Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV
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| Season №: | 3 |
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| Episode №: | 45a |
| Best Day Ever Rank: | #90 |
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"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season three.
Brief summary: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy visit the Krusty Krab, and accidentally leave Mermaid Man's utility belt there. SpongeBob starts playing with it, and soon ends up shrinking everyone in Bikini Bottom.
Characters Present:
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Mermaid Man
- Patrick Star
- Barnacle Boy
- Squidward
- Sandy Cheeks
- Plankton
- Larry the Lobster
- Mrs. Puff
- People of Bikini Bottom
- Mrs. SquarePants
- Cockroaches
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Plot
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy entering the Krusty Krab, most likely for lunch, and upon realizing this, SpongeBob goes into an excited frenzy, bursting through a steel wall in order to get Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's autograph. The two heroes run away from him, accidentally leaving Mermaid Man's utility belt inside. SpongeBob finds it, and tries to give it back, but they drive away in the Invisible Boat Mobile before he can do so. SpongeBob decides to play with the belt. He discovers the "Small Ray", and starts shrinking the items in the kitchen. Squidward enters the room and sees SpongeBob serving tiny Krabby Patties to cockroaches. Upon realizing that SpongeBob has stolen the belt, he decides to call Mermaid Man and tell on him. In order to stop Squidward, SpongeBob shrinks him, and promises to find a way to return him to normal.
SpongeBob goes to Patrick for help, and Patrick mistakes Squidward for a "Squidward Action Figure" and starts playing with him, even after realizing that it is the real Squidward. Patrick then suggests to turn the "M" upside down, setting the belt to W for "Wumbo". SpongeBob questions the validity of this, but after Patrick responds by stating the many uses of "Wumbo", SpongeBob is convinced, but then accidentally shrinks Patrick. Seconds later, citizens start coming and greeting to SpongeBob, making him shrink them so that they can't tell Mermaid Man on him. Eventually, SpongeBob has shrunken everyone in Bikini Bottom, and stuffs them into a jar. He then realizes that he has shrunken Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy as well, and he asks them how to "unshrink" objects. Mermaid Man asks him if he has tried setting it to Wumbo, and upon realizing that he does not know how to unshrink them, the people form a mob and get out of the jar. They go inside of SpongeBob's body and start to destroy him from the inside. Eventually, SpongeBob gets the idea to shrink Bikini Bottom itself, which satisfies the people, who see no discernible difference from their previous lives in living in a miniature Bikini Bottom. Finally, SpongeBob shrinks himself, and the tiny city begins celebrating. The closing scene shows Plankton getting off a bus, returning to Bikini Bottom from a vacation. He is surprised to see that he is now taller than Bikini Bottom.
Quotes
- Squidward: Can I take your order?
- Mermaid Man: One Double Krabby Patty and Coral Bits for me, and a Silly Meal for the lad.
- Barnacle Boy: (nervous) It's not for the toy ...I just... gotta fit in the tights, y'know?
- Squidward: Whatever. That'll be 5 dollars.
- Mermaid Man: You got it, Bucky. (takes off a shell from his bra and pulls out a carpenter's nut) Will this cover it?
- Squidward: No.
- Barnacle Boy: Look, Big Nose, that guy's been saving your butt since before you were born. Don't you have some sort of living legend discount?
- Squidward: This is a restaurant, sir, not a lending library. And who you calling "Big Nose", Big Nose? (Squidward and Barnacle Boy stand face to face for almost 10 seconds.)
- Barnacle Boy: (Takes $5 from under his hat) Well, the next time danger threatens, don't expect any help from us.
- Squidward: (sarcastically) I'm shaking.
- SpongeBob: Squidward please don't tell!.
- Squidward: (raises one tentacle) Oh... I'm telling.
- Patrick: Ohmygosh! A SQUIDWARD ACTION FIGURE! I GOTTA PLAY WITH IT! (Starts making juvenile plane noises)
- Patrick:' (While using the small Squidward as an action figure) ...and here comes the giant fist!
- SpongeBob: Patrick, no! That's the real Squidward! I shrunk him with Mermaid Man's belt by accident.
- Patrick: Oh... (long pause)...and here comes the giant fist!!
- Squidward: (Held in Patrick's hand,while Patrick was "wumbling") I wonder if a fall from this height would be enough to kill me.
- Patrick: You know what the problem is?
- SpongeBob: What?
- Patrick: You've got it set to "M" for mini, when it should be set to "W" for Wumbo.
- SpongeBob: Patrick, I don't think Wumbo is a real word.
- Patrick: (After being shrunken by SpongeBob) You know what's funny? My pickle started out in a jar, and now it's in one again! It's like a pun or something.
- Plankton: Well, it's great to be back! (Looks at the shrunken Bikini Bottom) Huh?
- Patrick: I Wumbo, you wumbo, he, she, me, wumbo, wumbo, wumboing, I'll have three wumbo, wumbora, wumbology!??!!, the study of wumbo? Its first grade, SpongeBob!
Trivia/Goofs
- In some airings of this episode, the scene where SpongeBob attempts to turn Squidward back to normal size by testing the various buttons on the belt is edited. The scene where Squidward is cut in half with scissors is edited out on occasion, as well as the sequence where he is choking and gurgling off-screen.
- In this episode, Mermaid Man's belt is purple. In all other episodes, it is yellow and black.
- When SpongeBob shrinks himself, Mermaid Man's belt disappears.
- When SpongeBob first shrinks Squidward and Patrick, they are comparable in size to action figures (roughly 6-8 inches). When he shrinks the rest of the townspeople, they are about the size of jellybeans. When he shrinks the whole town and then himself, Plankton is taller than the tallest building.
- Mermaid Man orders a "silly meal" for Barnacle Boy, a reference to McDonalds' Happy Meals.
- The invisible boat mobile is a pink 1959 Cadillac.
- When Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy leave the Krusty Krab, Mermaid Man's belt is hanging off his pants, yet SpongeBob finds the belt inside the restaurant.
- When SpongeBob shrinks Patrick, he has the emblem on the belt set to "Wumbo", but afterwards, it is turned right side-up again.
- While being held in Patrick's hand, Squidward says "I wonder if a fall from this height could kill me.", indicating suicidal thoughts.
Transcript
APM music identification
- The Lineman - Title card; Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy run from autograph hound SpongeBob; "GET SPONGEBOB!"
- Caped Crusader - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy burst into the Krusty Krab.
- Comic Walk - "I could just hold onto it until after work."
- The Tip Top Polka/Cliff Polka - "Here's your shake, sir."
- Tomfoolery - SpongeBob gives a cockroach a mini-Krabby Patty.
- Dramatic Climax - "I'm sorry, Squidward, but you made me do it."
- Springtime for Lovers - "He'll find love one day."
- Dramatic Impact 3 - "Oh, no!" / "Look, SpongeBob's giant!"
- Dramatic Impact 2 - "No! He can never find out!"
- Honolulu March - After SpongeBob shrinks himself and an unshrunk Plankton sees the tiny Bikini Bottom.
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