Trivia / Squidward's Suicide

• Anonymous Author: No one has been able to find the OP of this famous tale. They did appear on Reddit once, but they didn't reveal their identity.
• Ascended Fanon: While most people would say "Are You Happy Now?" was a reference to Squidward's Suicide (and, to an extent, its secondary fan-version Red Mist), Nickelodeon and the staff of SpongeBob SquarePants seemed to have acknowledged it in this scene from the episode "SpongeBob in RandomLand". Unfortunately, it was removed in later airings due to a Standards and Practices issue. This becomes Hilarious in Hindsight when you consider that the original story was about an episode that was caught and cut before it could air for its horrifying content; now, a reference to the aforementioned story actually did make it to airing but was cut for (albeit a milder reason) being controversial!
• Falsely Advertised Accuracy: The story claims that the season after the film took longer than usual to air, when in reality it was quicker to air than the previous season. Given that the main character and narrator is said to be a former intern at Nickelodeon Studios, they should have known this.
• Inspiration for the Work: The author disclosed in their Reddit post that the fic was inspired by other "lost episode" fics they'd read, such as Dead Bart and Suicide Mouse.

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