Squidward Tentacles

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## Squidward Tentacles

### Relatives

* Jeff Tentacles (father)
* Mrs. Tentacles (mother)
* Granny Tentacles (grandmother)
* 1950s Tentacles (possible grandfather)
* Tentaclees the Serpent Slayer (great-great-great-grandfather)
* Hopalong Squidward Tentacles (great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather)
* 1980s Tentacles (possible uncle)
* Tentacles the Hun (granduncle)
* Unnamed first cousin
* Squidmund (cousin)
* Teddy Tentacles (cousin)

## Appearances

### Appears in

* SpongeBob SquarePants
* Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
* The Patrick Star Show

### Debut

Help Wanted (May 1, 1999)

Squidward J. Q. Tentacles is an artist, clarinetist, and the cashier at the Krusty Krab. He lives in an Easter Island moai head next to Patrick Star and SpongeBob SquarePants, who is also his coworker. He is an introvert, usually a grumpy person, and can be easily annoyed, especially by his "loser neighbors" and his boss, Eugene H. Krabs. However, there have been occasions where he becomes supportive of those around him, including SpongeBob.

Despite his name being "Squidward," he is actually a giant pacific octopus and like real-life octopuses, he has "a round bulbous head and rectangular pupils." Squidward also has less tentacles than both real life octopuses (who have eight) and real life squids (who have ten) due to animators finding it easier to animate him with six tentacles instead of eight.

## Biography

Squidward J. Q. Tentacles was born to Jeff Tentacles and Mrs. Tentacles. "His father raised him right and loved him very much," and "always had to sit near the garbage cans at lunch" due to not having many friends.

He attended Kamp Koral at a young age, where he met his future neighbors SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star. He also met Sandy Cheeks, scoutmaster Mrs. Puff, and his future employer, camp director Eugene H. Krabs. "A year later, he became the camp's troop leader, becoming a figure of authority towards his friends." Afterwards, he was enrolled in the Bikini Bottom school, but didn't attend college. When he was a teenager, he had a rivalry with his band classmate Squilliam Fancyson, who appears to be "living [his] dreams"

One day, he was hired by the Krusty Krab restaurant along with former fry cook Jim. On the same day that Jim quit his job, while having a conversation with him, Squidward lost his blonde and flowing hair, and became bald. Later, he would become the neighbor of his former campmates SpongeBob and Patrick, and the former's coworker.

Because Squidward is annoyed constantly by his neighbors, he has tried to move out of his house many times. He tried to move out in the episode "Opposite Day," but failed because of SpongeBob and Patrick's antics and an angry real estate agent refusing to sell his house. Later, in the episode "Squidville," he moved out of Bikini Bottom and moved to Tentacle Acres, where he lived among his own kind, with the same tastes and hobbies. However, living there made him realize that his lifestyle is boring, so he moved back into his old home with a little bit of silliness. Eventually, Squidward tried to move out of his house again in the episode "Stanley S. SquarePants" after meeting SpongeBob's cousin and exclaiming "There's two of them?!"

He once tagged alongside many of his friends to fight against Burger Beard in order to save the Krabby Patty secret formula. This is where he became his superhero alter-ego, Sour Note.

In the episode "Lame and Fortune," "he won the most miserable cashier in Bikini Bottom contest," but got his prize money taken away by Mr. Krabs.

In the episode, "SB-129," Squidward traveled 2,000 years into the future and met SpongeBob and Patrick's descendants after being frozen in the Krusty Krab freezer for 2,000 years. He later time traveled to the prehistoric era, where he met SpongeBob and Patrick's caveman ancestors. Then, he broke the time machine and got trapped in a white void with nothing in there until he broke the void and time traveled back to his own time period. That's when he discovered that due to time travel, he is henceforth the inventor of jellyfishing, a hobby enjoyed by SpongeBob and Patrick.

