History Recap / SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E13ShanghaiedGaryTakesABath

* VictoryByEndurance: Reconstructed. Even after multiple scorchings, Squidward continuously lips the Flying Dutchman until he dumps him into the Fly of Despair. However the portal actually ends up sending Squidward back to his home, implying he managed to annoy the Flying Dutchman until he finally just let him go. Unfortunately, [=Spongebob=] then wishes Squidward was with them...

* HurricaneOfPuns: When [=SpongeBob=] tries to spray Gary he lets out a number of groan-inducing puns such as, "Come back, Gary! I have something to '''chair''' with you," when he sprays his life preserver chair and, "'''Dish''' is more like it," when he cleans the dishes by accident. Then, when Gary runs out of the house, he retorts, "'''Water''' you waiting for, Gary?!", and once he follows what he thinks is Gary up to the top of a tree, he finished with, "It's time to '''clean''' up your act, Gary."
* ImpliedDeathThreat: One attempt at getting Gary to take a bath has [=SpongeBob=] call a fancy French restaurant, saying that he's got a naughty snail that doesn't want to take a bath. This comes with the implication that he was willing to turn Gary into escargot if he didn't take a bath.

* SelectiveEnforcement: As lampshaded by Squidward himself, the Flying Dutchman puts up with tons of obnoxious behavior from [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick and reacts with little more than snide remarks. Squidward however is punished violently just for taking the wrong tone with him. And then Squidward gets burnt for PATRICK'S answer.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The subliminal image sequence ends with a freaky-looking girl with missing teeth.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' [[MediumAwareness Sorry you had to see that]].

* DownerEnding: PlayedForLaughs. No matter the wish, be it silly or smart, the gang still gets eaten by the Dutchman. Things don’t look any better with SpongeBob’s wish either.

* NightmareRetardant: InUniverse with Spongebob and Patrick's extremely poor attempts at scaring.

* RunningGag: Spongebob and Patrick try to park between a pair of rocks. Very poorly. ''Many times.''

* DownerEnding: PlayedForLaughs. No matter the wish, be it silly or smart, the gang still gets eaten by the Dutchman.

* AnAesop:
** If a place looks dangerous, it's best to stay away.
** Don't annoy and/or enrage someone who clearly can hurt you. [[SpoofAesop Or send you to an alternate dimension]].

* AnAesop:
** Listen to your family members when they tell you to do something.
** If somebody doesn't want to do something, don't force them to.
** Take a bath. It's simple hygiene.

* YourMom: [=SpongeBob=] accidentally tells the Flying Dutchman that Squidward insulted his ship, he says that “insulting a man’s ship, be worse than insulting his mother.” [[IdiotHero SpongeBob]] then says that Squidward insulted his mother instead. [[AshFace It ends in Squidward getting incinerated.]]

The real story begins with breakfast as [=SpongeBob=] pours a bowl of Kelpo cereal. When he can't find to find the prize inside, [=SpongeBob=] hits the box. Immediately, a giant anchor drops right into the kitchen and wrecks [=SpongeBob=]'s house. [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick mistake the giant anchor as a sky baby while Squidward climbs up it to complain to the owner. The owner turns out to be the Flying Dutchman (or as [=SpongeBob=] calls him, the "Red Baron"). When the Dutchman demands why they're there, [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick wind up telling the Dutchman that Squidward wanted to complain about his dirty ship or perhaps his dirty mother. Squidward is burned and the dimwit duo jump off the side. After a few more jumps and Squidward being burned to a crispier crisp, the Dutchman tells them they'll be forced to serve as his crew. Squidward complains about this demand and is thrown into the "Fly of Despair", a portal in the shape of pants zipper that opens into a horrible dimension full of monsters. [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick look on in horror and go along with the Dutchman's plans. The dimwitted duo proceed to be more of a hassle than they're worth, as they can't do the same things the Dutchman can do, like phase through walls (they slam into them), create thunder and lightning (they blow bubbles and wobble metal), and spin their heads (they spin... in a synchronized ice skating). The Dutchman sends them to their quarters and tells them he's going to eat them. [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick try to escape by running through the perfume department and steal the Dutchman's dining sock so he can't eat them. The endangered duo uses the sock as a bargaining chip so the Dutchman will give them three wishes. Patrick wastes the first one on wishing for time to go backwards ("Wishes? I wish we'd known that earlier!"), [=SpongeBob=] wastes the second wish by wishing Squidward was there (taking him from his bedroom back to the ship), and the tormented trio bicker over who will get the last wish before the Flying Dutchman cuts in and decides to choose who gets it himself.

* {{Perfumigation}}: Turns out, there is a way out of the holding cell after the Flying Dutchman locked the door. But it's thorough the Perfume Department. Cue [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick running through the department avoiding (and failing) the perfume sprays.

* DownerEnding: No matter what, the gang still gets eaten (or were about to in [=SpongeBob=]'s wish).