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{{Cquote2|<center>I can finally touch my toes!</center>|Elastic Waistband|"[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]"}}
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{{Character
|name = Elastic Waistband
|image = <gallery>
IJLSA Lunchbox.jpg|Lunch box
ElasticWaistBand.png|Lost episode
Elastic Waistband Model Pose.png|Patrick
</gallery>
|occupation(s) = Retired superhero
|gender = Male
|color = White
|eye-color = Black
|species = Human (original and in "[[The Bad Guy Club for Villains]]")<br>[[Sea star]] (as {{Link|Patrick}})
|first-appearance = "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]"
|latest-appearance = ''[[SpongeBob Tower Defense ]]''
|portrayer = [[Bill Fagerbakke]] ("[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]")<br>[[Dee Bradley Baker]] ("[[The Bad Guy Club for Villains]]")
}}
The '''Elastic Waistband''' is a superhero who first appears in the episode "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]" as {{Link|Patrick}}, and later appears as himself in "[[The Bad Guy Club for Villains]]." He is part of [[The International Justice League of Super Acquaintances]] (IJLSA).

Patrick is briefly given this role. He has the ability to become very flexible. His costume is a green suit with blue and red goggles.

==Description==
==="Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V"===
On {{Link|SpongeBob}}'s lunchbox, he is shown wearing a green costume, blue goggles with red holes, and he has yellow hair.

==="The Bad Guy Club for Villains"===
He does not wear a mask. He wears a white headband, has yellow hair, and wears a purple suit.

===Powers===
*'''Flexibility:''' He can bend, twist and stretch into different shapes, forms and sizes.
*'''Inflatable gut:''' He reflects attacking projectiles.

===Weaknesses===
*If he gets stretched out too much, he is temporarily unable to revert to normal.

==Role in series==
==="Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V"===
SpongeBob, Patrick, {{Link|Sandy}}, {{Link|Squidward}}, and [[Mermaid Man]] roleplay as the IJLSA to get back at [[Barnacle Boy]] joining the dark side. Patrick roleplays as the Elastic Waistband.

==="The Bad Guy Club for Villains"===
He appears in the episode of ''Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy'' that SpongeBob and Patrick were watching. He helps Mermaid Man and the rest of the gang to take down a group of villains.

==Role in games==
===''[[Lights, Camera, Pants!]]''===
His costume appears in the [[Mermalair]] stage in the Game Boy Advance version of this video game.

===''[[Bikini Bottom Brawlers]]''===
He is one of Patrick's outfits.

=== [[Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2]] ===
He is one of Patrick's outfits.

==Trivia==
*The Elastic Waistband is a parody of {{W|Reed Richards|Mister Fantastic}} from {{W|Marvel Comics}} and {{W|Plastic Man}} and {{W|Elongated Man}} from {{W|DC Comics}}.
*In the [[Nicktoons]] crossover video game ''[[Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots]]'', Patrick mentions being the Elastic Waistband when the player plays as him.
*In "The Bad Guy Club for Villains," the Elastic Waistband cannot stretch but can only inflate his waist, allowing him to reflect things that come into contact with him.
*Along with [[Miss Appear]], he only has one speaking line in "The Bad Guy Club for Villains" 
*An elastic waistband in real life is a stretchable device sewn into clothes in place of a belt; his name references his ability to stretch much like the device itself.
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*A plush toy of the Patrick version of Elastic Waistband is seen in the toy store in "[[Friendiversary]]."
*A similar character named [[Rubber Bandy]] appears in the episode "[[Super Sitters]]." It can be presumed she is a reimagined version of the Elastic Waistband, as both of them share the ability to become flexible.
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