Shmandrake is a magical garden pest who appears in the episode "A Root Galoot."
Description[]
He is a root who lives underground. He is a male as he is brown with a leaf on top of him. When he eats, he has the ability to grow.
Role in episode[]
When Patrick is making an episode of his show based on gardens, he is digging something as he finds a creature which is revealed to be Shmandrake. Patrick takes him to the Star house as the family is doing chores for him so he can grant them wishes. They are serving him food. He later tells the Star family to leave so he can go to sleep as the Star family also went to sleep to dream about their wishes by Shmandrake. He is later watching TV as he sees Patrick on TV and he tells Patrick to get off the TV. GrandPat collects pizza which Patrick thinks it is his but it is for Shmandrake. He starts to grow after eating the pizza. He later has a mud bath but Bunny cleans the mess Shmandrake made but he says to Bunny that he likes mud as he continues to spread mud everywhere. Cecil gives him a sausage which he keeps growing after he eats it as he keeps being fed by the Star family which makes him grow even more as they are asking for their wishes as he says no. Squidina's book reveals that he is a jerk that never grants wishes. Patrick then shows him the heating bed which Shmandrake gets in. Shmandrake is later cooked in that bed which the Star family eats Shmandrake. When Patrick tries to eat his head, he comes back alive as he blames him for eating him. He runs away from the house which Squidina wants her wish as she wishes that she never found him in the first place as he grants the wish and goes back to when he was never found.
Trivia[]
- Shmandrake is based on the ancient folklore of the Mandrake roots which were said to resemble people, had magical properties and had obnoxiously loud voices which would have severe consequences on those who heard their screams after plucking them from the ground, although the consequences of plucking Shmandrake are more annoying than severe.