#Spongebob hash slinging slasher script series#

However, Squidward then questions who was flickering the lights earlier. When the strange, unidentified figure enters the building, it is revealed he is simply a kid applying for a job, stating that he had tried calling the Krusty Krab by telephone earlier, but had hung up out of nervousness (the bus that he arrived in remains unexplained). Spongebob at first believes the figure to be Squidward in a costume just to entertain him, but Squidward tells him it couldn't be him since he is standing right next to Spongebob. SpongeBob and Squidward immediately realize that they are experiencing genuine supernatural events and panic. The bus then drops off a mysterious dark silhouette matching the description of the Hash-Slinging Slasher. Finally, a bus shows up outside the Krusty Krab, despite Squidward claiming that the buses do not run this late at night. Although convinced at first that these occurrences are coincidence, Squidward grows more nervous as the occurrences continue while Spongebob thinks Squidward is still pranking him. However, later that night when the restaurant is empty, the two are soon alarmed by strange occurrences that parallel the omens that signify the arrival of the Hash-Slinging Slasher. Spongebob begins screaming in horror although amused at first, Squidward becomes annoyed and tells him that he made the whole story up, causing Spongebob to constantly laugh, annoying Squidward even further. The Hash-Slinging Slasher then exits the bus, crosses the street without looking both ways (due to him already being dead), taps on the window with his spatula hand before opening the door, and approaches the counter and 'gets' his victims. Squidward says that the Slasher's arrival will be indicated by three warnings: the lights flickering on and off, the phone ringing without any reply from the calling party, and the ghost of the bus that ran over the Slasher arriving to drop him off. Squidward continues by telling SpongeBob that every Tuesday night (the night it happens to be) the ghost of the Slasher returns to the Krusty Krab to get revenge on those who fired him. Krabs is inspired to create a night shift, leaving an eager SpongeBob and an annoyed Squidward to work 24-hour shifts.Д®xasperated with his boss' demands and annoyed by SpongeBob's eagerness as usual, Squidward tries to scare SpongeBob into being afraid of the night shift by telling him a made-up story about the 'Hash-Slinging Slasher', a former fry cook at the Krusty Krab who is clumsier than Spongebob and accidentally cut off his own hand (replacing it with a spatula) and was killed after being run over by a bus. Krabs overhears this and asks the customer if he would give them money if they stayed open later, and he agrees. When Squidward refuses to take the customer's order, the customer berates him for not wanting his money, but Mr. Moments before he can leave, however, a customer shows up asking to be served. The episode begins with Squidward eagerly preparing to leave work at the Krusty Krab as it closes. The episode received critical acclaim upon release. Before the idea of Count Orlok, Lender thought of 'Floorboard Harry', an idea that was deleted.

#Spongebob hash slinging slasher script series#

Episode writer Lender proposed the idea as a gag at the end of the episode, which series creator Stephen Hillenburg accepted. The episode featured stock footage of Max Schreck as Count Orlok from the 1922 silent film Nosferatu. However, when Squidward and SpongeBob are alone, the events in Squidward's story begin to occur. After scaring SpongeBob, Squidward tells him that the story is fictional. Squidward soon gets bored, and tells SpongeBob a scary story to have some fun with him. In this episode, Squidward and SpongeBob are forced to work 24 hours a day by Mr. The series follows the adventures and endeavours of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 6, 2002, one year after ' Band Geeks'. Lender and Povenmire also served as storyboard directors. Lawrence, Jay Lender and Dan Povenmire, and the animation was directed by Sean Dempsey. ' Graveyard Shift' is the first part of the 16th episode of the second season, and the 36th episode overall, of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants.