Sammy Suckerfish (character)
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Sammy Suckerfish is a character who appears in the episode of the same name. He is a magical janitor.
Description
Sammy is an orange fish with darker orange lips and a cyan tail. He wears a dark brown blazer, gray pants, black shoes, a dark brown newsboy hat and a red scarf. He speaks with a Cockney British accent.
Role in episode
When the Krusty Krab appears to be full of filth, Sammy Suckerfish descends from the sky, bringing with him winds of spinning garbage and other objects. Sammy enters the Krusty Krab with a flying mop, Moppy, and a bucket in his legs. After SpongeBob questions him about his identity, he introduces himself as "Sammy Suckerfish the Jolly Janitor" and tells SpongeBob that the place needs cleaning. Sammy and SpongeBob decide to clean the windows, which Sammy refers to as "eyes." As SpongeBob pulls out a rag and cleaning agent, Sammy snatches them away and introduces his cleaning method in a musical manner, demonstrating his ability to clean with his tongue. He cleans the windows, making them squeaky clean. After that, he tells SpongeBob to give it a try. SpongeBob attempts to clean the floor with his tongue but ends up disgusted and spits out the filth. SpongeBob tells Sammy that the method is horrible. Sammy then ties SpongeBob's nose to prevent him from smelling the filth and asks if this would help.
Next, they lick the bathroom clean, but the graffiti on the stall door is really stubborn. Sammy uses his magic soap to turn himself and SpongeBob into graffiti drawings who drive the other graffiti away. Sammy then uses his mop to sniff out other dirt, which ends up being in Krabs' office. He cleans the room by licking up everything, including the safe and secret formula, with the printing of the formula getting stuck to his tongue. While chasing Sammy, SpongeBob accidentally trips an alarm that alerts Krabs, who thinks Plankton is attacking. Krabs arrives and thinks Sammy is Plankton, until the real Plankton shows up and teams up with Krabs to stop Sammy. Sammy splits his mop up into smaller versions and licks everywhere while singing, turning the place even cleaner. Then sammy is out of control and goes to Mr Krabs's Office and lick everything, later on Sammy accidentally across the red line and Mr Krabs drives into Krusty Krab.
SpongeBob and Krabs catch Sammy and point out a spot of dirt on his face. He decides to clean himself by licking up his body, removing everything except his face. Before he goes, he spits out the secret formula from his tongue onto SpongeBob's face and gives him his hat. Plankton takes a picture of the formula on SpongeBob's face, but Sammy's mops eat the picture chase him away. SpongeBob wipes the formula back onto the paper and Krabs comments he hopes it's clear why he doesn't want SpongeBob to let strangers in the Krusty Krab ever again.
Trivia
- Sammy Suckerfish himself is based on Bert the chimney sweep, a prominent character in the 1964 Walt Disney film, Mary Poppins.
- Sammy's cleanup song is a reference to "A Spoonful of Sugar" when Mary Poppins helps Michael and Jane Banks clean their bedroom.