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'''Garold'''{{e|A Pal for Gary}} '''"Gary"'''{{e|Help Wanted}} '''Wilson Jr.'''{{e|Treats!}} is a sea {{Link|snail}} who is the pet of {{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}}. He is [[Patrick Star]]'s first cousin.{{e|Rule of Dumb}} He resides in a [[SpongeBob's house|pineapple house]] on 124 [[Conch Street]], [[Bikini Bottom]], [[Pacific Ocean]] with his owner, SpongeBob. He is voiced by [[Tom Kenny]] and first appears in the episode "[[Help Wanted]]." |
'''Garold'''{{e|A Pal for Gary}} '''"Gary"'''{{e|Help Wanted}} '''Wilson Jr.'''{{e|Treats!}} is a sea {{Link|snail}} who is the pet of {{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}}. He is [[Patrick Star]]'s first cousin.{{e|Rule of Dumb}} He resides in a [[SpongeBob's house|pineapple house]] on 124 [[Conch Street]], [[Bikini Bottom]], [[Pacific Ocean]] with his owner, SpongeBob. He is voiced by [[Tom Kenny]] and first appears in the episode "[[Help Wanted]]." |
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It is suggested that SpongeBob has had Gary ever since he lived with [[Harold SquarePants|his]] [[Margaret SquarePants|parents]] as a really young boy. The episode "[[Treats!]]" reveals that Gary was adopted by SpongeBob. |
It is suggested that SpongeBob has had Gary ever since he lived with [[Harold SquarePants|his]] [[Margaret SquarePants|parents]] as a really young boy. The episode "[[Treats!]]" reveals that Gary was adopted by SpongeBob. |
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Garold[2] "Gary"[3] Wilson Jr.[4] is a sea snail who is the pet of SpongeBob SquarePants. He is Patrick Star's first cousin.[5] He resides in a pineapple house on 124 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean with his owner, SpongeBob. He is voiced by Tom Kenny and first appears in the episode "Help Wanted."
He is a domesticated house pet with similar mannerisms to a cat, most notably his "meow" sound, but he has royal blood as seen in "Rule of Dumb." In the said episode, the royal family tree proves that Gary and Patrick are in fact cousins, as their fathers were brothers. His mannerism and affinity for the finer things in life in previous episodes foreshadow his royal blood with the only exception being his dislike for baths.
It is suggested that SpongeBob has had Gary ever since he lived with his parents as a really young boy. The episode "Treats!" reveals that Gary was adopted by SpongeBob.
Biography
Gary was the only child of Sluggo Star and an unrevealed mother.
At one point, he was adopted by SpongeBob at the local animal shelter.[6] In "Treats!" a picture is shown of the moment SpongeBob picked him out, showing that Gary spent his early childhood at the pound with three other snails.
One day, Gary betrayed SpongeBob in exchange for Patrick, though this was only done to retrieve a cookie from Patrick's pocket, and Gary subsequently returned to his original owner.[7]
At some point, Gary moved out of Bikini Bottom and into Bass Vegas in response to SpongeBob's unintentional negligence. He was thereafter taken in and sheltered by an elderly woman named Granny, who mistook him for one of her snails.
Once Gary discovered SpongeBob was looking for him and finding out Granny’s motive, he escaped her house and returned to Bikini Bottom to reunite with SpongeBob.
Occupation
At various points, Gary has worked for the Krusty Krab, typically as a waiter [8] or a fry cook.[2] At one point, he was hired to rid everyone of the ick contamination.[9] At another point, he was hired as the restaurant's bouncer.[10]
When SpongeBob made his own restaurant called SpongeBob's Place, Gary was hired as the cashier.[11]
He briefly played the role as the DJ for The Sharks.[12]
Description
Gary is a sea snail with a pink shell with purplish-blue spots and a red spiral. He has eye antennas that hold together his scarlet-green eyes with orange-red pupils. The sides of his body are light blue and his belly is green. He is known to create trails of slime when crawling. Even though he is typically seen without legs, "Your Shoe's Untied" reveals that he has legs and wears shoes.
Being a snail, which is to Bikini Bottom what cats are to the real world, Gary is only able to communicate by saying "Meow."
