"The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season 11. In this episode, the Flying Dutchman wants to make sure SpongeBob and his friends are scared on Halloween.
Characters[]
- Halloween jellyfish (debut)
- Mermaid Man (costume)
- Barnacle Boy (costume) (mentioned)
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Squidward Tentacles
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Ghost Krabs
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Ghost Plankton (debut)
- Karen Plankton
- Sandy Cheeks
- Ghost Sandy
- Mrs. Puff (rough storyboard)
- Ghost Mrs. Puff (rough storyboard)
- Larry the Lobster (rough storyboard)
- Ghost Larry (rough storyboard)
- Flying Dutchman
- Acorn monster (debut)
- Gary the Snail
- Ghost Gary
- Alternate-Universe Patrick
- Margaret SquarePants (mentioned)
- Flying Dutchman's ghost pirates (debut)
- Patchy the Pirate (rough storyboard)
Synopsis[]
Act 1[]
The episode starts off with SpongeBob putting sparkly decorations on his house for Halloween. Patrick comes by in his knight costume, but he is not amused by SpongeBob's house because it is "too cute for Halloween." SpongeBob shows him his daisy costume, but Patrick is still not impressed because it is not scary enough. Patrick shows SpongeBob what scary is when Squidward's house scared the trick-or-treaters with onions. SpongeBob admits that he loves to go trick-or-treating, but he is too afraid to go out on Halloween. Patrick tells SpongeBob that there is no need to be afraid as long as he believes in one simple statement: Scary equals funny. SpongeBob agrees and goes with him.
The first place they stop at is Sandy's treedome. Sandy appears in her mad scientist outfit and is dubbed under the name: Dr. Franken-Cheeks. She, SpongeBob, and Patrick play a guessing game with her jars of horror and she shows them her latest invention: the acorn monster. Afterwards, SpongeBob and Patrick stop over at the Krusty Krab, where Mr. Krabs and Squidward are doing a haunted tour of the Chum Bucket. SpongeBob enjoys the haunted tour and laughs himself out. Mr. Krabs asks why SpongeBob is laughing, but SpongeBob tells him that he has a new theory: Scary equals funny. SpongeBob's theory does not intrigue both Mr. Krabs and Squidward and claim it as a major insult on Halloween. SpongeBob and Patrick stop over at the Chum Bucket, where Plankton and Karen are doing the haunted tour of the Krusty Krab. But SpongeBob finds this funny as well, which only annoys Plankton and Karen.
Meanwhile, in the skies above Bikini Bottom, the Flying Dutchman is enjoying himself on Halloween. However, he is halted by SpongeBob's laughter. He descends downward and goes to ask SpongeBob why is he laughing on Halloween. SpongeBob says that he used to be scared until Patrick told him that scary equals funny. The Flying Dutchman is offended by that statement at first, but when he looks at the Krusty Krab decorations, he concludes that they are as laughable SpongeBob claims they are. He decides to offer them a thrill ride inside his pirate ship, which SpongeBob and Patrick agree.
Act 2[]
SpongeBob and Patrick ride inside the ship, where it is filled with ghosts, ghouls, skeletons, and monsters. Patrick is terrified, but SpongeBob still thinks it is funny. The Flying Dutchman begins to get annoyed with SpongeBob's laughter, but he soon gets another idea. Upon hearing that SpongeBob has other friends, the Flying Dutchman unleashes a ghostly mist that separates the souls of Sandy, Mr. Krabs, Squidward, Gary, and Plankton from their bodies. SpongeBob and Patrick are still riding in the ship and they encounter the souls of their friends locked in cages as they call for help. SpongeBob still finds this funny as he initially does not think it is really them, until he notices Patrick's soul caged up as well. Patrick confesses that he had been wrong all along and admits that sometimes scary equals scary. After hearing that, and seeing Patrick's soulless body, SpongeBob finally realizes the damage embracing Patrick's theory has done and runs out of the ship in fear. But, despite his fear, he decides to go back and rescue his friends.
