Gary the Snail
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| Gary Betram the Snail | |
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| General Information | |
| Gender: | Male |
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| Color: | Orange/Peach-Pink Shell, Blue Body |
| Eye Color: | Red/Aqua green |
| Height: | Three fifths of SpongeBob's height |
| Weight: | Three fifths of SpongeBob's weight, although fat in Have You Seen This Snail? |
| Address: | 124 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean |
| Aliases: | Gare, The Garebear, Mrs. Tuffsy |
| Family & Friends | |
| Friends: | SpongeBob SquarePants Snellie, Patrick Star Owners = SpongeBob SqaurePants |
| Enemies: | Plankton, Squidward |
| Other Informations | |
| Interests: | Books, poetry, cookies |
| Series Information | |
| First appearance: | Help Wanted |
| Portrayer: | Tom Kenny |
Gary the Snail' is a character in the Nickelodeon animated comedy SpongeBob SquarePants, which first aired on May 1, 1999 (officially premiered on July 17, 1999). In the television series, Gary is SpongeBob's pet snail, although his behavior in several aspects resembles a housecat. As revealed in "Rule of Dumb", Gary is the rightful king of Bikini Bottom and is related to Patrick. Gary is shown to be very intelligent and literate, although, being an animal, he lacks the communication skills to convey this. In Gary's dream in "Sleepy Time", he is able to talk, has a humanoid body, and resides in a massive library.
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Early life
Gary B. Snail was born to Sluggo the Snail, and a descendant of King Amoeba. Information regarding Gary's early life is limited to that he lived with SpongeBob while SpongeBob lived in his parents house, which is implied in "Home Sweet Pineapple". Also, young SpongeBob and young Gary are featured in SpongeBob's scrapbook in the episode "Have You Seen This Snail?".
In the episode "Rule of Dumb", it is revealed that Gary is the rightful king of Bikini Bottom and Patrick's cousin.
General
Since SpongeBob was a little boy, he has taken the ownership of Gary. Gary is an intelligent, fully domesticated snail. His intelligence shines through in the fact that he has more intelligent solutions to SpongeBob's dilemmas than SpongeBob himself. Gary tends to disagree with some of SpongeBob's ideas, and usually makes an effort to warn him. Gary is generally shown to find Spongebob oblivious, ignorant and annoying, yet still willingly tolerates him.
In "Have You Seen This Snail?", Gary runs away from Spongebob when he fails to feed him, due to SpongeBob being addicted to the official "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Paddle Ball Set". Gary wanders aimlessly in search of a home, venturing into the dangerous inner city, until he is found by an elderly woman who pampers and overfeeds him, and renames him "Ms. Tuffsy". However, he eventually discovers her horrible secret: she is a snail killer! Gary narrowly escapes from her, and upon learning of Spongebob's desperate efforts to find him, realizes that Spongebob does indeed love him and has learned the error of his ways, and goes back to him.
Gary speaks mostly with cat-like meowing, although Spongebob is shown to understand what Gary is saying. Gary has only been heard speaking English three times: Once in "Sleepy Time" in his own dream, once in "The Secret Box" where he says "Err...No.". The third time was in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, when Gary is under the control of Plankton's mind-controlling bucket helmets, he chants "Meow Meow Plankton".
Character
Gary, even more mature than Squidward Tentacles is a young snail interested in books, reading and other eduacational stuff.
"Holiday Spirit"
In Opposite Day according to Spongebob Gary had a low Holiday Spirit just by barking instead of meowing.
Appearance
Gary has a blue body and green-yellow slime and eye stalks, big green eyes, red and black eye balls, and a pink shell with purple spots and red swirl.
Trivia/Goofs
- Gary has been shown to be able to levitate, teleport, play a violin and tie his shoe(s).
- SpongeBob readily admits, on several accounts, that Gary pays most of his bills.
- Spongebob has been shown on numerous occasions to frequently fail to feed Gary, including "Clams", "Have You Seen This Snail?", "Doing Time" and "I Was A Teenage Gary".
- The picture to the left shows that Patrick and Gary are somehow related.
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