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Line 1: {{Use American English\|date=January 2025}} :''The Graveyard Shift is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 1''▼ {{Good article}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=December 2013}} {{Infobox television episode \| series = [[SpongeBob SquarePants]]▼ \| image = SBSP Graveyard shift.jpg \| caption = Title card \| season = 2 \| episode = 16a \| production = 5571-176<ref>[https://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Other_Studios/N/Nickelodeon/Nicktoons_Productions/SpongeBob_SquarePants/ SpongeBob SquarePants Production Codes]{{dead link\|date=January 2024\|bot=medic}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> '''Brief Summary:''' The Krusty Krab is now open 24 hours a day. On their first all night shift, Squidward tries to scare SpongeBob with tales of the 'Hash-slinging slasher'. And as things begin to go bump in the night, Squidward starts believing his own twisted tale! \| writer = [[Mr. Lawrence]] ~~'''Time/Date:'''~~ * Jay Lender Tuesday Dan Povenmire *The Krusty Krab closes at 8:00 PM \| director = [[Stephen Hillenburg]] *SpongeBob takes out the trash at 10 past Midnight [[Derek Drymon]]<ref name="Heintje">{{cite web \|url=https://www.hoganmag.com/blog/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants \|title=The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants \|last=Heintje \|first=Tom \|date=Sep 21, 2012 \|website=Hogan's Alley \|publisher=Bull Moose Publishing Corporation \|access-date=May 10, 2021 \|quote="...all the decisions came from Derek and Steve, who knew exactly what they wanted."}}</ref> *The 'Hash-slinging slasher' arrives at the Krusty Krab at 1:00 AM Storyboard: *Patrick eats his Krabby Patty at 3:00 AM [[Jay Lender]] * [[Dan Povenmire]] * Animation: * Sean Dempsey \| airdate = {{Start date\|2002\|09\|06}} {{efn\|The episode was first released in ''Nautical Nonsense'' VHS and Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies'' DVD on March 12, 2002.}} \| prev = [[Band Geeks]] \| next = Krusty Love ▲~~:''The~~\| ~~Graveyard~~season_article ~~Shift is a~~= SpongeBob SquarePants ~~episode from~~ (season ~~1''~~2) \| episode_list = List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes }} "'''Graveyard Shift'''" is the first part of the 16th episode of the [[SpongeBob SquarePants (season 2)\|second season]], and the 36th overall episode of the American animated television series ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. The episode was written by [[Mr. Lawrence]], [[Jay Lender]] and [[Dan Povenmire]], and the animation was directed by Sean Dempsey. Lender and Povenmire also served as [[storyboard]] directors. The episode was copyrighted in 2001 and aired on [[Nickelodeon]] in the United States on September 6, 2002. In the episode, [[Squidward Tentacles\|Squidward]] and SpongeBob are forced to work 24 hours a day by their boss [[Mr. Krabs]]. Squidward soon becomes bored, and tells SpongeBob a [[ghost story]] to scare him off the night shift. When SpongeBob begins to panic, Squidward tells him that the story is fictional. However, later that night, the events of the story begin to occur. ~~'''Time cards shown:''' None~~ The episode featured [[stock footage]] of [[Max Schreck]] as [[Count Orlok]] from the 1922 silent film ''[[Nosferatu]]''. Episode writer Lender proposed the idea as a gag at the end of the episode, which series creator [[Stephen Hillenburg]] accepted. Before the idea of Count Orlok, Lender thought of "Floorboard Harry", an idea that was deleted. The episode received critical acclaim upon release. ~~'''Main character(s):'''~~ [[Squidward Tentacles]] ▲[[SpongeBob SquarePants]] Hash-slinging slasher ==Plot== ~~'''Major character(s):'''~~ On a Tuesday night, [[Squidward Tentacles\|Squidward]] eagerly prepares to leave work at the [[Krusty Krab]] as it closes; when he refuses to take a last-minute order from a customer, [[Mr. Krabs]] overhears the conversation and is inspired to create a night shift. The restaurant remains open, leaving [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)\|SpongeBob]] and Squidward to work 24 hours a day. [[Eugene Krabs]] Exasperated with his boss' demands and annoyed with SpongeBob, Squidward tries to scare him into being afraid of the night shift. He tells the story of the "Hash-Slinging Slasher", a former Krusty Krab fry cook who used a spatula as a prosthetic hand after accidentally slicing off his real hand, who was later killed by a passing bus. The story claims that the Slasher was fired at his funeral after his accidental death, and that his ghost returns to the Krusty Krab every Tuesday night to get revenge for being fired. Squidward says that the Slasher's arrival will be indicated by three warnings: the lights flickering on and off, the phone ringing with no caller on the other end, and a ghostly bus arriving to drop him off. SpongeBob reacts with intense fear; at first amused, Squidward soon becomes irritated and admits that he invented the story. ~~'''Minor character(s):'''~~ Customers at Krusty Krab Later that night, when the restaurant is empty, Squidward becomes alarmed by the lights flickering and phone ringing, which both employees suspect is the other pulling a prank. A bus arrives at the Krusty Krab and drops off a silhouette matching the description of the Slasher. SpongeBob and Squidward are terrified, but the figure turns out to be a fish applying for a job, stating that he had tried calling the Krusty Krab by telephone earlier but hung up out of nervousness. The three discover that the flickering lights were caused by "[[Count Orlok\|Nosferatu]]"—with whom the characters are inexplicably familiar—playing with the light switch. ~~Songs: None~~ ==Production== ~~{{Spoiler}}~~ [[File:Floorboard Harry (SpongeBob).jpg\|thumb\|right\|Original sketch of a deleted scene by [[Jay Lender]] and [[Dan Povenmire]], in which SpongeBob is delivering mail to Floorboard Harry.]] The Krusty Krab closes, and Squidward is excited (Because it just closed), but Mr. Krabs realises that more profit would be gained if it was open 24 hours a day, so he does that. SpongeBob is really excited, while Squidward is extremely annoyed. Squidward scares SpongeBob with tales of the hash-slinging slasher. According to Squidward, he was a frycook at the Krusty Krab many years ago. When he was making Krabby Patties, he accidentally cut off his own hand, and later replaced it with a rusty spatula. He was run over by a bus, and fired at his funeral. Every Tuesday night, his ghost comes to 'wreak his horrible vengeance'. There are three signs of his arrival, which are: "Graveyard Shift" was written by [[Mr. Lawrence]], [[Jay Lender]] and [[Dan Povenmire]], with Sean Dempsey as [[animation director]]; Lender and Povenmire also served as [[storyboard]] directors.<ref name=Credits>{{cite AV media \| date=October 19, 2004 \| title=SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season ("Graveyard Shift" credits) \|medium=DVD\|___location=United States \| publisher=Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Lender\|first=Jay\|title=SpongeBob SquarePants\|url=http://www.jaylender.com/JayLender.com/SpongeBob.html\|publisher=JayLender.com\|access-date=September 1, 2013}}</ref> Lender proposed to have [[Count Orlok]] of the 1922 silent film ''[[Nosferatu]]'' appear as a gag in the final scene. Series creator [[Stephen Hillenburg]] accepted Lender's proposal and agreed. Lender said, "Steve gave you the opportunities to do things that would really be memorable, if you could sell him on it." Lender decided that the characters should refer to Orlok as "Nosferatu" so that he would be more broadly recognizable, and used a still from the film that he found on the Internet. Nick Jennings [[Adobe Photoshop\|photoshopped]] the smile on Orlok to make sure it matched Lender's board drawing. Lender said, "It was my baby, and I held its hand until we shipped it overseas to [[Rough Draft Studios]] in South Korea." Before Orlok, Lender thought of "Floorboard Harry", a [[deleted scene\|deleted gag]] that concludes the broadcast episode, in which he initially flickers the lights.<ref name="OralHistory">{{cite web\|last=Heintjes\|first=Tom\|date=September 21, 2012\|title=The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants\|url=http://cartoonician.com/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants/\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405050934/http://cartoonician.com/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants/\|archive-date=April 5, 2013\|access-date=September 1, 2013\|work=Hogan's Alley}}</ref><ref name="grebey">{{cite web\|last=Grebey\|first=James\|date=March 6, 2022\|title=How 'Nosferatu' turned up in SpongeBob SquarePants\|url=https://www.polygon.com/22963826/spongebob-squarepants-nosferatu-episode-making-of\|access-date=March 20, 2024\|work=Polygon}}</ref> 1 - The lights will flicker on and off. 2 - The phone will ring, and there will be nobody there. ==Release== 3 - He will arrive in the ghost of the bus wich ran him over, and he crosses the road without looking both ways, because he's already dead. "Graveyard Shift" originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 6, 2002 at 8:00pm, with a [[TV Parental Guidelines#TV-Y7\|TV-Y7]] parental rating.<ref>{{cite web\|title=SpongeBob SquarePants: The Graveyard Shift; Krusty Love\|url=http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/spongebob-squarepants-the-graveyard-shift-krusty-love/EP003077660104\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531144932/http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tv/spongebob-squarepants-the-graveyard-shift-krusty-love/EP003077660104\|archive-date=May 31, 2013\|access-date=September 2, 2013\|publisher=Zap2it}}</ref> The episode was released on the DVD compilation titled ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies'' on March 12, 2002.<ref>''SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies''. