Professor Squidward

Template:Infobox episode Time/Date:

• Wednesday
• 2:00 PM

Characters Present:

• Squidward Tentacles
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Squilliam Fancyson (2 cameos)
• Nathiel (cameo)
• Fred
• Franco (green color)
• Paco (cameo)
• Mevis (cameo)
• Billy
• Evelyn
• Harold
• Police Officer

Places:

• Clarinet recital
• Music classroom

Songs:

• Metronome Trance (Tick, Tick, Tick)

Characters Mentioned: Mrs. SquarePants

Plot

Squidward is disdainfully watching Squilliam play his clarinet at a concert. When Squilliam finishes Squidward leaves. As he walks out of the recital hall, he is mistaken for Squilliam. He is then offered to teach a music class and he accepts. Later he comes to the music class wearing a wig to pose as Squilliam. He prepares his desk and a kid asks him what his name is. So Squidward tells the kid to write his name on the board. Shortly after that, Squidward discovers that SpongeBob and Patrick are in the music class he is teaching. Squidward is annoyed by this. After that, SpongeBob keeps on laughing. So Squidward moves SpongeBob away from Patrick, but he keeps on laughing. So Squidward just starts teaching by drawing lines on the chalkboard. Patrick explains how they remind him of a railroad track and he starts riding a mini train. Only to get trapped in the trash can. Then Squidward starts teaching the class about metronomes, which interests SpongeBob and Patrick. They start making a ticking noise and a news reporter comes in and explains how they are in a trance. Squidward kicks him out and SpongeBob and Patrick stop ticking. They forget where they are and they start calling Squidward by his real name. This upsets the rest of the class and they leave. Then Squidward gets arrested for being an identity thief.

Trivia

• At one point after Squidward's yelling, SpongeBob says "8 minutes in and I've already gotten a math quiz!" The episode was not even at the 4-minute mark.
• This is the second time Squidward gets arrested. The first time was in Good Ol' Whatshisname.But Squidward might be happy from SpongeBob and Patrick.
• It actually is against the law to impersonate a teacher because you have to graduate high school.
• The real name for "Impersonating someone" is Identity Theft.
• Fourth time Squidward teaches a class.
• The plot of this episode is somewhat similar to the plot of Artist Unknown (Squidward teaches a class to which Spongebob happens to apply). This time, Spongebob is not the only student in his class and Patrick appears as well.
• Although it was established in older episodes that Squidward's middle initial is J, in this episode Squidward says it's Q.
• When the fish said he was commuting from upstate, it could possibly be a reference to Tom Kenny's hometown, Syracuse, New York, which is one of Upstate New York's major cities.
• When Billy writes his name on the board the curvy line is attached to the Y. But later it is detached.
• This is second time that a metronome is shown, the first time was in the episode Have You Seen This Snail?.
• When Patrick brings out his toy train he is suddenly very small when he climbs in it. Then when he's back in the class he's normal-sized again.
• Squidward replaces Squilliam as the antagonist.
• This episode was probably inspired from the movies The School Of Rock and High School Musical.
• This is the second episode where the title card is written on the chalkboard. The first was New Student Starfish, the third will be Squidward's School for Grown Ups.
• This is the second time Patrick whispered something in SpongeBob's ear. The first was in Krabby Road but in this episode, he reveals what he whispered in his ear.
• This is the second time Patrick shrinks. The first was in Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV.
• Squidward's middle initial Q stands for Quincy.
• When Squidward left he was already past the door but when Cinclair and Desiree showed up and Squidward walk by, he just got out of the door.

Music

Original Music

• Steel Sting - Squidward demonstrates the metronome. {Jeremy Wakefield}

APM Music

• Dancing in Dreamland (a) - Squilliam accepts the audience's applause.
• Hawaiian Link (b) - Squidward storms out of the recital hall.
• Witty Fellow - The outside audience members mistake Squidward for Squilliam.
• Bear Wooden Bear - Squidward begins class.
• Tympup A / ? - Squidward feels shocked.
• Mists of Illusion - SpongeBob and Patrick fall in a trance.
• Studio 69 - The news reporter enters the classroom.
• Tomfoolery - The news reporter notices SpongeBob and Patrick.
• Drama Link (g) - Squidward forbids his classroom to leave.
• Twelfth Street Rag - The ending.