"Graveyard Shift " is the first segment of the 36th episode of SpongeBob SquarePants . It and "Club SpongeBob " were notably the first SpongeBob episodes to be released directly to video before airing on television, being included on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies VHS tapes and DVD.
Synopsis [ ]
Squidward is getting ready to head home for the night when Tom suddenly shows up, wanting to place an order despite it being closing time. Sensing that he could be making more money if the Krusty Krab stayed open later, Mr. Krabs declares the restaurant is now open 24 hours a day, and then leaves SpongeBob and Squidward to run the night shift. SpongeBob delights in doing all of his usual work activity at night at first, until Squidward tells him to go take out the trash. SpongeBob is reluctant to go outside at night, but does so, screaming in panic all the way. Squidward then decides to give SpongeBob a good scare by telling him the story of the Hash-Slinging Slasher.
According to Squidward's story, the Slasher was once an ordinary, clumsy fry cook who used to work at the Krusty Krab, but then one night accidentally cut off his own hand (Squidward has to specify that this guy wasn't a sponge and couldn't grow another arm) and replaced it with a rusty spatula, and he was then hit by a bus and fired at his own funeral. Every Tuesday night, the Slasher rises from the grave and returns to the Krusty Krab and kills anyone who gets in his way; his entrance is heralded by the lights flickering on and off and then the phone ringing with no one on the other end before the Slasher shows up in the ghost of the bus that ran him over. This story scares SpongeBob out of his wits, and Squidward gets a good laugh out of this at first. However, when he becomes annoyed by SpongeBob's constant screaming in fear, he admits to him that the story is all made up (which then causes SpongeBob to start laughing in the same fashion).
Later that night, no one else is at the Krusty Krab. SpongeBob is mopping the ceiling, and Squidward is questioning Mr. Krabs' idiotic decision to keep the restaurant open this late (not knowing of Patrick waiting till 3 AM to have a Krabby Patty ). Suddenly, the lights start flickering on and off, despite neither SpongeBob or Squidward being anywhere the lightswitch. The phone then rings, and when Squidward answers it, there is no one on the other end. SpongeBob thinks Squidward is just pranking him again, but Squidward insists he's not doing anything. A bus then comes by outside, and suddenly someone who appears to have a spatula for a hand comes out. This leads Squidward and eventually SpongeBob to believe that the Hash-Slinging Slasher is real, and they cower in fear as the figure enters the building. However, it turns out it's just an ordinary fish wanting to apply for a job here; he'd called on the phone earlier, but changed his mind and decided to apply in person. Squidward then asks, if this fish was the one calling on the phone earlier, who was messing with the lights; it is then revealed that Count Orlok from Nosferatu was the one messing with the lights.
Home video releases [ ]
VHS
SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense
SpongeBob SquarePants: Undersea Antics Volume 1
DVD
SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season
SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes
Blu-ray
SpongeBob SquarePants: It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
Videos [ ]
Legend of the Hash-Slinging Slasher! 👻 Full Scene "Graveyard Shift" - SpongeBob
If SpongeBob was an Anime - "Graveyard Shift" - SpongeBob- Reimagined
Why "Graveyard Shift" is a LEGENDARY Episode of SpongeBob 👻
External links [ ]
SpongeBob SquarePants episodes
Season 1