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Bovberg\|first=Jason\|title=SpongeBob Squarepants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies\|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/3681/spongebob-squarepants-nautical-nonsense-and-sponge-buddies/\|publisher=DVD Talk\|access-date=September 1, 2013\|date=April 15, 2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Lacey\|first=Gord\|title=SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense/ Sponge Buddies Review\|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/reviews/SpongeBob-SquarePants-Volume-Release/740\|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com\|access-date=September 1, 2013\|date=March 8, 2002\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130829201149/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/reviews/SpongeBob-SquarePants-Volume-Release/740\|archive-date=August 29, 2013}}</ref> It was also included on the ''SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season'' DVD released on October 19, 2004.<ref name=Plot>''SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 2nd Season''. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2004.</ref><ref name=Bovberg>{{cite web\|last=Bovberg\|first=Jason\|title=SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete Second Season\|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/12684/spongebob-squarepants-the-complete-second-season/\|publisher=DVD Talk\|access-date=September 1, 2013\|date=October 11, 2004}}</ref> On September 22, 2009, the episode was released on the ''SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes'', alongside all of the episodes of seasons one through five.<ref>''SpongeBob SquarePants: The First 100 Episodes''. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Lacey\|first=Gord\|title=SpongeBob SquarePants - The First 100 Episodes (Seasons 1-5) Review\|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/reviews/SpongeBob-SquarePants-100-Episodes-Seasons-1-5/9154\|publisher=TVShowsOnDVD.com\|access-date=September 1, 2013\|date=September 29, 2009\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055257/http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/reviews/SpongeBob-SquarePants-100-Episodes-Seasons-1-5/9154\|archive-date=September 21, 2013}}</ref> On September 14, 2010, "Graveyard Shift" was released on the ''10 Happiest Moments'' DVD.<ref>''SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments''. DVD. Paramount Home Entertainment, 2010.</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Basile\|first=Nancy\|title='SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments'\|url=http://animatedtv.about.com/od/spongebobsquarepants/fr/Spongebob-Squarepants-10-Happiest-Moments.htm\|publisher=About.com\|access-date=September 1, 2013\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921183444/http://animatedtv.about.com/od/spongebobsquarepants/fr/Spongebob-Squarepants-10-Happiest-Moments.htm\|archive-date=September 21, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments\|work=Kidzworld \|url=http://www.kidzworld.com/article/24618-spongebob-squarepants-10-happiest-moments\|publisher=KidzWorld.com\|access-date=September 1, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Pritchard\|first=Paul\|title=SpongeBob Squarepants: 10 Happiest Moments\|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/spongebob10happiest.php\|publisher=DVD Verdict\|access-date=September 1, 2013\|date=September 9, 2010\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922030546/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/spongebob10happiest.php\|archive-date=September 22, 2013}}</ref> Later that night, everything that Squidward says will happen actually happens. He and SpongeBob are really scared, until they find out that the so-called hash-slinging slasher is actually a person who wants a job application, and hung up on the phone because he was nervous. ==Reception== [[File:Nosferatu Doorway Frame.webp\|thumb\|"Graveyard Shift"{{'s}} ending was praised for its humorous, unexplained cameo of [[Count Orlok]], portrayed by [[Max Schreck]].]] "Graveyard Shift" received critical acclaim upon release and is often cited as one of the show's best episodes. Jordan Moreau, Katcy Stephan and David Viramontes of ''[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]'' ranked the episode the fifth-best ''SpongeBob'' episode, particularly calling the ''Nosferatu'' scene perfectly representative of "the nonsensical comedy that keeps ''SpongeBob'' fans hungry for more."<ref>{{cite news\|last1=Moreau\|first1=Jordan\|last2=Stephan\|first2=Katcy\|last3=Viramontes\|first3=David\|title=15 Best 'SpongeBob Squarepants' Episodes, Ranked\|url=https://variety.com/lists/best-spongebob-squarepants-episodes/something-smells-season-2-episode-2/\|access-date=February 11, 2022\|work=[[Variety (magazine)\|Variety]]\|date=June 8, 2021}}</ref> Emily Esteem of WeGotThisCovered.com ranked the episode {{abbr\|No.