The Spongebob Squarepants Halloween episodes always provide plenty of creepy fare alongside the goofy humor of the underwater series. Like the winter and Christmas themed Spongebob Squarepants episodes, the Halloween ones offer something different from the usual Bikini Bottom hijinks. A sunny, beach-themed, and generally optimistic series, Halloween episodes of Sponge Bob See the same crazy and classic characters involved in more unnerving and evil plotlines.
Spongebob Squarepants Since 1999, the animated franchise has been airing episodes on Nickelodeon, and from there, the animated franchise has grown to include three feature-length films, as one of the network’s biggest properties. Although it is primarily intended for children, there is a lot that teens and adults can get from Sponge BobEspecially his dark, surreal comedy. Spongebob Squarepants It often has scary episodes with funny characters and frighteningly realistic animation, so it tracks that Halloween episodes would fit nicely into its mold.
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“SpongeBob Meets The Strangler” (S3, E60a)
A serial killer is coming for SpongeBob
While not a Sponge Bob Squarepants Taking place on Halloween, the season 3 episode, “SpongeBob Meets The Strangler,” is definitely one to watch when you’re looking for a scary, spooky time in Bikini Bottom. In this episode, SpongeBob witnesses a man, and he decides that something needs to be done about him. SpongeBob calls the police and has the man arrested. There is one problem – it’s the Tattletale Strangler, a villain who kills anyone who tells on him to the police.
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When the Strangler escapes from prison, he sets out to kill SpongeBob. This is an interesting episode because SpongeBob is scared to death and is going to die, but the joke is that he has no idea what the Strangler looks like and ends up asking the killer to be his bodyguard. After all, even a mass-murdering serial killer has trouble keeping his sanity when he’s around SpongeBob for any length of time. The episode has a lot of spooky moments, while SpongeBob is mostly oblivious to all of them.
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“Fear of a Krabby Patty” (S4, E61a)
SpongeBob begins to hallucinate horrors
“Fear of a Krabby Patty” is an episode with a lot of scary images and spooky moments, but all of it actually takes place in SpongeBob SquarePants’ exhausted mind. This is a fourth season episode, and the Krusty Krab decided to stay open 24 hours a day. The problem is that the only employees are SpongeBob and Squidward, so none of them get any time off and have to work there non-stop. This was Plankton’s plan, with his overall goal being to steal the Krabby Patty formula. However, the real story is SpongeBob’s hallucinations.
After 43 days of working non-stop, SpongeBob finally breaks down and starts seeing thingsIncluding Mr. Krabs as a giant floating Krabby Patty that wants to eat him. He then starts seeing everyone as Killer Krabby Patties and has a panic attack. The whole idea of ​​an overworked and exhausted SpongeBob seeing danger everywhere he looked was a scary moment, and the visuals made this an episode to remember for those who prefer their SpongeBob SquarePants to be scary.
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“Blackjack” (S5, E93c)
SpongeBob’s cousin gets out of jail and challenges him
Some of the scariest Spongebob Squarepants Episodes, both at Halloween and those that are just scary on their own, happen when SpongeBob imagines spooky moments. In “Blackjack,” what SpongeBob imagines happening ends up scarier than anything that happens to him in the episode in real life. In this episode, Sponge Bob’s cousin Blackjack comes out of prison and calls his cousin to threaten him. He asks SpongeBob to come to his parents and wrestle him for their safety.
The rest of the episode mostly shows that SpongeBob is scared to death when he visits his grandmother and tries to find a way to save his parents from his evil cousin. He imagines every horrible way his cousin can kill him and his family, and his imagination really starts to run wild. There is comedy, like when he asks his uncle for help, only to be wrong with a Karate Kid-Styled montage. When he finally confronts his cousin, the danger is much smaller than viewers are led to believe.
