However, they ignore him and continue singing, so Squidward goes to the door of the kitchen to yell at them, but just as he reaches the door, the door swings open as SpongeBob comes out singing, and it hits Squidward in the face. SpongeBob and Patrick sing "Squidward Had a Krabby Patty." Squidward becomes very annoyed, so he tells them to stop.
What the episode is meant to show is that in seeking to find meaning in his life, Squidward pursued a destructive and inauthentic way of living as he was more concerned with what others thought of him. In that moment, Squidward truly begins to appreciate SpongeBob’s - and by extension Sartre’s philosophy: to find happiness, be yourself. Remembering SpongeBob and Patrick playing with their leaf blowers, Squidward reaches an epiphany and begins to tinker with the device. That is until he sees an unguarded leaf blower. However, Squidward becomes depressed as time progresses with the monotony of his life in Squidville. Initially, Squidward is enthralled to be living in a community where everyone is a carbon-copy of him. In a fit of rage, Squidward choses to move out of the neighborhood and into Squidville, a community of squids that are similar to Squidward in every way. The episode starts with SpongeBob and Patrick acquiring leaf blowers, which they use to destroy Squidward’s house. The episode “Squidville” shows the dangers of conformity as the episode examines Sartre’s material ideas. While Sartre emphasizes the notion of community in his philosophy, he is by no means a conformist. In other words, Squidward needs the friendship of SpongeBob if he is to avert a crisis of nihilism. Rather, it is through our ability to connect with those around us that gives humankind its purpose. The episode harkens to Sartre’s ontological teachings by explaining that there is no order to the universe. His wish is granted, and the time machine returns him to his present where he shows his affection to SpongeBob and Patrick. However, he realizes in the void that he has no real purpose and desperately wants to get back to SpongeBob.
Noticing that he is finally alone, Squidward starts to play his clarinet. However, Squidward ends up breaking the time machine and enters a white void. In an attempt to escape from SpongeBob, Squidward accidentally locks himself in the Krusty Krab freezer and finds himself in the future.ĭiscerning that he needs to get back to his own time, Squidward finds a time machine. In the episode SB-129, Squidward wants to play the clarinet, but he is pestered by SpongeBob and Patrick, who want him to go jellyfishing with them.