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{{NC|[[Bob Barnacle]], [[Barnacle Bill]], or [[Barnacle Barnacle]]}}
{{Cquote2|<center>Will you stop calling me "boy?"</center>|Barnacle Boy to [[Mermaid Man]]|"[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]]"}}
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{{Character
|name = Barnicle Boy
|name = Barnacle Boy
|image = Barnacle Boy.svg
|image = Barnacle Boy stock art.png
|Gender = Male
|residence = [[Shady Shoals Rest Home]], [[Bikini Bottom]], [[Pacific Ocean]]
|Color = White
|occupation(s) = Formerly retired superhero<br>Security guard of [[Rock Bottom museum]] (''[[Battle for Bikini Bottom]]'' and ''[[Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated]]'')
|Eye Color = Black
|gender = Male
|Weight = 132 lbs.
|color = Fair skin
|Address = Shady Shoal's Rest Home, Bikini Bottom, [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific Ocean]]
|eye-color = Black
|Occupation(s) = Formerly Retired Superhero
|species = Human
|Aliases = [[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V|Barnacle Man]]  
|children = Unnamed son
Kyle (real name)<br>Tim (in [[Mermaid Man Begins]]
|grandchildren = Four unnamed grandchildren
|Family = 1 son, 1 daughter-in-law, and 4 screaming grandchildren (revealed in [[Battle for Bikini Bottom]])
|other-relatives = Unnamed daughter-in-law
|Friends = [[Mermaid Man]]<br>[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]/[[The Quickster]]<br>[[Patrick Star]]/[[The Elastic Waistband]]<br>[[Squidward Tentacles]]/[[Captain Magma]]<br>[[Sandy Cheeks]]/[[Miss Appear]]<br>[[Manray]] and [[The Dirty Bubble]](only in [[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]])
|employer = The Commissioner<br>[[The chief]]
|Boss = The Commissioner and [[The Chief]]
|employees = [[The International Justice League of Super Acquaintances]]
|Employees = I.J.L.S.A
|first-appearance = "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]]"
|Enemies = [[Man Ray]]<br>[[The Dirty Bubble]]<br>[[Atomic Flounder]]<br>[[Jumbo Shrimp]]<br>[[Battle for Bikini Bottom|Prawn]]<br>[[Sheldon J. Plankton]]<br>[[Moth]]<br>[[Sinister Slug]]<br>[[Mermaid Man]] and the I.J.L.S.A(only in [[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]),[[Squidward Tentacles]]
|latest-appearance = "[[Captain Quasar: The Next Iteration]]"
|Interests = Crime Fighting and watching television
|portrayer = [[Tim Conway]] ({{Time|1999}} – {{Time|2012}}; {{Time|2020}} (archive recordings))<br>[[Burt Ward]] (younger self in "[[Back to the Past]]")<br>[[Tom Kenny]] (younger self in "[[Super Sitters]]" and "[[Mermaid Men and Barnacle Boys]]")
|First appearance = "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]]"
}}
|Portrayer = [[list of geust stars]]<br>[[Burt Ward]] (younger self in "[[Back to the Past]]")}}
'''Tim'''{{e|Mermaid Man Begins}} (or '''Kyle'''){{e|Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V}}''' Stangler''',<ref>[[SpongeBob SquarePants Topps Card Set|''SpongeBob SquarePants'' Trading Cards]] Premiere Edition card 10</ref> better known by his superhero name '''Barnacle Boy''',<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230524162110/https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/502519292349673473</ref> is the sidekick of [[Mermaid Man]]. He is a superhero and a parody of both {{W|Aqualad}} and {{W|Robin (comics)|Robin}}. He is said to be 68 years old.{{e|Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V}} He first appears in the episode "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]]."


