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* GeniusBonus: The signs of the hash slinging slasher occurring around 3:00 AM will seem more amusing with the idea of the time being the neigh of paranormal activity.
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* EvilCripple: The Hash Slinging Slasher appears to be a hunchback but it turns out to be a potential fry cook with a large head and a big nose.
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* EvilCripple: The Hash Slinging Slasher appears to be a hunchback with a turtle-like head, but it turns out to be a potential fry cook with a large head and a big bulbous nose.
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* AllThereInTheScript: According to the credits, the wannabe fry cook is named Richard.
* EvilCripple: The Hash Slinging Slasher appears to be a hunchback but it turns out to be a potential fry cook with a large head and a big nose.
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* NoNameGiven: The wannabe fry cook isn’t named in the episode or the credits.
* NothingIsScarier: Humorously subverted; around 3:00 AM Squidward starts hearing strange suction noises and we the audience are as unnerved as he is. That is until the camera pans up and we see it’s just Spongebob using plunger heads to help him walk on the ceiling in order to cleanse it. He still manages to give Squidward a jump scare before coming down.
* NothingIsScarier: Humorously subverted; around 3:00 AM Squidward starts hearing strange suction noises and we the audience are as unnerved as he is. That is until the camera pans up and we see it’s just Spongebob using plunger heads to help him walk on the ceiling in order to cleanse it. He still manages to give Squidward a jump scare before coming down.
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* OhCrap: Squidward thrice. First when he hears Spongebob walking on the ceiling with plunger heads and can’t find the source of the noise (until Sponge reveals himself) and second when he realizes that it’s not Spongebob causing the lights to flicker. The third is when he sees the Hash Slinging Slasher appear across from the restaurant and soon inspires one in Spongebob himself after the former makes it clear that the being outside isn’t a hoax.
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-->'''Squidward:''' ''[as [=SpongeBob=] starts to cry]'' At last, you understand! We're doomed!\\
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-->'''Squidward:''' ''[as ''(as [=SpongeBob=] starts to cry]'' cry)'' At last, you understand! We're doomed!\\
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-->'''Squidward:''' ''[as =SpongeBob= starts to cry]'' At last, you understand! We're doomed!\\
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-->'''Squidward:''' ''[as =SpongeBob= [=SpongeBob=] starts to cry]'' At last, you understand! We're doomed!\\
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-->'''Squidward:''' At last, you understand! We're doomed!\\
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'''Squidward:''' [=SpongeBob=], there are two problems with your theory! One, I ''[[BrutalHonesty hate]]'' you. And two, how can that be me... [[ArmorPiercingQuestion when I'm standing]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion right here?!]]''
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'''Squidward:''' [=SpongeBob=], there are two problems with your theory! theory. One, I [[BrutalHonesty I]] ''[[BrutalHonesty hate]]'' you. [[BrutalHonesty you]]. And two, how can that be me... [[ArmorPiercingQuestion how can that be me... when I'm standing]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion right here?!]]''
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* SicklyGreenGlow: Throughout the episode, the night sky has an ominous green tint to it. The fog that surrounds [[spoiler:What appears to be]] the Hash Slinging Slasher’s bus is also a faint green.
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* AnAesop: Don’t overreact to scary stories.
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* AnAesop: Don’t AnAesop:
** Don't overreact to scary stories.
** Don't overreact to scary stories.
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** Don’t Don't blindly believe in urban legends.
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* LastDisrespects: The Hash-Slinging Slasher was apparently fired at his own funeral.
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* GainaxEnding: The one responsible for the flickering lights? [[spoiler:Just that old prankster Film/{{Nosferatu}} (aka Count Orlok)]].
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* GainaxEnding: The one responsible for the flickering lights? [[spoiler:Just that old prankster Film/{{Nosferatu}} (aka Count Orlok)]].Orlok).]]
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* IronicEcho: Spongebob gets the Hash-Slinging Slasher's name wrong when trying to repeat The Hash-Slinging Slasher as Squidward tells him the story. Later, when the Hash-Slinging Slasher apparently shows up for real, a terrified Squidward gets his name wrong as he tries to say "The Hash-Slinging Slasher".
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* InsaneTrollLogic: [=SpongeBob=]'s way of dismissing the Hash-Slinging Slasher as a myth when the signs are there that he's real. Squidward even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this.
-->'''Squidward:''' At last, you understand! We're doomed!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' No, that's not it. ...I am just ''so'' touched that you would go to the trouble to dress up as a ghostly frycook and stand on the other side of the street, just to entertain me! You must ''really'' like me!\\
'''Squidward:''' [=SpongeBob=], there are two problems with your theory! One, I ''[[BrutalHonesty hate]]'' you. And two, how can that be me... [[ArmorPiercingQuestion when I'm standing]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion right here?!]]''
* IronicEcho:Spongebob [=SpongeBob=] gets the Hash-Slinging Slasher's name wrong when trying to repeat The Hash-Slinging Slasher as Squidward tells him the story. Later, when the Hash-Slinging Slasher apparently shows up for real, a terrified Squidward gets his name wrong as he tries to say "The Hash-Slinging Slasher".
