List of SpongeBob SquarePants characters

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This is a list of characters from the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants.

The characters of SpongeBob SquarePants from left to right: Plankton, Mr. Krabs, Sandy, SpongeBob, Squidward, Patrick, Gary, and a jellyfish.

[edit] Main characters

[edit] SpongeBob SquarePants

Main article: SpongeBob SquarePants (character)

SpongeBob SquarePants, the title character of the series is a kitchen sponge. SpongeBob is a happy-go-lucky character who works as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab restaurant. He also attends Mrs. Puff's Boating School and has failed the boating test many times. SpongeBob's best friend is a starfish named Patrick. He enjoys jelly-fishing, blowing bubbles with Patrick, and often gets into a lot of mischief. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple on 124 Conch Street. He also, won employee of the month over 300 times. Three of SpongeBob's ancestors are seen: SpongeGar of the Permian period, SpongeBuck SquarePants of 1882's Dead Eye Gulch, and SpongeBob's Grandpa has come up two or three times. He is voiced by Tom Kenny.

[edit] Patrick Star

Patrick Star is a character in SpongeBob SquarePants. He is extremely chubby, friendly, and very, very stupid. He is sometimes aggressive and is SpongeBob's best friend. He and SpongeBob have apparently known each other since infancy, and they share many interests (jelly fishing, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, bubble blowing, etc.). In the episode "Rule of Dumb," it is revealed that he and SpongeBob's pet snail, Gary, are cousins, and that he is a prince. Patrick is always stupid, and he often convinces SpongeBob to accompany him in dangerous, fruitless and hare brained activities, such as playing near fish hooks and eating whole pumpkins. However, in the episode "The Bully," it is noted that he went to community college. His stupidity can be so potent that he sometimes suffers from lapses of memory (like trying to eat a chocolate bar twice) and complete shutdown of any thought whatsoever. In spite of the disastrous outcomes of Patrick's ideas, SpongeBob constantly attests to Patrick's genius and consults the starfish for advice and guidance. Patrick is revealed to be able to play many instruments like the belly drum. Patrick has no job or trade and spends most of his time sleeping and watching television under his rock house or playing with SpongeBob. He does give advice to SpongeBob, although it's not usually practical. When he tries to find work, it is shown that he has little practical skill; for example in "Big Pink Loser," he struggles with tasks such as sweeping or opening a jar. In the Episode "Patrick SmartPants" Partick becomes extremely smart after falling off a cliff, losing the top of his head, and Spongebob mistakes brain coral for the top of Patrick's head. Patrick lives two houses down from SpongeBob (and lives next to Squidward) under a rock at 120 Conch Street. He has also been a criminal many times in the series, like in the episodes "Life of Crime" and "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler" among others. Patrick has a mother and a father, whose names are Herb and Margie, respectively, but they are rarely seen in the series. Three of Patrick's ancestors are spotted: Patar of the Permian period, Pecos Patrick of 1882's Dead Eye Gulch and Patrick Revere of the Colonial times. Patrick is voiced by Bill Fagerbakke.