Barnacle Boy's voice actor, the late [[Tim Conway]], passed away in {{Time|2019}}. Along with Mermaid Man and [[Grandma SquarePants]], he is one of the three supporting characters who have been retired from the series. He became retired from the series alongside Mermaid Man ever since the late [[Ernest Borgnine]]'s death in {{Time|2012}}. He and Mermaid Man now appear in non-speaking appearances or as toys. His younger self is voiced by Burt Ward.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230405230927/https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/732673043277864960</ref>


'''"Barnacle Boy" '''has been the sidekick of [[Mermaid Man]]. He is voiced by Emmy Award-winning comedian and actor, [[Tim Conway]]. He, along with Mermaid Man, are superheroes. He is a parody of both aqualad and [[wc:herores;Robin (comics)|Robin]]. Barnacle Boy was said to be 68 years old in "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]".
==Appearance==
[[File:Barnacle Boy (Old) Color.JPG|thumb|260px|Barnacle Boy's model sheet.]]
Barnacle Boy is an elderly human with light tan skin. He is tall, thin, bald, has a round head, a very large nose, puffy ears, wears a sailor hat, a black mask, and a turquoise neckerchief. He also wears dark blue rubber gloves, boots, a red T-shirt, and rubber black speedo.


==Early life==
===Young===
===Childhood===
[[File:Young Boy Color.JPG|thumb|260px|Young Barnacle Boy's model sheet.]]As his younger self, instead of a black mask, he wears glasses and is much taller. Instead of dark blue rubber gloves and boots and a black speedo, he wore light blue gloves and boots, a dark blue speedo and a gold belt with a clam buckle. His nose is also smaller. He also has short black hair.
'''"'''Barnacle Boy" was born in the local Bikini Bottom Hospital. Barnacle Boy was extremely poor as a child, and his father couldn't afford to keep food on the table. He was often bullied at school, and nobody would sit next to him at lunch.''' '''


Barnacle Boy is thin, bald, has large nose similar to and bigger than Squidward's, has puffy ears, a black mask and a turquoise neckerchief. He also wears dark blue rubber gloves, boots, a red T-shirt, and rubber black shorts. Being younger, he is more sane and self-aware than Mermaid Man. However, Barnacle Boy is also more cranky and rude. He often calls Mermaid Man an "old coot". He is revealed to be 68 years old in [[Mermaidman and Barnacleboy V]]. As younger self, instead of a black mask, he wears glasses and is much taller. Also, as younger self, his neckerchief is space-control.
==Personality==
Barnacle Boy is always portrayed to be rather irritable. He often gets frustrated when his partner, Mermaid Man, becomes absent-minded due to old age. It also usually upsets him when everyone around him is treating him like a child although he states he is "68-years old superhero." The juvenile treatment that he suffers from triggers his brooding and disposition.


Barnacle Boy possesses powers similar to [[Mermaid Man]], though he lacks the belt powers. Barnacle Boy also has "Sulfur Vision" (a form of heat vision), which Mermaid Man has never been shown to have. Like Mermaid Man, his powers do not work as well as they used to.
==Biography==
[[File:YoungerBarnacleBoy.png|left|thumb|260px|Barnacle Boy when he was younger.]]
Despite being a senior citizen, Barnacle Boy is still treated like a child by his mentor, much to his disdain. In "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]," when Mermaid Man orders a [[Pipsqueak Patty]] for Barnacle Boy at the [[Krusty Krab]], they get into an argument, which ultimately results in Barnacle Boy becoming a villain and forming a group called "E.V.I.L." (Every Villain Is Lemons) with [[Man Ray]] and the [[Dirty Bubble]]. After a protracted fight with Mermaid Man and the "International Justice League of Super Acquaintances" which E.V.I.L. wins, he and Mermaid Man patch things up. Barnacle Man (as he prefers to be called) gets a little more respect now, although much to the joy of themselves and their friends, Barnacle Man is unable to fully consume a full-sized Krabby Patty.


