History YMMV / SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E5MermaidManAndBarnacleBoyIVDoingTime

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Donna has been thoroughly embraced by the UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} community for seemingly being one of the [[UrExample first examples]] of a trans woman in a mainstream cartoon. It also helps that, apart from her [[VocalDissonance masculine voice]] and the 5 o'clock shadow that she has in a close-up shot, there isn't anything necessarily stereotypical about her compared to how trans characters tend to be handled in media. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the foreign dubs, such as the Latin Spanish one, where Donna is clearly voiced by voice actresses.

** "These are my people!"[[labelnote:Explanation]]The images of Ms. Puff finding a place with the gritty and gruesome inmates has been used by internet users to declare how they too have found a community with undesirable groups. Often this is used to mock infamous websites or anime fanbases.[[/labelnote]].

** On the flipside, it is also satisfying to see all of Bikini Bottom's citizens give [=SpongeBob=] a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from inside for shrinking all of them out of cowardice. Especially since this is one time where SpongeBob actually does suffer karma for his stupidity and bad choices.

** On the flipside, it is also satisfying to see all of Bikini Bottom's citizens give [=SpongeBob=] a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from inside for shrinking all of them out of cowardice.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Donna has been thoroughly embraced by the UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} community for seemingly being one of the [[UrExample first examples]] of a trans woman in a mainstream cartoon. It also helps that, apart from her [[VocalDissonance masculine voice]] and the 5 o'clock shadow that she has in a close-up shot, there isn't anything necessarily stereotypical about her compared to how trans characters tend to be handled in media. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the foreign dubs, such as the Latin Spanish one, where Donna is clearly voiced by female voice actresses.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Donna has been thoroughly embraced by the UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} community for seemingly being one of the [[UrExample first examples]] of a trans woman in a mainstream cartoon. It also helps that, apart from her [[VocalDissonance masculine voice]] and the 5 o'clock shadow that she has in a close-up shot, there isn't anything necessarily stereotypical about her compared to how trans characters tend to be handled in media.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Donna has been thoroughly embraced by the UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} community for seemingly being one of the [[UrExample first examples]] of a trans woman in a mainstream cartoon. It also helps that, [[VocalDissonance apart from her masculine voice]], there isn't anything necessarily stereotypical about her compared to how trans characters tend to be handled in media.

* TransAudienceInterpretation: While there's nothing in the episode that outright says it, minor character Donna is commonly interpreted by queer fans as a trans woman thanks to her having an audibly masculine voice, which calls to mind trans women who transitioned late and haven't or can't do voice training.

* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: Donna has been thoroughly embraced by the UsefulNotes/{{transgender}} community for seemingly being one of the [[UrExample first examples]] of a trans woman in cartoons. It also helps that, [[BadassBaritone voice aside]], there isn't anything necessarily stereotypical about her compared to how trans characters tend to be handled in media.

** On the flipside, it is also satisfying to all of Bikini Bottom's citizens give [=SpongeBob=] a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from inside for shrinking all of them out of cowardice.

%% Needs context* HilariousInHindsight: "Doing Time" is AllJustADream... [[Film/{{Inception}} within a dream]]... within a dream.... within... oh forget it!

* OneSceneWonder:
** The part where [=SpongeBob=] says to Patrick that Mrs. Puff has seemingly forgotten how to live happily in freedom outside. The scene then cuts to an unlucky fellow who lives in freedom, yet is constantly "imprisoned" by several things such as his work.
** Donna. She only appears in two scenes, but as shown above in MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales, she definitely left her mark.

** On the flipside, it is also satisfying to all of Bikini Bottom's citizens give [=SpongeBob=] a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown for shrinking all of them out of cowardice.

** In contrast to the post-movie episodes where he's humiliated/tortured for no reason the injuries that Squidward sustained were justified considering that he did something to deserve it (i.e. him smugly threatening to snitch on [=SpongeBob=] when he finds out that he's got Mermaid Man's belt, knowing it's upsetting the sponge).

* CatharsisFactor: In contrast to the post-movie episodes where he's humiliated/tortured for no reason the injuries that Squidward sustained were justified considering that he did something to deserve it (i.e. him smugly threatening to snitch on [=SpongeBob=] when he finds out that he's got Mermaid Man's belt, knowing it's upsetting the sponge).

