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{{RP|episode|My Leg!}}
  
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{{RP|song|My Leg Is In Love!}}
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{{RP2|the song|My Leg Is In Love!}}
 
[[File:My leg revupthosefryers.ogg|thumb|Sample from "[[Arrgh!]]"]]
  
[[File:My leg revupthosefryers.ogg|thumb|Sample from "[[Arrgh!]]"]]
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[[File:My_Leg!_from_My_Leg!.ogg|Audio from [[My Leg!]]]]
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[[File:My Leg! from My Leg!.ogg|Audio from "[[My Leg!]]"]]
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"'''My leg!'''" is a stock sound effect provided by [[Doug Lawrence]] that consists of the titular exclamation and is mostly associated with the character [[Fred]]. The effect has been used throughout the series as a running gag akin to the {{w|Wilhelm scream}}. The {{Link|Season 11}} episode "[[My Leg!]]" pays homage to this gag.
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"'''My leg!'''" is a stock sound effect voiced by [[Doug Lawrence|Mr. Lawrence]] that consists of the titular exclamation and is mostly associated with the character [[Fred]]. The effect has been used throughout ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (series)|SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' as a running gag akin to the famous {{w|Wilhelm scream}}. The {{Link|season 11}} episode "[[My Leg!]]" pays homage to the gag.
  
   
 
==List of instances==
  
==List of instances==
 
==={{Link|Season 1}}===
  
==={{Link|Season 1}}===
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*"[[Boating School]]" — {{Link|SpongeBob}} crashes a boat into a lighthouse causing it to fall over twice.
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*"[[Boating School]]" — {{Link|SpongeBob}} crashes a boat into a [[Mrs. Puff's lighthouse]], causing it to fall over twice.
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*"[[Hall Monitor]]" — SpongeBob makes all the cars crash together.
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*"[[Hall Monitor]]" — SpongeBob makes the cars at an intersection crash together.
 
*"[[Culture Shock]]" — {{Link|Pearl}} finishes her act.
  
*"[[Culture Shock]]" — {{Link|Pearl}} finishes her act.
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*"[[The Chaperone]]" — Chaos at the [[Bikini Bottom High School]].
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*"[[The Chaperone]]" — Chaos erupts thanks to SpongeBob and Pearl at [[Bikini Bottom High School]].
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*"[[Karate Choppers]]" — SpongeBob beats up [[Fred]].
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*"[[Karate Choppers]]" — SpongeBob beats up Fred after mistaking him for {{Link|Sandy}}.
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*"[[Sleepy Time]]" — {{Link|Plankton}} zaps the town.
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*"[[Sleepy Time]]" — {{Link|Plankton}} zaps the town with his eye in his dream.
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*"[[Suds]]" — Chaos at the [[Krusty Krab]] when the customers thought that SpongeBob sneezed in their Krabby Patties.
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*"[[Suds]]" — Chaos erupts at the [[Krusty Krab]] when the customers thought a suds-infected SpongeBob sneezed in their {{Link|Krabby Patties}}.
 
*"[[Arrgh!]]" — {{Link|Mr. Krabs}} throws Fred out of the Krusty Krab.
  
*"[[Arrgh!]]" — {{Link|Mr. Krabs}} throws Fred out of the Krusty Krab.
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*"[[Walking Small]]" — SpongeBob spreads sand on people with a towel, this time with [[Harold "Bill" Reginald]]. This is the most nonsensical use of the gag as he only got sand in his '''eyes'''. Therefore, his legs were not damaged in any way, so he '''should''' have said, "My eyes!" However, it is possible he hurt one of his legs escaping the onslaught.
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*"[[Walking Small]]" — SpongeBob spreads sand on people with a towel at [[Goo Lagoon]]. This is the most nonsensical use of the gag as the scene only shows [[Incidental 40]] getting sand in his eyes. However, it is possible that Fred hurt one of his legs escaping the onslaught.
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==={{Link|Season 2}}===
  