Despite being a senior citizen, Barnacle Boy is still treated like a child by his mentor, much to his disdain. In "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]", when Mermaid Man orders a Pipsqueak Patty (a very small version of a [[Krabby Patty]] intended for children) for Barnacle Boy at the [[Krusty Krab]], they get into an argument which ultimately results in Barnacle Boy becoming a villain and forming a group called "E.V.I.L." (Every Villain Is Lemons) with [[Man Ray]] and the [[Dirty Bubble]]. After a protracted fight with Mermaid Man and the "International Justice League of Super Acquaintances (whose costumes and powers are assumed by the main characters of the show), which E.V.I.L. actually wins, he and Mermaid Man patch things up. Barnacle Man, as he likes to be called, gets a little more respect now (even though he mentions that an adult-sized Krabby Patty actually is too big for him).
As the younger of the duo, he is more sane and self-aware than Mermaid Man. However, Barnacle Boy is also more cranky. He often calls Mermaid Man an "old coot." He is revealed to be 68 years old in "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]."


In the video game [[Battle for Bikini Bottom]], it is revealed that Barnacle Boy has a son, a daughter-in-law, and four "screaming" grandchildren. '''''Credits: La Serena, Coquimbo, Chile.'''''
===Abilities===
Barnacle Boy possesses powers similar to Mermaid Man, though he lacks the belt powers. Barnacle Boy also has "Sulfur Vision" - a form of heat vision - which Mermaid Man has never been shown to have. Like Mermaid Man, his powers do not work as well as they used to, mostly due to old age.


==Appearances==
==Role in video games==
*[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]] (as current and younger self)
===''[[Operation Krabby Patty]]''===
*[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II]]
Barnacle Boy makes a cameo with Mermaid Man in Boating School #101 and has a picture signed with an autograph.
*[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III]]
 
*[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]
===''[[SuperSponge]]'' ===
*[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]
{{Link|SpongeBob}} wants Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy to sign a photograph for {{Link|Patrick}}'s birthday. However, they want to get rid of SpongeBob and send him on random tasks around Bikini Bottom.
*[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]] (poster)
 
*[[Have You Seen This Snail?]] (image)
===''[[Employee of the Month (video game)|Employee of the Month]]''===
*[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture]]
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are in [[Rock Bottom (city)|Rock Bottom]] when Patrick and Mermaid Man have a soda drinking contest. Patrick ends up winning, but Mermaid Man gets injured and SpongeBob finds help to get him in the [[invisible boatmobile]].
*[[Night Light]]
 
*[[Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob]]
Later, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy leave Rock Bottom. At the end of the game, they are at [[Neptune's Paradise]] with SpongeBob.
*[[The Card]]
 
*[[Ditchin']]
===''[[Battle for Bikini Bottom (home console)|Battle for Bikini Bottom]]''/''[[Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated]]''===
*[[Shuffleboarding]]
In the console versions of the original ''Battle for Bikini Bottom'', and all versions of ''Rehydrated'', Barnacle Boy appears in the [[Mermalair]] where {{Link|Plankton}}'s robots have invaded. He is also present in Rock Bottom and [[Kelp Forest]].
*[[Back to the Past]] (as current and younger self)
 
*[[The Bad Guy Club for Villains]] (as younger self)
If the player goes into the [[Rock Bottom museum]] for the first time as SpongeBob, it is revealed that Barnacle Boy has a son, a daughter-in-law, and four "screaming" grandchildren.
*[[SpongeBob's Last Stand]]
 
*[[Mermaid Man Begins]]
===''[[Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy]]''===
Him and Mermaid Man makes a cameo in ''Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy'' as an out of place character the player must photograph.
 
===''[[Lights, Camera, Pants! (home console)|Lights, Camera, Pants!]]''===
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy appear during a new episode being directed by [[Gill Hammerstein]]. In it, the duo is falsely accused of destroying the [[Sand Stadium]] when it was stolen by the [[Sneaky Hermit]]. However, when they are sent to [[Bikini Bottom Jail]], the prison warden tells them what is happening and frees them so they can catch the villain, thus accidentally letting the Dirty Bubble and Man Ray go free.
 
