Karate gear
Karate gear is a type of protective equipment used by SpongeBob and Sandy in episodes that feature the sport of karate. It consists of two items: a horizontal helmet that is only for SpongeBob (and once Patrick) and big gloves.
It first appears in the episode "Karate Choppers."
Description
SpongeBob's gear
SpongeBob's karate gear is red in color. His gear helmet has a ladybug design on the left-side hole, as seen in "I'm with Stupid."
Sandy's gear
Sandy's karate gear is usually green in color. However, in the episodes "Waiting," "Shopping List," and "Dome Alone," she wears red gear, and in the episode "Sandy's Nutmare," she has pink karate gear. She doesn't wear a helmet, as she has her air helmet.
Patrick's gear
Patrick's karate gear is just like SpongeBob's, except it is blue in color instead of red, and his helmet is a little smaller than his. His gear is just seen in "Karate Star."
SpongeBot's gear
SpongeBot SteelPants' karate gear is just like SpongeBob's, except it is bigger and made out of metal. It is seen in the Game Boy Advance and console versions of Battle for Bikini Bottom and all versions of Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated.
Trivia
- "Karate Island" is the only episode to involve karate but not feature karate gear.
- Some karate gear come in red, green, pink, blue, and purple respectively.
- In the Nicktoons Unite! games and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie video game, only SpongeBob's gloves are used as a karate item.
- In "Squid Defense," Squidward learns karate, but never wears karate gear.
- Season 6 and season 10 are the only seasons to not show karate gear or worn by characters. Although the season 10 episode "Feral Friends" still involves karate without the gear when Sandy karate chops her spare birthday cake into pieces for her friends.