Ghost Host (Episode)


Ghost Host
Episode No.:	70b
Airdate:	5.5.2006
Season:	Season 4
Previous Episode:	Chimps Ahoy
Next Episode:	Whale of a Birthday

"Ghost Host" is an episode from Season 4

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Info

Time Cards Shown

6 months later

Characters

SpongeBob

One of the Flying Dutchman's scares
Flying Dutchman
Squidward
Flying Dutchman's friends
Nancy
Patrick
Larry the Lobster
Gary the Snail
Jump Roping Kid
Mama Tentacles
Flying Dutchman's friends
Fish wizard whispering "The Power Within!"

Places

The Flying Dutchman's Ship
SpongeBob's House
The Mattress Store
The Gym
Squidward's House

Plot

After his ship breaks down, The Flying Dutchman takes up residence at SpongeBob's house where he proceeds to scare, startle and surprise SpongeBob around the clock. SpongeBob does get scared and goes to Squidward's house for help, but unfortunately, Squidward does not believe in ghosts. So he slams the door in SpongeBob's face. SpongeBob soon turns to Patrick to help, but Patrick just closes his door. Then he hears Gary cry for help. SpongeBob enters his house to stop The Flying Dutchman. The Flying Dutchman then says that he just wanted to pet Gary, only to reveal that it was a trick by eating him. SpongeBob despairs about the death of Gary until Gary appears behind him with no explanation. Eventually, all the spooky shenanigans grow old, and SpongeBob and all of the citizens of Bikini Bottom are no longer afraid of the Dutchman. This creates a panic for the old ghost who now fears that he has lost his scary touch. So SpongeBob decides to lend a hand and help the Flying Dutchman learn to scare people again. Unfortunately, SpongeBob's first attempt did not work until the customer on the mattress screamed from the startling notice of the mattress salesman.

The second attempt also did not work since The Flying Dutchman got hit by a jump rope. The third attempt did not work when an old lady mistakes him for someone else. The fourth attempt did not work when Larry thought that he had a flab on his pecks. The Flying Dutchman decides to give up since maybe people do not believe in ghosts anymore. This gives SpongeBob an idea. SpongeBob tells the Flying Dutchman to watch a crazy video about some mysterious saying "The Power Within" constantly. The Flying Dutchman gets his revenge to go to Squidward's house and successfully scares him. The Flying Dutchman finally has the nerve to scare people again. He had a confession to make: that when his ship broke down, he lost his scare, but the ship is repaired now. The episode ends with The Flying Dutchman leaving SpongeBob with a present with a scary surprise, but SpongeBob laughs at it.

Trivia/Goofs

List of scares the Flying Dutchman did:
- He comes out of the floor in front of SpongeBob with a RAARGH!
- He scares SpongeBob with an evil laughter and snakes coming of his mouth.
- He pretended to eat Gary.
- He scares SpongeBob with an ARGH!
- He says in dark voice, "Oh, don't get too comfortable," with the fire in his eyes and fire in the background.
- He scares SpongeBob with his house coming to life roaring with the insides on fire.
- He replaces SpongeBob's body with tentacles.
- He scares with a monster in his fridge.
To scare Squidward, he had a ghostly image of Squidward's mother asking why did Squidward did not call her that melted into a giant clarinet that goes through Squidward's head that says that it heard that he does not believe in ghosts. The Clarinet turns into a rope that The Flying Dutchman threw to Squidward's house. A multi-eyed monster ate Squidward, sending him to his living room, where a giant SpongeBob breath heavily, pours out spiders and turns into the Flying Dutchman doing an illusion with his fingers.
If Squidward doesn't believe in ghosts, how come he got scared in the episode Pranks a Lot?
This is the second time Patrick appears without a dialogue. The first was in My Pretty Seahorse.