Squidward's Suicide

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Squidward's Suicide
DON'T ASK WHO JOE IS
Genre: Horror Written by: Unknown

Squidward's Suicide is a Creepypasta story created by an unknown author. It describes an unsettling and graphic episode of the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants that allegedly contains disturbing imagery and sounds. The story revolves around a supposed lost episode featuring Squidward in a disturbing and violent scenario. The plot claims that the episode was edited with gruesome content by an unknown individual who had access to the show's production.

Why It's Completely Suicidal

1. Plot holes:
   • Perhaps one of the biggest plot holes in the story is just how the protagonist was allowed to sit in on airings of work-in-progress episodes, given that he's just a (self-admittedly) unpaid intern whose role would more likely be reduced to office work and running errands. This becomes even more ridiculous once things begin to go off the wall, as he would have likely been shooed out of the room by his higher-ups or kicked out by the execs the moment the gore was shown, especially once the late Stephen Hillenburg arrived on the scene.
   • The protagonist claims to have worked on the production of SpongeBob's fourth season at Nickelodeon Studios in 2005. The first problem with this claim is that Nickelodeon Studios was on the verge of closing in 2005, with only a minimal staff remaining to manage operations until the lease expired. SpongeBob was never produced at Nickelodeon Studios but at a separate studio in Los Angeles dedicated to the network's animated series.
2. The story rushes through significant events without proper buildup or context, making the plot feel disjointed and chaotic.
3. The dialogue feels unnatural and forced, failing the characters' authentic voices or the show's tone of the show.
4. The story relies heavily on graphic violence and hyper-realistic depictions of gore to provoke a reaction. This use of shock value feels forced and detracts from the story's impact, making it feel less like a horror story and more like an attempt to be shocking for the sake of it.
5. The plot lacks a clear structure, with events happening arbitrarily and without logical progression, making it difficult to follow.
6. There is a lack of cohesion between different parts of the story, with scenes feeling disconnected and random rather than part of a unified whole.
7. The story includes many minor details about the intern's experience, such as the history of mock title cards, which do not contribute to the main narrative and instead slow down the pacing.
8. The story relies on common horror clichés, such as hyper-realistic blood, disturbing images of dead children, and a protagonist driven to suicide. These elements are overused in creepypastas, making the story feel derivative and unoriginal.
9. The story's tone shifts erratically, moving from normalcy to horror without smooth transitions, which disrupts the reader's immersion.
10. The characters' reactions to events, especially the interns and animators, are not believable and fail to convey genuine emotion or urgency.
11. The story includes irrelevant details that do not contribute to the plot or character development, cluttering the narrative.
12. The story feels derivative, relying on common tropes and clichés of creepypasta and horror genres without bringing anything new or original to the table.
13. The child murderer lacks any personality, goals, or motives throughout the story. The only information provided is that he killed children and most likely created the episode.

Trivia

• The story is part of the larger genre of Creepypasta, which includes short horror stories circulated on the internet. On Creepypasta Wiki when it was first created, its success eventually spawned a subgenre of Creepypasta called Lost Episodes, where the writer stumbles across a hacked/bootleg episode of a cartoon, which, alongside the "Bootleg/Haunted Game" Creepypastas, many of them have been deleted off Creepypasta Wiki back in 2013 to 2014 for mostly being poorly written with grammar issues and unrealistic plot elements thrown into them.
• The narrative falsely claims that Nickelodeon Studios was involved in the production, but SpongeBob SquarePants was produced at a separate studio in Los Angeles.
• The story attempts to mimic the style and format of an actual episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, adding to its unsettling effect.
• Despite its disturbing content, "Squidward's Suicide" has gained significant attention and is widely known within the Creepypasta community.
• The story uses a fictional internal investigation as a plot device to create a sense of authenticity and urgency.

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