\|Number}} 2 on her "Top 10 Episodes of ''SpongeBob SquarePants''" list, saying, "It is another scary episode of ''SpongeBob'', and it's my favorite one." She added, "I love 'Graveyard Shift' for a myriad of reasons, but mostly because it puts the two ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' characters with the best chemistry together: Squidward and SpongeBob. The episode is kind of like a puzzle, and SpongeBob's relentless cheer in the midst of likely doom is inspiring."<ref name=Estep>{{cite web\|last=Estep\|first=Emily\|title=Top 10 Episodes Of Spongebob Squarepants\|url=http://wegotthiscovered.com/tv/top-10-episodes-spongebob-squarepants/\|publisher=WeGotThisCovered.com\|access-date=September 1, 2013\|date=December 5, 2011}}</ref> In his review for [[DVD Talk]], Jason Bovberg praised the episode for its "spooky wonderfulness",<ref name=Bovberg/> stating that the episode scared his daughter.<ref name=Bovberg/> Paul Mavis of DVD Talk said, "A fun, 'scary' (for little kids) ''SpongeBob'' that adults will appreciate, 'Graveyard Shift' uses the old standby of the headless/handless/legless (take your pick) killer-seeking-revenge stories we all told as kids, and cleverly grafts it onto a 'SpongeBob at work' storyline."<ref name=Mavis>{{cite web\|last=Mavis\|first=Paul\|title=SpongeBob SquarePants: 10 Happiest Moments\|url=http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/45819/spongebob-squarepants-10-happiest-moments/\|publisher=DVD Talk\|access-date=September 1, 2013\|date=September 16, 2010}}</ref> Mavis added, "I always enjoy it when [[Rodger Bumpass]], the voice actor for Squidward, gets quiet and manipulative when he's shining SpongeBob on, and here's one of the best examples of that."<ref name=Mavis/> He praised Count Orlok's cameo, "especially when they animate the vampire's face into a goofy, giddy smile."<ref name=Mavis/> Mike Jackson of [[DVD Verdict]] said the episode is one of his "personal faves."<ref name="Jackson">{{cite web\|last=Jackson\|first=Mike\|title=Spongebob Squarepants: Nautical Nonsense/Sponge Buddies\|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/spongebob1.php\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130922002632/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/spongebob1.php\|archive-date=September 22, 2013\|access-date=September 1, 2013\|publisher=DVD Verdict}}</ref> He also said "The episode has everything that makes the show great: funny dialogue (the whole story of the Hash-Slinging Slasher is hilarious), clever sight gags (especially SpongeBob's regenerating limbs), and that aforementioned outta-nowhere ending that made me bust a gut."<ref name=Jackson/> The 2012 [[pop art]] painting ''The Walk Home'', by American artist and designer [[Kaws\|KAWS]], is based on a still from this episode. It sold at auction at [[Sotheby's]] for $6 million.<ref name="Holmes">{{cite web\|last=Holmes\|first=Helen\|title=Why a Painting of SpongeBob SquarePants Just Sold for $6 Million\|date=May 17, 2019 \|url=https://observer.com/2019/05/kaws-spongebob-squarepants-sells-for-6-million-explained/\|access-date=February 24, 2021\|publisher=Observer}}</ref> The alterations to the image, originally from a shot where SpongeBob screams in terror at the story of the Hash-Slinging Slasher, have been described in the Sotheby's catalogue essay as emphasizing the universality of the character's existential anxiety, and as having "more in common with such emotionally-laden works as [[Francisco Goya]]'s politically charged ''[[The Third of May 1808]]'' than any plotline from the children's cartoon show".<ref name="Phillips">{{cite web\|title=Lot 17, KAWS —— THE WALK HOME, 20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale, 16 May 2019\|url=https://www.phillips.com/detail/KAWS/NY010319/17\|access-date=February 24, 2021\|publisher=[[Phillips (auctioneers)\|Phillips Auction House New York]]}}</ref> In 2022, the episode's writer Jay Lender suggested that including Count Orlok in the episode expanded the audience for ''Nosferatu''. The Count returns as a supporting character in [[SpongeBob SquarePants season 11\|season 11]] and the prequel spin-off series ''[[Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years]]''.<ref name="grebey"/> [[Robert Eggers]], the director of [[Nosferatu (2024 film)\|the 2024 ''Nosferatu'' remake]], credited the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' episode with introducing Count Orlok to younger audiences.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Chuba \|first=Kirsten \|date=2024-12-13 \|title='Nosferatu' Director Robert Eggers Thanks 'SpongeBob' for Introducing Young Audiences to Iconic Vampire \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/nosferatu-vampire-spongebob-robert-eggers-1236086471/ \|access-date=2025-01-11 \|website=The Hollywood Reporter \|language=en-US}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Note== {{notelist}} ==External links== {{wikiquote\|SpongeBob_SquarePants/Season 2#Graveyard Shift (16.1)\|"Graveyard Shift"}} *{{IMDb episode\|0707292\|Graveyard Shift}} {{SpongeBob SquarePants episodes}} {{Nosferatu}} [[Category:2002 American television episodes]] [[Category:SpongeBob SquarePants episodes]] [[Category:Works based on Nosferatu]] [[Category:Television episodes about ghosts]]