The BP oil spill has been going on for over 70 days now, and the tragic body count of injured or dead marine life has been climbing. But, it was only recently when people began to understand the sheer variety of sea creatures that have been affected.

Classic cartoon characters that live in the ocean, such as Spongebob Squarepants and Ariel from Disney’s The Little Mermaid are just a few characters that are at high risk.

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While the butt pipes at BP (I’m pretty sure that’s what it stands for) are sitting on their thumbs, video game characters are apparently more enterprising.

At least, according to Virtual Shackles. This comic shows three different ways the characters could help out. I have to give bonus points for remembering the FLUDD from Super Mario Sunshine. I’d almost forgotten about that.

Intentionally.

(via Kotaku)