Mrs. Puff

Mrs. Puff
SpongeBob SquarePants character
First appearance	"Boating School" (August 7, 1999)
Created by	Stephen Hillenburg
Voiced by	Mary Jo Catlett
Information
Species	Blowfish
Gender	Female
Occupation	Driving teacher

Mrs. Puff is a fictional character appearing in the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants and both films based on the franchise. She is voiced by actress Mary Jo Catlett and debuted in the season one episode "Boating School" on August 7, 1999. Mrs. Puff was created and designed by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg.

Mrs. Puff is depicted as SpongeBob's paranoid driving instructor, as well as Mr. Krabs' love interest. While she is friendly and patient with most of her students, Mrs. Puff finds SpongeBob's recklessness exasperating and has come to despise him throughout the series' run. The character has received positive critical reception and has become well known in popular culture for her distinctive voice and temperamental personality.

Mrs. Puff is an anthropomorphic blowfish who owns an underwater boating school that SpongeBob attends. Despite her efforts, she has never successfully taught SpongeBob how to drive a boat. He fails her class every time he takes it and often causes townwide destruction in the process. Mrs. Puff displays the blowfish's inflation defense mechanism whenever SpongeBob crashes one of her vehicles.

A running gag in the series is Mrs. Puff's large criminal record. SpongeBob regularly lands her in jail accidentally as a result of his incompetence. This gag is introduced in "Hall Monitor", in which Mrs. Puff is held responsible for SpongeBob's actions after he inadvertently destroys Bikini Bottom. In "Doing Time", SpongeBob and Patrick attempt to break her out of prison to no avail. She is revealed to prefer prison to working as a teacher, because she does not have to drive with SpongeBob. In "No Free Rides", it is implied that Mrs. Puff once had to move to a new town and start a new school with a new name.

Mrs. Puff's friendliness toward other characters varies. She sympathizes with the short-tempered Squidward Tentacles and considers him a good driver. Patrick, who has attended Mrs. Puff's class multiple times, is treated with respect by her in spite of his slow-wittedness. SpongeBob is the only resident of Bikini Bottom she truly dislikes. In the 2012 episode "Demolition Doofus", Mrs. Puff is shown to hate SpongeBob so much that she wants him dead, even though she has helped Spongebob at times.

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