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Character

Garold[2] "Gary"[3] Wilson, Jr.[4] is SpongeBob SquarePants's pet sea snail and the most seen pet in the series. He lives with SpongeBob in his pineapple house on 124 Conch Street. Gary is voiced by Tom Kenny and first appears in the pilot episode, "Help Wanted."

He is a domesticated house pet with similar mannerisms to a cat, most notably his "meow" sound, as snails are the underwater equivalent to cats in the show. It has been suggested that SpongeBob has had Gary ever since he was a young boy. The episode "Treats!" reveals that Gary was adopted by SpongeBob. In "Plankton's Pet" SpongeBob reveals to have bought Gary at the animal shelter.

Gary was created as a minor joke character that would appear in the background of SpongeBob's bedroom, just like SpongeBob's pet scallop Shelley. However, as the series progressed, Gary developed a personality of his own beyond just saying "meow." He was eventually added to the show's Main Model Pack and became one of the ten main characters.

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Biography

Gary was the only child of Sluggo Star and an unrevealed mother.

At one point, he was adopted by SpongeBob at the local animal shelter.[5] In "Treats!", a picture is shown of the moment SpongeBob picked him out, showing that Gary spent his early childhood at the pound with three other snails. However, this is later retconned, as another source claims that SpongeBob met Gary at Camp Coral.[6]

One day, Gary betrayed SpongeBob in exchange for Patrick, though this was only done to retrieve a cookie from Patrick's pocket, and Gary subsequently returned to his original owner.[7]

However, at some point, Gary moved out of Bikini Bottom and into Bass Vegas in response to SpongeBob's unintentional negligence. He was thereafter taken in and sheltered by an elderly woman named Granny, who mistook him for one of her snails.

Once Gary discovered SpongeBob was looking for him and finding out Granny's motive, he escaped her house and returned to Bikini Bottom to reunite with SpongeBob.[8]

One day, SpongeBob received a chatterbox translation collar in the mail for Gary which the latter used as a means of communicating with his peers without meowing. It eventually got stolen by Squidward, thus ending his own with it.

Occupation

At various points, Gary has worked for the Krusty Krab, typically as a waiter[9] or as a fry cook in "A Pal for Gary" and "Gary's Got Legs." At one point, he was hired to get rid of all the ick contamination on everyone.[10] At another point, he was hired as the restaurant's bouncer.[11]

When SpongeBob made his restaurant called SpongeBob's Place, Gary was hired as the cashier.

He briefly played the role as the DJ for The Sharks.[12]

Description

Gary is a sea snail with a pink shell with purplish-blue spots and a red spiral. He has eye antennas that hold together his scarlet-green eyes with orange-red pupils. The sides of his body are light blue and his belly is green. He is known to create trails of slime when crawling. Even though he is typically seen without legs, "Your Shoe's Untied" reveals that he has legs and wears shoes. He is shown with legs again in "SpongeBob's Last Stand," and this eventually becomes a plot point of "Gary's Got Legs."

Being a snail, which is to Bikini Bottom what cats are to the real world, Gary is only able to communicate by saying "Meow."

His shell is known to store various items, as seen in "Have You Seen This Snail?," "Karate Island," and "Pineapple Invasion" among others.

He is seen without his shell multiple times. The most famous examples are "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?," "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants," "Shell Shocked," and "Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle."

Vocabulary and intelligence

Gary is known for his characteristic "meow." However, it has been shown that Gary can say things other than "meow," such as in "The Secret Box" and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, where he says "No" and "Plankton" respectively. In "Your Shoe's Untied," "Frozen Face-Off," "Squid Defense," and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, he is shown to be able to roar. He screeches like a cat in some episodes. From season 4 onwards, Gary has made cat sound effects when he is startled or angry, to further reinforce the connection between snails and cats. In "Opposite Day," Gary reverses this stereotype by barking like a dog in honor of the eponymous holiday.

In many episodes, Gary has exhibited great intelligence to the point of anthropomorphism. In "Sleepy Time," it is revealed that in Gary's dreams, he is self aware and can speak and read, and comments "Did you think my shell was full of hot air?" In "The Secret Box," Gary responds to SpongeBob's question with "Meow-no." SpongeBob does not think much of it and brushes off his remarks on account of Gary just being a snail, implying Gary spoke to him before. In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, the Bikini Bottomites are chanting "All hail Plankton," while Gary monotonously chants, "Meow, Plankton." His intelligence is best exhibited in "Sleepy Time" where his dream counterpart is revealed to own a library and has an extremely intellectual mindset, having the ability to cite literature. His wise demeanor is also shown in "Chatterbox Gary" where he exercises his sophisticated vocabulary to describe his owner and peers. In "Jellyfish Hunter," it is revealed that instead of SpongeBob, he pays the electric bill.

Portrayers

Gary is usually voiced by Tom Kenny, but in two episodes, he was voiced by different voice actors:

Personality and habits

Much like real cats, Gary hates taking baths, as seen in "Gary Takes a Bath," "Shellback Shenanigans," and "Pet Sitter Pat."

