them by Squidward without any explanation of how it really happened due to cutting the next scene.

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* TheUnreveal: SpongeBob [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick successfully finding the things Squidward asks them for, they have also somehow survived the disasters planned for them by Squidward without any explanation of how it really happened due to cutting the next scene.
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* TheUnreveal: SpongeBob and Patrick successfully finding the things Squidward asks them for, they have also somehow survived the disasters planned for them by Squidward without any explanation of how it really happened due to cutting the next scene.
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* DopeSlap: After it's revealed near the end that [[spoiler: the jellyfish stole Squidward's clarinet]], [=SpongeBob=] makes a joke that "crime doesn't [[IncrediblyLamePun play]]". Patrick [[LamePunReaction promptly nails him]] with a hard one.

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* DopeSlap: After it's revealed near the end that [[spoiler: the jellyfish stole Squidward's clarinet]], [=SpongeBob=] makes a joke that "crime doesn't [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} play]]". Patrick [[LamePunReaction promptly nails him]] with a hard one.



** Patrick tells Squidward he [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk doesn't know who Jack is, but wants some beans]].

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** Patrick tells Squidward he [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk doesn't know who Jack is, is but wants some beans]].



Irritated by [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's constant interruptions, Squidward decides to send them on a pointless scavenger hunt to get some piece and quiet. However, the two prove to be better scavengers than Squidward gave them credit for.

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Irritated by [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's constant interruptions, Squidward decides to send them on a pointless scavenger hunt to get some piece peace and quiet. However, the two prove to be better scavengers than Squidward gave them credit for.



* EveryoneHasStandards: After Mrs. Tentacles tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick she only had Squidward, rather than realize he tricked them, [=SpongeBob=] feels bad for Squidward for not having any siblings, and gets the idea to arrange for Mrs. Tentacles to adopt them.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: After Mrs. Tentacles tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick she only had Squidward, rather than realize he tricked them, [=SpongeBob=] feels bad for Squidward for not having any siblings, siblings and gets the idea to arrange for Mrs. Tentacles to adopt them.



* LiteralMetaphor: [=SpongeBob=] has a brain storm... as in, a storm cloud appears over his head as he gets an idea.

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* LiteralMetaphor: [=SpongeBob=] has a brain storm...brainstorm... as in, a storm cloud appears over his head as he gets an idea.
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* AnAesop:
** Something that might not exist might be real after all.
** Some people are better at finding things than you thought.
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* RiddleForTheAges: What became of [=SpongeBob=]'s job at the Krusty Krab when he didn't come in for ''six whole months?'' Did Mr. Krabs give him a penalty? Or did someone else stand in?

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* AnAesop:
** Something that might not exist might be real after all.
** Some people are better at finding things than you thought.



* ArtisticLicense: In real life, it's impossible for Mrs. Tentacles to adopt [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick because a) they're legal adults, and b) they already have living biological parents.

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* ArtisticLicense: In real life, it's impossible for Mrs. Tentacles to adopt [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick because a) they're legal adults, and b) they already have living biological parents.parents and are under their care.
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'''Airdate:''' November 10, 2017

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'''Airdate:''' November 10, 2017
'''Original air date''': 11/10/2017



'''Airdate:''' November 9, 2017

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'''Airdate:''' November 9, 2017
'''Original air date''': 11/9/2017
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* EveryoneHasStandards: After Mrs. Tentacles tells [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick she only had Squidward, rather than realize he tricked them, [=SpongeBob=] feels bad for Squidward for not having any siblings, and gets the idea to arrange for Mrs. Tentacles to adopt them.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: For Squidward.



* ArtisticLicense: In real life, it's impossible for Mrs. Tentacles to adopt [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick because a) they're legal adults, and b) they already have their own parents.

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* ArtisticLicense: In real life, it's impossible for Mrs. Tentacles to adopt [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick because a) they're legal adults, and b) they already have their own living biological parents.



* MinimalistCast: The only characters present are [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Squidward, with a brief cameo by Gary and Mrs. Tentacles appearing near the end.



* TemptingFate: Squidward is ready to have his alone time...then [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick immediately return with what he asked for.



** When getting the idea Mrs. Tentacles should adopt them, [=SpongeBob=] has a literal brainstorm.

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** When getting the idea Mrs. Tentacles should adopt them, [=SpongeBob=] has a literal brainstorm.brainstorm.
* WildTake: Squidward tends to do such when [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick return, having successfully found what he asked for.
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* EurekaMoment: [=SpongeBob=] has this when he realizes he and Patrick can visit Mrs. Tentacles to solve the mystery behind Squidward's missing "brother".

