The Best Flying Dutchman Episodes on 'SpongeBob SquarePants' (2024)

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When an anchor drops down onto their homes, Spongebob, Patrick, and Squidward climb up it, to see whose ship has disturbed them. Turns out, it's the ship of The Flying Dutchman, and since they've snuck aboard, he now wants to keep them there forever. Spongebob and Patrick manage to earn three wishes from The Flying Dutchman, after they steal his dining sock, which he apparently cannot eat without. Spongebob uses one of his wishes to turn The Flying Dutchman into a vegetarian, so he cannot eat them. It's a genius plan, until The Flying Dutchman just turns them into fruit...

Arrgh!

Mr. Krabs episodes ofSpongebobare typically about his problem with greed. This one is no different, as the businessman sees Spongebob and Patrick playing a board game called "The Flying Dutchman's Treasure Hunt," and becomes addicted. That obsession eventually leads him to bring Patrick and Spongebob on a real treasure hunt, using the map from the board game. The trio never really know where they're supposed to be going, but end up stumbling right onto the "X" that marks the spot. As they begin to dig, Mr. Krabs' greed comes out, and he tells them becuase he is the captain, the treasure all belongs to him. As if on cue, The Flying Dutchman appears looking for his treasure, and Mr. Krabs greedily blames the digging on Patrick and Spongebob. It blows up in his face, however, when the Dutchman gives each of them gold coins as a reward for digging for him.

In this episode, The Flying Dutchman really leans on Spongebob after his ship gets damaged and he needs to crash with him as it gets repaired. However, he's not the greatest guest, as he scares Spongebob so regularly, that it eventually becomes old, and loses its effect.This worries The Flying Dutchman, as he fears that he's lost his touch. Eventually, when The Flying Dutchman wants to give up,Spongebob convinces him to try one more time, byscaring Squidward, who supposedly doesn't believe in ghosts. He is successful, terrifyingSquidward and gaining his confidence back. The Flying Dutchman reveals at the end of the episode that his ship had been repaired for three months.

This episode is important because it is the first physical appearance of the Flying Dutchman.He turns up at the Krusty Krab after everyone was making fun of Spongebob for being scared of him. The Flying Dutchman doesn't exactly come out on top here, as he runs scared when he removes Spongebob's costume and gets an unexpectedpeek at his brain. It was a big win for Spongebob, since he finally succeeded in scaring people. However, it was also a big day for the Flying Dutchman, who would go on to reappear in numerous throughout the series.

This is a Halloween episode, which sees Spongebob trying to prevent getting scared by convincing himself that scary equals funny. The Flying Dutchman, who loves Halloween, is irritated to hear Spongebob laughing when he should be screaming. He decides to take Spongebob's new theory as a challenge, and brings he and Patrick aboard his ship for the evening. Spongebob just keeps laughing, no matter how scary it gets, until The Flying Dutchman uses a ghostly mist to steal the souls of all of his friends - including Patrick. Spongebob valiantly tries to save his friends' souls, but inadvertently makes a fool of himself in the process. However, when The Flying Dutchman has a look inside Spongebob's brain, he is horrified to see a naked, baby version of the talkative sponge. The Flying Dutchman is so shaken by this, he sails away, releasing the souls of all of Spongebob's friends.

"The Legend of Boo-kini Bottom" is the first appearance of stop motion animation in the series since the second movie (2015), and it also happens to be the highest-viewed season 11 episode, with 2.21 million viewers.

Original Airing:October 13, 2017

Season:11

Episode Number:5

Once again, The Flying Dutchman comes to teach Mr. Krabs a lesson about being too obsessed with money. In this episode, Mr. Krabs becomes enamored with the idea of money talking, after a customer offers $5 to kick some other patrons out of their table. When he's shouting at his money one night, desperate for it to respond to him, The Flying Dutchman overhears and offers to grant his wish, as long as Mr. Krabs gives up his soul. Mr. Krabs immediately agrees, but his money starts to drive him crazy, because he likes to hoard it, but it wants to be spent. He begs The Flying Dutchman to break the deal, but he refuses. Thankfully, Spongebob appears, dressed as a ghost, claiming that he had already been sold Mr. Krabs' soul, so The Flying Dutchman has to leave.

Original Airing:July 31, 2007

Season: 5

Episode Number:8