* CatharsisFactor: In contrast to the post-movie episodes where he's humiliated/tortured for no reason the injuries that Squidward sustained were justified considering that he did something to deserve it (i.e. him smugly threatening to snitch on [=SpongeBob=] when he finds out that he's got Mermaid Man's belt, knowing it's upsetting the sponge). Though, this can be challenged by DesignatedHero below.
* DesignatedHero: [=SpongeBob=] acts more than a little selfish despite being presented as the protagonist. At first, he has the common courtesy to want to return Mermaid Man's belt, until he flips gears and decides to play around with it after scaring off Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy after they paid for their food but didn't get it, shrinking his entire workspace and hindering his job performance. While Squidward was acting rudely and jerkishly to [=SpongeBob=], he wasn't wrong for trying to tell Mermaid Man where his missing belt is, with [=SpongeBob=] shrinking him out of fear of being kicked out of Mermaid Man's fan club, only to then tell Squidward, "[[NeverMyFault you made me do it]]." He then goes on to shrink everyone in Bikini Bottom so that no one will tell Mermaid Man, all in a blind panic, childishly whines that they don't understand, at best, when confronted further, and is only willing to comply with their demands to unshrink them when he realizes he shrunk Mermaid Man in the process, whom overheard his worries instead of having [=SpongeBob=] properly confront him and despite the unwitting rampage with the Small Ray across town. It does help that almost everyone calls him out on his behaviour though, as well as go on to attack [=SpongeBob=] when it's implied Mermaid Man does not remember how to unshrink those who were turned small, if not no way to reverse it.

* CatharsisFactor: In contrast to the post-movie episodes where he's humiliated/tortured for no reason the injuries that Squidward sustained were justified considering that he did something to deserve it (i.e. him smugly threatening to snitch on [=SpongeBob=] when he finds out that he's got Mermaid Man's belt, knowing it’s upsetting the sponge). Though, this can be challenged by DesignatedHero below.
* DesignatedHero: [=SpongeBob=] acts more than a little selfish despite being presented as the protagonist. At first, he has the common courtesy to want to return Mermaid Man's belt, until he flips gears and decides to play around with it after scaring off Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy after they paid for their food but didn’t get them, shrinking his entire workspace and hindering his job performance. While Squidward was acting rudely and jerkishly to [=SpongeBob=], he wasn't wrong for trying to tell Mermaid Man where his missing belt is, with [=SpongeBob=] shrinking him out of fear of being kicked out of Mermaid Man's fan club, only to then tell Squidward, "[[NeverMyFault you made me do it]]." He then goes on to shrink everyone in Bikini Bottom so that no one will tell Mermaid Man, all in a blind panic, childishly whines that they don’t understand, at best when confronted further and is only willing to comply with their demands to unshrink them when he realizes he shrunk Mermaid Man in the process, whom overheard his worries instead of having [=SpongeBob=] properly confront him and despite the unwitting rampage with the Small Ray across town. It does help that almost everyone calls him out on his behaviour though, as well as go on to attack [=SpongeBob=] when it's implied Mermaid Man does not remember how to unshrink those who were turned small, if not no way to reverse it.

* DesignatedHero: [=SpongeBob=] acts more than a little selfish despite being presented as the protagonist. At first, he has the common courtesy to want to return Mermaid Man's belt, until he flips gears and decides to play around with it after scaring off Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy after they paid for their food but didn’t get them, shrinking his entire workspace and hindering his job performance. While Squidward was acting rudely and jerkishly to [=SpongeBob=], he wasn't wrong for trying to tell Mermaid Man where his missing belt is, with [=SpongeBob=] shrinking him out of fear of being kicked out of Mermaid Man's fan club, only to then tell Squidward, "[[NeverMyFault you made me do it]]." He then goes on to shrink everyone in Bikini Bottom so that no one will tell Mermaid Man, all in a blind panic, childishly whines that they don’t understand, at best when confronted further and is only willing to comply with their demands to unshrink them when he realizes he shrunk Mermaid Man in the process, whom overheard his worries instead of having [[=SpongeBob=]] properly confront him and despite the unwitting rampage with the Small Ray across town. It does help that almost everyone calls him out on his behaviour though, as well as go on to attack [[=SpongeBob=]] when it’s implied Mermaid Man not remember how to unshrink those who were turned small, if not no way to reverse it.

* CatharsisFactor: In contrast to the post-movie episodes where he's humiliated/tortured for no reason the injuries that Squidward sustained were justified considering that he did something to deserve it (i.e. him threatening to snitch on [=SpongeBob=] when he finds out that he's got Mermaid Man's belt). Though, this can be challenged by DesignatedHero below.
* DesignatedHero: [=SpongeBob=] acts more than a little selfish despite being presented as the protagonist. At first, he has the common courtesy to want to return Mermaid Man's belt, until he flips gears and decides to play around with it, shrinking his entire workspace and hindering his job performance. While Squidward was acting rudely and jerkishly to [=SpongeBob=], he wasn't wrong for trying to tell Mermaid Man where his missing belt is, with [=SpongeBob=] shrinking him out of fear of being kicked out of Mermaid Man's fan club, only to then tell Squidward, "[[NeverMyFault you made me do it]]." He then goes on to shrink everyone in Bikini Bottom so that no one will tell Mermaid Man, and is only willing to comply with their demands to unshrink them when he realizes he shrunk Mermaid Man in the process, thus removing any fear of Mermaid Man being disappointed despite the unwitting rampage with the Small Ray across town.

