<P> Patrick Star (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) is a pink starfish who lives under a rock and wears flowered swim trunks . His most prominent character trait is his extremely low intelligence . He is best friends with SpongeBob and often unknowingly encourages activities that get the two into trouble . While typically unemployed throughout the course of the series, Patrick holds various short - term jobs as the storyline of each episode requires . He is generally slow and easy - going but can sometimes get aggressive, much like real starfish . </P> <P> Squidward Tentacles (voiced by Rodger Bumpass) is an octopus with a large nose who works as a cashier at the Krusty Krab . He is SpongeBob's next - door neighbor with a dry, sarcastic sense of humor . He believes himself to be a talented artist and musician, but nobody else recognizes his abilities . He plays the clarinet and often paints self - portraits in different styles, which he hangs up around his moai house . Although he does not like SpongeBob and Patrick, they are oblivious to his animosity and consider him a close friend . </P> <P> Eugene Harold Krabs (voiced by Clancy Brown) is a red crab who owns and operates the Krusty Krab restaurant where SpongeBob works . He is self - content, cunning, and obsessed with the value and essence of money . He lives in an anchor with his teenage daughter Pearl, who is a whale . He dislikes spending money but will go to great lengths to make Pearl happy . He tends to worry more about his riches than about the needs of his employees . Having served in the navy, he loves sailing, whales, sea shanties, and talking like a pirate . </P> <P> Sheldon Plankton (voiced by Mr. Lawrence) and Karen Plankton (voiced by Jill Talley) are the owners of the Chum Bucket, an unsuccessful restaurant located across the street from the Krusty Krab . Their business is a commercial failure because they sell mostly inedible foods made from chum . Plankton is a small planktonic copepod and the self - proclaimed archenemy of Mr. Krabs . He is a skilled inventor and possesses a Napoleon complex due to his short stature . Karen is Plankton's own invention, a talking supercomputer who supplies him with evil plans to steal Krabs' secret recipe for Krabby Patties . She is married to Plankton and usually takes residence in the Chum Bucket laboratory . </P>

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