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“Toy Shop of Doom” (S6, E120b)
SpongeBob and Patrick are locked in a spooky toy store
Although not a Halloween episode, “Toy Store of Doom” is a horror-centric Sponge Bob Squarepants episode. This season 6 episode sees a new toy store opening in Bikini Bottom called Toy Barrel. This excites SpongeBob and Patrick, who accidentally get locked in the store after it closes. What should be a joyous occasion for the two (they wanted new toys when the episode started) Turns to horror when they realize that the toys may be more dangerous than they believed.
All this happens when the lights go out, and the friends imagine that all the toys are terrible creatures that come to life still close and want to kill them. When the terror-filled killer toys begin to attack, SpongeBob and Patrick don soldier costumes and prepare to fight back. The whole episode plays with the fear of the unknown, the questions of what comes out in the dark, and the idea that even playful toys can become deadly. Finally, they realize the error of their ways, but the road there is scary.
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“Séance Shméance” (S9, E187b)
SpongeBob conjures up some troublesome ghosts
Unlike many Halloween and spooky Spongebob Squarepants episodes, “Séance Shméance” is one that brings the real supernatural to the cartoon series. In this ninth season episode, SpongeBob wants to find a long-lost sandwich recipe and decides that he will try to summon the holy sandwich spirits. Using a book called “The Sacred Text,” SpongeBob summons ghosts and ends up with more problems than he ever expected.
When a customer wants a sandwich from an old restaurant, SpongeBob calls up the old dead owner, Rusty, and asks him how to make it. However, this one ghost causes several others to show up, and suddenly, the Krusty Krab is haunted by ghosts who want to eat all the food there. It’s always fun to see ghosts in Sponge Bob SquarepantsWith the Flying Dutchman a great example, but this is a case where the infestation was one that caused a lot of spooky problems for the Krusty Krab crew.
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“Don’t Look Now” (S9 E187a)
SpongeBob and Patrick scare each other with a movie
In season 9, episode 187a, “Don’t Look Now” SpongeBob and Patrick decide that they want to see a scary movie called Fisherman 4: Attack of the Hook. Despite Squidward telling them they can’t handle it, the two friends leave and are just so scared they can’t go to sleep later that night. Taking advantage of the situation, Squidward dons a fisherman’s outfit and proceeds to terrorize his neighbors. This Halloween episode is much more funny than scary, especially after Pat and SpongeBob decide to fight back against the “Fisherman” And ended up putting Squidward into a coma.
This episode does an excellent job of portraying the feeling of watching a scary movie that was a little too effective. Patrick and Sponge Bob’s go back home after the film and their inability to sleep has happened to many people who went to see a horror film before they were ready. Halloween is the best time to watch scary films and “Don’t Look Now” gives Patrick and SpongeBob a dose of one of the most fun traditions of the season.
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“The Curse of Bikini Bottom” (S7, E133a)
The Flying Dutchman curses SpongeBob and Patrick
The Flying Dutchman did not have a major appearance in Spongebob Squarepants In season 6, so his starring role in the season 7 Halloween episode, “The Curse of Bikini Bottom”, is a welcome one. In this episode, SpongeBob and Patrick accidentally shave off Dutch’s beard, and in retaliation, he turns them into glowing green ghosts with ghostly tails (“We are mermaids!(Patrick exclaims) until it grows back.
The “ghostified” friends travel around Bikini Bottom trying to scare others and failing miserably. When they get tired of being haunted, they attempt to go and live their normal lives only to realize that they cannot interact with the physical world. SpongeBob can’t pick up a spatula, and Patrick can’t eat a Krabby Patty, to everyone’s disgust. It’s a little unnerving and claustrophobic how much of the world they are now barred from. Dutch’s girlfriend is a kaiju monster, SpongeBob and Patrick as ghosts, and The opening sequence set in a cemetery all set the tone for a Halloween tale.
