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{{Character
|name = Death
|image = Swaptoberfest 055.png
|residence = [[Crush County]]<br>[[Underworld]]
|gender = Male
|color = White (bones and eyelids)<br>Off-white (teeth)<br>Pink (tongue)
|species = Skeleton
|first-appearance = "[[Roller Cowards]]"
|latest-appearance = "[[Swaptoberfest]]"
|portrayer = [[Rodger Bumpass]]
}}
'''Death''',{{e|Best Served Cold}}<ref>[[Patty Poo and Swaptoberfest (credits)]]</ref> also known as '''Thanatos''',<ref>[[:File:Sb3room2.jpg]]</ref> is the personification of death who first appears in the {{SBSP}} episode "[[Roller Cowards]]."

==Description==
He is a skeletal figure (with eyelids and a tongue) who wears a maroon robe and carries a large scythe. In "Roller Cowards," his skull is covered by the hood and his robe has rope tied around the waist.

==Role in series==
==={{SBSP}}===
===="Roller Cowards"====
He appears in {{Link|SpongeBob}}'s nightmare of [[Glove World!]], where he points SpongeBob and {{Link|Patrick}} towards the [[Fiery Fist O' Pain]].

===="[[Snail Mail]]"====
SpongeBob mistakes [[Steve]] for Death.

===="[[Squid's on a Bus]]"====
As {{Link|Squidward}} tries to drive the [[bus]] out of [[Crush County]], SpongeBob sees a passenger at the next stop, which turns out to be Death. Squidward screams and drives past the [[Bus Stop]], causing Death to throw his scythe at the bus in anger.

==={{TPSS}}===
===="[[Home ECCH!]]"====
He appears at [[Bikini Bottom Hospital|the hospital]], taking the soul of [[Mr. Steinman]], before {{Link|Squidina}} kicks him out of the way, desperate to save Steinman's life.

===="[[Best Served Cold]]"====
He tries to take his revenge on [[GrandPat Star]] for evading him for centuries.

===="[[Swaptoberfest]]"====
He mistakenly takes {{Link|Patrick}} to the underworld when he is trying to find GrandPat, and then returns Patrick to the real world when he realises that it's just Patrick with a fake beard.

==Role in events==
===[[Nautical Nonsense: A Tribute to SpongeBob SquarePants]]===
====''[https://www.gallerynucleus.com/detail/16095/ Duel with Death]''====
SpongeBob has a [[bubble blowing]] duel with him.

==Role in movies==
===''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run]]''===
====[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run/production#"Greek underworld" storyline]]====
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WP|Personifications of death}}
[[Category:Characters portrayed by Rodger Bumpass]]
[[Category:Background characters]]
[[Category:Minor characters]]