[edit] Squidward Tentacles

Squidward Tentacles, who is usually annoyed by SpongeBob and Patrick, despite his name, is said to be an octopus by the creators of the SpongeBob SquarePants,^[1] but refers to himself as a squid.^[2] He lives in a moai. He works as a cashier at the Krusty Krab restaurant. Squidward is known in the series for his selfish and unenthusiastic personality and belief that he is better than his undersea neighbors as well everyone else in Bikini Bottom. Squidward generally uses two of his tentacles as arms and groups the other four into two pairs of legs. While his neighbors SpongeBob and Patrick are generally cheerful, Squidward is very pessimistic and morose. He has a dry wit, and is constantly sarcastic. Though he openly dislikes SpongeBob and Patrick, they view him as a very close friend and cannot be convinced otherwise. However, it is worth noting that sometimes Squidward shows sympathy and even outright compassion towards SpongeBob. In "The Graveyard Shift" episode, it is revealed that even with all the things he had said to SpongeBob, Squidward "always sort of liked him" (Though shortly after this, SpongeBob admits that he uses his clarinet to unclog his toilet, so this might have changed.) . Also, in the episode "Fools in April," Squidward admits to liking everything about Bikini Bottom and the "uncultured" animals that inhabit this small city. Squidward is an aspiring artist and most of his art is created in tribute to himself. He is also a musician, with his instrument of choice being the clarinet, which he plays extremely badly. His skills at both seem to vary sporadically throughout the series; while sometime he barely manages to squeak out a few grating notes on his clarinet, he is known for launching himself into complex and intricate solos of virtuoso level; his art is generally of high-quality, but is plagued by his own unaesthetic image. He first appeared in "Help Wanted". Three of Squidward's ancestors are identified: Squog of the Permian period, Squidly of the Middle Ages, and the waiter of the Krusty Kantina in Dead-Eye Gulch. Squidward has an arch-rival, Squilliam Fancyson, who claims to be better than him in everything... yet two of his three appreances (House Fancy and Band Geeks) thus far have given the normally win-less Squidward two of his biggest truimphs. Squidward is voiced by Rodger Bumpass.

[edit] Mr. Krabs

Eugene Harold Krabs, mostly referred to as Mr. Krabs, is the owner and founder of the Krusty Krab restaurant and is SpongeBob and Squidward's boss. He is very cheap and selfish. He is a red crab, though his daughter Pearl is a sperm whale, that being a running joke throughout the series. Eugene is a nefarious penny-pincher and money hoarder. He often charges outrageous prices for poor-quality goods and foods, and takes advantage of every free product or service. His treatment of his staff is just as miserly; he is often seen violating minimum wage laws, all while working his two-man staff an inhumane number of hours. In the episode Born Again Krabs, he sold SpongeBob for 62 cents. There have been, however, instances where he acts altruistically, though these are exceedingly rare. In his youth, he served in the Navy, and retains many of the mannerisms and lingual habits of a sailor, notably his pirate accent. He first appeared in the episode "Help Wanted." The plankton known as Sheldon J. Plankton is his former friend turned arch-nemesis. Their relationship's origins were revealed in the episode "Friend or Foe". In the episodes "Sandy's Rocket" and "As Seen on TV", Mr. Krabs has a pet worm named Mr. Doodles. He lives in a giant ship's anchor converted into a luxurious home. In the episode "Stanley S. SquarePants", it is revealed that he has three nephews. Mr. Krabs is voiced by Clancy Brown.

[edit] Sandy Cheeks

Sandra "Sandy" Cheeks is a female squirrel from Texas. She is friendly, yet sometimes aggressive, and SpongeBob's other best friend. She wears a deep sea diving suit while in the ocean, usually only removing it when inside her large underwater home (known as the "Treedome"). This huge plastic dome containing a grassy field and a large oak tree is sponsored by three scientists who also provide her with grants so she can invent mechanical devices. When Sandy is not wearing the diving suit, she is seen wearing a bikini. While Sandy is a multi-faceted genius possessed of advanced mathematics, athletics, and scientific skill, she is not above playfully sparring with SpongeBob at karate or joining him at fun locales like Goo Lagoon. It is known that Sandy hibernates, but she seems to be able to put the need on hold for holidays (she was seen awake during Christmas). Sandy first appeared in "Tea at the Treedome". Over the course of the series, Sandy is shown to be something of an adrenaline addict as well as being highly competitive. She is frequently shown practicing karate with SpongeBob and practices several extreme sports, as shown in Pre-Hibernation Week. The same episode exhibited Sandy's unusual physical strength, as she was able to pick up entire buildings in Bikini Bottom with one hand. Sandy however does have a weakness of being very ticklish. She is tickled by the Tickler in the episode, Karate Island. Seen in most of the episodes that she is in, she usually exaggerate her statements. Sandy is voiced by Carolyn Lawrence.