Gary has been known to exhibit bouts of anger. In "Gary Takes a Bath," Gary snatches a ladder away from the tree that SpongeBob is stuck in, eliminating his option to escape safely. However, this did not cause any true harm to SpongeBob, who simply fell in the mud. In "Once Bitten," he becomes aggressive and bites several of the Bottomites as a result of the pain that a splinter is inflicting. Even after said splinter is removed, Gary bites Mr. Krabs. However, this was done completely out of pain. In "The Thing," Gary viciously attacks Squidward despite him having done nothing wrong. However, this is common for pets to do. In "Grooming Gary," Gary joins the other pets in rioting against their respective owners for fancying his personality, which he did not want in the first place. However, this was done out of respect for himself and the other pets, who were being mistreated and shown off against their wills. In "House Worming," Gary kicks SpongeBob out of his own home, although this was done out of self-defense. In "Chatterbox Gary," Gary throws a walkie-talkie in Squidward's throat in retaliation for interfering with his translation collar. However, it was Squidward's fault in the first place.

He has a passion for animal rights and not being subject to things he does not want to do.

Abilities and talents

Gary helps SpongeBob tie his shoes in "Your Shoe's Untied," revealing that he wears brown shoes on his feet that are hidden under his body.

As seen in "Gary Takes a Bath," Gary can levitate and teleport. Gary has been to many places, including the large Bass Vegas.

In the episode "Tutor Sauce," Gary is shown to be a good driver, as he can drive a boatmobile through the most dangerous road in Bikini Bottom with no issue whatsoever, except the cops stopping the boat.

Gary is shown to know how to throw parties while SpongeBob is gone, as seen in "Atlantis SquarePantis" and "What if SpongeBob Was Gone? (Gary)." Gary is also quite a sublime musician. In "The Paper," he plays Squidward's clarinet very well, and Squidward gets confused. In "Procrastination," Gary plays the trumpet, and in "Something Smells," he plays the violin to make SpongeBob cry while chopping onions.

Gary can become a floor buffer, as shown in "Sentimental Sponge."

Gary knows how to read, as seen in "Gary Takes a Bath," "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve," "Pet Sitter Pat," and "Library Cards." He also reads a newspaper in "Pineapple Invasion."

Gary-focused episodes

Gary has had several episodes that center around him or relate to him:

Relationships

SpongeBob SquarePants

Patrick Star

Main article: Patrick-Gary relationship Rule of Dumb." The two of them spend the whole time together in "Dumped," though it was only because Gary wanted the cookie in Patrick's pocket.

The two seem to have a good friendship, however, due to Patrick's stupidity, Gary is cruelly mistreated by him in "Pet Sitter Pat" and nearly gets killed by him when Patrick shoots a flamethrower at Gary. In "Yours, Mine and Mine" Patrick removed Gary from his friend list for being a "non-sharer"; however, Gary did not care.

Squidward Tentacles

Sheldon J. Plankton

Spot

Spot is Gary's best friend. It's revealed in "Gary & Spot" that they leave their homes every night to play with each other. Their favorite thing to do together is wrestling. They are shown to have good teamwork when they rescued the other animals in the shelter and gave Marvin a girlfriend made of slime after realizing he's just lonely.

Trivia

Gary plays a much more major role than as a background character in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run compared to the first two films, where he is snailnapped and it is up to SpongeBob and Patrick to go find him.

compared to the first two films, where he is snailnapped and it is up to SpongeBob and Patrick to go find him. The episodes "Your Shoe's Untied" and "Earworm" show Gary having a record player under his shell.

SpongeBob sometimes nicknames Gary "Gare Bear" or just "Gare."

In "Karate Island," when SpongeBob is waxing Gary's shell, he finds his favorite novelty T-shirt that says, "I love Krabby Patties" in a pile of junk inside his shell.

His favorite food is Snail-Po, and later Snail Bites.

On the Adventures in Bikini Bottom LEGO set, Gary's shell is orange.

Aside from his trademark "Meow," Gary can say the words "Plankton," "Yeah!," and "No!"

In the first teaser trailer for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie , Gary is shown enjoying taking a bath with SpongeBob as the latter plays with his water toys, even though Gary is shown to hate taking baths.

, Gary is shown enjoying taking a bath with SpongeBob as the latter plays with his water toys, even though Gary is shown to hate taking baths. It is revealed in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water that Gary hates mayonnaise.

that Gary hates mayonnaise. Gary has arms, as seen in "Have You Seen This Snail?," "The Gift of Gum," and "Grooming Gary." In addition to this, "Your Shoe's Untied" and "SpongeBob's Last Stand" reveal that he has feet.



The scene from "Help Wanted" in which SpongeBob wakes up and greets Gary originally ended with Gary taking a bite from a cactus, about garden snails' tendency to feed on succulent plants. The book Not Just Cartoons: Nicktoons! features the original storyboard of this scene.

features the original storyboard of this scene. He is the only major character In the series who has not appeared In Sandy's treedome.

In the Croatian dub, his name is "Slavko."

In the Dutch dub, his name is "Gerrit."

Gary has many things hidden under his shell: a house, SpongeBob's Krabby Patty T-shirt, a record player, a diamond, and many other pieces of junk.

In "Help Wanted," Gary's pupils are small red dots and his meow is much squeakier.

He has only spoken full sentences in "Sleepy Time" and "Chatterbox Gary."

In "The Way of the Sponge," when SpongeBob leaves, Gary's meow sounds like he is saying "farewell."

Gary appears as a cameo in both Snail Bob 2 game installments.