Location from SpongeBob SquarePants by Stephen Hillenburg / Nickelodeon
The retirement community where Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy live — a standard elderly care facility with the specific distinction of housing two former superheroes who SpongeBob visits with the frequency of a devoted nephew.
Shady Shoals is where Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy have settled into retirement, and it is both comfortable and mildly suffocating in the way of all institutional care. They have routines. They have their room. They have SpongeBob and Patrick who arrive with the enthusiasm of superfans and the social intelligence of very friendly golden retrievers. The home's normalcy is the joke — two legendary heroes of Bikini Bottom, now signing autographs for SpongeBob while eating tapioca.
A clean, institutional retirement home with the standard features: lounge areas, a cafeteria, activity rooms. The residents' wing has Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's room, which is decorated with memorabilia of their IJLSA career. The building is well-lit and maintained. It smells like what retirement homes smell like.
Also known as: Shady Shoals, Shady Shoals Rest Home