Ghost Host (SpongeBob SquarePants)

Template:SpongeBob episode "Ghost Host" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season four. Template:Spoiler Brief summary: The Flying Dutchman loses his scary touch from scaring SpongeBob so much, so SpongeBob lends a hand to help him get his revenge on Squidward and ghostly gift back.

Time/Date: Unknown

Time cards shown:

• 6 months later

Main Character(s):

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• The Flying Dutchman

Major Character(s):

• Squidward Tentacles
• Flying Dutchman's friends
• Nancy

Minor Character(s):

• Patrick Star
• Larry the Lobster
• Tom (Mattress Salesman)
• Mattress Customer
• Old Lady
• Gary the Snail
• Jump Roping Kid
• Mrs. Tentacles
• Flying Dutchman's friends
• Fish wizard whispering "The Power Within!"

Songs:

• The Power Within

(Not really a song, but repeated many times.) The power within, the power within...

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 doesn't 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 didn't work until the customer on the mattress screamed from the startling notice of the mattress salesman. The second attempt also didn't work since The Flying Dutchman got hit by a jump rope. The third attempt didn't work when an old lady mistakes him for someone else. The fourth attempt didn't work when Larry thought that he had a flab on his pecs. The Flying Dutchman decides to give up since maybe people don't 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 a ARGH!
  • He says in dark voice: Oh, don't get too comfortable. with the fire in his eyes in the background which is also on fire.
  • 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 didn't Squidward didn't call her that melted into a giant clarinet that goes through Squidward's head that says that it heard that he doesn't 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 breaths heavily, pours out spiders and turns into the Flying Dutchman doing an illusion with his fingers.
• List of the Flying Dutchman's unsuccessful attempts to scare SpongeBob:
  • Reflection of SpongeBob getting eaten by a monster
  • Eyeballs in his cereal box
  • Skeleton in his drawer
  • Giant slimy bald green monster which appears from the floor and turns into a giant ant which turns into a clown-worm which turns into a creepy human face with a bubblepipe which turns into SpongeBob's head which pours out spiders which turns into the Flying Dutchman.
  • A monster hidding inside a present.
• When it was said to be aired with the title "Ghost House" it was shown to air with Wishing You Well.
• When Squidward says, "Squiddums loves his mama.", his teeth keep flashing between white and a pale yellow.
• In current airings after the premiere, this episode airs before Chimps Ahoy.
• Squidward's mother causes Squidward to reveal his nickname being Squiddums.
• It is revealed that the Flying Dutchman is or was married.
  • The Flying Dutchman seems to want to deny it, like the real one would.
• It is shown that SpongeBob uses a built-in VCR on his TV just like in the episode Karate Island.
• A scene where Squidward's mother appears as a giant ghost (not in cloud form) in his room and speaks to Squidward is a parody of the films The Land Before Time, where Littlefoot's mother appeared as a giant cloud ghost in the sky and spoke to Littlefoot, and The Lion King, where Simba's father Mufasa appeared as a giant cloud ghost in the sky and spoke to Simba.
• Squidward is scared to call his mother.
• SpongeBob riding on the Dutchman's back holding his hair back is a parody of The NeverEnding Story.
• This episode is similar to "Can You Spare a Dime?", only SpongeBob uses a less hostile maneuver to get "Dutchy" back in shape.
• SpongeBob laughs at the end, but the captions say he screams.
• This episode first aired on YTV on October 23, 2006.
• When the Dutchman raided Squidward's house, the Dutchman has 5 fingers, but when he was at Spongebob's, he had only four.
• The giant ant the Flying Dutchman changed into is a parody of the sci-fi film Them.
• The house coming to life with the insides on fire is similar to the Episode "Procrastination", except that it only roared instead of telling SpongeBob to stop wasting time.
• This was the #5 episode in the Best Ten Ever countdown.
• This is the third appearance of Squidward's mom. The first was in Fools in April, the second was in Krusty Towers.
• At the party the Flying Dutchman threw, he threw off his wedding ring. But, when he lifts up Squidward on the rope, he can be seen wearing it.
• It is revealed that the Flying Dutchman can shapeshift.
• How can Squidward show disbelief in the Flying Dutchman,especially when he has seen him multiple times throughout the series.
• in this episiode squidwards mother sounds like a old woman but in fools in april hes mother sounds like a man.