"Help Wanted " / "Reef Blower " / "Tea at the Treedome " • "Bubblestand " / "Ripped Pants " • "Jellyfishing " / "Plankton! " • "Naughty Nautical Neighbors " / "Boating School " • "Pizza Delivery " / "Home Sweet Pineapple " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy " / "Pickles " • "Hall Monitor " / "Jellyfish Jam " • "Sandy's Rocket " / "Squeaky Boots " • "Nature Pants " / "Opposite Day " • "Culture Shock " / "F.U.N. " • "MuscleBob BuffPants " / "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost " • "The Chaperone " / "Employee of the Month " • "Scaredy Pants " / "I Was a Teenage Gary " • "SB-129 " / "Karate Choppers " • "Sleepy Time " / "Suds " • "Valentine's Day " / "The Paper " • "Arrgh! " / "Rock Bottom " • "Texas " / "Walking Small " • "Fools in April " / "Neptune's Spatula " • "Hooky " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II "
Season 2
"Your Shoe's Untied " / "Squid's Day Off " • "Something Smells " / "Bossy Boots " • "Big Pink Loser " / "Bubble Buddy " • "Dying for Pie " / "Imitation Krabs " • "Wormy " / "Patty Hype " • "Grandma's Kisses " / "Squidville " • "Pre-Hibernation Week " / "Life of Crime " • "Christmas Who? " • "Survival of the Idiots " / "Dumped " • "No Free Rides " / "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III " / "Squirrel Jokes " • "Pressure " / "The Smoking Peanut " • "Shanghaied " / "Gary Takes a Bath " • "Welcome to the Chum Bucket " / "Frankendoodle " • "The Secret Box " / "Band Geeks " • "Graveyard Shift " / "Krusty Love " • "Procrastination " / "I'm with Stupid " • "Sailor Mouth " / "Artist Unknown " • "Jellyfish Hunter " / "The Fry Cook Games " • "Squid on Strike " / "Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm "
Season 3
"The Algae's Always Greener " / "SpongeGuard on Duty " • "Club SpongeBob " / "My Pretty Seahorse " • "Just One Bite " / "The Bully " • "Nasty Patty " / "Idiot Box " • "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV " / "Doing Time " • "Snowball Effect " / "One Krabs Trash " • "As Seen on TV " / "Can You Spare a Dime? " • "No Weenies Allowed " / "Squilliam Returns " • "Krab Borg " / "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve " • "Wet Painters " / "Krusty Krab Training Video " • "Party Pooper Pants " • "Chocolate With Nuts " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V " • "New Student Starfish " / "Clams " • "Ugh " • "The Great Snail Race " / "Mid-Life Crustacean " • "Born Again Krabs " / "I Had an Accident " • "Krabby Land " / "The Camping Episode " • "Missing Identity " / "Plankton's Army " • "The Sponge Who Could Fly " • "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler " / "Pranks a Lot "
Season 4
"Fear of a Krabby Patty " / "Shell of a Man " • "Krabs vs. Plankton " / "The Lost Mattress " • "Have You Seen This Snail? " • "Skill Crane " / "Good Neighbors " • "Selling Out " / "Funny Pants " • "Dunces and Dragons " • "Enemy In-Law " / "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy VI: The Motion Picture " • "Patrick SmartPants " / "SquidBob TentaclePants " • "Krusty Towers " / "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired " • "Ghost Host " / "Wishing You Well " • "Chimps Ahoy " / "Whale of a Birthday " • "Karate Island " / "All That Glitters " • "New Leaf " / "Once Bitten " • "Bummer Vacation " / "Wigstruck " • "Squidtastic Voyage " / "That's No Lady " • "Hocus Pocus " / "The Thing " • "Driven to Tears " / "Rule of Dumb " • "Born to Be Wild " / "Best Frenemies " • "The Pink Purloiner " / "Squid Wood " • "Best Day Ever " / "The Gift of Gum "
Season 5
"Friend or Foe " • "Night Light " / "The Original Fry Cook " • "Rise and Shine " / "Waiting " / "Fungus Among Us " • "Spy Buddies " / "Boat Smarts " / "Good Ol' Whatshisname " • "New Digs " / "Krabs à la Mode " • "Roller Cowards " / "Bucket Sweet Bucket " • "To Love a Patty " / "Breath of Fresh Squidward " • "Money Talks " / "SpongeBob vs. the Patty Gadget " / "Slimy Dancing " • "The Krusty Sponge " / "Sing a Song of Patrick " • "A Flea in Her Dome " / "The Donut of Shame " / "The Krusty Plate " • "Atlantis SquarePantis " • "Picture Day " / "Pat No Pay " / "BlackJack " • "Blackened Sponge " / "Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob " • "The Inmates of Summer " / "To Save a Squirrel " • "Le Big Switch " / "Goo Goo Gas " • "20,000 Patties Under the Sea " / "The Battle of Bikini Bottom " • "Pest of the West " • "The Two Faces of Squidward " / "SpongeHenge " • "Banned in Bikini Bottom " / "Stanley S. SquarePants "
Season 6