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“I Was a Teenage Gary” (S1, 13b)
Spongebob’s transformation into a snail is terrifying
The second half of the first Spongebob Squarepants The Halloween episode, “I Was a Teenage Gary”, sees SpongeBob trying to take care of his sick snail. Given a “snail serum” by a vet who is too shy to administer it himself, SpongeBob asks for Squidward’s help. The squid ends up sticking the sponge with a needle and so begins SpongeBob’s transformation into a snail. His eyes popping out and his back lengthening to that of a large snail, are creepy on their own, but it’s his discomfort that really makes it unsettling.
Watching SpongeBob meow as Gary is funny, but when Squidward flees from him, only for the snail/sponge hybrid to pop out suddenly, the whole ordeal starts to feel like a home invasion. This episode is like a classic Halloween werewolf storyExcept with a sponge and a snail. “I Was a Teenage Gary” ends with Squidward and SpongeBob now snails, and this unresolved finale feels like a Halloween campfire story that ends on a sour note.
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“Shanghaied” (S2, 33a)
Squidward is sent through a terrifying portal
“Shanghaied”, along with episode 33b “Gary Takes a Bath”, is often ranked among the best Spongebob Squarepants Episodes. In “Shanghaied”, Squidward, Patrick and SpongeBob climb aboard the Flying Dutchman’s ship, only to be forced to serve aboard his boat, as members of his ghostly crew. Squidward refuses and is immediately thrown into the “Flight of Despair,” a ziplock that leads to another dimension and could be called a “portal to hell” in a show aimed at older audiences.
Euphemism or not, Squidward’s fall through the eternal pit filled with creepy creatures and animation is panic-inducing. “Shanghaied” completely took place at night on board a haunted pirate ship, and has the look of Halloween and The Dutch plan to scare unsuspecting citizens is what many trick-or-treaters love to do on October 31. The episode ends on an unusually ghastly note when Dutch turns the trio into fruits and prepares them to eat.
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“Gull Fools” (S8, E162)
An extra long Halloween episode with a great cast including Sandy and Lord Poltergeist
“Gull Fools” is a two-part episode that introduces a new fearsome pirate ghost, Lord Poltergeist, voiced by Chris Elliott, although he is not as fearsome as his former captain, the Flying Dutchman, who appears at the end of the game. episode to save the day for once rather than make things worse. Patrick and SpongeBob find a haunted houseboat and discover Lord Poltergeist living there with his ghostly crew. When Mr. Krabs learns of this, he plots to steal the ghosts’ booth, setting off a chain of horrific and strange incidents.
Sandy also appears, a rarity in Sponge Bob Squarepants Halloween episodes, and “Gul Fools” runtime allows every character to get a chance to have a funny line or sequence. THere’s a catchy, Halloween-themed musical number early in the episode That sticks in the viewers’ ears long after the episode ends.
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“Krabby Patty Creature Feature” (S11, E222a)
Cronenberg meets SpongeBob in this horror of Halloween monster
In the season 11 episode, “Krabby Patty Creature Feature”, Mr. Krabs introduces SpongeBob to a new Krabby Patty recipe created by Sandy that he hopes will increase sales. While customers seem to like the new “Secret Patty”, the new recipe also turns them into Krabby Pattys, mutant fish hybrid zombies that infect other citizens by force-feeding them pieces of their own patties. It’s as gross as it sounds, but it never stops being funny as Patrick continues to eat the Secret Patties even after their true nature is revealed.
Plankton gets involved when it turns out that his “hum” is the antidote, which returns everyone to normal. It is David Cronenberg met Sponge BobAnd The horrifying animations are as scary as anything that’s been on the show. Zombies are a staple Halloween monster and this episode brings back many characters, including Bubble Bass and Perch Perkins as the best Halloween episodes do.
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“Squidferatu” (S13, E278a)
Nosferatu makes for a terrible boss
Nosferatu made a memorable appearance in an early episode of Spongebob Squarepants And then became something of a recurring character. “Squidferatu” is the character’s biggest role in the show. In the episode, Squidward reveals that he has been receiving Nosferatu’s mislabeled mail for a year and finally decides to return it all, with SpongeBob tagging along. The vampire invites the couple to spend the night and the two are treated to a terrifying evening when Nosferatu climbs through walls and coffins to scare them.
