King Neptune

“	Why it tastes so good, I think I'd like to try it a second time!	”
	— King Neptune, "Neptune's Spatula"

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King Neptune XIV
General information
Residence:	His castle, just outside of Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean
Occupation(s):	King, cook
Physical appearance
Gender:	Male
Color:	Teal (TV series) Green (movie)
Eye color:	Black
Classification:	God/merman
Family
Spouse:	Queen Amphitrite (wife)
Children:	Triton (son) Princess Mindy (daughter)
Parents:	King Neptune XIII (father) Unnamed mother
Grandparents:	King Neptune XII (grandfather)
Nieces:	Jody
Ancestors:	King Neptune XI (great-grandfather) King Neptune X (2nd great-grandfather) King Neptune IX (3rd great-grandfather) King Neptune VIII (4th great-grandfather) King Neptune VII (5th great-grandfather) King Neptune VI (6th great-grandfather) King Neptune V (7th great-grandfather) King Neptune IV (8th great-grandfather) King Neptune III (9th great-grandfather) King Neptune II (10th great-grandfather) King Neptune I (11th great-grandfather)
Connections
Employer:	SpongeBob ("Neptune's Spatula")
Series information
First appearance:	"Neptune's Spatula"
Latest appearance:	"Insecurity Guards"
Portrayer:	John O'Hurley ("Neptune's Spatula" Battle for Bikini Bottom "The Clash of Triton" "Trident Trouble" "High Sea Diving") Kevin Michael Richardson ("Party Pooper Pants") Jeffrey Tambor (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie/console version of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie video game) Brad Abrell (PC/Mac version of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie video game) Paul Tibbitt ("SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget")

King Neptune, born over 5,000 years ago, is the series' depiction of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea. In the SpongeBob SquarePants universe, Neptune is the god and supreme ruler of the sea. His name is often used in place of God's, with phrases such as "Dear Neptune," "Neptune preserve her!," and "Oh my Neptune!" However, he has never explicitly been shown to be worshiped by the creatures of the sea.

King Neptune first appeared in the episode "Neptune's Spatula," and reappeared in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, but with a different design. He played yet another major role in the season 6 episode "The Clash of Triton." His Greek counterpart is Poseidon and he has a wife, a son, and a daughter.

Personality

King Neptune is a regal king who has a strong opinion of his rank as a deity and is known for using his powers to bully mortals and punish them for talking back to him. He often judges people for their sizes and thinks a person with a grand physical appearance is worthy of him. At first, he imprisoned Triton for wanting to help mortals, but then he eventually welcomed Triton back into the family after SpongeBob freed him.

Antagonistic side

• In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, he tried to kill Mr. Krabs when he was falsely accused of stealing his crown, with no evidence that Krabs stole it aside from a false call made by Sheldon J. Plankton. He also kept Mr. Krabs frozen for days and nearly killed him after having his stalling daughter left.
• In "Neptune's Spatula," he keeps thinking SpongeBob is just a joke, and can't pull out the spatula. He then becomes destructive and repeatedly burns Patrick, only to fix him later, albeit incorrectly with his face on his butt.
• In "The Clash of Triton," when Neptune's son Triton does not want to be a god like his father and wants to use his powers to help people, Neptune locks him in a cage in the Island in the Sky until he learns how to be a proper god like his father. He only ends up accepting Triton after he wrecks the town.

History

King Neptune first appears in the season 1 episode "Neptune's Spatula," where he spawns after SpongeBob pulls the golden spatula from the ancient grease, making him Neptune's royal fry cook. However, Neptune refuses to accept such a lowly creature like SpongeBob as the chosen one and challenges him to a cook-off where, if the latter wins, he will become a god in Atlantis, but if he loses, he must give up fry cooking forever. The challenge is held at the "Poseidome," where the first one to make 1,000 patties wins. Using his godlike powers, Neptune wins the challenge just as SpongeBob finishes his first patty. To celebrate his victory, he gives the patties to the audience, who hate it. Neptune then tastes SpongeBob's patty and loves it. He declares SpongeBob the winner and makes him a god. However, when SpongeBob learns that his friends can't join him in Atlantis, he does not want to go and instead, makes Neptune his "trainee" at the Krusty Krab. In the show, Neptune is green and has fairly realistic human features, has hair, a mustache, a beard, thick fingers, is very muscular, and has a different crown. This version of Neptune also appears in Battle for Bikini Bottom, where he summons SpongeBob and Patrick to the Poseidome to defeat a robot version of Sandy.

In the live-action Patchy the Pirate segment of "Party Pooper Pants," a live-action version of Neptune is at Patchy's party.

