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— Squidina, "Legend of the Lost Bathroom"
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Squidina Star[1][2] is a squid featured in both SpongeBob SquarePants and its spin-off The Patrick Star Show. In the original series, she is introduced as one of Pearl's friends. In The Patrick Star Show, she is portrayed as Patrick Star's sister.[3] She is voiced by Jill Talley, who also voices Karen Plankton.
Squidina has a shy and nerdy personality that contrasts with Pearl's more outgoing demeanor. Squidina first appears in the season 11 episode "Goons on the Moon," in which she and Pearl become Science Scouts and journey to the moon.
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Description[]
Squidina's prototype design.
She is a lavender squid with four legs and two arms. She will often use two of her legs as extra arms if required. In the original series, she has a single tooth.
In The Patrick Star Show, she wears a banana polo t-shirt and a vermilion plaid skirt. She also wears black glasses.
A redesign of her main series design was introduced in the season 15 episode, "Biscuit Ballyhoo." It resembles her The Patrick Star Show design. but taller, and with a tuff of hair on her head, similar to SpongeBob's The Patrick Star Show design.
Whether or not Squidina is adopted is inconclusive. April "Pinkie" Davis, an artist on the show, said that she believed Squidina was adopted in response to a fan question in March of 2021.[4] However, there is no direct evidence in the show or its pitch bible to support this, with the latter merely stating that the Stars think she is an odd-looking sea star. In "The Patterfly Effect," when Patrick goes back in time to make Bunny part race-car, both he and Squidina have wheels in the future, suggesting that Bunny is her biological mother. In "Which Witch is Which?," Squidina's maternal grandmother, Agnes Steelhead, her maternal aunt, Esmerelda her cousin, Squatrick are squids.
Squidina's role on Patrick's show includes directing, scheduling, and managing the budget. While she mainly works backstage, she sometimes introduces new acts and performs on-stage with Patrick as well. She attends the Bikini Bottom School, where her classes are art, math, science, history, and home economics.[5]
A few alternate versions of Squidina have appeared in the series. A cavewoman version of her is seen in "The Prehistoric Patrick Star Show," and a robot equivalent of her named Robodina lives on Tron-tron.
Personality[]
She has a shy and nerdy personality and enjoys comic books and action figures. In the original series, she is a teenager like Pearl, and she has a job (as a waitress at Goofy Goober's). In The Patrick Star Show, Squidina is an 8-year-old[6] who works on Patrick's show.
In The Patrick Star Show, Squidina is often the smartest member of the family, such as being the only one to both see through Shmandrake's lies in "A Root Galoot" and realize that Sockeye Sammy is not actually Patrick in "Patrick's Prison Pals." In "Home ECCH!" Squidina is shown to excel in all of her classes except for home economics.
Despite being shy, Squidina has stood up for herself multiple times in the series. In "Klopnodian Heritage Festival," she protests the Klopnodian flag tradition in front of a live audience. When the viewers boo her in "Host-a-Palooza" for her bad Patrick impression, she dares them to come on stage and do a better job. In "The Star Games," after losing Patrick's game show, Squidina joins the family in chasing him down. In "Tying the Klop-Knot," in order to prevent Bunny from being taken back to Klopnod, Squidina is willing to learn Klopnodian wedding laws and officiate a wedding for her parents all in the span of one day.
Relationships[]
Patrick Star[]
Patrick and Squidina camping.
Patrick and Squidina have a strong sibling bond. Over the series, they have been seen watching TV, trick-or-treating, putting on shows, camping, and celebrating Christmas together. Patrick is protective of his sister in "Survivoring," where he tearfully calls after he as she walks into the woods, and in "Home ECCH!" where he helps her with her home economics projects. In "Patrick's Got a Zoo Loose," Squidina tricks the Enigma Shapeshifter to subdue it before it can do any harm to Patrick. In "Family Plotz," the two spend the day playing hide-and-seek at the cemetery.
