Flatts - Recurring Characters

Recurring Characters

• Mrs. Puff (Mary Jo Catlett) - A pufferfish with blonde hair, who is the owner and teacher of a boating school (analogous to driving school, as the "boats" are underwater equivalents to cars). Her first appearance with in the episode "Boating School", which first aired on August 7, 1999. She dreads instructing SpongeBob due to his inability to drive without crashing. In the episode "Krusty Love", it is revealed that her husband is dead. Also shown in the episode "Krusty Love", Mrs. Puff once dated Mr. Krabs. It is revealed in the episode "No Free Rides" that Mrs. Puff is not her real name. In the episode "Demolition Doofus", it is revealed that Mrs. Puff is allergic to flowers.
• Pearl Krabs (Lori Alan) is Mr. Krabs' 16-year-old (as of the episode "Whale of a Birthday") sperm whale daughter. The series has yet to explain their disparity in species, although in the book SpongeBob's Trivia Book, Mr. Krabs explains that Pearl takes after her mother, meaning her mother was apparently also a whale. Her mother is never seen nor addressed in the series (Krabs is portrayed in the series as being a single man). Pearl is frequently embarrassed by her father's cheap attitude, and often forces him to try and change his habits.
• Karen (Jill Talley) is Plankton's nagging computer "WIFE" (as in an acronym for "Wired Integrated Female Electroencephalograph"). She apparently has a mind of her own, to the point of making fun of Plankton. Karen usually helps Plankton in his schemes to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula although on occasions Plankton rejects her ideas and then takes them as if they were his own. It is revealed in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie that she never agreed to marry Plankton. Karen also made a cameo in an episode of The Fairly OddParents called "Love Triangle". She is the monitor at the hospital after Poof catches a disease.
• Mermaid Man (Old: Ernest Borgnine (1999-2012) and Joe Whyte (2012–present), Young: Adam West) and Barnacle Boy (Old: Tim Conway, Young: Burt Ward) are two elderly and partially senile superheroes who live in a retirement home, whom SpongeBob and Patrick watch on television. Mermaid Man is the older of the two and is the leader, while Barnacle Boy is his sidekick. Mermaid Man might be a reference to Poseidon, having what looks like Poseidon's trident. It is most likely that they are parodies of Aquaman and Aqualad, although the fact that their young versions are voiced by Adam West and Burt Ward, as well as the iconic use of onomatopoeic words, hints that they parody Batman and Robin. Mermaid Man is known for completely forgetting things, yelling "EVILLLLL!" whenever he hears the word, and Barnacle Boy seems to be the smarter of the two. It is implied in an episode that they are brothers. The male counterpart to a mermaid is a merman; Borgnine was briefly married to Ethel Merman. It was revealed in the episode entitled "Mermaidman Begins" of the 8th season, that Mermaid Man's name was Ernie. It is unknown if it is just his nickname or his real first name. Also in this episode says that Barnacle Boy's real name is Tim. But another episode said his real name was Kyle. Borgnine and Conway had previously appeared together on the 1960s TV series McHale's Navy. Borgnine died on July 8, 2012 and since late 2012, Mermaid Man has been voiced by Joe Whyte, who voiced Mr. Krabs in some video games.
• Larry the Lobster (Mr. Lawrence) is a lobster lifeguard of the Goo Lagoon. Larry is a bodybuilder and workout fanatic. He was considered a lifeguard on "SpongeGuard on Duty", but in other episodes, he is not and simply just hangs out at the beach. Despite his large and muscular physique, he is sometimes shown to be somewhat of a coward. He once overdosed on tanning pills. He also drives an SUV in one episode.
• Scooter (Carlos Alazraqui/Clancy Brown) - A parrotfish who enjoys surfing. He allegedly died and became an angel in the second-season episode "Bubble Buddy", except he also returned in future episodes. Scooter talks like a stereotypical surfer dude, but after Season 3 he had different voices in each episode he appeared in. He is mainly seen at Goo Lagoon.
