"Lightning" Larry Luciano is a snail who first appears in the episode "The Great Snail Race."
Description
Larry Luciano is a very old snail. He has white eyebrows and a white mustache. He is dark mauve with an olive green shell that has orange spots. His underside is a similar shade of green. He can barely keep his eyelids open, but he has a dark orange eye color.
Biography
At some point, he became the winner of Bikini Bottom's first annual snail race.
Role in episode
Larry Luciano was the winner of Bikini Bottom's first annual snail race. Many describe him as a "Living Legend" and every year since he has won the race and ignited the flame that commences the race.
At the 102nd running of the snail, he creeps extremely slowly for two hours just trying to reach and light the flame. The announcer becomes bored and the band playing gets tired to where one who was playing the trombone falls over from exhaustion. The Mayor of Bikini Bottom then lights it for him.
Trivia
- He is one of many characters named "Larry" on the show, with the others being Larry the Snail, Larry the Lobster, Larry SquarePants, Pinhead Larry, and Lucky Larry.
- He reappears in the online game Bikini Bottom Chess as the knight of Mermaid Man's team.
- He looks similar to Lary the Snail, but with white eyebrows as they both have a similar color palette.
- "Lightning Larry Luciano" is a reference to the mobster "Lucky Luciano."
- The theme that plays when he is introduced is later used in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.