Sweet and Sour Squid

If you were looking for the article about the DVD, then see Sweet & Sour Squidward.

"Sweet and Sour Squid" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 8. In this episode, Plankton attempts to strike up a friendship with Squidward in order to get the secret formula.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Squidward Tentacles
• Patrick Star ^(mentioned)
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 48
  • Incidental 107
  • Incidental 106
  • Incidental 7
  • Incidental 37A
  • Incidental 27
  • Judge 3
  • Incidental 46
  • Incidental 16
  • Sandals
  • Frank
  • Incidental 40
  • Incidental 41
  • Incidental 153
  • Incidental 105
  • Incidental 118
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Karen Plankton
• Sweetie Scouts ^(mentioned)
• King Neptune ^(mentioned)
• Mrs. Puff ^(cameo)
• Larry the Lobster ^(cameo)
• Sandy Cheeks ^(cameo)

Synopsis

In the beginning of the episode, SpongeBob begins singing while cooking the Krabby Patties. An annoyed Squidward tells him about real music and plays his clarinet, causing the customers to run away from the Krusty Krab. After being told to stop by Mr. Krabs, Squidward goes outside and throws a tantrum, complaining that no one appreciates his music. Plankton, watching from the Chum Bucket, believes that Squidward may be the key to the Krabby Patty secret formula.

Later, Plankton tries talking to Squidward, but he fails to. Then, he makes several attempts to trick Squidward, among these were pretending to be a girl scout and pretending to be one of Squidward's species, all resulting in Plankton getting the door literally slammed in his face. SpongeBob tells Plankton that he might gain Squidward's friendship if he compliments him on his music.

Plankton later meets with Squidward and persuades him to play his clarinet. At first, Plankton is tormented by the awful clarinet music, but then wears Professional Grade Earplugs to block the noise and pretends to like it. Squidward marches across Bikini Bottom, playing his clarinet, and Plankton follows along, while everyone else is tormented by the noise. Plankton also sings a song about Squidward's clarinet music as Squidward plays bad notes.

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"He almost got your clarinet."

This friendship, however, does not last, as Plankton tells Squidward about the secret formula. Squidward tells Plankton that despite 20 years of working, he had never seen the making of a Krabby Patty. Squidward tells Plankton that his music is getting better and plays his clarinet, making windows and mirrors across Bikini Bottom crack and break. Squidward then says that he is going to quit his job and become a full-time musician. Plankton gets so angry that his earplugs come off, and he is once again tortured by the noise.

Plankton steals the clarinet, causing Squidward and SpongeBob to chase after him. SpongeBob frees Squidward from Plankton's control. Plankton is shortly confronted by the police about a "bad music" crime and is arrested for being the only one to hold the clarinet. As he is driven away, the police car purposefully runs over Squidward's clarinet. As the episode ends after SpongeBob retrieves the broken clarinet, Squidward once again claims that he "hates people."

Production

Vincent Waller posted an image from this episode's storyboard on August 10, 2010 on his "Incoherent-Thought" blog.

This episode finished production on June 24, 2011.

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Storyboards

• Board doodle by Vincent Waller.

• Drawing of a "bug-eyed aviator" on the back of Sweet and Sour Squid's storyboards.
  Drawing of a "bug-eyed aviator" on the back of Sweet and Sour Squid's storyboards.

Music

( ‣ ) Production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 • Greenhorn Rag - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card]
 • Pitch Pipe - Nicolas Carr [pitch pipe]
 • Whistling Patties - Nicolas Carr [Krabby Patty whistles]
 • Krusty Krab Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr ["SpongeBob, what is that horrible racket?"]
 • Electric Guitar Licks - Nicolas Carr ["He must have been listening to hard rock."]
 • Who Said That- Jolly Good Fellow 2 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["I don't care!"]
 • BadClarinet A - Eban Schletter [Squidward playing clarinet]
 • Nautical Hijinx - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Mr. Krabs takes Squidward's clarinet.]
 • Clowning Around - Barry Anthony [Plankton spying]
 • Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward watering his garden]
 • Steel Licks 33 - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward pours water on Plankton.]
 • Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["You again?"]
 • Steel Licks 54 - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward pours water on Plankton again.]
 • Tip Toe Through the Seaweed - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward slamming the door on Plankton.]
 ‣ Dog Gone - George French [Plankton selling cookies.]
 • Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Squidward slams the door.]
 ‣ Watch Out! - Dick Stephen Walter ["Plankton, what are you doing?"]
 • Tip Toe Through the Seaweed - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Plankton pretending to be Squidward's long-lost relative.]
 • Hawaiian Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield ["That's a fine way to treat a family member."]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr ["Music?"]
 • Closing the Door Sting 2 - Nicolas Carr ["Oh, is that right?"]
 • Befuddled #2 PI - Pat Irwin [Plankton in Squidward's music book.]
 • BadClarinet B - Eban Schletter [Squidward playing clarinet.]
 • BadClarinet C - Eban Schletter [Plankton puts earplugs into his ears.]
 • BadClarinet D - Eban Schletter [Squidward playing clarinet at Goo Lagoon.]
 ◦ Neat Clarinet - Aaron Springer, Eban Schletter [Plankton sings this.]
 • PI Wiggle and Wobble #3 stereo mix - Pat Irwin [Plankton asks what the secret formula is.]
 • BadClarinet E - Eban Schletter [Squidward playing clarinet.]
 • PI Wiggle and Wobble #1 Full Mix - Pat Irwin ["Thanks to you, I'm getting better and better as a musician."]
 • BadClarinet F - Eban Schletter [Squidward playing clarinet loudly.]
 • PI Wiggle and Wobble #1 Full Mix - Pat Irwin ["I'm going to quit my job at the Krusty Krab and become a full-time musician."]
 ‣ Dramatic Bridge 4 - Phil Green [Plankton's earplugs fall out.]
 • BadClarinet G - Eban Schletter [Squidward playing clarinet.]
 • Greenhorn Rag - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Plankton runs with Squidward's clarinet/Squidward and SpongeBob chasing Plankton.]
 • ClaAvantGarde - Eban Schletter [Plankton slides down the rail.]
 • Bikini Bottom Police - Nicolas Carr [Plankton arrested.]
 • ClarinetCrunch - Eban Schletter [Police boat runs over clarinet.]
 • Hawaiian Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob grabs Squidward's broken clarinet.]
 • ClarinetWheeze - Eban Schletter [Clarinet breaks.]
 • Hawaiian Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield [Ending]

