Line #11 Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E10GhostHostChimpsAhoy


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:"I'm stuck here while me ship is being repaired. Until then... ''I'm gonna haunt ya'!''"]]
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4	'''Ghost Host'''
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6	'''Original air date:''' 5/5/2006 ''(produced in 2005)''
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8	The Flying Dutchman takes residence in [=SpongeBob's=] house after his ship gets wrecked and scares [=SpongeBob=] silly, but his scariness wears off, so [=SpongeBob=] agrees to help him get it back.
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10	!!"Ghost Host" contains examples of:
11	* AnAesop: Don't always use the same tricks everytime you do something like scares, pranks, and so on. They'll get repetitive and stale over time.
12	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Flying Dutchman haunts Squidward with a series of freakish nightmares, including of his own mother asking why he hasn't called her and then melting, and a giant [=SpongeBob=] dissolving into a pile of spiders. The scene ends with the Flying Dutchman doing the old severed finger magic trick, to which Squidward screams "No! Noooo! That's impossible!" and runs away terrified.
13	* BigNo: Squidward does one when the Flying Dutchman finally manages to scare him.
14	-->'''Squidward:''' NOOOO!! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE!!!
15	* BrokenRecord: The motivational video has various monks saying "The power within" over and over.
16	* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: The Flying Dutchman makes a habit of scaring [=SpongeBob=] when he stays with him while his ship gets repaired. Eventually, [=SpongeBob=] gets less scared of the Dutchman's antics to the point where [[FailedAttemptAtScaring he becomes unfazed at even his most elaborate horrors]].
17	* DelayedReaction: A customer falls asleep on a mattress being sold to him. The Flying Dutchman comes in and tries to scare the sleeping dude, but no matter how much he tries, he won't wake up. Only when the Flying Dutchman gives up and the salesman comes back does the customer wake up and scream in terror.
18	* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: "Squiddums loves his Mama!"
19	* EyeScream: Towards the climax of the episode, the Flying Dutchman appears as a huge snake with a huge, grotesque baby's head, which melts, turning into an effigy of [=SpongeBob=], whose eyes elongate into hideous wiggling white worms and squiggle onto the floor. As well as the fact that spiders came out his eye sockets and mouth.
20	* FailureMontage: The Dutchman spooking [=SpongeBob=] suddenly deteriorates into this, when the sponge starts reacting to his scares rather boredly as he's grown tired of him.
21	* GetOut: [=SpongeBob=] screams this in fury to get the Dutchman's friends to leave the pineapple.
22	* ImmuneToJumpScares: [=SpongeBob=], who eventually begins to get used to the Dutchman's scares so much that he isn't scared one bit. Provides the page image.
23	* InOneEarOutTheOther: While the Flying Dutchman is scaring Squidward, he sticks his clarinet through his ears like a hook and twirls Squidward around.
24	* OminousMusicBoxTune: Plays while the Flying Dutchman does his severed-finger trick to scare Squidward.
25	* RapidFireNo: [=SpongeBob=] lets out a long string of big ones when he has enough of the Dutchman crashing his house.
26	* SeriesContinuityError: Squidward claims to not believe in ghosts, but has encountered the Flying Dutchman numerous times before.
27	* ShoutOut:
28	** After the Flying Dutchman's failed attempt to scare [=SpongeBob=], he takes the form of a horrible, worm-like monster with the head of J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, complete with pipe.
29	** While the Flying Dutchman scares Squidward, the face of Squidward's mother appears in a cloud of smoke, which is a reference to ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 The Lion King]]''.
30	* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: The Flying Dutchman. When he does leave, he reveals that his ship has been repaired for 3 months.
31	* YouNeedABreathMint: When the Dutchman attempts to scare an old woman, she mistakes him for her husband and complains about his breath.
32	-->'''Old woman:''' Lonnie, there's this great, new product called toothpaste! I think you should try it.
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35	[[caption-width-right:350:[-"Frankly, I'm beginning to question the economic benefits of underwater treedomes. Doesn't make much sense, when you get right down to it."-]]]
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37	'''Chimps Ahoy'''
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39	'''Original air date:''' 5/5/2006 ''(produced in 2005)''
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41	[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick help Sandy build an invention that will impress her bosses, otherwise she will have to leave Bikini Bottom forever.
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43	!!"Chimps Ahoy" contains examples of:
44	* AdvancedTech2000: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick invent "the Automatic Back Scratcher, Hair Comber, Nose Picker, and Ukulele Tuner 9000".