His shell is known to store various items, as seen in "Have You Seen This Snail?," "Karate Island," and "Pineapple Invasion" among others.
He is seen without his shell multiple times. The most famous examples are "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?," "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants," "Shell Shocked," and "Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle."
Vocabulary and intelligence
Gary is known for his characteristic "meow." However, it has been shown that Gary can say things other than "meow," such as in "The Secret Box" and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (where he says "No" and "Plankton"). In "Your Shoe's Untied," "Frozen Face-Off," "Squid Defense," and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, he is shown to be able to roar. He screeches like a cat in some episodes. From season 4 onwards, Gary has made cat sound effects when he is startled or angry, to further reinforce the connection between snails and cats. In "Opposite Day," Gary reverses this stereotype by barking like a dog in honor of the eponymous holiday.
In many episodes, Gary has exhibited great intelligence. In "The Secret Box," Gary responds to SpongeBob's question with "Meow-no." SpongeBob does not think much of it and brushes off his remarks on account of Gary just being a snail, implying Gary spoke to him before. In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, the Bikini Bottomites are chanting "All hail Plankton," while Gary monotonously chants, "Meow, Plankton." His intelligence is best exhibited in "Sleepy Time" where his dream counterpart is revealed to own a library and has an extremely intellectual mindset, having the ability to cite literature. His wise demeanor is also shown in "Chatterbox Gary" where he exercises his sophisticated vocabulary to describe his owner and peers. In "Jellyfish Hunter," it is revealed that he pays the electric bill.
Personality and habits
- Much like real cats, Gary hates taking baths, as seen in "Gary Takes a Bath," "Pet Sitter Pat," and "Shellback Shenanigans."
- Gary has been known to exhibit bouts of anger.
- In "Once Bitten," he becomes aggressive and bites several of the Bottomites as a result of the pain that a splinter is inflicting. Even after said splinter is removed, Gary bites Mr. Krabs. However, this was done completely out of pain.
- In "The Thing," Gary viciously attacks Squidward despite him having done nothing wrong. However, this is common for pets to do.
- In "Chatterbox Gary," Gary throws a walkie-talkie in Squidward's throat in retaliation for interfering with his translation collar. However, it was Squidward's fault in the first place.
- He has a passion for animal rights and not being subject to things he does not want to do.
- In "Grooming Gary," Gary joins the other pets in rioting against their respective owner for fancying his personality, which he did not want in the first place. However, this was done out of respect for himself and the other pets, who were being mistreated and shown off against their wills.
- In "Gary Takes a Bath," Gary snatches a ladder away from the tree that SpongeBob is stuck in, eliminating his option to escape safely. However, this did not cause any true harm to SpongeBob, who simply fell in the mud.
- In "House Worming," Gary kicks SpongeBob out of his own home, although this was done out of self-defense.
Abilities and talents
Gary helps SpongeBob tie his shoes in "Your Shoe's Untied," revealing that he wears brown shoes on his feet that are hidden under his body.
As seen in "Gary Takes a Bath," Gary can levitate and teleport. Gary has been to many places, including the large Bass Vegas.
In the episode "Tutor Sauce," Gary is shown to be a good driver, as he is able to drive a boatmobile through the most dangerous road in Bikini Bottom with no issue whatsoever, except the cops stopping the boat.
Gary is shown to know how to throw parties while SpongeBob is gone, as seen in "Atlantis SquarePantis" and "What if SpongeBob Was Gone? (Gary)." Gary is also quite a sublime musician. In "The Paper," he plays Squidward's clarinet very well, and Squidward gets confused. In "Procrastination," Gary plays the trumpet, and in "Something Smells," he plays the violin to make SpongeBob cry while chopping onions.
Gary has the ability to become a floor buffer, as shown in "Sentimental Sponge."
Gary knows how to read, as seen in "Gary Takes a Bath," "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve," and "Pet Sitter Pat". He also reads a newspaper in "Pineapple Invasion".
Antagonistic roles
Though Gary is intelligent and loves his owner, SpongeBob, he can be naughty at times, sometimes in his rivalry with Squidward.