-->'''Squidward:''' At last, you understand! We're doomed!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' No, that's not it. ...I am just ''so'' touched that you would go to the trouble to dress up as a ghostly frycook and stand on the other side of the street, just to entertain me! You must ''really'' like me!\\
'''Squidward:''' [=SpongeBob=], there are two problems with your theory! One, I ''[[BrutalHonesty hate]]'' you. And two, how can that be me... [[ArmorPiercingQuestion when I'm standing]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion right here?!]]''
* IronicEcho:
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'''United States airdate: September 6, 2002'''
'''Canada airdate: May 30, 2003'''
'''Canada airdate: May 30, 2003'''
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'''Canada airdate: May 30, 2003'''
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* AnAesop: Don’t overreact to scary stories.
** Be sensitive when telling ghost stories. Some people may take them as reality.
** Don’t blindly believe in urban legends.
** Be sensitive when telling ghost stories. Some people may take them as reality.
** Don’t blindly believe in urban legends.
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** Always keep your budget balanced.
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Messin' up with a quote again, I'll gonna kick your groin!
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--> '''Squidward:''' 'Open 24 hours a day', what a stupid idea! Who would want a Krabby Patty at three in the morning?
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--> '''Squidward:''' 'Open 24 hours a day', what a stupid idea! Who would want wants a Krabby Patty at three in the morning?
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: If [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward's reactions are anything to go by, Graf Orlok AKA Nosferatu is shown here to be a harmless, good-natured prankster instead of the feral, sadistic monster he was in his debut movie.]]
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: If [=SpongeBob=] [=SpongeBob=], Squidward and Squidward's the job seeker's reactions are anything to go by, Graf Orlok AKA Nosferatu is shown here to be a harmless, good-natured prankster instead of the feral, sadistic monster he was in his debut movie.]]
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* BaitAndSwitchSIlhouette: A dark figure enters the Krusty Krab who bears a strong resemblance to the Hash-Slinging Slasher, the character from the horror story Squidward had told Spongebob. Spongebob and Squidward are scared, but when the figure moves into the light, he is revealed to be a young kid looking for a job at the restaurant.
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* BaitAndSwitchSIlhouette: BaitAndSwitchSilhouette: A dark figure enters the Krusty Krab who bears a strong resemblance to the Hash-Slinging Slasher, the character from the horror story Squidward had told Spongebob. Spongebob and Squidward are scared, but when the figure moves into the light, he is revealed to be a young kid looking for a job at the restaurant.
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* BaitAndSwitchSIlhouette: A dark figure enters the Krusty Krab who bears a strong resemblance to the Hash-Slinging Slasher, the character from the horror story Squidward had told Spongebob. Spongebob and Squidward are scared, but when the figure moves into the light, he is revealed to be a young kid looking for a job at the restaurant.
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* TranquilFury: "Well, Mr. Krabs. Do you know what I think?"
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* TranquilFury: "Well, Mr. Krabs. Do you wanna know what I ''I'' think?"
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* CowardlyLion: [=SpongeBob=] makes his way outside in the dark to take out the trash while frantically screaming at the top of his lungs while running to the Dumpster to take out the trash and dashing back inside the restaurant.
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* GibberishOfLoveGibberishOfLove: When trying to ask Mrs. Puff on a date for the first time, Mr. Krabs is so nervous that he can't speak clearly and [=SpongeBob=] has to translate for him.
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* RewatchBonus: Knowing the signs of the Hash-Slinging Slasher. [[More specifically, that it's just someone messing with the lights and a nervous job applicant. Squidward says that the lights will flicker on and off, but you can hear an actual light switch rather than them fizzling in and out. The phone will ring and there will be no one there, but the call they got ''did'' have someone there, they just hung up without saying anything.]]
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* RewatchBonus: Knowing the signs of the Hash-Slinging Slasher. [[More [[spoiler: More specifically, that it's just someone messing with the lights and a nervous job applicant. Squidward says that the lights will flicker on and off, but you can hear an actual light switch rather than them fizzling in and out. The phone will ring and there will be no one there, but the call they got ''did'' have someone there, they just hung up without saying anything.]]
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* RewatchBonus: Knowing the signs of the Hash-Slinging Slasher. [[More specifically, that it's just someone messing with the lights and a nervous job applicant. Squidward says that the lights will flicker on and off, but you can hear an actual light switch rather than them fizzling in and out. The phone will ring and there will be no one there, but the call they got ''did'' have someone there, they just hung up without saying anything.]]
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* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: If [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward's reactions are anything to go by, Count Orlok AKA Nosferatu is shown here to be a harmless, good-natured prankster instead of the feral, sadistic monster he was in his debut movie.]]
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* AccidentalTruth: As the episode continues, it seems as if Squidward's story had more truth to it than even he realized... [[spoiler:but then it turns out [[SubvertedTrope it was all just coincidental]]: the seemingly menacing figure was actually a job seeker who'd earlier called but immediately hung up out of nervousness, and the lights were being flickered by Nosferatu.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: If [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward's reactions are anything to go by,Count Graf Orlok AKA Nosferatu is shown here to be a harmless, good-natured prankster instead of the feral, sadistic monster he was in his debut movie.]]
