Tough customer

“	Ooh, the brick is so tender, and the nails are roasted!	”
	— Tough customer, "Salty Sponge"

Tough customer
General information
Residence:	Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean
Physical appearance
Gender:	Male
Color:	Dark purple
Eye color:	Red with black pupils
Classification:	Giant Pacific octopus
Series information
Appearance:	"Salty Sponge"
Portrayer:	Dee Bradley Baker

The tough customer is a character who appears in the episode "Salty Sponge."

Description

The tough customer's concept art

He is a gigantic octopus with red bloodshot eyes, a sharp beak, and a visible scare on the right side of his face. On his head is a tattered pirate hat and one of his arms has a hook on it.

Role in series

The tough customer has made one appearance in the series so far and was firstly designed to be a Salty Spitoon patron.

Roles

"Salty Sponge"

He is a patron at the Salty Spitoon who SpongeBob SquarePants cooks a brick sandwich for. He quickly devours it and ends up liking it. He makes an appearance earlier in the episode during a panoramic shot of the bar.

Trivia

• Unlike most characters in the series, he is animated via the show's closeup paintings and as a result never truly moves from his sitting position.