Back on the ship, the Flying Dutchman tortures the souls of SpongeBob's friends. Plankton manages to set himself free and offers the Flying Dutchman a deal: Plankton takes over the world and they will split it 70-30. The Dutchman, however, ignores the offer and instead turns Plankton into his ghoulish servant. Just as the Dutchman prepares to roast the souls of SpongeBob's friends over a pit of demonic blue flames, SpongeBob appears in Sandy's acorn monster puppet. He goes to attack the Dutchman, but he ends up flying into a wall, destroying the puppet in the process. The Dutchman laughs at SpongeBob, as he believes that he is too stupid to scare someone like him. Plankton mentions the scary things SpongeBob has inside his brain, which infuriates the Dutchman to the point of stepping on him. However, he is encouraged to fly inside his brain and have a look.
Inside SpongeBob's brain, the Flying Dutchman finds himself in a whimsical and bizarre world of bright colors and weird creatures, the experience succeeded in unnerving and terrifying the Dutchman, but he puts on a brave face saying to SpongeBob that he does not have any scary thoughts in his brain. But SpongeBob, who regains consciousness, says that what always scared him is when his mother takes out his naked baby pictures. At that moment, a giant naked baby version of SpongeBob appears and hugs the Flying Dutchman. The whimsical creatures joined in the group hug and Dutchman finally admits to be scared from the whole ordeal. He flies out of SpongeBob's head and runs away, terrified of the little sponge. As his ship disappears, the souls of SpongeBob's friends return to their bodies. SpongeBob and Patrick agree that they learned to never use shortcuts, such as Patrick's "Scary equals Funny" theory, to face their fears again, and everyone runs into the Krusty Krab for the party. Meanwhile, Plankton gets picked up by a trick-or-treater and eats him, mistaking him for a piece of candy, as the episode ends.
Production[]
The episode was confirmed by Kaz on April 6, 2017.[2] It was reported by The Hollywood Reporter on June 20, 2017 that the episode was in post-production.[3]
Sally Cruikshank has made a short sequence for this episode.[4]
Art[]
Storyboards[]
Behind the scenes[]
Videos[]
Pictures[]
Music[]
( ‣ ) Production music |
( • ) Original music |
( ◦ ) SpongeBob music |
• Haunted Hula Grass Skirts Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Title card and opening.]
• Haunted Hula Grass Skirts Full Mix no FX - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob putting Halloween decorations on his house.]
• Haunted Hula Grass Skirts Full Mix no SPOOKY FX - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob sprinkles more glitter onto his house.]
• Haunted Hula Grass Skirts Full Mix no FX - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Jellyfish zaps SpongeBob.]
• Dunces & Dragons Fanfare 1 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Fanfare.]
• Dunces & Dragons Cue 3 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Patrick appears disguised as a knight.]
• A Halloween Conversation 3 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [Patrick says SpongeBob's decorations are too cute.]
• I'm a Flower - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob disguised as a flower.]
• A Halloween Conversation 3 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Oh, that's not scary either, SpongeBob."]
• Lost in Limbo 3 - Nicolas Carr ["There is no candy here... Only onions!"]
• Gong Hit - Nicolas Carr ["Now move along!"]
• Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["SpongeBob?"]
• Spongebones - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob hiding in Patrick's costume.]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["Scary equals funny!"]
‣ Dramatic Cue (D) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob scared by ghost balloon.]
• Whoopie Whistle - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob hides again.]
• Spongebones - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob hiding in Patrick's mouth.]
• Lap Steel-spce_01 - Nicolas Carr [Transition to next scene.]
• Humorous Halloween Transition - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Sure you can handle this, SpongeBob?"]
‣ Alien Spacecraft A - Gregor Narholz [SpongeBob and Patrick see machines inside Sandy's treedome.]
‣ Frankenstein's Niece A - Gregor Narholz [Sandy introduces herself as Dr. Franken-Cheeks.]
