Note: The Flashback in this chapter takes place before the events of Sponge-Cano
In the Antarctica Prison, we were there to visit the biggest sore loser of all time: Dr. Vellian Crowler.
Vellian Crowler, known in Japan as Cronos de Medici; sometimes spelled Chronos de Medici, is the head professor and department chair of techniques at Duel Academy. Initially scheming and underhanded in attempting to expel Jaden Yuki, Crowler grows throughout the series to appreciate all his students and in turn be respected for his noble actions. He was the main antagonist of the first half of the first season before the Shadow Riders debuted.
Vellian Crowler is a professor of the Obelisk Blue dormitory at Duel Academy. His main goal in the first year is to force low-performing students out of the school. After Jaden Yuki defeats him in a Duel, he tries as hard as he can to get Jaden kicked out of the Duel Academy, but fails miserably. Notable schemes include making Chazz Princeton Duel Jaden with "unbeatable combos," and placing a fake love letter in Syrus Truesdale's locker (which he mistook for Jaden's) to catch him peeping in the girl's bathing facility. Other schemes include Crowler hiring a hit-man named Titan to frighten Jaden and his friends out of Duel Academy, hiring the Paradox Brothers to Duel Jaden and Syrus in a tag-team Duel in hopes they will be defeated and get expelled, having Jaden go out after hours to Duel against the "Duel Giant" (knowing Jaden can be expelled if he's caught), and getting Belowski to Duel Jaden to convince him to run out. After Jaden beats Chazz in the school duel and seeing him defending Chazz from his brothers, Crowler starts to think that Jaden isn't all that bad and gives up trying to expel him (although before he did say that Slade and Jagger could be useful to mess up Jaden).
Crowler is chosen as one of the seven people that guard the Spirit Keys from the Shadow Riders in an attempt to prevent the resurrection of the Sacred Beasts. He Duels the second of the Shadow Riders, Camula, but is ultimately defeated and turned in to a doll. He is restored when Jaden defeats Camula and watches his students beat the rest. At the end of the first year, he Duels Chumley Huffington, with him agreeing to offer his recommendation to Industrial Illusions should Chumley defeat him. Though Crowler wins the Duel, he allows Chumley to pursue his dream of becoming a card designer due to his vast improvement in practical Dueling. Later he watches Zane and Jadens graduation duel which ends in a tie causing him to gain new respect for Jaden.
During the second year, while Chancellor Sheppard is away, Crowler takes over his position at Duel Academy alongside Vice-Chancellor Jean-Louis Bonaparte. For much of the season, the two devise schemes to market Duel Academy, but often argue over what methods should be employed to do so. Bonaparte resorts commonly to attacks, physical or otherwise, on Slifer Red, which he sees as a stain on the school's image, prompting Crowler to step in and defend the dorm on multiple occasions. In the Japanese version, Bonaparte addresses Crowler as a "temporary principal" to insult his feigning position.
After Sheppard returns to his duties, Crowler and Bonaparte, thinking themselves to be fired on account of one of the Chancellor's angry outbursts over their bickering, attempt to find new jobs with Industrial Illusions. Maximillion Pegasus agrees to open discussions on the matter, provided they can defeat him in a triangle Duel. Although they lose to Pegasus, Sheppard states that it was all a big misunderstanding, and that they were never fired in the first place.
By the third year, Crowler has grown to respect Jaden a bit and even comments that "Jaden usually saves them" when things go wrong. Crowler becomes another zombified victim in the different dimension along with Axel Brodie's entire "Blue Berets" group that he had used to combat the Duel Ghouls. However, he does not Duel when Jaden and his friends return to the different dimension to find Jesse Anderson. Because he did not Duel and was not sent to another alternate dimension, Crowler was present to watch Jaden's Duel against Yubel, who was possessing Jesse, along with Syrus and Ojama Yellow.
