Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-3542887-20170709003930/@comment-25008763-20170711144636

earlier depictions of Squidward were more malicious but remember that OFFICIALLY Spongebob's main villains are Plankton and Mr. Krabs.. fan theories are not sufficient, nor are the opinions of critics like MrEnder etc.. Patrick, Spongebob, Squidward and so on are the heroes of the story and unlike Peter Griffin are not horrible enough to transcend the "writer's rule".. Spongebob characters have very little canon, one episode can have Patrick be a near-villain and the next episode he's just a jerk or even a semi-heroic type.. only Plankton and Krabs are continuously written as being pretty vile (less so Krabs but still, he has a FAR greater tendency to villainy than Squidward, Spongebob or Patrick).