# Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy / Pickles

An episode of [SpongeBob BingePants](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1586201809), 6 Jan 2022, 27 min.

Audio: https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/serve.castfire.com/audio/8250975/8250975_2026-04-14-100415.192.mp3?rssID=6246

Hector, our resident comic-book expert, breaks down every reference nodded to in this introduction to Bikini Bottom’s favorite (retired) superheroes, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Then Frankie unpacks how human SpongeBob can be, especially when we see him suffer crippling anxiety.

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