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy go to [[Goo Lagoon]] and the Krusty Krab to find clues. When they go to the [[Chum Bucket]], they discover that Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble are using the mayor's child as their captive in an attempt to help the Sneaky Hermit's plans. They reluctantly make a truce with the villains and work together to find the Sneaky Hermit with some help from an expert hunter from Jellyfish Fields.
 
They manage to track down the hermit and foil his plan of putting Bikini Bottom on his back so he can have a home. When the crisis ends, they return to the Sand Stadium to continue to watch the musical performance.
 
===''[[Nicktoons: Android Invasion]]''===
Him and Mermaid Man are mentioned after SpongeBob rescues Manny Rivera/El Tigre for Zim's telephone booth.
 
===''[[SpongeBob's Truth or Square]]''===
He and Mermaid Man appear in the Mermalair and SpongeBob's bedroom.
 
===''[[SpongeBob's Boating Bash]]''===
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy appear when SpongeBob and Patrick want to borrow the invisible boatmobile.
 
They later appear when SpongeBob gets his "license" from [[Seymour Scales]]. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy later arrest Seymour for being a fraud.
 
They are also unlockable characters who drive in the same boat during the races.
 
=== ''[[SpongeBob SquigglePants]]''===
He appears in some of the Comic Book nano-games.
 
===''[[Nicktoons MLB]]''===
Him and Mermaid Man are seen as a card.
 
===''[[SpongeBob Simulator]]''===
He appears as a playable character.
 
==In-universe merchandise based on him==
[[File:The Card 050.png|thumb|260px|''The Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy trading cards.'']]
In the episode "[[Ditchin']]," a Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy origin comic book is shown. One panel features a man resembling Barnacle Boy and a woman resembling Mermaid Man in a spaceship. The woman has two children in her arms resembling Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, implying that the heroes are brothers.
 
More merchandise can also be seen in "[[Mermaid Man Begins]]," thus causing a dispute on his and Mermaid Man's backstory. In "[[The Card]]," 54 trading cards have also been made as entertainment for fans. Toys were manufactured as part of a Krusty Krab promotion in "[[Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob]]."
 
==Enemies==
Barnacle Boy and Mermaid Man have several supervillain enemies. Their two most notable foes are Man Ray and Dirty Bubble. Other villains include the [[Atomic Flounder]], who is now retired, the [[Sinister Slug]], the [[Jumbo Shrimp]], [[Kelp Thing]], and [[the Moth]], a humanoid moth who steals light, as seen in "[[Night Light]]." Mermaid Man claims to have been trying to catch the Moth for 57 years due to his very small size.
 
The Mermalair features a "villain containment chamber," where villains such as Man Ray and [[Prawn]] are imprisoned in frozen [[tartar sauce]], as seen in "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III]]" and the video game ''Battle for Bikini Bottom''.
 