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: If [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward's reactions are anything to go by,
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* SoLongSuckers: Squidward says this as he prepares to exit the Krusty Krab.
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* {{Angrish}}: [=SpongeBob=] when he snaps at Mr. Krabs especially when he [[ClusterFBomb starts spouting gibberish which is apparently a bunch of swear words]].
** UpToEleven in the Dutch dub, where actual bleeps are interspersed between his gibberish.
** UpToEleven in the Dutch dub, where actual bleeps are interspersed between his gibberish.
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* {{Angrish}}: [=SpongeBob=] when he snaps at Mr. Krabs especially when he [[ClusterFBomb starts spouting gibberish gibberish]] [[InformedObscenity which is apparently a bunch of swear words]].
** UpToEleven in the Dutch dub, where [[ClusterBleepBomb actual bleeps are interspersed between hisgibberish.gibberish]].
** UpToEleven in the Dutch dub, where [[ClusterBleepBomb actual bleeps are interspersed between his
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* GlassShatteringSound: When Mr. Krabs realizes how much money he's spent, he screams so loudly that the giant glass bottle surrounding the restaurant shatters.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: [=SpongeBob=] is asked to be Mr. Krabs' financial adviser after a date that landed him in a HUGE amount of debt after Mr. Krabs spends [[spoiler: '''$100,000''' on '''''the very first date''''']] due to being blinded by love, thus Mr. Krabs would not be able to impulse-buy for Mrs. Puff. While that idea sounded good on paper, it doesn't last too long and Krabs proceeds to do ''exactly that''. Out of loyalty to his boss, [=SpongeBob=] obeys... but the minute that [=SpongeBob=] returns with the requested item, Mr. Krabs proceeds to lash out at ''him'' when it was Mr. Krabs who asked him to buy said gifts in the first place. And while he attempted to own up to it, Mr. Krabs contradicts himself a few moments after apologizing and again, has [=SpongeBob=] shopping for things Mrs. Puff didn't even need... [[NeverMyFault all the while blaming SpongeBob for spending his money]].
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* GrossUpCloseUp: Mr. Krabs' dirty clothes before [=SpongeBob=] takes him to meet Mrs. Puff.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [=SpongeBob=] is asked to be Mr. Krabs' financial adviser after a date that landed him in a HUGE amount of debt after Mr. Krabs spends [[spoiler: '''$100,000''' on '''''the very first date''''']] due to being blinded by love, thus Mr. Krabs would not be able to impulse-buy for Mrs. Puff. While that idea sounded good on paper, it doesn't last too long and Krabs proceeds to do ''exactly that''. Out of loyalty to his boss, [=SpongeBob=] obeys... but the minute that [=SpongeBob=] returns with the requested item, Mr. Krabs proceeds to lash out at ''him'' when it was Mr. Krabs who asked him to buy said gifts in the first place. And while he attempted to own up to it, Mr. Krabs contradicts himself a few moments after apologizing and again, has [=SpongeBob=] shopping for things Mrs. Puff didn't even need... [[NeverMyFault all the while blamingSpongeBob [=SpongeBob=] for spending his money]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: [=SpongeBob=] is asked to be Mr. Krabs' financial adviser after a date that landed him in a HUGE amount of debt after Mr. Krabs spends [[spoiler: '''$100,000''' on '''''the very first date''''']] due to being blinded by love, thus Mr. Krabs would not be able to impulse-buy for Mrs. Puff. While that idea sounded good on paper, it doesn't last too long and Krabs proceeds to do ''exactly that''. Out of loyalty to his boss, [=SpongeBob=] obeys... but the minute that [=SpongeBob=] returns with the requested item, Mr. Krabs proceeds to lash out at ''him'' when it was Mr. Krabs who asked him to buy said gifts in the first place. And while he attempted to own up to it, Mr. Krabs contradicts himself a few moments after apologizing and again, has [=SpongeBob=] shopping for things Mrs. Puff didn't even need... [[NeverMyFault all the while blaming
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Mr. Krabs asks him to buy gifts for Mrs. Puff only to get mad at him for spending money one too many times, [=SpongeBob=] absolutely ''snaps'' and launches a '''''furious''''' tirade at Mr. Krabs before storming off in anger, with Mrs. Puff commenting that she didn't know [=SpongeBob=] "[[{{Understatement}} had such a colorful vocabulary]]".
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Mr. Krabs asks him to buy gifts for Mrs. Puff only to get mad at him for spending money one too many times, [=SpongeBob=] absolutely ''snaps'' and launches a '''''furious''''' tirade at Mr. Krabs before storming off in anger, with leaving Mr. Krabs [[JawDrop in a shocked stupor]] and Mrs. Puff commenting that she didn't know [=SpongeBob=] "[[{{Understatement}} had such a colorful vocabulary]]".
