Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture (Episode)

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Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture
© Viacom
Episode No.:	67b
Season:	4/2004
Airdate:	October 7, 2005
Previous Episode:	Enemy In-Law
Next Episode:	Patrick SmartPants
Characters	Voice actors
SpongeBob SquarePants	Tom Kenny
Patrick Star	Bill Fagerbakke
Squidward Tentacles	Rodger Bumpass
Sandy Cheeks	Carolyn Lawrence
Mr. Krabs	Clancy Brown
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's "new" look. © Paramount Global

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture is an episode from Season 4. In the episode, SpongeBob and Patrick create their own Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy movie. But when production begins, things don't go as planned.

Info

Characters

SpongeBob SquarePants
Patrick Star
Mermaid Man
Barnacle Boy
Kelp Thing (debut)
The Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Fan Club (debut)
Dennis
Fred (3 cameos)
Nat Peterson
Harold
Tom (color palette only)
Nancy Suzy Fish
Frank
John
Sadie Rechid
Eugene H. Krabs
Pearl Krabs
Sandy Cheeks
Squidward Tentacles
Sheldon J. Plankton
ManRay (mentioned)
Retired Fish
Actors for the MM and BB movie

Places

Original Crew for Movie

SpongeBob SquarePants: Director
Patrick Star: Cameraman
Mermaid Man: Main Character/Protagonist
Barnacle Boy: Main Character/Protagonist
Kelp Thing: Main Antagonist
Pearl Krabs on wheels: Invisible Boat Mobile
Nat Peterson: Invisible Boat Mobile puller
Sheldon J. Plankton: Boom Operator
Sandy Cheeks: Stunts and Explosives Handler
Squidward Tentacles: Make-up Artist

Plot

SpongeBob and Patrick are at a Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy fan club meeting, where they learn a new movie will be made based on the heroes, but they find that the movie's versions of MM and BB are played by younger actors, much to SpongeBob's and Patrick's dismay. When SpongeBob and Patrick wants the real Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy to play in the movie, they tell the club members that they must boycott the movie, but he and Patrick just get thrown out of the building. Instead, the boys go to Shady Shoals and tell Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy that Drippy Brothers Studios is making a movie about them with new actors. The heroes find the news horrible. Patrick suggests they make their own movie. Everybody likes the idea.

After coming up with ideas, including a title ("Adventures in the Underground City") and things that would happen in the movie (Mermaid Man's face getting shrunk by Kelp-Thing's "face minimizer", him drinking "cheese coffee" and Krabby Patties being stolen), SpongeBob and the crew (Sandy Cheeks, Pearl Krabs, Eugene H. Krabs, Patrick, Squidward Tentacles, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy) meet to make the movie. SpongeBob is the movie's director. Squidward, the makeup artist, prepares the actors for the movie. Sandy is in charge of stuntwork and using the dynamite for explosion scenes. Mr. Krabs will cater the crew while Pearl is the leading lady. Patrick is the cameraman and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are the stars. Plankton auditions for Man Ray, but can't have the part because the villain's not in the movie, so he works the boom microphone instead. Mermaid Man has trouble with one of his lines and it takes 5,003 takes to get it right until Plankton accidentally shoves the boom into his mouth.

A scene is filmed where Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy ride their Invisible Boat Mobile (Pearl as the boat mobile) to Kelp-Thing's hideout. Pearl is too heavy to pull, so Nat, who is pulling her, speeds off the mountain, crashing into the sets. Patrick filmed it with the lens cap on, and with everything destroyed; there is no footage of the movie. SpongeBob, who goes berserk, knows the movie is ruined. Mermaid Man convinces him to finish the movie and goes on.

Mr. Krabs has a premiere night for SpongeBob's production in his restaurant, hoping to make a bundle from the movie. The leader of the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Fan Club does pay a lot of money to buy 200 tickets on opening night, but only because the Drippy Bros. production is sold out before the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy movie can be seen. The entire fan club (except SpongeBob, Patrick, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy) does not like it because it looks like an old timey movie, is about two minutes in length, cuts for a bit while Mermaid Man is talking (when Mermaid Man is supposed to say "You can't do that! It's forbidden.", he instead says "You can't do that- 'Click!' -forbidden.", and instead of saying "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, unite!", Mermaid Man says "Mermaid Man- 'Click!' -narnacle Boy, unite!"), and shows Sandy doing the stunts. However, Mermaid Man is glad that SpongeBob proved he and Barnacle Boy had "action" left in their old bones.

Associated Production Music

Killer Birds - Gregor F. Narholz (SpongeBob starting to exaggerate)
Ramblin Man from Gramblin - Sam Spence (Action Scene)

Trivia/Goofs

In some close-up scenes of SpongeBob, he appears more green than yellow.
Drippy Brothers Studios are a parody of Warner Bros. Pictures.
The Patty Vault appears in the final film.
Mermaid Man gets a boom microphone stuck in his mouth. Ironically, John Kricfalusi had to redo a similar gag from a Ren and Stimpy episode only a decade before because Nick censors felt it looked too suggestive.
This is the first episode in the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy mini-series to have a title card that is different from the usual title card, and the only one with the title beginning with "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" to do so.
Mermaid Man's Belt is purple for the first time since Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV.
The movie SpongeBob and Patrick made mentions a place called Fort Lox. The name is a spoof on the real-life Fort Knox, which houses tons of gold.
Plankton is wearing Man Ray's helmet in small size.
According to this episode, in every movie Mr. Krabs participates in, he wants the plot to involve Krabby Patties being stolen by somebody.
During the "Bingo" scene, the announcer said, "A-29", even though there is no "A" in "Bingo". Although it could be a slurred "I".
When SpongeBob said "it's 'stolen Krabby Patties'." for the first time, his right eye enlarges a bit.
The lens cap suddenly appeared on the camera lens, easily known from when Patrick is seen filming before the lens cap scene.