45	* AlternateUniverse: Parodied when Patrick invents a portal to an alternate universe, but [=SpongeBob=] points out that it's just a mirror. When Patrick complains, an image of [=SpongeBob=] appears and speaks in a German accent, "Well, I thought it was a pretty good idea."
46	* BaitAndSwitch: When [=SpongeBob=] shows off the Goofy Goober backscratcher, Patrick wants to try it out. He seems to be scratching his back with it... until [=SpongeBob=] points out that it's actually his arm.
47	* BlackComedyBurst: [=SpongeBob=] tests out one of Sandy's inventions, a helmet that lets the user talk to nuts. Then Sandy shows him her nut-achino machine, which can blend nuts into coffee. She puts the peanut in the machine and it screams in agony as [=SpongeBob=] looks incredibly forlorn and takes off the helmet while {{Taps}} plays.
48	* BrokenAce: Sandy can’t come up with a new invention to impress her bosses, so she decides to run away.
49	* CallBack: This marks the first mention of Goofy Goober since TheMovie.
50	* ContinuityNod: This wasn't the [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E18TexasWalkingSmall first time]] Sandy sings a sad song which eventually brings [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick to tears.
51	* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance: Patrick claims that before Sandy showed up, he "used to be dumb".
52	* IntelligentPrimate: The episode revolves around Sandy having to impress a group of beneficiaries in order to secure further funding for her science experiments and stay in Bikini Bottom. Said sponsors are a group of eloquent and sharply-dressed chimpanzees who speak in stereotypical British accents.
53	* ItsBeenDone: While trying to come up with new inventions, Patrick comes up with a pencil, a lightbulb, and a parallel universe. The last one is a subversion when [=SpongeBob=] claims it's a mirror (It looks just like one and he sees his reflection in it). Then Patrick storms away from [=SpongeBob=] and pulls it out again despairing that he had beaten to the punch when [=SpongeBob's=] reflection ''comes back'' and, in a different accent, [[TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack tells Patrick that he "thought it was a pretty good idea"]].
54	* MelancholyMusicalNumber: Sandy sings a sad song about how much she'll miss Bikini Bottom if she has to leave.
55	* NoodleIncident:
56	-->'''Lord Reginald:''' An automatic back-scratching, hair-combing, nose-picking ukulele tuner? Yes, well, I've heard that claim before.
57	* OddNameOut: The Chimps are named Professor Percy, Lord Reginald, and Doctor ''Marmalade''.
58	* OverlyLongName: "That's [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs MISTER]] [[ShapedLikeItself Doctor]] [[InsistentTerminology Professor Patrick]] to you!"
59	* ShoutOut:
60	** The title is a parody of "Chips Ahoy", a popular cookie snack.
61	** The chimps arrive in a yellow submarine. This is a possible reference to Music/TheBeatles song "Yellow Submarine."
62	* SpecialGuest: Christopher Ryan, Creator/RikMayall, and Nigel Planer as the chimps.
63	* SpiritualAntithesis: In a sense, this is an inverted sequel to the episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E18TexasWalkingSmall Texas]]". Instead of pining for her home, and singing a sad song about it, Sandy doesn’t want to leave Bikini Bottom and her sad song is about how she'll miss her new home and her friends. [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick try to stop her leaving, not by throwing a Texas-themed party, but by trying to impress her bosses with an invention.
64	* SurprisinglyHappyEnding: Just as Sandy is about to leave Bikini Bottom for good, Dr. Marmalade stays behind and takes out a banana; suddenly, the nearby nutcracker robot re-activates and peels it perfectly. The chimps recognize the robot as the banana peeler they have been searching for 117 years, and they are so impressed that they renew Sandy's contract and raise her salary, allowing her to stay at last.
65	* TheReveal: This episode explains why Sandy moved to Bikini Bottom.
66	* ToiletHumour: The chimps want Sandy to build them an automatic poop-throwing machine.
67	* WithAFootOnTheBus: Sandy nearly gets on the bus out of Bikini Bottom. She would've left the show completely if it hadn't been for her nutcracker robot reactivating to miraculously peel Dr. Marmalade's banana last-minute.
68	* WritersCannotDoMath: Sandy says that she needs a good invention by the afternoon, and [=SpongeBob=] says to Patrick that they spent all afternoon inventing when the chimps arrive, but the montage showing the two inventing takes place at night.

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