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Pearl kisses SpongeBob

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SpongeBob and Pearl hold hands after the prom

SpongeBob and Pearl are good friends (Pearl calls him a "great" one). They have been paired in potentially romantic situations (like going to prom and going on a love-themed ride together), and Pearl's friends call SpongeBob her "boyfriend," but the two are just friends.

Their opinion about each other[]

  • Pearl thinks SpongeBob is "full of style," "oozes fashion," and is "a great pal."[1]
  • In "Life of Crime," when SpongeBob and Patrick think that they will never see their friends again, SpongeBob tears up when he realizes it means: "No more Sandy or Pearl or Mr. Krabs!" It can be assumed from his statement that he sees Pearl as his third best friend, after Patrick and Sandy but before Mr. Krabs.
  • In "Tunnel of Glove," when Pearl's friends ask if SpongeBob is her boyfriend, SpongeBob answers for her: "Well, I am a boy, and I am her friend." Pearl tries to say otherwise, but her friends don't believe her, saying later in the episode, "Oh, don't deny it. You were totally hugging him, and everyone knows that totally means he's totally your boyfriend."

Episode instances[]

In "The Chaperone," Pearl's old boyfriend Octavius Rex rudely stands her up and SpongeBob is volunteered to be her new date. He spends an entire night preparing to ensure it will be a special prom for Pearl, showing that he really cares for her. The wording SpongeBob uses in this episode implies that he thinks he is her new boyfriend: he says to Gary, "how am I supposed to compare with Pearl's old boyfriend?" SpongeBob then makes his own attire so that he will be long, tan and handsome like Octavius. He inadvertently messes everything up at the prom, but Pearl ends up having fun. SpongeBob, however, feels bad and thinks he ruined Pearl's night so he cries. Pearl cheers him up by dancing with him and they have a good time. When they return to the Krabs house later, they hold arms and look into each other's eyes until Mr. Krabs startles them.

In "Bossy Boots," after SpongeBob and Pearl come up with a new name for the Krusty Krab, they hug and laugh. Their friendliness with each other contrasts with Squidward's angry attitude throughout the entire episode. At the end, Pearl sadly reveals to SpongeBob that she does not like working at the Krusty Krab and wants to get fired. When SpongeBob volunteers to help her get fired, she gives him a bone-crushing hug and says, "Gosh, you'd really do that for me? You're a great pal, SpongeBob. How can I ever thank you?!" She gives him a big kiss on his forehead.

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SpongeBob trying to help Pearl

SpongeBob is often even friendlier to Pearl than he is to Mr. Krabs, in spite of his undying loyalty to his boss. In "Barnacle Face," SpongeBob makes it his duty to rid Pearl of barnacles growing on her face. She needs them off before the big school dance. SpongeBob starts by trying to scrape them off, then tries to use a jackhammer on them, and then tries to hide them with concealer. Nothing works, so he uses all of Mr. Krabs' priceless jewels to hide the barnacles and make Pearl's face sparkle. This is one example of how SpongeBob can care for Pearl more than Mr. Krabs.

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SpongeBob's gifts for Pearl

SpongeBob similarly takes drastic means to make Pearl happy in "Whale of a Birthday" when he buys millions of dollars worth of presents for her birthday. In the episode, Mr. Krabs gives SpongeBob his credit card, expecting him to buy one present for Pearl. However, SpongeBob buys everything Pearl wants at the mall—including a boatmobile, a sea-pony, a comb, glitter gloss, a straw hat, shoes, and even Billy Fishkins. There are so many presents that SpongeBob needs to get a delivery truck to bring them all to the Krusty Krab, where Pearl's party is taking place. It arrives just in time, after Pearl thinks her party has been ruined by her father's cheapness. Pearl is ecstatic with SpongeBob's gifts, especially the grand finale: a personal performance from her favorite band Boys Who Cry. It all costs Mr. Krabs a ridiculous amount of money, but SpongeBob sees giving Pearl a good birthday as a bigger priority.

When SpongeBob visits Pearl's dream in "Sleepy Time," she is having a tea party and wants him to join her. When SpongeBob says he actually meant to enter Mr. Krabs' dream instead, Pearl becomes visibly sad but continues to play tea party with her stuffed animals.

In "Hooky," SpongeBob's clothes get torn off when he ignores Mr. Krabs' orders not to play on hooks in Fish Hooks Park. He is splattered onto the translucent doors of the Krusty Krab without any clothes and in front of Pearl. To his embarrassment, Pearl obviously likes seeing him like this, since her eyes widen, she giggles at him, and she says "it's SpongeBob NudeyPants!"

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Pearl and SpongeBob after escaping the Tunnel of Glove

In "Tunnel of Glove," even Patrick believes that Pearl and SpongeBob are a couple. Pearl tries to deny it so that her friends will stop mocking her, but it becomes difficult to pretend she does not like SpongeBob when the two get paired up on the Tunnel of Glove ride. A clueless Patrick causes all kinds of problems with the ride, sending Pearl and SpongeBob on a dangerous journey through the tunnel. When they finally reach the end, they hug and smile at each other—only for Pearl's classmates to see everything and conclude that they have to be boyfriend and girlfriend.

In "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation," SpongeBob tags along on Mr. Krabs and Pearl's vacation and says: "Hi Pearl! Looks like you and I get to spend some quality time together!" Pearl, not very happy with the family vacation anyway, is upset the entire trip.

In "Goons on the Moon," Pearl goes on another trip with SpongeBob, this time on the Science Scouts' mission to the moon.

