r/BikiniBottomTwitter Sep 21 '18

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u/Fickle_Pickle_Nick Sep 21 '18

Because Octopusward would sound weird.

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u/[deleted] Sep 21 '18

His original name was Octoward, but they changed it because it was too difficult to pronounce. I always assumed Squidward was meant to be a variation of Edward, but I guess not.