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'''United States airdate: September 6, 2002'''
'''Canada airdate: May 30, 2003'''
Mr. Krabs declares the Krusty Krab open 24 hours a day, much to Squidward's chagrin and [=SpongeBob's=] delight. When it's revealed [=SpongeBob=] isn't as thrilled as he made himself out to be when it comes to the darkness outside, Squidward takes the opportunity to tell him a ghost story in order to shut him up, but things take a turn for the worse when things from Squidward's story starts coming true...
!!'''Graveyard Shift''' provides examples of...
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: If [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward's reactions are anything to go by, Count Orlok AKA Nosferatu is shown here to be a harmless, good-natured prankster instead of the feral, sadistic monster he was in his debut movie.]]
* AfterlifeExpress: The Hash-Slinging Slasher is supposed to arrive on the ghost of the bus that ran him over.
* AnArmAndALeg: According to Squidward, the Hash-Slinging Slasher cut off his own hand by mistake while slicing patties, and so had to replace it with a rusty spatula.
* AnswerCut:
--> '''Squidward:''' 'Open 24 hours a day', what a stupid idea! Who would want a Krabby Patty at three in the morning?
--> ''(Cut to Patrick's house as his alarm clock goes off)''
--> '''Patrick:''' Oh boy, 3 AM! ''(pulls a Krabby Patty out from under his blanket and starts eating it)''
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: According to Squidward's story, the Hash-Slinging Slasher cut off his hand, replaced it with a rusty spatula, got hit by a bus, and ''got fired at his funeral''.
* ArtificialLimbs: The Hash-Slinging Slasher had to replace his amputated hand with a spatula.
* ArtisticLicense: [=SpongeBob=], Squidward and that other guy all call [[spoiler: the vampire Nosferatu when really his actual name is Count Orlok]].
* BottleEpisode: The entire episode is set at the Krusty Krab.
* CantYouReadTheSign: A customer arrives just as Squidward is closing the Krusty Krab. Squidward points to the "closed" sign, but the customer reads the ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint menu's sign]]'' and insists on asking for a Krabby Patty anyway, then actually has the nerve to be upset when they won't take his order.
* ElectromagneticGhosts: One of the signs that the Hash-Slinging Slasher is coming is that the lights will flicker on and off.
* FingerWag: At the end, [=SpongeBob=] admonishingly wags his finger at [[spoiler:Nosferatu]] for messing with the lights.
* GainaxEnding: The one responsible for the flickering lights? [[spoiler:Just that old prankster Film/{{Nosferatu}} (aka Count Orlok)]].
* GhostStory: The Story of the Hash-Slinging Slasher.
* IronicEcho: Spongebob gets the Hash-Slinging Slasher's name wrong when trying to repeat The Hash-Slinging Slasher as Squidward tells him the story. Later, when the Hash-Slinging Slasher apparently shows up for real, a terrified Squidward gets his name wrong as he tries to say "The Hash-Slinging Slasher".
** Earlier in the episode, Squidward says, "I can't just stay around here all night! I have a life." This line is later repeated by Mr. Krabs after he leaves the restaurant.
* IronicEchoCut: Squidward complains he doesn't know anybody who would want to eat a Krabby Patty at 3:00 AM, we cut to Patrick, who has set his alarm to that exact time to eat a Krabby Patty.
* ItsAllAboutMe: {{Jerkass}} Tom tries to force Squidward to serve him after business hours and even has the nerve to get mad at Squidward for refusing him service.
* KilledMidSentence: In Squidward's story about the Hash-Slinging Slasher.
-->'''Squidward:''' Most people just call him the Ha-*''GASP''*, because that's all they have time to say before he gets them!
* MeanBoss: Mr. Krabs for making his employees work 24/7 and not paying them overtime.
* MediumShiftGag: The appearance of Film/{{Nosferatu}} at the end.
* MoodWhiplash: While Squidward tells the signs of the Hash-Slinging Slasher's arrival, a customer randomly appears asking for some ketchup packs, interrupting the mood of the story. After Squidward fulfills the customer's request, he resumes the story and we're back at the same mood once more.
* NeverSayDie: Squidward never says the Hash-Slinging Slasher kills people, only that he [[DeadlyEuphemism "gets"]] them.
* NoAntagonist: Though we were led to believe the episode did have one.
* NotSoFinalConfession: As the Hash-Slinging Hasher approaches...
-->'''Squidward:''' [=SpongeBob=], no matter what I've said, I've always sorta liked you!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Squidward, I used your clarinet to unclog my toilet!\\
'''Squidward:''' Huh?
* OminousFog: Heralds the arrival of the ghostly bus that brings the Hash-Slinging Slasher.
* RapidFireNailBiting: [=SpongeBob=] goes from biting his nails to ''eating'' his own arms (which grow back) to [[PassThePopcorn eating arms out of a bucket]].
* RealAfterAll: After making up the story of the Hash-Slinging Slasher, Squidward suddenly finds that the events he described are happening, and a mysterious figure enters the Krusty Krab. [[spoiler:Subverted when the "slasher" turns out to be the new nighttime fry cook.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Slasher has glowing red eyes, [[spoiler:which turn out to be the nostrils of the goofy looking fry cook.]]
