Scallops and clams

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Scallops and clams
General information
Colors:	Light purple, light orange, pink
Classification
Kingdom:	Animal(WP)
Phylum:	Mollusca(WP)
Class:	Bivalvia(WP)
Order:	Pectinida(WP)
Family:	Pectinoidea(WP)
Series information
First appearance:	"Help Wanted"
Portrayers:	Tom Kenny

Scallops and clams appear in many episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants. They are depicted as the undersea equivalent of birds and bats.

Description

Scallops and clams are usually light purple, but they can also come in many other different colors. They also have a small reddish tongue inside their mouths.

Role in series

SpongeBob's pet scallop, Shelley, makes frequent appearances in the series, beginning with "Help Wanted." She lives in a birdcage in SpongeBob's bedroom.

In "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve," SpongeBob and Patrick heard a baby scallop crying and decides to take care of it.

In "Valentine's Day," orange chocolate-eating scallops appear. They attack the hot-air balloon that Sandy brings to Patrick. They manage to puncture holes in the balloon, but Sandy lassoes the scallops and uses them to steer the balloon.

In "To Love a Patty," SpongeBob kills a group of ravenous scallops after they try to eat Patty.

In "One Krabs Trash," they appear as scallop bats.

In "The Smoking Peanut," "Clams," "The Thing," "Porous Pockets," "Born to Be Wild," and "Tea at the Treedome," they appear as oversized giant clams.

In the "Clam Up!" short from "House Worming," Prickles is attempting to find a house when a clam seems to ruin each opportunity for a new house.

In "The Clam Whisperer," clams play a major role. SpongeBob and Patrick try to watch the migration of a group of clams, and SpongeBob spreads Krabby Patty bits to get a closer look. However, this results in the clams following SpongeBob to work where they start stealing people's Krabby Patties and causing all kinds of trouble. Mr. Krabs wants to get rid of the clams until they start giving him pearls. SpongeBob becomes a clam himself to guide the clams out of Bikini Bottom.

In "FarmerBob," SpongeBob and Patrick are tasked with getting a pearl from an oyster.

In "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout," a single scallop is one of the party guests, later it sings for SpongeBob at the end. The scallop has visible teeth when it sings.

Crowing instances

The following episodes and movies have scallops and clams appear as the undersea version of a rooster. Their crowing can often be heard when the scene transfers to morning.

• "Home Sweet Pineapple"
• "Pickles"
• "Jellyfish Jam"
• "Opposite Day" (crowing twice)
• "I Was a Teenage Gary"
• "Your Shoe's Untied" (first remake)
• "Big Pink Loser"
• "Wormy"
• "Patty Hype"
• "Squidville" (second remake, crowing two times)
• "As Seen on TV"
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• "Krabs vs. Plankton"
• "New Digs" (crowing outside)
• "Breath of Fresh Squidward" (second remake)
• "SpongeBob's Last Stand" (coughing)
• "Gramma's Secret Recipe" (second remake)
• "The Abrasive Side"
• "Lost in Bikini Bottom"
• "Sold!"
• "Snooze You Lose"
• "Pat the Horse"
• "Bottle Burglars"
• "The Krusty Bucket" (third remake)
• "FarmerBob"
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run

Types

• Scallop bats
• Giant clam
• Owl clam
• Soft shell clam
• Hard shell clam
• Razor clam