==={{Link|Season 2}}===
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*"[[Something Smells]]" — SpongeBob brings his stench to the band.
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*"[[Something Smells]]" — SpongeBob inadvertently uses a cloud of bad breath as a bowling ball to knock down a marching band like bowling pins.
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*"[[Wormy]]" — Chaos in Bikini Bottom comes with [[Wormy (character)|Sandy's butterfly]].
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*"[[Wormy]]" — Chaos in Bikini Bottom comes with the arrival of [[Wormy (character)|Sandy's new butterfly]].
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*"[[No Free Rides]]" — [[Mrs. Puff]] imagining SpongeBob with the boat running over a party.
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*"[[No Free Rides]]" — [[Mrs. Puff]] imagines SpongeBob running over a birthday party with a boat.
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*"[[Squid on Strike]]" - The fish are running over Squidward.
  
 
==={{Link|Season 3}}===
  
==={{Link|Season 3}}===
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*"[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]" — SpongeBob trying to put everyone in the jar.
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*"[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]" — SpongeBob tries to put everyone he shrunk with [[Mermaid Man]]'s utility belt in a jar.
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*"[[As Seen on TV]]" — After Mr. Krabs orders the commercial crew to leave, Fred is seen holding a giant leg along with others.
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*"[[As Seen on TV]]" — After Mr. Krabs orders the commercial crew to leave Fred is seen holding a giant leg along with others.
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==={{Link|Season 5}}===
  
==={{Link|Season 5}}===
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*"[[Boat Smarts]]" - Heard after SpongeBob runs over some boaters.
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*"[[Boat Smarts]]" - Heard after SpongeBob runs down some boaters.
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*"[[Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob]]" – Heard faintly as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are destroying the Shady Shoals Rest Home.
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*"[[Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob]]" – Faintly heard as Mermaid Man and [[Barnacle Boy]] are destroying the [[Shady Shoals Rest Home]] while under Plankton's control.
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==={{Link|Season 6}}===
  
==={{Link|Season 6}}===
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*"[[Krusty Krushers]]" — All the wrestlers except two have been defeated.
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*"[[Krusty Krushers]]" — Every wrestler except the champions have been defeated.
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*"[[Shuffleboarding]]" — The jail explodes.
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*"[[Shuffleboarding]]" — The [[Bikini Bottom Jail]] explodes after SpongeBob and Patrick stuff most of the [[Bikini Bottomites]] inside.
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==={{Link|Season 8}}===
  
==={{Link|Season 8}}===
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*"[[Glove World R.I.P.]]" - One fish says "Oh, my leg can't feel me" after he and other fish fall off the [[Glove World!]] glove pole.
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*"[[Glove World R.I.P.]]" - One fish says "Oh, my leg can't feel me" after he and a group of other fish fall off the [[Glove World!]] pole.
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==={{Link|Season 9}}===
  
==={{Link|Season 9}}===
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*"[[Squid Baby]]" — After getting drawn on his face by a baby-minded Squidward, [[Nat Peterson]] says "My face! My face! Also my leg, but mostly my face!" (Here it is mentioned but not actually referred to.)
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*"[[Squid Baby]]" — After getting his face drawn on by a baby-minded {{Link|Squidward}}, [[Nat Peterson]] says "My face! My face! Also my leg, but mostly my face!"
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*"[[Larry's Gym]]" — [[Frankie Billy]] gets hit with a grill, causing him to say, "My legs!"
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*"[[Larry's Gym]]" — [[Frankie Billy]] gets hit with a grill, causing him to say "My legs!"
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*"[[Lame and Fortune]]" — A piano falls on [[Ivy (gray)|Ivy]]'s legs.
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*"[[Lame and Fortune]]" — A piano falls on [[Ivy (gray)|Ivy]]'s legs making him say "My legs!"
 
*"[[Pineapple Invasion]]" — Plankton's fake leg breaks.
  
*"[[Pineapple Invasion]]" — Plankton's fake leg breaks.
 
*"[[Mutiny on the Krusty]]" — A blade goes out in the middle of the [[Krusty Krab]].
  
*"[[Mutiny on the Krusty]]" — A blade goes out in the middle of the [[Krusty Krab]].
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==={{Link|Season 10}}===
  
==={{Link|Season 10}}===
 
*"[[Code Yellow]]" — After getting run over by SpongeBob, [[Bikini Bottom Marathon Number Seven]] screams "My legs!"
  