Crowler ascends to the position of vice-principal of Duel Academy in the fourth season after Bonaparte quits. Along with being a professor and vice-principal, Crowler is also revealed to be a career adviser. As Jaden's graduation nears, he reverts to the cruel and bitter personality he had in the first year, making his students do math problems and even having them spend entire classes doing pushups. When he wouldn't show up to his lessons, the students chased him around to school to know why he acted so odd. He revealed to them that he didn't want any of them to leave, and thus wanted them to not take enough classes to graduate. Jaden Duels him, and Crowler fights back brilliantly (even pushing Jaden into a corner multiple times) but is defeated by Jaden in the same manner he did during the entrance exams (causing Crowler to joke that using "Elemental Hero Flame Wingman" in conjunction with "Skyscraper" is the only strategy Jaden knows). This act restores Crowler to his usual self, leading him to make Jaden make up for all the classes he had missed recently. It is assumed that Crowler, along with everyone else, was pulled into the world of Darkness during the Trueman siege and brought back when Jaden defeated Nightshroud.
He was last seen trying to make a speech to the third-years, but broke down and cried violently before being carried out by the other staff members. Afterward, he attended the graduation party with his students.
Qin: So Crowler was locked in prison for getting Jaden expelled?
Me: Yep. From the intel I got from my friend Charlie Nottingham when he was spying on him at Duel Academy, he hated Jaden because he beat him in his initiation duel and he tried several times to get him expelled.
Alexis: And he failed at every one of them.
Me: Yep.
Nico: What a sore loser.
Laney: Crowler deserved to be fired and sent to prison.
Lana: Yep.
Nico: And it was good you got to keep his deck for your own use J.D.
Me: Thanks man.
We arrived at Crowler's cell and it was like John Corben's cell.
Me: Hello Dr. Crowler.
He saw us.
Crowler: J.D. Knudson. Its been a long time since you came to visit.
Me: You know how busy we are saving the world and the universe from total destruction. Last time we saw you, we weren't called Team Loud Phoenix Storm back then.
Crowler: That's true. This animosity between us is so pointless. I shouldn't be in this cell. (to Alexis) Alexis, you were one of my faovrite Obelisks. Surely, you can find it in your heart to forgive me.
Alexis: Dream on.
Crowler: (to Jaden) Jaden, you're not the type to hlde any grudges. Surely, you can be willing to give me another chance. What do you say?
Jaden: Huh. Same old Crowler. You know, I might've fallen for that if you tried it in my first year when I was more guillible. Now pipe down and eat your peas. Or no pudding.
Me: Jaden you're not his mother.
Jaden: Sorry that felt so empowering.
Crowler: Chazz, I know how much you want to show Jaden who's boss. All you need to do is free me. And I will give you the means to defeat him. Together, we'll take back Obelisk Blue from Team Loud Phoenix Storm. And we'll drive Chancellor Shepard out of his job. And after that's done, you and I will both rule Duel Acadamy as equals and show those slackers from the other dorms who's boss. What do you say?
Chazz: Ok. I know you're sore at Jaden for beating you. I've been there before. But instead of cheap schemes, I'll simply work to further improve my deck. That way, when me and Jaden somehow Duel again, I could possibly beat him on my own terms.
Bastion: And to think that you were doing much better when you helped us defeat the Shadow Riders the first time.
Crowler: First time? What do you mean?
Me: The Shadow Riders have returned and we have been facing them one by one. We took down six of them and one of them is now in the Redemption Squad.
Laney: That's right.
Lola: And we are not gonna let them get the Sacred Beast Cards.
Me: If they do, it'll be the end of the world as we know it. Our whole planet will be completely destroyed.
Nico: Yep.
Crowler: Well let me help you all.
Me: Fat chance. You brought all this on yourself Crowler. If you weren't such a sore loser, you would've been a valuable ally.
Nico: Don't worry, Crowler. Your Deck's in good hands. Unlike you, it could prove useful in the future.
We left the prison.
Later at the Krusty Krab we were having Krabby Patties. We were having Krabby Patties with SpongeBob, Patrick and Lily's favorite heroes Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
Me: (Eating) Mmm. Good Krabby Patties like always.
