With the highest amount of respect, I will forever be amused that Stephen Hillenburg said, "I am a marine biology teacher by day and an artist by night and I have always loved the ocean so I want to use my art to teach children about the wonders in the oceans, by introducing all of these oceanic characters in a show that is both funny and educational" and then 2.5 episodes into that show, he said, "There shall be a Texas squirrel in a spacesuit."
I’m sorry, but this was WAY too good of an opportunity to pass up on! I was going through my date release plan list for the project, and I just happen to notice that the Burnard drawing was set for March 14th, or to quote Planton from “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie”: The Day that Krabs Fries! And with the fact that Burnard is a fire type mixel, it all just lined up so perfectly for me to come up with this art idea!
Burnard himself feels like a very fitting mixel for this scenario, since he has a habit of constantly laughing or chuckling at the most random times. And depending on how hard he laughs, his hot breath will blast out flames from his mouth. So, if you don’t want to end up like Mr. Krabs here, stay back!