Karen (voiced by Jill Talley) is Plankton's nagging computer "WIFE" (as in

an acronym for "Wired Integrated Female Electroencephalograph") and voice of reason. She
apparently has a mind of her own to the point of making fun of Plankton. Karen usually helps
Plankton in his schemes to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula, although on occasions
Plankton rejects her ideas and then takes them as if they were his own. She has a sarcastic
attitude towards Plankton, and it is revealed in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie that she
never agreed to marry Plankton.

Mrs. Puff (voiced by Mary Jo Catlett),[7] is a pufferfish with blonde hair, who is the owner
and teacher of a boating school (analogous to driving school, as the "boats" are underwater
equivalents to cars). Her first appearance with in the episode "Boating School", which first
aired on August 7, 1999.[8] She dreads instructing SpongeBob due to his inability to drive
without crashing. As a running gag, she frequently gets in trouble with the police due to
SpongeBob's inability to drive without causing public damage.

Pearl Krabs (voiced by Lori Alan) is Mr. Krabs' teenage sperm whale daughter. The
series has yet to explain their disparity in species, although in the book SpongeBob's Trivia
Book, Mr. Krabs explains that Pearl takes after her mother, suggesting that her mother is a
whale. Her mother is never seen or mentioned in the series. Pearl is frequently embarrassed
by her father's cheap attitude and often forces him to try and change his habits.

Mermaid Man (voiced by Ernest Borgnine/Joe Whyte/Tom Kenny/Adam West/Joe

Alaskey) and his sidekick Barnacle Boy (voiced by Tim Conway/Burt Ward)[9] are two elderly
and partially senile superheroes who live in a retirement home and are stars of SpongeBob
and Patrick's favorite television show. Mermaid Man is known for completely forgetting
things, yelling a prolonged "EVIL!" whenever he hears the word, while Barnacle Boy seems
to be the smarter, more sensible of the two. The 3rd season episode "Mermaid Man and
Barnacle Boy V" reveals that Barnacle Boy's given name is Kyle, but it is changed to Tim in
the 8th season episode "Mermaid Man Begins," where it is also revealed that Mermaid Man's
given name is Ernie. Since Borgnine's death (besides their appearance in "Patrick-Man!"),
neither Mermaid Man nor Barnacle Boy has appeared, and are rumored to have been
discontinued from the show. Aquaman artist Ramona Fradon drew the Mermaid Man and
Barnacle Boy comic book adventures.[10]

Larry the Lobster (voiced by Mr. Lawrence) is a lobster lifeguard of the Goo Lagoon.
Larry is a bodybuilder and workout fanatic, and has occasionally been seen hanging out with
SpongeBob and Patrick

The Flying Dutchman (voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray) is an irascible pirate ghost named
after a ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman. His first appearance is in the Halloween-themed
"Scaredy Pants", though he is first mentioned in "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost", in which

SpongeBob and Patrick discover that he haunts the seven seas because his unburied
corpse was used as a window display. Included in his arsenal of supernatural powers are
intangibility, levitation, teleportation, energy projection, shapeshifting, interdimensional travel,
matter transmutation, and wish-granting. He lives underwater in a giant ship and collects
souls, though he also resides in a cavern containing the Davy Jones' Locker, a
literal locker stuffed with countless smelly socks, which within the series seems to be
analogous to Hell; it is the place where one who trades their souls for wishes go, while "Who
the Davy" (analogous to "Who the hell") is once used as a curse word.