History Recap / TheSecretShowS1E8TheBallOfSpong

* RunningGag:

** Victor and Anita land on skybikes after the title sequence.

* ChekhovsNews: Victor notes the smell of the Ball of Spong smells very minty. When the Floaty Heads ask why they should believe them a second time about them getting the Ball of Spong, Victor mentions that it smelled minty, and the Floaty heads immediately believe him.
* DeusExMachina: The Earth is saved not by U.Z.Z or them getting the Ball of Spong to the Floaty heads, but by [[spoiler:the mothership of the Floaty heads attacking Earth. Turns out the Floaty Heads seem to have serious behaviour issues, and the sieve is actually the mothership's]].
* TheBadGuyWins: The Ball of Spong is eaten by Bobby Bouncy Buns after being stuck in an escape pod, and the Floaty Heads were very much going to sieve the earth. Subverted in that [[spoiler:the mothership comes out of nowhere to admonish them and the whole earth is saved]].

** Sweet Little Granny is evicted from her time-slot by carrying her and the studio box away with a helicopter.

** Changed Daily's name is now Bobby bouncy buns.

* MadeOfIndestructium: The escape pod is very '''very''' durable. It doesn't open for the runtime of the episode until the Ball of Spong ''makes'' the pod open.

A sinister race of aliens wants U.Z.Z to look for "The Ball of Spong," but as soon as they find it, it gets locked in an escape pod and Bobby Bouncy Buns.

A sinister race of aliens wants U.Z.Z to look for "The Ball of Spong", but as soon as they find it, it gets locked in an escape pod and Bobby bouncy buns.

'''Changed Daily's Name: Bobby bouncy buns.'''

* AlliterativeName: Bobby bouncy buns.
* ChekhovsNews: Victor notes the smell of the Ball of Spong smells very minty. When the floatey heads ask why they should believe them a second time about them getting the Ball of Spong, Victor mentions that it smelled minty, and the floatey heads immediately believe him.
* DeusExMachina: The Earth is saved not by U.Z.Z or them getting the Ball of Spong to the floatey heads, but by [[spoiler:the mothership of the floatey heads attacking earth. Turns out the floatey heads seem to have serious behaviour issues, and the sieve is actully the motherships]].
* TheBadGuyWins: The ball of Spong is eaten by Bobby bouncy buns after being stuck in an escape pod, and the floatey heads were very much going to sieve the earth. Subverted in that [[spoiler:the mothership comes out of nowhere to admonish them and the whole earth is saved]].

* GainaxEnding: The british museum fly in on rickety bi-planes and speak in [[IAmVeryBritish upper british]] as they plan to attack U.Z.Z headquarters for stealing the Ball of Spong from them.

** Sweet Little Granny is evicted from her timeslot by carrying her and the studio box away with a helicopter.

* YearInsideHourOutside: The pod seems to have this effect on Bobby bouncy buns, as throughout the course of three hours, ten days have passed inside the pod.

* TheBadGuyWins: The ball of Spong is eaten by Bobby bouncy buns after being stuck in an escape pod, and the floatey heads were very much going to sieve the earth. Subverted in that the mother-ship comes out of nowhere to admonish them and they are saved from them.

* Running Gag:

* MadeFromIndestructium: The escape pod is very '''very''' durable. It doesn't open for the runtime of the episode until the Ball of Spong ''makes'' the pod open.