How to Draw Barnacle Boy
"Mermaid Man Begins" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 8. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick learn about Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's origins.
Characters
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Mermaid Man
- Barnacle Boy
- Squidward Tentacles
- The Ballet Dancer
- Two mermaids
- Dirty Bubble
- Man Ray
- Realistic Fish Head (voice only)
- Human captain (debut)
- Human scientist (debut)
- Alien spaceship (debut)
- Gary the Snail (cameo)
- The Moth (cameo as an action figure)
- Jumbo Shrimp (cameo as an action figure)
- Pyrite Panderer (cameo as an action figure)
- Bikini Bottomites
- Incidental 107
- Incidental 150
- Incidental 7
- Incidental 41
- Incidental 14
- Incidental 92
- Incidental 37A
- Incidental 64
- Incidental 105
- Incidental 40
- Incidental 37B
- Incidental 42
- Sandals
- Incidental 2
- Incidental 82
- Incidental 48
- Fred
- Incidental 4
Synopsis
The episode begins at SpongeBob's house during a wind storm warning, where he and Patrick are preparing to watch the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy marathon on television. The marathon kicks off with an origin special, but just as it begins, SpongeBob's house loses power and a strong wind blows the house and the TV away. SpongeBob and Patrick go to Squidward's house, but the wind destroys his house too, so they decide to go to the Mermalair to ask the heroes about their origin personally.
Once they are there, Mermaid Man tells them the story. He was once a regular human being who was washed into the ocean and sucked into a whirlpool. Before he could drown, mermaids came and gave him a magical starfish that enabled him to breathe underwater. Shortly after, Mermaid Man saw Barnacle Boy scraping some barnacles off a ship's hull and thought that he was drowning. He used his newfound powers to draw barnacles into Barnacle Boy's lungs, allowing him to breathe underwater as well. They then decided to become a crime-fighting duo, though Barnacle Boy argues that this was only because he was stuck breathing underwater forever as a result of Mermaid Man's actions. The two heroes go on to talk about some of their earliest rescues, but soon begin to argue about what really happened.
Just then, the actual origin special appears on the Mermalair's giant monitor. In the special, after cooking popcorn for movie night, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (called Ernie and Tim respectively) are thrust into a series of nonsensical, random events. Once they return to their apartment, the overcooked popcorn strikes the two with a jolt of cosmic energy, giving them superpowers and the urge to breathe underwater. They dive into the sea and start fighting crime.
After the show ends, SpongeBob and Patrick put popcorn into a microwave with the intention of overcooking it and giving themselves powers of their own, and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy try to stop them.
Production
Music
| (‣ ) Production music |
| (• ) Original music |
| (◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy Action Theme - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin[Title card]
‣ Arizona Fanfare - Jack Shaindlin[TV show]
• Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy Action Theme - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin[SpongeBob and Patrick go over the checklist.]
‣ Arizona Fanfare - Jack Shaindlin[Mermaid Man watch]
‣ Crime & Danger Sign #3 - Hans Conzelmann, Delle Haensch[Start of marathon]
• Heroes to the Rescue - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony["And now, without further fanfare..."]
‣ ?[fanfare]
‣ Excited Chase 1 - Phil Green[The pineapple blows away.]
• Watching Grown Men Prancing Around - Nicolas Carr, Marcin Pospieszalski[Squidward is watching ballet.]
‣ Excited Chase 1 - Phil Green[Squidward's house blows away.]
• Great Idea Patrick - Nicolas Carr["Hey, that's it!"]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 5A - Jeremy Wakefield[Squidward blows away.]
‣ Against All Odds - Paul Lawler["We have found the Mermalair!"]
‣ Fall to the Death - Harry Lubin[SpongeBob and Patrick fall into a net.]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr["Again!"]
• Befuddled - Pat Irwin[SpongeBob and Patrick laugh.]
• In the Beginning - Nicolas Carr, Marcin Pospieszalski["In the beginning it was all dark."]
• Sponge Surf No Guit Me - Billy Lincoln, Michael Gurley[Young Mermaid Man surfs.]
• Mermaidman Hit - Nicolas Carr[BITE!]
• Aloha Lui Lui - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield["There I was in the ocean."]
‣ Dramatic Bridge 4 - Phil Green["A wave drew me back into the ocean."]
‣ Dramatic Bridge 7 - Phil Green[Mermaid Man falling in the ocean]
‣ Rainbow Delights - Magnum Opus["I was rescued by mermaids!"]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 2C - Jeremy Wakefield[Mermaid Man falls asleep.]
• Breathing Underwater - Nicolas Carr["There I was in the ocean."]
‣ Mount Olympus - Paddy Kingsland["I had no other humans to talk to."]
• Sad Sack Shanty - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr[Mermaid Man sees a ship.]
‣ Masked Crusader 2 [#21] - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin["A boy in trouble!"]
‣ Pirate Ship - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin["Fear not, young man"]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 6A - Jeremy Wakefield["No, no, no."]
‣ Arizona Fanfare - Jack Shaindlin["Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy!"]
‣ Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy Action Theme - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin[A bank robbery occurs.]
‣ Heroes Salute - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin["Thank you, sir."]
• Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy Action Theme - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin[Barnacle Boy defeats Man Ray.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 7A - Jeremy Wakefield[Mermaid Man orders a pizza.]
‣ Arizona Fanfare - Jack Shaindlin[TV comes back on.]
‣ Sprightly Link 6 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin[Winchell Apartments exterior]
‣ The Bachelor Life (a) - Laurie Johnson["Come on, Ernie, the movie's about to start."]
‣ Lost in the Galaxy [#35] - Harry Lubin[A scientist is doing tests.]
‣ Battle Zone - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin[Ernie and Tim fall out of their apartment.]