• Humorous Harpsichord - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["Oh, hi, Sandy. I didn't recognize you."]
‣ Cellar Search - Philippe Pares [Jars of horror are shown.]
‣ Frankenstein's Niece A - Gregor Narholz [SpongeBob sticks his hand into the jars of horror.]
• Nude Sting - Nicolas Carr [Patrick's head is shown inside of a jar.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 12E - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob touching Patrick's brain.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 9B - Jeremy Wakefield ["Ew!"]
‣ Frankenstein's Niece A - Gregor Narholz [Sandy introduces the acorn monster to SpongeBob and Patrick.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 19D - Jeremy Wakefield ["I love it!"]
• Lap Steel - Nicolas Carr ["Hooray!"]
• Chumbucket Horror - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Squidward and Mr. Krabs setting up "The Horrors of the Chum Bucket."]
‣ Walk in a Nightmare - Syd Dale [SpongeBob and Patrick get inside "The Horrors of the Chum Bucket."]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 12E - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick laughing.]
• Fooling Around Halloween Small Mix 3 - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony ["What are you two laughing about?"]
• The Devils Merry Go Round 4 - Nicolas Carr ["Come to the Chum Bucket and witness the horrors of the Krusty Krab!"]
• Chum Bucket Carnival - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Karen disguised as a cat.]
• Gong - Nicolas Carr ["Behold! The horrors of the Krusty Krab!"]
• Ghostly Carousel - Eban Schletter ["Behold! The horrors of the Krusty Krab!"]
‣ Malleus Mallificarum (A) - Dave Hewson [Flying Dutchman's ship appears.]
‣ In the Crypt - Dave Hewson ["Ah! Music to me ears. Halloween night, and everyone is getting their bloomers scared off!"]
• Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Wait a millennium..."]
• Universal Monsters - Eban Schletter ["That kid isn't screaming with fear."/Flying Dutchman scares the kid.]
• Down in Davie Jones Locker - Nicolas Carr [Flying Dutchman laughs.]
• Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Flying Dutchman hears SpongeBob laughing.]
‣ Malleus Mallificarum (A) - Dave Hewson ["Who dares to laugh at All Hallows' Eve?!"]
‣ Out of the Crypt - Sean Elder [Flying Dutchman steers his ship downwards.]
• Percussive Introduction - Nicolas Carr [Flying Dutchman steers his ship downwards.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 25D - Jeremy Wakefield ["Gee. Who would have thought I'd be laughing myself silly tonight?"]
‣ The Beast Within - Paddy Kingsland ["You!"]
‣ Dramatisation - Derrick Mason [Um... I guess so?"]
‣ The Beast Within - Paddy Kingsland [Flying Dutchman screams at SpongeBob.]
• Ghoulish Scoundrel - Eban Schletter ["How could anyone confuse scary with funny?"]
• Bones - Nicolas Carr [Flying Dutchman looks at skeleton prop.]
‣ It's Creepy (a) - Ron Goodwin ["These decorations are laughable!"]
• Bell Tree Gliss - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob and Patrick get out of the chest.]
‣ Tower of Evil - Magnum Opus [Dutchman invites SpongeBob and Patrick aboard his ship.]
• Gong 1 - Nicolas Carr [Doors open.]
‣ Tower of Evil - Magnum Opus ["This music doesn't sound funny, SpongeBob!"]
• Gong 1 - Nicolas Carr [Start of act 2]
‣ Haunted Castle B - Gregor Narholz [Flying Dutchman flying around SpongeBob and Patrick.]
◦ Ahhhh - Doug Lawrence, Eban Schletter [Ghosts sing this.]
‣ Footsteps Of Fear - Sean Elder [SpongeBob and Patrick fall into the Flying Dutchman's ship]
‣ Cloak and Dagger - Sean Elder ["How can he still be laughing?! I've never been so humiliated."]
• Universal Monsters - Eban Schletter [Flying Dutchman gets an idea.]
• Gong 2 - Nicolas Carr [Flying Dutchman steals SpongeBob's friends' souls.]
