Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II (Episode)

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II
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Episode No.:	20b
Season:	1
Airdate:	March 3, 2001
Previous Episode:	Hooky
Next Episode:	Your Shoe's Untied
Characters	Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny
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Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II is the last episode from Season 1.

Info

Characters

SpongeBob SquarePants
Mermaid Man
Barnacle Boy
Dirty Bubble (debut)
Johnny
Gary the Snail
Sinister Slug (debut)
Atomic Flounder (debut)
Dreaded Jumbo Shrimp (debut)
Competition results announcer
People at Shady Shoals rest home
Mailfish

Places

Plot

SpongeBob is watching his favorite show, The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. He has entered a competition, and is listening eagerly to see if he's won the mystery prize. The announcer declares the winner as "SpringBoob SquirePin". However, it is actually SpongeBob SquarePants, as the announcer did not "pronounce it correctly".

SpongeBob has won the "conch signal", a conch whose noise is a signal which Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy respond to. However, SpongeBob constantly sounds it in order to get them to do favors.

Annoyed, Barnacle Boy shouts at SpongeBob, who says that he just wants to spend time with them. They spend time together, with SpongeBob dressed as a superhero. In the street, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy see an old man, who was once The Atomic Flounder. SpongeBob attacks the old man but is stopped.

Headline text

Pearl and her friends arrive, along with spongebob who's wearing glitter gloss lipstick and a bikini bra and underwear heading to Goo Lagoon.

Pearl: I've been wanting to hit the beach all week.

SpongeBob: Me too!

Pearl and Her Friends and spongebob : Goo Lagoon! Goo Lagoon!

Headline text

(episode begins with Karen as a "Computer Fairy" introducing the episode) Karen: Greetings, children of Bikini Bottom. I am Karen the Computer Fairy. And I have a magic tale to tell. Once upon a time, there was a dim-witted sea star who was about to stuff his fat face. (story begins with Patrick at the Krusty Krab eating a huge pile of Krabby Patties)

Plankton: Hee, hee, hee. This idiot has such a huge pile of patties. I don't think he'll notice if one walks away.

Patrick: Aw, I need more ketchup.

Plankton: (searches for a Krabby Patty to steal) Hmm... which patty to choose? This one? Nope. Too small. This one? Nope. Been chewed. This one? Nope. The seeds are missing. Hmm... (gets crushed by Patrick) Ow! Stand up, you moron! Get me an ice pack, you idiot!

Patrick: Where are you, Voice? Where are you?

SpongeBob: Uh, Patrick?

Patrick: Oh, it's you, SpongeBob. I thought you were this crazy voice who keeps telling me what to do.

SpongeBob: Oh, that's probably your conscience.

Patrick: What are consciences? Are th

At a restaurant, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy ask SpongeBob to find their theme song on a jukebox. They run outside and hope to escape from SpongeBob, but get trapped by The Dirty Bubble. SpongeBob pops the Dirty Bubble with a pencil tip, saving the day. Then SpongeBob, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy sing in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's Invisible Boat Mobile.

Trivia/Goofs

The song that was sung is a parody of a song about Batman and Robin, of which Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are parodies of.
This is the first "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" episode in which SpongeBob appears without Patrick. The second is Mermaid Man vs SpongeBob.
This is the last episode to use traditional cel animation; every episode in Seasons 2 & 3 use digital ink and paint, and every episode since season 4 is animated using Toon Boom.
This is the first appearance of the Mermalair.
When Mermaid Man said "Activate torpedo mode!", regular closed captioning said "Torpedo mode!"
The Mermalair is a parody of Batman's Batcave.
First appearance of the Dirty Bubble