Lily: Thanks J.D.
Vexen: Boy you said it.
Hydro Man: They sure are delicious.
Lana: You said it.
Maria: Hey Mermaid Man how did Lily meet you and Barnacle Boy?
Mermaid Man: It was a really great story.
Barnacle Boy: It sure was. She is a very sweet and very true hero.
FLASHBACK
TV Announcer: Mermaid Man: Fleet and forceful. With the ability to assemble and charge the creatures of the deep.
Mermaid Man: By the power of Neptune!
TV Announcer: Mermaid Man, with his young associate Barnacle Boy, fights for all creatures who live in the sea, against the forces of evil.
Villain: [holds a baby's lollipop and he spots the whirlpool] Oh, no! The Raging Whirlpool! [the whirlpool catches him and the lollipop falls on the baby's tongue]
TV Announcer: Mermaid Man! Champion of the deep.
SpongeBob, Patrick and Lily: Yay! Champion of the deep! Woo!
SpongeBob: [dressed up as Mermaid Man] Come on, Barnacle Boy. There's evil afoot.
Patrick: [dressed up as Barnacle Boy] Leaping lampreys, Mermaid Man! I'm right behind you!
Lily: [dressed up as The Deuce] Right with you Mermaid Man!
SpongeBob: I love your superhero costume Lily.
Lily: Thanks SpongeBob. My brother Lincoln got me into the Superhero Comic world.
[SpongeBob, Patrick and Lily outside and sneak behind Squidward, who's relaxing on a lounge chair wearing sunglasses.]
SpongeBob: Mermaid Man, Barnacle Boy and the Deuce spot their arch enemy, Reflecto, up to no good.
Squidward looked behind him.
Squidward: SpongeBob.
SpongeBob: You know what this means.
Patrick: Donuts.
SpongeBob, Patrick and Lily: Ooohh.
They take one and put it on their fingers.
SpongeBob: By the power of Neptune. [Patrick bites into the donut]
SpongeBob, Patrick and Lily: Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, unite!
SpongeBob: Creatures of the deep, assemble! [all three go into deep thinking] Think... harder... Barnacle Boy. [jellyfish swims by] Here they come. [Squidward blows jellyfish away]
SpongeBob: Blast, Reflecto has become too powerful.
Lily: Allow me.
Lily threw a blast of water and it splashed Squidward and got him all wet. But then a shadow covered Squidward and he saw that he was in a shade tent.
Squidward: [under a tent] What the? Ohh!
SpongeBob: If Reflecto is cut off from sunlight, he becomes weak.
Lily: Good thinking Mermaid Man.
Patrick: Jumping jellyfish, Mermaid Man. He's destroying the shield!
[Cut to Squidward destroying the tent in a fury]
SpongeBob: Quick, Barnacle Boy, back to the sea cave.
Patrick: Right, Mermaid Man.
Lily: Lets go!
Squidward: [runs to the door and he knocks it hard] SpongeBob! SpongeBob, open up!
SpongeBob: [Squidward continues knocking the door] Reflecto has found our secret lab.
Patrick: What would the real Mermaid Man do?
Lily: Yeah.
Squidward: Why don't you go ask him yourself?
SpongeBob: Elaborate, you vile fiend.
Squidward: He and Barnacle Boy live in the retirement home on the other side of town.
SpongeBob: Hmm, they must be working undercover.
Squidward: Yeah... now please leave me alone. (Walks back to his house)
Lily: You know what? I'm starting to dislike Squidward now.
SpongeBob, Patrick and Lily: [Patrick bites into the donut again] Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, reunite! [At Shady Shoals Retirement Home]
They went in and spoke to the manager.
SpongeBob: Excuse me, I know that Mermaid Man is working undercover on an important case, but you think we can see him?
Duncan: Undercover? Yeah... well, I'll see if they can take time from their busy schedule to see you. [SpongeBob and Patrick are laughing as they walk in and Lily was smiling] There they are. Right over there. [SpongeBob and Patrick gasp]
Lily: Wow.
