Cockroaches

Cockroaches are creatures who appear in the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV."

Description

They are a pair of identical brown insects. They have a reddish-brown back and antennae, and each have six legs. When they sit upright, they use two of their legs as arms. Their eyes and mouth are also shown.

Role in episode

They live in the kitchen of the Krusty Krab. When Template:Data:Links discovers that he can use Mermaid Man's utility belt to shrink things, he shrinks everything in the kitchen to make a small restaurant for the two cockroaches. He gives each of them a Krabby Patty. One of them scurries away with a patty on its back, while the other sits down at a miniature table to eat.

Trivia

• The book adaptation of the episode, What Were You Shrinking?, features one of the cockroaches in an illustration.
• In other episodes, sea urchins are shown to be the underwater equivalent of cockroaches.
• Cockroaches are mentioned and referenced in various other episodes.
  • In "Plankton's Army," Template:Data:Links disguises himself as a cockroach.
  • In "Ghost Host," the Flying Dutchman turns into a giant cockroach.
  • In "To Save a Squirrel" and "Feral Friends," cockroaches are briefly mentioned.

Gallery

• File:Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV 065.png
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• File:Illustrated cockroach.jpg