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{{Object
|name = Boatmobile
|image = <gallery>
Boatmobile stock art.png|Boat 1
Boat Car 1 Model.png|Boat car 1
Boat Car 2 Model.png|Boat car 2
</gallery>
|type = Vehicle
|first-appearance = "[[Reef Blower]]"
|latest-appearance = "[[Student Driver Survivor]]"
}}
'''Boatmobiles''' are boat-shaped cars which are the main mode of personal transport for Bikini Bottomites. They first appear in the episode "[[Reef Blower]]" and play major roles in many episodes, often associated with [[Mrs. Puff]] and her [[Mrs. Puff's Boating School|boating school]].

{{Link|SpongeBob}} dreams of obtaining his license to drive a boatmobile one day, but whenever he gets behind the wheel of a boat, he tenses up and crashes. Boatmobiles have appeared in a variety of {{SBSP}} merchandise, from toy cars to video games such as ''[[SpongeBob's Boating Bash]]''.

==Description==
[[File:SpongeBob-Mrs-Puff-scared-Crash-Course.jpg|thumb|SpongeBob in a boatmobile, as seen in the ''[[Crash Course!]]'' book.]]
[[File:SB s01 e001A PROP sc069 BOAT CAR 1.png|thumb|260px|Boat car 1's model sheet.]]
[[File:SB s01 e001A PROP sc069 BOAT CAR 2.png|thumb|260px|Boat car 2's model sheet.]]
[[File:Sb809sc015 boat 01 converted.jpg|thumb|260px]]
They commonly are white with a red stripe and a thin black stripe in the middle. Most boatmobiles are two-seater, open-top convertibles, and show generic traits to 1960s cars, such as vintage-styled interiors and a distinctive, rough engine noise.

