#Ranker graveyard shift series

After Squidward finishes his story, SpongeBob begins screaming in horror although amused at first, Squidward becomes annoyed and tells him that he made the whole story up. 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.Įxasperated 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 accidentally cut off his own hand, replaced it with a spatula, and was killed and fired 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. 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.

#Ranker graveyard shift 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. 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.