‣ The Bachelor Life (a) - Laurie Johnson[Movie night]
‣ Imminent 4 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin[Reaction to overcooked popcorn]
• Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy Action Theme - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Pat Irwin[Ernie and Tim become Mermaid Man, Barnacle Boy.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8A - Jeremy Wakefield["Ah, feels just like yesterday, doesn't it?"]
• Slide Whistle Stooges - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield[The ending]
Release
- This episode is available on The Complete Eighth Season, Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy: Defenders of the Deep, The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection, Home Sweet Rubble, The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection, SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 13, The Best 200 Episodes Ever, The Adventures of SpongeBob SquarePants, Next 100 Episodes, SpongeBob SquarePants Triple Pack, and The Seventh & Eighth Seasons DVDs.
Trivia
General
- The origin special states that Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's real names are Ernie and Tim. These are nods to their respective voice actors, Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway.
- However, in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V," Mermaid Man calls Barnacle Boy "Kyle."
- This is the first episode in the SpongeBob SquarePants series in which the humans and the surface world are fully animated and do not appear in live-action form.
- This was the last episode to feature Ernest Borgnine before his death on July 8, 2012. Two later episodes, "Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go!" and "Patrick-Man!," were produced before his death and aired after.
- Innuendo: Mermaid Man answers a payphone asking "what are you wearing?"
- Irony: Squidward tells SpongeBob and Patrick that he has better things to do than "watching grown men prance around in ridiculous outfits." Yet Squidward is seen watching a man doing ballet.
Cultural references
- The episode's name is a reference to the 2005 DC Comics movie Batman Begins, the first of the three movies in Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, the other two are The Dark Knight (2008) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
- Mermaid Man mentions an event known as "the Big Splash" which formed the sea. This is a parody of the Big Bang. It is possible that the "Big Splash" that Mermaid Man was referring to is the event 4.4 billion years ago when a planet called Theia collided with Earth (which was then a lifeless rock), the collision resulted in much of Theia being absorbed into Earth, while a smaller chunk of Theia flew away from Earth and circled it and the Moon was formed, and because Theia possibly had water on it, it resulted in the Earth's oceans form, but it took 600 million years for the Earth and its oceans to cool down enough for the first living things to appear 3.8 billion years ago in the form of single-celled organisms.
- The radioactive ant biting Ernie's forehead mirrors Peter Parker (Spider-Man) getting bitten by a radioactive spider in the Spider-Man series.
- The name of the Vats of Acid "R" Us factory is a reference to the toy store Toys "R" Us.
- The bomb that explodes on Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy is a reference to how Bruce Banner became the Hulk.
Errors
- When Squidward's power goes out, his TV turns off, but his lights do not.
- Squidward's flooring appears smaller after his house is blown away.
- The narrator of the origin special mentions a solar eclipse, but it is actually a lunar eclipse, as the scene takes place at night.
- In the origin special, Ernie is bitten by a radioactive ant specimen in "the apartment directly above," but when he and Tim are flung back to their apartment, their window is shown to be on the top floor.
Videos
(HQ) SpongeBob - 'Mermaid Man Begins' & 'Plankton's Good Eye' Premiere Sep 24th
Nickelodeon Split Screen Credits (September 23, 2011)
SpongeBob SquarePants Mermaid Man Origin Story Nick
References
| Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (V • E) | |
|---|---|
| Episodes: | I • II • III • IV • V • VI: The Motion Picture • Night Light • Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob • The Card • Ditchin' • Shuffleboarding • Back to the Past • The Bad Guy Club for Villains • Mermaid Man Begins • Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go! • Patrick-Man! • Mermaid Pants • Man Ray Returns • Appointment TV • Swamp Mates • Dirty Bubble Returns |
| Characters: | Mermaid Man • Barnacle Boy • Dirty Bubble • Man Ray • Atomic Flounder • The Moth • Kelp Thing • Sinister Slug • Jumbo Shrimp • Clam Head Candy Cad • Every Villain Is Lemons • The Chief • The International Justice League of Super Acquaintances • The Quickster • Elastic Waistband • Captain Magma • Miss Appear • Prawn • Pyrite Panderer • Robot Mantis • Sneaky Hermit • Aquatic Adventurers • Lighthouse Lass • Green Harpoon • Flying Fish • Invisible Isopod • Edwardian Age Mermaid Man • Commanding Conch • Catfishstress • Hoodoo Guru |
| Locations: | Mermalair • Shady Shoals Rest Home • Motel Evil • Locker of Memories • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's time machine • Retirement Zone |
| Music tracks: | The Lineman • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Action Theme • Arizona Fanfare • Police Car • Caped Crusader • Life on the Wild Side • Proud to Be a Fish • Mermaid Man Sting • Ramblin' Man from Gramblin' |
| Video games: | Battle for Bikini Bottom • Lights, Camera, Pants! • The Yellow Avenger • Creature from the Krusty Krab |
| Home video: | Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy: Defenders of the Deep • The Adventures of SpongeBob SquarePants • Heroes of Bikini Bottom |
| Books: | The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in Goodness, Man Ray!• The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in What Were You Shrinking? • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in E.V.I.L vs. the I.J.L.S.A • The Adventures of Man Sponge and Boy Patrick in The Mega-Justice Collection |
| Other: | Invisible boatmobile • Man Ray's power glove • Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy • The Adventures of Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy Theme Song • Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy Lost Episode • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's time machine • The Tickle Belt • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Fan Club • Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy Trading Card No. 54 • Mermarang • The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy • Mermaid Man's belt • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Bran Flakes • Breakfast Bites • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Paddle Ball Set • The Real Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy Movie • Orb of Confusion • Conch Signal • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy action figures • He's Our Mermaid Man • Mermaid Man-a-Thon |
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