===Boats in the series===
[[File:Boat incidental numbers?.png|thumb|Boat 11 (labeled as boat 1), boat 9, and boat 1 (labeled as boat 3).]]
[[File:Squid Noir 001.png|thumb|Boat 11, boat 9, and boat car 2.]]
For "Reef Blower," the base boatmobile was created for the scene where SpongeBob speeds past an intersection, causing the incoming boats to brake violently. This base model came to be known as:
*Boat 1<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn">https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/976563490440622080</ref>
**Boat car 1<ref name=":0">"[[Reef Blower]]" [[:File:SB s01 e001A PROP sc069 BOAT CAR 1.png]]</ref>, the common red variant
**Boat car 2<ref name=":0" />, a green variant
**A Blue version debuting in "Doing Time"
*By the time of "Hall Monitor," several other boats were created for the traffic monitor scene. As of at least 2018<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" />, these are the main boats used within the main model pack:
*Boat 2<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" />, A small two stack boat with white and blue coloring and no side windows
*Boat 3<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" />, An enclosed boat with two stacks, and similar coloring to Boat 1
*Boat 4<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" />, A yellow boat with a sleek appearance and two front wheels attached to skis.
*Boat 5<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" />, A wood bodied (typically)white boat with a round wheelhouse and red-lined stack 
*Boat 6<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" />, Another wood bodied white boat. This one has it's wheelhouse more centered in the hull, and has a purple-lined stack
*Boat 7<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" />, A white boat with a considerably more metal hull construction. It has red seating and a red topped motor.
*Boat 8<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" />, Which is similar to a less detailed Boat 1. Its has no doors and red seating.
*Boat 9<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" /><ref>"[[Squid Noir]]" [[:File:SquidNoir FINAL|final]] [[:File:Boat incidental numbers?.png|storyboard]]</ref>, Very similar to Boat 7, differing in the fact that this boat has square front windows and side portholes, alongside a tall stack. The portholes and stack were originally blue in Hall Monitor, but has shifted towards a combo red/blue stack around the time of season 7.
*Boat 10<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" />, A riveted, light and dark gray boat similar to a submarine.
*Boat 11<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" />, A boat with a red and white hull, and wooden decking. It also possesses similar windows to Boat 9 and a fat and stout red-lined stack
*Boat 12<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" />, A similar boat to 1 and 8. It has a blue hull and seating, and a squarish windshield.[[File:DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn(1).jpeg|thumb|A photo of the main model pack, dating to at least March 21st, 2018<ref name="DY1zUCCV4AAFRzn" /> showcasing numbered Boatmobiles.]]
*In addition to the main vehicles, "SpongeBob SquarePants" has also seen:
*A [[Bus]] (several appearances)
*Boaty ("[[No Free Rides]]," "[[Gone]]")
*Garbage truck ("[[The Bully]], [[Extreme Spots]]")
*Oil truck ("[[Picture Day]]")
*Limousine ("[[What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?]]," "[[The Chaperone]]," "[[Culture Shock]]")
*Delivery truck ("[[The Gift of Gum]]")
*School bus ("[[Squidward's School for Grown-Ups]]")
*Microboat ("[[Squidward's School for Grown-Ups]]")
*S.U.B. ("[[Drive Thru]]," "Squidward's School for Grown-Ups")
*Moped (Squidward's School for Grown-Ups)
*Baytona Classic ("[[The Hot Shot]]," "[[A SquarePants Family Vacation]]")
*Baytona Boat ("The Hot Shot," "A SquarePants Family Vacation")
*Station Wagon ("A SquarePants Family Vacation")
*Bikes ("[[SpongeBob Meets the Strangler]]")
*BassCar Boats ("The Hot Shot," "A SquarePants Family Vacation")
*Demolition Derby Boats ("[[Demolition Doofus]]")
*Pie Delivery Truck ("[[Funny Pants]]")
*Whoopee Cushion Delivery Truck ("Funny Pants")
*16 Wheeler ("[[Pizza Delivery]]," "[[Hall Monitor]]")
*The [[Patty Wagon]] (''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'')
*Covered Top ("[[Home Sweet Pineapple]]")
*Canoe ("[[Band Geeks]]")
*Police Cruiser ("[[Party Pooper Pants]]," ''[[Lights, Camera, Pants!]]'', "[[Doing Time]]," and some others)
*The [[invisible boatmobile]] (several for episodes that contain [[Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy]] only)
*[[Ice cream boatmobile]] ("[[The Goofy Newbie]]")
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===Boats from ''SpongeBob's Boating Bash''===
*Big Tug
*Little Tug
*Cuttle-ac
*SUB
*Double Trouble
*Rust Bucket
*Zed Zed
*Dingy
*Hovercraft

===Notable owners===
*Mrs. Puff (owns several boats for her [[Mrs. Puff's Boating School|school]])
*[[Patrick Star]] (Still owns a [[Bass Blaster 3000]], even though he "threw it away.")
*{{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}} (shortly owned [[Boaty]])
*[[Harold SquarePants]] and [[Margaret SquarePants]] (station wagon)
*[[Squidward Tentacles]] (Owns one in "[[Boating Buddies]]." Also owns a green canoe, as seen in "Band Geeks." He also had a basic one in "[[Dying for Pie]].")
*[[Larry the Lobster]] (S.U.B.)
*{{Link|Plankton}} (Owned a red boatmobile. See "Drive Thru.")
*[[Eugene H. Krabs]] (Basic. Also owns a delivery boatmobile, as seen in "[[Pizza Delivery]]," and the Patty Wagon.)
*[[Seymour Scales]] (''[[SpongeBob's Boating Bash]]''. Big Tug)
*[[Incidental 41]] (seen driving one)
*[[Dennis]] (bike)
*[[Pearl Krabs]] (gets one in "[[Whale of a Birthday]]")
*[[Mermaid Man]] and [[Barnacle Boy]] (The invisible boatmobile)
*[[Sandy Cheeks]] (owns the [[Jeep-Mobile]] in "[[To Save a Squirrel]]")
*Many incidental or unnamed Bikini Bottomites. 
*[[Jim]] (owns a [[Jim's limousine|golden limousine]])
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==Trivia==
*Each of the ten main characters have been shown driving a boatmobile at least once in the series.

==References==
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[[Category:Mrs. Puff's Boating School]]