*"[[Code Yellow]]" — After getting run over by SpongeBob, [[Bikini Bottom Marathon Number Seven]] screams "My legs!"
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==={{Link|Season 11}}===
  
==={{Link|Season 11}}===
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*"[[Larry the Floor Manager]]" — Fred falls off the treadmill.
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*"[[Larry the Floor Manager]]" — Fred falls off a treadmill.
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*"[[Pat the Horse]]" — A kid says "My little leg!" when he crashes to the ground after [[Pat the Horse (character)|Pat the Horse]] tosses him off. And after the kid gets run over by Pat the Horse, he says, "My ''other'' little leg!"
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*"[[Pat the Horse]]" — A kid says "My little leg!" when he crashes to the ground after [[Pat the Horse (character)|Pat the Horse]] tosses him off. And after the kid gets run over by Pat the Horse he says, "My other little leg!"
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*"[[Grandmum's the Word]]" — Everyone fighting for the Krabby Patty.
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*"[[Grandmum's the Word]]" — Everyone fights for a Krabby Patty.
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*"[[My Leg!]]" — Most of the episode, with 73 mentions of just "leg" and 43 of those being "My leg":
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*"[[My Leg!]]" — Most of the episode with 73 mentions of just "leg" and 43 of those being "My leg":
 
**12 are heard in the compilation at the start of the episode.
  
**12 are heard in the compilation at the start of the episode.
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**6 while the doctor cuts off Fred's cast.
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**Six while the doctor cuts off Fred's cast.
 
**The flashback to where Fred gets his leg run over by SpongeBob's toy freight train.
  
**The flashback to where Fred gets his leg run over by SpongeBob's toy freight train.
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**Any time "My leg," "Your leg," "His leg" or "Fred's leg" is heard, it is spoken in a loud and exaggerated way.
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**Any time "My leg," "Your leg," "His leg," or "Fred's leg" are heard they are spoken in a loud and exaggerated way.
 
**{{Link|Patrick}} says this twice when showing SpongeBob his leg after having a few bites taken out of it.
  
**{{Link|Patrick}} says this twice when showing SpongeBob his leg after having a few bites taken out of it.
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**SpongeBob accidentally hits [[Convict|the convict]]'s foot.
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**SpongeBob accidentally hits a [[convict]]'s foot.
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**[[Tom (robot)|Tom]] gains SpongeBob's leg to replace his missing robotic leg.
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**[[Tom (robot)|Tom]] gains SpongeBob's leg to replace his missing leg.
 
**SpongeBob says this after his leg grows back.
  
**SpongeBob says this after his leg grows back.
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**8 are heard in the [[My Leg! (song)|My Leg! song]].
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**8 are heard in the song "[[My Leg Is In Love!]]"
 
**Fred's leg snaps off at the ending.
  
**Fred's leg snaps off at the ending.
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*"[[Shopping List]]" — Fred screams this as the Krusty Krab floor turns to its other side, revealing a shopping cart containing a bag full of the real secret ingredients.
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*"[[Shopping List]]" — Fred screams this as the Krusty Krab floor turns to the other side, revealing a shopping cart containing a bag full of the real secret ingredients.
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*"[[ChefBob]]" — Fred screams this when Mr. Krabs told SpongeBob to break a leg during his cooking show. Krabs then responds to it, yelling, "Shut up, Fred!"
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*"[[ChefBob]]" — Fred screams this when Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to break a leg during his cooking show. Mr. Krabs then responds, yelling "Shut up, Fred!"
 
*"[[Call the Cops]]" — Fred screams this in the background while Plankton is looking for the secret formula in the evidence room.
  
*"[[Call the Cops]]" — Fred screams this in the background while Plankton is looking for the secret formula in the evidence room.
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*"[[Bubbletown]]" — A bubble version of Fred says this when SpongeBob accidentally popped the bottom half of his body. Because of that, Bubble Fred screams, "My bubble legs!"
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*"[[Bubbletown]]" — A bubble version of Fred says this when SpongeBob accidentally pops the bottom half of his body. Because of that Bubble Fred screams "My bubble legs!"
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[[File:The String 030.png|thumb|190px|"My Leg, of my PANTS!" The [[Bikini Bottomites]] are naked.]]
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*"[[The String]]" — Fred screams this when SpongeBob unravels everyone's clothes with a loose thread. But this time, he quickly corrects himself by saying, "Of my pants!"
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*"[[The String]]" — Fred screams this when SpongeBob unravels everyone's clothes with a loose thread. This time he quickly corrects himself by saying "Of my pants!"
   
