Elastic Waistband

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Appearances

"I can finally touch my toes!" - Elastic Man

The Elastic Waistband is a superhero who was first seen in the episode: "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V," and later appeared in the episode "The Bad Guy Club for Villains." He is part of The International Justice League of Super Acquaintances. Template:Data:Links 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

In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V," he is shown wearing a green costume, blue goggles with red holes, and yellow hair that was shown in SpongeBob's lunchbox.

In "The Bad Guy Club for Villains," he doesn't wear a mask, he has a white head band, yellow hair, and a purple suit. This is probably because in The Bad Guy Club For Villains SpongeBob and patrick were watching a LOST episode of the show.

Powers

• Flexibility; he can bend into different shapes and sizes.
• Inflatable Gut; reflects attacking projectiles.

Weaknesses

• If he gets stretched out too much he is temporarily unable to revert to normal (although this could just be Patrick's stupidity while wearing the suit)

Video Games/Online Games

• Lights, Camera, Pants! - His costume appears in the Mermalair stage in the GBA version of the game.
• Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots - Patrick mentions being the Elastic Waistband when the player is playing as him.
• Bikini Bottom Brawlers - Unlockable character (as Patrick).

Trivia

• The Elastic Waistband is a parody of Marvel's Mr. Fantastic, DC's Plastic Man, and DC's Elongated Man.
• In "The Bad Guy Club for Villains," The Elastic Waistband couldn't stretch but could only inflate his waist, allowing him to reflect things that came into contact with him.
• His costume design is similar to 18-Volt's, from WarioWare, Inc.
• An elastic waistband in real life is a strechable device sewn into clothes in place of a belt, His name references his ability to strech much like the device itself.
• The Dirty Bubble particularly dislikes him.
• He is also a squinkie in SpongeBob Squinkies.