* RuleOfThree: There are three signs of the arrival of the Hash-Slinging Slasher.
* StatusQuoIsGod: The nighttime frycook never shows up again, and there's no mention of the Krusty Krab's 24 hour shift in later episodes.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Squidward at first is alarmed that there is green slime oozing from the walls, then he remembers that they always do that. Likewise, when [[spoiler:Film/{{Nosferatu}} is revealed to be the one who turned the lights on and off]], the others react as if he were just a prankster.
* WingdingEyes: When [=SpongeBob=] is repeatedly screaming in reaction to the Hash-Slinging Slasher, his pupils briefly become screaming mouths.
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Who wants a Krabby Patty at 3 in the morning?
** [[BigEater Patrick]]. ("Oh boy, 3 AM!")
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Mr. Krabs begins dating Mrs. Puff with [=SpongeBob=] acting as his "financial adviser". Things seem to go smoothly until Mr. Krabs starts forcing [=SpongeBob=] to buy various gifts for Mrs. Puff.
!!'''Krusty Love''' provides examples of...
* AnAesop:
** Don't break your back to help other people's problems, especially if they aren't thankful for it and/or complain about how you do it because it isn't exactly how they want it to be.
** Love is sacrifice. You will have to give up doing what you love for something else if it comes up.
** Don't spend a ton of unnecessary money to impress a woman you like. If she's really interested, she'll like you for you, not what you can buy her.
* {{Angrish}}: [=SpongeBob=] when he snaps at Mr. Krabs especially when he [[ClusterFBomb starts spouting gibberish which is apparently a bunch of swear words]].
** UpToEleven in the Dutch dub, where actual bleeps are interspersed between his gibberish.
* AnswerCut: Mr. Krabs asks, "What happened to Mr. Puff?" Cut to live-action footage of a pufferfish used as a lampshade.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': She doesn't like to talk about it.
* CallingTheOldManOut: [=SpongeBob=] calls Mr. Krabs out for spending all his money when he wasn't supposed to in the first place.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [=SpongeBob=] is asked to be Mr. Krabs' financial adviser after a date that landed him in a HUGE amount of debt after Mr. Krabs spends [[spoiler: '''$100,000''' on '''''the very first date''''']] due to being blinded by love, thus Mr. Krabs would not be able to impulse-buy for Mrs. Puff. While that idea sounded good on paper, it doesn't last too long and Krabs proceeds to do ''exactly that''. Out of loyalty to his boss, [=SpongeBob=] obeys... but the minute that [=SpongeBob=] returns with the requested item, Mr. Krabs proceeds to lash out at ''him'' when it was Mr. Krabs who asked him to buy said gifts in the first place. And while he attempted to own up to it, Mr. Krabs contradicts himself a few moments after apologizing and again, has [=SpongeBob=] shopping for things Mrs. Puff didn't even need... [[NeverMyFault all the while blaming SpongeBob for spending his money]].
* IgnoredEpiphany: Mr. Krabs actually does acknowledge at one point that he [[LoveMakesYouDumb isn't thinking clearly]] and that it isn't fair for him to be putting so much pressure on [=SpongeBob=] to buy things for Mrs. Puff, [[InsaneTrollLogic only to blow up at him a few seconds later for just doing as he asks]]... right before launching into a montage that ends with Mrs. Puff's front yard absolutely '''flooded''' with gifts.
* InterspeciesRomance: Mr. Krabs (crab) and Mrs. Puff (pufferfish), obviously.
* JawDrop: Mr. Krabs has a hilarious one after [=SpongeBob=] gives him a profane rant.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite his unpleasant behavior, Mr. Krabs does have leg to stand on in that he explicitly asked Spongebob not to let him spend any money, [[NoMatterHowMuchIBeg no matter what he might say or do to convince him otherwise.]] The problem is, Spongebob's UndyingLoyalty, and his tendencies to be something of an ExtremeDoormat really don't leave him equipped for a task like that.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Mr. Krabs' M.O. for the episode.
* MediumShiftGag: When Mr. Krabs asks what happened to Mr. Puff, the camera cuts to a live-action puffer fish lamp, then back to [=SpongeBob=] saying "She doesn't like to talk about it." Also, the "imported music" played during Krabs' and Puff's date is played by a live actor playing the piano while wearing scuba gear.
* NeverMyFault: What eventually pushes Spongebob to his RageBreakingPoint.
---> '''Mr. Krabs:''' Lad, I can't help it if you're loose with other people's money.
* NoMatterHowMuchIBeg: Mr. Krabs gives [=SpongeBob=] his wallet to keep him from spending any money on Mrs. Puff. The date doesn't last one minute before Krabs starts begging [=SpongeBob=] to buy something.
* NoodleIncident: The fate of Mr. Puff. All we know is that he's a lamp now and Mrs. Puff "doesn't like to talk about it".
