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— Walter Haddock, "The Fish Bowl"
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Walter Haddock[1] is an old prospector who first appears in the episode "Born to Be Wild," and plays a major role in "Mustard O' Mine."
Description[]
He is an elderly green fish who wears a red plaid shirt, dark blue overalls, and a light brown hat with a dark brown stripe. He has a large gray beard, and bushy gray eyebrows. In "Mustard O' Mine," he is seen with a glass left eye.
He looks similar to Old Man Jenkins.
Role in series[]
"Born to Be Wild"[]
He is seen jumping out and warning SpongeBob about the Wild Ones when he hears their name being said.
"The Fish Bowl"[]
When Sandy says "Eureka!," Walter is shown searching for gold and says "Hey, that's my line!," and when Sandy says "Double eureka!," Walter and a smaller Walter say "That’s our line!"
"Mustard O' Mine"[]
As a main antagonist of the episode, he first appears in the Krusty Krab kitchen right before SpongeBob, Squidward, Patrick, and Mr. Krabs prepare to get more mustard from the Mustard Mines. He says that he went into the Mustard Mine, discovered that there is a mummy's curse there, and that nobody escapes alive. None of them believe him, and Patrick points out that if nobody comes back alive, then he should not still be alive. Walter says, "Or am I?" and quickly escapes the kitchen.
At first they think he had actually disappeared, but Squidward sees his foot sticking out from his hiding place in front of the kitchen door and points it out. Walter rejects his statement and quickly hides his foot.
Later, when SpongeBob strikes mustard, Walter suddenly comes. He plugs up the hole SpongeBob had made in the ground with a cork and tells them that the mummy's curse he told them is made up. He wanted to get them away from the mustard because if it was mined, the twenty million pounds of pressure against the condiment would cause it to erupt from the ground. Squidward does not believe him and thinks that Walter wants all the mustard for himself. He tells him to uncork it, but Walter raises his fists to threaten Squidward. Squidward does not want to fight him, but Walter beats him up anyways. Patrick joins the fight against Walter, and Walter pounds Patrick's head, hurting his hand, slamming him into the mustard hole.
The mustard begins to erupt, and Walter bounces away crazily before calmly taking the escalator back up to the surface.
Trivia[]
- Furthering confusion between him and Old Man Jenkins,[2] Old Man Jenkins is dressed more like Walter Haddock than usual in "Karen's Virus" (shirt and hat), "FarmerBob" (hat), and "A Place for Pets" (hat).
- Coincidentally, he shares the same name as an Australian rugby league player, who had the nickname "Fisho."
- He shares his last name with Tiffany Haddock, but it is unknown if they are related.