# Squidward's Suicide Squidward's Suicide is a 2010 creepypasta about a supposedly unaired SpongeBob SquarePants episode in which the character kills himself with a shotgun after a bleeding-eye breakdown. First posted to 7chan's paranormal board, it grew into one of the defining lost-episode creepypastas and later spawned the Red Mist Squidward image used in Don't Ask Who Joe Is jokes. ## Origin On April 6, 2010, an anonymous user posted the story titled 'Squidward's Suicide' to 7chan's /x/ paranormal board[1]. On February 8, 2013, Redditor SuicideSquidward stepped forward on r/self in a thread titled 'I wrote Squidward's Suicide and am kinda happy with how much it spread,' identifying himself as the original author and describing his surprise at how far the piece had traveled[6]. Urban Dictionary entries later spread a competing myth that the episode had been penned by a jailed Scottish animator, an invention the actual author has never claimed[7]. - **Platform:** 7chan /x/ (origin) / YouTube (viral spread) - **Creator:** SuicideSquidward (Reddit handle of self-identified author) - **Date:** 2010 ## Overview Squidward's Suicide is framed as a first-person account from a Nickelodeon Studios intern who claims to have watched a rough cut of what was supposed to open SpongeBob SquarePants' fourth season[2]. The story opens normally, with Squidward bombing a clarinet recital, before the animation glitches into hyper-realistic bleeding eyes, spliced photos of dead children, a whispered command to 'do it,' and a shotgun blast ending on his corpse[4]. The horror hinges on the framing device: real Nickelodeon staff supposedly saw the tape, and no one can explain who inserted the gore. The story became a template for the entire lost-episode subgenre of creepypasta, sitting alongside titles like 'Suicidemouse.avi' as canonical examples of the format[5]. Its most enduring visual is 'Red Mist Squidward,' the still of Squidward with red pupils and black tear streaks that accompanied YouTube readings and later took on a second life outside horror contexts[1]. Starting in July 2019, that same Red Mist image was pulled into 'Don't Ask Who Joe Is' bait posts, where users are lured into asking about 'Joe' before getting hit with 'Joe Mama' punchlines, often scored with the 'Pas De Deux' cue from the 1977 film Suspiria[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Squidward's Suicide? A 2010 creepypasta framed as an intern's account of a lost SpongeBob episode in which Squidward, after a nightmarish clarinet recital, shoots himself while gore imagery flashes on screen[1]. ### Where did Squidward's Suicide come from? It was posted anonymously to 7chan's /x/ paranormal board on April 6, 2010, and the author later identified himself on Reddit under the handle SuicideSquidward in 2013[6]. ### What does Squidward's Suicide mean? It is one of the anchor texts of the 'lost episode' creepypasta subgenre, built on the fear that something violent and unauthorized got smuggled into a children's show[5]. ### How do you use Squidward's Suicide? The story itself is passed around as horror reading, while the 'Red Mist Squidward' still is typically dropped into 'Don't Ask Who Joe Is' bait posts, often set to the 'Pas De Deux' cue from Suspiria[1]. ### Is Squidward's Suicide still popular? It is treated as a classic of the creepypasta canon, and the Red Mist Squidward image got a second life in 2019 through Joe Mama meme edits and a nod in the SpongeBob episode 'SpongeBob in Randomland'[1]. ## References 1. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOLNIwPeNX0]() 2. [https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Squidwards%20Suicide]() 3. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFc5MXOuBSg]() 4. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le2Hq8mnDL4]() 5. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQh4xlNl1IA]() 6. [https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/185hc9/i_wrote_squidwards_suicide_and_am_kinda_happy/]() 7. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/squidwards-suicide]() 8. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHyvvUaEqNc]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/squidwards-suicide Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library