Hypnotherapy

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Hypnotherapy is a hypnotherapy clinic that appears in the episode "SpongeBob's Bad Habit."

Description

Exterior

The clinic is a big cylindrical building wearing a large red turban decorated with green, light blue, purple, pink, and orange beads, as well as feathers, and the building's name in purple writing. A small sign near the building states that the clinic has been featured on the show "Good Morning Bikini Bottom," hinting that the clinic is somewhat famous.

Interior

The clinic's waiting room has dirty brown walls, wooden blue patterns along the walls, and a wooden floor. The room has several decorative paintings, magazines to read, red seats, a purple and blue rug, and side tables with flower pots.

The hypnotherapist's office is somewhat similar, with gray metallic walls and the same wooden floor. The walls are decorated with a clock and several diplomas, and the far end of the room has a window with green curtains, a desk for the hypnotherapist, and a blue chair for the patient.

Role in episode

After many failed attempts to stop SpongeBob from chewing his and others' fingernails, Patrick and Sandy take him here for hypnotherapy. He is sent into the office, where he is promptly hypnotized by the doctor and asked why he can't stop his nail biting. He starts listing the various complaints Squidward told him and begins to believe he is Squidward, and the doctor explains that SpongeBob has internalized Squidward's complaints as his own, causing the rabid nail biting.

SpongeBob is soon cured of his condition and thanks the doctor, who is revealed to be Hans. Hans' fingernails overwhelm SpongeBob, who attacks Hans and starts biting his nails. Squidward then arrives for his appointment with Hans, but becomes shocked at the sight of SpongeBob biting Hans' nails and quickly leaves while biting his own nails.