* OhCrap: Mr. Krabs is outraged when he sees that his restaurant bill is one hundred dollars, and the waiter realizes he handed him the wrong bill. Mr. Krabs is relieved...until he sees his bill is ''one hundred thousand dollars''.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Mr. Krabs asks him to buy gifts for Mrs. Puff only to get mad at him for spending money one too many times, [=SpongeBob=] absolutely ''snaps'' and launches a '''''furious''''' tirade at Mr. Krabs before storming off in anger, with Mrs. Puff commenting that she didn't know [=SpongeBob=] "[[{{Understatement}} had such a colorful vocabulary]]".
* RageBreakingPoint: [=SpongeBob=] loses it after he has to zigzag back and forth buying stuff for Mr. Krabs to give Mrs. Puff, then being berated for buying said gifts.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** A small but satisfying one, from Spongebob to Mr. Krabs.
-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' SPONGEBOB! I'm glad I've caught ya! I need you to get Mrs. Puff--\\
'''Spongebob:''' ''[[BigShutUp WAIT! DON'T TELL ME!]]'' You want me to run down to the store and buy Mrs. Puff something ''she doesn't need''! Then you want me to run back here so you can say, (''imitates Mr. Krabs'') [[NeverMyFault "Argh, Spongebob, you're spendin' all me money!"]] And then I'll [[CallingTheOldManOut say]], "But Mr. Krabs, I'm only doing ''WHAT YOU '''SAID!'''''" Then you'll say, "We're not talking about this (''draws a triangle'') or ''this'' (''draws a square''), we're talkin' about '''THISSSSS!''' (''[[SanitySlippage draws a ton of directionless squiggly lines]]'').
** And when Mr. Krabs yells at Spongebob for [[IResembleThatRemark buying Mrs. Puff a washing machine, then asks if she'd want a dryer to go with it]], Spongebob launches into a... [[ClusterFBomb "colorful" response]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After being run ragged by Mr. Krabs and delivering one ''hell'' of a verbal beatdown to his boss for trying to blame him for wasting all his money, [=SpongeBob=] storms off in a huff, cursing Mr. Krabs under his breath.
* SeriousBusiness: Mr. Krabs being a penny short!
* SexyFigureGesture: Parodied. Mr. Krabs traces the figure of Mrs. Puff in the air...but since she's a pufferfish, he traces a perfect circle.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: When Krabs gets the bill for his dinner, he insists that it must be a mistake. The waiter realizes that it is and gives him the real bill... which is apparently even worse.
* TranquilFury: "Well, Mr. Krabs. Do you know what I think?"
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'''Canada airdate: May 30, 2003'''
Mr. Krabs declares the Krusty Krab open 24 hours a day, much to Squidward's chagrin and [=SpongeBob's=] delight. When it's revealed [=SpongeBob=] isn't as thrilled as he made himself out to be when it comes to the darkness outside, Squidward takes the opportunity to tell him a ghost story in order to shut him up, but things take a turn for the worse when things from Squidward's story starts coming true...
!!'''Graveyard Shift''' provides examples of...
* AdaptationalNiceGuy: [[spoiler: If [=SpongeBob=] and Squidward's reactions are anything to go by, Count Orlok AKA Nosferatu is shown here to be a harmless, good-natured prankster instead of the feral, sadistic monster he was in his debut movie.]]
* AfterlifeExpress: The Hash-Slinging Slasher is supposed to arrive on the ghost of the bus that ran him over.
* AnArmAndALeg: According to Squidward, the Hash-Slinging Slasher cut off his own hand by mistake while slicing patties, and so had to replace it with a rusty spatula.
* AnswerCut:
--> '''Squidward:''' 'Open 24 hours a day', what a stupid idea! Who would want a Krabby Patty at three in the morning?
--> ''(Cut to Patrick's house as his alarm clock goes off)''
--> '''Patrick:''' Oh boy, 3 AM! ''(pulls a Krabby Patty out from under his blanket and starts eating it)''
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: According to Squidward's story, the Hash-Slinging Slasher cut off his hand, replaced it with a rusty spatula, got hit by a bus, and ''got fired at his funeral''.
* ArtificialLimbs: The Hash-Slinging Slasher had to replace his amputated hand with a spatula.
* ArtisticLicense: [=SpongeBob=], Squidward and that other guy all call [[spoiler: the vampire Nosferatu when really his actual name is Count Orlok]].
* BottleEpisode: The entire episode is set at the Krusty Krab.
* CantYouReadTheSign: A customer arrives just as Squidward is closing the Krusty Krab. Squidward points to the "closed" sign, but the customer reads the ''[[ComicallyMissingThePoint menu's sign]]'' and insists on asking for a Krabby Patty anyway, then actually has the nerve to be upset when they won't take his order.
* ElectromagneticGhosts: One of the signs that the Hash-Slinging Slasher is coming is that the lights will flicker on and off.
* FingerWag: At the end, [=SpongeBob=] admonishingly wags his finger at [[spoiler:Nosferatu]] for messing with the lights.
* GainaxEnding: The one responsible for the flickering lights? [[spoiler:Just that old prankster Film/{{Nosferatu}} (aka Count Orlok)]].
