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*[[Eugene H. Krabs]]
 
*[[Eugene H. Krabs]]
 
*[[Hervy]]
 
*[[Hervy]]
*[[Patrick Star]] (speaking cameo)
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*[[Patrick Star]] {{Cameo}}
 
*[[Bikini Bottomites]]
 
*[[Bikini Bottomites]]
 
**[[Tom]]
 
**[[Tom]]
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==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
At 8:00 p.m., the [[Krusty Krab]] is closing, and Squidward is now excited to leave. As he gets ready to quit for the day, Tom comes to the door and makes an order. Squidward tells him that they're closed, and the customer says "Well, fine! If you don't want my money!" Upon hearing this, Mr. Krabs jumps to the door (landing on Squidward) and proclaims that the Krusty Krab is now open 24 hours a day. SpongeBob is excited at this, while Squidward is furious. SpongeBob had to go and take out the trash. This gave Squidward an idea. At around 10:30, the Krusty Krab still has customers. Squidward decides to scare SpongeBob with the tale of the "Hash-Slinging Slasher." SpongeBob mistakes his name with different arrangements (such as "Cash-Ringing"), which annoys Squidward. Squidward then goes on to tell him that the "Hash-Slinging Slasher" worked at the Krusty Krab years ago as a fry cook, just like SpongeBob, only clumsier. One night, when he was cutting the patties, he cut off his own hand and replaced the hand with a spatula. Then SpongeBob says you mean like this and pulls of his arm repetitively until Squidward says to SpongeBob that he wasn't a sponge. He was later hit by a bus and killed, and fired at his funeral. Every Tuesday (Squidward asked what day it was to come up with this) night, his ghost comes to the Krusty Krab to "wreak his horrible vengeance".
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At 8:00 p.m., the [[Krusty Krab]] is closing, and Squidward is now excited to leave. As he gets ready to quit for the day, Tom comes to the door and makes an order. Squidward tells him that they're closed, and the customer says "Well, fine! If you don't want my money!" Upon hearing this, Mr. Krabs jumps to the door (landing on Squidward) and proclaims that the Krusty Krab is now open 24 hours a day. SpongeBob is excited at this, while Squidward is furious. SpongeBob had to go and take out the trash. This gave Squidward an idea. At 12:15, the Krusty Krab still has customers. Squidward decides to scare SpongeBob with the tale of the "Hash-Slinging Slasher." SpongeBob mistakes his name with different arrangements (such as "Cash-Ringing"), which annoys Squidward. Squidward then goes on to tell him that the "Hash-Slinging Slasher" worked at the Krusty Krab years ago as a fry cook, just like SpongeBob, only clumsier. One night, when he was cutting the patties, he cut off his own hand and replaced the hand with a spatula. Then SpongeBob says you mean like this and pulls of his arm repetitively until Squidward says to SpongeBob that he wasn't a sponge. He was later hit by a bus and killed, and fired at his funeral. Every Tuesday (Squidward asked what day it was to come up with this) night, his ghost comes to the Krusty Krab to "wreak his horrible vengeance".
   
 
There are three signs of his arrival, which are: 
 
There are three signs of his arrival, which are: 
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#The "Hash-Slinging Slasher" will arrive in the ghost of the bus which ran him over, slowly approaches the counter, and "gets" you.
 
#The "Hash-Slinging Slasher" will arrive in the ghost of the bus which ran him over, slowly approaches the counter, and "gets" you.
   
SpongeBob is terrified by this, and begins screaming repeatedly while Squidward laughs. When SpongeBob does not stop screaming, the annoyed Squidward tells him that he was joking and that the story isn't true. SpongeBob then starts laughing continuously in the same manner as his screaming. [[File:Graveyard_shift123.jpg|thumb|259px]]
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SpongeBob is terrified by this, and begins screaming repeatedly while Squidward laughs. When SpongeBob does not stop screaming, the annoyed Squidward tells him that he was joking and that the story isn't true. SpongeBob then starts laughing continuously in the same manner as his screaming. 
   
 
Later that night, at 3:00 AM, every customer is long gone. Squidward begins hearing strange noises and starts becoming afraid. He quickly tells himself that there is no "Hash-Slinging Slasher," but soon the lights start flickering and the phone rings with no answer. Soon, SpongeBob and Squidward see a bus appear outside, and comment that buses don't run this late. What they believe to be the "Hash-Slinging Slasher" appears from the bus and starts walking toward them. They begin panicking, believing that they will die, until the "Hash-Slinging Slasher" reaches them, and is revealed to be a normal person who wants a job application, and hung up on the phone because he was nervous (his nose actually represented the eyes in the dark, and the fish's sleeve dropped down to show that he was holding a spatula the whole time.
 
Later that night, at 3:00 AM, every customer is long gone. Squidward begins hearing strange noises and starts becoming afraid. He quickly tells himself that there is no "Hash-Slinging Slasher," but soon the lights start flickering and the phone rings with no answer. Soon, SpongeBob and Squidward see a bus appear outside, and comment that buses don't run this late. What they believe to be the "Hash-Slinging Slasher" appears from the bus and starts walking toward them. They begin panicking, believing that they will die, until the "Hash-Slinging Slasher" reaches them, and is revealed to be a normal person who wants a job application, and hung up on the phone because he was nervous (his nose actually represented the eyes in the dark, and the fish's sleeve dropped down to show that he was holding a spatula the whole time.
   
However, this still does not explain the lights flickering. Suddenly, they begin flickering again, and everybody looks around and see Nosferatu (in a doctored image) rapidly flipping the light switch. They tease him by saying his name, after which Nosferatu (in another doctored image) smiles at them mischievously, then he blacks out the screen by turning of the lights as the episode ends.
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However, this still does not explain the lights flickering. Suddenly, they begin flickering again, and everybody looks around and see Nosferatu (in a doctored image) rapidly flipping the light switch. They tease him by saying his name, after which Nosferatu (in another doctored image) smiles at them mischievously, then he blacks out the screen by turning off the lights as the episode ends.
   