## Residence

Squidward Tentacles lives in an Easter Island moai head, on 122 Conch Street, Bikini Bottom. His house is also located in between SpongeBob SquarePants' pineapple house, and Patrick Star's rock. His house has two floors, and on various occasions, is alive. His house has been featured on in-universe TV series *House Fancy*, where Squidward won House Fancy Prince while competing against his rival, Squilliam Fancyson, and on in-universe TV series *Squidward Chat*, a talk show starring Squidward. Eventually, Squidward gets kicked out of the show and is renamed to *Squidward's House Party*, a celebration where Zeus the Guitar Lord finally plays his guitar on TV.

## Trivia

* Squidward's skin color is PMS 333, but in "Help Wanted," it was PMS 332.
* Squidward has a pet snail, Snellie. She is a purebred snail and one of Gary the Snail's love interests.
* The "Q." in Squidward's name stands for "Quincy."
* Squidward has claustrophobia and acrophobia.
* Squidward's favorite food is ice cream.
* Squidward originally was going to play the oboe instead of the clarinet.

* Squidward likes conga music.
* Squidward is right-handed.
* Squidward reads magazines in various episodes, including *Fancy Living Digest* and *Boring Science*.
* Squidward's name is a pun on the name "Edward" and "squid".
	+ It is because of this that Squidward's name in Spanish is "Calamardo," since "squid" in Spanish is "calamar," and "Edward" in Spanish is "Eduardo."

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Help Wanted." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. May 1, 1999. Television.
2. ↑ *The Absorbing Tale Behind The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie*
3. ↑ "Professor Squidward." *SpongeBob SquarePants.* Nickelodeon. February 19, 2009. Television.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Opposite Day." *SpongeBob SquarePants.* Nickelodeon. September 11, 1999. Television.
5. ↑ "Artist Unknown." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. September 21, 2001. Television.
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 "Bubblestand." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. July 17, 1999. Television.
7. ↑ "Reef Blower." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. May 1, 1999. Television.
8. ↑ "Squid Plus One." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. September 7, 2015. Television.
9. ↑ "Breath of Fresh Squidward." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. July 26, 2007. Television.
10. ↑ "Pizza Delivery." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. August 14, 1999. Television.
11. ↑ "Christmas Who?" *SpongeBob SquarePants*. December 6, 2000. Nickelodeon. Television.
12. ↑ "Feral Friends." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. October 8, 2017. Television.
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 Fandom. Encyclopedia SpongeBobia. "Squidward Tentacles." https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Squidward\_Tentacles
14. ↑ "Krab Borg." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. March 29, 2002. Television.
15. ↑ "Boating Buddies." *SpongeBob SquarePants.* Nickelodeon. August 7, 2008. Television.
16. ↑ "Lost and Found." *SpongeBob SquarePants.* Nickelodeon. June 10, 2017. Television.
17. ↑ "Drive Thru." *SpongeBob SquarePants.* Nickelodeon. July 19, 2011. Television.
18. ↑ "Band Geeks." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. September 7, 2001. Television.
19. ↑ "The Original Fry Cook." *SpongeBob SquarePants.* Nickelodeon. July 30, 2007. Television.
20. ↑ "Truth or Square." *SpongeBob SquarePants.* Nickelodeon. November 6, 2009. Television.
21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Fandom. Encyclopedia SpongeBobia. "Squidward Tentacles' house." https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Squidward\_Tentacles%27\_house
22. ↑ "The Secret Box." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. September 7, 2001. Television.
23. ↑ "House Fancy." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. June 6, 2008. Television.
24. ↑ "Tentacle-Vision." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. July 19, 2009. Television.
25. ↑ "The Great Snail Race." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. January 24, 2003. Television.
26. ↑ "Chocolate with Nuts." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. June 1, 2002. Television.
27. ↑ "The Paper." *SpongeBob SquarePants*. Nickelodeon. February 14, 2000. Television.

## Gallery

Squidward during his time at Kamp Koral.Squidward as Sour Note.Squidward with hair.Dabbing Squidward.Dabbing Squidward (real life).Handsome Squidward.