List of SpongeBob SquarePants Running Gags

Characters

Running gags made from, or about, specific characters:

SpongeBob

• Changes the shape of his body often.
• Every season, his voice changes.
• Eats Gary's food.

Patrick

• Blows food into Squidward's face.
• Overestimates SpongeBob's abilities, such as lowering the amount of time SpongeBob has to get King Neptune's crown in the movie.
• Gets SpongeBob in trouble by convincing him to do something he is not supposed to do.
• Eats everything, including things not supposed to be eaten.

Squidward

• Something bad happens to him, such as getting lost or injured.
• Explodes when falling off a cliff.
• Made fun of about his nose.
• Plays clarinet so badly, the noise is often mistaken for something else.

Sandy

• Her home place (Texas) being made fun of.

Pearl

• Gets embarrassed by something every time she appears.

Plankton

• Gets squashed by someone bigger than him.
• Fails to steal the Krabby Patty Formula.
• Says "ouch" when thrown out of the Krusty Krab and across the street.

Mr. Krabs

• Makes remarks on money or prices of the Krusty Krab's food.
• Loses his customers.
• Parts of him come off, such as his arms.

Other Characters

• Fred saying "my leg" when injured.
• Barnacle Boy being treated like a child.
• Karen putting down Plankton's evil schemes to steal the Krabby Patty formula

Specific Episodes

• The Great Snail Race: Squidward's last name being mispronounced or typed wrong.
• Friend or Foe?: Mr. Krabs being called Rag Boy.
• Something Smells: people or things running away when SpongeBob or Patrick speak.
• Hall Monitor: Patrick screaming at everything.
• Jellyfishing: Someone being stung by a jellyfish in multiple ways.
• Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy: Mermaid Man overreacting when someone says the word "evil".
• Sleepy Time: SpongeBob ruining a dream.
• Rock Bottom: SpongeBob missing the bus.
• MuscleBob BuffPants: SpongeBob's arms coming off after each of Sandy's exercises.
• Gone: Something crashing through a wall.

Patchy/Potty Scenes

• Potty the Parrot's strings being cut.
• Potty the Parrot ends up losing his body and only his head remains.
• Patchy the Pirate getting injured.

Other

• Something being destroyed, such as the Krusty Krab.
• A riot being thrown when a group of people are angry at someone or something.
• The town going up in flames when something affects the entire town, such as a "monster" or Mad Snail Disease.
• A reference to the average episode's length: 11 minutes.
• Fake time cards, such as "One Debt to Society Later" in Driven to Tears.
• A ton of police, cars and/or officers, chasing someone who broke the law no matter how small the law is.
• A reference to mustaches.