==Similarities to {{W|DC}} and {{W|Marvel}} superheroes==
*The invisible boatmobile is a parody of the invisible plane of {{W|Wonder Woman}} and the Batmobile of {{W|Batman}}.
*His friends and enemies are similar to Batman and {{W|Aquaman}}'s friends and enemies such as Mermaid Man, [[Elastic Waistband]], [[Miss Appear]], and Man Ray, being parodies of {{W|Aquaman}}, {{W|Batman}}, {{W|Plastic Man}}, {{W|Elongated Man}}, Wonder Woman, and {{W|Black Manta}}.
*In "[[Back to the Past]]," Barnacle Boy's younger self is voiced by [[Burt Ward]], portrayed Robin from the ''{{W|Batman (franchise)|Batman}}'' franchise.
**Similarly, [[Adam West]], who voiced Mermaid Man's younger self, portrayed Batman in the TV series.
*Barnacle Boy's teammate, Mermaid Man, is a parody of Aquaman and Batman.
*Barnacle Boy and Mermaid Man's superhero group, [[The International Justice League of Super Acquaintances]], is a parody of the {{W|Justice League of America}}.
*He is very similar to the DC and Marvel superheroes, Aqualad, as well as Robin.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*Barnacle Boy has a bad case of Dandruff.
*On the title cards and the DVD episode listings, his name is spelled as "'''Barnacleboy'''."
*Barnacle Boy is retired, but still fights crime.
[[File:SpongeBob-Experience-stole-fanart-by-Enterpraiz.png|thumb|260px|Fanart used without permission for Barnacle Boy.]]
*Barnacle Boy is tired of everybody calling him a boy.
*''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Experience: A Deep Dive into the World of Bikini Bottom|The SpongeBob SquarePants Experience]]'', a book by animation historian Jerry Beck, uses [https://www.deviantart.com/enterpraiz/art/Mermaid-Man-and-Barnacle-Boy-30248039 this fanart] by {{W|DeviantArt}} user EnterPraiz for Barnacle Boy's image. EnterPraiz did not release his fanart under Creative Commons, so it seems Jerry Beck took the fanart without permission and without checking to see its license.
*If you were Barnacle Boy, Mermaid Man thinks "The Krabby Patty is too big for you. You will never finish it." It's treating him like a child.
**Barnacle Boy's arm on the fanart is even ''obviously airbrushed'' to remove the other side of it, where EnterPraiz put Mermaid Man and his artist signature.
*Barnacle Boy has a bad case of dandruff.{{e|Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob}}
*Barnacle Boy seems to enjoy eating meatloaf.{{e|Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy}}
*Barnacle Boy is retired but still fights crime.
*In the Romanian dub, in early episodes, he is described as "The Cayman Boy."
*A kid appears to be dressed as Barnacle Boy in "[[The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom]]."
*He has hair growing out the wrinkles on his liver spots.
*He has hair growing out the wrinkles on his liver spots.
*Barnacle Boy is taller and narrower than Mermaid Man.
*Barnacle Boy had become a superhero during the {{Time|1960}}s-like era.
*Barnacle Boy is shaped like a suasage.
*He has a case of cauliflower ear, in which the ear becomes swollen and deformed. This condition is commonly seen in elderly people.
*Barnacle Boy started being a Superhero in 1960s like era.
*In the [[Губка Боб Квадратные Штаны|Russian dub]], Barnacle Boy had his name changed several times. Initially, in the first three Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy-centered episodes, his name was "Очкарик," which roughly translates to "Glasses Boy," then in "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]," his name was "Прилипала," which roughly translates to "Suction Boy." In "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V]]," his name was "Юнга," which roughly translates to "Sea Cadet" and in "Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture," his name was "Малыш-Ковбой," which roughly translates to "Cowboy Kid."
*He is a playable charactar in SpongeBob Squarepants: ATTACK OF SPONGEZILLA if you use a special code Plankton's lab using Karen as the computer
*In the [[SpongeBob Schwammkopf|German dub]], Barnacle Boy is called "Blaubarschbube," which translates to "bluefish boy." This is not the only instance in ''SpongeBob'' where "barnacle" is translated as "Blaubarsch," the other being [[The Ugly Barnacle]] (ger. ''Der hässliche Blaubarsch'').
*Barnacle Boy has a case of cauliflower ear, in which the ear becomes swollen and deformed. This condition is commonly seen in elderly people.
*Barnacle Boy's real name is Tim, which is a nod to the first name of his late voice actor Tim Conway.
*His voice actor, Tim Conway, portrayed the character Dorf.
**Mermaid Man's real name, Ernie, shares the same attribute to his own voice actor, Ernest Borgnine.
*Interestingly, there was a Dorf episode where he plays bingo, and in [[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture]], the two heroes are playing bingo (though Mermaid Man gets it wrong by shouting "Bongo!" instead of "Bingo!", much to Barnacle Boy's annoyance).
*In the [[SvampeBob Firkant (Danish)|Danish dub]], he has two names which change during the seasons. In season 1 to 2, he is called "Andeskælsdrengen," which means Barnacle Boy. From season 3 onward, his name was changed to "Klæbedrengen," which means "sticky" or "Glue Boy."
*In the [[Spužva Bob Skockani|Croatian dub]], he speaks with a Bosnian dialect.
*His voice actor, the late Tim Conway, had previously starred along with the late Ernest Borgnine on ''{{W|McHale's Navy}}''.
*"[[Karen for Spot]]" is the first episode in the series where Barnacle Boy appears without Mermaid Man.
*He makes a cameo in the [[SpongeBob's Birthday (Just Dance song)|SpongeBob's Birthday]] map in ''{{W|Just Dance 2025 Edition}}''.
==See also==
*[[Barnacle Boy (Man Ray timeline)]]
*[[Barnacle Bill]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}{{Mermaid Man}}
 


