we're ready for some hilarious recurring
jokes hey you guys it's Phoebe with a
watch mojo today we're counting down our
picks for the top 10 spongebob running
gags we're taking a look at our favorite
catchphrases quirks and all-around funny
gags that keep popping up under the sea
let's get to it
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number 10 meow
this snails got such a way with words
snails have been classified as the
felines of the sea so naturally Gary's
dialogue mostly consists of one word
while initially making small kitten
noises during the show's early seasons
as time progressed and he became a much
more prominent character
Gary soon began meowing in near full
sentences
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what makes this even funnier is that
aside from spongebob
nobody fully knows what Gary's actually
saying he could be offering words of
wisdom or giving spongebob attitude we
may never know and we're not sure if
we're ready to find out bring that
ladder back this instant I am really not
amused mister you are going to take a
bath and you are going to get clean
right now I am Sal the boss of you
number nine old man Jenkins what it's
old man Jenkins in history of all the
citizens of Bikini Bottom very few have
been named dropped as much as old man
Jenkins
what makes this mysterious elderly fish
so interesting is that he's been seen in
many different shapes and sizes one day
he could be a white guy with a noisy
jalopy the next day he could be a blue
fish eaten by a sea horse or even an
angry farmer who's bitter towards city
folk and their flying machines in recent
years this particular gag has slowed
down since the creators finally settled
on old man Jenkins design a skinny green
fish with overalls whose lights aren't
always on upstairs number eight
mrs. puffins fleeting they don't call
her mrs. puff for nothing whenever
involved in an emotionally stressful
situation
she rapidly inflates like an oversized
balloon
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on the one hand it's sad to see how
stressful mrs. Puff's life has become
thanks to spongebob it's gotten to the
point where she actually has a criminal
record however it's hard not to chuckle
at how she's her own personal airbag
made even more fitting by the fact that
she's a puffer fish
but mrs. tough better be careful not to
get too worked up or she just might pop
literally number seven explosions did we
mention that the show is an explosive
success turns out that it's also a
literal statement since explosions are a
common occurrence in Bikini Bottom
sometimes they'll happen when someone
comes crashing down or when they've
eaten too many Krabby Patties and then
there are times all it takes is a light
tap and the whole place goes up in smoke
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of course the best kinds of explosions
are the ones that happen for no actual
reason which in turn increases the
cartoony zany charm that we love about
this absorbent shell so long as we don't
get caught in the crossfire
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number six time cards one extremely
annoying shift late l need a hilarious
method of emphasizing how much time is
passed in an episode the series excels
as this with its own colorful handy
dandy time cards
conveniently read aloud by the series
French narrator it doesn't matter how
much time has passed a few hours a
couple of days or even nearly 2,000
years it could even take so long that
they need a new narrator 2,000 years
later
what makes this gag even funnier is when
the cards display an absurd or silly
saying that really shows off how
painfully long something in take so much
data that the old narrator got tired of
waiting and they had to hire a new one
here's to hoping that they don't run out
of these cards as there is no shortage
of hilarity as time passes course number
five Plankton's constant failures ghost
stealin me booty hear me Krabs when I
discover your formula for Krabby Patties
I'll run you at a business for years
plankton has tried and failed to steal
the secret formula to Mr Krabs's
world-famous Krabby Patties
there's no level that plankton won't
stoop to pun intended to achieve this
goal his schemes range from ingenious
and conniving to harebrained and full of
holes despite him putting his best foot
forward it always ends in failure either
because of his own arrogance or because
he's been as smarted by mr. Krabs and it
usually ends with him being launched all
the way back to the Chum Bucket allow me
to do the honors
yeah it's really for the best that
plankton never finds out the secret
formula
or it'll spell certain doom not only for
the Krusty Krab but for all of Bikini
Bottom one bottle of molting lotion tape
passport photo new safe travel size this
is it the secret formula
it's a to-do list number four evil
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy were once
the greatest superheroes under the sea
however decades of crime-fighting have
taken their toll on the duo especially
the former in any given situation
he will panic idli scream the word evil
sometimes he'll even shout it out if he
hear someone say it but you can't retire
there's evil afoot the way his voice
cracks whenever he screams the line is
just too priceless and late actor Ernest
Borgnine owned it in a way that his
character's stand-in actors could only
dream of
we wouldn't exactly classify laughing at
a senile old man as appropriate but the
way the show sells it with both his
voice and overall reaction is comedy
gold
oh wait forget you people I say if
you're not gonna give me any respect as
a hero then maybe you'll give me respect
as a villain a villain who is
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number three
Squidward's annoying neighbors
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how did Squidward ever get surrounded by
such crazy neighbors nearly every day
this grumpy cephalopod finds himself
reluctantly dealing with SpongeBob and
Patrick shenanigans they could be
disturbing his peace and quiet with
their play time show up at his house
uninvited or even worse they could end
up destroying his personal property with
Squidward getting hurt in the process
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no matter how hard he tries he can't
seem to get rid of them or keep him
quiet and any attempt to do so always
makes things worse intruder alert
intruder alert tonight reduce no threat
detected you infernal contraption I'm
gonna ship you off to the scrap heap you
take top thread
so their credit our favorite
knuckleheads don't usually try to ruin
Squidward's day on purpose but it's hard
to ignore them when they have a tendency
to cause so much chaos number two
spongebob feeling his boating test
spongebob has taken his driving test
more times than anyone in history and it
always ends in failure I don't know why
Gary I don't know I'm tired of failing
that boating test I've already taken it
37 times no matter how confident and
optimistic he may be he's a reckless
disaster behind the wheel much to the
agony of poor mrs. puff even if there's
a slight chance of him finally earning
his coveted license its yanked away by
the end of the episode he can't even get
his license in his dreams
it could be easier to just give Sponge
Bob a license just to end the cycle but
that would only spell a greater doom for
Bikini Bottom
Plus we'd lose the chaotic yet hilarious
dynamic between Sponge Bob and mrs. puff
so perhaps it's for the best that
SpongeBob's quest is a fruitless
endeavor I'll take that while Sponge Bob
may never get his driver's license we do
hope that he never stops trying before
we unveil our number one pick here are
some honorable mentions
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how about this one
I call it ball band Brad Boyd belongs in
the trash ah sorry I must have missed
that one chocolate chocolate before we
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notifications number one my leg taking
our number one spot is the Wilhelm
scream of Nickelodeon whenever there's
pandemonium or destructive chaos in
bikini bottom you're almost always
guaranteed to hear the painful cry of my
leg in the mix of it all but this time
do it at you spongebob
one recycled sound buy used throughout
the first few seasons blossomed into one
of the funniest hatch phrases of the
series brought to life by series writer
and voice actor Doug Lorenz there have
been several variations of the line but
the hilarious
agonizing context is what makes this gag
so iconic seriously you know a throwaway
line is popular enough when they make an
entire episode as an homage to the joke
why are you following my leg you have to
listen to me yeah I give in confident
danger isn't that so Patrick I think I
hurt my leg
needless to say spongebob is chock-full
of hilarious running gags did we miss
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