- In "Gary Takes a Bath," Gary refuses to take a bath, does nothing about a bomb strapped to SpongeBob's chest, and takes SpongeBob's ladder away, leaving him stuck on a tree.
Gary biting Squidward in the episode "Once Bitten"
- In "Once Bitten," he becomes aggressive and bites just about every citizen in Bikini Bottom, even SpongeBob, and was accused of having "Mad Snail Disease," although these actions were purely caused by a splinter stuck in his body. Even after the splinter is removed, he bites Mr. Krabs which was out of pain.
- In "The Thing," he viciously attacks "Smelly" after detecting his real identity.
- In "Grooming Gary," he riots because SpongeBob, and other pet owners, had made him "fancy," which he did not want to be.
- In "Treats!," he constantly bothers SpongeBob by asking him to get more Snail Bites, even going so far as to make him go to every pet store in the world to see if they have them.
- In "Gary's New Toy," Gary becomes so distracted in his ball that he disregards SpongeBob whenever he needs him, though this is because the ball hypnotizes him. As SpongeBob tries to place the ball away from Gary, he manages to get it back. When it comes to the decision that SpongeBob tells Gary either him or the ball, Gary goes for the ball, leaving his owner to cry and live out on the streets. When Gary remembers SpongeBob leaving, he realizes the ball is evil and reconciles with SpongeBob.
Gary-focused episodes
Gary has had several episodes that center around him or relate to him:
- "I Was a Teenage Gary": When SpongeBob has Squidward come to take care of him, Gary becomes starved and sick.
- "Dumped": Gary runs away from home to be with Patrick in order to get the cookie out of his pocket.
- "Gary Takes a Bath": Gary tries to escape SpongeBob's plans to get him to take a bath.
- "The Great Snail Race": SpongeBob becomes a strict coach and is obsessed with winning the race trophy with Gary's poor body.
- "Have You Seen This Snail?": Gary runs away from home after not being fed and Granny takes him in. He later finds out that SpongeBob is looking for him and that his new owner wants to feed him to death, so he escapes and returns to SpongeBob.
- "Once Bitten": Squidward's anti-snail defense log affects Gary and he bites Bikini Bottomites, including SpongeBob, making them think that they are zombies.
- "Fungus Among Us": Gary is the first one to make the solution by eating away the ick.
- "Grooming Gary": SpongeBob gives Gary a makeover and takes him to the Bikini Bottom Pet Show but the latter does not like it, neither do the other competitors.
- "Shell Shocked": Gary's shell has broken and SpongeBob needs to find him a new one.
- "A Pal for Gary": SpongeBob buys a pet for Gary to play with while he is at work.
- "Gary in Love": Gary falls in love with a snail named Mary.
- "The Cent of Money": Mr. Krabs uses Gary to suck up coins.
- "Shellback Shenanigans": Plankton disguises himself as Gary.
- "Pet Sitter Pat": Patrick has to babysit Gary while SpongeBob is celebrating his grandmother's birthday.
- "Treats!": Gary becomes addicted to a new snail treat called Snail Bites.
- "Gary's New Toy": Gary is obsessed with a red ball and nearly loses SpongeBob's love and affection because of it.
- "Pineapple Invasion": Gary must stop Plankton from stealing the secret formula from SpongeBob's home.
- "Chatterbox Gary": Gary has a pet translation collar, and he's talking up a storm. Everyone loves it, except for Squidward.
- "Gary & Spot": Gary sneaks out during the night to play with his best friend, Spot.
Near-death experiences
- Gary rarely gets in injured in the show. He is mainly injured when he fights with other or evil pets and when SpongeBob is not around and there is no food (it was Patrick's fault who ate all of Gary's food due to his high lack of hunger), he might starve to death.
Relationships
SpongeBob SquarePants
- SpongeBob is Gary's owner and closest friend. SpongeBob often goes to Gary for advice when no else is able to help him. Although Gary often finds himself irritated by SpongeBob's naivety and falls victim to negligence and pressure by him at times, the two always get back on good terms in the end.
Patrick Star
- Patrick is Gary's cousin, as shown on a family tree in "Rule of Dumb." The two of them spend the whole time together in "Dumped," though it was only because Gary wanted the cookie in Patrick's pocket.
