Papa's Little Monster


 * "Papa's Little Monster is a big monster" -Krusty Krab's trademark greeting/line/prayer

"Papa's Little Monster" (previously known as "Pumpkin Monster") is a catchphrase/prayer of SpongeBob SquarePants and several other characters from the SpongeBob SquarePants animated series.

History
Originally, this phrase was known as "Pumpkin Monster".

When SpongeBob and Patrick first got their jobs at the Krusty Krab, they frequently asked Patrick for a job. SpongeBob's employer then told him, "Piece of cake, Patrick! Who else wouldn't give a 10 percent raise in his job?" This led to Patrick asking if SpongeBob had a job yet. This led to the idea "Papa's Little Monster."

In April 2004, The Simpsons took over the popular SpongeBob SquarePants cartoons after Channel 8 had been taken over by Fox. The Simpsons made numerous references to the Nickelodeon specials, including in "The SpongeBob SquarePants Half-Hour" in which Squidward is dressed in a pink shirt with a green star of Satan which SpongeBob says will make him a star (Squidward will make Mr. Krabs, not SpongeBob a star), with Mr. Krabs' response "I don't trust him! He'll just change!", and in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" where Patrick says to SpongeBob in a dream that the chocolate candy is a gift from "Papa."

SpongeBob sometimes repeats this phrase "Papa's Little Monster?" in an attempt to attract friends when people pass by. In the episode "Squidville Confidential," he says it when a bus passes. He says it again when it's revealed that he is in jail for something he did with Patrick. Also, he does it in "Krusty Krab Training Ground" when he is first seen in the Krusty Krab and then when Pat is on his way to the Krusty Krab.

In "SpongeBob's Last Stand", he says it at a party party.

In "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water", he says it when SpongeBob throws a rock away.

In "Battleship Potty," SpongeBob says this in the line where his toilet is the first one to break. He says it again in "SpongeBob Dies" when Squidward falls in the toilet, he says it twice at the Krusty Krab during "The Krusty Krab Files," and he repeats it during "The Big Pink Movie" and "The Frying Game."

According to an Easter egg in the episode "The Frying Game," when SpongeBob first gets on his boat, he looks at the sky and said "Papa's Little Monster" in an almost trance-like feeling, he can also hear birds in the trees and says this phrase "Papa's Little Monster" when he leaves the window.

"Papa's Little Monster" has also appeared in many commercials, including a video for "Krusty Krab Nachos."

The catchphrase has also been a big part of SpongeBob's catchphrase "My Name is Patrick," from the episode "Chum Bucket" to the episode "A Day in Bed."