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Episode 3: Titan of Terror! We open up to Squidward personally surveying the destruction that was left in Squidasaurus’ wake. Any body that’s been salvaged from the rubble of the once bustling city has been laid out on the main road, filling it up all the way down. Cries for help and expressions of grief fill the air along with the bad stench of SpongeBob’s special Sunday sundae. Squidward walks along the corpse road, eventually coming across a daughter crying over what appeared to be her mother’s body. Squidward: (deep in thought) The pain…the suffering… You languish in anguish because, like me, you too realize the hard truth of the complete lunacy you now find yourself surrounded by. What did these idiots do to you, mighty ancestor? You’ve shown, you’ve PROVEN here today that despite still being stuck in your primitive ways, you are still the more evolved! You retaliate, not because of fear or uncertainty. I’d hardly say that this was even the result of you wreaking a violent vengeance on those who dared transgress you, of all beings in existence. These primitive simples failed you, didn’t they, my ancestor?? They failed to meet up to your high expectations. They fell far short of your standards. They disappointed you in ways they couldn’t even begin to fathom. They are the ones that cower in fear. They fear what they do not understand and they could never hope to understand because they can't even begin to understand me! But whereas I have long since been conditioned to resign myself to my cruel fate, you still have the power and fortitude to do something about it. Squid’s monologue sees him tracing his ancestor’s steps, taking himself directly to Squidasaurus Rex’s current location; the Kelp Forest, where Squidasaurus Rex is seen shooting a plane out of the sky with his rancid breath. The plane is forced to drop its load. A nice outdoor picnic conveniently drops right in their laps, giving the two distant relatives a meal to talk and bond over. Their quality time is soon interrupted by a rather untimely and unwelcome arrival. ???: Hello? Anyone there? Hello!? Hello! A kelp forest ranger cuts through the kelp with his machete and is immediately stopped in his tracks by the beast that stood before him. Kill Forest Ranger: Magic Conch, should I save this guy. Magic Conch Shell: No. Squidward: Very astute of you, Magic Conch, to know that I am not the one in need of saving. Squidasaurus starts to make his slow approach. The kelp forest ranger firmly grasps the handle of his machete, willing to fight back if he absolutely needs to. Squidward: Let’s educate them on why ALL the dinosaurs feared the Squidasaurus Rex Squidasaurus takes in a deep breath and exhales another powerful, noxious stream of sundae rancid breath onto the forest. Meanwhile, back in Frenchy’s research sub, Frenchy has invited Sandy, SpongeBob and Patrick over to demonstrate a possible solution to their dilemma. While Frenchy may not be an expert on Squidasaurus Rex, he has spent years studying its descendants, the octopus. And through his time studying a particularly stuck-up gated community of octopi, he discovered their high intolerance to fried oyster skins. And since they all descended from Squidasaurus Rex’s lineage, he has reason to believe that intolerance is a trait passed down to them from the big kahuna himself. From there, he unveils to them the fruit of his labor; the Fried Oyster Destroyer. By harnessing the raw power of fried oyster skins and weaponizing it, Frenchy originally intended for this superweapon to be used in the event that Tentacle Acres decided to form their own Reich. But given the current circumstances, deploying it now would also be greatly advised. Sandy is skeptical that Frenchy could craft such a weapon and requests to see it in action for herself, which is why Frenchy asked her to bring one of her experimental lab Squidwards along to test the power of his device. They place the mutant Squidward clone in an enclosed tank specially designed to contain the power of the prototype Fried Oyster Destroyer that’s set to go off. The lab Squidward attacks the destroyer capsule and holds it in its tentacles right as it detonates. SpongeBob and Patrick scream and cry like babies, seeking Sandy’s arms for comfort from what they just witnessed. Frenchy reminds her that that was only just the prototype. The finished model he has since perfected will be more than enough to take a being of Squidasaurus Rex’s stature down in one fell swoop. No problem. No problem at all, except for the fact that the finished model must be activated manually. Meaning at least one of them won’t make it out of this story arc alive. Sandy volunteers herself to be the one to go, feeling it’s the redemption she needs after failing Bikini Bottom not just once but twice. She admits that she made a very bad call once before by choosing to sacrifice the life of another for the good of the many. It’s only right that she gives her own life now to save everyone. Frenchy was low key hoping they'd choose Patrick, but she’s