Respect Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy! (Spongebob Squarepants)

Evil!

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy were once the greatest superheroes the world has ever known. Unfortunately, the ravages of time have taken their toll, and the former legends are now senile old men. It is not until a young sponge convinces them to put on the cowl once again that they come out of retirement; now, they continue to fight evil in all its forms, despite their advanced age.

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###Feats

The powers of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy come from two magic rings, which must be pressed together while an oath is recited - “Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, unite!”

###Powers

• Barnacle Boy possesses laser vision, but it’s not as good as it used to be.

• Barnacle Boy also possesses the power to spit barnacles as projectiles

• Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy can create balls of water in their hands.

• The Raging Whirlpool, where they doggie-paddle hard enough to create a whirlpool. They can also do this with a school of fish. These are powerful enough to break down wooden doors

• They can summon and command sea creatures

• They can fly

• Mermaid Man’s magic sea star allows him to breathe underwater indefinitely. Barnacle Boy, meanwhile, can breathe underwater due to the barnacles in his lungs.

###Gear

They are also aided by a variety of nifty gadgets, such as:

• The primary mode of transportation of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy,the Invisible Boatmobile; as its name suggests, it is invisible. Sometimes this leads to them forgetting where they parked it. Fortunately, they have the Invisible Boat-Alarm

• The Orb of Confusion, which causes… confusion.

• The Tickle Belt, which when applied to a villain can cause them to giggle uncontrollably with the press of a button.

• Mermaid Man’s personal belt, which can shrink objects. In fact, it can do a whole bunch of things.

• The original costumes of the Justice League of Super Acquaintances, which bestow powers upon the user: The Quickster’s costume, which bestows unnatural speed upon the user; Captain Magma’s costume, which can spew magma from its headpiece; Miss Appear’s costume, which turns the wearer invisible; and The Elastic Waistband’s costume, which allows the wearer to stretch and contort their body in incredible ways.

• Mermaid Man’s Mermarang

• They own a time machine.

• Mermaid Man’s clam-covers function as a shell phone

• Barnacle Boy’s Tentacle Zapper

• They possess a whole wall full of miscellaneous gadgetry, including a laser-firing glove and wrist lasers

###Young Feats

• Mermaid Man destroys a robot’s head in one punch

• Together, they lift a large barrel of tartar sauce

###Old Feats

Strength

• Mermaid Man knocks down a door

• Mermaid Man knocks away two fish as big as he is

• Mermaid Man, while mind-controlled, performs the Spine Blaster on Spongebob

• Together, while shrunk, they knock Spongebob’s eyes out of his head

• Together, while under mind-control, they break down a wall

Agility

• Mermaid Man performs a dynamic entry into the Krusty Krab

• Together, they can skillfully perform a mean lean

• Together, they jump from the top of a building to the street

Durability

• Mermaid Man survives eating a bomb

• Mermaid Man has several objects fall on his head

• Barnacle Boy gets slammed into the ground

• Barnacle Boy gets roasted by a jet of flame

• Barnacle Boy gets blasted by a villain’s atomic breath

• Together, they fall at such high speeds that their rears catch fire

• Together, they get launched through a wall and a metal door

• Together, they get folded into origami

• Together, they have explosives detonated underneath them

Other

• This is just a general thing, but since Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are human, and the series takes place underwater, so it’s fair to say that they can ignore the pressure of the deep sea.