Larry the Snail

**Larry the Snail** is a stray sea snail with a bad attitude. SpongeBob buys him from the pound after Gary had chosen to live with Patrick and Rex had run away. He first appears in the episode "Dumped" and is voiced by June Foray.

## Description

Larry has very thick and bushy black eyebrows on his head. He has an olive-brown shell with light brown dots, a purple curl on his shell, and a pink and jade green underside.

In the video game *Lights, Camera, Pants!*, he is shown to have a mustache, but a very small one.

## Personality and habits

He hates sleeping on newspapers on the floor and would rather sleep on a bed. He hisses when he does not like something or when he does not get his way. His attitude is also not the best, but when it gets to his worst, he becomes evil to the point that even the Tattletale Strangler is scared of him.

## Role in series

**Disclaimer: this will not include the episodes featuring the Octopus in the Beaver Hat, only the episodes where Larry is not shown being evil.**

### "Dumped"

Larry is the second pet that SpongeBob brings home after Gary chooses to live with Patrick, following Rex. One of the first things SpongeBob does with Larry is feeding him. However, Larry hisses at the food and a frightened SpongeBob takes it away.

A little later, SpongeBob prepares himself to go to sleep and had put a bunch of newspapers on the floor for Larry to sleep on. However, Larry hisses and rips up the newspaper and takes over SpongeBob's bed, forcing him to sleep on the floor.

The next day, Larry watches television until SpongeBob interrupts him with a snail joke. Larry is not amused by this joke and angrily hisses at SpongeBob, before leaving out of distaste for him and probably runs away like Rex did. However, at the end of the episode, he comes back heartbroken and devastated as he stares at the door and says "SpongeBob, I thought that snail joke was special!".

### "The Clam Whisperer"

Larry and a few other animals are seen drinking out of a river with straws, but SpongeBob and the clams he was following scares them away.

### "Gary & Spot"

Larry is shown locked up at the animal shelter but is freed by Gary.

### *SpongeBob SquarePants: The Essential Guide*

Larry is featured as one of SpongeBob's former pets. His name is spelled as "Larry" throughout the book.

## Role in video games

### *Lights, Camera, Pants!*

He is the pet of Dappermane Puff, the only time this ever happened.

### *How SpongeBob Are You?*

A picture of him appears as one of the selectable choices in question 2.

## Trivia

* In "Gary's New Toy," when Gary hisses at the end, he looks like Larry.
* He is one of many characters named "Larry" on the show, with the others being Larry Luciano, Larry the Lobster, Larry SquarePants, Pinhead Larry, and Lucky Larry.
* His name is usually spelled with two R's, including in the credits. Gary's food bowl only has one R, and SpongeBob does not add another when he changes it to be Larry's.
* He looks similar to Larry Luciano, as they both have green shells and purple bodies. However, their shells have different color patterns on them.
* In November 2019, Nickelodeon's Instagram account featured Larry in a "Which *SpongeBob* villain are you?" video.