The Prom Plot: SpongeBob ends up being a chaperone for Pearl to her prom after her boyfriend dumps her.Primp of Contempt: Squidward is shown filing his nails with Dreary Half-Lidded Eyes while Pearl is crying loudly about her date standing her up.Pet the Dog: When Spongebob begins bawling over Pearl's near-bawl, she goes to comfort him, then they dance together and get kicked out.Krabs yells at SpongeBob to 'keep away from his precious little flower!' Then reveals that SpongeBob almost stepped on a literal sea flower. Ocular Gushers: Pearl's tears flood the Krusty Krab.In the end, it is implied that the dummy SpongeBob is the one who went with Pearl. Krabs asks SpongeBob to take Pearl to her prom, but then the real SpongeBob appears and shows him the exact replica of himself he made, which is whom Krabs was talking to. Mind Screw: Was it SpongeBob's dummy that took Pearl to the prom? If it did, how did it move, talk, destroy things.?.Intelligible Unintelligible: Pearl is able to understand SpongeBob through his Inelegant Blubbering.
'Long, Tan and Handsome,' is revealed to be a plain-looking geeky anchovy. Informed Attractiveness: Pearl's ex boyfriend, Octavius Rex AKA Mr.