* GhostStory: The Story of the Hash-Slinging Slasher.
* IronicEcho: Spongebob gets the Hash-Slinging Slasher's name wrong when trying to repeat The Hash-Slinging Slasher as Squidward tells him the story. Later, when the Hash-Slinging Slasher apparently shows up for real, a terrified Squidward gets his name wrong as he tries to say "The Hash-Slinging Slasher".
** Earlier in the episode, Squidward says, "I can't just stay around here all night! I have a life." This line is later repeated by Mr. Krabs after he leaves the restaurant.
* IronicEchoCut: Squidward complains he doesn't know anybody who would want to eat a Krabby Patty at 3:00 AM, we cut to Patrick, who has set his alarm to that exact time to eat a Krabby Patty.
* ItsAllAboutMe: {{Jerkass}} Tom tries to force Squidward to serve him after business hours and even has the nerve to get mad at Squidward for refusing him service.
* KilledMidSentence: In Squidward's story about the Hash-Slinging Slasher.
-->'''Squidward:''' Most people just call him the Ha-*''GASP''*, because that's all they have time to say before he gets them!
* MeanBoss: Mr. Krabs for making his employees work 24/7 and not paying them overtime.
* MediumShiftGag: The appearance of Film/{{Nosferatu}} at the end.
* MoodWhiplash: While Squidward tells the signs of the Hash-Slinging Slasher's arrival, a customer randomly appears asking for some ketchup packs, interrupting the mood of the story. After Squidward fulfills the customer's request, he resumes the story and we're back at the same mood once more.
* NeverSayDie: Squidward never says the Hash-Slinging Slasher kills people, only that he [[DeadlyEuphemism "gets"]] them.
* NoAntagonist: Though we were led to believe the episode did have one.
* NotSoFinalConfession: As the Hash-Slinging Hasher approaches...
-->'''Squidward:''' [=SpongeBob=], no matter what I've said, I've always sorta liked you!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Squidward, I used your clarinet to unclog my toilet!\\
'''Squidward:''' Huh?
* OminousFog: Heralds the arrival of the ghostly bus that brings the Hash-Slinging Slasher.
* RapidFireNailBiting: [=SpongeBob=] goes from biting his nails to ''eating'' his own arms (which grow back) to [[PassThePopcorn eating arms out of a bucket]].
* RealAfterAll: After making up the story of the Hash-Slinging Slasher, Squidward suddenly finds that the events he described are happening, and a mysterious figure enters the Krusty Krab. [[spoiler:Subverted when the "slasher" turns out to be the new nighttime fry cook.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: The Slasher has glowing red eyes, [[spoiler:which turn out to be the nostrils of the goofy looking fry cook.]]
* RuleOfThree: There are three signs of the arrival of the Hash-Slinging Slasher.
* StatusQuoIsGod: The nighttime frycook never shows up again, and there's no mention of the Krusty Krab's 24 hour shift in later episodes.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Squidward at first is alarmed that there is green slime oozing from the walls, then he remembers that they always do that. Likewise, when [[spoiler:Film/{{Nosferatu}} is revealed to be the one who turned the lights on and off]], the others react as if he were just a prankster.
* WingdingEyes: When [=SpongeBob=] is repeatedly screaming in reaction to the Hash-Slinging Slasher, his pupils briefly become screaming mouths.
* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: Who wants a Krabby Patty at 3 in the morning?
** [[BigEater Patrick]]. ("Oh boy, 3 AM!")
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Mr. Krabs begins dating Mrs. Puff with [=SpongeBob=] acting as his "financial adviser". Things seem to go smoothly until Mr. Krabs starts forcing [=SpongeBob=] to buy various gifts for Mrs. Puff.
!!'''Krusty Love''' provides examples of...
* AnAesop:
** Don't break your back to help other people's problems, especially if they aren't thankful for it and/or complain about how you do it because it isn't exactly how they want it to be.
** Love is sacrifice. You will have to give up doing what you love for something else if it comes up.
** Don't spend a ton of unnecessary money to impress a woman you like. If she's really interested, she'll like you for you, not what you can buy her.
* {{Angrish}}: [=SpongeBob=] when he snaps at Mr. Krabs especially when he [[ClusterFBomb starts spouting gibberish which is apparently a bunch of swear words]].
** UpToEleven in the Dutch dub, where actual bleeps are interspersed between his gibberish.
* AnswerCut: Mr. Krabs asks, "What happened to Mr. Puff?" Cut to live-action footage of a pufferfish used as a lampshade.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': She doesn't like to talk about it.
* CallingTheOldManOut: [=SpongeBob=] calls Mr. Krabs out for spending all his money when he wasn't supposed to in the first place.
