Bernie

Bernie is one of the four main characters in the series. He is a clawless hermit crab who lives on the Volcanic Island with his best friend Zig. Comparatively, he is smarter than Zig. He is often seen making gadgets and devices to help Zig get Marina the mermaid. Despite their occasional squabbles (such as when Zig tried to eat him or when he takes advantage of him), Zig and Bernie show that they care for each other very much. Zig makes Bernie happy at times and vice versa. His girlfriend is the starfish on Marina's hair. He is the main protagonist of his spin-off The Adventures of Bernie.

Bio

Personality and Traits

Bernie is a highly intelligent hermit crab who is able to come up with gadgets for Zig to catch Marina. Even though Bernie is Zig's right-hand crab, he's more than willing to go out of his way to help make solutions for Sharko and Marina. Bernie is able to build amazing devices like a geothermal steam machine, a lightning rod hose weapon, and a souped-up jet-ski boat. Bernie has a soft spot for other hermit crabs, seeing how he refused to let Zig eat other hermit crabs in Hundreds of Kids and Counting, and he loved and took very good care of thousands of hermit crab kids, such as building them a playground, healing their injuries and bottle-feeding them as if they were his own children. As a scientist, Bernie loves to test his inventions and build things of real merit, and he certainly doesn't like it when Zig and Sharko destroy his inventions and his LEGO bridge in Silly Builders. Bernie can be a power-hungry opportunist when his muscle formula gave him enhanced super-strength, which he used to overthrow King Neptune and usurp the throne The Tiny Tyrant. Bernie doesn't like being disrespected or replaced as seen in Bernie Moves House and Little Shrimp Buddy. Bernie is able to build his own home in Bernie Moves House and made good use of Marina's and Sharko's company to humiliate Zig. When Zig chose a shrimp to get Marina for him, Bernie was proven to be capable of sabotaging the shrimp's efforts and get him in trouble with his parents. Bernie is often the one who gets Zig and Sharko to unite in order to defeat an enemy that threatens Marina's well-being and/or uses her for their own personal gain. He normally gets along very well with Marina, despite all the times he helped Zig try and catch her. He was terrified of being her pet in "Mermaid's Pups" but also seems to have some attraction for her, blushing every time he gets kissed by her. Stuffed Animals showed that he got all the way to the desert with a male baby dolphin's toy. When he and the toy got all the way back to the Volcanic Island, he saw that the baby dolphin is playing with Zig, thinking that he was captured and forced to be his toy. He and the toy then put on soldier helmets to save Zig. In Catch a Falling Star featuring Marine losing her favourite starfish, he falls in passion/love with the starfish. He and the female starfish flirted with each other. Marina and Sharko then found the starfish, and took her home, leaving Bernie and the starfish crying from being seperated from each other. But at the end of the episode, they met each other, and Marina decided to let them go start dating.

Appearance

Bernie is a small hermit crab with red skin, large blue eyes and a tiny light sand-colored military shell.

Relationship

Zig(Best Friend) Bernie is Zig's best friend, sidekick and adoptive brother (Bosom Buddies).

Starfish(Girlfriend)

Encountered in Season 2, in the Episode "Catch a falling Star". Bernie has strong relationship with her in certain episodes.

Sharko(Frenemies)

He and Bernie don't interact or face very often, but he maybe hates Sharko too, since Sharko is the main reason why Zig hasn't eat Marina and usually outsmarts him, even though in some episodes of Season 1, 2, 3 and even 4 Bernie and Sharko can actually get along, this is temporary.

Marina(Close friend, sometimes enemies)

Despite assisting Zig in his attempts to capture her, Bernie and Marina get along well. Marina views Bernie as very cute and once tried to keep him as a pet. Despite this unpleasant experience, Bernie holds no grudge against her. It is possible he is attracted to her; he blushes every time Marina shows affection towards him and he has a photo of Marina in his wallet. They are also seen hanging out together whenever Zig and Sharko are up to their antics.

Abilities and Powers

Intellect - Throughout Season 1 Onwards, he always have strategic and numerous plans to carry out and teach Zig how to get Marina in each situation.
Chemistry - Bernie is known to experiment liquids and know how to make a solution using liquid and metals alike.
Technician/Machinist - He is always passionate of making machinery, even in the first season, he always create mechanical objects or even huge ones before the second season takes place. In Season 2 and onwards, he's also a master Architect, meaning he can build even the most sophisticated structures ever known to man.

Trivia

In season 2, his design got overhauled, now he comes with his own home, and his pupils are darker, fitting for the second season.
- Also, starting this season, he is the only character to speak an audible English word. He speaks "uh-oh" during random worse situations.
In certain episode ends, Bernie is also a hero since he saved both the Island and the Cruise Ship from certain threats, sometimes with Zig or sometimes with Marina.
Even though Bernie is undeniably cute, certain characters like the Ghost Pirate and the Bully Manta Ray are actually afraid of him.
Despite his small stature, Bernie is able to lift a large anchor out of the Abyss to rescue Zig, Sharko and their Angler fish friend.
He was seen naked without any shell in the episode, The Fan. There are also other episodes where he has his shell off.
Bernie is the only main character to be absent in an episode. Despite being present in every episode of the first season, he is missing in some episodes of season 2, 3 and 4. (However, Disco in the Dark marks Bernie's last absence in Season 2, The Mime marks his last absence in Season 3, and Pirate Law marks his last absence in Season 4. All the succeeding episodes guarantee that he would appear.

Gallery

Bernie/Gallery

Charactersv - e

Main Characters
Zig• Sharko• Marina• Bernie
Recurring Characters
Aldo• Barbara• Crazy Dolphin• Kraken• Hades• Manic Mermaid• Nora• Octopus Masseur• Georges
Minor Characters
Starfish• Gorilla• Female Monkey• Blue Fish• Red Fish• Green Fish• Pink Fish• Manta Ray• Orange Fish• Sardine• Walrus• Child Walrus• Child Dolphin• Blond Dolphin• Pink Dolphin• Blue Dolphin• Teal Dolphin• Child Octopus• Purple Octopus• Dark Blue Octopus• Jellyfish• Child Jellyfish• Child Turtle• Child Turtle's Dad• Child Turtle's Mom• Child Turtle's Granny• Seal• Seal's Father• Seal's Mother• Male Orcas• Child Crab• Child Crab's Mom• Child Crab's Dad• Child Catfish• Purple Catfish• Cyan Catfish• Child Tuna• Child Tuna's Dad• Child Tuna's Mom• Squid• Fish in Bowl• Scuba Diver• Child Swordfish• Swordfish• Brown Monkey• Duck• Lobster• Child Lobster• Clownfish• Little Crabs• Coconut• Hog• Kangaroo• Buffalo• Sloth• Sheep• Chameleon• Squirrel• Sailor• Peacock• Rabbit• Bronze Fish• Kitty• White Dog• Brown Dog• Dark Purple Octopus• Seahorse• Seahorse's Family• Narwhal• Baby Narwhals• Cat-faced Fish• Purple Squid