Vindicated by History: For a long time, the episode was seen as one of Season 6's worst, due to fans finding SpongeBob being a pompous Jerkass to be an unpleasant viewing experience. Opinions began turning around once fans realized that SpongeBob acting Out-of-Character was the entire point, as a way to teach him An Aesop about how money can't buy friendship. Nowadays, "Porous Pockets" is seen as an okay episode, having some decent bits of humor, a good moral, and a heartfelt ending.
Choir Boys:
Designated Hero: SpongeBob is treated as the protagonist of the episode who rightfully takes Squidward's spot as the new choir man, even though Squidward did nothing to deserve being constantly harassed by him aside from a very minor Kick the Dog moment at the start.
Nausea Fuel: Squidward's hand after getting stung by jellyfish is extremely grotesque, complete with enlarged boils with pulsating veins.
Never Live It Down: Fans have a hard time forgetting and forgiving SpongeBob's behavior in this episode, due to him deliberately impeding Squidward just for not listening to his song and upstaging him at the choir practice. Him flinging Squidward into a "captive audience" of jellyfish is seen as one of the show's biggest nadirs.
