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Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy/Pickles: Directed by Alan Smart, Stephen Hillenburg, Jay Lender, Paul Tibbitt. With Tom Kenny, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy: SpongeBob and Patrick visit a retirement home. Pickles: SpongeBob loses his confidence.
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- Animation, Comedy, Family
- Alan Smart, Stephen Hillenburg, Jay Lender
- 1999-08-20
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"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 1. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick try to convince their heroes to come out of retirement.
SpongeBob and Patrick begin the episode watching a TV series centered around the famous superhero duo - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, and subsequently roleplay as them. They decide to visit Squidward and pretend he is the supervillain Reflecto. Squidward is quickly annoyed at his neighbors' antics, and tell them that Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy actually live in a nursing home, having retired years earlier. SpongeBob and Patrick decide that these crime fighters have resume their careers, and go to the Shady Shoals Rest Home, where they are met by the male nurse. He escorts the friends to the superheroes and tells them not to surprise them. SpongeBob tells them that superheroes should no longer be retired, but they should continue to fight evil. Mermaid Man creates a panic when he hears the word, "evil," leading the caretaker of the nursing home to throw SpongeBob and Patrick out for surprising them.
While the former crime fighters are going to the cafeteria for lunch, SpongeBob, refusing to give up, arrives and makes an inspiring speech about how superheroes should not be retired. After SpongeBob is done with his speech, Mermaid Man angrily pronounces SpongeBob man and wife (meaning that he'll be banished from the Shady Shoals Rest Home forever and never return), alerting the caretaker, who is told to "kiss the bride" (meaning he'll help Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy banish SpongeBob).
SpongeBob and Patrick come up with a new plan to free the superheroes from retirement: SpongeBob, disguised as a woman, "complains" about the weight of a purse he is holding, and Patrick, disguised as a criminal, "steals" it. Suddenly, Barnacle Boy, who is in no way deceived by the disguises, comes to SpongeBob and tells him to pipe down because Mermaid Man is taking a nap (with his eyes open), but he tells Barnacle Boy to stop shouting and they start arguing, until SpongeBob interrupts them and says that he and Patrick have painted their invisible boatmobile. After telling SpongeBob and Patrick that their invisible boatmobile is supposed to be invisible, Barnacle Boy becomes fed up with SpongeBob and Patrick bothering and irritating him and Mermaid Man as he decides to end the argument and convinces Mermaid Man that evil is right in front of them. He takes out their rings, and they resume their careers. The newly reunited crime-fighters get into a fight with SpongeBob and Patrick, who are impervious to their attacks and joyed that they have brought their heroes out of retirement. Finally, the heroes are lucky: they are helped by elderly residents of a nursing home, who pick up SpongeBob and Patrick and throw them away from the retirement home. The heroes then celebrate on a job well done.
Eventually, a new show of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy is created: The New Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. The duo play checkers, then suddenly, the phone rings. Mermaid Man picks up upside-down, fails to hear the person on the other line, and hangs up, thinking the phone is broken. The announcer says, "Will our heroes ever get their phone fixed? Tune in next week and find out." After watching the new episode SpongeBob enjoyed it as he thought it was better than the old show, and when SpongeBob winks, the words appear:
ArtModel sheetsMusic‣ The Lineman - Sam Spence ‣ Arizona Fanfare - Jack Shaindlin ‣ The Adventure Begins - Jonathan Neal ‣ Enter the Villain - Chris Payne, Paul Rogers ‣ Super Hero - Tony Hymas ‣ Call to Destiny (A) - Ron Goodwin ‣ Police Car - Sam Spence ‣ Death Trap [#25] - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Super Hero - Tony Hymas ‣ Hawaiian Link (B) - Richard Myhill • Gator - Steve Belfer ‣ War Agitato - Jack Shaindlin ‣ Hymn of Achievement [#7.03] - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Queen's Aloha Oe B - Kapono Beamer, Queen Lili'uokalani • You're Nice - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ‣ Wedding Procession - Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Leslie Pearson ‣ Hawaiian Link (A) - Richard Myhill ‣ Sweet Annabelle - Sam Fonteyn ‣ Blackbeard - Sam Fonteyn ‣ Blood In The Gutter - Laurie Johnson • Closing Theme 1 - Steve Belfer ‣ War Agitato - Jack Shaindlin ‣ Arizona Fanfare - Jack Shaindlin ‣ The Lineman - Sam Spence ‣ Moloka'i Nui A - Kapono Beamer ‣ Arizona Fanfare - Jack Shaindlin ‣ Caped Crusader - David Farnon ‣ Police Car - Sam SpenceRelease•This episode is available on the Tales from the Deep, SpongeBob Schwammkopf Folge 3, Complete 1st Season, Absorbing Favorites, Home Sweet Pineapple (Italy), Hall Monitor, Home Sweet Pineapple (Greece), 10 Happiest Moments, First 100 Episodes, SpongeBob SquarePants, iSponge Offer Pack, The Underwater Stories, Lost at Sea (Polish only), The Ultimate SpongeBob Box Set, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 1, The Complete First Season, Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy: Defenders of the Deep, From the Beginning, Part 1, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, The Adventures of SpongeBob SquarePants, The First & Second Seasons, Movies & TV Collection, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, and SpongeBob SquarePants Triple Pack DVDs, along with SpongeBob SquarePants Volume 2 on GBA Video. •This episode is also available on the Deep Sea Sillies, Absorbing Favorites, and Tales from the Deep VHS tapes.General
