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Encyclopedia SpongeBobia
Arr, I be just a paintin' of a head.
 
— Painty the Pirate, "Your Shoe's Untied"
Character

Painty the Pirate, also referred to as Captain, is a painting of a pirate's head with a parrot which appears at the beginning of the show's opening sequence and sings the "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song."

Description

His painted mouth is replaced by a live-action mouth, giving him the appearance of talking. The real lips in the painting are the lips of Stephen Hillenburg, the show's creator.

He has a black patch over his left eye, an orange jacket, green eyes, a white shirt, a black skull-and-crossbones hat, and of course, a green parrot on his left shoulder.

History

He has appeared in every episode and movie, except "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie."

He is voiced by Patrick Pinney in most appearances except "Truth or Square?," in the "rejected" theme songs (Squidward Tentacles, Patrick Star, and Eugene H. Krabs).

Major Appearances

Besides being in the theme, he also makes appearances in "Your Shoe's Untied" and "Wet Painters" (although he only appears as an inanimate painting).

Biography

According to "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water," he is an artist's rendition of Burger Beard the Pirate.

Quotes

  • "Are you ready kids?"
  • "I can't hear you."
  • "Ohhhhh."

Trivia

  • In "Truth or Square", the original painting of Painty is replaced by a talking fortune teller-like dummy, voiced by Cee-Lo Green.
  • He is often mistaken for Patchy the Pirate due to the similarities in each other's names.
  • It was painted by Calvin Liang according to Paul Tibbitt's twitter account.
  • He is the first character{ to appear in every episode in the series. The second is SpongeBob.
  • Painty has appeared twice without his parrot. The first time was "Truth or Square" (in the episode's intro). The second time was "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water."
  • His dummy version is much different than his painting.
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