 
==={{Link|Season 12}}===
  
==={{Link|Season 12}}===
 
*"[[The Nitwitting]]" – Appears as graffiti on a pipe in the alley with other gag references also in graffiti.
  
*"[[The Nitwitting]]" – Appears as graffiti on a pipe in the alley with other gag references also in graffiti.
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*"[[Gary's Got Legs]]" - When [[Gary the Snail|Gary]] starts kicking everyone in the [[Snail Park]] with his legs, Fred exits the park and yells, "His legs!"
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*"[[Gary's Got Legs]]" - When {{Link|Gary}} starts kicking everyone in the [[Snail Park]] with his legs Fred exits and yells "His legs!"
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*"[[One Trick Sponge]]" - Fred accidentally chops his leg off with a door.
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*"[[Squid's on a Bus]]" - Fred says the line while SpongeBob and Patrick fight in the bus aisles. He is later seen walking out of the bus with crutches and a cast on his injured leg.
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*"[[Squid's on a Bus]]" - Fred says this while SpongeBob and Patrick fight in the bus aisles. He is later seen walking out of a bus with crutches and a cast on his leg.
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*"[[SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]]" – Plankton ties Fred's leg up and forces him to say it.
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*"[[SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]]" – Plankton ties up Fred's leg and forces him to say it.
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*"[[Lighthouse Louie]]" - Perch Perkins shouts "Your legs!" when asking Fred if they were injured from the Boating School lighthouse.
   
 
===Movies===
  
===Movies===
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*''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'' — Mr. Krabs throws away a large stone bun that was going to be used to execute SpongeBob and it hits someone offscreen.
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*''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'' — Mr. Krabs throws away a large stone bun that was going to be used to execute SpongeBob and it hits Fred off-screen.
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===''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (musical)|The SpongeBob Musical]]''===
  
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*When the Electric Skates gives Squidward a list of demands, the list is so long that it unravels and crashes into the orchestra pit causing chaos among the musicians, one of whom spouts this classic sound bite.
  
 
===Other===
  
===Other===
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===''[[SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: The Great Jelly Rescue!]]''===
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Someone says this when SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy are flying through [[Goo Lagoon]] on jellyfish.
   
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==== [[SpongeBob's Game Frenzy]] ====
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===''[[SpongeBob SquarePants (musical)|The SpongeBob Musical]]''===
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*When the Electric Skates give Squidward a list of demands, the list is so long that it unravels and crashes into the orchestra pit, causing chaos among the musicians, one of whom spouts this classic sound bite.
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*If you fail the "Yank the Yacht" level, this soundbite is heard.
  
   
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==== Drawings ====
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====''[[SpongeBob's Game Frenzy]]''====
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*If the player fails the "Yank the Yacht" level this sound clip is heard.
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* In one drawing, Patrick sits on Fred's leg.
  
   
 
