Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy

== Description ==
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are a duo of former reddit soldiers that reside in The Old Folk's Home. They are introduced in TomTord:When You See It You'll Shit Bricks Act 2 Chapter 33:FILLED WITH DEMENTIA RIDDEN OLD PEOPLE in which at the end of the chapter Mermaid Man is seen stabbing Napoleon. During the following chapter, Napooleon Bonerfart, Mermaid Man stabs YannyTord after a fight breaks out in the home. Since this event, they have not appeared again. It is likely that they are still in this home (assuming they are immortal, which is likely due to their involvement in the 1851 Reddit war). 
== Physical Description and Personality ==
=== Mermaid Man ===
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. As a young adult, Mermaid Man had a muscular, athletic build, but the elderly Mermaid Man is overweight and out of shape. 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. 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.
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 Victorian coal stove on long which made it become a little too hot which is what gave them their superpowers. They then chose to dedicate their lives to Big Chungus and his reddit army as a result (it is implied that the backstory behind the duo's powers as described in Reddit media was in fact far different from the presumably actual backstory Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy remembered from differing perspectives).. Out of the three different stories Mermaid Man gave, it is revealed that the story of them eating radioactive popcorn was correct.
=== Barnacle Boy ===
Barnacle Boy is depicted as being the under credited and underappreciated younger sidekick of Mermaid Man. Grumpy and slightly ill-tempered, Barnacle Boy is notable for his brooding, moody disposition and exasperation with his partner's absentminded behavior as a result of old age, and even into his golden years, Barnacle Boy is still treated in a juvenile fashion, coddled in an infantile way. In his later years, he slightly resembles Squidward Tentacles. He has largely maintained his nondescript slender physique over time. In the video game SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Barnacle Boy has no kids, as he is a virgin and a redditor that no man or woman would ever touch unless it was with a tazer.
== Military Career ==
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy served in Big Chungus's Reddit army during the Reddit War, in which they used their nautical powers against the British army. Due to the nature of musket warfare, being able to wet the gun powder of your opponents is a notable advantage. Seeing as how they both had this notable advantage, and because they appear in the modern day, they must have done quite well.
== Fun Facts ==
* Mermaid Man yells "VIVA LA REDDIT!" as a response to Napoleon mentioning his involvement in the Reddit War. This can be perceived as a reference to his quote in SpongeBob SquarePants, in which he yells out, "EEEVIIILLL!" in reaction to the mentioning of it by other characters.
* Despite Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's violent tendencies and reddit background, they are still tolerated in The Old Folk's Home.
* Barnacle Boy is never mentioned in Act 2, however it has been confirmed that he also resides in the Old Folk's Home.
Category:Antagonists
Category:Side Characters
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