[edit] Plankton

Sheldon James Plankton (born October, Friday the 13th^{[citation needed]}), known simply as Plankton, is an evil, ego maniacal, green cyclops copepod. He is Mr. Krabs' business arch rival and the series' resident villain (although, according to the episode "Friend or Foe," they were once friends). Plankton runs a competing restaurant called the Chum Bucket, located directly across the street from the Krusty Krab. His stated goals in life are to steal the secret Krabby Patty formula from the Krusty Krab, and to rule the world. Plankton is married to a computer "W.I.F.E." (Wired Integrated Female Electroencephalograph) named Karen (voiced by Jill Talley). Plankton and Karen first appear in the episode "Plankton!". Plankton's first name was revealed to be "Sheldon" in the episode "Plankton's Army". Plankton has created many hi-tech gadgets, such as a robot version of Mr. Krabs, a life switcher machine, a machine made to look like a customer of the Krusty Krab, and a high tech analyzer seen in two episodes. He almost became Mr. Krabs' stepfather in "Enemy in-Law", when he falls in love with Mrs. Krabs, Krabs' mother. In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Plankton steals the Krabby Patty secret formula, creates bucket helmets, and takes over the bodies of the citizens of Bikini Bottom, almost getting to rule the world. He also steals King Neptune's crown. Plankton is voiced by Doug Lawrence.

[edit] Gary the Snail

Gary is SpongeBob's pet snail. Within the series, snails are analogous to cats, and as such Gary vocalizes like one. A running gag on the show is that SpongeBob must not forget to feed him. SpongeBob can apparently translate Gary's meows and purrs, and Gary has talked a few times in the series, such as the episode "The Secret Box" where Gary says "no" to SpongeBob. In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, he yells: "Meow, Plankton." Gary is shown to be Patrick's cousin in the episode "Rule of Dumb". Gary has an interest in poetry, and despite his limited speech, he is shown to be one of the smartest SpongeBob SquarePants characters. He is voiced by Tom Kenny.

[edit] Major characters

• Patchy the Pirate - A live action character who is the President of the SpongeBob SquarePants fan club. He hosts the SpongeBob SquarePants specials and major events and is portrayed by Tom Kenny. Patchy resides in Encino, Los Angeles, California.
• Potty the Parrot - Patchy the Pirate's green pet parrot. He is mischievous and enjoys playing practical jokes, as well talking back to Patchy. Potty is voiced by the creator of the show, Stephen Hillenburg and by Paul Tibbitt in "Friend or Foe". He first appeared in "Christmas Who?". He is credited as Potty Puppetparrot^{[citation needed]}.
• Mrs. Puff - A white blow fish with blonde hair and green fins. She is the teacher at her boating school, where residents of Bikini Bottom learn to drive the boat vehicles that are featured in the show. She usually has a hard time teaching Spongebob, up to the point where she loathes him. She is a widow. Her husband is a trinket. Mrs. Puff is voiced by Mary Jo Catlett and first appeared in the episode "Boating School".
• Larry the Lobster - A red lobster who is the lifeguard of Bikini Bottom's popular beach, Goo Lagoon. He is a bodybuilder and workout fanatic and is sometimes seen either competing or lifting weights. Larry first appeared in the episode "Ripped Pants" and is also good friends with Sandy and SpongeBob. Larry is voiced by Doug Lawrence.
• Pearl Krabs - A sperm whale that is Mr. Krab's daughter. She is an average 15 year-old teen girl (who became 16 in Whale of a birthday), often seen hanging out with her friends or criticizing how her dad isn't cool, or "coral", as she calls it, and hates being embarrassed by him. She is under the impression that she is popular, but only has a few friends. Pearl is voiced by Lori Alan.
• Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy - Two heroes that SpongeBob watches on his television and visits sometimes. Mermaid Man seems to be based on Aquaman and Barnacle Boy seems to be based on Aquaman's former sidekick Aqualad. They live in the Shady Shoals retirement home but still seem to fight crime. Although they are human, it seems they do not need oxygen. Mermaid Man is voiced by Ernest Borgnine and Barnacle Boy is voiced by Tim Conway.
• King Neptune - The king of the ocean. In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Jeffrey Tambor voiced King Neptune. King Neptune is massive, green, has a horrible temper and ginger beard to match, a huge, shiny bald spot and lives in a submerged castle. He fathers one daughter, Mindy. King Neptune is also portrayed as a god who appeared in the episode 'Neptune's Spatula' when SpongeBob pulled out a spatula from the grease (in this episode Neptune had flowing, red hair and is voiced by John O'Hurley). He challenges SpongeBob to make Krabby Patties and loses when his Krabby Patties taste awful. In "SpongeBob and the Patty Gadget", he is voiced by Paul Tibbitt, and is shown briefly in this episode waking up after Squidward's patty machine's explosion.
• Flying Dutchman - A green, pirate ghost named after the famous ghost ship of the same name. He lives in a giant ship that floats in the underwater "sky." He is voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray and first appeared in Scaredy Pants.
• French Narrator - The narrator speaks at the start of some episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants and does this with a heavy French accent. He is voiced by Tom Kenny. On the November 16, 2004 episode of Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Tom Kenny admitted that Jacques Cousteau was the inspiration for the French narrator, as SpongeBob SquarePants creator Stephen Hillenburg considers Cousteau an idol.
• Karen - Karen Plankton is Sheldon Plankton's computer wife, though she is shown to have human qualities such as emotions. Karen enjoys making fun of Plankton as when his relatives arrive, like in the episode " Planktons Army" they tell her his first name is Sheldon. She finds this funny. Voiced by Jill Talley.