Neptune plays a central part in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The movie also introduces Neptune's daughter, Princess Mindy. This Neptune is actually the same person who was haircut, green-skinned, and far more cartoony than the version in "Neptune's Spatula." He is also explicitly portrayed as a king rather than a god and lives in a palace just outside of Bikini Bottom rather than Atlantis. This Neptune is very brutish and tyrannical, which he tells his daughter is necessary for him to be respected as a ruler. His crown is very important to him, not only because it is a symbol of his power, but because it covers his "thinning" (bald) head. When the crown is stolen by Plankton, Neptune attempts to execute Mr. Krabs, who is framed for the crime.

In "SpongeHenge," Shubie denies Neptune's existence when an anchovy tells her that Neptune must be mad, saying "Everyone knows Poseidon is the ruler of the undersea."

Neptune appears briefly in "SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget," where he was sleeping until being awoken by the explosion of the Patty Gadget.

A picture of King Neptune, as seen in "Neptune's Spatula," is shown in "Krusty Towers." Squidward refers to this Neptune as "Neptune XIV." 

In "The Clash of Triton," the version of King Neptune from "Neptune's Spatula" appears with John O' Hurley voicing him once more.

He also makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in "Hello Bikini Bottom" during the song "It's High Time We Went on Tour."

"Trident Trouble" marks King Neptune's first speaking appearance since "The Clash of Triton." SpongeBob accidentally gets ahold of his trident and Neptune gets SpongeBob's spatula, causing trouble.

In "High Sea Diving," the Neptune's Spatula version of King Neptune reappears. At the very end of the episode, he appears in Bikini Bottom and was angry at Old Man Jenkins for tricking the town with his made-up stories and impersonating of him. As punishment, Neptune then zaps the deluded and now scared old man with his trident.

Video games

• Employee of the Month - An amusement park called Neptune's Paradise is a destination for SpongeBob and Patrick.
• Battle for Bikini Bottom - King Neptune invites SpongeBob and Patrick to the Poseidome to face off against a giant Robo-Sandy which they manage to defeat.
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (video game) - King Neptune's role is the same as in the Movie: his crown goes missing and he accuses Mr. Krabs of taking it. He later sends SpongeBob and Patrick to find it, allowing Plankton to take Bikini Bottom for himself. His crown is returned and he frees Mr. Krabs. Under the control of Plankton, he is the final boss of the game.
• SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis - King Neptune makes a cameo in a painting in the Bikini Bottom Museum as an object SpongeBob must photograph. The painting is also unlockable in the gift shop with The Sirens added in it.
• SpongeBob and the Clash of Triton - Triton, King Neptune's son, captures King Neptune on his birthday at the Krusty Krab. After his and Queen Amphitrite's tridents fall near SpongeBob and Patrick they gain powers and defeat Triton's underlings. They defeat Triton, restore Bikini Bottom to its former glory, and reunite Triton with his proud father.

Trivia

• King Neptune's design in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie never being used again was due to there being a "firewall" between Nickelodeon and Paramount content at the time. This resulted in other elements created for the first movie not being able to be used in the series from 2005 to 2014.
  • The designs are even poked fun at in the 20th anniversary poster, where both Neptunes are glaring at each other.

Quotes

• "This joke has gone far enough!"
• "I think I want to try it for a second time!"
• "Thinning!"
• "Quit stalling this execution!"
• "Go wait in the carriage!"
• "I win!"
• "Huh?"
• "I'm not bald! It's thinning!"
• "My crown is in the forbidden Shell City?!""
• "Eugene Krabs, your six-day reprieve is up and it is time for you to die!"
• "And once your little champion fails to return, I get to splatter this crab all over the walls!"
• "My hair's thinning a bit."
• "You, go to Shell City? (evilly laughs)"
• "No one who's gone to Shell City has ever returned! What makes you think you could? You're just a kid."
• "Very well then... I'll have to fry you both!"
• 'Oh, I'm sorry for falsely freezing you, Krabs, and may I say, sir. you are a very lucky fellow to have your own employ such a brave, faithful and heroic young lad.'
• "Squire, will you hurry?... (Squire accidentally sprays hair in his eyes and screams)
• "Except give SpongeBob and Patrick a little more... Time-time-time-time-time. What?"
• "It looks like I just hit a single! Let's see if you can get a home run, son!"
• "Oh, how I miss my son!"
• "Son, I demand to know the meaning of this impudent imprisonment!"
• "You're going to be a god and like it!"
• ””Until you learn to embrace your destiny as one of the gods I am sealing you inside this magical shrinking cage.””
• "Maybe we do have a problem..."
• "Gah! Where am I, in Crazytown? I have had enough of this nonsense!"
• "So you're the king of spit, eh?"
• ””Uh oh is right.””