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{{Cquote2|<center>You're welcome.</center>|Bert|"[[Rock Bottom]]"}}
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{{Character
|name = Bert
|image = Glow fish model pose.png
|residence = 237 Rock Bottom, [[Rock Bottom (city)|Rock Bottom]], [[Pacific Ocean]]
|gender = Male
|color = Bright red<br>Pale red<br>Dark red<br>Violet<br>Red
|eye-color = Beige with red pupils
|species = Anglerfish
|first-appearance = "[[Rock Bottom]]"
|latest-appearance = "[[SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up]]"
|portrayer = [[Dee Bradley Baker]] ("[[Rock Bottom]]" and "[[Food PBFFT! Truck]]")<br>[[Doug Lawrence]] ("[[Out of the Picture]]")<br>[[Tom Kenny]] ("[[SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up]]")
}}
'''Bert''', also known as '''Incidental 211''' and the '''glow fish''', is an [[List of characters/Background|incidental character]] who first appears in the episode "[[Rock Bottom]]." He is classified as a [["Deep seas"|deep sea]]-type incidental.

==Description==
He is colored bright red and has a lure on his head with a pale red orb on the top, which glows. He wears a purple bow tie that wraps around his neck. He has three dark red spots on both sides of his head, pale red fins, beige eyes with red pupils, and violet lips with a pink tongue.

==[[ESB:Character names|Names]]==
Bert is the only generic name Incidental 211 has been given in the franchise. It was used for him in "[[Food PBFFT! Truck]]."

==Role in series==
Bert has made very few appearances in the series. Like all "deep sea" type incidentals, he is a lot less common than the other incidental types due to usually being portrayed as a [[Rock Bottomites|Rock Bottomite]]. He and [[Incidental 222]] appear to be the most commonly used "deep sea" type incidentals and he makes his most prominent appearance in "Food PBFFT! Truck."

==Major roles==
==="Rock Bottom"===
[[File:Rock Bottom 217.png|thumb|Bert inflating SpongeBob's balloon.]]
After getting off the bus, he is asked by {{Link|SpongeBob}} for help, but seemingly ignores him by chasing after his glove balloon. He later finds SpongeBob and returns the balloon to him, after which he inflates SpongeBob's balloon to float back to [[Bikini Bottom]]. SpongeBob is happy to the thought of going home and says "Thank you!" in the tongue accent, but the glow fish responds by saying "You're welcome!" in a normal accent.

==="[[Out of the Picture]]"===
[[File:Out of the Picture 099.png|thumb|Bert blowing raspberries at Squidward with other Rock Bottomites.]]
He is one of the few Rock Bottomites who appear when {{Link|Squidward}} is delivering food to 237 Rock Bottom. When Squidward is scared of the Rock Bottomites, he calls the Rock Bottomites monsters, but SpongeBob appears to correct him, by saying that they are his friends. The fish then asks SpongeBob how he is doing before he and the other Rock Bottomites put on party hats and blow raspberries.

==="[[The Night Patty]]"===
He is seen as a customer at the [[Krusty Krab]] night shift where he is seen disliking the taste of a [[Krabby Patty]] as well as liking the taste of a [[Night Patty]]. He also watches SpongeBob fight the [[Fisherman]].

==="[[SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]]"===
He is one of the party guests who walk past SpongeBob's parents. He can later be seen dancing with the [[eel]] when all of the other party-goers start dancing. He is also one of the characters who yell "surprise" when [[Larry the Lobster]] catches {{Link|Sandy}} by surprise.

==="[[Food PBFFT! Truck]]"===
[[File:Food PBFFT! Truck 120.png|thumb|Bert being viewed from the side mirror.]]
This being his biggest role in the series yet, he first appears under a street light in Rock Bottom where he appears to be waving to SpongeBob and Squidward in their food truck. SpongeBob and Squidward try to go to him and sell him a Krabby Patty from their food truck but he just mysteriously disappears. After many numerous attempts of SpongeBob and Squidward trying to catch him, he finally goes up to the two of them himself and angrily asks them why they were chasing after him. SpongeBob then asks Bert why he was waving at them and Bert reveals that he was drying his armpits. SpongeBob then reveals to him that they were only trying to sell a Krabby Patty to him and he finally agrees to purchase one until Incidental 222 walks up to him after eating at the Krusty Krab and gives him some food from the Krusty Krab. Bert then tells SpongeBob and Squidward that he no longer needs a Krabby Patty from them.

==="[[SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up]]"===
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==Major roles in games==
===''[[Employee of the Month (video game)|Employee of the Month]]''===
He makes a cameo during the Sardine Sundries commercial in Squidward's house.

===''[[Revenge of the Flying Dutchman (Game Boy Advance)|Revenge of the Flying Dutchman]]''===
He is seen in the {{W|Game Boy Advance}} version in the level "Special Delivery."

===''[[Battle for Bikini Bottom (Game Boy Advance)|Battle for Bikini Bottom]]''===
He is seen in the Game Boy Advance version in the level "It Came from Rock Bottom."

===''[[SpongeBob's Game Frenzy]]''===
He is seen in the "Inflate the Balloon" mini game where the player must have him inflate SpongeBob's glove balloon. 

===''[[Rock Collector]]''===
A rare crystal representation of the glow fish called "glofish-ite" can be mined and collected by the player in any Rock Bottom mine.

===''[[The Cosmic Shake]]''===
A giant statue of Bert appears in the middle of [[Halloween Rock Bottom]].

===''[[SpongeBob Tower Defense]]''===
He appears as the unit at the Summon Pool, and as the enemy in the Rock Bottom location.

==Trivia==
*Despite having a male voice, he is anatomically a female anglerfish, possessing a lure which male anglerfish do not have.
*Unlike the other Rock Bottomites, he is capable of speaking without a Rock Bottom accent.
**However, in "Food PBFFT! Truck," he appears to only be capable of speaking in the Rock Bottom accent.
*Aside from the glowing lure, the glow fish bears little resemblance to real-life anglerfish.
*He makes his first speaking role in "Rock Bottom."
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