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* EurekaMoment: [=SpongeBob=] has this when he realizes he and Patrick can visit find Squidward's brother by asking Mrs. Tentacles to solve the mystery behind Squidward's missing "brother".adopt them.

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* AllForNothing: After several months of not finding Squidward’s presumed brother, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick meet Mrs. Tentacles who reveals Squidward doesn’t have a brother and never had one, as one is enough.

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* AllForNothing: After several months of not finding Squidward’s presumed brother, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick meet Mrs. Tentacles who reveals Squidward doesn’t have a brother and never had one, as one is enough. However, [=SpongeBob=] still refuses to return to Squidward until he has the brother he always wanted, so he arranges for Mrs. Tentacles to adopt them.
* ArtisticLicense: In real life, it's impossible for Mrs. Tentacles to adopt [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick because a) they're legal adults, and b) they already have their own parents.



* VisualPun: By the end of the episode, Squidward's mind literally explodes when he is shocked to find out that [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick had become his adopted brothers.

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* VisualPun: VisualPun:
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By the end of the episode, Squidward's mind literally explodes when he is shocked to find out that [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick had become his adopted brothers.brothers.
** When getting the idea Mrs. Tentacles should adopt them, [=SpongeBob=] has a literal brainstorm.

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* CallBack: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick make their "surprised" faces from The Movie.

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* CallBack: CallBack:
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[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick make their "surprised" faces from The Movie.Movie.
** Squidward plays "I Hate People" from "Spongebob's Place" on his clarinet.
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* EurekaMoment: [=SpongeBob=] has this when he realizes he and Patrick can visit Mrs. Tentacles to solve the mystery behind Squidward's missing "brother".


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* SnapBack: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick are not adopted after this episode, given that they already have biological living parents and that they're legal adults.
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* CallBack: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick make there "surprised" faces from The Movie.

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* CallBack: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick make there their "surprised" faces from The Movie.

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* CallBack: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick make there "surprised" faces from The Movie.



* ShoutOut: [=SpongeBob=] finds out the badlands is [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea 20 leagues]] away.

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* ShoutOut: [=SpongeBob=] finds out the badlands is [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea 20 20,000 leagues]] away.
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* ShoutOut: Squidward and [=SpongeBob's=] accidental make-over of Mr. Krabs makes him look like how Barbara Stanwyck's character is introduced in ''Film/DoubleIndemnity''.
** Patrick tells Squidward he [[Literature/JackAndTheBeanstalk doesn't know who Jack is, but wants some beans]].


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* ShoutOut: [=SpongeBob=] finds out the badlands is [[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea 20 leagues]] away.
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* DopeSlap: After it's revealed near the end that [[spoiler: the jellyfish stole Squidward's clarinet]], [=SpongeBob=] makes a joke that "crime doesn't [[IncrediblyLamePun play]]". Patrick promptly nails him with a hard one.

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* DopeSlap: After it's revealed near the end that [[spoiler: the jellyfish stole Squidward's clarinet]], [=SpongeBob=] makes a joke that "crime doesn't [[IncrediblyLamePun play]]". Patrick [[LamePunReaction promptly nails him him]] with a hard one.
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* DopeSlap: After it's revealed near the end that [[spoiler: the jellyfish stole Squidward's clarinet]], [=SpongeBob=] makes a joke about the jellyfish learning that "crime doesn't [[IncrediblyLamePun play]]". Patrick promptly nails him with a hard one.

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* DopeSlap: After it's revealed near the end that [[spoiler: the jellyfish stole Squidward's clarinet]], [=SpongeBob=] makes a joke about the jellyfish learning that "crime doesn't [[IncrediblyLamePun play]]". Patrick promptly nails him with a hard one.
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* DopeSlap: After it's revealed near the end that [[spoiler: the jellyfish stole Squidward's clarinet]], [=SpongeBob=] makes a joke about the jellyfish learning that "crime doesn't [[IncrediblyLamePun play]]". Patrick promptly nails him with a hard one.


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* AllForNothing: After several months of not finding Squidward’s presumed brother, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick meet Mrs. Tentacles who reveals Squidward doesn’t have a brother and never had one, as one is enough.
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* VisualPun: By the end of the episode, Squidward's mind literally explodes when he is shocked to find out that SpongeBob and Patrick had become his adopted brothers.

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* VisualPun: By the end of the episode, Squidward's mind literally explodes when he is shocked to find out that SpongeBob [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick had become his adopted brothers.
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* StockNessMonster: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick travel to Loch Ness to find Nessie for Squidward. They manage to find him and bring him back to Bikini Bottom, where he displays an immense hatred of bagpipes.

