- The Graveyard Shift is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 1
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!
Time/Date:
- Tuesday
- The Krusty Krab closes at 8:00 PM
- SpongeBob takes out the trash at 10 past Midnight
- The 'Hash-slinging slasher' arrives at the Krusty Krab at 1:00 AM
- Patrick eats his Krabby Patty at 3:00 AM
Time cards shown: None
Main character(s):
- Squidward Tentacles
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Hash-slinging slasher
Major character(s):
Minor character(s):
- Customers at Krusty Krab
Songs: None
Template:Spoiler 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:
- 1 - The lights will flicker on and off.
- 2 - The phone will ring, and there will be nobody there.
- 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.
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.