Due to Patrick's stupidity, Gary is cruelly mistreated by him in "Pet Sitter Pat" and nearly gets killed by him when Patrick shoots a flamethrower at Gary.
Squidward Tentacles
- Gary and Squidward have an ongoing rivalry throughout the series that often causes the former to hiss at and violently attack the latter whenever the two of them come in contact.
Sheldon J. Plankton
- Plankton and Gary have a very bad relationship. Gary really hates Plankton, and sometimes attacks or tricks him, while Plankton hates Gary because he doesn't let him get the secret formula.
Spot
Spot is Gary's best friend. It is revealed in "Gary & Spot" that they leave their homes every night to play with each other. Their favorite thing to do together is wrestling. They are shown to have good teamwork when they rescued the other animals in the shelter.
Quotes
- "SpongeBob! How dare you invade the sanctity of my dreams!" —"Sleepy Time"
- "Meow, Plankton." —"The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie"
- "Meow... No." —"The Secret Box"
- "Ruff." —"Opposite Day"
- "Greetings and salutations, grouchy man." —"Chatterbox Gary"
Trivia
- Gary has speaking roles in both of the SpongeBob movies. He plays a larger role in the first movie, appearing at crucial points (once to remind SpongeBob and Patrick of their friends suffering back in Bikini Bottom, and again at the end when SpongeBob frees him from his mind-control helmet).
- "All That Glitters" shows that Gary has a large diamond under his shell. However, episodes afterward do not show said diamond under his shell.
- The episodes "Your Shoe's Untied" and "Earworm" show Gary having a record player under his shell.
Gary on his family tree
- SpongeBob sometimes nicknames Gary "Gare Bear" or just "Gare."
- In "Karate Island," when SpongeBob is waxing Gary's shell, he finds his favorite novelty T-shirt that says, "I love Krabby Patties" in a pile of junk inside his shell.
- Gary is the only main character who has never been arrested.
- His favorite food is Snail-Po, and later Snail Bites.
- Aside from his trademark "Meow," Gary can say the words "Plankton," "Yeah!," and "No!"
- In the first teaser trailer for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Gary is shown enjoying taking a bath with SpongeBob as the latter plays with his water toys, even though Gary is shown to hate taking baths.
- It is revealed in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water that Gary hates mayonnaise.
- Gary has arms, as seen in "Have You Seen This Snail?," "The Gift of Gum," and "Grooming Gary."
- In addition to this, "Your Shoe's Untied" and "SpongeBob's Last Stand" reveal that he has feet.
Gary in the "Help Wanted" storyboard
- The scene from "Help Wanted" in which SpongeBob wakes up and greets Gary originally ended with Gary taking a bite from a cactus, in reference to garden snails' tendency to feed on succulent plants. The book Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons! features the original storyboard of this scene.
- In the Croatian dub, his name is "Slavko."
- Gary has many things hidden under his shell: a house, SpongeBob's Krabby Patty T-shirt, a record player, a diamond, and many other pieces of junk.
- In "Help Wanted," Gary's pupils are small red dots and his meow is much squeakier.
- In "The Way of the Sponge," when SpongeBob leaves, Gary's meow sounds like he's saying 'farewell'.
- Gary appears as a cameo in both Snail Bob 2 game installments.
- He has only spoken full sentences in "Sleepy Time" and "Chatterbox Gary."
References
- ^ a b Rule of Dumb
- ^ a b "A Pal for Gary." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. January 2, 2010. Television.
- ^ "Help Wanted." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. May 1, 1999. Television.
- ^ "Treats!." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. April 10, 2012. Television.
- ^ "Rule of Dumb." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. February 19, 2007. Television.
- ^ "Plankton's Pet." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. January 19, 2013. Television.
- ^ "Dumped." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. May 11, 2001. Television.
- ^ "Banned in Bikini Bottom." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. November 23, 2007. Television.
- ^ "Fungus Among Us." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. September 29, 2007. Television.
- ^ "Shellback Shenanigans." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. September 18, 2010. Television.
- ^ "SpongeBob's Place." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. March 11, 2017. Television.
- ^ "Sharks vs. Pods." SpongeBob SquarePants. Nickelodeon. May 4, 2016. Television.
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