Painty the Pirate

Painty the Pirate,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] also referred to as Painting^[5] and as Captain, is a painting of a pirate's head with a parrot. He appears at the beginning of the show's opening sequence and sings the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song in every episode.

Description[]

His painted mouth is replaced by a live-action mouth, giving him the appearance of talking. According to the "Backstage Pants" special feature on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies DVD and the "Behind the Scenes of the SpongeBob Opening" special feature on the SpongeBob's Truth or Square DVD, it's stated that the real-life lips in the painting are the lips of Stephen Hillenburg, the show's creator.^[6]

He has curly light brown hair, green eyes, a black patch over his left eye, an orange jacket, green eyes, a white shirt, a black skull-and-crossbones hat, a red bandanna, and of course, a green parrot on his left shoulder. He also has a West Country pirate accent with a slight lateral lisp.

History[]

If counting the intro, Painty the Pirate has appeared in every episode. He also appears in the second movie, but not the first movie or the third movie.

Painty the Pirate also sends the riders into the attraction after responding to the answer if they’re ready for the adventure by reaching and grabbing onto them on SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: Ride, saying, "Good! In you go!"

He is voiced by Patrick Pinney in most appearances. However, in the episode "Truth or Square," the original painting of Painty the Pirate is replaced by a talking fortune teller dummy and was voiced by CeeLo Green. Also in "Truth or Square" during the "rejected" theme songs for Squidward Tentacles, Patrick Star, and Eugene H. Krabs, Painty the Pirate was voiced by Bob Joles.

Major appearances[]

Besides being in the theme, he also makes appearances in "Your Shoe's Untied," "Wet Painters," (although he only appears as an inanimate painting) and "Unreal Estate."

References[]

↑ "Backstage Pants"
↑ "Behind the Scenes of the SpongeBob Opening"
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160208171825/https://twitter.com/paultibbitt/status/494940304600862721
↑ Unreal Estate and Code Yellow (credits)
↑ Your Shoe's Untied and Squid's Day Off (credits)
↑ Ashley Boucher (2019-07-20). "SpongeBob Cast Reveals Late Creator Stephen Hillenburg Secretly Appears in Every Episode". People.

SpongeBob SquarePants
Characters		SpongeBob • Patrick • Squidward • Mr. Krabs • Plankton • Gal Pals (Karen \| Sandy \| Mrs. Puff \| Pearl) • Gary • Patchy • Potty • French Narrator • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy • Flying Dutchman • King Neptune • Larry the Lobster • Perch Perkins • Mr. and Mrs. SquarePants • Bubble Bass • Squilliam Fancyson • Mrs. Tentacles • Squidina • Cecil and Bunny Star • GrandPat Star • Ouchie • Granny Tentacles • Narlene and Nobby
Locations		Bikini Bottom • Conch Street • Bubble Bowl • Krusty Krab (Krabby Patties) • Chum Bucket • Mrs. Puff's Boating School • Jellyfish Fields • Goo Lagoon • Kamp Koral
Media	Episodes and movies	Episodes (Seasons: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17) • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run • Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie • Plankton: The Movie • The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants • Untitled Patrick Star spinoff film • Video releases (International) • Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (Seasons: 1 • 2) • The Patrick Star Show (Seasons: 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5)
	Albums	Original Theme Highlights • Movie soundtrack • The Yellow Album • The Best Day Ever Album • SpongeBob's Greatest Hits • Sponge Out of Water (Score) • The New Musical • Sponge on the Run (Score)
	Video games	Legend of the Lost Spatula • SuperSponge • Operation Krabby Patty • Revenge of the Flying Dutchman • Employee of the Month • Battle for Bikini Bottom (Rehydrated) • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • Lights, Camera, Pants! • The Yellow Avenger • Nighty Nightmare • Creature from the Krusty Krab • Atlantis SquarePantis • Underpants Slam! • Drawn to Life • Beach Party Cook-Off • Truth or Square • SpongeBob's Boating Bash • SpongeBob SquigglePants • SpongeBob's Surf & Skate Road Trip • Plankton's Robotic Revenge • SpongeBob HeroPants • SpongeBob SolitairePants • The Cosmic Shake • SpongeBob Simulator • Untitled 2025 SpongeBob game
	Other	Comic book • Musical • Theatrical short
Cast and Crew		Stephen Hillenburg • Tom Kenny • Bill Fagerbakke • Rodger Bumpass • Clancy Brown • Mr. Lawrence • Jill Talley • Carolyn Lawrence • Mary Jo Catlett • Lori Alan

[1] "Backstage Pants"

[2] "Behind the Scenes of the SpongeBob Opening"

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20160208171825/https://twitter.com/paultibbitt/status/494940304600862721

[4] Unreal Estate and Code Yellow (credits)

[5] Your Shoe's Untied and Squid's Day Off (credits)

[6] Ashley Boucher (2019-07-20). "SpongeBob Cast Reveals Late Creator Stephen Hillenburg Secretly Appears in Every Episode". People.

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