• Universal Monsters - Eban Schletter [Flying Dutchman steals SpongeBob's friends' souls.]
‣ Its Behind You - Sean Elder [SpongeBob still laughing.]
‣ The Horror Never Ends 60 - Gregor Narholz [Squidward, Gary, Sandy, Plankton, Mr. Krabs and Patrick's souls caged.]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 18 - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob deletes the word "Funny" from the chalkboard.]
‣ Dramatic Cue (D) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob screams.]
‣ The Creature (a) - Gregor Narholz [SpongeBob's skeleton runs out of his body.]
‣ Quirky Tension B - John Epping ["Me too, but we gotta go back."]
• Hot Steel and Slide Licks 31A - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob's skeleton gets back in his body.]
‣ Vault of Secrets - Magnum Opus [Flying Dutchman playing with caged souls.]
• But I Have an Idea - Nicolas Carr [Plankton gets an idea.]
‣ Cloak And Dagger - Sean Elder [Plankton's soul escapes from cage.]
• Sandys Threat - Nicolas Carr [Flying Dutchman zaps Plankton.]
• Horror Organ - Nicolas Carr ["Yes, master."]
‣ It's Creepy (a) - Ron Goodwin [Plankton kisses Dutchman's diamond ring.]
• Gong 1 - Nicolas Carr [Dutchman flies over to his devil pit.]
‣ Impending Death 60 - Gregor Narholz [Flying Dutchman about to roast souls over the fire.]
‣ Frightmare - Magnum Opus [Acorn monster appears and tries to scare the Flying Dutchman.]
‣ Ghastly Ghouls - Sean Elder ["You couldn't frighten me in a million eternities, kid."]
‣ Evil Wizard (b) - Udi Harpaz ["I was in there once. It's too terrifying, even for ghosts!"]
• Brain Massage - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Sequence of Flying Dutchman inside of SpongeBob's brain.]
‣ Its Behind You - Sean Elder [SpongeBob's eyes roll into his head and sees the Flying Dutchman.]
• Monster Sting - Eban Schletter [Flying Dutchman turns black and reveals eyeballs and a ghost.]
‣ Its Behind You - Sean Elder [SpongeBob says what scares him.]
• SpongeBobs Brain - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Flying Dutchman sees a giant baby SpongeBob that hugs him, along with the brain's characters.]
‣ The Creature (a) - Gregor Narholz [Flying Dutchman leaves SpongeBob's brain screaming.]
• 12th St Rag w Bass - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs recover their souls.]
• Haunted Hula Grass Skirts Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Hey guys, look! Free candy!"]
• Haunted Hula Grass Skirts Full Mix no FX - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Ending.]
Release[]
- This episode is available on the SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 18, The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom, SpongeBob SquarePants Holiday Collection, The Complete Eleventh Season, Stuck on the Roof, Another 100 Episodes, and The Best 300 Episodes Ever DVDs.
Trivia[]
General[]
- This episode premiered on Friday the 13th.
- This episode, unlike most others around the time, premiered on a Friday instead of a Saturday.
- During the premiere of this episode, a banner would appear, informing viewers about Spectrum's decision to drop 23 ViacomCBS channels - including Nickelodeon - and ways to help not to lose these channels. This only happened on Nickelodeon's sub-feed for Spectrum. Other cable providers did not show the message.[citation needed]
- In this episode, the supervising director is credited in the end credits rather than the opening credits.
- According to Vincent Waller, an entire wrap-around with Patchy was finalized and written, but it was not filmed because there was already enough material to fill 22 minutes.[5]
- The same character models from "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" are used in this episode.
- In addition, this is the second stop-motion episode since "It's a SpongeBob Christmas."
