Mermaid Man

Mermaid Man
Gender:	Male
Species:	Merman (Formerly Human)
Color:	White
Eye Color:	Black
Height:	Unknown
Weight:	Unknown
Job:	The Champion Superhero of the Undersea Deep!
Interests:	Crime Fighting, watching television
Family:	Barnacle Boy
Descendants:	Unknown
Friends:	Barnacle Boy, SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Squidward
Employers	The International Justice League Of Super Acquaintances
First Appearance:	Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (1999)
Last Appearance:	Captain Pipsqueak (2022)
Portrayer:	Ernest Borgnine  Joe Whyte  Joe Alaskey Tom Kenny

Mermaid Man is a semi-retired superhero. His name is a portmanteau of mermaid and the lesser-known merman, the latter being the actual name for the male version of a mermaid. He was voiced by Ernest Borgnine until Borgnine passed away on July 8, 2012. Mermaid Man has since been voiced by Tom Kenny, appearing in three episodes (as well as being cosplayed by SpongeBob in two post-2012 episodes and appearing as a infant in one episode of The Patrick Star Show) after Borgnine's death.

Info

Mermaid Man is a semi-retired superhero who has aged well past his prime. Mermaid Man's underwater lair, the Mermalair, and his method of crime fighting is a parody of Batman, and his "Invisible Boat Mobile" is a parody of both the Bat Mobile and Wonder Woman's invisible jet. He wears a star-shaped mask because it allows him to breathe underwater. It was given to him by 2 mermaids (Mermaid Man Begins). He has an obsession with the word "Evil!" Mermaid Man used to be a fit and strong individual years ago. However, now that he is retired, he is a little out of shape.

His sidekick is Barnacle Boy, who he treats like a child (many broccoli) although he is very old. Mermaid Man appears to be in the advanced stages of senility, often forgetting what he was talking about, or what he was doing. This is not a problem for SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, who unconditionally adore the two heroes and managed to coax them out of retirement and back into television. SpongeBob has appeared with them in eight different shorts — often involving a super villain, a Super Gadget, or some combination of the two. In one episode, he and Patrick made a film about the heroes.

Mermaid Man has several nemeses that he fought long ago. These include the Dirty Bubble, a being made from dirty bubble soap, Man Ray, a humanoid stingray who is Mermaid Man's arch enemy and at one point  Mermaid Man kept him frozen in the Mermalair, the Atomic Flounder, a fish who can shoot nuclear blasts from his mouth, and the Moth, a humanoid moth who steals light; according to Mermaid Man, he has been searching for the Moth for 57 years. (The reason it was 57 years was because the Moth is really small, and imagine trying to search the same moth!)

Mermaid Man enjoys watching television and playing checkers with Barnacle Boy. He eats almost anything. His favorite foods are meatloaf, mashed potatoes, broccoli, Krabby Patties and ice cream.

According to Mermaid Man, his powers are all in his costume. He uses abilities similar to that of the comic book hero Aquaman such as: summoning and controlling sea creatures, high speed swimming (used to create an effect dubbed the Raging Whirlpool), water balls, and the ability to survive underwater. While Mermaid Man retains all of these abilities, they are not as powerful as they were in his prime. 

In addition to this, Mermaid Man's Belt is a wide array of various weapons, most commonly seen as some kind of beam or ray. The only one named is the Shrink Ray which shrinks things, but various effects were created when SpongeBob used the belt on Squidward trying to reverse the Shrink Ray's effects. His belt features other powers such as Building Obliteration Button, Chin Cam, and various radioactive beams that cause bizarre mutations and various effects to the subject, such as causing them to suddenly catch on fire, turn inside out, or to be cut in half by scissors. They are only briefly shown, all afflicting Squidward. This seems to be a reference to both Batman and Space Ghost. 

Looks

His costume mostly resembles the costume of Aquaman, with the addition of a star-shaped mask, a scallop-shell bra, and a pair of fuzzy slippers. As stated above, he wears his mask because it allows him to breathe underwater.

Friends

• SpongeBob
• Patrick
• Sandy
• Barnacle Boy
• Squidward
• Mr. Krabs

MM&BB's Rivals

SpongeBob wearing Mermaid Man's Belt

• Reflecto (arch nemesis 30 years ago)       
• The Dirty Bubble (main arch nemesis)    
• Man Ray (most dangerous enemy)
• SpongeBob and Patrick ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy," "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV," "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V" and "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob")
• Themselves ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V")
• Kelp Thing ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture")
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Squidward and Sandy (to Barnacle Boy when he joined EVIL)
• Every Villain Is Lemons (EVIL)
• The Moth  
  

  

  Mermaid Man (Much Younger)
• The Sinister Slug (as seen in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II")
• The Atomic Flounder (before he retired)
• The Dreaded Jumbo Shrimp (as seen in "The Bad Guy Club For Villains")
• Prawn (as seen in Battle for Bikini Bottom)
• Drippy Brothers Studios' actors of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, because the Drippy Brothers Studios have decided to use "actors" in their Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy movie and ruin the name of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture")

Episode Appearances

Season 1

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Description	Screenshot
6		Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy	August 21, 1999	Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are SpongeBob's favorite heroes. As SpongeBob hears that they are retired, he wants them to re-become super heroes and SpongeBob tries a lot of things for that.
20		Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II	March 3, 2001	SpongeBob wins a mystery item from the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy show.

Season 2

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Description	Screenshot
31		Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III	September 14, 2001	SpongeBob and Patrick are left in charge of the Mermalair.

Season 3

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Description	Screenshot
45		Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV	January 21, 2002	SpongeBob shrinks Bikini Bottom with Mermaid Man's Belt.
52		Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V	June 1, 2002	Barnacle Boy is being treated immaturely, so he decides to go on the dark side with the Dirty Bubble and Man Ray.