Duncan: Try not to surprise them.
SpongeBob: Patrick! Can you believe it?
Patrick: [holding onto SpongeBob] Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy in the flesh!
Lily: This is gonna be so awesome.
[SpongeBob, Patrick and Lily walk in front of the TV]
Barnacle Boy: Hey, who are those guys?
Mermaid Man: Uhh, are they here to fix the TV?
Barnacle Boy: What do you want?
SpongeBob: Are you Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy?
Barnacle Boy: Well, we used to be. But now we're retired.
Lily: It's such an honor to meet you Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
Barnacle Boy: Aren't you the girl who helped stop Plankton?
Lily: That's me. My name is Lily Loud.
Barnacle Boy: It's a pleasure to meet you.
Lily: Lets see what's wrong with your TV.
Lily went over and she found the problem with the tv. It was missing the remote.
Lily: The remote is missing.
Barnacle Boy: I wonder where it went.
Lily: Lets see.
She looked under the sofa they were sitting in and she found it.
Lily: Found it.
She handed it to them.
Barnacle Boy: Thanks Lily.
Lily: You're welcome. Also you are SpongeBob and Patrick's heroes.
SpongeBob: But you can't retire! There's evil afoot!
Mermaid Man: Wha? Evil! Evil! [he start running to the coral pot and start hanging on it] Barnacle Boy! Come quick! I've got the evil!
SpongeBob: All I said was, there's evil afoot.
Mermaid Man: Evil! Evil! E...
Barnacle Boy: Would you please stop saying that?
Mermaid Man: [hanging on a water fountain] Evil! Evil, evil, evil, evil, evil! [water squirts at him] Death raaaaay! [the manager comes, grabs SpongeBob and Patrick and throws them out]
SpongeBob: Wow, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.
Patrick: It's too bad they're old.
Lily: Well there's nothing we can do about that. Time waits for no one.
SpongeBob: What do you mean, Patrick? Old people are the greatest. They're full of wisdom and experience. [real life captain gives a thumbs up and triumphant music plays]
Lily: Just like Pop Pop.
SpongeBob: The world needs Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Someone, somewhere, is in trouble, and I won't rest until Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy are out of retirement. [fireworks appear]
Lily: Yeah!
Patrick: Ooh! Pretty lights!
[At Shady Shoals Retirement Home's cafeteria]
Mermaid Man: To the meatloaf! [Receives a slice of meatloaf into his bowl] To the broccoli! [Receives some broccoli into his bowl. Mermaid Man looks at the cafeterian.] Make sure you give extra broccoli to my young ward. The boy needs his vitamins.
Sally: Here you go, son. Haha.
Mermaid Man: To the table, away!
Barnacle Boy: Careful! Don't run!
SpongeBob: Hey, Mermaid Man.
Mermaid Man: Uh, here comes the TV repairman.
Barnacle Boy: What do you want from us?
Lily: We apologize for coming back. But not only are you guys our heroes but we love all your adventures.
Barnacle Boy: I can see that. But how did you guys know that Plankton was gonna do what he did?
Lily: It was all thanks to a dream I had. It was like a vision into the future.
Barnacle Boy: Ah. Dreams can have a way of telling the future.
SpongeBob: Hold on. Just let me look at ya.
Mermaid Man: Stay alert, Barnacle Boy. He... he's up to something.
Lily: It's because he is your biggest fan.
Barnacle Boy: Will you cut... will you stop calling me "boy"?
SpongeBob: Do you remember the time the food supply in Atlantis was running low? So you invented a ray gun that makes things grow six times their size to shoot at the kelp gardens. But then the evil Man Ray swoops down and swipes the gun away and shoots all the algae. [jumps onto one of the cafeteria tables where somebody is eating] And he globs onto the undersea dome. [puts his mouth on the table] And he starts sucking on the glass. [an old fish moves his oatmeal away from SpongeBob in disgust]
Lily: I remember that.
