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Personality: David is generally kind, brave, enthusiastic, passionate and adventurous. However, he can be stubborn, high-tempered, cocky, and sometimes impulsive at times. In fact, he often astounds people with his skills and abilities, and unpredictability.
CLASSIFICATION: Sea sponge (Aplysina fistularis)
RESIDENCE: SpongeBob's house (after moving from Harold and Margaret SquarePants' house), Bikini Bottom, Pacific Ocean
OCCUPATION(S): Krusty Krab sub fry cook, Scientist, Inventor, Bodybuilder, Law enforcement official, Chef, Martial arts master, Occasional cashier, waiter, and janitor, Manager of the Krusty Krab 3 and 4
EDUCATION: Mrs. Puff's Boating School (formally), Bikini Bottom School during childhood, High school
FAMILY DESCENDANTS: SquarePants family
Favorite family member: SpongeBob SquarePants (cousin)
Absorbency: Being a sponge, he is also absorbent, and can expand his body by absorbing liquids. Sometimes when SpongeBob cries, he re-absorbs his tears.
Boneless: Davidis usually shown to be boneless since sea sponges are invertebrates. However, in some episodes, such as "I Had an Accident," bones are shown on his X-rays. He also has bones when his skin is ripped off in "Atlantis SquarePantis" and "The Splinter." He can also squeeze through and fit in things.
Destruction: David has a degree of talent in destruction, but most of the cases show that he mostly performed this involuntary due to his gullible and reckless personality.
Driving: He can drive certain objects perfectly
Fry cooking: David has a job sometimes cooking Krabby Patties at the Krusty Krab.
Science: David has shown to have a vast knowledge and passion of science
Saxophone: Davidis seen holding a saxophone in the episode Band Geeks. It is unknown if he may also be skilled in playing the instrument.
Math: Davidis seen giving a math lesson to intelligent Patrick in "Patrick SmartPants."
Inventing: In several episodes, David has created many useful inventions using his inventing skills.
Bodybuilding and muscle growth: David is shown to have huge muscles, and seems to get bigger and huge each time they are displayed, and growing at almost pure will.
Cooking: He is shown to make fantastic Nutty Butter. He is a stunt chef, with the ability to cook food rapidly. He was eventually hired by Mr. Krabs to perform tricks with SpongeBob.
Karate: He trains for karate with Sandy and, in "Karate Choppers," is seen to be quite evenly matched with her.
Limb range: Like most characters in this series, David can stretch his body to unusual extents.
Regeneration: It is shown that he can quickly regenerate parts of his body that are injured or removed as this is natural for real sponges. He can also clone himself and reproduce by budding, most notably in "Pressure."
Enhanced reflexes: David possesses faster-than-lightning reflexes, being able to react to dangers instantly. Hence, David can dodge and react to projectiles and enemy attacks moving at high speeds, such as lasers, arrows, shock waves, bullets, and even lightning. Additionally, David sharp reflexes allow him to react to attacks outside his field of vision.
Stamina and endurance: David has demonstrated very high stamina, capable of exerting himself to his peak performance for several hours without signs of fatigue.
Super speed: As the Quickster, he can move very fast. Although he is certainly able to run faster than Patrick when he's about to tell Mr. Krabs in "Sailor Mouth" and Squidward when he's about to chase SpongeBob about the pizza in "Pizza Delivery."
Leadership: David is a great natural leader for all of his friends in Bikini Bottom.
Teleportation: David is capable of teleporting in various episodes. Like in "The Wreck of the Mauna Loa" when he is chasing Patrick in a game of tag, Patrick is looking back at SpongeBob in the other direction, when he imminently bumps into SpongeBob in front of him and in "Born to Be Wild" he was able to teleport to The Krusty Krab by riding on a bubble.
Sneaking: David can be very sneaky, as seen in "Employee of the Month."
Levitation: David can levitate infinitely.
Climbing: David can climb, as seen in "Party Pants king" where he climbed on his house.
Singing and nose-playing: David is shown to possess a fantastic singing voice. He uses his nose as a flute, in which he is very talented. He is also the lead singer in "Band Geeks." Later, he uses his nose flute in "Best Day Ever" to drive away from the nematodes from the Krusty Krab. His nose flute is notably played as a closing note of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song.
Whistling: He can whistle due to his gap in his buck teeth. This ability is put on display in "Mind the Gap."
Comedy: David can do comedy as telling jokes. This is seen well in "Squirrel Jokes."
Ventriloquism: David can play around with Mini Squidward in the episode "Squid Wood."
Magic tricks: David is talented at magic tricks in "One Trick Sponge."
Ice skating: David can ice skate. This ability is put on display in "Shanghaied" and "Krabs à la Mode."
Roller skating: He has shown that he can roller skate as seen in "Things to Do When Encountering a Legendary Creature" and "Sportz?"
Dancing: David has shown that he can dance. This ability is put on display in "Cave Dwelling Sponge."
Ukulele playing: David is very good at playing his ukulele.
Guitar playing: David would play guitar in a few episodes. He owns both acoustic and electric guitars.
Soft pliable body: Due to his soft, pliable frame, he is capable of shape-shifting, has some degree of invulnerability, being able to absorb many types of physical impact, shown most notably in the episode "The Bully."
Body part changing: He can change his body parts into objects as well as shapeshifting.
Multiplying body parts: He can multiply his body parts due to his regeneration.
Multitasking: To a certain degree, but it is especially true when he cooks. He can pump out the entire restaurant full of diners with Krabby Patties.
Cloning: He can clone minions of himself by slicing his skin into layers.
Multilingual: In the episode "Sold!," David is shown to be able to speak fluent German.
Mimicking: He can mimic someone else by shapeshifting. In "Mimic Madness," he mimics his friends.
Survival skills: In "To Save a Squirrel," he, SpongeBob and Patrick almost eat each other to survive. Eventually, they are saved by Sandy and no longer had to resort to the desperate measure.
Water breathing: Being a sea creature means he can breath underwater.
Magic Pencil: The pencil grants the user god-like abilities. The user can create anything and erase anything at will.
