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{{OTab}}
{{Character
|name = King Neptune's trident
|image = Trident Trouble 119.png
|gender = Male
|color = Gold
|eye-color = White with dark gold pupils
|species = Trident
|first-appearance = "[[Neptune's Spatula]]"
|latest-appearance = "[[SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up]]"
|portrayer = [[Dee Bradley Baker]]
}}
'''King Neptune's trident''' is a trident that first appears in the episode "[[Neptune's Spatula]]." It is owned by [[King Neptune]] and is a major plot point in the episode "[[Trident Trouble]]."

==Description==
It has a switch that can be turned on to make the trident larger and more powerful. It also has a personality of its own, as it can be angered.

==Role in series==
==={{SBSP}}===
===="Neptune's Spatula"====
King Neptune holds the trident throughout the scene at the [[Fry Cook Museum]].

===="Trident Trouble"====
SpongeBob accidentally picks up King Neptune's trident and takes it to the [[Krusty Krab]]. He accidentally makes dancing {{Link|Krabby Patties}} and the customers love it, so Mr. Krabs tells him to make more. SpongeBob angers the trident while trying to make more of the dancing Krabby Patties, so it causes trouble instead of good.

Later, SpongeBob turns on the switch and the trident becomes larger and powerful. SpongeBob says he is going to help the people of [[Bikini Bottom]] with it, but he only causes trouble and chaos for them.

King Neptune later regains possession of the trident.

==={{TPSS}}===
===="Neptune's Ball"====
King Neptune wields his trident when he announces that his party will continue at the [[Star house]].

==Role in movies==
===[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (video game)|''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' video game]]===
While King Neptune is being mind-controlled, he uses it to try and fry {{Link|Mr. Krabs}} and {{Link|SpongeBob}} in the final level.

===''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]''===
King Neptune uses his trident to freeze Mr. Krabs upon discovering that he allegedly stole [[King Neptune's crown|his crown]] and sent it to [[Shell City]], even though {{Link|Plankton}} actually did it and framed Krabs for it.

Near the end of the film, upon discovering that Krabs was innocent all along, Neptune apologizes and unfreezes him.

==Trivia==
*In ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', King Neptune's trident is accidentally set to "Real Boy Ending," which is a reference to Disney's ''{{W|Pinocchio (1940 film)|Pinocchio of the 1940's}}'' and of the {{W|Pinocchio (2022 live-action film)|2022 live-action film}}.
*In "The Indoor Men" a movie adaption of "The Outsiders" by "S.E. Hinton", this trident is also called "Gordon's staff"
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[[Category:Characters portrayed by Dee Bradley Baker]]