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He is called Thaddäus Tentakel in German or Bläckvard Tentakel in Swedish.

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[–] JohnWorks@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 week ago (5 children)
[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Woah, same. Crazy. What language do you speak?

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am in America. Of course I speak American 🙄

👊🇺🇸🔥

[–] Generica@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

AmeriKKKa! Fuck yeah!! ✝️🏈🦅

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

Lick my butt and such on my balls!

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are there any other Squidwards I should know about???

[–] Klarinette245@feddit.org 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 points 1 week ago

But, you're a woodwind.

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[–] cnzlr_punk@lemmy.zip 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thaddäus Tentakel (german)

[–] Humanius@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

His name is "Octo Tentakel" in Dutch

[–] runner_g@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 week ago (2 children)

but squids have 10 tentacles....

[–] NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

2 tentacles 8 arms

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Squidward, despite his name and number of tentacles, is an octopus.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That feels like a cop out 🙁

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Boy do I have some news for you about some of the other characters........

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 22 points 1 week ago

Reading the comments be like

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Squiddi (pronounced Squeeddee), Italian

[–] Klarinette245@feddit.org 5 points 1 week ago

That’s cute!!!

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[–] kuunari@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Jalmari Kalmari

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 13 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My second language, but in Spanish he's Calamardo Tentáculos

SpongeBob is Bob Esponja

[–] rebeccapatriciastar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 week ago (2 children)

in my second heritage language, bleke fangarm. in the languages im pretty conversational in that ive learned throughout life, lula molusco or calamardo tentáculos.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 8 points 1 week ago

calamardo tentáculos

This is great. This is his new name in my head.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] InEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (4 children)
[–] Klarinette245@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

Français ?

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[–] capuccino@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Calamardo Tentáculos in latin spanish.

[–] proti@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Skalmar in Polish. Then there's SpongeBob Kanciastoporty.

[–] q181c@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] droning_in_my_ears@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] asbestos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] M137@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The Swedish name translated: Inkward Tentacle.
Squids are called "bläckfisk" in Swedish, literally translating to "inkfish".

[–] blodruselur@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

Sigmar Fálmarans 🇮🇸

[–] T4V0@lemmy.pt 6 points 1 week ago

Lula molusco.

[–] Oriion@jlai.lu 5 points 1 week ago

Carlo in french

[–] tautalas@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Kalmaras in Lithuanian 🇱🇹

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago
[–] YICHM@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

Lula Molusco, Squid Mollusc if translated back to english.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Tintás Tunyacsáp in Hungarian, but mostly just Tunyacsáp. It translates back to Inked Lame Tentacle

[–] Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

Das hier ist Olaf /s

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