| “ | Savory light. Come to me. | „ |
| ~ The Moth |
The Moth is a recurring antagonist from the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. He is one of the enemies of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. As his name would suggest, he is a miniature moth person, who is attracted to light. His main crimes are stealing lamps, light bulbs, and other light-up or glowing objects. He made his first appearance in the episode, "Night Light" as the main antagonist.
He was voiced by Mark Hamill, who also voiced the Joker, Ferris Boyle, Tony Zucco, and Solomon Grundy in the DC Animated Universe, Chucky in the 2019 reboot of Child's Play, Alvin the Treacherous in the How to Train Your Dragon series, Vuli in Elena of Avalor, Dictatious Maximus Galadrigal in Tales of Arcadia, The Trickster in the TV series The Flash (as well as the character's 1990s incarnation), John Curtis in Criminal Minds, Kavaxas in Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Ozai in Avatar, Cock Knocker in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, the Green Goblin in Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Niju in Balto II: Wolf Quest, Stickybeard in Codename: Kids Next Door, Agent Goodman in Recess!: School's Out, Adrian Ripburger in Full Throttle, Undergrowth in Danny Phantom, Popsicles in the 2016 reboot of The Powerpuff Girls, ShiverJack in Jake and the Never-Land Pirates, Py-Ro in Crash Bandicoot, Skeletor in Masters of the Universe, Flint in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, the Skeleton King in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyper Force Go!, Maximus in the Fantastic Four animated series, and Darth Bane in Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
Appearance[]
The Moth is muscular, light brown body, light green head, dark orange beard, light blue hands, huge pale yellow wings and red eyes. He wears a light blue speedo.
The Moth is a small, miniature aquatic insect that wears typical superhero costumes but is an evil insect.
Biography[]
In "Night Light", The Moth arrives at SpongeBob and Patrick's houses, when he spotted a bunch of blindingly bright lights emitting from them. The Moth flew into SpongeBob's house and Mermaid Man got ready to have a long-overdue battle with him. As Mermaid Man described, The Moth was his mortal enemy, who he had spent the past fifty-seven years of his life, searching for. Their battle was underwhelmingly short and unfulfilling as all that happened was Mermaid Man swing his fists around aimlessly, while The Moth just floated there, doing nothing without getting hit. Eventually, The Moth just kicked Mermaid Man in the nose and flew away. Mermaid Man tried to chase after him, but he was too tired and collapsed on Patrick’s rock, falling asleep, allowing for The Moth to getaway.
The Moth flew up to the top of the lighthouse and prepared to embrace the beautiful light inside of it. SpongeBob ran up the lighthouse, grabbed The Moth, threw him into the lantern room, and locked him in there. The Moth flew around like mad in there and kept crashing into the glass walls, desperately trying to escape, but sadly failing.
SpongeBob proudly told Mermaid Man that he captured The Moth and that he wasn't going anywhere. However, The Moth was able to lift the lighthouse up off the ground, using his super strength to push up on the ceiling and fly away with it. The Moth laughed and told Mermaid Man that he'd be seeing him again in another 57 years, as he flew off into the night, stealing all of the lights, including SpongeBob’s house, and leaving Mermaid Man defeated.
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Trivia[]
- The Moth is a parody on other moth-themed supervillains such as Mothman and Killer Moth.
