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Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI - The Motion Picture

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Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI - The Motion Picture

AIRED: 10/7/05

The adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are being told in a thrilling new motion picture. But as SpongeBob and Patrick soon learn, their heroes are not in the movie. The real Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy were considered too old, so their filmic counterparts will be two young actors that are nothing like the heroes. SpongeBob is outraged, and he sets out to make his own version of the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy movie using the real guys fresh from their retirement home.moreless

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Loved this episode!

8.5

By PIGGYDOOM, Jan 11, 2013

Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI - The Motion Picture: I laughed super hard in this episode! I laughed the hardest whenever Sandy would say "DID SOMEBODY SAY BOOM!?!?" And then Sandy would explode! Pearl playing as the invisible boat mobile and making the fart noise to show the engine is running was a little immature though. And Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy could have just used their normal invisible boat mobile instead though. I didn't like it when they said Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are too old for acting! Just because your at an old age like Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy doesn't mean you need to stop your acting career. They quit being Super Heroes, even though there's evil afoot *Mermaid Man shouts evil and gets freaked out*. I was also immature when Spongebob was eating the worms. But all that I can let slide. I still laughed hard, also when Patrick left the cap on the camera the whole time! Overall a wonderful episode! Overall Grade: (8.5/10) Amoreless
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7.5

By GreystrikeX3, Dec 28, 2012

DID SOMEBODY SAY BOOM?
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SpongeBob and Patrck make a movie about MM and BB

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By fsaenz0125, Jul 04, 2012

This is most likely my third least favorite Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episode. It was just good, but the storyline didn't really caught my attention. It was kinda great to see the nerd from No Weenies Allowed again even if he has a different voice. I liked most of the plot line's part such as Squidward as a makeup artist, Pearl as a boat, Mermaid Man making a great plot for the movie, and the movie itself. I didn't liked a couple things here besides the lack of humor. The episode in general didn't make me laugh that much but it is just decent to watch. Score 7/10moreless
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perfect

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By jmbsonic555, Nov 03, 2011

SpongeBob and Patrick are at the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy fan club. The president of the fan club announces that Trippy Brothers Studios are making the first ever Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy movie. But their filmic counterparts will be two young actors and that The real Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy were considered too old. SpongeBob, outraged by the fact that their superheroes are too old, goes to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's retirement home and tells them about the movie. Then, Mermaidman tells about his dream of being on the big screen. This inspired SpongeBob to make his own version of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy movie with the help of Squidward, Mr. Krabs, Patrick, Pearl, Sandy and Plankton.

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awsome

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By fenway98, Jun 08, 2011

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy six the motion picture was awesome. it was probably the best episode of season four.I liked Mermaidman's enemy the Kelp thing. he was cool. I also liked the animation. I liked it when mr. Krabs wanted a Krabby patty to be in the movie. It was funny how Plankton wanted to play Man ray. I loved Sandy as the Boom operator. Everytime somebody said boom, she blew up Mermaidman and barnacle boy. I also liked how Peral played the invisible boat mobile. Spongebob was gross when he ate the worms. spon gebob,s movie turned out funny but horrible.moreless
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Bill Fagerbakke	Patrick Star
Carolyn Lawrence	Sandy Cheeks
Clancy Brown	Mr. Eugene H. Krabs
Lori Alan	Pearl Krabs
Mary Jo Catlett	Mrs. Puff/Mrs. SquarePants
Rodger Bumpass	Squidward Tentacles

