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Template:SpongeBob episode"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from Season 3. Template:Spoiler Brief summary: Although he is a man, Barnacle Boy is being treated too much like a boy. Tired of it, he becomes a villain. It's up to Mermaid Man to get him back to his old self, so he recruits SpongeBob, Squidward, Patrick, and Sandy to help him.

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Plot

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The New IJLSA

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are holding up the line at the Krusty Krab, trying to decide what to order. So SpongeBob suggests for them to try the Krabby Patty. Finally, Mermaid Man orders a Krabby Patty and a Pipsqueak Patty for Barnacle Boy. However, Barnacle Boy wants a full sized Krabby Patty but Mermaid Man says that Barnacle Boy will never finish it so he finally becomes tired of being treated like a kid and a sidekick, because he's almost as old as Mermaid Man. So, he changes his name to Barnacle Man, and turns over to a life of crime and joins Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble to form EVIL (Every Villain Is Lemons). In a secret lair, the Chief of the Superheroes appears on a screen and gives Mermaid Man, SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, and Squidward their mission: to bring Barnacle Boy back over to the side of justice. But soon they mess up, and Mermaid Man surrenders and prepares to obey every rule Barnacle Boy commands. The first command: to be treated as a superhero not a sidekick. The second command: to be referred to as Barnacle Man, and the last command: to get adult sized Krabby Patties. The other members of EVIL are disappointed by these demands. Barnacle Boy feels sorry for what he has done and goes back to the side of justice again. In a satire of hokey endings, the episode ends with everyone laughing, including the (live-action) Chief of the Superheroes.

Culture References

  • This episode parodies Justice League and the Super Friends.
  • IJLSA: "The International Justice League of Super-Acquaintances" is a parody of the Justice League. However, the Elastic Waistband is a parody of Mr. Fantastic and Plastic Man and Captain Magma is a parody of the Human Torch from the Fantastic 4. Miss Appear was also a parody of the Invisible Woman. Also, The Quickster is a parody of The Flash, an actual member of the Justice League.
  • Barnacle Boy/Man's quote, "I'm going over to the Dark Side", is a Star Wars reference.
  • When Barnacle Boy became Barnacle Man, his outfit had a cloak that resembled that of Darth Vader's.
  • Squidward's line "Krakatoa" was also the name of a Trampsteamer in the animated TV series TUGS.
  • Man Ray also resembles Darth Vader.
  • The name Man Ray comes from the late famous avant-garde photographer and artist.
  • The way the superheroes' costumes are stored could be one of the possible references on Batman.

Trivia/Goofs

  • E.V.I.L. stands for "Every Villian is Lemons". Note that "villain" is misspelled "villian".
  • When Barnacle Boy is telling Mermaid Man his demands, his hand has five fingers (Note that the only characters who have five fingers in the show are Man Ray and King Neptune), then after that scene his hand is back to four fingers.
  • The brassy uptempo music that plays throughout the fight scenes in this episode is from NFL Films, called The Ramblin' Man from Grambling and was conducted by Sam Spence back in the 1960s.
  • When the camera pans on SpongeBob's IJLSA lunch box, one can see that the background around the lunch box suggests that it is outside, when it is really in the Mermalair.
  • When Patrick says "Does this mean we're not getting pizza?" the captions say that Spongebob said that.
  • When Sandy is hit by a car and is pushed off the cliff, you can easily see that there is no driver in the car.
  • If you look closely when Mr. Krabs says "No world means no money!", his right arm is disconnected from his sleeve.
  • This episode features an unusual live-action appearance by comedy writer Martin Olson as Chief of the Superheroes. Olson wrote with Spongebob creator Hillenberg on Rocko's Modern Life, and also sang "You're Old" in the episode Mid-Life Crustacean.
  • Even though Miss Appear rhymes with disappear, the name implies that instead of being able to become invisible, she will only become even more visible.
  • It is revealed that Barnacle Boy's real name is Kyle as Mermaid Man called him that, though this is likely a result of Mermaid Man's senility.
  • The Dirty Bubble and Man Ray's license plate on their car reads "MEAN-2-U".
  • Barnacle Boy's age is revealed to be 68 years old.
  • This episode was also referred to as "Super Friends" by Patchy the Pirate during The Best Day Ever
  • It also revealed that Squidward used to have a girlfriend.
  • In this episode, Man Ray is still wearing the tickle belt that got put on him in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III
  • At the end end of the presentation of the new Super-Aquaitances, the fish narrator can be heard saying after the name of the full name of the Leauge, "A subsidary of VIACOM". Viacom is the parent group of Nick and Paramount Pictures.
  • In an later episode (best frenemies to be exact)Mr Krabs is ruined by the kelp shakes.He says near the end of that episode i' could of been selling these myself' when in this one near the beginning,When Mermaid man cant make his mind up,it says kelpshake on the price list.
  • The price list always changes.In the movie,its a list,in this it says sizes too.
  • When mermaidman eats the ice-cream and it blows a hole in his stomach,the hole is filled straight away.
  • His belt changes colour,in the 2nd mermaidman I the belt was purple,in this its yellow.
  • For some reason, The Quickster's boots have the same squeak as Spongebob's shoes.
  • Also, the new Quickster shows having five fingers in his hand in the very first scene with him, when SpongeBob and most of the rest of the characters are supposed to have four fingers.

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