==Quotes==
[[ar:الحلزون الصغير]]
*"I'm tired of playing second banana to a man that wears a bra!"
[[de:Blaubarschbube]]
*"I'm 68 years old and I want a Krabby Patty!"
[[es:Chico Percebe]]
*"Listen Big Nose, that guy has been saving your butt since before you were born. Don't you got a 'Living Legend Discount' or something?"
[[fr:Bernard l'Ermite]]
[[Category:Elderly Citizens]]
[[ja:フジツボボーイ]]
[[Category:Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]]
[[pl:Skorupin]]
[[Category:Heroes]]
[[pt-br:Mexilhãozinho]]
[[Category:Friends]]
[[ru:Очкарик]]
[[Category:Former Villains]]
[[zh:大洋遊俠]]
[[Category:Male Characters]]
[[Category:Superheroes]]
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Characters portrayed by Guest Stars]]
[[Category:Minor characters]]
[[Category:Bikini Bottomites]]

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TimTemplate:Data:References (or Kyle)Template:Data:References Stangler,[1] better known by his superhero name Barnacle Boy,[2] is the sidekick of Mermaid Man. He is a superhero and a parody of both Aqualad and Robin. He is said to be 68 years old.Template:Data:References He first appears in the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy."

Barnacle Boy's voice actor, the late Tim Conway, passed away in 2019. Along with Mermaid Man and Grandma SquarePants, he is one of the three supporting characters who have been retired from the series. He became retired from the series alongside Mermaid Man ever since the late Ernest Borgnine's death in 2012. He and Mermaid Man now appear in non-speaking appearances or as toys. His younger self is voiced by Burt Ward.[3]

Appearance

File:Barnacle Boy (Old) Color.JPG
Barnacle Boy's model sheet.

Barnacle Boy is an elderly human with light tan skin. He is tall, thin, bald, has a round head, a very large nose, puffy ears, wears a sailor hat, a black mask, and a turquoise neckerchief. He also wears dark blue rubber gloves, boots, a red T-shirt, and rubber black speedo.

Young

File:Young Boy Color.JPG
Young Barnacle Boy's model sheet.

As his younger self, instead of a black mask, he wears glasses and is much taller. Instead of dark blue rubber gloves and boots and a black speedo, he wore light blue gloves and boots, a dark blue speedo and a gold belt with a clam buckle. His nose is also smaller. He also has short black hair.

Personality

Barnacle Boy is always portrayed to be rather irritable. He often gets frustrated when his partner, Mermaid Man, becomes absent-minded due to old age. It also usually upsets him when everyone around him is treating him like a child although he states he is "68-years old superhero." The juvenile treatment that he suffers from triggers his brooding and disposition.

Biography

File:YoungerBarnacleBoy.png
Barnacle Boy when he was younger.

