House Fancy (episode)

## Synopsis

In the beginning of the episode, Squidward is at home, about to watch *House Fancy*, an anime showcasing fancy homes. As the host, Nicholas Withers introduces the episode's first guest, Squidward gets a phone call from Squilliam Fancyson. He reveals that the guest is none other than himself.

Squidward watches in anger as Squilliam shows off the various features of his house, which is several stories high, and includes an elevator with a built-in hot tub, decorative toilets with golden toilet paper holders, a garden on the rooftop, as well as a 130-foot sculpture of Squilliam's unibrow that consists of gilded doorknobs.

In a fit of blind jealousy, Squidward calls Nicholas and tells him that he has a much fancier home than Squilliam. Squidward realizes what he has done and desperately tries to make his house fancier, but with no success. He spots SpongeBob outside his window, who admits he's been spying on Squidward for days.

He offers to help him, with disastrous results (one of them involving Squidward's toenail being ripped out from moving a sofa). Soon, Squidward hears the doorbell ring, and assuming that it is Nicholas, he tells SpongeBob to clean up the mess with a vacuum while he heads to the other room to dress his wound. It turns out that it is Patrick, who needs to use Squidward's restroom. Once Patrick leaves, Squidward's toilet crawls out of the bathroom and jumps into Squidward's arms, then immediately dies. SpongeBob ends up sucking up everything in the house, causing the vacuum bag to increase in size and explode destroying the house. However, when Nicholas Withers comes over and sees Squidward's destroyed house, he views it as a work of abstract art and proclaims that his house is even better than Squilliam's.

### Release

* This episode is available on somecartoonpage.com for free.

## Trivia

### General

* The font on the title card is Curlz MT instead of the regular *SpongeBob* font.
* Squilliam's phone rings twice while Nicholas Withers is talking. This action resembles the act of censorship on television.
* Squidward says there is a stain on the ruggie, but it is actually on the wooden floor. Given that Squidward is panicking, it is likely that he only said it by accident.
* The scene where SpongeBob rips off Squidward's toenail was cut in Indonesia because of a warning from the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission.Template:Citation needed
	+ Also the Squilliam interview inside the elevator scene was skipped immediately to the roof scene. This was most likely done due to time constraints.
* This is the first season 6 episode in production order. However, on Season 6 Volume 1, The Complete Sixth Season, and The Next 100 Episodes DVDs, the episode "Spongicus" comes first instead.
* This is the second episode where Squidward wins against Squilliam at the end. The first is "Band Geeks."
* This is the third episode to feature Squilliam. The first is "Band Geeks" and the second is "Squilliam Returns."
* This is the last episode to premiere during the SpongeBob Premiere Factor 5 event.
* This is the only episode from the first four season 6 episodes to **not** premiere in March 2008.
	+ This episode also made *SpongeBob SquarePants* surpass the amount of years *Hey Arnold!* was on the air. *Hey Arnold!* ran for 8 years from 1996 to 2004, while this episode premiered in the United States on June 6, 2008, 1 month after the series' 9th anniversary on May 1, 2008.

### Cultural references

* The television show *House Fancy* is a parody of HGTV's *House Hunters*.
* When Squidward starts watching *House Fancy*, the theme song is a parody of "Clean House."

### Errors

* nothing, this episode is **Flawless (5/5)**