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Encyclopedia > Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II
SpongeBob SquarePants episode
"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II"
Season №: 1
Episode №: 20b
Production №: 020
Airdate: April 8, 2000
Credits
Guest(s): -Ernest Borgnine as Mermaid Man
-Tim Conway as Barnacle Boy
-Charles Nelson Reilly as The Dirty Bubble
-Doug Lawrence as the Announcer
Writer(s): Chuck Klein
Jay Lender
Mr. Lawrence
Storyboard Artist(s): Jay Lender
Directors
Storyboard: Chuck Klein
Animation: Tom Yasumi
Creative: Derek Drymon
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"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II" is the last season one episode of SpongeBob SquarePants. This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ...

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Brief summary: After SpongeBob wins the famed "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy conch signal" he starts calling the superheroes for unnecessary reasons.


Characters Present:

Songs: This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Mermaid Man is a fictional character in the Nickelodeon animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants. ... Barnacle Boy is a fictional character in the cartoon SpongeBob SquarePants. ... Dirty Bubble is a fictional character in the TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. ... The Atomic Flounder is a fictional character on the cartoon Spongebob Squarepants. ... Gary the Snail is a character in the Nickelodeon animated series series SpongeBob SquarePants, which first aired in July 1999. ...

  • "Jingle Bells"
Jingle Bells, Mermaid Man smells,
Barnacle Boy laid an egg,
The Invisible Boatmobile lost a wheel...
  • "Jingle Bells 2"
Jingle Bells, Mermaid Man smells,
Barnacle Boy laid an egg,
The Dirty Bubble popped,
And Mermaid Man, Barnacle Boy, and SpongeBob got away!

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".

The Dirty Bubble

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 favours. Image File history File links Biodirty. ... Image File history File links Biodirty. ...


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.


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.


Trivia

  • 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 was the only "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" episode in which SpongeBob appears without Patrick.
  • This was also the only "Mermaid Man and Barncale Boy" where the title card has purple waves. The other five have blue waves on the title card.
  • When Mermaid Man tells SpongeBob that, maybe, the conch signal is too much responsibility, the television in his house shows only a red screen, instead of black screen or a moving picture.
  • This was the last episode to use traditional cel animation. All episodes from Something Smells onward use digital ink and paint.
  • This is the first appearance of the Mermalair.
  • When Mermaid Man said "Activate torpedo mode!", regular closed captioning said "Torpedo mode!"
  • This is the finishing episode of the memorable first season.
Preceded by
"Hooky"		 SpongeBob SquarePants episodes Followed by
"Something Smells"

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