Despite being a senior citizen, Barnacle Boy is still treated like a child by his mentor, much to his disdain. In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V," when Mermaid Man orders a Pipsqueak Patty for Barnacle Boy at the Krusty Krab, they get into an argument, which ultimately results in Barnacle Boy becoming a villain and forming a group called "E.V.I.L." (Every Villain Is Lemons) with Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble. After a protracted fight with Mermaid Man and the "International Justice League of Super Acquaintances" which E.V.I.L. wins, he and Mermaid Man patch things up. Barnacle Man (as he prefers to be called) gets a little more respect now, although much to the joy of themselves and their friends, Barnacle Man is unable to fully consume a full-sized Krabby Patty.

As the younger of the duo, he is more sane and self-aware than Mermaid Man. However, Barnacle Boy is also more cranky. He often calls Mermaid Man an "old coot." He is revealed to be 68 years old in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V."

Abilities

Barnacle Boy possesses powers similar to Mermaid Man, though he lacks the belt powers. Barnacle Boy also has "Sulfur Vision" - a form of heat vision - which Mermaid Man has never been shown to have. Like Mermaid Man, his powers do not work as well as they used to, mostly due to old age.

Role in video games

Operation Krabby Patty

Barnacle Boy makes a cameo with Mermaid Man in Boating School #101 and has a picture signed with an autograph.

SuperSponge

Template:Data:Links wants Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy to sign a photograph for Template:Data:Links's birthday. However, they want to get rid of SpongeBob and send him on random tasks around Bikini Bottom.

Employee of the Month

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are in Rock Bottom when Patrick and Mermaid Man have a soda drinking contest. Patrick ends up winning, but Mermaid Man gets injured and SpongeBob finds help to get him in the invisible boatmobile.

Later, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy leave Rock Bottom. At the end of the game, they are at Neptune's Paradise with SpongeBob.

Battle for Bikini Bottom/Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated

In the console versions of the original Battle for Bikini Bottom, and all versions of Rehydrated, Barnacle Boy appears in the Mermalair where Template:Data:Links's robots have invaded. He is also present in Rock Bottom and Kelp Forest.

If the player goes into the Rock Bottom museum for the first time as SpongeBob, it is revealed that Barnacle Boy has a son, a daughter-in-law, and four "screaming" grandchildren.

Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy

Him and Mermaid Man makes a cameo in Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy as an out of place character the player must photograph.

Lights, Camera, Pants!

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy appear during a new episode being directed by Gill Hammerstein. In it, the duo is falsely accused of destroying the Sand Stadium when it was stolen by the Sneaky Hermit. However, when they are sent to Bikini Bottom Jail, the prison warden tells them what is happening and frees them so they can catch the villain, thus accidentally letting the Dirty Bubble and Man Ray go free.

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy go to Goo Lagoon and the Krusty Krab to find clues. When they go to the Chum Bucket, they discover that Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble are using the mayor's child as their captive in an attempt to help the Sneaky Hermit's plans. They reluctantly make a truce with the villains and work together to find the Sneaky Hermit with some help from an expert hunter from Jellyfish Fields.

They manage to track down the hermit and foil his plan of putting Bikini Bottom on his back so he can have a home. When the crisis ends, they return to the Sand Stadium to continue to watch the musical performance.

Nicktoons: Android Invasion

Him and Mermaid Man are mentioned after SpongeBob rescues Manny Rivera/El Tigre for Zim's telephone booth.

SpongeBob's Truth or Square

He and Mermaid Man appear in the Mermalair and SpongeBob's bedroom.

SpongeBob's Boating Bash

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy appear when SpongeBob and Patrick want to borrow the invisible boatmobile.

They later appear when SpongeBob gets his "license" from Seymour Scales. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy later arrest Seymour for being a fraud.

They are also unlockable characters who drive in the same boat during the races.

SpongeBob SquigglePants

He appears in some of the Comic Book nano-games.

Nicktoons MLB

Him and Mermaid Man are seen as a card.

SpongeBob Simulator

He appears as a playable character.

In-universe merchandise based on him

File:The Card 050.png
The Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy trading cards.

