Squid vs Squid (2029)

Squid vs Squid is Slendernyan's spinoff of SpongeBob (2022), his reboot of SpongeBob Squarepants that aired in the Reboot Universe. It's also a reboot of SpongeFan20's Squid vs. Squid (2012). It springs off a backdoor pilot in SpongeBob about Squilliam moving back into Bikini Bottom for the second time. This series is focused on the rivalry between Squidward and Squilliam, and only features occasional appearances from its sister show, as opposed to The Patrick Show, which was entirely built on the foundation of SpongeBob. This is its own show, not a companion show. Rather than the standard 25 episodes per season that SpongeBob got, Squid vs Squid got 13 in its first season, and 20 in the second and third seasons.

Development
With the success of SpongeBob, Cartoon Network wanted a new show to spin off of it and profit them substantially, so they created a backdoor pilot in SpongeBob named after the show itself. The following season, both shows premiered on the same day, but the next week, Squid vs Squid aired a day after SpongeBob. It retained Ben Bocquelet as showrunner, and it featured Alex Hirsch and Roger Bumpass himself (who also voiced both squids) as executive producers. Stephen Hillenburg didn't want to be involved, as he believed SpongeBob should be its own single product, but he stayed on SpongeBob until the end.

Production Team
Cartoon Network came to Ben with a proposition for a SpongeBob spinoff show, and he accepted, having the freedom to make it whatever he wanted. He chose Squidward because he believed he didn't get enough screentime or character development in SpongeBob.

Airing
The show premiered on February 1st, 2029, the same day that SpongeBob season 6 premiered. However, every episode after that premiered a day after that week's SpongeBob episode. Each episode is 22 minutes, and they either tell a Squidward story, Squilliam story, or a Squid vs Squid story. As such, the other squid may not appear in the other one's stories, but Nicholas Withers is the only character to appear in every episode. A new episode normally airs every week, and the standard episode count per season is 20, though the first season had 13. After season 1, SpongeBob was cancelled, but Squid vs Squid kept going for two more seasons and it filled the gap between SpongeBob seasons 6 and 7, but when SpongeBob came back, Squid vs Squid was dropped.

Writing
The writing stayed generally the same as SpongeBob, with similar humor and storytelling, as well as shared writers in general.

Music
All music was reused from SpongeBob except the theme song, which differed.

Animation
The same people that animated SpongeBob animated this show because Ben Bocquelet wanted the universe to be consistent graphically.

Voice Actors
Every character in the show was a character in SpongeBob, and all voice actors were retained.

Season 1
The first episode aired on February 1st, 2029 alongside SpongeBob, but from then on, Squid vs Squid aired one day later. It ended on _. This season mostly focused on the chemistry, competition, and backstory between the two squids. It also gave Nicholas Withers a bigger part, as his mysterious recurring personality in Squilliam episodes of SpongeBob hinted at.

1. Squid vs Pilot (February 1st, 2029)
Squidward and Squilliam both show up at the red carpet premiere of an art film, and while they mess things up by being competitive, there are frequent flashbacks to their past as best friends in college. The flashbacks slowly show what happened to them and made them rivals. Nicholas Withers appears as another friendly colleague in both the flashbacks and modern day. While thinking about college, Squidward remembers Nicholas, and wonders why he didn't remember him after all this time.

2. Squid vs LEGO (February 9th, 2029)
Due to the SpongeBob and Squid vs Squid LEGO themes being relaunched with this season, this episode was released to tie into it. It's a recreation of the backdoor pilot, Squid vs Squid, in LEGO form. Nicholas Withers appears in LEGO form.

3. Squid vs Squidfather (February 16th, 2029)
A continuation of the previous day's SpongeBob episode, Squidward has just discovered that his father, Edward S. Tentacles, is alive and a thief. This is a strictly Squidward episode, and it deals with drama between he and his father. The museum is not pressing charges on him, so Squidward sends him off on a plane to Squidville, where he'll be on parole. Throughout the episode, he stays at Squidward's house, doing everything wrong and ruiing everything he touches. Nicholas Withers appears talking to Edward at a point, but Squidward can't hear what they're talking about.

4. Squid vs Art (February 23rd, 2029)
Squidward and Squilliam enter an art show, but the alarms go off in the building when it's announced that a painting is stolen, so everyone is trapped in one room, trying to figure out who the thief is, similarly to a classic murder mystery movie. SpongeBob is there to annoy Squidward. Eventually, the lights go out, and struggles are heard over the intercom, before the lights turn back on, only in red, shining on Arnold. A deep voice is heard over the intercom saying that he's the thief, but he claims he didn't do it. The episode closes out as Arnold is arrested, pleading not guilty, and Squidward, SpongeBob, and Squilliam are left wondering who really did it. At the same time, we can see Nicholas Withers running away with the painting in hand in the background.

5. Squid vs Law Part 1 (March 2nd, 2029)
When it's revealed that Nicholas Withers will be representing Arnold in court, the two squids suspect him of something suspicious, so they try to find out what it is with the help of SpongeBob. However, the two still find time to be competitive, and SpongeBob must be their mediator. By the end, the three discover his secret: That he's actually the thief.

6. Squid vs Law Part 2 (March 9th, 2029)
Squidward and Squilliam compete to convince Arnold one of them should represent him. But Squidward wins, and Squilliam's the one that has experience with the law, so Squidward loses the court battle and is widely blamed for sending an innocent man to prison.