"Spongicus " / "Suction Cup Symphony " • "House Fancy " / "Krabby Road " • "Penny Foolish " / "Nautical Novice " • "Not Normal " / "Gone " • "The Splinter " / "Slide Whistle Stooges " • "A Life in a Day " / "Sun Bleached " • "Giant Squidward " / "No Nose Knows " • "Patty Caper " / "Plankton's Regular " • "Grandpappy the Pirate " / "Cephalopod Lodge " • "Squid's Visit " / "To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants " • "Shuffleboarding " / "Professor Squidward " • "Boating Buddies " / "The Krabby Kronicle " • "The Slumber Party " / "Grooming Gary " • "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One " • "Truth or Square " • "Porous Pockets " / "Choir Boys " • "Krusty Krushers " / "The Card " • "Dear Vikings " / "Ditchin' " • "Pineapple Fever " / "Chum Caverns " • "Shuffleboarding " / "Professor Squidward " • "Pet or Pests " / "Komputer Overload " • "Gullible Pants " / "Overbooked " • "No Hat for Pat " / "Toy Store of Doom " • "Sand Castles in the Sand " / "Shell Shocked " • "Pineapple Fever " / "Chum Caverns " • "The Clash of Triton "
Season 7
"Tentacle-Vision " / "I ♥ Dancing " • "Growth Spout " / "Stuck in the Wringer " • "Someone's in the Kitchen with Sandy " / "The Inside Job " • "Greasy Buffoons " / "Model Sponge " • "Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful " / "A Pal for Gary " • "Yours, Mine and Mine " / "Kracked Krabs " • "The Curse of Bikini Bottom " / "Squidward in Clarinetland " • "SpongeBob's Last Stand " • "Back to the Past " / "The Bad Guy Club for Villains " • "A Day Without Tears " / "Summer Job " • "One Coarse Meal " / "Gary in Love " • "The Play's the Thing " / "Rodeo Daze " • "Gramma's Secret Recipe " / "The Cent of Money " • "The Monster Who Came to Bikini Bottom " / "Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle " • "The Curse of the Hex " / "The Main Drain " • "Trenchbillies " / "Sponge-Cano! " • "The Great Patty Caper " • "That Sinking Feeling " / "Karate Star " • "Buried in Time " / "Enchanted Tiki Dreams " • "The Abrasive Side " / "Earworm " • "Hide and Then What Happens? " / "Shellback Shenanigans " • "The Masterpiece " / "Whelk Attack " • "You Don't Know Sponge " / "Tunnel of Glove " • "Krusty Dogs " / "The Wreck of the Mauna Loa " • "New Fish in Town " / "Love That Squid " • "Big Sister Sam " / "Perfect Chemistry "
Season 8
"Accidents Will Happen " / "The Other Patty " • "Drive Thru " / "The Hot Shot " • "A Friendly Game " / "Sentimental Sponge " • "Frozen Face-Off " • "Squidward's School for Grown-Ups " / "Oral Report " • "Sweet and Sour Squid " / "The Googly Artiste " • "A SquarePants Family Vacation " • "Patrick's Staycation " / "Walking the Plankton " • "Mooncation " / "Mr. Krabs Takes a Vacation " • "Ghoul Fools " • "Mermaid Man Begins " / "Plankton's Good Eye " • "Barnacle Face " / "Pet Sitter Pat " • "House Sittin' for Sandy " / "Smoothe Jazz at Bikini Bottom " • "Bubble Troubles " / "The Way of the Sponge " • "The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom " / "Bubble Buddy Returns " • "Restraining SpongeBob " / "Fiasco! " • "Are You Happy Now? " / "Planet of the Jellyfish " • "Free Samples " / "Home Sweet Rubble " • "Karen 2.0 " / "InSPONGEiac " • "Face Freeze! " / "Glove World R.I.P. " • "Squiditis " / "Demolition Doofus " • "Treats! " / "For Here or To Go " • "It's a SpongeBob Christmas! " • "Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go! " / "Chum Fricassee " • "The Good Krabby Name " / "Move It or Lose It " • "Hello Bikini Bottom! "
Season 9
"Extreme Spots " / "Squirrel Record " • "License to Milkshake " / "Squid Baby " • "Patrick-Man! " / "Gary's New Toy " • "Eek, An Urchin! " / "Squid Defense " • "Little Yellow Book " / "Bumper to Bumper " • "Jailbreak! " / "Evil Spatula " • "It Came from Goo Lagoon " • "Safe Deposit Krabs " / "Plankton's Pet " • "Don't Look Now " / "Séance Shméance " • "Kenny the Cat " / "Yeti Krabs " • "SpongeBob You're Fired " • "Lost in Bikini Bottom " / "Tutor Sauce " • "Squid Plus One " / "The Executive Treatment " • "Pull Up a Barrel " / "Company Picnic " • "Sanctuary! " / "What's Eating Patrick? " • "Patrick! The Game " / "The Sewers of Bikini Bottom " • "SpongeBob LongPants " / "Larry's Gym " • "The Fish Bowl " / "Married to Money " • "Mall Girl Pearl " / "Two Thumbs Down " • "Sharks vs. Pods " / "CopyBob DittoPants " • "Sold! " / "Lame and Fortune " • "Goodbye, Krabby Patty? " • "Sandy's Nutmare " / "Bulletin Board " • "Food Con Castaways " / "Snail Mail " • "Pineapple Invasion " / "Salsa Imbecilicus " • "Mutiny on the Krusty " / "The Whole Tooth "
