Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V
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| "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V" | |
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| Season №: | 3 |
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| Episode №: | 52b |
| Best Day Ever Rank: | #18 |
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| Guest(s): | Ernest Borgnine as Mermaid Man Tim Conway as Barnacle Boy John Rhys-Davies as ManRay Tom Kenny as the Dirty Bubble Martin Olson as Chief |
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"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from Season three.
Brief summary: Barnacle Boy is tired of being treated as a kid and as a sidekick, and becomes a villain. To defeat this new threat, Mermaid Man recruits SpongeBob, Squidward, Patrick, and Sandy to Help him.
Characters:
- SpongeBob SquarePants/Quickster
- Patrick Star/The Elastic Waistband
- Sandy Cheeks/Miss Appear
- Squidward Tentacles/Captain Magma
- Mermaid Man
- Barnacle Boy
- Dirty Bubble
- Man Ray
- Chief of the Superheroes
- Mr. Krabs
- Krusty Krab customers
- Realistic Fish Head
- People at Make-out Reef
Plot
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are holding up the line at the Krusty Krab, trying to decide what to order. Finally, Mermaid Man orders a Krabby Patty and a Pipsqueak Patty for Barnacle Boy. Barnacle Boy demands an adult-sized burger, claiming that since he is very old, he should no longer be treated as a child. When Mermaid Man and the Krusty Krab patrons begin to tease him, Barnacle Boy breaks his friendship with Mermaid Man and joins Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble to form a villainous group known as "E.V.I.L." (Every Villain is Lemons).
Mermaid Man cannot defeat this new threat on his own, so he recruits SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Sandy to reform the "International Justice League of Super Acquaintances". SpongeBob becomes the "Quickster", and is able to run at amazing speed. Squidward becomes "Captain Magma", and gains the power to produce fire and lava. Patrick becomes the "Elastic Wasteband", and gains the power to stretch his body to incredible lengths. Sandy becomes "Miss Appear", and can become completely invisible. The Chief (a live-action character who appears on a monitor) informs them that E.V.I.L. is at a teenage gathering spot called Makeout Reef, where they are harassing the teenagers by shining a flashlight on their parked cars while they are making out (including a boy who is kissing his own pillow). Mermaid Man and his team go to Makeout Reef and confront the villains, and, despite numerous advantages, the incompetent Super Acquaintances defeat themselves. Squidward accidently shoots hot lava on SpongeBob's head, and the later starts running around in circles at super-speed as he burns in pain. Patrick tries to stop him from running, but he gets caught onto SpongeBob, and is launched into a rock. Mermaid Man tries to put out SpongeBob, but mistakes Squidward for SpongeBob and washes him up with a water ball, disintegrating him. Sandy disappears in order to catch E.V.I.L. by surprise, but is hit by a boat from behind and knocked off the cliff. By this time, SpongeBob has completely disintegrated, and all that is left of him are his shoes. Mermaid Man simply falls over backwards.
Having "defeated" the heroes, Barnacle Boy demands 3 things of Mermaid Man: that he be treated as a superhero, not a sidekick; that he be called "Barnacle Man"; and that he be allowed to eat an adult-sized Krabby Patty. He then immediately rejoins the side of good, though when the heroes return to the Krusty Krab, Barnacle Boy admits an adult-sized Krabby Patty actually is too big for him. Everyone begins laughing as the episode ends, including SpongeBob and his friends, who are severely injured and supported by medical equipment, Man-Ray and the Dirty Bubble, who are in prison, the man who was kissing his pillow, and the Chief.
Transcript
Trivia
- This "International Justice League of Super Acquaintances" is a parody of both the Justice League and the Super Friends.
- This episode is featured on the Fear of a Krabby Patty and Pet or Pests DVDs.
- This is the last episode to use the classic "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" styled title cards. For Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture, a new title card is used.
- The Cheif was mentioned in the first "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy".
- After Mermaid Man yells, "To Make-Out Reef", he falls over in his chair. In the next shot, when the Elastic Waistband says, "Does this mean we're not getting pizza," his chair is upright again.
- In the SpongeBob comics, the Best Day Ever marathon, and some TV guide descriptions, this episode is mistakenly, called "Super Friends."
- This gives proof that Squidward has made out before
- The Dirty Bubble mentions having gone to Cancun with the Killer Shrimp, a villain mentioned in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II". However, in that episode, he was called the Jumbo Shrimp.
- After the narrator introduces the International Justice League of Super Acquaintances, he quickly adds, "A subsidiary of Viacom". Viacom owns MTV Networks, which in turn owns Nickelodeon, which produces and airs SpongeBob.
- SpongeBob's original superhero name was "The Whizzer" (mentioned in animatic).
- When Barnacle Boy and E.V.I.L. are hiding behind a rock, his fingers are visible, despite the fact that he is supposed to be wearing gloves.
- It is revealed that Barnacle Boy's real name is Kyle.
- When SpongeBob (as the Quickster) was running in a circle he should have created a whirlpool.
- The elderly fish yelling "I'll get you crazy kids!" sounds very similar to Plankton.
- On the Nickelodeon T.V schedule, they name the episode, "Superfriends" instead of the current title.
- Man Ray is seen wearing the tickle belt as though it were part of his regular costume.
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