![]() His real name is Ernie.īarnacle Boy is depicted as being the undercredited and underappreciated younger sidekick of Mermaid Man. Out of the three different stories Mermaid Man gave, it is revealed that the story of them eating radioactive popcorn was correct. They then chose to dedicate their lives to brawling undersea crime as a result (it is implied that the backstory behind the duo's powers as described in Bikini Bottom media was in fact far different from the presumably actual backstory Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy remembered from differing perspectives). ![]() ![]() The episode "Mermaid Man Begins" reveals that, through a series of meticulous and intricate events, he and his friend were suddenly equipped with aquatically themed superpowers when they left the microwave on long which made it become radioactive which is what gave them their superpowers. Despite this, Mermaid Man has maintained some of his abilities as a skilled crime-fighter, though some of them have been comically shifted to reflect stereotypes commonly associated with his age however, few of his admirers seem particularly bothered by this. As opposed to his sidekick, Barnacle Boy, he is slightly less grouchy and somewhat more tolerant of SpongeBob's ecstatic optimism, but only to a certain extent as SpongeBob's slips or mistakes have triggered serious consequences before in the past, and his partner seems annoyed with Mermaid Man's absentminded tendencies. As a young adult, Mermaid Man had a muscular, athletic build, but the elderly Mermaid Man is overweight and out of shape. Mermaid Man is portrayed as a stereotypically senile elder, and appears to suffer from slight memory loss as he is easily confused by others' behavior, though this also could be partly credited to his hearing loss. "What could you possibly describe about the character that has a thing all over his nose like this. However, their two biggest fans, SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star, convince them to come out of retirement in their first appearance. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy currently reside at Shady Shoals Retirement Home. In addition to fighting crime, the duo has been extensively franchised throughout Bikini Bottom, including the television series The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, a long-running comic book series, trading cards, and kids' meals at the Krusty Krab. Within the show's fictional universe, they are real superheroes. They are among the few humans who can breathe underwater and speak to the inhabitants of Bikini Bottom. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are semi-retired superheroes in the fictional city of Bikini Bottom. They made their final regular appearances in the season 9 episode " Patrick-Man!" Mermaid Man appears to suffer from memory loss and yells a prolonged "evil!" whenever he hears the word, while Barnacle Boy seems to be the more sensible and more irritable of the two. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are two elderly superheroes who live in a retirement home and are stars of SpongeBob and Patrick's favorite television show. Following Borgnine and Conway's deaths in 20 respectively, the characters have been relegated to non-speaking cameos after creator Stephen Hillenburg requested not to recast the characters. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy first appeared in the eponymous season one episode that premiered on August 21, 1999, and have since been featured as recurring characters. They were respectively voiced by guest stars Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway, who both previously starred in the 1960s sitcom McHale's Navy. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are a duo of fictional characters in the American animated television series, SpongeBob SquarePants.
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