• Nat (Billy West) - A male yellow fish that is a common background character on the show. His last name is revealed in "Missing Identity" and his first name was revealed in "Plankton's Regular". He first appeared on the fifth episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, "Ripped Pants", as a cameo. He appears in many episodes, especially the newer ones. His biggest role is in "Plankton's Regular".
• The Flying Dutchman (Brian Doyle-Murray) is an irascible pirate ghost named after a ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman. He lives underwater in a giant ship, and collects souls. He has supernatural powers, such was intangibility, levitation, teleportation, energy projection, shapeshifting, interdimensional travel, matter transmutation, and wish granting. He is known for having numerous awards in tying loops but however does not know how to tie shoelaces as revealed in "Loop De Loop" and hangs a sock on his ghostly tail. It is revealed in "Shanghaied" that he cannot eat without his sock.
• Sadie Rechid (Carolyn Lawrence) An orange fish who is married to Fred. She has four children and two sisters named Nazz and Patty.
• Patchy the Pirate (Tom Kenny) is a live-action character who is a pirate and the president of the SpongeBob fan club. He lives in the city of Encino, California. He is normally present in specials (one-off double length episodes), often in a dual narrative with the animated Spongebob, although sometimes he merely introduces the episode. He made a special guest star appearance on Big Time Rush in the episode "Big Time Beach Party" with Carlos Pena, Jr. and Logan Henderson. Patchy has a next-door neighbor named Mrs. Johnson who offers him cookies and has an electric rocket propelled wheelchair. Patchy works at a fast-food restaurant called The Poop Deck. His boss' name is Mr. Pirateson.
• Potty the Parrot (Stephen Hillenburg and Paul Tibbitt) is the Patchy the Pirate's "annoying" pet parrot. Potty is a crudely made puppet with very obvious strings. He is very obnoxious, and normally annoys and talks back to Patchy.
• Elaine (Mr. Lawrence) is a live-action announcer and news anchorfish, resembling a cut-out of a bass fish. Elaine appears in numerous episodes, including the beginning intro of the show. His name is revealed to be Elaine in "The Great Patty Caper", though he is known as Johnny in Battle for Bikini Bottom. In the chapter books Elaine looked more like Perch Perkins.
• Harold SquarePants (Tom Kenny) and Margret Bubblebottom SquarePants (Sirena Irwin) are SpongeBob's parents, who more resemble sea sponges rather than SpongeBob's shape as a kitchen sponge.
• Squilliam Fancyson (Dee Bradley Baker) is Squidward Tentacles's wealthy arch-rival who has been able to succeed in everything Squidward has only dreamed of doing. He and Squidward compete in the series on many occasions and Squidward normally does not win their competition(s), although there are some episodes where Squidward is triumphant. Though sometimes mistaken as a relative of Squidward due to their similarities, they were band classmates in high school and not related.
• Mrs. Krabs (Paul Tibbitt/Sirena Irwin) is Eugene's overbearing mother first appearing in "Sailor Mouth". Plankton has a small crush on her in "Enemy in Law". but it is later revealed he is only dating her for the Krabby Patty formula. She is also shown to be quite poor while raising her son through his childhood, as shown the episode "Friend or Foe?".
• Man Ray (John Rhys-Davies & Guy Siner/Bob Joles) and the Dirty Bubble (Charles Nelson Reilly/Tom Kenny) are villains against Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Man Ray (not the famous photographer of the same name) has a man's body with a ray shaped mask and helmet, while the Dirty Bubble is portrayed as a literal giant bubble with a face. Man Ray is based on Black Manta, Aquaman's archenemy. Charles Nelson Reilly was the primary voice actor for the Dirty Bubble, but Tom Kenny has portrayed the character in one episode after Reilly's death in 2007.
• Perch Perkins (Dee Bradley Baker) is a news reporter. He first appeared in "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie" as an announcer for the Krusty Krab 2. He appears as a minor character in the series afterwards having his purple color from the movie changed to orange.
• Dr. Forrest (Rodger Bumpass) is Bikini Bottom's doctor, often seen in the hospital. His name is revealed in "Slide Whistle Stooges" and "Shuffleboarding". He is mostly purple, and has occasional appearances throughout the series, but in the episode "Once Bitten", there is a similar looking doctor that looks like Dr. Forrest, except he is orange and goes by the name Dr. Gill Gilliam though they could be brothers or close relatives.
