Good Neighbors

SQUIDWARD TORTURE! This contains torture to Squidward Tentacles, so if you're a fan of him, look away NOW.

Good Neighbors
You either say Spongebob and Patrick are jerks or Squidward is a jerk. Curse you, Mr. Krabs!
Season	4
Episode No.	64b
Main Reason for being ScumBob	SpongeBob and Patrick are ruining Squidward's day Squidward Torture Unsettling destruction of Bikini Bottom scene where Squidward's house is spreading destruction and terrorism no thanks to Spongebob and Patrick. The Ending with a bad moral about fanaticism. It ended the golden age of the series.

Good Neighbors is a super-infamous ("Bad" (30%) on the desit scale) episode from SpongeBob SquarePants. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick are annoying Squidward with their "Good Neighbors Lodge" and they're ruining Squidward's Sunday.

AIR DATE FOR THIS EPISODE: MAY 20, 2005

Why Is This Episode Not A Good Neighbor

1. To start things off, it's an 11-minute Squidward torture episode and this is the episode that, as stated by many, kickstarts the infamous "Squidward Torture" trend. For any newcomers to this wiki, this is where Squidward is tortured, usually for no reason at all, often leaving viewers feeling bad for him.
   • The first thing that they did is they storm straight into Squidward's house and then call him the president of the Secret Royal Order of the Good Neighbors Lodge.
   • SpongeBob and Patrick hijack the massage appointment because they thought he was an "assassin"! They also get off scot-free for their actions!
2. The unnecessary sequence of Squidward's house having robotic arms and legs, launching an attack on the city when the security machine zaps Squidward, causing SpongeBob to accidentally throw the cake at that machine.
3. Misleading title: Despite the episode being named "Good Neighbors", it is actually more like "Bad Neighbors" instead of "Good Neighbors" because SpongeBob and Patrick both act like bad neighbors to Squidward instead of being good neighbors to Squidward (Squidward does call them out on this though).
4. Although Squidward is easy to sympathize with this episode, he doesn't return the offer nor accept his apology to SpongeBob and Patrick when they give him an apology cake.
   • It should be noted that this is the only unlikable bit from Squidward we get.
   • Even though this was Squidward's unlikeable moment bit, it is valid in which Spongebob and Patrick are the fault for their worst antagonistic role in this episode as they caused Squidward to bang on the system which got him zapped and later on Spongebob idiotically got the cake to jump onto the system, causing it to go haywire and on a rampage.
5. The part where Squidward's house is destroying Bikini Bottom is extremely unsettling because Spongebob and Patrick caused the house to spread destruction and terrorism all over and don't care at all.
6. Plot Hole: Why doesn't the company that makes the security system get sued for turning Squidward's house into a robot?
   • Another plot hole is the formation of the Secret Royal Order of the Good Neighbors Lodge club. This was formed out of nowhere after SpongeBob and Patrick got scared of a "newspaper monster".
7. Horrendous ending: Squidward is forced to do cleaning every Sunday for the rest of his life by Bikini Bottom civilians (yup, that means that Squidward can NEVER enjoy Sundays off ever again), as his punishment for his house destroying the whole city of Bikini Bottom, and not to mention the fact that both SpongeBob and Patrick also got their punishment as well and are forced to join Squidward every Sunday too rebuild the whole city and don't even apologize to him at the end of the episode after everything Squidward goes through. So basically, not only does SpongeBob and Patrick get no repercussions (aside from this "Community service every Sunday" one, though this isn't fully enough as they actually enjoy it) for their vile actions toward Squidward, but now Squidward gets punished for something he didn't even do.
8. The infamous scene where Squidward has paint covering his face. We think you not nor do we want to talk about you. Though the scene where Squidward screams "MY EYES!!!" is completely funny. Add to this the couple you think Squidward is sick and take him to the hospital not listening to his protests. This is kidnapping.
9. Although this episode didn't start the series’ downfall, this was the first episode where the decline in quality for the show was noticeable, then the downfall would later start with The Splinter.
10. The infamous scene where Squidward's face looks weird and disgusting when he shouting and angry at SpongeBob and Patrick.
11. This episode was boring. It may not stand out in terms of being terrible at anything, but it’s one of the least interesting episodes of the show for that reason.
12. Squidward says this was all his fault when the house lands on him.
13. Spongebob and Patrick throw a bucket at a poor elderly man's head.
14. SpongeBob and Patrick are complete idiotic fanatics who are the sole reason why this episode is super-infamous that it makes a bad moral about fanatical cults being okay.
15. It's basically just an awful version of Club SpongeBob.
16. Overall, this episode officially ended the golden age of the series.

Redeeming Qualities That Are Good Neighbors

1. This episode does have some funny moments, like when Squidward acts like Elmer Fudd with these being the funniest lines in this episode.
   • "YES, I WAS!!!"
   • "MY EYES!!!"
   • "YOU CALL YOURSELVES GOOD NEIGHBORS!?!?!? YOU'RE THE WORST NEIGHBORS EVER!!! YOU DON'T EVEN DESERVE TO WEAR THOSE FEZZES!!!"
   • "NO, YOU AREN'T!!! YOU'RE HORRIBLE NEIGHBORS, AND STOP CALLING ME PRESIDENT!!!"
   • "GET OUT OF MY HOUSE!!!"
2. SpongeBob and Patrick finally realize how bad neighbors they had been to Squidward, and they try to apologize to Squidward.
3. Despite Squidward having one unlikable bit, he is sadly the most likable character in this episode.
4. In the ending, SpongeBob and Patrick at least got punished for their actions, but that's not saying much since it did end with a bad moral about fanaticism.
5. Squidward's "evil" smile is kind of funny.
6. This is extremely relatable for people who have dealt with annoying neighbors.
7. Depending on your view, this is Jellyfishing done right, as Squidward is never physically injured.

How To Make This A Good Neighbor

2. Have SpongeBob and Patrick actually try to be actual good neighbors with only screw-ups that annoy Squidward then have SpongeBob and Patrick feel deeply hurt when they weren't good neighbors to Squidward after all and they only ruined everything, make SpongeBob and Patrick look back to what they did and make the most out of Squidward's Sunday.

Reception

• According to Mr. Enter, this was the episode that he believed was the start of the show's downfall. The episode was ranked number 8 on his worst Squidward Torture Episode list.
• The episode (along with its ULTRA-famous sister episode Skill Crane) sits with a 7.6 on IMDb.
• This episode, although getting a lot of negative reception, got more fans.
• Luke Vaughn gave the episode a 5/10 rating and his Midward episode of Season 4. His gripe with the episode is it being a generic 'SpongeBob and Patrick annoy Squidward' type of episode.
• Lots of people think the first is the first bad episode of the show.

Trivia

• This was the only episode written by one writer until the airing of “Lost in Bikini Bottom,” which aired a decade after in 2015.
• This is the first exceedingly infamous episode.
  • Likewise, this is also the first episode to be disliked by the majority of the SpongeBob community, although some fans still like this episode.
  • Some parts of the fanbase believe this is the start of SpongeBob's decline in quality.
• For some reason, UK and Australian airings still show the Good Neighbors title card, despite TV guides listing the episode as Good Neighbours.
• This is the last episode to be written by Mike Bell, until over a decade later.
• This is EmployeeAMillion's 4th least favorite Season 4 episode.

Gallery

How can this possibly go wrong?

Never mind.

Ouch!

A good scene from a bad episode.

So, Squidward's supposed to be the bad guy here?

Squidward’s face describes this episode perfectly.

This happened, thanks to ScumBob and Fatprick.

Another good scene from a bad episode.

What a terrible ending to an already terrible episode.