" SpongeBob " has been watched when we were young. The imaginative and interesting plot in it is still endless until we grow up.
Of course, the characters in the animation are also impressive. Whether it is the innocent little yellow square, the stupid pink starfish, or the sad octopus brother , they are all old friends in everyone's childhood memories.
The reason why SpongeBob SquarePants can be watched all the time and suitable for all ages is not only that its plot is interesting, but also because there are some deeper content hidden in the story, which can only be understood when we grow up.
After more than ten years, as that generation grew up, a view suddenly became popular on the Internet: "When I was a child, I thought I was SpongeBob SquarePants, but when I grew up, I realized that I was Octopus."
Yes, only if you understand Octopus, you are a qualified adult.
01. Brother Octopus turned out to be my own
Brother Octopus, the neighbor of SpongeBob and Pai Big Star . The character is as its name, an octopus with a bald forehead and a big nose.
His profession is the cashier of Crab King. His daily hobby is to play recorder (actually clarinet ). He firmly believes that he has artistic cells and his attitude towards SpongeBob and Patrick is always noisy, annoying, childish, immature, etc.
In the past, we didn't say that we hated the character of Squidward, but we didn't say that we liked it too much. After all, he had a stern face all day long, and didn't like to laugh, and didn't really laugh. Except for his own hobbies, he never lacked enthusiasm for other things.
Moreover, his existence in the story is never as dazzling as SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy . Even in episodes with his main perspective, SpongeBob and others are often snatched into the show.
for example in "Pain! In "24-hour business", when it was supposed to be off work, Brother Octopus was suddenly told that he would be open 24-hour business, so he had to stay reluctantly and spend a safe night with SpongeBob.
Also in "Seal of Brother Squid", The sudden injury of Boss Crab gave Squidge's busy work a day, so he lied to Squidge that he had "very very important things" to do, so he took this opportunity to rest and fish, but Squidge seemed to be peeping at him in a gloomy way. (It may also be PTSD)
It can be said that as long as Brother Octopus's life is not coming or disturbed by others, he will always repeat his boring daily life-- Go to work, get off work, sleep, and go to work... This makes many children not particularly like Brother Octopus.
Maybe Brother Octopus is not very likable, but who would have thought that at that time-- This is actually the life we will experience in the future.
Several years ago, some people began to interpret the work "SpongeBob SquarePants", which included the character of Squidward. As a result, this analysis opened up our new understanding of Squidward.
Not to mention the distant past, just in the past few months, several articles on the Internet have been interpreting the character of Brother Octopus with a touching expression, such as "The sign of growing up is understanding Brother Octopus", "Sometimes we are all Brother Octopus", etc.
The emergence of these articles suddenly triggered everyone's discussion of "SpongeBob SquarePants" and the story of Squidward Brother...
It is mentioned in the official setting that Squidward Brother does not like his job, nor is he always energetic and enthusiastic about work like SpongeBob. This is very similar to when we entered society with our dreams, but we found a job that we didn't like and worked day after day.
And Brother Octopus’ dream is to be a world-famous artist. From the animation, we can also see that Brother Octopus’s personal hobbies are actually very rich.
In addition to playing the recorder mentioned at the beginning, he can also draw, dance, sculpture, plant, and interior design and other art forms. It can be seen that he really wants to go in this direction and firmly believes that he will achieve it.
As he once said to SpongeBob, "If one day I really realize my dream in my life, I will never let my feet stand on this greasy floor!"
But unfortunately, his talent has never been recognized by the public. Every time when Brother Octopus shows his talent to everyone, the results are mostly negative reviews. (Although we don’t know how to appreciate it, just )
At the same time, it is ironic that SpongeBob, who seems to have no talent, is loved by everyone and blooms whenever he comes out and swept the floor, which attracts cheers. When it comes to Squidge, it is instantly unstoppable.
There is also William Foxson, an octopus who looks the same as him but has a different status. He is rich and has a mansion, and there are a lot of fans around him. He always likes to show off whenever he sees Brother Octopus, and he is a perfect image as a successful person. (So he is also the second person who hates most by Brother Octopus)
But Brother Octopus has not resisted, but reality has given him a heavier blow.
In "A Dime Story", I could no longer stand the unreasonable and arrogant boss of Krabs, so I resigned in anger. SpongeBob wanted to persuade him, but Octopus didn't care at all, and even said that he would only live a better life after leaving Krab King.
However, the next second, he became a beggar begging for food on the roadside. When he saw SpongeBob by chance, he didn't dare to face it because he knew very well that he was a loser.
Although many of these plots are typical program effects, for Brother Squid and everyone here, isn’t this kind of telling everyone that “ideals are full and reality is skinny”?
Have dreams but are difficult to realize, have talent but are not recognized, have pursuits but are not as good as others, and then you have to work and make money to make a living, so you have to choose a job you don’t like and go all day long until your passion is diluted by life.
Does Brother Octopus feel that it looks like the daily life we are experiencing now?
When I was a child, I was still studying in school and had not experienced the various social situations. Naturally, I could not understand the mood of the working people. But now that I have come out to work, I found that Brother Octopus’s life is so real and helpless.
Not only did domestic netizens feel heartbroken, but even foreign netizens also empathized.
For example, some netizens use Squidward as emoticon packages to express their feelings for certain things--
Like this set of emoticon packages, each of them represents you who are waiting for the New Year, you who are during the New Year's Eve, and you who are after the New Year's Eve.
Or when you see a friend posting a photo of himself playing around in the circle of friends after leaving, but you are at work...
If you want to try to do something that makes you happy, Octopus will also tell you the answer with practical actions. (It's actually the same if you do it)
Whether we liked Brother Octopus or not, most of us here have become Brother Octopus, or we finally understand Brother Octopus. As the article on the Internet says, when a person really understands Brother Octopus, that is the proof that he has grown up.