- The stop-motion models of Mrs. Puff and Pearl from "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" were originally going to appear, but their scenes had to be cut from the final episode for time.[6]
- Each character wears a Halloween costume:
- SpongeBob: Daisy
- Patrick: Knight
- Mr. Krabs: Dollar Bill
- Plankton: Devil
- Karen: Cat
- Sandy: Mad Scientist (Dr. Franken-Cheeks)
- The original storyboard featured Mrs. Puff and Larry's souls being abducted alongside Sandy, Mr. Krabs, and Squidward. However, that scene had to be cut from the final episode.[citation needed]
- The Flying Dutchman has a crew of pirate ghosts in this episode.
- Gary's soul appears locked up in cage despite the fact that the Flying Dutchman was never shown taking Gary's soul out of his body earlier in the episode.
- The Flying Dutchman says that SpongeBob has never scared him before. However, in "Scaredy Pants," he scares him when he takes off SpongeBob's costume and finds out that it is just his brain underneath the costume.
- This is the first episode since "Food Con Castaways" to be storyboarded by more than one person.
- This episode marks the Flying Dutchman's first physical appearance in 6 years since "Ghoul Fools" from season 8.
- This is also the first appearance of stop-motion animation since the second movie.
- This is the fourth episode to use a different background for the opening credits. The first was "SB-129," the second was "Krusty Krab Training Video," and the third was "Ugh."
- This is the fifth episode to have an alternate theme song. The first is "Christmas Who?," the second is "What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?," the third is "Truth or Square", and the fourth is "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"
- The stop-motion theme song footage from "Truth or Square" is used for the intro of the special, while keeping the Painty the Pirate part and the original music of the regular theme song.
- There is an online game based on this episode called Tracks of Terror.
- This is the highest viewed season 11 episode, having 2.21 million viewers.
- This episode airs as part of the "Best of the Flying Dutchman" compilation which airs year round.
- Mr. Krabs' money costume in this episode was referenced in Nickverse during the Halloween event.
Episode references[]
- Plankton mentions that he has been inside of SpongeBob's brain before, referencing the events of "Plankton!," "The Inside Job," and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.
- He also implies that inside SpongeBob's brain is terrifying, referencing the events of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.
Cultural references[]
- The entire episode being animated mostly in stop-motion is a nod to the 1993 film, The Nightmare Before Christmas, which is arguably the most popular stop-motion animated Halloween film of all time.
- The animated segment inside SpongeBob's brain is reminiscent of the 1968 Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" music video.
- Plankton's quote "Krabby Patties are people!" is a reference to Frank Thorn's quote, "Soylent Green is people!" in the 1973 film, Soylent Green. It is also a reference to the SpongeBob skit in the Robot Chicken episode "Major League of Extraordinary Gentlemen," when SpongeBob reveals that Krabby Patties were made out of crabs.
- Sandy's costume Dr. Franken-Cheeks is a parody of Dr. Frankenstein.
- In Plankton's haunted Chum Bucket with the Krusty Krab employee puppets using the Bikini Bottom citizen puppets to put in the grinder to make Krabby Patties, it is a reference to Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett putting people into the grinder to make meat pies from the Broadway musical and 2007 movie, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Errors[]
- In the UK, production details are listed for this episode just after the theme song concludes.[7]
- Just like in "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!," when SpongeBob and Patrick enter Sandy's treedome, they are not wearing water helmets.
- When the Flying Dutchman's ship vanishes, leaving SpongeBob and his friends' souls to fall down, both Patrick's body and Plankton's soul are absent until they return to their respective counterparts in the next scenes.
Videos[]
Names in other languages[]
Language | Name | Meaning |
---|---|---|
German | HA-HA-Halloween | - |
Russian | Жуткая легенда Бикини Боттом Zhutkaya legenda Bikini Bottom |
The Creepy Legend of Bikini Bottom |
References[]
- ^ Nickelodeon Australia on Facebook
- ^ Kaz on Instagram
- ^ 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Gets Halloween-Themed Stop-Motion Special
- ^ Adam Paloian on Twitter
- ^ https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/915732545949405185
- ^ Vincent Waller on Twitter
- ^ The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom master slide error (NickSpongeBob UK overnight airing, 1am 08/08/24)