Barnacle Boy: What's your point, kid?
SpongeBob: You guys are the greatest heroes of all time, and I think you should come out of retirement.
Lily: That's right. Bad Guys are always everywhere.
Mermaid Man: Listen up, you villains. I wanna eat my meatloaf. If you don't get out of here, then by the power invested in me, I now pronounce you man and wife.
Duncan: [enters the cafeteria] What is going on in here?
Mermaid Man: [points to SpongeBob, who stops smiling] You may kiss the bride! [SpongeBob gets kicked out and rolls home]
Lily went back to him.
Patrick: Did you re-unite our heroes?
SpongeBob: No, but I'm married.
Lily: And SpongeBob and Sandy only started dating.
[Back at the retirement home]
Mermaid Man: [he and Barnacle Boy are in rocking chairs] Up, up, and away. Up, up, and away.
SpongeBob: [dressed up as a woman and speaking in a Southern accent] Oh, mah. This purse is so big and heavy.
Patrick: [dressed up as a robber] Hold it right there, ma'am. I'll be taking that. [grabs SpongeBob's purse]
SpongeBob: [screams] Hay-lp! Hay-lp! Hay-lp!
Patrick: It's working.
SpongeBob: [Barnacle Boy comes over to him] Wha, are you here to rescue little ol' me?
Barnacle Boy: [yells at SpongeBob, ruining his makeup] Pipe down! You could wake Mermaid Man and he's ornery when his nap is disturbed.
SpongeBob: [approaches Mermaid Man, who is sleeping with his eyes open] Ever alert, Mermaid Man has trained himself to sleep with his eyes open.
Lily: That's very cool.
Barnacle Boy: It is isn't it. But confound it, get away from him!
Mermaid Man: [wakes up] Stop shoutin'! I'm nappin'!
Barnacle Boy: [close up to his face] It's not me, you ol' coot!
Retired Elderly #1: Yes.
Retired Elderly #2: That's me.
Retired Elderly #3: I'm over here.
SpongeBob: Excuse me, Mermaid Man.
Mermaid Man: What do you want?
Barnacle Boy: This better be good.
SpongeBob: This'll cheer you up. We're almost done painting your invisible boatmobile. [The invisible boatmobile is shown almost completely covered in black paint and we also see Patrick smiling while holding a paintbrush with black paint on it.]
Barnacle Boy: Gah! It's supposed to be invisible! That's it! We gotta end our life of leisure. It's time to come out of retirement. There's evil afoot.
Mermaid Man: Evil! Where is it?
Lily: Uh oh.
Barnacle Boy: There it is! [points at SpongeBob and Patrick] You know what this means? [opens up a box with shiny rings]
Mermaid Man: Donuts!
Barnacle Boy: Oh, brother.
Lily: The trademark rings!
[Barnacle Boy puts the ring on Mermaid Man and then they try to put both of the rings together, but they miss. Superhero sequence fails. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy wave their arms around up and down to synchronize their positioning of their arms. So then they attempt to unite both of the rings together a second time. Both rings are successfully put together but the superhero sequence fails again.]
Barnacle Boy: Say the oath.
Mermaid Man: [in his young voice] MERMAID MAN AND BARCACLE BOY, UNITE! [unite sequence succeeds while their rings are united together]
Lily: AWESOME!
Mermaid Man: Throw a waterball at 'em!
SpongeBob and Patrick: Waterballs! Waterballs! [Barnacle Boy throws a waterball at SpongeBob, but nothing happens]
Patrick: Hehehehehe.
Lily: Boy that only did as much damage as a water balloon.
Barnacle Boy: Mumbling morays. It's not working, Mermaid Man.
Mermaid Man: He-he's-he's absorbing it like some kind of evil sponge!
Lily: Well he's a sponge. What did you expect?
Mermaid Man: Good point.
