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Friendiversary

"Friendiversary" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 13. In this episode, SpongeBob celebrates the anniversary of his friendship with Squidward, but the latter does not.

Characters

Synopsis

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Squidward is sleeping, but is soon awakened by noise inside his house and goes downstairs to check. He soon finds SpongeBob inside his house, celebrating the anniversary of his friendship with Squidward. SpongeBob shows Squidward various memories he had with him, but Squidward angrily kicks him out afterwards.

After being jump scared by SpongeBob later in the day, Squidward tries to avoid him while walking through Bikini Bottom, but SpongeBob continuously manages to find him and tries to make new memories with him. Later, Squidward arrives at the Krusty Krab, where SpongeBob is at first nowhere to be seen, but soon shows up to surprise him, causing Squidward to run out of the restaurant, where he continues to see SpongeBob through hallucinations.

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Later, at his house, Squidward is panicking about SpongeBob remembering everything about the two's interactions. He soon gets the idea to erase SpongeBob's memories of him. Squidward sneaks into SpongeBob's house to access the memory book to erase himself from SpongeBob's memories, as well as from his brain.

The following morning, Squidward checks through Bikini Bottom to see if SpongeBob is around, but he is not around. He sees SpongeBob at the Krusty Krab, where the two greet each other, although SpongeBob no longer knows Squidward. Mr. Krabs notices that Squidward is happy, and Squidward shares that he erased SpongeBob's memories of him. Outraged, Mr. Krabs tells Squidward that this is actually bad news, since SpongeBob had the combination to the safe with the Krabby Patty secret formula attached to a memory with Squidward as the only way to prevent Plankton from scanning Krabs' mind and stealing the secret recipe to the Chum Bucket; when Squidward erased his memories of him, he also erased his memory of the combination as well. As a result, Mr. Krabs forces SpongeBob and Squidward to spend time with each other to relive the two's interactions and get his memory back, so he remembers the combination.

Squidward takes SpongeBob around town to relive SpongeBob's former memories of him, but they all prove to be unsuccessful at first. Squidward's last resort to get SpongeBob to remember him is going on the Sushi-Maker, combined with some other memories, which ultimately causes SpongeBob to regain his entire memory of him, and the combination to the Krusty Krab safe as a result. SpongeBob shaking the ladder causes Squidward to go through the Sushi-Maker. At the Krusty Krab, where Squidward is shown injured, SpongeBob realizes he celebrated the "friendiversary" a day early and prepares the celebrations again, but is still unsure of when the exact day of the anniversary is.

Production

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on December 20, 2022.[4]

Promotional art

  • Art made by Jeff Shea, saying that working on the show "was a blast," and thanked viewers for watching all of the series' newest episodes.[5]

Art

Background design

  • Designed by Sterling Richter.[6][7]

Storyboards

  • Plussed by Kyle Morrison[8] and Jeff Shea,[3] with the odd-looking SpongeBobs from Squidward's paranoia sequence early in the episode being done by Ian Vazquez,[9] and the album pictures found in SpongeBob's "Squidward" memory book being drawn by Benji Williams.[10]

Production notes

Kyle Morrison:

  • This was one of Morrison's favorite episodes to work on,[11] as they've said before that Squidward's their favorite character to draw and act out, so anytime they get to work on a Squid-heavy episode or scene, they're a "happy camper."[1]
  • Morrison wishes they could take credit for all the bizarrely drawn SpongeBobs (such as the one on the blimp) found early in the episode that were done by Ian Vazquez, as they believe they add "so much to the great exchange over the rocket skates and Squidward's slowly mounting paranoia."[9]
  • Squidward's nervous breakdown was one of Morrison's favorite sequences to plus on the show, saying that "From the creepy atmosphere and weather to the dramatic angles, the directing on this scene in particular was really stellar."[8]
    • Supervising director Ian Vazquez stated in response that "If you ever wanted to see Squidward lose his entire mind, look no further than the work of Kyle Morrison. He's very good at that."[12]
  • While plussing the sequence of Squidward erasing SpongeBob's memories and his line "There's just one more place where he keeps his memories," the one Morrison gave themselves a mood for was that "He was about to kill God."[10]
    • Morrison subsequently stated that all off the album pictures were drawn by Benji Williams, and Morrison merely supplied "the erasure of precious memories!"[10]
    • Supervising director Ian Vazquez stated in response "Kyle capturing the exact mood of a squid who is about to finally take his fate into his own hands after 25 years of torture by a nigh omnipotent cold and unfeeling puppet master for the entertainment of beings he cannot see."[13]
  • The eel that reappears at the Krusty Krab seen after Squidward removes SpongeBob's memories always made Morrison smile when they show up.[14]

Jeff Shea:

  • Shea said this was "such a fun episode," saying that "getting to figure out the magnifying glass effect was a blast, even if I pulled out 72.1% of my hair figuring it out."[3]
  • Shea was extremely excited to do the "lima beans and car chase" scene, saying "When I say I was excited to get to do this part, I can't even articulate it within the twitter character limit, man."[15]

