The 100 Best SpongeBob SquarePants Episodes, Ranked In honor of SpongeBob's 20th anniversary, we've decided to take on the difficult challenge of ranking the very best Bikini Bottom has to offer ...

Squidward, SpongeBob, and the Complex Emotions of FOMO. Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission. THE FEED. 5:19 p.m. ... stop the presses.

And Squidward was a squid. But, as it turns out , that final tidbit is a gosh darn lie. According to the creator of "SpongeBob," Stephen Hillenburg, Squidward is actually an octopus.

“SpongeBob SquarePants” character Squidward will reportedly be getting his own spinoff series as part of a new Netflix/Nickelodeon deal.