Season 10
"Whirly Brains " / "Mermaid Pants " • "Unreal Estate " / "Code Yellow " • "Mimic Madness " / "House Worming " • "Snooze You Lose " / "Krusty Katering " • "SpongeBob's Place " / "Plankton Gets the Boot " • "Life Insurance " / "Burst Your Bubble " • "Plankton Retires " / "Trident Trouble " • "The Incredible Shrinking Sponge " / "Sportz? " • "The Getaway " / "Lost and Found " • "Patrick's Coupon " / "Out of the Picture " • "Feral Friends " / "Don't Wake Patrick "
Season 11
"Cave Dwelling Sponge " / "The Clam Whisperer " • "Spot Returns " / "The Check-Up " • "Spin the Bottle " / "There's a Sponge in My Soup " • "Man Ray Returns " / "Larry the Floor Manager " • "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom " • "No Pictures, Please " / "Stuck on the Roof " • "Krabby Patty Creature Feature " / "Teacher's Pests " • "Sanitation Insanity " / "Bunny Hunt " • "Squid Noir " / "Scavenger Pants " • "Cuddle E. Hugs " / "Pat the Horse " • "Chatterbox Gary " / "Don't Feed the Clowns " • "Drive Happy " / "Old Man Patrick " • "Fun-Sized Friends " / "Grandmum's the Word " • "Doodle Dimension " / "Moving Bubble Bass " • "High Sea Diving " / "Bottle Burglars " • "My Leg! " / "Ink Lemonade " • "Mustard O' Mine " / "Shopping List " • "Whale Watching " / "Krusty Kleaners " • "Patnocchio " / "ChefBob " • "Plankton Paranoia " / "Library Cards " • "Call the Cops " / "Surf N' Turf " • "Goons on the Moon " • "Appointment TV " / "Karen's Virus " • "The Grill is Gone " / "The Night Patty " • "Bubbletown " / "Girls' Night Out " • "Squirrel Jelly " / "The String "
Season 12
"FarmerBob " / "Gary and Spot " • "The Nitwitting " / "The Ballad of Filthy Muck " • "The Krusty Slammer " / "Pineapple RV " • "Gary's Got Legs " / "King Plankton " • "Plankton's Old Chum " / "Stormy Weather " • "Swamp Mates " / "One Trick Sponge " • "The Krusty Bucket " / "Squid's on a Bus " • "Sandy's Nutty Nieces " / "Insecurity Guards " • "Broken Alarm " / "Karen's Baby " • "Shell Games " / "Senior Discount " • "Mind the Gap " / "Dirty Bubble Returns " • "Jolly Lodgers " / "Biddy Sitting " • "SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout " • "SpongeBob in RandomLand " / "SpongeBob's Bad Habit " • "Handemonium " / "Breakin' " • "Boss for a Day " / "The Goofy Newbie " • "The Ghost of Plankton " / "My Two Krabses " • "Knock Knock, Who's There " / "Pat Hearts Squid " • "Lighthouse Louie " / "Hiccup Plague " • "A Cabin in the Kelp " / "The Hankering " • "Who R Zoo? " / "Kwarantined Krab " • "Plankton's Intern " / "Patrick's Tantrum " • "Bubble Bass's Tab " / "Kooky Kooks " • "Escape from Beneath Glove World " • "Krusty Koncessionaires " / "Dream Hoppers "
Season 13
"A Place for Pets " / "Lockdown for Love " • "Under the Small Top " / "Squidward's Sick Daze " • "Goofy Scoopers " / "Pat the Dog " • "Something Narwal This Way Comes " / "C.H.U.M.S. " • "SpongeBob's Road to Christmas " • "Potato Puff " / "There Will Be Grease " • "The Big Bad Bubble Bass " / "Sea-Man Sponge Haters Club " • "Food PBFFT! Truck " / "Upturn Girls " • "Say Awww! " / "Patrick the Mailman " • "Captain Pipsqueak " / "Plane to Sea " • "Squidferatu " / "Slappy Daze " • "Welcome to Binary Bottom " / "You're Going to Pay…Phone " / "A Skin Wrinkle in Time " • "Abandon Twits " / "Wallhalla " • "The Salty Sponge " / "Karen for Spot " • "Arbor Day Disarray " / "Ain't That the Tooth " • "Ma and Pa's Big Hurrah " / "Yellow Pavement " • "The Flower Pot " / "SpongeBob's on Parade " • "Delivery to Monster Island " / "Ride Patrick, Ride! " • "Hot Crossed Nuts " / "The Sir Urchin and Snail Fail Show! " • "Friendiversary " / "Mandatory Music " • "Dopey Dick " / "Plankton and the Beanstalk " • "Gary's Playhouse " / "Funbelievable " • "Spatula of the Heavens " / "My Friend Patty " • "The Goobfather " / "Swimming Fools " • "SquidBird " / "Allergy Attack " • "Big Time Flop " / "Sandy, Help Us! "