==Related gags==
  
==Related gags==
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==="My eyes!"===
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==="My eye(s)!"===
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*"Something Smells" — When SpongeBob asks a passing fish in a boat through the windshield if he's "ugly," the stench of SpongeBob's breath burns his face causing him to scream "My eyes! My eyes!" before he loses control and comes to a stop only to spontaneously combust after throwing SpongeBob off.
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*"Something Smells" — When SpongeBob asks a passing fish in a boat through the windshield if he's "ugly" the stench of SpongeBob's breath burns his face causing him to scream "My eyes! My eyes!" before he loses control and comes to a stop only to spontaneously combust after throwing SpongeBob off.
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*"[[Best Frenemies]]" - Plankton gets sprayed with cleaning material in the [[Kelpshake]] restaurant.
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*"[[Best Frenemies]]" - Plankton gets sprayed with cleaning material in a [[Kelpshake]] restaurant.
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*''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'' — Both times King Neptune has the paper bag taken off his head, everyone screams "Bald! Bald! Bald!" multiple times, followed by Fred screaming "My eyes!" Later in the movie during the final confrontation with [[Dennis]], SpongeBob once again tries to beg for mercy using bubbles as his next offer, but the liquid bubble soap in his wand goes flying straight into Dennis's face making him exclaim "My eyes!" as he covers them, though throwing SpongeBob behind him in the process.
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*''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'' — Both times King Neptune has the paper bag taken off his head everyone screams "Bald! Bald! Bald!" multiple times followed by Fred screaming "My eyes!" During the final confrontation with [[Dennis]], SpongeBob once again tries to beg for mercy using bubbles as his next offer but the liquid bubble soap in his wand goes flying straight into Dennis's face making him exclaim "My eyes!" as he covers them, though throwing SpongeBob behind him in the process.
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*''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' — After Plankton introduces himself as "Plank-Ton," he flips [[Burger Beard the Pirate|Burger Beard]]'s ship over and pokes his head into one of the opened windows, and as he scans for Burger Beard the pirate captain shoots a bottle of mustard in his face forcing him to drop the ship as he exclaims "My eye! My eye!"
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*''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' — After Plankton introduces himself as "Plank-Ton," he flips [[Burger Beard]]'s ship over and pokes his head into one of the opened windows and as he scans for Burger Beard the pirate shoots a bottle of mustard in his face forcing him to drop the ship as he exclaims "My eye! My eye!"
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=== "My foot!" ===
  
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* In "Stuck in the Wringer", Fred says "My foot!" when a cash register falls on his foot.
  
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== Referenced in other media ==
  
   
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=== TV ===
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=== "My foot!"===
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*In "Stuck in the Wringer," Ivy says "My foot!" when the cash register falls on his foot.
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* The sound effect appeared in the ''{{W|CatDog}}'' episode "[[w:c:catdog:Vexed of Kin|Vexed of Kin]]."
  
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* The sound effect was barely audible heard in the Camp Lazlo episode 7 Deadly Sandwiches.
  
   
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=== Films ===
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==="My nails!"===
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*In "[[SpongeBob's Bad Habit]]," Fred says "My nails!" when SpongeBob bites them.
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* In the 2006 film {{W|The Pink Panther (2006 film)|''The Pink Panther''}} when the main character, Inspector Clouseau, accidentally rolls a rather large globe off its stand and it goes down the stairs, the background voice of a man is heard exclaiming "My leg! It's caught my leg!"
  
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* In the 2018 film ''Solo: A Star Wars Story'', you can hear a Stormtrooper yell “My Leg!” during a battle on the planet Mimbam.
  
   
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=== Web Series ===
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==Other media==
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===TV===
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* In the ''HOW2'' segments of Annoying Orange, the HOW2 referencer sometimes says it.
  
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*The sound effect appeared in Nickelodeon's ''{{W|CatDog}}'' episode "[[w:c:catdog:Vexed of Kin|Vexed of Kin]]."
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*The sound effect was barely audible in the ''{{W|Camp Lazlo}}'' episode "7 Deadly Sandwiches."
   
 
==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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*Oddly in seasons 9 and above the voice is different than the rest of the series barring "[[Culture Shock]]," "[[The Chaperone]]" and "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]," heard more as a direct saying instead of a sound effect.
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*In seasons 9-present the voice is different than the rest of the series barring "[[Culture Shock]]," "[[The Chaperone]]," and "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]," heard more as a direct saying instead of a sound effect.
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*Seasons 1 and 11 are currently tied with having the most amount of episodes that use the "My leg!" gag with a total of nine episodes that had it in those seasons.
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*Seasons 1 and 11 are currently tied with having the most amount of episodes that use the "My leg!" gag, with a total of nine episodes that had it in those seasons.
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*It was never used in Seasons 4 or 7.
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*The gag was never used in seasons 4 or 7.
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*On the topic of the gag, [[Doug Lawrence]] said "and if you've ever wondered where the show's often-used exclamation of "My leg!" came from, Mr. Lawrence (voice of Plankton) had a definitive answer: "It was an ad-lib. [The scene called for] everyone writhing in pain and I said it and I kept saying it. Fans started talking about it and named him Fred. He has his own episode."<ref>https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/tca-2019-spongebob-cast-talks-craziest-fans-from-bowie-to-obama</ref>
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*There's even [[My Leg!|an episode of Season 11 of the same name]].
  
