@melvsterious
"Sometimes, those people who we think are ruining our lives, they're actually the only ones that is paying attention." hits hard
@Z0u1Th3Sl0w
Part of what makes SpongeBob as a cartoon live rent free in peoples minds is just how much "adult" they managed to push into the show without watering down the "child"
@nintendoswitch2927
My god, this got deep. I would actually LOVE a show just about Squidward. I would love it to be dark and not for kids. Great video.
@sisigs4820
Deep down I think Squidward likes Spongebob, or at least appreciates him. Spongebob despite how annoying he is, brings out the fun in Squidward. Spongebob is also like the only person that actually really cares about Squidward and if it weren't for him, Squidward would be even more depressed than he already is.
@Acacius1992
14:20 Yep a very big reason why i relate to Squidward personally. 15:35 The most soul crushing feeling there is.
@Knightmare-77
One moment in the show that lives in my head rent free is the moment they finally get to the house they were supposed to deliver a pizza to and he watches as the customer chews SpongeBob out and sees that hope and energy drain from his face. Squidward may be irritated at seeing SpongeBob happy, but he can’t stand to see him break, to see him fall down into the same pit he himself is stuck in. So he stands up for him, smacking that shitty customer in the face with the pizza, he makes it right. Whenever he sees SpongeBob hurt even if it’s his fault he tries to make it right.
@unskriptd
Man, I came into this video expecting just seeing how squidward's life would be without spongebob speculating and theorizing about it and came out realizing how sad and deeply relatable squidward's life was. I've always heard people say that when you get older, you start to see how squidward feels like and understand him but this video really explained it in such a way that I could really see and understand, it's crazy how a kids cartoon about an overly happy, energetic sponge could have a character with such a deep and relatable story.
@canUbeU
This is the earliest I've ever got to a video. Only 40 seconds after posting!
@Gilberthill90o
The sad thing is is that, while squidward was shown to be largely happier in flashbacks BEFORE spongebob joined the krusty krab, (Either before the first episode or before spongebob even moved into the pineapple), it was ALSO shown that he was still largely unsuccessful and STILL worked at the krusty krab. He wouldnt be able to fufill any of his dreams, hed still hate his job, hed hate most of everyone around him given nobody besides maybe his own mother and grandmother would support him. The only difference would be no spongebob, but even then, hed also be losing one of the only other people who unconditionally loved him
@JohnSmith-ig1nf
Squidward is so relatable 😢 I feel a lot like him.
@PICKNICKK
If Squidward never ment spongebob bro, he would have been out of town a long time ago ngl. Edit: 100?!?!?!
@MegaDchamp
I've never put it into words, but I've always felt Sponge and Squid need each other like Yin and Yang. Spongebob is fantasy and Squidward is reality. We would all love to be as joyful as spongebob, but more often than not we have to be a serious squid. And removing one end will only cause you to go deep off the other end.
@Lefty8090
To be honest I can relate to squidward because he reminds me of what I lost and I needed therapy to get over my depression
@ThatdudeIsgonnabecomeahe-yp2ju
I mean I always knew Squidward was a depressing character but yeah.. there’s definitely gotta be a episode where all of his issues get fixed someday
@veselinchaushev
I love the video! I really think squidward meeting spongebob was for a reason and maybe a good reason. Now were all enjoying it!
@tovarishchfeixiao
6:48 The problem with this part is that he plummets into a negative state in loneliness because he is used to being around Spongebob, even if he didn't like being around him. But once it becomes the norm, then it can feel empty for anyone once it's over.
@mistersayless323
I like to believe that Squidward is how he is out of a sort of "natural necessity" As an example, people tend to act certain ways to comprehend and "co-exist" with others.... Its a sort of "instinctual preservation" the mind does to make sure it doesnt get damaged in any way... However there are certain...."conditions" that can be met that break that "preservation" all together, in this case: the need for interaction, the need for joy, and the need to feel contempt. If these needs arnt met, the mind gets desperate and after enough time, click , its over....the mind breaks...and what happens next is whatever comes up first, no more morals, no more pride, ego, hesitation, just the thiught process of...."im feeling ___ so therefore i must do ______"
@robertlauncher
I’m on the side that SpongeBob, at least outside of later season torture episodes, is a good element in his life. He doesn’t want to admit it, but Sponge is his friend who wants him to be happy. He’s probably the best friend he has. A friend who doesn’t care that everyone else looks down on him, doesn’t understand him. A friend who tries to insert sunshine into his life even when he just wants to wallow in cynicism.
@Geomaster97
One cool detail I've noticed over the years is that when Squidward plays Clarinet while attempting to show off or Brag he's terrible hwoever when he plays for the sake of it and has NOTHING to prove he's amazing at it case in point: The ending to Bubble stand after blowing that massive bubble he played a Jazzy tune that was amazing because he had nothing to prove he KNEW he was good and it showed a good point in his terrible playing? Mind the Gap after he and spongebob were let in the Cool Jazz Club he started playing to show off how "Cool" he was and it backfired on him majorly the same goes for His singing talents in the episode Choir boys Because lets face it even if Spongebob WASN'T in the episode Squidward wasn't gonna get the part anyway because he was terrible at singing he only went to show off and nothing more because he didn't put his heart into it. (Most people only talk about how spongebob upstaged him, and yes, while i admit that was messed up, it doesn't change the fact that he wouldn'tve got the part either way) The Point is if Squidward wants out of the hole he needs to put down the shovel and stop blaming others for digging in it
@HellfireKai888