The Art Contest: No Cheating Allowed! (Book)

Art Contest: No Cheating Allowed! is a book written by Steven Banks and illustrated by Robert Dress.

Plotline

Squidward learns that the Bikini Bottom Art Society is hosting an art contest, and whoever wins gets a title as a legendary artist, a fortune, and a membership card to the fancy club. Squidward decides to go to the club for a shot at the contest, but finds that his high-school rival, Squilliam Fancyson, is not only the president of the club but also one of the judges of the competition. Squidward tries to paint many paintings at home, but they are all terrible.

When Squidward finds that SpongeBob‘s paintings are terrific, he has SpongeBob make him one for what he claims is a purpose to decorate his home. After spending one night exhausting SpongeBob, Squidward picks a terrific remake of Da Vinci‘s Mona Lisa from SpongeBob‘s painting options. Squidward then goes home, paints over SpongeBob‘s name, and puts his name on it. At the club base, Squidward passes off the painting as his own and wins, but SpongeBob arrives to attend the contest and sees his painting on the wall; thus blowing Squidward‘s cover. Squilliam rubs off Squidward‘s initials, finding SpongeBob‘s name on the painting, thus disqualifying Squidward. Squidward apologizes to SpongeBob, and after making up, the artists and he are shocked when they see Squilliam making a deal with an artist for a new painting; Squilliam has also cheated.