Gramma's Secret Recipe
Original air date: 7/6/2010 (produced in 2009)
Plankton disguises himself as SpongeBob's grandma in his latest attempt to get closer to the secret formula.
"Gramma's Secret Recipe" contains examples of:
- Disguised in Drag: Plankton in disguise as Grandma Plankton, while pretending to be SpongeBob's "Great Grammyma".
- Eyes Out of Sight: Grandma Plankton's eye is completely obscured by her glasses throughout the whole episode; she was even offscreen when she took them back from Plankton. It isn't until her second appearance four whole seasons later do we finally get to see her eye visible.
- False Teeth Tomfoolery: Plankton steals his grandmother's false teeth and wears them for most of the episode. They fall out a couple times while he talks.
- Just Eat Gilligan: Plankton would've gotten the formula a lot easier if he just performed the plan from his Imagine Spot, rather than pass off as SpongeBob’s grandma.
- Needlework Is for Old People: SpongeBob brings Plankton to a knitting circle.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Plankton’s grandma disguise manages to fool SpongeBob all the way.
- Special Guest: Laraine Newman as Plankton's grandmother and nurse.
- Too Dumb to Live: Considering that his grandmother appeared back in season 2 at this time, SpongeBob easily brought into Plankton's grandma disguise.
- Villain Opening Scene: The episode starts with Plankton visiting his grandmother at Shady Shoals.
The Cent of Money
Original air date: 7/7/2010 (produced in 2009)
Mr. Krabs uses Gary to find loose change.
"The Cent of Money" contains examples of:
- Accidental Misnaming: Mr. Krabs doesn't get Gary's name right. He even calls Gary a "sneagal" rather than a snail.
- An Aesop: Don't use people to your advantage to get something you want.
- Berserk Button: The instant SpongeBob realizes Mr. Krabs was only using Gary and nearly harmed him as a result, he goes through the roof.
- Big "NO!": Mr. Krabs yells "Nooooooooooo!!" after the doctor tells him that he has to pay the bill with the change he collected.
- Calling the Old Man Out: The instant SpongeBob finds out what Mr. Krabs did to Gary, he rightfully calls him out for using him to attract coins for the sake of potentially risking his snail's health.
- Disguised in Drag: To hide from the cops, Mr. Krabs dresses up as a woman and hides Gary under his dress to look pregnant.
- Gaslighting: The moment SpongeBob realizes what Mr. Krabs was doing to Gary, Mr. Krabs tries to tell him he's insane to even think so. Having none of his Blatant Lies, SpongeBob calls him out for it (as mentioned in the quote below in No, You).
- Kick the Dog: Krabs dragged Gary around town, continuously injuring Gary with magnetically attracted coins, all the while stealing from people. When Gary is injured, Krabs didn't care and said he looked fine.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Mr. Krabs exploiting Gary's ability to attract coins eventually leads to Krabs getting crushed by a wave of coins and sent to the hospital, in which he has to pay all of the coins he collected for the hospital bill.
- No, You: When SpongeBob is calling out Mr. Krabs for using Gary:SpongeBob: I know all about you using Gary to steal money!
Mr. Krabs: I am doing nothing of the sort! I would never steal... You have to quit making up stories, boyo!
SpongeBob: I'm not making up anything! I know all about your little scheme! YOU'RE the one making up stories! - Oh, Crap!: Mr. Krabs' over-ecstatic money hungry greed is soon replaced with pure horror as the giant tsunami of coins cascades down on him, thus realizing his mistake.Krabs: Oh, boy...
- Papa Wolf: SpongeBob finds out what Mr. Krabs is doing to Gary and is furious with him for putting him through pain just to attract the coins.
- "The Reason You Suck" Speech: SpongeBob delivers a rather good and epic one to Mr. Krabs when he finds out he only used Gary to steal people's money in addition to risking his health.
- Selective Magnetism: As the result of Gary swallowing a fridge magnet, he can only attract coins for the sake of the plot's convenience.
- Too Dumb to Live: Or in Mr. Krabs' case, Too Greedy to Live. Instead of running away from the incoming humongous wave of change like SpongeBob and everyone else, Mr. Krabs idiotically runs towards the wave of heavy metal. Realizing his mistake far too late, he pays both physically and financially for it.
- Tranquil Fury: When SpongeBob realizes Mr. Krabs was only using Gary to rob people's money, all he does is say in a furious, barely-audible voice: "Mr. Krabs, what have you done to my Gary?"
- We Need a Distraction: Mr. Krabs keeps sending SpongeBob to do near-impossible tasks to keep him busy so he can find more change with Gary. Naturally, he keeps succeeding.
