Fred (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Fred (sometimes known as Incidental 1 or The My Leg Guy) is a supporting character in SpongeBob SquarePants, he is one of the many fish in Bikini Bottom. He is known to yell out the words my leg in numerous episodes.

Why He's The "My Leg! Guy

 * 1) He has spawned some of the greatest lines & catchphrases in the series, most notably My Leg! And DEUUEAUGH!
 * 2) He is a very supportive friend of the main characters and occasionally helps them in situations (especially in the later seasons).
 * 3) He is a very relatable character, due to the fact he gets injured in most of his appearances.
 * 4) Like the other incidentals/background characters, he has shown to help out SpongeBob on occasions, such as in SpongeBob's Last Stand, where he (along with the rest of the fish) help save Jellyfish Fields.
 * 5) He has amazing singing, and although it’s not seen often, it makes it count where it is seen, especially in this song.
 * 6) He is very nice to most of the cast and in the background, he can be seen being nice to others.
 * 7) He gets even more screentime in Season 11 and onwards than in previous seasons (although he does get a lot of screentime in Seasons 1-3).
 * 8) Despite generally either playing a supporting role or minor role in the series, there are a few exceptions. The most prominent one was in My Leg!.
 * 9) He is one of the most memorable characters in the SpongeBob franchise.
 * 10) Despite being treated badly by most of the cast, there are some exceptions, for example, SpongeBob is very nice to him and is a close friend of his. Also the other background characters are close to him to.
 * 11) He is one of the few characters that wasn’t flanderized during Seasons 6-8 (despite being very underused in these seasons)
 * 12) He is also one of the few characters from SpongeBob to have character development, where he went from a rude and sarcastic background character to a nicer & more easy-to-get-along-with-person.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) He gets a lot of abuse and harassment by the cast, making him a Butt-Monkey kind of character, also, in the later seasons, he sometimes closes his leg on the door, causing it to come off.
 * 2) Depending on your view, his yelling can get very annoying.
 * 3) Speaking of yelling, he was flanderized (although in a good way) during Season 11 and onwards, where his accident-prone tendencies are shown even more often than before, not only that, but in most episodes, he can never stop yelling.
 * 4) Like the other background characters/incidentals, he can be an unlikable and mean-spirited jerk from time to time. For example, he makes a sarcastic remark at Sandy in "Squirrel Jokes".
 * 5) He got little to no screentime during Seasons 4-10, despite speaking fairly often in these seasons.