However, we also need to emphasize that the "understanding" mentioned here is not only to understand why Brother Squidward is always depressed, but also to see the other side of Brother Squidward's heart.
Only by seeing this side clearly can you truly become a "Squid Brother".
02. Roland-style heroes never go out of time
At the beginning, Squidward's attitude towards SpongeBob is very annoying. One of the main reasons is that he loves to mess around and comes to him every few days. He can make his normal life messy every time, and he is even more angry and speechless about SpongeBob's idiotic and childish behavior.
So sometimes, he wishes SpongeBob could disappear from his eyes as soon as possible, or let SpongeBob never disturb his life again.
There is one episode of "Sweet Home". SpongeBob's pineapple house was destroyed by nematodes. The homeless SpongeBob planned to move. As a result, Brother Octopus gloated and cheered in the dance, "SpongeBob is leaving!"
Of course, the pineapple house was back in the end, but the octopus who was pressed under the house couldn't be happy again.
Even when facing the "shovel murderer", Octopus, who was so scared that he was trembling, did not forget to emphasize to SpongeBobby about "I hate you".
Yes, SpongeBob represents many social groups in the story, but in the eyes of Octopus, he is synonymous with all "people he hates", and in addition to that, Octopus William.
Hate SpongeBob is indeed the norm for SpongeBob, but SpongeBob is not a cold and ruthless selfish villain. If SpongeBob is really sad, he will have a warm heart.
In the episode "Pizza Takeaway", SpongeBob was so embarrassed by the unreasonable customer that he wanted to cry. The octopus brother, who couldn't bear to watch, breathed a sigh of relief for him on the spot and smashed the pizza on the face of the customer.
Although this is easy to be complained in reality, Octopus's smash is really relieved. The key is to stand up for SpongeBob, whom he has always hated, which has become a manifestation of his fans. There is also plot like "Aprils' Day". At the beginning, Brother Octopus was enduring SpongeBob's laughter as usual. However, this time SpongeBob's "evil disease" intensified, so Brother Octopus was preparing to repair SpongeBob by "using the way he is to treat him."
As a result, Brother Octopus accidentally played too much and completely made SpongeBob cry. In the words of Padaxing, it was "someone hurt his heart." Brother Octopus could not stand his conscience and finally knelt in front of his house and apologized loudly, shouting several "I'm sorry".
However, if you want to reflect the true side of Brother Octopus, you still need to count the special edition series "Christmas".
In this episode, Octopus is the only resident in the entire bikini beach who does not believe in Santa Claus, but is also the only resident who actually meets Santa Claus.
The first half of the plot SpongeBob, Pai Daxing and others decorate their home together, and then sing to welcome Santa Claus. However, after singing for a long time, I didn't even see the shadow. In the end, everyone scattered, only SpongeBob was left with pain. In the second half of the plot, Octopus was gloating as he usually did in the first place, but when he opened the gift SpongeBob gave him, he realized the seriousness of the matter. After a deep thought, he dressed up as Santa Claus to comfort SpongeBob.
SECONDER brother did his best to satisfy everyone's Christmas wishes. In order to satisfy everyone's Christmas wishes, he almost emptied his home's things. After everything was done, Octopus was thinking about having a headache by himself, Santa Claus appeared in front of him.
The screenwriter's story arrangement in this episode is also very thoughtful. Santa Claus is something that does not exist, and SpongeBob should have understood this fact, but it is also a very cruel thing to force him to accept this fact.
And Brother Octopus's approach seems to be deceiving SpongeBob, but in fact he is protecting the fragile innocence. Even if the dream will sooner or later be broken, he is unwilling to let him accept reality like he is now.
Judging from these heartwarming actions, Brother Squidward is still very kind inside, but he is used to facing everything in reality with indifference.
96's work made him lose his passion for life, but did not make him ignore the pursuit of self-taste; the existence of SpongeBob SquarePants made him feel very annoyed, but did not make him hate him; the blow of reality forced him to bury his dream, but did not make him lose the motivation to live.
This is the true and complete image of Brother Octopus--even if he has become a social animal and lives a numb life without hope, his long-silent and hot soul will still begin to flash in an unintentional moment. Although it is short, it is very conspicuous.
Maybe it is the kind of heroism praised by Roman Rolland ---After seeing the essence of life, still choose to love life.
So, when you have lived a 996 life like Octopus, but still have your own yearning and pursuit in your heart, and are not completely numb because of reality, then you can be considered to be in the true sense...growing up!
03. Subsequent extension
Many people say that Brother Octopus is the real good friend of SpongeBob, Patrick is not, and this statement is not accurate.
First of all, you must know that each character in the "SpongeBob SquarePants" animation has its own complex aspects. Even SpongeBob, who has always been innocent, is afraid that the Buddhist Octopus will rob the best employee place of this month, and thus become suspicious of him.
On the other hand, Octopus' attitude towards SpongeBob occasionally is more likely to be unable to get over his conscience, or to say that he is not yet hated, but he still hates what he should hate in normal times, and he will still be merciless when he should go out.
As for Patrick, it can only be said that he is neither sensible, has a bad mind, and is not good at using it. He does not understand the worldly ways, and always inadvertently ignores the feelings of his good friends. All his personalities are reflected in his "Dagua" setting.
However, how can a person who can understand the truth that "knowledge and wisdom can compare to friendship, I would rather be an idiot" determine that he is not a true good friend of SpongeBob SquarePants?
In short, the story of "SpongeBob SquarePants" is more complex and realistic than we imagined. It is precisely because of this that it has such enduring popularity today, bringing countless happiness and philosophy to children and adults all over the world.
Finally, I hope every "Sealant Brother" in reality can find his best destination!