It goes without saying that the motives of Nosferatu are completely innocent, but the shocking movements of the life actor, together with his creepy friend Sloppy, make for an unknown couple. This episode is also animated with a brown and black color that makes it feel like a haunted house of Halloween. The episode features a gruesome dinner of body partsReminiscent of the Halloween party game involving wearing a blindfold and pretending that grapes and baby carrots are eyeballs and fingers.
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“Besumer Shift” (S2, E16a)
Squidward and SpongeBob spend a terrifying and comical night at the Krusty Krab
In “Graveyard Shift”, the relatable fear of being the last one in an empty office, restaurant or home is made all too real in what’s supposed to be a kids’ show. After realizing that he can make more money by staying open late, Mr. Krabs explains that the Krusty Krab is a 24-hour restaurant and has Squidward and SpongeBob working the first shift. Annoyed with SpongeBob’s joy, Squidward makes up a story about the “hash-slinging slasher”, a mythical, evil fry cook. A story suitable for a spooky Halloween night.
As the evening goes on, many of the story details that Squidward has made up begin to happen, scaring both employees. Every joke is funny and Squidward’s growing terror for his own history is hilarious and terrifying. At the end of the episode, it is revealed who has been flipping the lights all episode: Nosferatu. For young viewers unfamiliar with the iconic German vampire Nosferatu, the reveal is almost a jumpscare with how unexpected and scary he looks. Featuring a slasher villain, a vampire and a haunted “house” (restaurant), this episode combines classic Halloween tales.
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“The Legend of Bu-Kini Bottom” (S11, E220)
A stop-motion horror thrill ride with the Flying Dutchman
“The Legend of Bu-Kini Bottom” is the first stop-motion Sponge Bob History since the second movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of WaterAnd only one of two Spongebob Squarepants Episodes that are animated in stop-motion, the other being season 8, episode 23, “It’s a SpongeBob Christmas!”. In “The Legend of Boo-kini Bottom”, it’s Halloween night and SpongeBob is afraid of everything. To allay his fears, Patrick convinces SpongeBob that “scary” things are in fact “funny,” making SpongeBob immune to scares.
This attracts the attention of the Flying Dutchman, who puts SpongeBob and Patrick through a terrifying haunted thrill ride that ends with SpongeBob’s friends having their souls captured and SpongeBob saving the day. The animation in the episode is fantastic and even in the 3D world, Sponge Bob Manages to convey many of the iconic and super-detailed close-ups and push in art style that the series is known for. It is a combination of Sponge Bob, The Nightmare Before Christmas, CoralineAnd Halloween itself With each character in a wonderfully designed costume, and the mixture works brilliantly.
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“Scaredy Pants” (S1, E13a)
Spongebob Squarepants gets a terrible haircut
“scaredy pants” is the pinnacle of Spongebob Squarepants Halloween episodes. In the episode, SpongeBob is embarrassed because he is easily scared and on Halloween, everyone from Bikini Bottom knows it. He and Patrick make a ghost costume for SpongeBob in the hopes that it will be enough to scare other people for once. To make the costume look more rounded and less box-like, Patrick does some “careful” shaving of SpongeBob’s head and covers him with a bow.
Everyone in town, including the Flying Dutchman in his debut, laughs at SpongeBob’s homemade costume until it’s ripped off. It turns out, Patrick shaved off SpongeBob’s head except for his now exposed brain and eyes. It’s a hilarious and shocking twist that combines the best parts of Spongebob Squarepants: Detailed and grotesque animation, an unexpected story development, and a very funny example of SpongeBob’s naivety. Halloween is supposed to be fun, but it’s unexpectedly real scares like the one in this episode, which is why people love it so muchAnd this episode expresses that sentiment better than any.