List of catchphrases

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"I'm ready!"

In the series, there have been many instances where a character has said a word or phrase more than once. This is called a catchphrase (alternatively spelled catch phrase), a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance. The following is a list of those expressions by character.

Main characters

SpongeBob SquarePants

• "I'm ready!"
• "Order up!"
• "Aye-aye, captain!"
• "Barnacles!"
• "Tartar sauce!"
• "Fish paste!"
• "Yeah." (in a low-pitched voice, said more in the older seasons)
• "Hoppin' clams!"
• "Jumping jellyfish!"
• "Hi Squidward."/"Hey Squidward."
• "May I take your order?"
• "Holy shrimp!"

Patrick Star

• "Good morning, Krusty Krew!" (said more in older seasons)
• "Duh..."
• "I don't get it..."
• "Fish paste!"

Squidward Tentacles

• "Everybody's/everyone's a critic."
• "Oh, puh-lease."
• "Whatever."
• "I never thought I'd say this, but..."/"I can't believe I'm saying this, but..."
• "I quit!"
• "May I take your order?"/"Can I take your order?"
• "Typical."
• "Yah-tah-tah-tah."
• "Sponge-Bob!" (said in an angry tone of voice)

Eugene H. Krabs

• "Money!"
• "Ahoy!"
• "Sweet mother of Pearl!"/"Mother of Pearl!"
• "Me money!"
• "Boyo!"/"Hey, boyo!"
• "David H. Jones!/Sweet Davy Jones!"
• "I'm ruined!"
• "Mr. Squidward"
• "SpongeBob, me boy!"
• "Thar she blows!"

Sheldon J. Plankton

• "Krabs!"
• "Karen, my computer wife..."/"Computer wife..."
• "Karen! Help!"
• "I went to college!"
• "I will destroy all of you!"
• "I command..."/"order you..."/"demand you..."
• "Well, this stinks." (in Season 1)
• "Ouch"
• "Yes! YES!"
• "I win! I WIN!"

Karen Plankton

• "Oh, boy."/"Oh, brother."

Sandy Cheeks

• "Yee-haw!"
• "Doggone it!"
• "Howdy, y'all."
• "Dadgum!"

Mrs. Puff

• "Oh, SpongeBob, why?"
• "Oh, Neptune."

Pearl Krabs

• "Daddy!"
• "You're embarrassing me!"
• "You really shouldn't have!"
• "That's totally coral."/"Totally coral."

Gary the Snail

• "Meow."

Recurring characters

Patchy the Pirate

• "Ahoy!"
• "I'm Patchy the Pirate, president of the SpongeBob SquarePants fan club!"
• "Arrgh..."

Potty the Parrot

• "Squawk."
• "No, it isn't."/"No, he isn't."

French Narrator

• "Ah, the sea..."
• "[Span of time] later..."

Mermaid Man

• "Evil!"
• "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, unite!"
• "To the invisible boatmobile...AWAY!"

Barnacle Boy

• "You old coot."
• "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, unite!"

Realistic Fish Head

• "We interrupt this program..."

Perch Perkins

• "Hello, Bikini Bottom!"
• "Perch Perkins here."/"Perch Perkins reporting live."

Minor characters

Bubble Bass

• "Mother!"

Fred

• "My leg!"
• "My eyes!"
• "My arms!"

Sir Urchin

• "Why you!"

Snail Fail

• "What'd I do?"

Rube Goldfish

• "Amazing!"

Lady Upturn

• "I am offended!"

Elwood

• "This is fun!"

Trivia

• According to page 24 of Nickelodeon's character guide, there are "key phrases" for characters such as Plankton.

See also

• List of running gags

External links

• Catchphrase on Wikipedia

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