Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy
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| SpongeBob SquarePants episode | |
| "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" | |
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| Chronology | |
| Information | |
| Season №: | 1 |
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| Episode №: | 6a |
| Airdate: | August 21, 1999 |
| Best Day Ever Rank: | #37 |
| Credits | |
| Guest(s): | -Ernest Borgnine as Mermaid Manand Live action old sailor -Tim Conway as Barnacle Boy Doug Lawrence as the Announcer Don Newhouse as live-action man |
| Writer(s): | Paul Tibbitt Mark O'Hare Doug Lawrence |
| Storyboard Artist(s): | Mark O'Hare |
| Directors | |
| Storyboard: | Paul Tibbitt |
| Animation: | Sean Dempsey |
| Creative: | Derek Drymon |
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"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one. When SpongeBob and Patrick learn that their retired heroes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are living nearby, they try to convince the two to come out of retirement.
Characters:
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Mermaid Man (debut)
- Barnacle Boy (debut)
- Reception Man
- Other Residents
- Squidward Tentacles
Music:
- "The Lineman" by Sam Spence is played in the beginning.
Locations
- Conch Street
- Shady Shoals Rest Home (debut)
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Plot
Spongebob and Patrick are watching "Mermiad Man & Barnacle Boy" on TV. They dress up as them and role-play, pretending Squidward is Reflecto, one of Mermaid Man's enemies. Squidward gets mad and Spongebob and Patrick run back inside. Squidward informs them that the two heroes are retired and live at the retirement home downtown. Thrilled by this, Spongebob and Patrick go to the home to meet their heroes, not understanding that they are now old and retired. After being thrown out, Spongebob vows to not rest until they come out of retirement. He and Patrick attempt to call them into action several times, using tactics such as a staged robbery, until their annoyance of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy becomes so great that the heroes come out of retirement to defeat them. Mermaid channels the creatures of the deep, summoning a mob of old fish from inside the home, which hurls Spongebob and Patrick into the distance.
Later, Spongebob and Patrick are back at home watching "The New Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy", which, despite focusing on the duo's boring life at the rest home, Spongebob proclaims to be better than the old show.
Trivia/Goofs
- Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are parodies of Aquaman and Aqualad, having similar powers and near identical costumes. Many of their characteristics also parody Batman and Robin, specifically the campy 60's TV show.
- When SpongeBob and Patrick devote themselves to helping Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, the famous music from Jurassic Park is heard in the background. The music has been edited out in some airings due to copyright.
- When Patrick takes the doughnut from the box, it's orange, but when they "unite", it is replaced with the chocolate one which was left in the box. After that scene, it changes to the normal doughnut again.
- Mermaid Man illegally moves one of his checkers into a red space before the screen switches to "King ME!"
- When Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy say "Dogpaddle, away!" and start dog paddling, you can clearly see Mermaid Man's socks are missing. After, they return.
- When SpongeBob and Patrick are first asking the man at the front desk to see Mermaidman and Barnacleboy, an article on the inside of his newspaper reads, "School Drop Out Rate Increases."
- Mermaid Man's belt is yellow in this episode.
- The old captian is played by the man who guards the gates at Nicktoons Studios in Burbank, CA.
- Spongebob mentions Man Ray, an enemy of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy who would not appear until "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III".
- The name "Reflecto" is a reference to Electro of Marvel Comics.
Transcript
APM music identification
- The Lineman - Title card; Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy fight SpongeBob and Patrick.
- Arizona Fanfare - Played during the original episode of Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy that SpongeBob and Patrick watch.
- Death Trap - Squidward tells SpongeBob and Patrick about Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy at the retirement center.
- Queen's Aloha Oe (b) - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy get their lunch.
- Wedding Procession - "Did you reunite our heroes?" / "No, but I'm married."
- Hawaiian Link A - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy rock in their rocking chairs.
- Blackbeard - Patrick appears as an old-timey robber.
- Blood in the Gutter - "Ever alert, Mermaid Man has trained himself to sleep with his eyes open."
- Cierre Bob Esponja - SpongeBob tells Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy that he and Patrick are almost finished painting their Invisible Boatmobile.
- Moloka'I Nui (a) - "I did it!"
- Caped Crusader - Played during "The New Adventures of Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy".
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