Abrasive Sponge

If you were looking for the article about the episode, then see "The Abrasive Side."

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The Abrasive Sponge is the abrasive side that SpongeBob acquires in the episode "The Abrasive Side" to give negative answers.

Description

The Abrasive Sponge is green and adhesive, on top of having a nasty personality that throws hateful remarks at everything it encounters.

Role in episode

When Patrick sees that SpongeBob is helping everyone, he advises SpongeBob to sometimes say no. SpongeBob goes to his house and starts crying until Gary shows him an abrasive sponge that will allow him to say no. Throughout the episode, the Abrasive Sponge upsets everyone with its monstrous insults until Spongebob gets Sandy to remove it.

At the end of the episode,SpongeBob's grandmother puts on an abrasive sponge, which yells at SpongeBob again, much to his chagrin.

Trivia

• Squidward is the only character who liked the abrasive side, as he is used to nasty remarks and dislikes Spongebob's naive personality.
• It is based off of the hard side of real-life kitchen sponges to get rid of tougher stains.