Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (SpongeBob SquarePants episode)

## Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy

"**Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy**" is a *SpongeBob SquarePants* episode from season one In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick learn that their heroes are retired.

## Synopsis

SpongeBob and Patrick look at the journey of the famous superheroes - Mermaid Manand Barnacle Boy. They decide to visit Squidward, who is annoyed by the antics of his friends. By calling Squidward Reflecto, SpongeBob and Patrick learn that their characters actually live in a nursing home and have long since retired. They decide that such crime fighters have nothing to do in retirement, and come to the Shady Shoals nursing home, where they are met by its caretaker. He escorts the friends to the superheroes. SpongeBob tells them that superheroes should not be retired, but they should fight evil. Mermaid Man creates a panic when he hears the word "evil." Meanwhile, the caretaker of the nursing home arrives and throws SpongeBob and Patrick out.

While the evil fighters are going to the cafeteria for lunch, SpongeBob arrives and makes an inspiring speech about how superheroes should not be retired. While SpongeBob is telling this, the caretaker comes again and throws him right out to his house.

SpongeBob and Patrick come up with a new plan to free the superheroes from retirement: SpongeBob, disguised as a woman, drops his bag, and Patrick, disguised as a criminal, steals it. Suddenly, Barnacle Boy comes to SpongeBob and says that they will always be retired, because there is no evil. Mermaid Man interrupts him and replies that there is always evil. They start arguing, until SpongeBob interrupts them and says that he and Patrick have painted their invisible boatmobile. Barnacle Boy decides to end the argument and rubs Mermaid Man that evil is right in front of them. It shows their rings, which resume their superhero activities, and the evil fighters get into a fight with SpongeBob and Patrick, who are admired from there. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy do everything possible to remove unwanted guests: Waterballs, Raging Whirlpool. And finally, for the third time, they are lucky: they are helped by elderly residents of a nursing home, who pick up SpongeBob and Patrick and throw them back into their homes.

Eventually, a show of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy is created: New adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. The Duo play checkers, then suddenly, the phone rings. Mermaid Man picks up the phone and thinks the phone is broken and hangs up. And then, the voice on the TV says: "Will our heroes ever get their phone fixed? Tune in next week and find out." After watching the new episode SpongeBob enjoyed it as he thought it was better than the old show, and when SpongeBob winks, the words appear: "Wink!"

## Characters

* Purple baby (*debut*)
* Barnacle Boy (*debut*)
* Cafeteria workers (*debut*)
* Clam Head Candy Cad (*debut*)
* Fish
* Hammerhead Shark
* King Neptune (*mentioned*)
* Man Ray (*mentioned*)
* Mermaid Man (*debut*)
* Patrick Star
* Reflecto (*mentioned*)
* Shady Shoals caretaker (*debut*)
* Sea urchins
* [[SpongeBob SquarePants}}
* Squidward Tentacles
* The Chief (*mentioned*)
* TV Narrator
* Jellyfish
* Incidentals
	+ Incidental 81 (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 82 (*debut*)
	+ Old Man Walker (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 84 (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 85 (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 86 (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 87 (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 88 (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 89 (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 90 (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 91 (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 92 (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 93 (*debut*)
	+ Incidental 94 (*debut*)

### Running gags

* Mermaid Man screaming "Evil!"
* SpongeBob and Barnacle Boy saying "There's evil afoot!" and the winking old man.
* Barnacle Boy calling Mermaid Man an old coot.
* Mermaid Man calling SpongeBob/Patrick a TV repairman.