Sterling Richter:

  • While designing Squidward's Kelpy G. magazine spread and running out of ideas of what to fill the crowd with, "[she] drew a moral eel version of myself & a lanternfish @gigaseraph in the crowd." The spread was later redrawn by Ian Vazquez, however, those two characters made it into the final - "it was such a pleasant surprise to see those two character designs making the cut."[6][16]

Music

( ‣ ) Production music
( • ) Original music
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Moloka'i Nui A - Kapono Beamer [Title card.]
 ‣ Bump In The Night - Fredric Bayco [Opening.]
 • Vibraphone Bits and Pieces - Nicolas Carr [Squidward looking around downstairs.]
 ‣ Honolulu March - Hans Haider ["Happy friendiversary, Squidward!"]
 • A Short Fishy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward taking out the trash.]
 ‣ Drama Unlimited 4 - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob scares Squidward into his trash can.]
 ‣ Dramatic Cue (A) - Ronald Hanmer [Squidward runs away with his trash can on his head.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 24A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob takes a picture for his memory book.]
 ‣ Long Legged Beasties - Fredric Bayco [Squidward walking through Bikini Bottom.]
 • Player Piano Time No Verb mix - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob playing the piano.]
 ‣ Five Dramatic Bridges A - Kurt Rehfeld [Squidward runs away from SpongeBob again.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 18 - Jeremy Wakefield ["Remember the time I got you these rocket skates?"]
 • Greenhorn Rag - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward rides out of control on the rocket skates.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 8A - Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward crawls towards the Krusty Krab.]
 • New Vibe Hits - Nicolas Carr [Squidward peeks into the Krusty Krab.]
 • Krusty Krab Jig - Nicolas Carr, Michael Bolger [Squidward enters the Krusty Krab.]
 • Quick Zip - Nicolas Carr [Squidward looks through his magazine.]
 • Kelpy 1 New Mix - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Squidward reminisces on the Kelpy G concert.]
 • Untitled Tracks - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob is in the photo.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 29C - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob blows up an inflatable Squidward.]
 ‣ Brickbat (battle) - Laurie Johnson [Squidward runs out of the Krusty Krab.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19E - Jeremy Wakefield ["Later that evening..." time card.]
 ‣ Terrified - Hubert Clifford [Squidward panics.]
 ‣ Creepy Crawly - Ronald Hanmer [Squidward erases SpongeBob's memory.]
 • Solo Steel and Vibes 1 - Jeremy Wakefield [Transition from night to day.]
 • Daily Chores Jig - Nicolas Carr, Michael Bolger [The next morning.]
 ‣ Drama Unlimited 4 - Ronald Hanmer ["You what?! Are you insane, man?!"]
 • Melodramatic Moments - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Squidward also erased SpongeBob's memory of the combination to the secret formula safe.]
 • WFL Parade Snare Drum - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob enters Mr. Krabs' office.]
 • Galley Cooks Shanty 2 - Nicolas Carr, Michael Bolger [Mr. Krabs orders SpongeBob to spend the afternoon with Squidward.]
 • Skipping to School - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Squidward walk out of the Krusty Krab.]
 • 12th St Rag w Bass - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [First part of Squidward's memory recreations.]
 • Player Piano Time No Verb mix - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob playing the piano again.]
 • 12th St Rag w Bass - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [First part of Squidward's memory recreations continued.]
 • Loco for Lucha-1 - Nicolas Carr [Squidward gets attacked by a sea bear.]
 ‣ Hilo Rag - Guy Fletcher [Second part of Squidward's memory recreations.]
 • Tangerine Nightmare - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Squidward driving on a bridge.]
 ‣ Straight From Hell [#83] - Gregor F. Narholz [SpongeBob and Squidward fall into a ravine.]
 • Hot Steel and Slide Licks 37A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Squidward at the bottom of the ravine.]
 ‣ Approaching Danger - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob remembers Squidward.]
 • Hawaiian Misadventures B - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Squidward on the Sushi-Maker.]
 • Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
 • Another Krusty Krab Day 2 - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Back at the Krusty Krab.]
 ‣ Honolulu March - Hans Haider [Ending.]

