Man Ray

“	Come on, world domination!	”
	— Man Ray, "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V"

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Man Ray
General information
Residence:	122 Conch Street (temporarily) Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean
Occupation(s):	Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's arch villain
Education:	High school
Physical appearance
Gender:	Male
Color:	Blue, red, and yellowish-gold
Eye color:	Red
Classification:	Ray
Series information
First appearance:	"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III"
Latest appearance:	"Bunny Hunt"
Portrayer:	John Rhys-Davies (November 27, 2000-June 1, 2002) Bob Joles (October 19, 2005-present)

Man Ray is the greatest arch-nemesis of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, the other being the Dirty Bubble. He first appears in the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III." He is a great threat to Bikini Bottom.

Description

He is a parody of Aquaman's archenemy, Black Manta.

Man Ray is an anthropomorphized Manta Ray with a blue helmet shaped like the head of a manta ray and red skin. His gloves, boots, and Speedo are a deep blue color. He has no head under his helmet.

Abilities and traits

Man Ray possesses typical superhero combat skills and seems to have the power to shoot destructive lasers from his hands.

Biography

Decades ago, Man Ray attempted to rule Bikini Bottom with his ray gun, but was foiled by Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy of the past pouring tartar sauce on him. However, when the future Mermaid Man, Barnacle Boy, SpongeBob, and Patrick come to the past, Patrick eats the tartar sauce that trapped Man Ray and creates the Man Ray Timeline where he defeated Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy and took over Bikini Bottom. Fortunately, SpongeBob and Patrick go back in time (after a complicated series of time travels), defeat Man Ray, and restore the timeline.

Man Ray first appears in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III." He was trapped in tartar sauce by Mermaid Man (unknown if it was the same tartar sauce from the past) until Patrick frees him. He is about to destroy SpongeBob and Patrick, but he has the tickle belt, so he can't do anything. In order to get SpongeBob to take the belt off, he convinces him that he wants to become good, so after many aggregating tests, SpongeBob finally removes the tickle belt, giving Man Ray a chance to escape. Man Ray then attempts to rob a bank but can't because he has lost the "urge to do bad."

At some point, Man Ray regains this urge and begins committing crimes again.

Trivia

• Despite abandoning his evil ways during his debut, he joins E.V.I.L. in a later episode. In "Shuffleboarding," he actually does retire.
• He is very susceptible to the tickle belt.
• Oddly, he can remove his head and is still able to talk. This is shown in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III" and "Shuffleboarding."
• In "Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go!," Man Ray is seen restocking Canned Bread into a vending machine.
• He is named after the surrealist of the same name.