User blog comment:SpongeGuy12/Fandom Questions 1: Endings to Bad Epsiodes/@comment-29038021-20180225170752/@comment-32202721-20180225233345

@Dragonzako: You're missing the bigger picture. Sure, he wasn't grounded, but Rita lost a lot of respect for him that day, and it'll probably be a long time before he can convince her to trust him on his own again.