The Abrasive Sponge is an abrasive side for sponges that SpongeBob acquires in the episode "The Abrasive Side" to be more assertive.
Description[]
The Abrasive Sponge is green and adhesive, on top of having a nasty personality that throws negative remarks at everything it encounters. It is primarily used to turn away others at undesirable circumstances. It attaches to a sponge's skin and it is very painful to remove. It was made to be mean to people and say "no" to anyone.
Role in series[]
"The Abrasive Side"[]
When Patrick sees that SpongeBob is helping everyone, he advises SpongeBob to at least reject unreasonable requests. SpongeBob goes to his house and starts crying until Gary buys him one. Throughout the episode, the Abrasive Sponge upsets everyone (including Sandy, Larry, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, his pet Gary, and Grandma SquarePants) with its rude insults, upsetting SpongeBob until he gets Sandy to remove it.
At the end of the episode, SpongeBob's grandmother wears an abrasive side to get back at him for being rude to her.
"Salty Sponge"[]
SpongeBob uses it to chop wood in the body hair competition.
"Ma and Pa's Big Hurrah"[]
When SpongeBob is cleaning his house, one transition shows him with the Abrasive Side on his back.
Trivia[]
- Squidward is the only character who enjoys the abrasive side, as he is used to nasty remarks and dislikes SpongeBob's naive personality.
- It is based on the scouring pad of real-life kitchen sponges that clears tougher stains with more efficiency.