Fishmael Tentacles

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Fishmael Tentacles
General information
Residence:	1830s Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean
Occupation(s):	Ye Olde Pineapple (formerly)
Physical appearance
Gender:	Male
Color:	Turquoise
Eye color:	Yellow with mahogany brown pupils
Classification:	Octopus
Family
Other relatives:	Tentacles family
Connections
Employer:	Captain SpongeHab
Series information
Appearance:	"Dopey Dick"
Portrayer:	Rodger Bumpass

Fishmael Tentacles is the 1830s counterpart of Squidward Tentacles who appears in the episode "Dopey Dick."

Description

Ian Vazquez's drawing of Fishmael Tentacles, largely inspired by Benjamin Arcand's rough boards for the episode.

Much like his modern-day counterpart, he is an octopus with two arms, four legs, a nose, and yellow and red eyes. For clothing, he wears a red hat with yellow hair as well as a blue jersey.

Role in episode

The story begins with Fishmael searching from town to town for a place to work. After encountering a pile of jellyfish jelly and slipping on it, he ends up at The Jelly Squirt Inn where he meets Capn' A. Krabs and Planky at the counter. When Planky offers him some jelly, Fishmael declines since he is only there to find a job. Although he is declined of a job at the counter, a sailor starfish named Pat-Buck drags him beneath a table and explains that there are jobs at Ye Olde Pineapple. When Fishmael declines, Pat-Buck kidnaps him and brings him onto the ship. Pat-Buck proceeds to show him the ropes by tying him to a pole, and Captain SpongeHab appears. SpongeHab blows the shape of Dopey Dick out of bubblegum to notify the sailors about Dopey Dick, but Fishmael is splattered by the bubble after it strikes a nail and pops. Fishmael gets a special job on the ship, which is being used as a harpoon to reel in Dopey Dick. While the boat is chasing after Dopey Dick, Fishmael uses his poor music skills to calm down and capture Dopey Dick. This plan ends up working, although SpongeHab proceeds to release the jellyfish afterwards. Then, when Dopey Dick is reeled in by another vessel piloted by Capn' A. Krabs and Planky, Fishmael and the remainder of SpongeHab's crew sneak onto the ship at night. They find Dopey Dick in a weakened state, with his jelly being sucked out and placed into canisters. They successfully manage to release Dopey Dick from the ship, but Krabs and his crew awaken and notice the situation. Fishmael, SpongeHab, and Pat-Buck are all saved by Dopey Dick after ramming into Krabs' ship, but they are then sucked into a whirlpool. The scene cuts to Fishmael back at the Jelly Squirt Inn, explaining that he was the lone survivor of "Dopey Dick." However, the patrons at the inn laugh since they were all there with him. Fishmael pretty much added the part of the "whirlpool" to makes the story more serious and dramatic than it really is and Dopey Dick probably not even really did rammed Capn' A. Krabs intentionally out of revenge. Fishmael angrily leaves the inn while Dopey Dick is spraying jelly at all of the customers, including Fishmael.

Trivia

• Fishmael Tentacles is a mix of Squidward Tentacles and Ishmael from Herman Melville's novel, Moby-Dick.
  • Fishmael has "fish" in his name, even though octopuses are not fish. This is similar to Squidward, who has "squid" in his name, despite being an octopus.