Original air date: 8/10/2023 (produced in 2022)
When SpongeBob and Patrick start using carrier clams to send messages to each other, Squidward gets left with a huge mess when the clams won't stop flying through his house.
"SquidBird" contains examples of:
- Animals Hate Him: The clams go out of their way to attack Squidward, to the point where SpongeBob and Patrick have to train the clams to avoid him.
- Bird-Poop Gag: Squidward gets pooped on by the clams a few times throughout the episode.
- Continuity Nod: Patrick mentions the Empty Head Society's parade.
- Gone Horribly Right: SpongeBob and Patrick train the clams to avoid Squidward. This works, but rather than attacking him, they just go into his house directly and cause a bigger mess.
- Perplexing Pearl Production: The clams attack Squidward by shooting pearls at him.
- Portmantitle: Of "Squidward" and "bird".
- Shout-Out: SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward looking out the window to see dozens of clams waiting outside is one to The Birds.
- The title card music sounds like Surfin Bird by "The Trashmen".
- Terrible Artist: Patrick mails SpongeBob a very poor drawing of the two of them. SpongeBob isn't even able to make out what it is.
- Training Montage: A montage occurs when SpongeBob and Patrick train the clams not to attack Squidward.
- Would Rather Suffer: The episode ends with Squidward's house being lifted into the air by the clams. SpongeBob and Patrick offer to rescue him, but Squidward realizes he has the perfect chance to get away from them. The house winds up getting dropped into an active volcano; he declares he still prefers it to living next to SpongeBob.
Allergy Attack
Original air date: 10/30/2023 produced in 2022
After cooking his kazillionth krabby patty, SpongeBob believes he's developed an allergy to them, and now must find a way to do his job without setting off his allergy.
"Allergy Attack" contains examples of:
- Aside Glance: The doctor treating SpongeBob does this when he makes a joke.
- Foreshadowing: When everyone else in the Krusty Krab develops allergy, Squidward is the only one unaffected.
- Gross-Up Close-Up: Twice.
- When SpongeBob points out that him making his kazillionth krabby patty means that Squidward has written kazillion orders, Squidward shows off his hand with is swollen while holding a pencil.
- SpongeBob's kazillionth krabby patty which looks terrible from sneezing on it.
- Humongous Mecha: Sandy's old diving suit functions as this, which SpongeBob uses to do his job while protecting himself from his allergy.
- Perfumigation: Squidward wears a cologne that turns out to be the cause of SpongeBob's (and everyone else's} allergies.
- Platonic Kissing: SpongeBob kisses Squidward on the forehead at one point.
- Plot Allergy: The episode focuses on SpongeBob believing he's developed an allergy to krabby patties
- Your Head Asplode: The episode ends with Squidward sneezing and his head exploding into confetti.