* CatharsisFactor: In contrast to the post-movie episodes where he's humiliated/tortured for no reason the injuries that Squidward sustained were justified considering that he did something to deserve it (i.e. him threatening to snitch on [=SpongeBob=] when he finds out that he's got Mermaid Man's belt). Though this can be challenged by DesignatedHero below:

* CatharsisFactor: In contrast to the post-movie episodes where he's humiliated/tortured for no reason the injuries that Squidward sustained were justified considering that he did something to deserve it (i.e. him threatening to snitch on [=SpongeBob=] when he finds out that he's got Mermaid Man's belt).

* FridgeHorror: The episode ends with Plankton coming back from vacation to find a shrunken Bikini Bottom that's smaller than him. [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E15SleepyTimeSuds Plankton dreams of being big enough to go on rampages against Bikini Bottom.]]

* FridgeBrilliance:
** [=SpongeBob=] handing over his ID to the teller while "robbing" the bank may seem like an incredibly stupid thing to do, but considering that he and Patrick are trying to get into jail, it may actually be a way of giving information on who he is so that he could be arrested later on. Of course, since he and Patrick [[MinionWithAnFInEvil fail at being convincing robbers]], the bank would have no reason to give information about [=SpongeBob=] to the police.
** There's some Fridge Sadness regarding the inmate who says she belongs in jail. Her crime must have been so bad that she acknowledges that what she did was horrible and that leaving jail can never be an option for her.

* CatharsisFactor: In contrast to the post-movie episodes where he's humiliated/tortured for no reason the injuries that Squidward sustained during "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" were justified considering that he did something to deserve it (i.e. him threatening to snitch on [=SpongeBob=] when he finds out that he's got Mermaid Man's belt).
* DesignatedHero: [=SpongeBob=] acts more than a little selfish in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" despite being presented as the protagonist. At first, he has the common courtesy to want to return Mermaid Man's belt, until he flips gears and decides to play around with it, shrinking his entire workspace and hindering his job performance. While Squidward was acting rudely and jerkishly to [=SpongeBob=], he wasn't wrong for trying to tell Mermaid Man where his missing belt is, with [=SpongeBob=] shrinking him out of fear of being kicked out of Mermaid Man's fan club, only to then tell Squidward, "[[NeverMyFault you made me do it]]." He then goes on to shrink everyone in Bikini Bottom so that no one will tell Mermaid Man, and is only willing to comply with their demands to unshrink them when he realizes he shrunk Mermaid Man in the process, thus removing any fear of Mermaid Man being disappointed despite the unwitting rampage with the Small Ray across town.
* FridgeBrilliance:
** [=SpongeBob=] handing over his ID to the teller while "robbing" the bank may seem like an incredibly stupid thing to do, but considering that he and Patrick are trying to get into jail, it may actually be a way of giving information on who he is so that he could be arrested later on. Of course, since he and Patrick [[MinionWithAnFInEvil fail at being convincing robbers]], the bank would have no reason to give information about [=SpongeBob=] to the police.
** There's some Fridge Sadness regarding the inmate who says she belongs in jail. Her crime must have been so bad that she acknowledges that what she did was horrible and that leaving jail can never be an option for her.
* FridgeHorror: "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" ends with Plankton coming back from vacation to find a shrunken Bikini Bottom that's smaller than him. [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E15SleepyTimeSuds Plankton dreams of being big enough to go on rampages against Bikini Bottom.]]
%% Needs context* HilariousInHindsight: "Doing Time" is AllJustADream... [[Film/{{Inception}} within a dream]]... within a dream.... within... oh forget it!

** "I wumbo, You wumbo, He she me... wumbo? Wumbo, wumboing, we'll have the wumbo, Wumborama... Wumbology, the study of wumbo?"[[labelnote:Explanation]] Patrick's neologism has been embraced by fans, who jokingly insist that Wumbo is the answer to any complex question they come across.[[/labelnote]]

** The image of [=SpongeBob=] breaking through the iron wall in CGI became a common gif to express anxiety or enthusiasm towards something.

* OneSceneWonder: From "Doing Time"...

* CatharsisFactor: In contrast to the post-movie episodes where he's humiliated/tortured for no reason the injuries that Squidward sustained during Mermaid-Man and Barnacle-Boy IV were justified considering that he did something to deserve it (i.e. him threatening to snitch on Spongebob when he finds out that he's got Mermaid-Man's belt)
* FridgeBrilliance:

* FridgeHorror: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV ends with Plankton coming back from vacation to find a shrunken Bikini Bottom that's smaller than him. [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E15SleepyTimeSuds Plankton dreams of being big enough to go on rampages against Bikini Bottom.]]