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy: Dogpaddle away! [they swim around SpongeBob and Patrick]
Patrick: It's the Raging Whirlpool! [SpongeBob and Patrick cheer as the whirlpool consumes them]
Mermaid Man: Those fiends. They're actually enjoying it.
SpongeBob and Patrick: Do it again! Do it again! Do it again!
Lily: (Laughs) Funny.
Barnacle Boy: Now what, Mermaid Man? We need help!
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy: Sea creatures, unite! [they summon the sea creatures, but they are retired, so they come slowly]
Barnacle Boy: Hmm, the creatures of the deep seem to have lost some of their luster.
Lily: Well time waits for no one.
Barnacle Boy: True.
Mermaid Man: Sea creatures, attack!
SpongeBob: Pinch me, I must be dreaming. [sea creatures, now carrying torches and pitchforks, pick up SpongeBob and Patrick] Mission accomplished, Patrick.
Patrick: Yeah, we did it. [sea creatures throw them out]
Mermaid Man: I did it. I feel five years younger. Oh, it's good to be back!
Barnacle Boy: We did it, you ol' coot. [they shake hands]
Mermaid Man: Who are you? [Barnacle Boy becomes annoyed] (To Lily) Thank you so much for bringing our hero life back.
Lily: You're welcome Mermaid Man. It was actually SpongeBob and Patrick that did it. But you are always gonna be heroes in theirs and my eyes.
They shook hands.
TV Announcer: The New Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy! We join our heroes locked in a battle of wits. [Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy play checkers.]
[Mermaid Man places a black checker on the board. A "Pow!" pow-bubble appears. Barnacle Boy replies by placing a red checker on the board. "Clack!" appears. Mermaid Man sweats, then places a black checker to the end of the board. A "King Me!" appears. Suddenly the phone rings.]
Mermaid Man: It's the Aquaphone! [he holds the phone upside down] What is it, Chief? Uhh, hello? Hello? Hello? [Hangs up phone. "HANG UP!" appears] The phone is still broken. Remind me to g-get that fixed. ["SIT!" appears]
Barnacle Boy: Remind you of what?
Mermaid Man: Remind me of what?
TV Announcer: Will our heroes ever get their phone fixed? Tune in next week and find out.
SpongeBob: Wow. That was even better than the old show.
Lily: You said it.
Patrick: It's all thanks to you. [SpongeBob winks; "WINK!" appears].
FLASHBACK ENDS
We laughed.
Me: That was awesome.
Lily: It sure was.
Patrick: Where were you two when Plankton enacted his Plan Z scheme?
Barnacle Boy: Our retirement home was not affected by it. We were actually in a shelter underneath the home.
Laney: Very clever.
Lily: But our crusade against the forces of evil is never over.
Mermaid Man: It's good to know that you and your family have been doing good in the fight against EEVVIILL!
Me: Thanks Mermaid Man.
Barnacle Boy: One day, you should take us to see the rest of your family.
Lily: I'll keep that in mind.
Maria: Guys, don't you think it's odd that Professor Banner hasn't been around lately?
Zoom: I'm sure he's got things to do involving being a teacher at Duel Academy.
Me: Maybe.
THE END
Another awesome SpongeBob chapter done.
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy is one of my all time favorite episodes. It aired on August 21st, 1999 and it was also the first ever episode in which legendary actor Ernest Borgnine and famous comedian Tim Conway guest starred as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy. Thus giving rise to the iconic SpongeBob heroes. This chapter was also made as a tribute to the late and famous actors. They will never be forgotten and their awesome legacies will live on.
R.I.P. Ernest Borgnine - January 24th, 1917 to July 8th, 2012
R.I.P. Tim Conway - December 15th, 1933 to May 14th, 2019
You both will never be forgotten.
NicoChan11 gave me the ideas for this. Thanks man. Next up is an awesome chapter and we're gonna help the legendary Mon Colle Knights defend all of Mon World from the evil forces of the evil Prince Eccentro. We're going to keep him around as comic relief and do future chapters where we kill evil monsters later on.
See you all tomorrow.
