| “ | Dirty Bubble: Still getting burned on that tail pipe, huh, Barnacle Boy? [laughs wickedly] Barnacle Boy: It's the Dirty Bubble. Mermaid Man: In all his dirty roundness. |
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| ~ The Dirty Bubble in his first appearance and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's reaction. |
| “ | Oh, and make him eat dirt! ...In addition to the domination thing? | „ |
| ~ Dirty Bubble suggesting how Mermaid Man should suffer. |
| “ | Yummy Sponge! | „ |
| ~ Dirty Bubble after eating SpongeBob when Patrick throws SpongeBob at him. |
The Dirty Bubble is a supporting antagonist in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise and the second arch-nemesis of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy behind Man Ray. He also appears as the main antagonist of the video game SpongeBob SquarePants: The Yellow Avenger.
He was voiced by the late Charles Nelson Reilly, who also voiced Killer in All Dogs Go to Heaven, Hunch in Rock-A-Doodle, and King Llort in A Troll in Central Park, in his first appearance and in Lights, Camera, Pants!. Since the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V", he has been voiced by Tom Kenny, who also voices SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary and the narrator in the same series.
Biography[]
In '"The New Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy", The Dirty Bubble is the number one most arch-nemesis. His goals are to trap people inside of himself, especially Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
The Dirty Bubble first appears, albeit briefly, near the end of the Season 1 finale "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II", where he stumbles upon his two nemeses, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, before trapping them inside his body. SpongeBob sees this and rushes outside to meet him. He unintentionally defeats the Dirty Bubble by popping him with a pencil when he asked for an autograph, freeing Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy in the process.
During the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V", Dirty Bubble was part of a villainous alliance named E.V.I.L., along with Man Ray and Barnacle Man, an evil alter-ego of Barnacle Boy. He, Man Ray, and Barnacle Man had been repeatedly committing crimes together around Bikini Bottom. Later, they confronted Mermaid Man while they were teasing fish who were in Make-Out Reef. After Mermaid Man's acquaintances ended up defeating themselves, Mermaid Man had nothing left and fell on his back.
Knowing that Mermaid Man essentially surrendered, Barnacle Man boasted at him that he would have to give in to his demands. When Mermaid Man requested suggestions of what he needed to give in to, the Dirty Bubble suggested that he should eat dirt. After Barnacle Boy returned to the light side with Mermaid Man under his three special conditions, E.V.I.L. fell apart, leading to the eventual arrests of Man Ray and the Dirty Bubble.
In Patrick Man, He disguises as a old lady and when Patrick disguised as Patrick Man unmasked the old lady, she reveals to be the Dirty Bubble and anounces everyone in the Krusty Krab to taste his wrath. Patrick starts to throw many stuff to stop the Dirty Bubble, but throws SpongeBob and Dirty Bubble eats him and trap him inside of him, next Patrick uses his pit punch from armpits but that didn't work and when the Dirty Bubble was about to get Patrick, he ducks down and pops the Dirty Bubble and SpongeBob is free.
In "Dirty Bubble Returns", Dirty Bubble is taken to jail for six months after doing a huge crime spree in Bikini Bottom once again. He is turned into the Clean Bubble after his six months in jail and has a whole different personality. He was ordered to take a job at the Krusty Krab as a dishwasher, but was tempted by the grime. But luckily for him, SpongeBob was always there to keep him clean to avoid turning to his evil self. However he permanently turned back into the Dirty Bubble when he got hit by a piece of Patrick's belly button lint.
He once again does another crime spree in Bikini Bottom and absorbs all the dirt. However, SpongeBob absorbs him and the dirt he ate from the inside causing him to become a small bubble. The policewoman then traps the Dirty Bubble in a jar and he is taken to jail once again.
Appearance[]
The Dirty Bubble is a sentient (possibly mutated), translucent, brown, dirt-covered bubble, hence his name. He has a pair of beige-colored eyes surrounded by black rings and a large mouth with serrated lips. He can float and fly in the air. He also has the ability to trap his enemies inside of his body & his weakness is that his enemy can pop him.
Personality[]
The Dirty Bubble is a wicked villain who gets a thrill from tormenting others, mostly by covering them in his dirt and grime, polluting the ocean, and trapping them inside of himself. He has an unusual obsession for making people eat dirt and he can be rather irritating to his allies when detailing long and boring stories about good times he's had in the past. The Dirty Bubble is easily one of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's most powerful and threatening villains, comparative only to Man Ray and Atomic Flounder. As one of the villains of the unholy trinity of supervillains, Dirty Bubble will often work in cahoots with the other two, as a team of allied forces. When he does, he is more powerful, working with them as a group, as opposed to working alone.
Quotes[]
| “ | You cannot save them, Sponge of Mystery! They are trapped by my awesome surface tension! | „ |
| ~ Dirty Bubble speaking villainously to SpongeBob. |
| “ | Oh, this reminds me of a time I went to Cancun with The Killer Shrimp! They had these papaya drinks that were to die for! | „ |
| ~ Dirty Bubble rambling about his trip to Cancun. |
| “ | Hold on to your shirty, here comes the dirty! | „ |
| ~ Dirty Bubble challenging SpongeBob. |
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Trivia[]
- His debut episode was the last project to reunite Charles Nelson Reilly with Ernest Borgnine (Mermaid Man's voice actor) since All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series. Borgnine and Reilly voiced Carface Carruthers and Killer, respectively.
External links[]
- Dirty Bubble on the SpongeBob SquarePants Wiki
- Clean Bubble on the Heroes Wiki
