Marco is a fish who appears in the episode "Old Man Patrick."
Description
He is a very buff gray fish with a mullet. He wears a white tank top and has large muscles. He also has a 5 o'clock shadow. He also speaks with a slight Italian accent.
Personality
He appears to be quite bad-tempered, aggressive, and menacing, as he threatens to beat up anyone who mistakenly calls his name.
Role in episode
Marco tells SpongeBob to stop calling his name when he and Patrick are playing Marco Polo. Later, in an alley, he threatens to beat up SpongeBob when the latter mistakenly calls his name.
At the end of the episode, he appears once again when an elderly woman mistakenly calls his name. When he threatens to beat her up, she reveals herself to be very strong, thus punching him and sending him flying, before he crashes and explodes on the ground. Defeated, Marco replies "Polo" when the elderly woman mistakenly calls his name once again.
Trivia
- His name is the same as a name of a XIII-age traveler, Marco Polo.
- Because his name is so similar to the popular pool game Marco Polo, he beats up anybody who mistakenly calls his name.
- His parents owned a white farmhouse, which was his birthplace.