Cult of Squid: 2 Years of Terror!

Cult of Squid: 2 Years of Terror was the 2-year anniversary special event of Cult of Squid, starting July 12th, ending on July 17th, the official 2 year anniversary.
== About ==
Each day up until July 17th there will be part of a mini-documentary about each season of the series and their production history, starting with s1 on July 12th and ending with 3 special surprises on July 17th.
== Days ==
=== Season 1 (Day 1, 7/12/20) ===
It was July 17th, 2018, and Locknloaded23 was trying to come up with a fresh new spin off idea after Plankton Moves became a big success. Lock had been trying to come up with something for weeks, but all her ideas were lame or were already done elsewhere. On July 17th, Locknloaded23 took a glance at the wiki page for Squidward, which says Squidward dreams of a world run only by Squids. Lock immediately thought of the episode Cephalopod Lodge (which was probably playing on TV) so lock immediately made the Cult of Squid page. 
Lock wrote the first episode in only a day, because back then the concept of writing episodes on a separate document was unheard of to Lock. The first episode was called "The Initiation," referencing the initiation part of the Cephalopod Lodge episode. The series, at the time, intrigued a lot of users because of its concept. While Leader Plankton! was also a "take-over spin-off," (as Lock calls them) but the series had a more original plot.
Season 1 was the 2nd longest season of the shows history because Lock would often to forget to write the episodes, leading to several months of no new episodes. Season 1 concluded January 3rd, 2019, which was later than Lock had hoped. The first season had 5 episodes, ending with a special, which would become the series norm (season finales being specials). Lock looks back at this season and often says it was a terrible start to one of the biggest shows on SBFW. 
However, there were originally 6 episodes, with one being scrapped because Lock despised it. The episode in question was called "Davy Jones' Locker,"and it was suddenly taken off the series page and the page was deleted. The episode has not been re-released, but Lock has had multiple plans on doing so, none of which ever ending up going through.
=== Season 2 (Day 2, 7/13/20) ===
Season 2 of the series started soon after Season 1, debuting with the episode Kelp Forest. The season was originally going to consist of 8 episodes, but for reasons Lock doesn't even remember, she shortened it to 5. Lock decided that this season would contain the show's first big arc, and after some thinking, she decided to make it about Krabs forming a group of rebels. Lock looks back on the arc with fondness since it was the series first and it was a lot of fun to write. The arc started Jan 16th, 2019 and concluded February 7th.
This season would bring about a big change for the series, as Purple133 was hired as a writer and wrote for the s2 finale/special Neptune Trials. The special ended with Squidward arrested by Neptune until season 4, and Noseward would replace him as the main character/cult leader for s3, which was an experiment to see how the series could function if Squidward was gone. As it turned out, it functioned pretty well.
===Season 3 (Day 3, 7/14/20) ===
Season 3 was when COS ultimately took off and got catapulted to the forefront of SBFW spin-offs. The series begun taking a much more story driven plot this season, as the main arc of the season was the inevitable war between the FF and the Cult. This season we got episodes from both the FF and Cult’s point of views, and we got to watch as both sides geared up for the coming battle. 
There were 2 episodes this season that didn't make the cut: "The Cold War 2: Barf", which was a sequel to the original Cold War episode, and "The Initiated," a planned 1-year anniversary episode but it wasn't finished on time. Cold War 2 was replaced with Retired No More and The Initiated was removed from the series altogether. The season ended with a 3-part special, Cult of War. 
Cult of War was originally supposed to be a film airing after season 1, but it was never finished, so Purple turned it into a 3-part season finale.
This season saw Locknloaded23, the show's creator, stepping down from executive producer and giving the role to Purple133 since Lock felt burnt out with the series and didn't know where to go with it from there.
