Painty the Pirate

Not to be confused with the show's live-action host, Patchy the Pirate.

“	Arr, I be just a paintin' of a head.	”
	— Painty the Pirate, "Your Shoe's Untied"

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Painty the Pirate
General information
Residence:	Painting
Physical appearance
Gender:	Male
Eye color:	Green
Classification:	Painting (human likeness) Dummy ("Truth or Square")
Connections
Pet(s):	His parrot
Series information
First appearance:	"Help Wanted" (intro) "Your Shoe's Untied" (in-series)
Portrayer:	Stephen Hillenburg (live-action lips) Patrick Pinney (voice) CeeLo Green ("Truth or Square") Bob Joles ("Truth or Square" the "rejected" theme songs) Peter Shukoff (during part of the Rap Battle) Joe Whyte (Employee of the Month, Revenge of the Flying Dutchman, and Battle for Bikini Bottom)

Painty the Pirate, also referred to as Painting and as Captain, is a painting of a pirate's head with a parrot. He appears at the beginning of the show's opening sequence and sings the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song in every episode.

Quick Answers

Who is the pirate in the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song?

Painty the Pirate is the character leading the theme song in the SpongeBob SquarePants series. He is prominently featured in the show's opening sequence.

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What is the significance of Painty the Pirate in the SpongeBob series?

Painty the Pirate is a painting of a pirate's head and a parrot, notable for his live-action mouth that gives the illusion of speech. He is a recurring character in the SpongeBob SquarePants series, featuring in the opening sequence and singing the theme song in every episode. His appearances extend beyond the intro, featuring in particular episodes.

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How is the effect of Painty the Pirate talking achieved in the show?

The talking effect of Painty the Pirate, the pirate in the SpongeBob SquarePants intro, is created by substituting his painted mouth with a live-action one. This technique gives the illusion of speech. He is recognized for his rendition of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song in each episode.

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Is there any information about the original painting of Painty the Pirate?

Painty the Pirate, a character from SpongeBob SquarePants, is a painting of a pirate's head with a parrot. He sings the theme song in each episode's opening sequence. The original painting was crafted by Calvin Liang, as disclosed in a tweet by Paul Tibbitt. Painty's painted mouth is overlaid with a live-action mouth for a talking effect. Including the intro, Painty the Pirate features in every episode.

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What role does Painty the Pirate play in the SpongeBob SquarePants opening sequence?

Painty the Pirate, also known as Painting or Captain, is a character in the SpongeBob SquarePants series. He is a painting of a pirate's head with a parrot. In the opening sequence of every episode, Painty sings the theme song. His painted mouth is replaced by a live-action mouth, creating the illusion of speech. The theme song sequence commences with Painty in a frame, questioning the offscreen children about their readiness.

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Description

His painted mouth is replaced by a live-action mouth, giving him the appearance of talking. According to the "Backstage Pants" special feature on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies DVD and the "Behind the Scenes of the SpongeBob Opening" special feature on the SpongeBob's Truth or Square DVD, it's stated that the real-life lips in the painting are the lips of Stephen Hillenburg, the show's creator.

He has curly light brown hair, green eyes, a black patch over his left eye, an orange jacket, green eyes, a white shirt, a black skull-and-crossbones hat, a red bandanna, and of course, a green parrot on his left shoulder. He also has a West Country pirate accent with a slight lateral lisp.

History

If counting the intro, Painty the Pirate has appeared in every episode. He also appears in the second movie, but not the first movie or the third movie.

Painty the Pirate also sends the riders into the attraction after responding to the answer if they’re ready for the adventure by reaching and grabbing onto them on SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: Ride, saying, "Good! In you go!"

He is voiced by Patrick Pinney in most appearances. However, in the episode "Truth or Square," the original painting of Painty the Pirate is replaced by a talking fortune teller dummy and was voiced by CeeLo Green. Also in "Truth or Square" during the "rejected" theme songs for Squidward Tentacles, Patrick Star, and Eugene H. Krabs, Painty the Pirate was voiced by Bob Joles.

Major appearances

Besides being in the theme, he also makes appearances in "Your Shoe's Untied," "Wet Painters," (although he only appears as an inanimate painting) and "Unreal Estate."

Trivia

General

• In the recent episodes of the Korean dub, the face on the painting of Painty the Pirate is replaced by a live action face of Eun Ji Won, who sings the theme song in the dub.
• Painty the Pirate is often mistaken for Patchy the Pirate due to the similarities in each other's names. There is even a set of official Top Trumps cards in which Patchy's card has a picture of Painty the Pirate instead.
• It was painted by Calvin Liang, according to an archived tweet on Paul Tibbitt's twitter account.
• "Truth or Square" is the only time that Painty the Pirate has appeared without his parrot or his eye patch.
• His dummy version is much different than his painting. It is very similar to Patchy's stop-motion version that later appears in "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"
• Painty appears in a major role for the first time in commercials for Paramount+. He first appears in an ad where Aang from Avatar: The Last Airbender, the titular character from Big Nate, and various Nick Jr. and Paramount characters enter a cave. Peppa Pig discovers him saying that he really "speaks to her," then he starts talking in response, causing the characters to scream and run away, leaving the lantern in the cave. He then appears in an ad where he sings the Halo video game series theme song (along with other Paramount+ characters) by doing his "Ooooooooooooooh!," which he does in the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song. He later appears in an ad promoting the Hide and Peek Sweepstakes, but this time having pirate-related stuff as arms and legs and another parrot on top of himself.
  • This is the first time a character who does not appear in the main show appears in a Paramount+ ad. The second would be Mr. Garvey from Key & Peele.

A Mountain of Entertainment - Cave Painting - Paramount+

Halo Theme Song Paramount+ Commercial

Paramount+ Super Bowl Commercial