In the episode "Ditchin'," a Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy origin comic book is shown. One panel features a man resembling Barnacle Boy and a woman resembling Mermaid Man in a spaceship. The woman has two children in her arms resembling Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, implying that the heroes are brothers.

More merchandise can also be seen in "Mermaid Man Begins," thus causing a dispute on his and Mermaid Man's backstory. In "The Card," 54 trading cards have also been made as entertainment for fans. Toys were manufactured as part of a Krusty Krab promotion in "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob."

Enemies

Barnacle Boy and Mermaid Man have several supervillain enemies. Their two most notable foes are Man Ray and Dirty Bubble. Other villains include the Atomic Flounder, who is now retired, the Sinister Slug, the Jumbo Shrimp, Kelp Thing, and the Moth, a humanoid moth who steals light, as seen in "Night Light." Mermaid Man claims to have been trying to catch the Moth for 57 years due to his very small size.

The Mermalair features a "villain containment chamber," where villains such as Man Ray and Prawn are imprisoned in frozen tartar sauce, as seen in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III" and the video game Battle for Bikini Bottom.

Similarities to DC and Marvel superheroes

Trivia

  • On the title cards and the DVD episode listings, his name is spelled as "Barnacleboy."
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Fanart used without permission for Barnacle Boy.
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Experience, a book by animation historian Jerry Beck, uses this fanart by DeviantArt user EnterPraiz for Barnacle Boy's image. EnterPraiz did not release his fanart under Creative Commons, so it seems Jerry Beck took the fanart without permission and without checking to see its license.
    • Barnacle Boy's arm on the fanart is even obviously airbrushed to remove the other side of it, where EnterPraiz put Mermaid Man and his artist signature.
  • Barnacle Boy has a bad case of dandruff.Template:Data:References
  • Barnacle Boy seems to enjoy eating meatloaf.Template:Data:References
  • Barnacle Boy is retired but still fights crime.
  • In the Romanian dub, in early episodes, he is described as "The Cayman Boy."
  • A kid appears to be dressed as Barnacle Boy in "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom."
  • He has hair growing out the wrinkles on his liver spots.
  • Barnacle Boy had become a superhero during the 1960s-like era.
  • He has a case of cauliflower ear, in which the ear becomes swollen and deformed. This condition is commonly seen in elderly people.
  • In the Russian dub, Barnacle Boy had his name changed several times. Initially, in the first three Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy-centered episodes, his name was "Очкарик," which roughly translates to "Glasses Boy," then in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV," his name was "Прилипала," which roughly translates to "Suction Boy." In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V," his name was "Юнга," which roughly translates to "Sea Cadet" and in "Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture," his name was "Малыш-Ковбой," which roughly translates to "Cowboy Kid."
  • In the German dub, Barnacle Boy is called "Blaubarschbube," which translates to "bluefish boy." This is not the only instance in SpongeBob where "barnacle" is translated as "Blaubarsch," the other being The Ugly Barnacle (ger. Der hässliche Blaubarsch).
  • Barnacle Boy's real name is Tim, which is a nod to the first name of his late voice actor Tim Conway.
    • Mermaid Man's real name, Ernie, shares the same attribute to his own voice actor, Ernest Borgnine.
  • In the Danish dub, he has two names which change during the seasons. In season 1 to 2, he is called "Andeskælsdrengen," which means Barnacle Boy. From season 3 onward, his name was changed to "Klæbedrengen," which means "sticky" or "Glue Boy."
  • In the Croatian dub, he speaks with a Bosnian dialect.
  • His voice actor, the late Tim Conway, had previously starred along with the late Ernest Borgnine on McHale's Navy.
  • "Karen for Spot" is the first episode in the series where Barnacle Boy appears without Mermaid Man.
  • He makes a cameo in the SpongeBob's Birthday map in Just Dance 2025 Edition.

See also

References

  1. ↑ SpongeBob SquarePants Trading Cards Premiere Edition card 10
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230524162110/https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/502519292349673473
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20230405230927/https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/732673043277864960

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