The series revolves around Spongebob and his aquatic friends. SpongeBob SquarePants
is an
energetic and optimistic yellow sea sponge who lives in a submerged pineapple.
SpongeBob has a
childlike enthusiasm for life, which carries over to his job as a fry cook
at a fast food restaurant
called the Krusty Krab. One of his life's greatest goals is to obtain
a boat-driving license from Mrs.
Puff's Boating School, but he never succeeds. His favorite
pastimes include "jellyfishing", which involves
catching jellyfish with a net in a manner
similar to butterfly catching, and blowing soap bubbles into
elaborate shapes. He has a pet
sea snail with a pink shell and a blue body named Gary, who meows like a cat.
Although his name has the word "squid" in it and he has only six tentacles, Squidward
is an anthropomorphic octopus.
He lives in a moai between SpongeBob SquarePants
and Patrick Star's houses. The character is portrayed as short-tempered,
impatient, arrogant,
sassy, introverted, condescending, bitter, and misanthropic, and he hates his two neighbors
constant
disruptive antics. However, the pair are unaware of Squidward's dislike towards
them and see him as a friend. Squidward works
as a cashier at the Krusty Krab restaurant,
a job which he does not enjoy.