Gary

From Nickelodeon

Gary is SpongeBob SquarePants' pet. He is a snail, but he meows like a cat. Gary is an intelligent, fully domesticated, snail owned by SpongeBob SquarePants since he was a boy. His intelligence shines through in the fact that he generally has much smarter solutions to SpongeBob's dilemmas than SpongeBob does. Gary tends to disagree with some of SpongeBob's ideas, and usually makes an effort to warn SpongeBob. He has his own bed, exercise wheel, and water and food bowls, and expects his food bowl to always be full. He also knows how to play the violin, as revealed in the episode "Something Smells". It is also noted that Gary can tie his shoes.

In the episode "Gary takes a bath" it was shown that Gary can levitate and teleport. SpongeBob mentions in the episode "Jellyfish Hunter" that Gary pays a majority of the bills, if not all. In "Chocolate with Nuts" it is seen that he gets most of the mail. Gary the Snail is inquisitive, curious, and always ready to learn something new. Gary serves SpongeBob his toast and jelly, every time he goes to work in the morning, and also serves him coffee. He even reads the daily newspaper. It also seems that he sometimes answers the phone for SpongeBob as hinted at in "Jellyfish Hunter". It is revealed in the episode "Karate Island" that the inside of Gary's shell is a disaster area. In fact in the episode "All that glitters" it was shown that a diamond was put in his shell. He has had a starring role in the episodes "Dumped" and "Have You Seen This Snail?"