=== Season 4 (Day 4, 7/15/20) ===
Now this is where things got good…
Season 4 is the most drastic change in the series by far. While the first three seasons had some sort of underlying story the episodes were usually pretty disconnected, but the fourth season changed that by having one arc that started in the first episode and came to a climax in the finale. This time the cult was dealing with Satan himself. Which was a pretty massive step up from the technical main villain last season Zomp, a lowly arms dealer who was killed in s3. The season by far had the most episodes with 15 altogether (Seasons 1 and 2 had 5 and 3 had 8), making it way longer than the other seasons.
The season finale, Let Spirits Ride, is by far the longest and most complex episode of the series. It was also the longest episode ever, and was guest-written by Locknloaded23, the show's creator and former owner. 
Overall the season's much darker tone and more serious episode (with a few silly episodes in there) set the tone of the series very well and really made Cult of Squid an even bigger success than it was before. The season's finale received many positive reviews and is seen as Cult of Squid's (and one of Purple's) best episodes of the series thus far. But unlike the other seasons the main conflict wasn't solved in this one, and instead carried over to season 5.
(Fun Fact: most of the episode titles this seasons are references to the titles of certain songs)
=== Day 4.5 (7/16/20) ===
(Begin with every cult of squid character in the lodge)
Squidward: (facing the characters) okay, everybody! We've got 1 more day until the big day! Now we need to be sure everyone knows what we're doing.
Patrick: we're gonna do nothing, right? I specialise in that.
Squidward: patrick, we've went over this a gazillion times! Tomorrow, we-
Noseward: weren't we gonna play something?
Squidward: well, we-
(Patrick randomly kicks Sandy)
Sandy: OW! WHY?!
Patrick: that's for shoving me into a trombone!
(Sandy holds up a trombone and Patrick runs away in fear. Sandy chases him)
Squidward: WAIT, EVERYONE!
Security: (points at sandy and Patrick) brother Squidward, they seem to be fighting.
Krabs: i could make a profit off of this!
Squidward: nobody's gonna be making profits!
Initiator: weren't we also gonna release-
Squidward: shush! 
Doctor Crayons: brother squidward, i know what we're doing! We're-
Plankton: who asked you, braniac?
Dr C: (angrily turning towards Plankton) what was that?!
Plankton: i said who asked you! It's obvious we're gonna be hosting an entire day dedicated to me!
(Crayons squashes Plankton flat. Plankton gets mad and pulls out a laserguns and so does Crayons and they have a gunfight with laserguns)
Squidward: EVERYBODY, STOP! WE NEED- (stops when he hears snoring)
Barnacle Boy: mermaid man fell asleep again.
(Barnacle Boy gets fried when a laser hits him)
Plankton: uh, sorry?
Spongebob: everybody, stop!
Satan: shut up, cheesehead! 
Neptune: you shut up, Satan!
(Satan tackles Neptune and the whole lodge devolves into fighting until Squidward breaks it up)
Squidward: EVERYBODY! We need to prepare for tomorrow, and pointless fighting will get us nowhere!
(Cut to Doctor Crayons getting hit in the head with a laser)
(Cut back)
Squidward: we only have 1 last day for preparation, people! Now please, follow me!
(They all walk for some time until they enter a broken cave that is dimly light)
Krabs: this place is a dump.
Squidward: okay, everyone! We need to prepare for tomorrow! Lights, please!
(The lights turn on revealing they're in the bubble bowl)
Squidward: now let's get this RIGHT!
(end)
=== 2 YEARS (Final day, 7/17/20) ===
(Short begins with Squidward in a dark room)
Squidward: …and there you have it! 2 amazing years summarized in one documentary! We've had lots of ups and downs, left and rights, season 1s and 2s, but we still manage to entertain all of you for 2 years.
Dr. Crayons: Squidward, when will you give the 3 surprises?
Squidward: IM GETTING TO THAT! (sighs) and now, the 3 big surprises! the first one is the release of the Season 5 premiere The Devil You Know, which will officially be released later today! But that's not all: if you want to see the other 2 surprises, click here and here. You won't be disappointed! Uh, hopefully. [UPDATE 7/6/21: Davy Jones' Locker now has its own dedicated wiki page]
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