Little Yellow Book

ANTI-SCUMBOB DONE WRONG! This episode contains a plot/story that is considered a worse version of Fools in April for the following reason(s): Squidward has zero remorse for making SpongeBob cry

SPONGEBOB TORTURE! This contains torture to SpongeBob SquarePants, so if you're a fan of him, look away NOW.

Little Yellow Book
This episode is a very disgusting yellow book...
Season	9
Episode No.	182a
Main Reason for being ScumBob	Squidward at his WORST. Patrick and the Bikini Bottomites are total hypocrites. Ultra SpongeBob torture. Squidward being shamed by the Bikini Bottomites despite them participating in what Squidward was doing. Lots of plot holes. Boring, unfunny and slow. Horrible ending.

Little Yellow Book is a HYPER-infamous episode from Season 9 of SpongeBob SquarePants. In this episode, Squidward finds SpongeBob's diary, and reads it in front of everyone in the Krusty Krab.

Why This Book Should Be Burnt at the Stake

1. First and foremost, it's a psychological SpongeBob abuse episode.
2. The writers of this episode have a feeling that they hate SpongeBob. As SpongeBob made a lot of bad deeds in previous episodes, Squidward, who was bored, reads his neighbor's diary as payback, which makes the latter feel sad, upset and desperate.
3. It is also notorious for having Squidward inconsistently portrayed, making it hard for the viewer to root for and/or sympathize with him.
   • In fact, he is at his absolute worst in this episode. He had no business taking SpongeBob’s private property and spilling his secrets out loud in public. Similar to A Day Without Tears, he wants to make SpongeBob cry.
     • Yes, Squidward did make SpongeBob cry in Fools in April, but unlike this episode, he states that he didn't mean to make him cry. Here, he made SpongeBob cry on purpose.
     • It should be worth noting that while Squidward does generally dislike SpongeBob and even hates him as well, there were moments throughout the series where Squidward does care for SpongeBob, but here, this episode shows none of that. Even after all the pain Squidward went through, the writers managed to make him unlikable.
     • Despite this, many people say that his behavior in Fools in April and Grandma's Kisses was many orders of magnitude worse than this.
4. Patrick being a hypocrite along with the Bikini Bottomites with Patrick saying that Squidward is blaming everyone but himself when he mentioned that Patrick read it to despite Squidward telling the truth since everyone else did read it. To add salt to the wound, they never got called out or even got punished for their actions unlike Squidward (slightly).
5. Bad Ending: Squidward apologizes to SpongeBob for reading his diary, only for Squidward to read SpongeBob's secret personal diary meaning he wasn’t truly sorry for what he did unlike in Fools in April, making SpongeBob cry and run away again, and making the townsfolk throw tomatoes at Squidward while he laughs about it and saying he doesn’t care because it is so worth it, which it is not, and the episode ends there. Not only does this ending undo Squidward's apology, but it also undoes his comeuppance and never learns his lesson, making it one of the most infuriating things this show has spat out.
6. The absolutely disgusting scene where Patrick implies he is going to eat a used diaper with ketchup on it. This is disgusting because a used diaper has feces and/or urine inside of it.

Redeeming Qualities in the Little Yellow Book

1. SpongeBob finding Old Man Walker in the toilet, Mr. Krabs' hairpin and Squidward reading about SpongeBob recounting Squidward cursing at him and Gary biting him in return are funny.
2. SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs are the only likable characters in this episode.
3. At least Squidward did get some comeuppance for reading SpongeBob's diary, but sadly, it is completely undone when he steals SpongeBob's personal diary.

Reception

• This, along with Squid Baby and SpongeBob You're Fired, is one the three most despised episodes of Season 9. PIEGUYRULZ considered it ScumBob, but he stated this episode isn't that bad as well, the fact that this is his 5th least favorite SpongeBob Season 9 episode proves it.
• This episode is very controversial among fans and unlike other clear-cut episodes of torture, both SpongeBob and Squidward have a role to play in the other's torture. This episode exposes their relationship's qualities.

Gallery

Scumbob’s face describes this episode perfectly.

Probably one of the most disgusting jokes they've done on this show.

The only funny part of this episode.

This randomly exists.

How did this happen? I'll save you the trouble. Squidward was the lame brain.

You read it too, hypocrites! Shame on you!

A bad ending to an already terrible episode.

“Their nasty, disgusting, not beautiful, perfectly dewy, symmetrical, shimmering...”