Prowler

Will pursue the player on sight, delivering a lethal shock if they get close enough.

### Enemy Type

Jellien

**Prowlers** are a purple, stealthy breed of Jellien. They are first encountered in Patrick's Rock, although they are first seen in the ending cutscene of the Tutorial.

## History

Prowlers are first seen in the Tutorial's ending cutscene alongside several other Jelliens. They are next seen in SpongeBob's Pineapple and Patrick's Rock. In SpongeBob's Pineapple, a Prowler draws DoodleBob, Doodle Patrick, and Squid Drawing to life. Meanwhile, in Patrick's Rock, a Prowler begins to take over Patrick's mind, manifesting itself as the horrifying Prowler Patrick. Eventually, Patrick escaped these illusions and confronted the Prowler, he successfully defeated it. After its death, Squid Drawing dragged the deceased Prowler to the other Doodles to use in their plan. Later in Goofy Goobers, a Prowler put on the disused Goofy Goober costume and became the Suited Prowler. It then stalked SpongeBob and Patrick throughout the level. After SpongeBob destroyed the Jellien hive, the Suited Prowler abandoned its costume and flew out the roof with its fellow Jelliens. In the Krusty Krab if Employee of The Month difficulty mode is chosen, a Prowler breaks into the Krusty Krab near the end of Squidward's shift but he manages to hold it off until Mr. Krabs and others arrive and kill it. Prowlers can later be found guarding the summit of the mountain in Jellyfish Fields. Afterward, in Goo Lagoon, Chef Prowler can be seen preparing food for his fellow Jelliens in the Salty Spitoon. This food is poisoned with Mayonnaise by Squidward however and the restaurant is burned down by Jellien Dennis before it can be served. In ???, Prowlers appear in the Krusty Krab portion of the level, slowly approaching Mr. Krabs. They must be shot with the Mayo Canon until they melt or else they will attack and deplete one hit point before waiting a few seconds and attacking again. In the cutscene before the Bubble Bowl section of the level, a Prowler can be seen eating popcorn. After the death of The Overlord, all Prowlers died out. Soon after this, Patrick dreamed that Chef Prowler had survived the invasion and found the Infinity Gauntlet becoming Prowlnos, Prowlnos then attacked Patrick with his Prowler minions and fought against Starfishmen from across dimensions. Patrick then triumphed over Prowlnos and defeated his Prowler minions.

## Behavior

Prowlers patrol certain areas in the levels they appear in, nearly invisible. Upon seeing the player the Prowler will pursue them and, if they get close enough, deliver a lethal shock. It's possible to detect where a Prowler is by watching for its eyes and mouth, or by listening for its sounds. Prowlers are moderately slow and *can* be outrun.

## Prowler

### Methods of Attack

Tentacle Swipe
Punch
Charge Attack
Electric Ranged Attack

### Level Found

Patrick's Rock
Combat Tutorial
Chef's Clamity

### Character Fought

Patrick

* Prowler appears in Patrick's Rock as a boss, serving as the tutorial fight for controlling Starfishman.
* Chef Prowler appears in The Barg’N-Mart and Goo Lagoon.
* In the 1.00 version, if the Prowler jumpscared the player in the Krusty Krab, the timer would keep going on the Gameover Screen, so the player could just wait and win by doing nothing. This error also applied to The Flying Dutchman encountered on the hardest difficulty, however, this glitch was patched in the 1.10 update.
* No matter if Patrick or Squidward is killed by a Prowler, the same jumpscare sound will be heard, with Patrick's scream.

## Gallery

Prowler concept art.Prowler finds the pencilA Prowler's jumpscare.A Prowler's Gameover Screen.
## Trivia

* The Prowler encountered in Patrick's Rock and the Combat Tutorial has the second most hearts of any Starfishman boss in the game with 24 hit points, second only to Doodle Patrick with his 27 hit points. However, this power is mostly lost on the Prowler as the player cannot take damage and cannot die until the Prowler has 9 hit points left in the battle.
* The Prowler is the only boss that can be skipped.
* The Prowler has a cousin who never made it into the final game which Dave joked about on Twitter. The Prowler's cousin resembles the Prowler except it has yellow instead of light purple spots on its head, has no teeth, and only has two tentacles unlike the Prowler's four.The Prowler's cousin.

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/The\_Toonimator/status/1501562581923860487/photo/1