Squidward Dies

Squidward Dies is the third episode of season three, and the forty-third episode overall of Welcome to Fancyland!. It was written by FireMatch.
==Plot==
After a reckless driving accident caused by SpongeBob in a Lamborghini, Squidward is put into a coma. In his coma, he has a dream about the morality of his actions, while in the real world SpongeBob has his own reflection. 
==Synopsis==
Outside, Squidward is laying a lawn chair onto the ground. He lies down on it, sighing. He plays tropical music on his phone and starts reading a book.
“Ah, another day for potential relaxation,” he says. “Especially since today is Sunday. No work for me today, yessiree.”
Squidward then starts drifting off into slumber, when he hears an obnoxious car horn nearby.
“What who huh? Mommy?” Squidward panics.
“Oh baby, this thing drives like a dream!” SpongeBob says over the engine.
“SpongeBob…”
“Oh hey there, Squidward! I got a new Lamborghini! Or as the cool kids call it.. a Lambo. Might as well try riding once since I’m rich and all.”
“What fun,” Squidward remarks sarcastically. “I'm sure you're going to run over the mayor or some barnacle head and you'll get in jail. Ha! That's be hilarious!”
“Can't be as funny as the comics I read in the Sunday paper this morning. That snail is really fat!” SpongeBob does his signature laugh.
“Always reminded me of your pet snail.” Squidward then scoffs.
“Well, enough dilly dallying, Squidward. I gotta go for a test drive!” SpongeBob puts the Lamborghini in drive and heads off…
Into Squidward.
Squidward doesn't even get to scream before he is completely knocked unconscious by SpongeBob’s Lamborghini.
“Oh my, what an ordeal!” SpongeBob exclaims. “I have to take my best bud to the hospital PRONTO!”
“What’s this about best bud?” Patrick says, arms crossed.
“Patrick, we both know that Squidward is one of our best buds. There’s no time, I just knocked him unconscious!”
“Oh no! Sorry Button, we’re gonna have to play some other time,” Patrick says to the small brown button he was talking to.
“...you were talking to a button?”
“THERE’S NO TIME!”
Bubble transition to SpongeBob and Patrick in the Fancyland hospital’s waiting room, where SpongeBob is being very fidgety with his fingers, while Patrick is just looking down.
“I miss Button…” Patrick murmurs.
SpongeBob puts his hand on Patrick’s shoulder. “I know Patrick, but this is the right decision for the both of us. Squidward could die today. Or tomorrow. Or aftermorrow.”
“I didn’t even know ‘aftermorrow’ was a word!” Patrick says.
“Me neither, until this morning,” SpongeBob responds. “Crosswords really help your mind.”
“Uh-huh.” Patrick starts twiddling with his thumbs.
A short nurse then approaches the two.
“Are you two here to visit anyone?” she asks.
“Squidward Tentacles, please, ma’am,” SpongeBob answers. “We need to know if he’s okay.”
“I’m afraid that he’s… he’s in a coma right now, sir. However, you can still visit him if you’d like.”
“Yes please, please,” SpongeBob says, getting teary-eyed.
Patrick starts crying as well. “Button!”
Cut to SpongeBob and Patrick entering Squidward’s hospital room, barren except for a few necessities to keep him alive.
“I… I…” SpongeBob struggles to find out what to say to the now coma-induced Squidward.
“IT’S ALL MY FAULT!” SpongeBob then breaks down, sobbing next to Squidward, who is completely unresponsive except for breathing. “I RUINED EVERYTHING! STUPID ME, STUPID ME! I CAN’T DRIVE FOR [dolphin chirp]!”
“Whoa, I didn’t know you used sentence enhancers, SpongeBob,” Patrick says.
“Well I do now. And… I’m afraid I won’t be welcome in Fancyland any longer after it comes out that I, SpongeBob SquarePants, am the one who put my best friend in a coma.”
“That’s sad.”
“It is! It really is. Though I can’t really do anything to help him. All I can do is wait… and see what happens.”
For a few moments, there is nothing but silence.
“I’m truly sorry, Squidward. 
“I think we should go now, Patrick. We’ve had our moment.”
“Button will be very happy.”
“This isn’t about Button, Patrick, it’s about our friend Squidward.”
“Oh right. Right…”
Bubble transition to SpongeBob trudging along to his bedroom, where he lies his head flat onto the stairs to his bedroom
Gary lets out a concerning meow as he slithers on top of SpongeBob, purring slightly.
“Aw, thanks Gare Bear. But I don’t deserve all this love when I hurt someone I truly love.”
