Spongebob! Six: Spongebob's friends and enemies

Episode 06a: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy

Well this is an Batman or other comic hero parody.....though I guess other superheros suit the bill too. It's just since he has the sidekick I always associate them with Batman and Robin, though I guess Aquaman would be more appropriate as they are people who live in water and can communicate with sea-creatures.

Spongebob and Patrick are fans and find out they live in the local retirement home, so they try to get them to fight crime again.

But it is tough for people like these to fight crime:

You may think they are old and useless. That is probably true, but Spongebob doesn't agree:

An alright episode. Personally I don't really like the superhero duo....

Episode 06b: Pickles

So apparently Spongebob has a big rival, Bubble Bass.

He shows up to the Krusty Krab orders this:

And Spongebob forgets the pickles. This messes up his psyche and he can't do anything right. Somehow they make this into a 10 min episode.

Spongebob gets his shit in order and returns to the Krusty Krab, and they have an epic face-off:

But anyway, my favorite lines involve Squidward in this episode (like from the first clip and then this):

Unfortunately, he apparently can't cook (which seems a bit inconsistent, since in other episodes he is forced to cook and doesn't do nearly as bad):

And therefore people don't really like him:

Great episode.

Also Bubble Bass is not a recurring character. He has a cameo in a later episode and I think that's it, but it seems like he and Spongebob had a big rivalry in the past...