[edit] Supporting characters

• Flats - Is a green flounder who first appeared on the episode "The Bully", and also F.U.N.. He supposedly wanted to "kick SpongeBob's butt" through out the whole episode. Flats is voiced by Thomas F. Wilson. He also went to community college with Patrick, and is in many other episodes as a background character. He is also seen in "Texas", at the Welcome Home party at the Krusty Krab.
• Bubble Buddy - He is a man-like character created by SpongeBob. He is made out of bubble. He only appears in "Bubble Buddy" and seems to bother other characters. Apparently, he does not talk very much.
• Bubble Bass - He is a monstrously obese, picky fish who undermines SpongeBob's confidence in "Pickles". He was then seen in "F.U.N." mistaking Plankton for a jelly bean, nearly eating him. He made a brief cameo in the movie.
• Grandma SquarePants - Grandma SquarePants is SpongeBob's grandmother. She was seen in Grandma's Kisses, where she loves to kiss SpongeBob and treat him like baby. She was seen in "BlackJack", when SpongeBob goes to her home. She is also understanding, since when SpongeBob said that he doesn't want kisses anymore, she didn't mind. She is voiced by Marion Ross.
• Grandpa SquarePants - Grandpa SquarePants is SpongeBob's grandfather. Although he is never shown as a living character, he has made brief appearances in "The Sponge Who Could Fly" and "Rock Bottom" in SpongeBob's memory. He looks like an older version of SpongeBob, and gives his grandson good advice.
• Sherm SquarePants - Sherm SquarePants is the brother of father SquarePants, and he is the uncle of SpongeBob. He is a famous relative of SpongeBob for he can put an entire watermelon inside his nostril. He was mentioned in the episodes: Krab Borg, Stanley S. SquarePants and Pest of the West. He also has a picture of him in The Pest of the West. Sherm is shaped as a kitchen sponge like SpongeBob, although he has many minor differences. he has a watermelon stuck up his nose, brown eyes, a red bow-tie and lots of teeth. One of Sherm's nostrils is much larger than the other and he looks slightly more wrinkled and older than SpongeBob. His Square-Pants are a bit crumpled, and there is a metal belt holder in the middle of him. He is only seen in a photo, not seen physically.
• Old Man Jenkins - Old Man Jenkins is an elderly fish who resides at Shady Shoals Rest Home. He used to live in the Krusty Krab before Mr. Krabs purchased it and converted it into his restaurant. He was voiced by Doug Lawrence in "Sailor Mouth" and Tom Kenny in "My Pretty Seahorse". Old Man Jenkins doesn't like the modern technology as seen in "The Sponge Who Could Fly". When SpongeBob attempts to make a flying machine, Old Man Jenkins is seen several times saying "I told you nothing good would come from city folk and their flying machines!". He has a different appearance in nearly every episode, though sometimes he has the same appearance.
• Squilliam Fancyson - Squilliam is Squidward's successful, snooty rival from high school. He owns a band, as revealed in "Band Geeks". In which he pretends that he can't make it to the Bubble Bowl (a football event held above water), where he was going to play his music, and convinces Squidward to form a band, and the practice went horribly, but the show at the Super Bowl gave Squilliam a heart attack, because their hard rock song/power ballad, "Sweet Victory" (actually sung by David Glen Eisley), which was so popular to the football fans watching it. He also has a very impressive unibrow which he is proud of, and refers to it as "big and valuable". He first appeared in the episode "Band Geeks", and then returns in the episodes "Squilliam Returns" and "House Fancy". Voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. It is unknown what he actually does for a living aside from owning a band, but he is very rich and claims to own private jets, a private island, a private helipad, and a balloon/casino, among other things. Depsite his claiming to be far better off than Squidward, two of his three appearances have given the normally win-less Squidward two of his biggest victories, one of them even leading Squilliam to tears, a reaction USUALLY given by Squidward!