Bunny Star[]
Squidina and Bunny are usually paired together. They practice flyswatting at the Klopnodian Heritage Festival and sell items at the uard sale. In "Enemies à la Mode," Squidina interviews Bunny about her rivalry with a defective toaster. In "Patrick's Got a Zoo Loose," Squidina gives Bunny a coupon for "50 free hugs." Bunny applies to be Squidina's assistant in "Squidina's Little Helper," which she finds embarrassing and denies.
Cecil Star[]
Squidina is shown to get along well with her dad. In "Host-a-Palooza," Squidina puts Cecil on as a guest host on the Patrick Show! In "Home ECCH!" Cecil also helps Squidina learn to set forks on a table. Cecil takes his kids on a camping trip in "Survivoring" and Squidina gives him a check in "Patrick's Got a Zoo Loose."
GrandPat Star[]
"Too old! Throw it back!"
Despite both being major characters, GrandPat and Squidina do not have many direct interactions. Their most important is in "Enemies à la Mode," where they smash clocks together to combat GrandPat's hatred of time. In "Home ECCH!" Squidina and Patrick fold GrandPat's skin into a bed, which he is not bothered by. "Stair Wars" has Squidina siding with Patrick over GrandPat during the war. In "Patrick's Alley," Squidina has GrandPat thrown into highway traffic. At the start of "The Patrick Show Cashes In," GrandPat indirectly gives Squidina the idea to sell merchandise. In "5 Star Restaurant," Squidina denies giving GrandPat his food for free, and hires him as a dishwasher.
SpongeBob SquarePants[]
Squidina wearing SpongeBob as a top hat.
Squidina and SpongeBob don't interact very often, but it's implied that they're friends, most likely due to SpongeBob and her brother being best friends. In "Mid-Season Finale" SpongeBob lets Squidina use him as a top hat. In "Nitwit Neighborhood News" Patrick and Squidina tag along with SpongeBob and Mrs. Puff for SpongeBob's first driving lesson. Although Mrs. Puff disapproves of their distractions, SpongeBob does not mind them. In "Cleanin' House" Squidina uses SpongeBob to clean up the Star family kitchen. In "A Space Affair To Remember" Patrick and Squidina invite SpongeBob, along with Pearl and Elwood to their secretive house party. In "5 Star Restaurant" when Squidina supposedly hires SpongeBob, she actually was pointing behind him, and hires Squidward instead. In "Captain Quasar: The Next Iteration," SpongeBob and Squidina are kicked out of Bubble Bass' fan club and start their own club. In "Goons on the Moon" she and SpongeBob are members of the Science Scouts.
Trivia[]
Squidina (right) on the moon with Pearl (left)
- She is the only character to have "squid" in their name who is actually a squid instead of an octopus.
- It is ironic that she is friends with Pearl, as in the real world, sperm whales and giant squids have a predator-prey relationship.
- In The Patrick Star Show theme song, she squirts ink when she is surprised like Squidward. Both squids and octopods possess ink sacs for this purpose.
- In "Backpay Payback," Squidina is shown to like reading newspaper comics.
- She has her own episode compilation of The Patrick Star Show that occasionally airs on Nickelodeon titled "The Best of Squidina Star."
References[]
- ^ a b c d e http://nickalive.blogspot.com/2021/03/nickelodeon-greenlights-patrick-star.html
- ^ a b c d e https://tvline.com/2021/03/04/spongebob-squarepants-spinoff-patrick-star-show-nickelodeon-photo/
- ^ https://twitter.com/PinkieToons/status/1367491812743647241
- ^ https://twitter.com/PinkieToons/status/1367491812743647241
- ^ "Home ECCH!." The Patrick Star Show. Nickelodeon. April 19, 2023. Television.
- ^ "Which Witch is Which?." The Patrick Star Show. Nickelodeon. July 5, 2023. Television.