Cockroaches
Cockroaches are creatures who first appear in the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" and are mentioned and referenced in various other episodes.
Description
They are a pair or trio 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 series
SpongeBob SquarePants
"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV"/The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in What Were You Shrinking?/The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in The Mega-Justice Collection
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.
The book adaptation of the episode, What Were You Shrinking?/The Mega-Justice Collection, features one of the cockroaches in an illustration.
"Plankton's Army"
Template:Data:Links disguises himself as a cockroach.
"Ghost Host"
The Flying Dutchman turns into a giant cockroach.
"To Save a Squirrel"
Cockroaches are briefly mentioned by Template:Data:Links.
"Feral Friends"
Cockroaches are briefly mentioned by the French Narrator.
The Patrick Star Show
"Cleanin' House"
Three cockroaches appear playing cards in the Star family's living room.
Trivia
- In other episodes, sea urchins are shown to be the underwater equivalent of cockroaches.