Gary rubs his head against SpongeBob’s face.
“Stop it! Stop it!” SpongeBob starts to laugh, and relaxes a little. “Maybe what I need is some calming relaxation in my bedroom.”
SpongeBob walks into his bedroom and lies on the bed.
“I wonder what thoughts Squidward is having right now. Surely they can’t be anything good…”
Gary lets out a reassuring meow.
“No, Gary, I don’t think he’d have positive thoughts after being hurt by someone close to his heart. It’s just not logical.”
Cut to Squidward in the hospital bed, still in a coma. However, he is starting to have more movement in his body, and the camera zooms into his head as it shows the dream he is currently having.
Squidward is in Tiki Land, where he is in a conga line along with several tiki people. Everyone is having a great time, until a giant fire sets everything ablaze, except for Squidward.
“NOOOO! MY PARADISE IS ALL GONE!” he yells. “Who would do such a thing?!”
“This fire of who you speak of has an important message for Mr. Tentacles,” the fire says.
“You can talk?”
“Of course I can. Anyway, you are here to confess your sins. Only then will you be forgiven.”
“My sins? Pfft, what sins?”
The sentient fire pulls up a giant whiteboard screen, where he plays clips from several SpongeBob SquarePants episodes where he treats SpongeBob and Patrick poorly, including when he reads SpongeBob’s diary, dresses up as the Fisherman to scare SpongeBob and Patrick, convinces them to hurt themselves by playing wacky sports, and several times Squidward was unjustly rude to SpongeBob.
“So? They’re bad neighbors, and I still stand by that statement,” Squidward says.
“Let me put this in a way you may understand,” the fire says. “You should be kind to your neighbors, correct?”
“If they aren’t complete nincompoops,” Squidward answers.
“That’s not the point. If you want to be treated with respect, you have to treat THEM with respect, even if they may be a bit… annoying.”
“Uh-huh. Go on.”
“Even if they may be annoying to you, they often have good intentions. Think of all the gifts you’ve gotten from SpongeBob and Patrick over the years, they probably mean well. Heck, they’ve been more than willing to put up with how you’ve treated them. That definitely means something.”
“Well, I suppose… I still use that wooden clarinet sometimes.”
“That’s more like it. Now, when you wake up, I want you to try to be more appreciative of your neighbors. Remember: Nobody wants to be a Squidward.”
“I feel like I’ve heard that before.”
“Ciao!”
The fire extinguishes itself on its own, and Squidward looks around to see… absolute nothingness.
“I guess now I’m all alone…”
A few moments pass, and Squidward at last wakes up. Another few moments pass, and the nurse pops in and notices he is now conscious.
“He’s actually awake! It’s a miracle, it only took him two days to wake up!”
“What’s happening?” Squidward asks.
“You got run over by someone,” the nurse says. “That someone would like to deeply apologize for the incident.”
“SpongeBob…” Squidward grumbles.
“Yeah, that is his name. Would you like to press charges against him?”
“Uhh… I think I’ll… let it slide this time…” Squidward answers hesitantly.
“Alright then, it seems you two are on good terms. Have a great rest of your day, Mr. Tentacles.”
The nurse then leaves the room.
“Oh, and you may leave any time you like,” she adds before leaving the room for real.
Squidward slowly gets up from his bed and casually walks out of the hospital.
Bubble transition back to SpongeBob’s house, where SpongeBob is on the couch, mindlessly watching television.
“Haha… so funny… can’t wait for the next one…” SpongeBob mumbles, visibly drained.
Gary meows unenthusiastically. Suddenly, he hears a knock on the door, and slithers over to it to open it with his eyestalk. Squidward is on the other side.
“Who is it this time…” SpongeBob groans.
“It’s me… Squidward…… your friend.”
The two of them just stare at each other for a moment, then SpongeBob realizes what is happening.
“Squidward! You’re okay!”
SpongeBob goes over to Squidward and hugs him. Squidward embraces the hug, and after a moment they stop hugging.
“I’m so so so sorry about that, Squidward! I wasn’t looking and I still don’t have my-”
“Forget it, SpongeBob, forget all of it. I just want to let you know that… I appreciate your company.”
“You do? Wow, Squidward, you know that means a lot to me.”
“I know. I… know. Well… see you tomorrow at work.”
“See ya. Oh, and… tell Patrick that I appreciate him too.”
“Will do, friend, will do.”
Squidward opens the front door and leaves for his house, smiling a bit.
“That… felt good,” he says. “That actually felt pretty nice. Maybe I should be positive more often…”
The episode ends with Squidward opening and shutting his front door.
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