He also cired No Weenies Allowed, but that was for a good reason since he broke his fingers in half just for cracking his knuckles a little too hard or something like that. However, that did show that SpongeBob's weakness and scrawniness can sometimes be exaggerated as well. Like when SpongeBob's crying was exaggerated in well, at least All That Glitters anyway, it was just his spatula, and in real life, something like that can easily be repaired and back to normal, but in the episode, it was like the spatula was SpongeBob's wife or something.
Which leads to this: What is with inaminate objects being like women since they are something SpongeBob loves? Not just the spatula in All That Glitters but also... blech... the krabby patty in To Love a Patty as well.
Oh yeah and SpongeBob cried a lot in Grandma's Kisses, but I thought it was funny seeing him cry so hard to try and get his Grandma's love back and for her to treat him like a kid again! So SPongeBon tried to flood the whole house with tears and pretend his eyes are sprinklers! So I think that was a for good reasons too.
So far it looks the only episode where SpongeBob really is overdoing the crying is All That Glitters. Yet suprisingly, I found it funny in that episode too.