Release

Trivia

General

  • This is the second episode for a few things:
    • The second episode that revolves around a best friend celebrating with another best friend. The first was the season 4 episode "The Gift of Gum."
    • The second episode celebrating a holiday around friendship, which follows "The Gift of Gum," that celebrated Best Friends Day.
    • The second episode where SpongeBob lost his memory after "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?"
      • While "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob" has SpongeBob lose his memory of his life and name except for bubble blowing, he only loses his memory of Squidward and the combination to the secret formula safe in "Friendiversary."
  • Coincidentally, two months and 24 days prior to this episode's release, an episode of Disney's Kiff was released under the same title.
  • This episode was paired up with a rerun of "Sir Urchin and Snail Fail" during the original airing.[17]
  • The title of this episode is a portmanteau of "friend" and "anniversary."
All title card similerities
  • The title card background for the episode is similar to those of the season 1 episode, "Naughty Nautical Neighbors," the season 6 episode, "Overbooked," the season 7 episode, "Summer Job," the season 11 episode, "Shopping List," and some of the time cards. The only difference is that the "Friendiversary" title card features slightly bigger pineapples and a cyan font.
  • When after exploding into heart-shaped fireworks while recreating the rocket skates memory, Incidental 42 is shown proposing to Incidental 7.
  • Whenever SpongeBob shrugs and shakes his head during the montage of Squidward recreating their adventures, the exact same animation is used, with the addition of his guitar in the camping memory and SpongeBob is looking upwards during the "Bubblestand" memory.
  • In the scene where Squidward was seen sitting in front of his fireplace traumatized, the back shadow of the chair he was sitting on briefly transforms into SpongeBob's shadow when the lightning strikes for a last time.
  • According to a response to a comment by Kyle Morrison, a random car chase was already found in the script of the episode, but they suggested adding the lima beans reference from "Fools in April" to evoke the "lost memory" theme that the episode was going for, eventually making its way into the final product.[18]
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Char squidward
  • When SpongeBob remembers Squidward, an oil-painted version of a model pose for Squidward appears.
  • SpongeBob breaks the fourth wall at the end, when he still thinks what day was his and Squidward's "Friendiversary" should take place, and looks at the viewers, feeling confused and shocked.
  • This episode features a lot of episode references, with about 500, making it have the most out of any episode.


Episode references

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Wanted Maniac Posters in Friendiversary
  • The "Wanted Maniac" posters from "Hall Monitor" return when Squidward is trying to get away from SpongeBob.
Patrick easter egg in Friendiversary
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  • Squidward's Clarinet Informer magazine first appeared in "Abandon Twits."
  • The magazine that Squidward reads features a reference to "Smoothe Jazz at Bikini Bottom", where Squidward was in the audience watching Kelpy G, but SpongeBob was there asking if he remembers it.
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All Episode references when SpongeBob remembers Squidward in Friendiversary
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  • Towards the end of the episode, an animated version of Roger can be seen. The animated version of Roger was originally going to be in the episode, "New Student Starfish" at the ending, but it was replaced with a live-action chick instead.
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Errors

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  • When SpongeBob shows his memory book to Squidward, Squidward's neck appears to be disconnected from his body.
TPSS SpongeBob and TPSS SpongeBob in Friendiversary
  • In SpongeBob's Squidward memory book, the image from The Patrick Star Show shows him with blue pants. This is inaccurate, as he still wears brown pants on the show.
SpongeBob's House Interior mistake in "Friendiversary."
  • When SpongeBob is going to his house, the house's interior is Squidward's house.
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  • When Squidward arrives at the Krusty Krab, its back door is missing, as well as the Chum Bucket.
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  • The path to Patrick's house appears and disappears throughout the episode.
  • All of the episode images that SpongeBob uses in his eyes are all shown featuring him on the left, and Squidward on the right. However, an image from "Dying for Pie" only shows a tiny bit of Squidward on the right. Most of it was the brick wall that was built between him and SpongeBob.


Videos

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
German Das Freundejubiläum The Friends' Anniversary
Russian Дружбовщина
Druzhbovshchina		 Friendiversary
Spanish (American) Amigo aniversario Friend Anniversary
Spanish (European) Amigoversario Friendiversary

References

  1. ^ a b Kyle Morrison on Twitter - "Friendiversary" Thread..."
  2. ^ Nickelodeon UK - November 2, 2023
  3. ^ a b c d Jeff Shea on Twitter- "Aw did you say..."
  4. ^ SPONGEBOB SCHWAMMKOPF - EPISODE GUIDE | Cartoonlounge.de
  5. ^ Jeff Shea on Twitter - "This show is..."
  6. ^ a b Sterling Richter on Twitter - "In my crack at the Kelpy G..."
  7. ^ Sterling Richter - "Also from the SpongeBob episode..."
  8. ^ a b Kyle Morrison on Twitter - "Speaking of paranoia,..."
  9. ^ a b Kyle Morrison on Twitter - "I wish I could take credit for these..."
  10. ^ a b c Kyle Morrison on Twitter - "For Squid's "There's just one..."
  11. ^ Kyle Morrison on Twitter- "One of my favorite..."
  12. ^ Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "If you ever wanted..."
  13. ^ Ian Vazquez on Twitter - "Kyle capturing the..."
  14. ^ Kyle Morrison on Twitter - "Finally the unsettling silence..."
  15. ^ Jeff Shea on Twitter - "And finally..."
  16. ^ Sterling Richter on Twitter - "I think Ian..."
  17. ^ Nickstory - June 22, 2023
  18. ^ Kyle Morrison - "The car chase was..."