Squidward is best known as SpongeBob's next-door neighbor, coworker and frenemy. Although SpongeBob is certainly the highlight of the show, the show would not be the same without Squidward. Squidward is a slightly more relatable character than SpongeBob. If you really take a minute to think about it, I bet you can remember more than a dozen times that you really felt for the guy.
So, I decided to give him a little spotlight. Here are the most popular Squidward moments, and how that makes him the spirit animal of college students everywhere.
1. Making plans for the future.
Whether you are a freshman or a senior, or even in a post-graduate career, the future is a frightening thing. You have no idea what direction it will go or if you will have any impact on the direction it takes. I'm sure we all wanted to do this more than once.
2. When you get paid.
Chances are, if you had a job, you were making minimum wage or a little bit more. But that little bit makes or has made you feel like a king. You have or had money to spend! Look at that happy Squidward smile.
3. When your friend made you go to the gym.
If you are clumsy, like I am, you limit your time at the gym. Or, if you prefer to spend your time as a couch potato, you do not go to the gym unless forced.
4. When you wanted to kill your neighbor. All. The. Time.
Maybe they were loud. Maybe they didn't clean their room and the smell wafted through the connecting hallway. Maybe it is something way worse than I can think of. But we all had AT LEAST one roommate that gave us that one-eyed twitch that our buddy here is rocking.
5. When you have exam week
I feel like this one is self-explanatory.
6. When you get your groove on in the bar, but you really look like this.
Once the alcohol kicks in, you tend to embellish your dancing skills in your brain. Your body might not agree with you.
These are just a few times when I really connected with Squidward. He's not quite a sidekick, but SpongeBob and Squidward really could not exist without the other. We saw that when Squidward moved into that seemingly utopian community but then felt so threatened he had to escape.
We cannot survive without our inner Squidward anymore than we could survive without our inner SpongeBob. You have to have a balance of the happiness and the grumpiness.