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* StockNessMonster: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick travel to Loch Ness to find Nessie for Squidward. They manage to find him and bring him back to Bikini Bottom, where he displays an immense hatred of bagpipes.bagpipes.
* VisualPun: By the end of the episode, Squidward's mind literally explodes when he is shocked to find out that SpongeBob and Patrick had become his adopted brothers.
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* {{Determinator}}: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick stop at nothing to find the things Squidward challenges them to find. They even spend several months trying to find Squidward’s “brother” before learning from Mrs. Tentacles that he never had one in the first place.
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* ExactWords: Squidward first send [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick out to find a "desert sandwich". The two eventually return with a "desert sand witch". It's played with, as Squidward refuses to accept their find, but the witch reveals she used to work at an evil deli and makes him an actual sandwich.

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* ExactWords: Squidward first send sends [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick out to find a "desert sandwich". The two eventually return with a "desert sand witch". It's played with, as Squidward refuses to accept their find, but the witch reveals she used to work at an evil deli and makes him an actual sandwich.



* SnipeHunt: The whole scavenger hunt was just a way to get [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick out of his hair for a while, as he tasks them to find increasingly rare objects to find. One way or the other, the two manage to find exactly what Squidward asked for every single time.

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* SnipeHunt: The whole scavenger hunt was just a way to get [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick out of his Squiward's hair for a while, as he tasks them to find increasingly rare objects to find. One way or the other, the two manage to find exactly what Squidward asked for every single time.
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Irritated by [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's constant interruptions, Squidward decides to send them on a pointless scavenger hunt to get some piece and quiet. However, the two prove to be better scavengers then Squidward gave them credit for.

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Irritated by [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's constant interruptions, Squidward decides to send them on a pointless scavenger hunt to get some piece and quiet. However, the two prove to be better scavengers then than Squidward gave them credit for.
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* ThrowTheDogABone: Squidward may not have been able to play the at venue he planned, but he did end up finding his clarinet and performing for a hive of jellyfish who legitimately enjoy his music.

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Squidward may not have been able to play at the at venue he planned, but he did end up finding his clarinet and performing for a hive of jellyfish who legitimately enjoy his music.
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'''Airdate:''' November 10, 2017

When his clarinet is stolen before he can play at an open-mic night, Squidward becomes a hard-boiled detective and searches Bikini Bottom for the true culprit behind the theft.

!!"Squid Noir" contains examples of:
* BrickJoke: [=SpongeBob=] gets increasingly irritated when he keeps losing his coins while flipping them into the air. After the case of the missing clarinet is solved, all of [=SpongeBob=]'s coins end up landing on top of him in a pile.
* GoodCopBadCop: Squidward and [=SpongeBob=] try to pull this trick off with Mr. Krabs, but due to a lack of communication it ends up becoming a case of "Good Cop/Good Cop".
* NoirEpisode: The episode plays homage to many FilmNoir tropes, with Squidward's investigation being DeliberatelyMonochrome with a constant [[GreyRainOfDepression downpour of rain]].
* RunningGag: [=SpongeBob=] keeps losing the coins he flips off-screen.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Squidward may not have been able to play the at venue he planned, but he did end up finding his clarinet and performing for a hive of jellyfish who legitimately enjoy his music.

'''Airdate:''' November 9, 2017

Irritated by [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's constant interruptions, Squidward decides to send them on a pointless scavenger hunt to get some piece and quiet. However, the two prove to be better scavengers then Squidward gave them credit for.

!!"Scavenger Pants" contains examples of:
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When he learns that Squidward never had a twin brother, Patrick is distraught because that makes him even harder to find.
* ExactWords: Squidward first send [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick out to find a "desert sandwich". The two eventually return with a "desert sand witch". It's played with, as Squidward refuses to accept their find, but the witch reveals she used to work at an evil deli and makes him an actual sandwich.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Squidward's final task for [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick is to find his long-lost twin brother. Upon learning that from Squidward's mother that he doesn't have a brother, the two arrange to have Mrs. Tentacles adopt them so they can be the brothers he never had. Squidward doesn't take this well.
* LiteralMetaphor: [=SpongeBob=] has a brain storm... as in, a storm cloud appears over his head as he gets an idea.
* SnipeHunt: The whole scavenger hunt was just a way to get [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick out of his hair for a while, as he tasks them to find increasingly rare objects to find. One way or the other, the two manage to find exactly what Squidward asked for every single time.
* StockNessMonster: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick travel to Loch Ness to find Nessie for Squidward. They manage to find him and bring him back to Bikini Bottom, where he displays an immense hatred of bagpipes.

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