Season 4

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Description	Screenshot
67		Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture	October 7, 2005	SpongeBob and Patrick create their own Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy movie. But things aren't going as planned.

Season 5

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Description	Screenshot
82		Night Light	July 30, 2007	After reading a scary story, SpongeBob becomes afraid of the dark.
94		Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob	August 3, 2007	Plankton hypnotizes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy to attack the Krusty Krab.

Season 6

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Description	Screenshot
113		The Card	November 28, 2008	The new Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy trading cards are on sale, and SpongeBob is determined to get the super special rare talking card. He is stunned when Patrick immediately finds the card.
114		Ditchin'	November 28, 2008	Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are having a book signing, but SpongeBob can't go because he has boating school.
117		Shuffleboarding	February 16, 2009	Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are booked to attend a shuffleboarding tournament, but they can't go because they're laid up in the hospital.

Season 7

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Description	Screenshot
134		SpongeBob's Last Stand	April 22, 2010	When SpongeBob and Patrick hear that a new highway will be running through Jellyfish Fields, they decide to protest.
135		Back to the Past	February 15, 2010	SpongeBob and Patrick mess up with time and get sent to a different Bikini Bottom, where Man Ray rules!
		The Bad Guy Club for Villains	February 15, 2010	SpongeBob and Patrick watch Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy square off against evildoers.

Season 8

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Written by	Description	Screenshot
163		Mermaid Man Begins	September 23, 2011	Casey Alexander Zeus Cervas Sean Charmatz Richard Pursel	We learn the origin story of the underwater superhero and his sidekick Barnacle Boy.
176		Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go!	October 14, 2012	Aaron Springer Dani Michaeli	Plankton and Man Ray team up!

Season 9

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Written by	Description	Screenshot
180		Patrick-Man!	October 27, 2012	Casey Alexander Zeus Cervas Derek Iversen	Patrick becomes a superhero.

Season 10

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Written by	Description	Screenshot
205		Mermaid Pants	October 29, 2016	Kaz	When SpongeBob and Patrick play Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, it's all fun and games until their sworn enemies arrive.

Season 11

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Written by	Description	Screenshot
219		Man Ray Returns	September 30, 2017	Kaz	When Man Ray rents Squidward's house for the weekend, it's up to SpongeBob and Patrick to stop his evil vacation.

Season 13

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Written by	Description	Screenshot
277		Captain Pipsqueak	July 22, 2022	Richard Pursel	Plankton joins the League of E.V.I.L.

The Patrick Star Show Season 1

#	Titlecard	Title	Airdate	Written by	Description	Screenshot
12		Super Sitters	April 10, 2023	Kaz	Patrick and SpongeBob go back in time to watch Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy when they were new, but they end up going to when the characters themselves were new.

Video Game Appearances

• Battle for Bikini Bottom
• Lights, Camera, Pants!
• Battle for Bikini Bottom Rehyrated

Quotes

• "Who are you?"
• "Eeeeevil!"
• "If you want to grow up strong like me, leave room for seconds" 
• "Buy more cards!"
• "WAAA! Now our dreams of being big screen heroes will never come true! And the worst part is, I can't remember why I started crying!"
• "BONCO!"
• Barnacle Boy: "It's 'Bingo!'"
• Mermaid Man: "Get your hands off me woman!" ("Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture")
• "And remember...Stay on the path of evil!!!"
• Barnacle Boy: "It's 'Stay away from the path of (imitates Mermaid Man) evil!'"
• Mermaid Man: "Oh. What is evil?"
• Barnacle Boy: (slaps his head) "D'o-oh! Bro...mum...mum...Oh."
• "Remember kids, no one can imprison you for reading!

Film and Television

• The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (Original TV Series)
• The New Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (Present TV Series)
• The Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Movie (Drippy Brothers Studio) (Fake Movie, they made a movie and they used actors. This movie was a box office success and met with positive reviews, but the movie was really a hoax.)
• The REAL Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Movie (Fan Made) (The real Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Movie)
• The Further Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (Only seen in a Krusty Krab commercial)

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy

Episodes of SpongeBob: I • II • III • IV (cameos) • V • VI: The Motion Picture • Night Light • Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob • The Card • Ditchin' (cameos) • Shuffleboarding (cameos) • SpongeBob's Last Stand (non-speaking cameos) • Back to the Past • The Bad Guy Club for Villains • Mermaid Man Begins • Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go! • Patrick-Man! • Mermaid Pants • Man Ray Returns • Appointment TV • Dirty Bubble Returns • Captain Pipsqueak • The Dirty Bubble Bass Episodes of Kamp Koral: Mermaid Men and Barnacle Boys Episodes of TPSS: X Marks the Pot • Super Sitters Characters: Dirty Bubble • Man Ray • Barnacle Man • Atomic Flounder • The Moth • Kelp Thing • Reflecto • Sinister Slug • Jumbo Shrimp • Every Villain Is Lemons • The Chief • Super Acquaintances • The Quickster • Elastic Waistband • Captain Magma • Miss Appear Places: Mermalair • Shady Shoals • Hotel Evil • Locker of Memories • Time Machine Nickelodeon Magazine Comics: Mermaid Man Cleans Up • Hungry for Heroes Other: The Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Book • Time Machine • Fiber • Tickle Belt • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Fan Club • Magic Claw • Man Ray's Power Glove • Mermerang • Dirty Bubbles' Bubble Launcher • Mermaid Man's Belt • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Bran Flakes • Breakfast Bites • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Paddleball Set • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Trading Card No. 54 • The Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Movie • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Video • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Fridge Magnet • Orb of Confusion • Mermaid Man Watch