Gary the Snail

.Gary "the Snail" Wilson, Jr. is a character in the Nickelodeon series, SpongeBob SquarePants and is the pet of SpongeBob. He's known to love books and other educational stuff and is more mature than Squidward. He also hates taking baths as shown in "Gary Takes a Bath" and "Grooming Gary".

SpongeBob SquarePants, which first aired on May 1st, 1999. In the television series, Gary is SpongeBob's loyal pet, although his behavior in several aspects resembles a snail. As revealed in "Rule of Dumb", Gary is the rightful king of Bikini Bottom and is related to Patrick. Gary is shown to be very bored and massively cheeky, although, being a pet, he lacks the communication skills to convey this. In Gary's dream in "Sleepy Time", he is able to talk, has a humanoid body, and resides in a massive library.