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| - Squiddy Tentacles is a spin-off of SpongeBob SqaurePants about Squidward believing that he's Neptune's gift to women. The series was originally part of a series of shorts on Nicktoons Network's animation showcase. The popularity of the shorts led to the network commissioning a full series for the show, which premiered on July 7, 2009. The series is abounding in pop culture references. The original short that preceded the series, Mess O' Blues, was based around an Elvis Presley impersonator. Even from the first season, creator Stephen Burg intended for the show’s middle segment to be a form of "Squidward Tentacles Meets...", intended as a parody of The New Scooby-Doo Movies. An entire episode of the first season of the show is based around homages to "The Twilight Zone’’ (or, as the show dubs it, The Zone, Where Normal Things Don't Happen Very Often.) In that episode, which consisted of three Twilight Zone parodies, opened and closed by the words of a narrator, and would consist of Squidward encountering something strange. Squidward sings the first few lines of the Depeche Mode song "Just Can't Get Enough" in "A Squiddy Tentacles Christmas", as well as several other songs, films, and other TV shows. Unlike the original show, which is quite ironic, Squidward is written as an idiot and almost appears muscular.The writer's excuse was "Squidward wanted to be muscular pretty badly, soo now he has that, but he had to lose The entire series revolves around his undying desire to go on a date with a woman, and most women beat him up when he asks them. In turn, he asks them in a very confident, almost cocky manner. Squidward also has been seen to do absurd things just to see a woman. Though narcissistic, Squidward has a relatively innocent nature, which, in conjunction with his lack of intelligence, can occasionally land him in the middle of others' dastardly plots (where he often remains oblivious even as they unfold). File:Picture.jpg
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