* {{Hypocrite}}: [=SpongeBob=] is asked to be Mr. Krabs' financial adviser after a date that landed him in a HUGE amount of debt after Mr. Krabs spends [[spoiler: '''$100,000''' on '''''the very first date''''']] due to being blinded by love, thus Mr. Krabs would not be able to impulse-buy for Mrs. Puff. While that idea sounded good on paper, it doesn't last too long and Krabs proceeds to do ''exactly that''. Out of loyalty to his boss, [=SpongeBob=] obeys... but the minute that [=SpongeBob=] returns with the requested item, Mr. Krabs proceeds to lash out at ''him'' when it was Mr. Krabs who asked him to buy said gifts in the first place. And while he attempted to own up to it, Mr. Krabs contradicts himself a few moments after apologizing and again, has [=SpongeBob=] shopping for things Mrs. Puff didn't even need... [[NeverMyFault all the while blaming SpongeBob for spending his money]].
* IgnoredEpiphany: Mr. Krabs actually does acknowledge at one point that he [[LoveMakesYouDumb isn't thinking clearly]] and that it isn't fair for him to be putting so much pressure on [=SpongeBob=] to buy things for Mrs. Puff, [[InsaneTrollLogic only to blow up at him a few seconds later for just doing as he asks]]... right before launching into a montage that ends with Mrs. Puff's front yard absolutely '''flooded''' with gifts.
* InterspeciesRomance: Mr. Krabs (crab) and Mrs. Puff (pufferfish), obviously.
* JawDrop: Mr. Krabs has a hilarious one after [=SpongeBob=] gives him a profane rant.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite his unpleasant behavior, Mr. Krabs does have leg to stand on in that he explicitly asked Spongebob not to let him spend any money, [[NoMatterHowMuchIBeg no matter what he might say or do to convince him otherwise.]] The problem is, Spongebob's UndyingLoyalty, and his tendencies to be something of an ExtremeDoormat really don't leave him equipped for a task like that.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Mr. Krabs' M.O. for the episode.
* MediumShiftGag: When Mr. Krabs asks what happened to Mr. Puff, the camera cuts to a live-action puffer fish lamp, then back to [=SpongeBob=] saying "She doesn't like to talk about it." Also, the "imported music" played during Krabs' and Puff's date is played by a live actor playing the piano while wearing scuba gear.
* NeverMyFault: What eventually pushes Spongebob to his RageBreakingPoint.
---> '''Mr. Krabs:''' Lad, I can't help it if you're loose with other people's money.
* NoMatterHowMuchIBeg: Mr. Krabs gives [=SpongeBob=] his wallet to keep him from spending any money on Mrs. Puff. The date doesn't last one minute before Krabs starts begging [=SpongeBob=] to buy something.
* NoodleIncident: The fate of Mr. Puff. All we know is that he's a lamp now and Mrs. Puff "doesn't like to talk about it".
* OhCrap: Mr. Krabs is outraged when he sees that his restaurant bill is one hundred dollars, and the waiter realizes he handed him the wrong bill. Mr. Krabs is relieved...until he sees his bill is ''one hundred thousand dollars''.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: After Mr. Krabs asks him to buy gifts for Mrs. Puff only to get mad at him for spending money one too many times, [=SpongeBob=] absolutely ''snaps'' and launches a '''''furious''''' tirade at Mr. Krabs before storming off in anger, with Mrs. Puff commenting that she didn't know [=SpongeBob=] "[[{{Understatement}} had such a colorful vocabulary]]".
* RageBreakingPoint: [=SpongeBob=] loses it after he has to zigzag back and forth buying stuff for Mr. Krabs to give Mrs. Puff, then being berated for buying said gifts.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** A small but satisfying one, from Spongebob to Mr. Krabs.
-->'''Mr. Krabs:''' SPONGEBOB! I'm glad I've caught ya! I need you to get Mrs. Puff--\\
'''Spongebob:''' ''[[BigShutUp WAIT! DON'T TELL ME!]]'' You want me to run down to the store and buy Mrs. Puff something ''she doesn't need''! Then you want me to run back here so you can say, (''imitates Mr. Krabs'') [[NeverMyFault "Argh, Spongebob, you're spendin' all me money!"]] And then I'll [[CallingTheOldManOut say]], "But Mr. Krabs, I'm only doing ''WHAT YOU '''SAID!'''''" Then you'll say, "We're not talking about this (''draws a triangle'') or ''this'' (''draws a square''), we're talkin' about '''THISSSSS!''' (''[[SanitySlippage draws a ton of directionless squiggly lines]]'').
** And when Mr. Krabs yells at Spongebob for [[IResembleThatRemark buying Mrs. Puff a washing machine, then asks if she'd want a dryer to go with it]], Spongebob launches into a... [[ClusterFBomb "colorful" response]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: After being run ragged by Mr. Krabs and delivering one ''hell'' of a verbal beatdown to his boss for trying to blame him for wasting all his money, [=SpongeBob=] storms off in a huff, cursing Mr. Krabs under his breath.
* SeriousBusiness: Mr. Krabs being a penny short!
* SexyFigureGesture: Parodied. Mr. Krabs traces the figure of Mrs. Puff in the air...but since she's a pufferfish, he traces a perfect circle.
* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: When Krabs gets the bill for his dinner, he insists that it must be a mistake. The waiter realizes that it is and gives him the real bill... which is apparently even worse.
* TranquilFury: "Well, Mr. Krabs. Do you know what I think?"
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