Is Gary a snail or a cat?

Garold "Gary" Wilson, Jr. is SpongeBob SquarePants' pet sea snail and the most commonly seen pet in the series. He lives with SpongeBob in his pineapple house on 124 Conch Street.
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Is Gary the Snail a cat or dog?

Gary the Snail is the pet snail of SpongeBob SquarePants and a cousin to Patrick Star. Snails are the underwater equivalent of cats in SpongeBob SquarePants, so Gary meows and purrs (as seen in the episode "Dumped") like a cat. Gary is SpongeBob's playful pet snail and loves to play with him a lot.
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Why is Gary a cat?

That's because Gary is a cat. Specifically, Gary is a five-year-old rescued domestic long-haired “meowtain lion” who was adopted from the Calgary Humane Society and now lives and hikes in the Canadian Rocky Mountains.
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Is Gary a cone snail?

Conus garywilsoni is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. Like all species within the genus Conus, these snails are predatory and venomous.
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Is Gary the snail Patrick's cousin?

Patrick and Gary's family consists of the family members related to Patrick Star and Gary the Snail, who are first cousins.
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How did SpongeBob get Gary?

SpongeBob is revealed to have bought him at the animal shelter in "Plankton's Pet." However, a flashback shown in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run showcases that SpongeBob first met Gary at Camp Coral when he was a 10-year-old boy. SpongeBob then later adopted Gary when he got older.
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Is Gary a cat?

Gary is a sea snail with a pink shell (which turns purple in the dark) with indigo spots and a red spiral.
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Why is Gary a snail?

In "The Great Snail Race", it is revealed that Gary isn't a purebred snail. This is probably due to the fact that his father, Sluggo, is a leech. In "Rule of Dumb", it is revealed that he and Patrick are related. According to the family tree given in that episode, they are first cousins.
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Does Gary the snail bark?

He is SpongeBob's pet sea snail who is voiced by Tom Kenny. Gary can only speak in a "meow" noise, while sea worms in the show commonly bark which indicates that snails are the ocean equivalent of cats and worms are dogs.
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Why did SpongeBob turn into a snail?

"I Was a Teenage Gary" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 1. In this episode, SpongeBob leaves Gary in the care of Squidward and when he gets back, he transforms into a snail after accidentally being injected with snail plasma.
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Is Gary a boy or girl name?

The name Gary is both a boy's name and a girl's name of English origin meaning "spear man". While not generally thought of as unisex, this is a male name that, like Perry and Barry, has occasionally been used for girls over the years.
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Is SpongeBob a girl?

So it turns out, SpongeBob SquarePants is a male, not a female. He is voiced by comedian Tom Kenny and has been for the entire show.
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What is SpongeBob's full name?

A square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, in the city of Bikini Bottom on the floor of the Pacific Ocean. He works as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab.
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What is Patrick Star age?

On the SpongeBob Squarepants Fandom, Patrick Star, who now has his own spin-off show, is 37 years old.
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Is Gary from SpongeBob A moon snail?

He is a sea snail and the domesticated house pet of SpongeBob Squarepants.
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Why does Gary hate baths?

The fact that Gary hates taking baths is based on how domestic cats do not like to get wet and Gary is an underwater parody of a cat.
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What animal is Squidward?

Despite his name, Squidward Q. Tentacles—the grouchy neighbor of SpongeBob SquarePants in Nickelodeon's long-running cartoon—isn't a squid. He's an octopus. (Allegedly, creator Stephen Hillenburg named him Squidward because “Octoward” sounded too weird.)
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How old is Squidward?

He is 43 and is very mature. He likes to play his Clarinet and is an artist. He used to have long yellow hair but then they fell off when he was at the Krusty Krab. His rival is Squilliam Fancyson.
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Are worms dogs in SpongeBob?

Doodles, like all worms, is an underwater equivalent of a dog, as snails are those to cats. He is not shown to be vicious like guard worms; he just likes to bark and be walked by his owner.
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What is the saddest SpongeBob episode?

Top 10 Saddest SpongeBob Moments
  1. #1: Gary Runs Away. "Have You Seen This Snail?"
  2. #2: The End of SpongeBob. “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie” (2004) ...
  3. #3: This Grill Is Not a Home. "Welcome to the Chum Bucket" ...
  4. #4: Sandy's Texas Song. ...
  5. #5: Goodbye, Mr. ...
  6. #6: Squidward's Depression. ...
  7. #7: SpongeBob in the Wild. ...
  8. #8: April Fools', Jerk! ...
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What happened to Larry the snail?

"Gary & Spot"

Larry is shown locked up at the animal shelter but is freed by Gary.
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Does Squidward have a snail?

Snellie is a snail owned by Squidward Tentacles. She appears in the episode "The Great Snail Race," the book of the same name, and the console and DS version of the video game SpongeBob's Truth or Square.
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