• Dr. Gill Gilliam - Gill Gilliam is a doctor who works in the Bikini Bottom hospital.
• Lou - Lou has been seen working at various establishments in the Bikini Bottom community, such as an ice cream man, a balloon vendor, and a cashier at the Barg'N Mart.
• Johnny - Johnny is the realistic fish head who appears at the beginning of each show during the theme song and whenever SpongeBob is watching the news on TV. He also hosted coverage of the 21st Fry Cook Games, was the narrator of the King of Karate video in "Karate Island", and voiced the loudspeaker at the Bikini Bottom Zoo in "The Smoking Peanut". He also appears in "No Free Rides", when Mrs. Puff imagines what would happen if SpongeBob actually drove outside boating school. In the game SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, it is revealed his name is Johnny. His first appearance was Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II and is voiced by Doug Lawrence.
• Scooter - Scooter is a blue fish that likes to surf and speaks with a surfer's accent. He has appeared in numerous episodes, including "Bubble Buddy", among others. He finds most things that Spongebob does to be quite amusing.
• Painty the Pirate - Painty is a painting of a pirate head. He sings the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song. He also appears in "Your Shoe's Untied" and made a cameo in "Wet Painters". He is voiced by Patrick Pinney.
• Harold SquarePants and Mrs. SquarePants - SpongeBob's parents made their debut in "Home Sweet Pineapple", where they came to pick up SpongeBob after nematodes ruined his pineapple house. They also appeared in "Blackjack" and "No Free Rides". Unlike SpongeBob, both his parents are more like natural sponges since they are luffa. Harold is voiced by Tom Kenny while his wife is voiced by Mary Jo Catlett.
• Mrs. Betsy Krabs - Mr. Krabs’ mother and Pearl's grandmother. The episodes that have featured her have shown her to be very strict and no-nonsense. She is voiced by Paul Tibbitt in her first two appearances, but is voiced by Sirena Irwin in Enemy-in-Law onward. It should be noted that so far she has not appeared with Pearl despit the fact that she is her Grandmother.
• Perch Perkins - Perch is the TV anchorman for Bikini Bottom news. His name was revealed in the movie and he has been known to host major events at Goo Lagoon. Before the fourth season, he is purple, but in the TV show's fourth season onward, he is orange.
• Don - Don is a Killer whale who is the friend of Larry the Lobster's and is also a bodybuilder. He participated in the anchor throwing contest with Larry, Sandy, and SpongeBob. When he is working-out in Goo lagoon, he is usually seen lifting two 30 pound dumb bells.
• Officer Nancy O'Malley - Officer Nancy is a purple fish with blond hair. She is a local police woman in Bikini Bottom. She is sometimes seen in different colors.
• There are several characters who are not named, but are recognized either by their appearance or their voice. These characters include a green male fish in a purple shirt, a grayish female fish with white hair and a yellow dress, a light blue, surly, unshaven fish in a white shirt, a green fish with no shirt and brown pants who is often heard yelling "My leg!" after many disasters, and an angry fish who yells insults in a British accent.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Full list of SpongeBob SquarePants characters at the SpongeBob SquarePants Wikia
• List of characters at SpongePedia