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**As stated above and true to its name, the "My Leg!" episode obviously uses "My leg!" more times than the rest of the series, movies and musical combined, with a grand total of 43.
  
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*On the topic of the gag, [[Doug Lawrence]] said, "and if you've ever wondered where the show's often-used exclamation of "My leg!" came from, Mr. Lawrence (voice of Plankton) had a definitive answer: "It was an ad-lib. [The scene called for] everyone writhing in pain and I said it and I kept saying it. Fans started talking about it and named him Fred. He has his own episode."<ref>https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/tca-2019-spongebob-cast-talks-craziest-fans-from-bowie-to-obama</ref>
  
   
 
==Videos==
  
==Videos==
 
<gallery widths="180" captionalign="center" position="center" hideaddbutton="true">
  
<gallery widths="180" captionalign="center" position="center" hideaddbutton="true">
 
File:Running Gag My Leg
  
File:Running Gag My Leg
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File:The Spongebob episode "My Leg!" but only the parts where they mention someones leg-0
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File:The Spongebob episode "My Leg!" but only the parts where they mention someones leg
 
File:SpongeBob SquarePants MY LEG! (THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION!)-1
  
File:SpongeBob SquarePants MY LEG! (THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION!)-1
 
File:"My leg!" Compilation Updated for Season 9
  
File:"My leg!" Compilation Updated for Season 9
 
File:"My leg!" Compilation
  
File:"My leg!" Compilation
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File:SpongeBob - My Leg Compilation-1
  
 
File:SpongeBob "My Leg!" Compilation Updated for Season 11
  
File:SpongeBob "My Leg!" Compilation Updated for Season 11
 
File:SpongeBob SquarePants - Fred's Leg Remix Nickelodeon
  
File:SpongeBob SquarePants - Fred's Leg Remix Nickelodeon
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File:"My Leg!" 💥 Animatic SpongeBob SquarePants
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File: Every "MY LEG!" Ever in SpongeBob 🦵 ft. Fred the Fish
 
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[[Category:SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]]
  

Revision as of 00:34, 20 May 2020

If you were looking for the article about the episode, then see My Leg!.
If you were looking for the article about the song, then see My Leg Is In Love!.

Sample from "Arrgh!"

"My leg!" is a stock sound effect provided by Doug Lawrence that consists of the titular exclamation and is mostly associated with the character Fred. The effect has been used throughout the series as a running gag akin to the Wilhelm scream. The Season 11 episode "My Leg!" pays homage to this gag.

List of instances

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 5

Season 6

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

  • "Larry the Floor Manager" — Fred falls off a treadmill.
  • "Pat the Horse" — A kid says "My little leg!" when he crashes to the ground after Pat the Horse tosses him off. And after the kid gets run over by Pat the Horse he says, "My other little leg!"
  • "Grandmum's the Word" — Everyone fights for a Krabby Patty.
  • "My Leg!" — Most of the episode with 73 mentions of just "leg" and 43 of those being "My leg":
    • 12 are heard in the compilation at the start of the episode.
    • Six while the doctor cuts off Fred's cast.
    • The flashback to where Fred gets his leg run over by SpongeBob's toy freight train.
    • Any time "My leg," "Your leg," "His leg," or "Fred's leg" are heard they are spoken in a loud and exaggerated way.
    • Patrick says this twice when showing SpongeBob his leg after having a few bites taken out of it.
    • SpongeBob accidentally hits a convict's foot.
    • Tom gains SpongeBob's leg to replace his missing leg.
    • SpongeBob says this after his leg grows back.
    • 8 are heard in the song "My Leg Is In Love!"
    • Fred's leg snaps off at the ending.
  • "Shopping List" — Fred screams this as the Krusty Krab floor turns to the other side, revealing a shopping cart containing a bag full of the real secret ingredients.
  • "ChefBob" — Fred screams this when Mr. Krabs tells SpongeBob to break a leg during his cooking show. Mr. Krabs then responds, yelling "Shut up, Fred!"
  • "Call the Cops" — Fred screams this in the background while Plankton is looking for the secret formula in the evidence room.
  • "Bubbletown" — A bubble version of Fred says this when SpongeBob accidentally pops the bottom half of his body. Because of that Bubble Fred screams "My bubble legs!"
The String 030

"My Leg, of my PANTS!" The Bikini Bottomites are naked.

