Peterson the Regant

Peterson, as the Regent, is a conservative, authoritarian, and homophobic governor who presided over the country under which SpongeBob lived until he reached the age of eleven. However Peterson has fallen from grace since his rise to power, and now spends most of his time at a bingo parlor. His wife, the former Massachusetts governor Mary Ann Mackey, runs Peterson's administration, although he is at one time the subject of a book about his sexual fetish for the Slurpee machine by the creators of SpongeBob.
He once attempted to reinstate offshore drilling into the Atlantic Ocean to prevent oil pollution, but was defeated by the SpongeBob SquarePants Fanon Movie. Peterson even once visited the Shamrock Shiver Lube where he tested out a personal heating unit that could remove an oil-based beard in just thirty seconds.
Peterson's dictatorship led to a time in which SpongeBob couldn't say "Hellllllllllllllo" out loud without having it turned into an obscenity and even had to be removed from the program for a week. He also hates Christmas and Christmas trees and once tried to ban them from Krusty Krab. But his presidency came to an end when SpongeBob replaced him as President of the United States with Squidward Tentacles. 
However, it was revealed in "Peterson's Perfect Year" that Peterson had found a way to return to power as a normal person by agreeing to take a brainwashing procedure similar to what he himself underwent in "The Great Turkey Relocation" from Squidward Tentacles, who turned back into his former self once he had completed his mission.
Peterson also opposes homosexual rights, once saying that "we will never understand the insane perversion that is homosexuality" and hoping to reverse the Supreme Court's decision on The Defense of Marriage Act by reversing it through the United States Constitution. He is deeply against drug use, once suggesting in "The Real Flava of the Old Person" that SpongeBob should take cocaine in a new drug called Flavin', a reference to both Xanax and coke.
Peterson was not immune to violence, attempting to kill SpongeBob's pet starfish, Sandy Cheeks, after she turned red during a poker game in "Band Geeks" by putting her in a pie and popping out of the top of it. He was also shown as a cowardly coward in "Jamestown Revisited" when he fainted when the students of Bikini Bottom were fighting in the football stadium and begged to be hit by a dodgeball before calling for an ambulance and later showed no remorse when Sandy's head was shown crushed by the dodgeball, with SpongeBob saying he didn't know the head came out.
== Trivia ==
Peterson wears green sweaters over his green shirts and orange shirts over his purple pants, resembling all of the other marthas from that franchise. He also has a weird ass swirly jaw, similar to a duckface. Peterson is a classic troll, he even said, "I am really glad to have been there to watch you grow up. A lot has changed since you were little." His name is a parody of the governator Arnold Schwarzenegger. His mustache was inspired by Orson Welles' mustache from Citizen Kane. Peterson is a parody of any "neoliberal-so-called 'free market fundamentalist'" politician. 
Peterson is based on North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un. In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, his family name, "Mackey" is a pun on the phrases "Mackey's" and "Mackeyville". E-mail leaks revealed the pseudonym used for Peterson by the former North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un as Kim Kaeshon . 
Peterson also made a cameo appearance in the seventh season episode "Bossy Boots". 
== Quotes ==
SpongeBob: "I know you're pretty upset about the elections, Mr. Mackey, but it's time to come up with a new plan. I'm giving you the rest of the summer to think about it." 
Mr. Mackey: "Thanks, SpongeBob, but don't count on me to stick around. My mind is up to no good!" 
Peterson: "SpongeBob, I am going to be king of this state, and I will fight this tyrant over here until the day I die." 
(Nick says) "I always thought the 'J' was silent." 
Mr. Mackey: "I just said 'Jeeeezus', SpongeBob." 
Mr. Mackey: "I'm calling a contest. Whoever finds the Atlantis Amulet is on the side of the angels, and whoever lost the Atlantis Amulet is on the side of the Cocks!" 
Peterson: "Yeah! We're never giving up! Never! Neptune, Plankton and Manray! All four of them are leaving the kingdom to rot in their homes!" Mr. Mackey: "Just try and leave this house, little spong, while I'm in a good mood!" 
Peterson: "Hey, it's all Greek to me!" Mr. Mackey: "SpongeBob, I can't trust you if I can't trust myself." 
Peterson: "Yeah, we're all adults here." Mr. Mackey: "Don't you understand, SpongeBob? There is no such thing as right or wrong, there's only wrong and right!" 
Mr. Mackey: "I'm running this government like a sweet potato pie." 
Mr. Mackey: "SpongeBob, I know you're afraid to go out there, but there are bad people out there. They have a lot of money, and they have terrible ideas!" 
Peterson: "Hey, you want to know what I do when I'm not working? I drink a lot of milk. And sometimes I walk on the ceiling." 
Peterson: "By the way, that wasn't my potty-poo; it was my septic tank!"
Peterson: "Hey, my dreams are my own, and nobody owns them but me!" 
Peterson: "You know, sometimes I forget to pay attention to things. Like right now, for instance, I forgot that I'm a governor. I'm supposed to be thinking about your future, and then I'll have a lot of other things to think about." 
Mr. Mackey: "That's right, I forgot! And right now, I'm thinking about my gold fish, Sparkle." 
Mr. Mackey: "Come on, guys. We can all be heroes! And we can make you a hero, too! Hehe! We'll make you a super hero. I'm gonna make you a SUPER hero! Then, when all this stupid election business is over, I can have a super hero battle between myself and this evil dictator! I'll beat him into the ground. Then I can become a super hero! And we'll make him our friend!"
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