Mrs. Puff
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| Gender: | Female |
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| Color: | Tan |
| Eye Color: | Black |
| Birthday: | December 12 1972 |
| Occupation(s): | Boating School Instructor/owner |
| Aliases: | Puff, Puffy,[1] Big Fat Meanie, Puff Mama |
| Family & Friends | |
| Family: | Mr. Puff (Husband; deceased, turned into a lamp) |
| Friends: | Mr. Krabs (Boyfriend, Krusty Love), Spongebob, Squidward Tentacles |
| Pet(s): | Snellie |
| Employer: | Mr. Fitz |
| Enemies: | Spongebob, Patrick Star, Mr. Fitz |
Mrs. Poppy Puff is a Boating School Driving instructor who teaches students (including SpongeBob) at Mrs. Puff's Boating School. Spongebob has attended the school ever since its opening, and has failed his final driving exam countless times, often injuring Mrs. Puff and/or damaging the school in the process. Mary Jo Catlett, better known for her role as Pearl the maid on Diff'rent Strokes, provides Mrs. Puff's voice.
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Life
Mrs. Puff is the owner and sole instructor of Mrs. Puff's Boating School, where students are tested to recieve their driver's license. The school consists of a single classroom, where Mrs. Puff teaches classes much like a grade school teacher, surrounded by a large training course with many features and obstacles.Being a pufferfish, Mrs. Puff has the ability to inflate herself, which she usually does when frightened or injured.
Spongebob Squarepants, Mrs. Puff's longest-standing student, is the bane of her existence. His annoying personality, reckless driving and inability to improve torment her to no end. Spongebob has failed his driving test countless times, often sending Mrs. Puff to the hospital and causing immense property damage in the process. On multiple occasions, she has been sent to jail as a result of his actions.
Because of Spongebob, Mrs. Puff is very paranoid and erratic, and has had a history of mental instability. In "No Free Rides", it is implied that she has had to move to another town and start a new life with a new name in the past.
In the episode "Doing Time" when Mrs. Puff, thinking she is about to die, says "Where did I go wrong?" The scene then cuts to a flashback of Mrs. Puff, presumably at the opening of her school, saying "...as long as a student is willing to learn, I shall never give up." Right after she says this, Spongebob appears and introduces himself to her.
In the episode "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired", Mrs. Puff is fired by her boss, Mr. Fitz, who holds her responsible for Spongebob's repeated failures. However, she is rehired at the end of the episode, once Fitz realizes that Spongebob is unteachable.
In the episode "Krusty Love", Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff, and they begin dating. Although they are still on good terms at the end of the episode, their relationship has not been mentioned since. In that same episode, when Mr. Krabs thinks that Mrs. Puff is already married, it is revealed that Mr. Puff was killed by humans and made into a lamp.
In "The Sponge Who Could Fly", Mrs. Puff's pet snail is shown. This snail is, in fact, Snellie, Squidward's snail from "The Great Snail Race". She claims that she has had it since she was a little girl, adding to the confusion. However, it is most likely that this was simply an instance of recycled character models, and Mrs. Puff's snail and Snellie are not intended to be the same character.
Jailtime and Crime
Mrs. Puff has been arrested and sent to Bikini Bottom Jail four times in the series, usually due to Spongebob's actions:
- In "Hall Monitor", when SpongeBob almost destroyed Bikini Bottom, she was sentenced to jail for at 6 months.
- In "Doing Time", Mrs. Puff is deemed responsible when Spongebob goes on a rampage through the city during a disasterous driving exam, and is sent to prison for a very long time, possibly a life sentence.
- In "No Free Rides", Mrs. Puff attempts to steal Spongebob's new car after falsely passing him, and ends up crashing into a police car. Spongebob says that the warden would let her go early if she gives free driving lessons.
- In "Ditchin'" she was arrested for skipping jury duty.
Appearance
Mrs. Puff is a tan-colored blowfish with stubby blue fins for limbs. She has yellow hair, and wears a blue shirt with yellow ties, a blue hat, a red skirt, and red shoes. She is very large, but is not overweight, as her size is a trait of her species.
Mrs. Puff's Boating School
Main Article: Mrs. Puff's Boating School
Trivia
- A Mrs. Puff Lego minifigure appears in the Lego SpongeBob SquarePants Boating School building set.
- Her actual name is unknown.In "No Free Rides",she metions that she one left some other town and changed her identidy for an unexplained reason(maybe a murder or any crime to risk being a runaway fugitive).
Quotes
- "You need six hundred to pass. Ya got six."
- "No more SpongeBob!"
- (In a deep voice, after hitting a lighthouse and puffing up) "Oh, SpongeBob! Why?"
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Main characters: Secondary/recurring: Computers, Robots and Systems: Families: Krabs family • Patrick and Gary's family • SquarePants family • Tentacles family
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