The flea is a bug that Sandy picks up while visiting Texas and brought to Bikini Bottom. It is known for being able to reproduce in rapid succession much like in real life (though it isn’t as rapid), causing an infestation within Sandy's treedome. It first appears in the episode "A Flea in Her Dome." The main reason why they go on creatures is to suck their blood for nutrition much like in real life and also itches their counterparts like in real life.
Description[]
The flea is a small insect with a round, red body and two yellow eyes. It has two long legs and four short legs, and has a pair of antennae on its head. Ironically, the fleas are smarter in the show than in real life as they know how to get rid of flea collars and even line themselves up in the shape of a cannon and are even smart enough to resist Sandy's karate chops.
Role in series[]
"Squirrel Jokes"[]
Fleas are mentioned when SpongeBob makes fun of Sandy of how squirrels have many fleas.
"A Flea in Her Dome"[]
After Sandy brings it home, the flea causes pain to SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy by continuously biting the three. This is a conflict throughout the rest of the episode.
The flea's attacks are eventually countered by Sandy's flea-proof collar. However, the collar is destroyed during the multiplication of the fleas.
After the fleas duplicate, Sandy gets an idea to destroy them with water, so she opens the door to her treedome and all of the Bikini Bottomites are sucked into her house.
"SpongeBob's Last Stand"[]
When SpongeBob and Patrick sing "Give Jellyfish Fields a Chance," there is a part where fleas are attacking Sandy as she scratches her itching fur.
"Slappy Daze"[]
Slappy buys a flea collar for Nosferatu to get rid of them. As Nosferatu puts on the collar, many fleas jump out of him, as Slappy makes a sandwich out of them to save for later.
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Role in comics[]
Picture it![]
While dreaming of the motto "brake, key, drive, gas" to help with his driving test, SpongeBob starts dreaming of things that rhyme with the motto, and he thinks of a flea as it rhymes with "key."
External links[]
Flea on Wikipedia