In "Dunces and Dragons," the present-day SpongeBob embarks on an epic, dangerous quest to save Pearl's ancestor, Princess Pearl Krabs. While walking up a very long staircase, he assures her: "Hang on, Pearl, we're coming to rescue you! ... We're here to rescue you, Pearl..." as he gets tired. He treats this Pearl just like the present-day Pearl.

In "The Slumber Party," SpongeBob betrays Pearl by helping Mr. Krabs spy on her at her slumber party. Pearl's slumber party is completely harmless, but Mr. Krabs is convinced she will destroy the house and enlists SpongeBob's help to make sure she does not. SpongeBob repeatedly uses disguises in an attempt to trick Pearl so that he can join the party. She sees through every one, but in the end, SpongeBob unexpectedly decides to have a personal talk with her. He wins her over by saying, "Can we talk, Pearl? Whale to sponge?" When Pearl allows him to join, he tries to prove that he can be fun, but destroys the Krabs house in the process.

Pearl will often be reluctant to do something with SpongeBob, only to end up admitting that she had a lot of fun with him. She does this in "The Chaperone," "The Slumber Party," and "Tunnel of Glove." Often, she becomes afraid that SpongeBob's spontaneity will cause trouble, only for his quirkiness to help her in the end.

Even though Pearl likes SpongeBob, she knows he can come across as grating to other people. In "Whale Watching," Squidward and Pearl get revenge on Dylan by sticking him with an unusually-annoying SpongeBob.

In "A Cabin in the Kelp," Pearl noticeably gets upset over losing her backpack which contained SpongeBob in it. She gets more emotional when Karen tries to relieve her by saying "It's not like you lost a close friend" after she lost her backpack, but in-fact, she almost did. She also tried calling SpongeBob to make sure that he is safe. She also gets relieved when SpongeBob answers her phone, hinting that Pearl finally considers SpongeBob as a close friend.

In "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout," Pearl helps Sandy and the others decorate SpongeBob's house for his birthday party. After he returns, SpongeBob finds the house destroyed and everyone asleep from the party planning. Nevertheless, SpongeBob is excited that his family and friends would do so much for him. SpongeBob lists Pearl and the others wonderful friends and how he's grateful to have them. When Patchy the Pirate arrives and sings the birthday song, Pearl along with everyone else wakes up and properly celebrate a happy birthday to SpongeBob.

In "Tango Tangle," SpongeBob is forced by Mr. Krabs to be Pearl's tango partner. He is excited, although Pearl is displeased. As they dance, Pearl actually enjoys it and compliments him.

Other instances[]

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"Please change him back!"

In the book Just Say "Please!", SpongeBob goes out of his way to help Pearl and even tries to permanently change Mr. Krabs to make Pearl happy. Pearl is awfully nervous about her school's upcoming Parents Day celebration because Mr. Krabs wants to come but dresses sloppily and has bad manners. In order to give her a good Parents Day, SpongeBob spends an entire day giving Mr. Krabs a complete makeover and teaching him manners. When Parents Day finally comes, Pearl is so happy that her father is behaving but later realizes that he is pretending to be someone he's not. Even during the dancing part of the celebration when she gets to hold hands with SpongeBob, she cannot help but feel bad for her dad. "Please change him back!" she says to SpongeBob, wanting her father to just be himself. SpongeBob is shocked but decides that he has to do what is right for Pearl. When he changes Mr. Krabs back to his old self, Pearl thanks him dearly, saying "You are a true friend."

In "Stolen Kelp-Cake," SpongeBob makes a huge birthday cake for Pearl with her name written on a big red heart. When it goes missing, he works tirelessly to solve the mystery for her.

In the Adobe Flash game I Love SpongeBob, Patrick puts on a dating game show where SpongeBob must guess who has a valentine for him. Pearl is a contestant, and when the player guesses her correctly, she looks at SpongeBob and gets hearts in her eyes. SpongeBob makes a happy pose and hearts fly out from behind him.

Trivia[]

  • On Valentine's Day 2020, the official SpongeBob YouTube channel acknowledged that SpongeBob and Pearl were a fan couple in the description of the video "SpongeBob & Pearl Get Stuck in the Tunnel of Glove!" They used the 💗 heart emoji in the title, and the description says: "Happy Valentine's Day from your fave Bikini Bottom couple! Well... from SpongeBob and Pearl. In this scene from 'Tunnel of Glove', these two love birds (whales?) find themselves stuck in a not-so-glovely situation!"
  • In "Barnacle Face" she started to like SpongeBob more because he had helped her get rid of the barnacles on her face.
  • In "MuscleBob BuffPants," she was going to kiss SpongeBob again, but her scene was cut for unknown reasons.
  • In the video game Employee of the Month, SpongeBob says "I LOVE whales!" and even says that they are graceful. He alludes to possibly having a "crush" on a whale.
  • "Pearl Krabs aka Caller #5!" reveals that Pearl's favorite song by SpongeBob is "My Tighty Whiteys."
  • In "Mimic Madness," when SpongeBob imitates Pearl, his Pearl voice is much deeper than his normal speaking voice.
  • SpongeBob owns a sweatshirt with Pearl's face printed on the front, as shown in Chuckle and Cringe.
  • In an interview with Pop My Culture, Pearl's voice actress Lori Alan said that in the "murder, marry, make love" game, Pearl would choose to get in a relationship with SpongeBob.[2] However, it should be noted this is not canon.

References[]

  1. ^ "Bossy Boots." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. October 20, 2000. Television.
  2. ^ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named nerdist

See also[]

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