  • "The String" — Fred screams this when SpongeBob unravels everyone's clothes with a loose thread. This time he quickly corrects himself by saying "Of my pants!"

Season 12

  • "The Nitwitting" – Appears as graffiti on a pipe in the alley with other gag references also in graffiti.
  • "Gary's Got Legs" - When Gary starts kicking everyone in the Snail Park with his legs Fred exits and yells "His legs!"
  • "One Trick Sponge" - Fred accidentally chops his leg off with a door.
  • "Squid's on a Bus" - Fred says this while SpongeBob and Patrick fight in the bus aisles. He is later seen walking out of a bus with crutches and a cast on his leg.
  • "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout" – Plankton ties up Fred's leg and forces him to say it.
  • "Lighthouse Louie" - Perch Perkins shouts "Your legs!" when asking Fred if they were injured from the Boating School lighthouse.

Movies

Other

SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: The Great Jelly Rescue!

Someone says this when SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy are flying through Goo Lagoon on jellyfish.

The SpongeBob Musical

  • When the Electric Skates give Squidward a list of demands, the list is so long that it unravels and crashes into the orchestra pit, causing chaos among the musicians, one of whom spouts this classic sound bite.

SpongeBob's Game Frenzy

  • If the player fails the "Yank the Yacht" level this sound clip is heard.

Related gags

"My eye(s)!"

  • "Something Smells" — When SpongeBob asks a passing fish in a boat through the windshield if he's "ugly" the stench of SpongeBob's breath burns his face causing him to scream "My eyes! My eyes!" before he loses control and comes to a stop only to spontaneously combust after throwing SpongeBob off.
  • "Best Frenemies" - Plankton gets sprayed with cleaning material in a Kelpshake restaurant.
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie — Both times King Neptune has the paper bag taken off his head everyone screams "Bald! Bald! Bald!" multiple times followed by Fred screaming "My eyes!" During the final confrontation with Dennis, SpongeBob once again tries to beg for mercy using bubbles as his next offer but the liquid bubble soap in his wand goes flying straight into Dennis's face making him exclaim "My eyes!" as he covers them, though throwing SpongeBob behind him in the process.
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water — After Plankton introduces himself as "Plank-Ton," he flips Burger Beard's ship over and pokes his head into one of the opened windows and as he scans for Burger Beard the pirate shoots a bottle of mustard in his face forcing him to drop the ship as he exclaims "My eye! My eye!"

"My foot!"

  • In "Stuck in the Wringer," Ivy says "My foot!" when the cash register falls on his foot.

"My nails!"

Other media

TV

  • The sound effect appeared in Nickelodeon's CatDog episode "Vexed of Kin."
  • The sound effect was barely audible in the Camp Lazlo episode "7 Deadly Sandwiches."

Trivia

  • In seasons 9-present the voice is different than the rest of the series barring "Culture Shock," "The Chaperone," and "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV," heard more as a direct saying instead of a sound effect.
  • Seasons 1 and 11 are currently tied with having the most amount of episodes that use the "My leg!" gag, with a total of nine episodes that had it in those seasons.
  • The gag was never used in seasons 4 or 7.
  • On the topic of the gag, Doug Lawrence said "and if you've ever wondered where the show's often-used exclamation of "My leg!" came from, Mr. Lawrence (voice of Plankton) had a definitive answer: "It was an ad-lib. [The scene called for] everyone writhing in pain and I said it and I kept saying it. Fans started talking about it and named him Fred. He has his own episode."[1]

Videos

References

  1. ^ https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/tca-2019-spongebob-cast-talks-craziest-fans-from-bowie-to-obama
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