Mortal Man

 is a story written by DadMom AngryPants on Fanfiction.net. It involves Mermaid Man's death and how SpongeBob is dealing with it. It was written as a tribute to Ernest Borgnine, Mermaid Man's voice actor after the actor's death.

Brief Summary
SpongeBob is excited to pay a visit to Shady Shoals rest home to visit his favorite elderly superhero, but the attendant has a hard time breaking the news to the sponge, that Mermaid Man "checked out". SpongeBob doesn't get the metaphor and the attendant just tells SpongeBob that Mermaid Man is dead.

When SpongeBob understands, he is heartbroken and depressed. Even being late for work, which isn't like him. Mr. Krabs finds out and tells him he can take time off from work for grieving.