Mermaid Man
From SpongeBob SquarePants
| Mermaid Man | |
| MermaidMan.PNG | |
| General Information | |
| Gender: | Male |
|---|---|
| Color: | Peach |
| Eye Color: | Black |
| Birthday: | February 26, 1933 (age 76) |
| Height: | 5 inches |
| Weight: | Obese due to low exercise, previously fit. |
| Address: | Shady Shoal's Rest Home Bikini Bottom |
| Occupation(s): | Superhero Rock Bottom Museum Security |
| Aliases: | "Old Coot" Old Man |
| Family & Friends | |
| Family: | Son Daughter In-Law 4 grandchildren Barnacle Boy (twin brother) |
| Friends: | Barnacle Boy (sidekick), SpongeBob SquarePants (as The Quickster and his normal self), Patrick Star (as The Elastic Wasteband and his normal self), Squidward Tentacles (as Captain Magma), Sandy Cheeks (as Miss Appear) |
| Employer: | The Commisioner |
| Employees: | the I.J.L.S.A |
| Enemies: | Man Ray The Dirty Bubble Atomic Flounder Jumbo Shrimp Prawn Sheldon J. Plankton Moth Sinister Slug<Evil Genie Barnacle Man |
| Other Informations | |
| Interests: | Crime Fighting, watching television |
| Series Information | |
| First appearance: | "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" |
| Portrayer: | Ernest Borgnine(Series SuperSponge Video Game), Joe Alaskey/Joe Whyte (Video Games) |
Mermaid Man (actual name Jim Huckler) is a semi-retired superhero who has aged well past his prime. He is wide and has white hair. His costume mostly resembles the costume of the comic book hero Aquaman, with the addition of an M-shaped belt buckle, a purple star-shaped mask, a scallop-shell bra, and a pair of pink fuzzy slippers. Mermaid Man is a parody of Aquaman due to his similar powers and outfit, and his underwater lair and method of crime fighting is a parody of Batman. His "invisible Boat-Mobile" is a parody of both the Batmobile and Wonder Woman's invisible jet. It is unclear how he can live in Bikini Bottom, as he, along with Barnacle Boy, are the some of only true humanoid characters on the show (although he could be Atlantean or otherwise super-powered).
[edit] General
Much like the superheroes he is based on, Mermaid Man also has a sidekick, Barnacle Boy, whom he treats like a child even though Barnacle Boy is 68 years old (mentioned in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V) Mermaid Man appears to be in the advanced stages of senility, often forgetting what he is talking about, or what he is doing. This is not a problem for SpongeBob and Patrick, who unconditionally adore the two heroes and managed to coax them out of retirement and back into television. SpongeBob has appeared with them in eight different shorts — often involving a supervillain, a supergadget, or some combination of the two. In Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture, he and Patrick made a film about the heroes.
Mermaid Man has several nemeses that he fought long ago. Dirty Bubble was a sentient dirty bubble. Man Ray was a humanoid with a stingray themed costume who did evil things and was frozen in the Mermalair. Atomic Flounder was a fish who could shoot nuclear blasts from his mouth. According to Mermaid Man, he has been searching for another nemesis, the Moth, a humanoid moth who steals light, for 57 years because the Moth is very small. He was seen in Night Light.
According to Mermaid Man, his powers are all in his costume. He uses abilities similar to Aquaman's such as: summon and control sea creatures, high speed swimming (used to create an effect dubbed the Raging Whirlpool), water balls, and the ability to survive underwater. While Mermaid Man retains all of these abilities, they are not as powerful as they were in his prime. Also, Mermaid Man has Super Telescoping Vision according to a scene cut from the storyboards of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V.
In addition to this, his belt houses a wide array of weapons, most commonly seen as some kind of beam or ray. The only one named on the show is the Small Ray which shrinks things, but various effects were created when SpongeBob used the belt on Squidward trying to reverse the Small Ray's effects. His belt features other powers such as the Building Obliteration Button, Chin Cam, and various radioactive beams that cause bizarre mutations and various effects to the subject, such as causing them to suddenly catch on fire, turn inside out, or to be cut in half by scissors. They are only briefly shown, all afflicting Squidward. This seems to be a reference to both Batman and Space Ghost.
Mermaid Man enjoys watching television and playing checkers with Barnacle Boy. His favorite word is "EVIL!", because in nearly every episode he appears in, he screams "EEEEEEVVVVIIIILLL!!!" He will eat almost anything. His favorite foods are meatloaf, mashed potatoes, broccoli, Krabby Patties, and ice cream. He is also the champ of the Kelp Forest Vine Slide, as seen in Battle for Bikini Bottom.
It is likely that he had a case of amnesia before, and it was almost permanent because he never had a good memory in the series.
[edit] Notes
- In the episode Ditchin' it shows a part of the new Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy origin comic book with a man resembling Barnacle Boy and woman resembling Mermaid Man in a spaceship. The woman had two children in her arms which resembled Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, so it may conclude to the fact that Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy might be brothers, or the superhero adults could have adopted them.Mermaid Man has a speical utilty belt with all his powers on it and without it it he doesn't have any powers.
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