Scaredy Pants

Template:SpongeBob episode "Scaredy Pants" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season one. Template:Spoiler Brief summary: On Halloween, SpongeBob pretends to be the The Flying Dutchman. Everything works perfectly well, until the real Flying Dutchman appears.

Characters Present:

• SpongeBob SquarePants/The Haunted Matress/The Haunted Sleeping Bag/The Flying Dutchman
• Patrick Star/Groucho Marx
• Sandy Cheeks/Pet goldfish in a bowl
• Eugene Krabs
• Squidward Tentacles/The Flying Dutchman
• Whaled/Ninja
• The Flying Dutchman
• Gary
• Trick-or-treaters (one in a witch costume, one in a pumpkin man costume and one in a mummy costume)
• Mrs Puff/Witch
• Everyone else at the party (one in a Dracula costume and one in a Frankenstein costume)
• Pearl/Female Dracula (because of the fake sharp teeth)

DVD: SpongeBob SquarePants Halloween

Plot

It's Halloween in Bikini Bottom, and SpongeBob has to clean the dishes in the Krusty Krab. After he finishes, he runs out of the Krusty Krab, scared of the 'Boo' sign that appeared out of nowhere in the kitchen. Mr. Krabs asks him if he wants to hear his 'annual scary story', and he does. He tells of the 'Flying Dutchman', a ghost that steals souls on Halloween. Squidward, dressed up as the Flying Dutchman, scares SpongeBob saying that he'll steal his soul. SpongeBob has a reputation for being easily scared, and is nicknamed 'SpongeBob ScaredyPants'. After being scared by Patrick, he asks him for help. They make a 'Flying Dutchman' costume, but it fails to scare anyone. SpongeBob realizes that a real ghost has a round head, and he has a square one. So Patrick (with the help of a hair shaver) makes SpongeBob's head round. On the roof of the Krusty Krab where a Halloween party is taking place, they turn off all the lights (starting the episode's climax) and lower SpongeBob with a rope. The other end is tied to Patrick's waist on the roof, but when a jellyfish stings him, Patrick starts running in circles. SpongeBob is flying around inside the Krusty Krab, hitting the walls, and when he turns upside-down someone spots his square pants. Everybody laughs at him, but soon the real Flying Dutchman appears. He complains that SpongeBob's costume is insulting, and takes it off. However, he is scared by SpongeBob, whose brain is showing as a result of Patrick's shaving. Subsequently, everyone runs away, leaving SpongeBob satisfied to finally succeed in scaring people. Patrick and SpongeBob go outside and Patrick says "I think it's your pink hat", to which SpongeBob replies "Pink hat? Oh, that's not a hat, that's my brain." Patrick screams and runs away. SpongeBob yells "Don't worry, it grows back!" and the episode finishes.

Trivia

• It is revealed in this episode that Patrick is a skilled wood-worker.
• This is The Flying Dutchman's first live appearance. He first appeared in "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" but only in the pictures that described his origin.
• In the UK broadcast of this episode, the scene depicting Patrick cutting chunks of SpongeBob's head was cut, although it was left in on the DVD release of the episode.
• The ghost in which SpongeBob finally transforms can be seen three times inside the Krusty Krab, right after he finishes doing the dishes. One of these three ghosts seems to have tentacles.
• Right after SpongeBob carves the pumpkin he hides in the walk-in closet. Here we can see two more SpongeBob suits hanging, and a few pair of shoes on the floor (seven are visible).
• Patrick makes clogs (wooden shoes) out of an old Christmas tree (in the walk-in closet) and says to SpongeBob 'step into these babies, Hans' which is a typical Dutch name. And thus perhaps the 'real' first name of the Flying Dutchman, which SpongeBob is dressing up to be.
• Patrick finds that clogs are missing from SpongeBob's Flying Dutchman costume, while the real Flying Dutchman doesn't have any feet.
• When the Flying Dutchman enters there is a 'bride of frankenstein' (dark hair with a white vertical stripe) character on the left, next to the bigger frankenstein. And another one appears left when the green smoke emmerges.
• Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 is played two times in this episode. The first time is when Patrick put his fake glasses on, and said "lets go scare somebody!"
• This episode and "I Was a Teenage Gary" were only meant to air on or around Halloween, although they have aired in remote parts of the year.
• The Ghastly Ones sang a Halloween remix of the theme song, which occasionally is broadcast on the episode and can also be seen on the Halloween DVD and heard here.
• This is the first holiday-themed episode. There were also episodes for Valentine's Day (Valentine's Day), April Fool's Day (Fools in April), and Christmas (Christmas Who?).