now convinced him otherwise. Sandy will definitely be the one to go! They calculate that Squidasaurus Rex’s path will bring him back to Bikini Bottom in three days' time, giving them ample time to prepare. The next day, however, that time was heavily cut short. Like Disney cutting the Moana tv series down to slap together a hasty Moana 2. Guided back vicariously by his descendant, Squidasaurus Rex makes a sudden reappearance at Goo Lagoon, attacking everyone who thought it was a good idea to go to the beach after a disaster just rocked their town. Larry the Lobster and his fellow lifeguards worked to evacuate as many beach goers as they could. They buy the Squidasaurus Rex task force time, challenging the prehistoric terror to an impromptu beach-off before Squidward puts an end to that by getting Squidasaurus Rex to attack their self-esteem by calling them fat. With the lifeguards naturalized, the Squidasaur is given free reign to rampage all the way back into town, however, the task force arrives just in the nick of time to intercept his path. Patrick gets the rest of the team to hold, wanting at least one more chance to appeal to the monster’s good nature. Patrick reminds Squidasaurus Rex of how he was the one who originally took the creature into his home and took care of him after he was forcefully taken from his original time. Squidward, his so-called descendant, didn’t bother to do anything of that. He just ran away like a little bitch and and dumped him off in order to be someone else’s problem, but Squidasaurus Rex was never a “problem” for Patrick. Patrick tended to his needs, they became like family. And families don’t use each other as a means to an end. Squidward only wants to be a part of Squidasaurus’ life now because he recognizes that he can use his power to do terrible, awful things to those he deem to be “inferior”. He wants to use Rex because he doesn’t have the gall to do anything about it for himself. Patrick tells Squidasaurus Rex that he has an opportunity right now to prove that he can truly be greater than the rest of them. And he can only prove it by kicking Squidward to the curb. Squidward orders his ancestor to squish his fat ass and be done with it, but Squidasaurus Rex takes some of what Patrick said to heart, ultimately deciding to turn on his descendant by knocking him off with his tail and then blowing Squidward away, midair, with his rancid breath! Patrick is relieved at his adopted pet’s decision, but as I previously said, Squidasaurus Rex only took some of what Patrick said to heart. Squidasaurus Rex is truly greater than all, and the word “all” applies to a lot more people than just Squidward. Squidasaurus Rex belches out another powerful beam of rancid breath, right in Patrick’s direction. Patrick’s been able to withstand the sundae in the past, but even this might be too much for him to handle. He’s completely enveloped in green fumes. Sandy and Frenchy are helpless as their friend succumbs to dat hot breath. Or did he? The fumes quickly start to dissipate as SpongeBob absorbs the blast into his porous body., almost becoming too much for him to bear. SpongeBob then relieves the pressure by unleashing a barrage of rancid shots from his holes. The shots all connect with Squidasaurus Rex, causing him to fall back into the goo from the ferocity of SpongeBob’s all-out attack. Sandy and Frenchy take this time to prep the perfected Fried Oyster Destroyer. They take a boat used for oyster fishing out to meet Squidasaurus Rex in the goo. Squidasaurus Rex unleashes another rancid breath beam, to which SpongeBob counters with a beam of his own. This creates a beam struggle between the two straight outta DBZ. However, SpongeBob’s body runs empty and eventually runs out of sundae juice, leading to Squidasaurus Rex winning the struggle. The force of the beam sends SpongeBob flying away into one of the guard towers. Sandy goes to grab the destroyer but finds that it’s already. Frenchy is still in the boat with her, so who could’ve taken it? Squidasaurus Rex is suddenly pulled under the goo, the weight of Patrick’s body dragging the beast into the dark depths below. Squidasaurus Rex fires off its rancid breath frantically, just barely missing Sandy and Frenchy’s vessel. Patrick manually activates the Fried Oyster Destroyer once they hit the bottom of the lagoon. Patrick reminds Squidasaurus Rex that family sticks by you to the very end. Sandy and Frenchy see a bright light radiate in the goo below them. The Fried Oyster Destroyer has been detonated. Squidasaurus Rex is quickly reduced to nothing but bones that scatter and break away in the goo. Sandy laments as Frenchy poses the possibility of another “Squidzilla” appearing if they’re not careful from here on out. Trivia The titles for these past three episodes are inspired by the tagline for the original Godzilla film released in 1954 (which this arc itself is a parody of); “Incredible, Unstoppable Titan of Terror!” this is the context for Lab Squidward https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Lab_Squidward Squidzilla will Raid Again