Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV (Episode)

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Mermaidman and Barnacleboy IV
Episode No.:	45a
Airdate:	21.1.2002
Season:	Season 3
Previous Episode:	Idiot Box
Next Episode:	Doing Time

"Mermaidman and Barnacleboy IV" is an episode from Season 3

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Plot

One day Mermaidman and Barnacleboy decide to eat at the Krusty Krab. Mermaidman does not have any money to pay for the food they order. Barnacleboy asked Squidward for any discount and Squidward got mad at him. Barnacleboy then paid the money they owe for the food. Squidward got angry and said: Mermaidman and Barnacleboy in a negative way. SpongeBob overheard Squidward and tried to find a pen and a paper to get their autograph. Meanwhile Mermaidman demonstrates Barnacleboy how to be big and strong. He removes his belt and his huge stomach was revealed. SpongeBob then ran towards Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy. They saw SpongeBob coming and Mermaidman and Barnacleboy left. Mermaidman forgot his belt and SpongeBob tries to return it. Mermaidman and Barnacleboy try to find the invisible boat mobile and went home. SpongeBob unfortunately did not return the belt and he decided to wear it. SpongeBob went back to the kitchen and wonders what does the M button do.

An insect eating a Krabby Patty

SpongeBob pushed the button and the pickles shrunken. SpongeBob had an idea and shrunk the whole kitchen. Squidward then saw the kitchen shrunk and spots the belt. He then ask SpongeBob what is that and Squidward found out it was Mermaidman's belt. Squidward then quotes: I can't believe he lend it to you. SpongeBob said he could not believe it either. Squidward then accuses SpongeBob of stealing the belt. Squidward tells SpongeBob he will call Mermaidman about the belt. SpongeBob was scared and does not want him to find out. SpongeBob shrunk Squidward. Squidward was then very angry and told SpongeBob to unshrink him. SpongeBob unfortunately cannot unshrink him. SpongeBob then asked Patrick for help. Patrick answered SpongeBob and said the belt is set to M for mini while it should be set to W for "wumbo". SpongeBob says wumbo is not a real word. Patrick then said wumbo is first grade and said more stuff about wumbo like wumbology (study of wumbo). SpongeBob then set it into W then he accidentally shrunk Patrick too. SpongeBob then put then in a jar to keep them safe. People then greets SpongeBob and SpongeBob shrunk every people who greets him. SpongeBob then shrunk everybody in Bikini Bottom including Mermaidman and Barnacleboy. The people asked how to unshrink them. Mermaidman asked SpongeBob if he set it to wumbo. Everybody got mad at him and got inside of SpongeBob. They are destroying the insides of SpongeBob. Everybody then shouted: "Everything is too big!". SpongeBob got an idea and shrank Bikini Bottom and then he shrunk himself. Everything is now back to normal then Plankton came and he is now bigger than the city of Bikini Bottom.

Trivia/Goofs

Patrick turns the "M" on Mermaid Man's Belt upside down to "W" to set it to "Wumbo" to re-size Squidward. A few moments later in the same scene, it is an "M" again, without him ever touching it.
The Invisible Boat Mobile's color is pink Cadillac when visible. However, when SpongeBob and Patrick paint half of the boat mobile, or when they run it into a streetlight, it appears to be shaped like a boat.
When SpongeBob shrinks himself, Mermaidman's belt disappears.
SpongeBob cannot get the citizens of Bikini Bottom to grow back to normal, but in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" SpongeBob mentions a ray that made stuff grow 6 times their original size. It is possible that SpongeBob does not know where this ray is.
When SpongeBob is shrinking people as soon as he greet him, there is a fish who greets him "What's up, Sponge?". This is a parody of a Warner Brothers iconic cartoon character Bugs Bunny quote "What's up, doc?"
Mermaid Man's belt differs in color from other episodes.
When Patrick realizes that it is not a toy, but the real Squidward, he says "Oh... AND THEN HERE COMES A GIANT FIST!", which is another hint that Patrick is not fond of Squidward. (He was still going to punch him even though he now realizes it is the actual Squidward. Although, Patrick may not have been listening to SpongeBob.)
When the citizens of Bikini Bottom attack SpongeBob in this episode, he had a backbone but SpongeBob is an invertebrate as admitted in "Squirrel Jokes."
After Squidward said something in the Krusty Krab about Mermaidman and Barnacleboy, SpongeBob comes through the wall in 3-D format.
If SpongeBob didn't want Mermaidman to see him with the belt, why did he shrink him? (However, SpongeBob panicked and shrunk everyone he saw, so he may not have noticed that he shrunk Mermaidman.)
This marks the only time that Mrs. SquarePants is seen without her husband, Mr. SquarePants.
When everyone that has been shrunk by SpongeBob and they say "Get SpongeBob", if Mrs. SquarePants was included, why would she do this to her son?
The same goes for Patrick. We can hear him in the background as the people were climbing into SpongeBob.
It is unknown if Karen was shrunk though it is most possible that she was.