•This episode marks the first for several things: •The first appearance of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (hence the title). •The first time SpongeBob dresses in women's clothes. •The first episode of the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy series. •The first episode to use music from the NFL, "The Lineman," which was used in most of the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episodes. •The first appearance of Shady Shoals Rest Home. •The first mention of Man Ray, although he did not appear physically until "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III." •The first episode to feature guest stars. •Mark O'Hare's first episode as a writer. •The first mention of Atlantis before making its first actual appearance in the episode "Neptune's Spatula." •First to have a soundtrack altered in its pitch. •A scene from the beginning of the episode is seen in "The Krusty Slammer" and in Nickverse. •Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy have five fingers as young men, though in their elder age, they have four. •When SpongeBob and Patrick are first asking the man at the front desk to see Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, an article on the inside of his newspaper reads, "School Drop Out Rate Soars." This has a double meaning, because "school" is also the name of a group of fish. •This is also referenced in "Spin the Bottle." •The old captain who winks when SpongeBob discusses the wisdom of the elderly is played by Don Newhouse, the man who guarded the gates at Nickelodeon Animation Studio in Burbank, California at the time. He later reappeared in "Sun Bleached" and is also the inspiration for the character "Old Kid" from Invader Zim. •When Mermaid Man picks up the phone during the game of checkers, the phone's ringtone is the same sound effect used for number 11 of the 13 bad words in "Sailor Mouth." •This is the only episode in which the Mermalair is called the Sea Cave. •When Mermaid Man talks with Barnacle Boy realize they are still strong enough to thwart evil, there are two Old Man Walkers, one green and one red. •This episode has been paired up with different episodes: •On the November 3, 2001 airing, this episode was paired with "Wormy." •During the Nicktoons Butt-Kicking Marathon, this episode was paired with "Plankton!" •On the November 10, 2006 airing, this episode was paired with "Band Geeks." •During the Mermaid Man-a-Thon, this episode was paired up with "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II." •Subsequent Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy-focused episodes used the same title card art until "Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture." •SpongeBob in a woman's dress and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy being "locked in a battle of wits" has become an internet meme.
Cultural references
•Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are parodies of both Aquaman and Aqualad and Batman and Robin. •The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy is a parody of the Batman TV show from the 1960's as well as that of Filmation's Aquaman animated series. The title for MM&BB is also similar to the Aquaman title card, particularly with the inclusion of the whirlpool. •Young Mermaid Man here looks almost exactly like Aquaman, except with a star on his nose, a seashell bra and a belt buckle shaped like an M instead of an A. •The Aquaphone is a parody of the Bat Phone from Batman. •The invisible boatmobile is a parody of both Wonder Woman's Invisible Jet and the Batmobile. •Reflecto is a parody of Spider-Man villain Electro and Birdman villain Reducto. •The Sea Cave is a reference to the Batcave.
Errors
•The doughnut Patrick uses as a stand-in for Barnacle Boy's ring is chocolate when he and SpongeBob touch their doughnuts together, but is orange in all other shots. •After Patrick takes SpongeBob's purse and peers out from behind the building, the purse is seen floating beside him. •Barnacle Boy puts the wrong ring on Mermaid Man's hand. •After Mermaid Man says the oath, both his and Barnacle Boy's rings disappear. •When Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy start dog paddling, Mermaid Man's socks are missing. Afterward, they return. •When Mermaid Man says "Up, up, and away" while rocking, Barnacle Boy appears to be saying it too, but with no voice. •When Barnacle Boy shouts, "It's not me, old coot," the sclerae on both his eyes turn blue. •When Mermaid Man says, "To the broccoli!," his right bra strap turns orange for a split second. •When Mable comes outside after Mermaid Man calls her and other Shady Shoals residents to assemble, the bottom of her cane flashes white for two different frames. •SpongeBob's pores are reversed when he says, "Excuse me, Mermaid Man." •When SpongeBob gets robbed by Patrick, his pupils become blue a few times. •When Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are playing checkers, the board they play checkers on is discolored because there are red squares where black squares should be (when the camera is zoomed out), but when the camera zooms in it is fixed. •Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway are not credited for voicing Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. However, in the opening credits, they were given credit.
Dec 30, 2020 · Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy/Pickles (Nick airing; 12/30/20) by. Daniel's Archives. Publication date. 2020-12-30. Topics. nick, nickelodeon, spongebob, spongebob squarepants. This episode was recorded in it's exact TV airing. Recorded on Nickelodeon on December 30th 2020.
Mermaidman and Barnacleboy: Watching their favorite show, reruns of the TV duo superhero show Mermaidman and Barnacleboy, SpongeBob and Patrick hear that their beloved heroes are living in a nearby retirement home.
At a diner, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy decide to "ditch" SpongeBob by asking him to search for their theme song on the jukebox while they flee the restaurant. Outside, however, they are attacked and trapped by their arch nemesis, the Dirty Bubble ( Charles Nelson Reilly ).
Aug 21, 1999 · S1 E6: Watching reruns of Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy. / SpongeBob loses his self-confidence when an arrogant customer claims SpongeBob forgot to put pickles on his Krabby Patty.
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Episode credits → SpongeBob SquarePants → Season 1 → Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy/Pickles
