Alternative Character Interpretation: When Mr. Krabs ate the rotten patty and still wanted to finish it even as he was rushed to the hospital from just one bite making him sick, was he being overly stubborn about not wanting to throw away the rotten patty in the name of saving money and still wanted to prove his point, or was he just very oblivious about how sick it would make someone and still failed to grasp the truth?
Alternative Joke Interpretation: Was the ambulance that passed by the Krusty Krab really just a coincidental fake-out, or was that the same ambulance that took Mr. Krabs to the hospital, and they knew ahead of time that he was going to eat the moldy Krabby Patty?
Broken Base: Some fans hate this episode due to Mr. Krabs' cruel actions. Some others liked it and felt that Mr. Krabs learned his lesson in the end.
SpongeBob: ...and what I wanted to say was that a Krabby Patty doesn't make itself, because there's a secret formula that only Mr. Krabs and I know and Plankton would like to know, but he doesn't know...
The fish who Squidward tries to serve the rancid Krabby Patty to doing backflips out the restaurant after smelling the horrible patty.
Harsher in Hindsight: Mr. Krabs' sin that damns him to Davy Jones' Locker is being cheap. However, in "Kracked Krabs", it's revealed that practically every crab under the sea is a Penny-Pinching Crab, which comes across as Mr. Krabs being sentenced to damnation simply because he was born to his species.
Hilarious in Hindsight: Squidward scolds Mr. Krabs for selling SpongeBob for 62 cents when broke. Later on, in "Le Big Switch", Mr. Krabs would sell Squidward after filing for bankruptcy, much to the latter's shock on the receiving end.
Never Live It Down: Mr. Krabs selling SpongeBob to the Flying Dutchman for 62 cents is constantly brought up in YouTube comments for SpongeBob videos, even when it's irrelevant to the video's topic.
Squick: Mr. Krabs trying to serve a rancid Krabby Patty. To prove it's still good, he eats it.
Woolseyism: In the German dub, the fake name Mr. Krabs gives the Flying Dutchman is changed from "Harold Flower" to "Benjamin Blümchen"; not only does this still fit the Line-of-Sight Alias nature of the English version's name (as "blümchen" means "blossom" in German), but it also doubles as an Actor Allusion, as Jürgen Kluckert, who voiced Mr. Krabs in the German dub, was also the second voice of Benjamin.
I Had an Accident:
Bizarro Episode: SpongeBob breaking his butt and becoming a recluse is certainly out there, but that's nothing compared to what happens in the final minutes. Patrick and Sandy try to get SpongeBob out of his house but a live-action gorilla beats them up and rides away on a pantomime horse when SpongeBob invokes Fridge Logic regarding a gorilla being underwater. The episode ends with a live-action family, after seeing the end of the episode, looking quizzically at the camera before turning off the TV, still in a puzzled state.
Broken Base: While it has its admirers, the reception among fans regarding this episode is somewhat polarizing, mostly due to its bizarre ending.
Ensemble Dark Horse: Despite the fact that they're all inanimate objects, Penny, Chip, and Used Napkin have very large fanbases, especially of those that give them personalities.
Informed Wrongness: SpongeBob becoming a recluse is painted as a bad thing, but aside from the absurdity of him treating his Companion Cubes as sentient, the episode never gives an explanation as to why it's bad other than Sandy futilely saying, "sooner or later, you're gonna have to go outside," and most of the things suggested to bring SpongeBob out of his shell are just as, if not more dangerous than the sandboarding session that caused the titular accident.
Special Effect Failure: After SpongeBob gets ripped in half and says, "It's too late," the close-up on the gorilla's face uses the exact same background as SpongeBob's left half, which is about a foot below and two feet away from him.
Woolseyism: The Brazilian dub changes the final dialogue a bit, seemingly in an attempt at mitigating the nonsensical ending:
SpongeBob: What's a gorilla doing underwater in the first place? Gorilla: Well that's funny, you mean that... George, he's right!
; not only does this still fit the Line-of-Sight Alias nature of the English version's name (as "blümchen" means "blossom" in German), but it also doubles as an Actor Allusion, as Jürgen Kluckert, who voiced Mr. Krabs in the German dub, was also the second voice of Benjamin.