| “ | SpongeBob: I SAW IT! It was big! It was all wiggly! And it ate everything!! Patrick: That's horrible! SpongeBob: IT WAS AN ALASKAN BULL WORM! |
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| ~ SpongeBob talking about the Alaskan Bull Worm. |
| “ | SpongeBob: That's not the worm. Sandy: Pardon? SpongeBob: That's not the worm. That's his tongue. (camera zooms out to show that the opening of the cave is actually the worm's open mouth; his eyes blink with a squishy sound) Sandy: Ohhhh, this is the tongue. And the whole thing is the... worm. RUN FOR YOUR LIIIIIIIIIFFFFFFEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| ~ Sandy when the worm chomps down, roars angrily, and chases after them |
| “ | Sandy, I saw it! IT'S BIG, SCARY, AND PINK! | „ |
| ~ SpongeBob describing the Alaskan Bull Worm to Sandy. |
| “ | Ouuuch. | „ |
| ~ The Alaskan Bull Worm after falling and crashing on Bikini Bottom. |
The Alaskan Bull Worms are minor antagonists in the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. They are giant predatory worms feared by Bikini Bottom.
Their vocal sound effects were provided by Dee Bradley Baker, while its voice was provided by Rodger Bumpass.
Biography[]
Background[]
According to SpongeBob, these giant predators came from Alaska where one of them wandered to Bikini Bottom and indiscriminately ate anything on sight, though it only devoured inanimate objects (with the exception of an unfortunate fish's rear end) before Sandy and SpongeBob were able to defeat it. SpongeBob is one of the few who witnessed its rampage after it nearly ate his entire pineapple home.
SpongeBob SquarePants[]
At the Krusty Krab where the people are discussing about the worm's rampages, SpongeBob gives a description of the worm, saying it is "big, scary and pink", Sandy offers to fight the worm, and SpongeBob desperately tries to stop and tell her it is far too big to even for her, even though she refuses numerous times (ironically, SpongeBob himself provided no solution in dealing the worm in a better way). SpongeBob and Sandy are later chased by the worm in the episode until they trick it into plummeting from a cliff. The worm then crushed Bikini Bottom that was pushed somewhere else under Patrick's request, moaning "Ouch!" upon landing.
Another Alaskan Bull Worm later made a cameo in "My Leg!", where SpongeBob is trying to help Fred hurt his leg to get him in the hospital to reunite with a nurse with whom he is in love with. The worm appears when SpongeBob pours salt on Fred's leg and rings a bell to summon the worm hoping the worm would eat Fred's leg, but the worm just licks the salt off, much to their disgust.
Another Alaskan Bull Worm also makes a appearance in "A Place for Pets", this one is a pet owned by Sandy (which is possibly a juvenile member of the species due to being able to fit into the Krusty Krab), it was shown with a saddle and cowboy hat, after exiting the Krusty Krab, a few vehicles crashes into it's tail, causing the worm to vomit.
Other Media[]
Alaskan Bull Worms have appeared in at least two video games. One of them is the Gameboy Advance (but not console) version of SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, where a worm is a boss that attacks while SpongeBob and Sandy were learning karate in the worm's cave.
The other video game is Creature from the Krusty Krab, where it swallows SpongeBob at the beginning of the level "Alaskan Belly Trouble". The rest of the level involves SpongeBob trying to escape the worm. It is revealed, at least in the dream, that there are nice fish but also horrible creatures living in the worm, one of the temporary visitors being Old Man Jenkins. The first area involves SpongeBob saving the inhabitants of the village/castaways, as repayment the mayor gives him his wife, an ironing board, as a plane part. The second area is where an inventor works, SpongeBob has the get Three Jellyfish Power Cells back to help the inventor make tea. The last area is near the "rear" of the worm, a can of chili that was causing high juice levels resulting in a potential upset stomach. Once all these are done, SpongeBob and Old Man Jenkins escape on a plane, breaking the worm's teeth in the process. At the epilogue of the game, after Gary wakes up, the worm bursts into SpongeBob's house, swallowing him again, as a jump scare.
Appearance[]
The Alaskan Bull Worms are huge light pink beasts with an appearance similar to other anthropomorphic worms in the franchise, except with an enormous size that dwarves the main cast. The exact size of the creature seemed to be inconsistent (unless it grew larger when chasing SpongeBob and Sandy): At first, it was huge enough that its mouth can be mistaken for a large cave, and the worm's tongue for the worm itself, but when it fell onto the newly moved Bikini Bottom, it has grown three to four times its previous size. Alaskan Bull Worms also possesses a pair of eyes with surprisingly good vision to perceive its surroundings on the surface, which it closes when it travels underground.
Personality[]
Alaskan Bull Worms are wild, ferocious, man-eating, and carnivorous creatures, being always on the hunt for food, until it is full where it would rest and would soon be hungry again. Indiscriminate eaters, their diet includes, but is not limited to; fishes, lamp posts, concrete walls, cars, and various other inanimate objects.
However, Alaskan Bull Worms are extremely deadly and belligerent in their own right due to their intelligence and size, though not shown in the episode itself, it is implied that the worm entered Sandy's dome without causing it to be flooded before eating her tail and leaving. They also seem to have a love of salt and like its taste as shown in "My Leg!".
These worms are at least intelligent enough to be capable of speech despite their wild and seemingly mindless nature, as the one SpongeBob and Sandy confronted said "ouch" at the end of the episode, though it is unknown if it could say other words.
As shown in "A Place for Pets", Sandy was shown to have one of the worms as a pet, which can possibly mean that Alaskan Bull Worms are capable of domestication.
Powers and Abilities[]
When traveling underground, Alaskan Bull Worms switch from their sight to their acute sense of hearing (and possibly seismic vibrations) for sensing prey on the surface.
The worm's saliva is implied to be an anesthetic substance as seen when it bites an unfortunate fish's rear end and Sandy's tail, neither of them felt any pain.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The Alaskan Bull Worm is based on the mythological creature known as the Bloop, alongside being a homage to the Graboids from the Tremors series.
