Man Ray

General Information

Man Ray, also spelled Man-Ray or Manray, is the greatest nemesis of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, alongside the Dirty Bubble. He is a great threat to Bikini Bottom.

Identity

Name: Man Ray Residence: Man Ray's Lair, Bikini Bottom Jail (formerly), Squidward Tentacles' house (temporarily), Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean Occupation(s): Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's arch villain, Restocks vending machines Education:High school Gender: Male Classification: Human

Appearance

Man Ray is a human male with a blue helmet shaped like the head of a Manta ray and a red bodysuit. His gloves, boots, and speedo are all deep blue in color. Oddly, he has no head under his helmet. He is muscular and his height is 6'4"

Personality

Man Ray is a villain who wants to take over the world and he is also short-tempered and temperamental. He is very manipulative, able to trick SpongeBob and Patrick into thinking he has changed into a force of good despite his very clear intentions. He is also very loyal to those he has a long history with and fellow villains, as he's part of many groups and alliances. Despite his evil nature, he also has a very soft side. His soft side shows in his debut when he can't rob the bank due to the side effect of the tickle belt, causing him to give up and get a credit card with a dog on it to show his defeat. Another example is when SpongeBob and Patrick pose as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy for a shuffleboard tournament. When they show up, he greets them and acts friendly to them until they randomly accuse him and a fellow elder of breaking the law and attack them for no real reason other than to satisfy themselves "of upholding the law." He is also very vengeful; if he's betrayed, harmed, or made fun of, he will inflict pain in the worst ways such as blasting people with a ray gun or destroying a city.

Abilities

Man Ray possesses combat skills and seemingly has the power to shoot destructive lasers from his hands. He also has the ability to fully fly. Man Ray is also a tactical genius, able to plan any scheme on-the-fly and during the crime. He also is physically able to remove his own head and throw as a boomerang to attack enemies. He is also in peak form despite being nearly as old as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.

History

Decades ago, Man Ray attempted to rule Bikini Bottom with his ray gun, but was foiled by Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy of the past pouring tartar sauce on him. However, when the future Mermaid Man, Barnacle Boy, SpongeBob, and Patrick come to the past, Patrick eats the tartar sauce that trapped Man Ray and creates the Man Ray timeline where he defeated Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy and took over Bikini Bottom. Fortunately, SpongeBob and Patrick go back in time (after a complicated series of time travels), defeat Man Ray, and restore the timeline. He was trapped in tartar sauce by Mermaid Man until Patrick frees him. He is about to destroy SpongeBob and Patrick, but he has the tickle belt, so he can't do anything. In order to get SpongeBob to take the belt off, he convinces him that he wants to become good, so after many aggrevating tests, SpongeBob finally removes the tickle belt, giving Man Ray a chance to escape. Man Ray then attempts to rob a bank but can't because he has lost the "urge to do bad." At some point, Man Ray regains this urge and begins committing crimes again. As he is seen as a villain for hire on the phone book. Plankton hires him to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula.

Trivia

His name is also a pun on manta ray. Despite abandoning his evil ways during his debut, he joins E.V.I.L. in, he actually did retire. Despite having the Tickle Belt removed, he still appears to be wearing it. He is very susceptible to the tickle belt, feeling its tickle even when he's not wearing it. Oddly, he can remove his head and is still able to talk. Additionally, in the latter, it's revealed Man Ray's head is dry-clean only, and if shrunken, he speaks in a higher-pitched voice as a result. Man Ray works at a store restocking Canned Bread into a vending machine. Man Ray is allergic to tartar sauce. This is probably why Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy have encased him in tartar sauce in the past. Man Ray used tickle torture on Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy as revenge for when they used the tickle belt on him to defeat him in.