• Officers Nancy and John (Grey DeLisle & Dee Bradley Baker) – Officer Nancy (a purple female cop fish with blonde hair) and her partner John (an orange fish) are the two most commonly seen cops in Bikini Bottom, most prominently in Season 3. The two officers, especially Officer Nancy, are seen less in recent episodes, but their latest appearance was in "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation" where thanks to Mr. Krabs two bank robbers crash through the roof of their police car and land in their backseat without them having to do anything.
• Nancy Suzy Fish (Sirena Irwin/Grey DeLisle) is an often seen, but infrequently heard, yellow dress-wearing, white-haired fish with gray skin. Her name was revealed in "MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy V".
• Old Man Jenkins (Doug Lawrence, Tom Kenny, and Dee Bradley Baker) - An elderly fish who used to live in the Rusty Krab rest home before it became the Krusty Krab restaurant, and currently resides at Shady Shoals Retirement Home along with Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. His appearance changes in almost every episode he appears. His most memorable appearance is in "The Sponge Who Could Fly" as the antagonist when he becomes Sailor Jenkins and Cannonball Jenkins after giving up farming. He is friends with Mama Krabs as seen in "Sailor Mouth" and his first major appearance, "Friend or Foe?".
• Fred (Doug Lawrence/Jim Cummings), better known as the guy who shouts "MY LEG!", is a brown fish who was the first of the regular generic character models to appear in the series. He first appears in "Reef Blower" but the famous quote does not come until "Boating School". Fred is most often seen at the Krusty Krab, such as in "Arrgh!", when he screams "MY LEG!" after Mr. Krabs throws him out of the Krusty Krab, and in "Jellyfish Hunter", when he sings about a jelly sandwich he eats. Fred's name is revealed in "Patty Hype". One of Fred's famous lines is "Rev-up those friers, 'cause I am sure hungry for one-" He is then interrupted by Mr. Krabs who says "Can't you see we're closed?!" In which Fred responds with the famous "MY LEG" line.
• Tom (Doug Lawrence/Dee Bradley Baker/Carlos Alazraqui) – Tom is a green fish who wears a purple shirt. He is always seen walking around Bikini Bottom. His most memorable appearance is in "Chocolate with Nuts" when he chases SpongeBob and Patrick all over town screaming crazily, "CHOCOLAAAATTTE!". Finally he catches up with them, but it turns out that he just wanted to buy all of their chocolate. Episodes such as "Pizza Delivery" and "Fools in April" show that he has a habit to obsess over his drinks, often to a violent extent.
• Tina Fran (Candi Milo) is a pretty light red fish who wears a blue dress and skirt. She is one of Pearl Krabs's friends seen in "Squeaky Boots". Her name is revealed in "Hall Monitor", where she attended Mrs. Puff's Boating School.
• Mary (Sirena Irwin) – Mary (or "Lazy Mary" as she's called by her mother) is an eldery fish who lives in Bikini Bottom with her even more elderly, grumpy mother. She is very annoyed about having to take care of her mother who is very mean to her. Her most memorable appearance was in "Chocolate with Nuts" when Spongebob and Patrick tricked her mom into buying some so she could rub it on her skin and make her "live forever."
• Charlie (Dee Bradley Baker) is a fish often as a background character in the show. His name was revealed in while he was in a TV commercial with Mr. Magic endorsing a product called "Mr. Magic's Magical Magic Kit".
• Frankie Billy (Kevin Michael Richardson) is a brown fish seen about everywhere in Bikini Bottom. His name was revealed in Professor Squidward when Squidward tells how he likes it putting his name on the board. His latest appearance was in the episode Demolition Doofus when Mrs. Puff was standing right next to him. He talks in many voices. His first appearance was in Life of Crime.
• Harold "Bill" Reginald (Jeff Bennett) is a blue reef shark with spiky teeth and a red speedo. His name was revealed in both Have You Seen This Snail? and in the Fiery-Fist o' Pain when Tina Fran was saying his name. His first appearance was in Ripped Pants.