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Charcter: Squidward Tentacles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Squidward Johannsen Tentacles is a fictional
character in the animated cartoon television show SpongeBob
SquarePants. He is an octopus (and also a "sourpus")
and has 6 tentacles. He uses two of them as arms and the other
four as legs. Stephen Hillenburg, creator of SpongeBob SquarePants,
says Squidward is a rare type of octopus that only have 6 legs
and are blue-green, although he also said 8 tentacles looked
bulky so he could've chosen that type of octopus. Squidward
is believed to be born on October 23, 1975. The character is
voiced by Rodger Bumpass.
Squidward Residence
Squidward lives in the Easter Island moai house between SpongeBob
SquarePants and Patrick. Despite his wish for peace and quiet,
his two neighbors, SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick make it
nearly impossible, due to their high level of childish immaturity
and silliness.
Squidward Occupation
Squidward works as the cashier at the Krusty Krab restaurant,
along with SpongeBob SquarePants. Generally, he despises his
job and loves the thought of getting fired, though he only attempts
to quit in one episode. He doesn't take his work very seriously,
being the exact opposite of SpongeBob SquarePants. In "Just
One Bite", Squidward was revealed to never have eaten a
Krabby Patty. He insists that they are disgusting, but after
trying a bite of one, he falls in love with it.
Squidward's
Neighbors
SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick always encourage Squidward to participate
in their games, but this only annoys him. In particular, SpongeBob
SquarePants and Patrick often ask him to go jellyfishing with them.
While seemingly the eternal pessimist, he occasionally tries to be
like SpongeBob SquarePants (often with hopes that doing so will stop
SpongeBob SquarePants from bugging him), but does not ever get the
hang of it. In one episode, however he finds himself putting a piece
of paper on his nose and dancing a jig in insanity. When SpongeBob
SquarePants isn't looking, Squidward will start to act more like
SpongeBob SquarePants from time to time, especially in the earlier
episodes like Bubblestand and The Paper. Squidward's voice reveals
a lot about his persona and attitude, much like SpongeBob's voice.
In one episode, Selling Out, he is forced to keep a smile glued to
his face by the manager of Krabby O' Mondays which creates an interesting
effect, as Squidward hardly ever smiles while showing his teeth.
Squidward Leisure
An avid patron of the arts, Squidward has a strong affection
for interpretive dance, sculpture, painting, and playing
the clarinet, but shows no significant talent for any of
them. He has often tried to impress the public with his
artistic exhibitions, but is always either unrecognized,
mocked by his audience, or upstaged by SpongeBob. Squidward
always wants to be the center of attention but rarely ever
is.
He has tried several things to reach the fame he desires: hosting a talent show,
starting his own astrology spin-off, forming a band, and so on, yet he can't
seem to get much of a cult following (with the exception of SpongeBob SquarePants,
who really looks up to Squidward) Mr. Krabs and Patrick also seem to like him,
though it may be argued that Mr. Krabs only likes Squidward because of his allegiance
with the Krusty Krab. Squidward considers himself the greatest and most unrecognized
clarinet player of all time, though most undersea life that hear him play will
argue that he is horrible. His clarinet playing often gets him into trouble.
Squidward's Annoyance
Squidward finds SpongeBob SquarePants a complete annoyance. He tends to let everyone
annoy him, especially those who want to be his friend, although at many times
his fear of the loud and overbearing SpongeBob is quite justified. His best friend
is his clarinet, whose name is Clary. One of Squidward's greatest dreams and
desires is to either have hair or to buy a wig. He seems to think he would look
good with hair. Aside from musical talents, he enjoys painting several pictures
of himself and hanging them up around his house. There are new paintings in his
house in almost every episode, constantly changing and almost never the same.
Tentacle Acres
In one episode, he sees an ad on TV about a town called Tentacle Acres, also
known as Squidville, where millions of squids live in Easter island heads just
like him. He decides to move there, and for a while things are spectacular. Eventually,
though, he starts to miss SpongeBob's reef blower games and the city of Bikini
Bottom. In Tentacle Acres, daily life is all one big routine that Squidward tires
of after a week or so. He begins to wreak havoc throughout the overly structured
civilization of Tentacle Acres with a reef blower. Angry citizens corner him
in an alleyway and demand that he leave. Instead of obeying their wishes, he
launches himself into the air via reef blower, screaming, "Woohoo! FREEDOM!".
Squidward Rivalry
His rival is Squilliam Fancyson, from Band Class, who bears an uncanny resemblance
to Squidward, but wears a robe and has a unibrow. Squilliam is a wealthy six-legged
octopus, usually with many admirers following his presence. He constantly shows
up to make fun of Squidward, however Squidward makes a jerk out of Squilliam
when his ragtag band plays for the Bubble Bowl and turns out to be much better
than he ever expected.
Squidward's Character
Squidward's character could be read as one who represents
adults, while characters like SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick represent
children, the target audience for the program. Squidward seems to have had
high hopes for his life, and seems to hold himself to very adult standards
(he keeps his home clean, cultivates a taste for "mature" things, craves peace
and quiet), and the silliness of his neighbors annoys him greatly. His obsessions
with greatness and failure seem to peg him as a grownup: in one episode, he's
spotted trudging to a cemetery to lay flowers at a headstone that reads, "Here
Lies Squidward's Hopes and Dreams." Secretly, however, he seems to yearn
to "cut loose", but won't admit it. Although he is secretly scared
of human resources (henchman), he also hates SpongeBob's crying more than
his laughing, and in one episode laughed like SpongeBob because he broke
his own laugh box.
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