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Tim Conway	Barnacle Boy	Guest Star
Ernest Borgnine	Mermaid Man	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (10)
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- When Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy are playing Bingo, the caller says "A29". But "A" isn't a letter on the Bingo board.
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- Towards the end of the episode, SpongeBob asks Patrick about the lens cap to which he says it was on the whole time they were filming, but if you watch throughout the episode the cap is off the camera and off when Pearl crashes into it.
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- The Patty Vault from "Just One Bite" appears in the final film.
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- The camera lens is on after the crash, and they find out it was there the whole time, but as Patrick is filming, it's off.
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- When Plankton is acting as the "boom operator", he drops the microphone into Mermaid Man's mouth and tries to pull it out. Unfortunately he couldn't because his feet are no longer on the ground and he has no leverage at that height.
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- When the film is viewed at the premier, Mermaid Man's stunt double looks nothing like him. It's clearly just Sandy battling in his place.
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- This is the only episode were SpongeBob says "Shady Shoals".
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- In "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy 5," Barnacle Boy demanded to be called Barnacle Man and at the end of that episode, Mermaid Man called him Barnacle Man like he wanted, but in this episode, everyone goes back to calling him Barnacle Boy.
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- SpongeBob seemed to be a grayish shade of yellow during this episode.
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- Before Sandy bombs Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, they are always standing. But when Sandy actually does bomb them, they are sitting down.
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QUOTES (5)
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- Bingo Caller: B-47.
  Mermaid Man: Byncko!
  Barnacle Boy: It's bingo.
  Mermaid Man: Get your hands off me, woman!
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- Mermaid Man: If there's one thing I remember, it's how to forget!
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- SpongeBob: (nervous) Patrick, what is that?
  Patrick: Oh, it's a camera.
  SpongeBob: No Patrick, this.
  Patrick: Oh, that's a lens cap.
  SpongeBob: Did you just put that on?!
  Patrick: Well, I didn't want to lose it, so I put it there right before we started filming.
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- (Plankton holds microphone up to Mermaid Man; microphone goes into his mouth muffling his words)
  Plankton: Give it back!! (pulls on microphone)
  Barnacle Boy: I knew this was a bad idea.
  SpongeBob: CUT! Plankton, next time can you keep the boom out of the shot? Other than that you're doing a super job.
  Plankton: This is humiliating.
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- SpongeBob: Here you go, Plankton. You can be the boom operator.
  Plankton: Huh? But I thought Sandy was the boom operator.
  Sandy: Did somebody say BOOM?! (Pushes down the TNT box; Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy blow up in the background)
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- Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway are billed as Special Guest Stars.
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- "Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy VI - The Motion Picture" is number 14 on Tom Kenny's Top 20 on iTunes.
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- As of this episode, the next "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" episode won't be for a while.
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- This is the first time that SpongeBob and Patrick make a movie of their own.
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- It is said that there will be a Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy 7 in the late season 6 or early season 7.
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- Gary doesn't appear in this episode.
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- First appearance of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy in season 4.
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- Script: Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy go to an underground city and gets his face shrunk by Kelp Thing's Face Minmizer after drinking Cheese Coffee. End of script until Patrick comes up with an idea that doesn't involve the word cheese.
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- There will probably be one or two more Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episodes before the series ends.
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- The first Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episode of Season 4.
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- The jobs that everyone had in the movie were:
  
  Spongebob= Director
  Patrick= Camera Man
  Sandy= Stunt Double and handles explosives
  Mr. Krabs= Cooks food for the cast
  Pearl= Leading Lady or rather Mermaid Man's Boat Mobile
  Plankton= Boom Operator
  Squidward= Make-Up Artist
  Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy= Actors
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- This episode is the first Season 4 appearance of Mermaidman and Barnacleboy.
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- The song "Ramblin' man from Gramblin", which is on the Madden NFL 2006 soundtrack, appears in this episode when Pearl is "driving" up the hill.
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- This episode is included in the DVD called "Lost In Time"
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- There's a scene where the boom mike gets stuck in Mermaid-Man's mouth. John K. was asked to cut a similar joke from a Ren and Stimpy episode back in 1993 because it was too suggestive.
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- The nerd from "No Weenies Allowed" has a different voice in this episode.
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- Plankton probably meets Sandy for the first time
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- Scooter and Frank (secondary fish characters) helped with the movie, but were never introduced to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
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- This is the first "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" episode to have a name (besides a number and "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy").
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- The nerd from "No Weenies Allowed" makes his second appearance.
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- Running Gag: Sandy blowing dynomite when ever she hears the word "boom," even if she's not supposed to.
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ALLUSIONS (4)
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- Fort Knox
  The fort that was in the Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy film at the end, which was called Fort Lox, is a parody of Fort Knox, a vault which stores a large portion of the United States Gold.
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- Lights, Camera, Pants!
  This episode is similar to the SpongeBob game, Lights, Camera, and Pants!, where SpongeBob and the gang audition to star in a new Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episode.
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- Sandy: Did somebody say BOOM?!
  This is a common gag from The Muppet Show.
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- Studio: Trippy Bros. Studios.
  Trippy Bros. Studios is a spoof of Warner Bros. Studios.
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