Release

Distribution

Format	Title	Region
DVD	Sweet & Sour Squidward	Europe, Australia, Japan
	The Complete Eighth Season	United States, United Kingdom, Germany
Box set	The SpongeBob SquarePants Collection	Australia
	The SpongeBob SquarePants 8 Season DVD Collection	Germany and Australia
	The Seventh & Eighth Seasons	United States
	The Next 100 Episodes	United States
	The Best 200 Episodes Ever	United States
	The Best 300 Episodes Ever	United States
Digital release	SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 13	Global
LeapFrog	20,000 Leagues of Laughs!	United States

Trivia

General

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"Sweet and Sour Squidward" listing on Nickelodeon HD.

• This episode was originally known as "Sweet and Sour Squidward." This title is used on some television guides and is also the name of a DVD.
• The show that Karen watches is similar to what Gary watches in "Gary in Love."
• Plankton breaks the fourth wall when he looks towards the audience when SpongeBob compliments him on his "dress" (the surgical tubing he taped to himself to look like tentacles) after an attempt to make Squidward tell him the Krabby Patty secret formula.
• When Plankton is being tortured by Squidward's music, he shouts "Sweet mother of Aphrodite!" Aphrodite is the goddess of love and beauty in Greek mythology.
• Squidward says he has never seen a Krabby Patty being made before, but in "Employee of the Month," he is seen making a gigantic mountain of them, along with SpongeBob.
  • That, and Squidward has taken over for SpongeBob on the grill several times before.
• In this episode, Plankton mentions that Squidward has worked at the Krusty Krab for 20 years.
• When Plankton yells at Squidward and mentions that Squidward has worked at the Krusty Krab for 20 years, he says the Krabby Patty is "sole item on the menu." However, many episodes have shown there is more than one item on the menu. This is because Krabby Patties are the most popular food at the Krusty Krab and that Plankton is simply emphasizing the popularity of the Krabby Patties.
• When the clarinet is run over, it resembles the shape of a bass clarinet.
• This is the first episode Aaron Springer and Doug Lawrence wrote together since "No Free Rides."
• This was the first episode to require a sign in with the viewer's TV provider in order for it to be unlocked on Nick.com.
• This is the second episode where Squidward is referred to as an octopus. The first was "The Play's the Thing."
• This episode marks the second time Squidward plays the clarinet in the Krusty Krab. The first is "No Hat for Pat."
• This is the second episode in which Sandy's helicopter is seen. The first is in "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One" when she built it.

Cultural references

• When Plankton pretends to be a Girl Scout, he asks Squidward if he would like to buy some Gill Scout Cookies. The words "Gill Scout" is a pun on "Girl Scout."
• "Neat Clarinet" (aka "Clarinet Wizard") is a parody of the 1969 song "Pinball Wizard" by The Who.

Errors

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Squidward's workstation is missing.

• When Squidward runs out of the Krusty Krab, his workstation is missing.

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Plankton is much larger than usual.

• When Squidward and Plankton first go to Goo Lagoon, Plankton is much larger than usual, but then he goes back to normal height in the next scene.

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• When Sandy's helicopter goes flying down, a small part of the helicopter's rotor blade is cut off at one end of the screen.

Videos

File:SpongeBob SquarePants - Friendly Plankton Nickelodeon

File:45 MINUTES of SpongeBob Songs 🎶 - @SpongeBobOfficial

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
French	Carlo, clarinettiste	Squidward, Clarinet Player
German	Tintenfisch süß-sauer	Sweet and Sour Squid
Hungarian	Az érdekrajongó	The Fake Fan
Italian	Clarinetto molesto	Clarinet Harassment
Russian	Кисло-сладкий кальмар Kislo-sladkiy kal'mar	Sweet and Sour Squid
Spanish	Calamardo dulce y amargo	Sweet and Sour Squidward