The Gary Squad: Snailtales Under the Years

***The Gary Squad: Snailtales Under the Years*** also simply referred to as ***The Gary Squad*** is a spin-off series that acts as a prequel to *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Featuring three stray snails; Gary, Snellie and Lary who live in the kelp forest. The show is animated in CGI. The show depicts younger versions of the main characters from the original show. SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Sandy are campers; Mr. Krabs is the camp director; Pearl is a baby; Mrs. Puff is the scoutmaster and activity teacher; Plankton and Karen are camp chefs; and Gary, Snellie and Lary are three formerly stray snails who becomes The Gary Squad and soon later on to be SpongeBob's pets. You can see this spin-off series only on Paramount+.

## Premise

The show is set at a summer sleepaway camp called Kamp Koral, located in the Kelp Forest. Gary, Snellie and Lary are a team of three snails who help critters big and small. SpongeBob SquarePants is a ten-year-old camper who wears a red cap. Mr. Krabs is the camp director, and he stays in a cabin with his baby daughter, Pearl. Other campers include SpongeBob's friends, Patrick, Sandy, and Squidward. Squidward is slightly older than the others and works as a junior counselor. Mrs. Puff is the teacher of arts and crafts, as well as the scoutmaster who keeps an eye on the kids. Plankton and Karen are the chefs of the camp. The gang spends the summer catching jellyfish, building camp-fires, and swimming in a goo lake called Lake Yuckymuck.

## Characters

The twelve main characters from *SpongeBob SquarePants* returned for *Kamp Koral*, along with two new characters: Nobby and Narlene, a pair of narwhals who live in the woods around the campsite.

## Main

* Gary the Snail
* Snellie the Snail
* Lary the Snail
* SpongeBob SquarePants
* Patrick Star
* Squidward Q Tentacles
* Sandy Cheeks
* Eugene H. Krabs
* Baby Pearl
* Mrs. Puff
* Sheldon J. Plankton
* Karen Plankton

## Supporting Characters

* Nobby (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui)
* Narlene (voiced by Kate Higgins)
* Roxy and Preda Tory (both voiced by Grey DeLisle)
* Jimmy Blobfish (voiced by John Gegenhuber)
* Lucky Cow (voiced by Yvette Nicole Brown)
* Bunny Wunny
* Mystery the Seahorse
* Mr. Doodles
* Rex the Worm
* Sea Bears
* Sea Snail Moose
* Sea Bunnies
* Sea Worms

## Major Characters

* Fabio Star
* Sea Lion
* Sea Rhinoceros
* Sea Tiger
* Sea Elephant
* Sea Giraffe
* Sea Monkey
* Sea Urchin

Various character designs are used for campers in the background, such as Kevin C. Cucumber, Bubble Bass, and Craig Mammalton. Younger versions of Perch Perkins, Larry the Lobster, and Lady Upturn reappear as well.

## History

### Production

The characters and locations in *Kamp Koral* are based on scenes from the third movie, *The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run*. In the movie, Camp Coral is featured in several flashbacks. All main characters that appear in them are aged up by a year in the spin-off; some designs (such as SpongeBob, Patrick, and Mrs. Puff's camp outfits) remained mostly the same, whereas others (such as Squidward and Sandy's designs) were heavily updated. In the movie, Mrs. Puff was the only camp counselor, but in the series, she is joined by Mr. Krabs as the camp director.