 
==Production==
 
==Production==
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{{APM|h|Hello Sailor (b)|Richard Myhill|Krusty Krab open 24 hours}}
 
{{APM|h|Hello Sailor (b)|Richard Myhill|Krusty Krab open 24 hours}}
 
{{APM|o|On the Beach|Kapono Beamer|"Isn't this great, Squidward?"}}
 
{{APM|o|On the Beach|Kapono Beamer|"Isn't this great, Squidward?"}}
{{APM|c|Charge|Will Schaefer|Spongebob sings}}
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{{APM|c|Charge|Will Schaefer|SpongeBob sings}}
 
{{APM|m|Menace|Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin|taking out the trash}}
 
{{APM|m|Menace|Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin|taking out the trash}}
 
{{APM|f|Finger of Suspicion 1 and 2|Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin|Squidward's story about the Hash-Slinging Slasher}}
 
{{APM|f|Finger of Suspicion 1 and 2|Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin|Squidward's story about the Hash-Slinging Slasher}}
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{{APM|h|House of Horror|W. Merrick Farran|Squidward's story starts coming true}}
 
{{APM|h|House of Horror|W. Merrick Farran|Squidward's story starts coming true}}
 
{{APM|h|Hawaiian Link (a)|Richard Myhill|"Can I have a job application?"}}
 
{{APM|h|Hawaiian Link (a)|Richard Myhill|"Can I have a job application?"}}
{{OM|Steel Link (c)|Jeremy Wakefield|ending}}
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{{APM|s|Steel Sting (a) and (c)|Jeremy Wakefield|ending}}
   
 
===Release===
 
===Release===
This episode is available on DVD on [[The Complete 2nd Season]] and [[The First 100 Episodes]].
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*This episode is available on the [[Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies]], [[10 Happiest Moments]], [[The Complete 2nd Season|Complete 2nd Season]], and [[The First 100 Episodes|First 100 Episodes]] DVDs.
   
 
===Reception===
 
===Reception===
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<blockquote>"'Night, night, night, night.' Having Nosferatu, the vampire from the 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film appear in a Nicktoon is exactly the kind of 'what the?' moment that sets this series apart from more conventional animated shows!"</blockquote>
 
<blockquote>"'Night, night, night, night.' Having Nosferatu, the vampire from the 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film appear in a Nicktoon is exactly the kind of 'what the?' moment that sets this series apart from more conventional animated shows!"</blockquote>
 
*{{Rank|Graveyard Shift|BDE=64}}
 
*{{Rank|Graveyard Shift|BDE=64}}
*This episode received a lot of controversy for being frightening and scary to a lot of younger viewers.
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*This episode received a lot of controversy for being frightening and creepy to the majority of younger viewers.
*This is tied with [[Mermaid Man and BarnacleBoy V]], [[Christmas Who?]], [[Idiot Box]], [[No Weenies Allowed]], [[Something Smells]], and [[The Algae's Always Greener]] for the highest ranked episode on SpongeBuddy Mania with a 9.8/10.
 
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
 
{{Trivia
 
{{Trivia
|timedate = *Tuesday night
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|timedate = *Monday/Tuesday or Tuesday/Wednesday
 
*8:00 p.m.: [[Krusty Krab]]'s closing time
 
*8:00 p.m.: [[Krusty Krab]]'s closing time
*10:30 p.m.: Krusty Krab has customers
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*12:15 a.m.: Krusty Krab has customers
 
*3:00 a.m.: [[Patrick]] eats a Krabby Patty
 
*3:00 a.m.: [[Patrick]] eats a Krabby Patty
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*After [[Help Wanted]]
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*Before [[SpongeBob's Truth or Square]]
 
}}
 
}}
*Being a VERY important fact, it should be made known that Mr. Krabs breaks the law (yet again) by forcing Squidward and Spongebob work 24/7; to keep the Krusty Krab open longer, he should have hired more workers, which would have been LEGAL.
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*Being a very important fact, it should be made known that Mr. Krabs breaks the law (yet again) by forcing Squidward and SpongeBob work 24/7; to keep the Krusty Krab open longer, he should have hired more workers, which would have been legal.
 
*The title card background is similar to the one from the episode [[Rock Bottom]].
 
*The title card background is similar to the one from the episode [[Rock Bottom]].
 
*In Indonesia, there were lines that had been edited:
 
*In Indonesia, there were lines that had been edited:
 
**The line "But what was that third thing?" was changed to "Who changed the colors?".
 
**The line "But what was that third thing?" was changed to "Who changed the colors?".
 
**The line "How are you doing that without moving the switch?" was changed to "What are you doing with the switch?"
 
**The line "How are you doing that without moving the switch?" was changed to "What are you doing with the switch?"
**The line "And then, he got hit by a bus! And..at his funeral, they fired him!" was changed to "And then, he become crazy! And..after that, the fire burn him!"
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**The line "And then, he got hit by a bus! And..at his funeral, they fired him!" was changed to "And then, he become crazy! And..after that, the fire burned him!". This one changes the Hash-Slinging Slasher's backstory completely.
 
**Also, the line "Squidward, I use your clarinet to unclog my toilet!" was changed to "Squidward! Get rid of him!".
 
**Also, the line "Squidward, I use your clarinet to unclog my toilet!" was changed to "Squidward! Get rid of him!".
 
**Near the end of episode, the line "Nosferatu!" was changed to "Don't be naughty!".
 
**Near the end of episode, the line "Nosferatu!" was changed to "Don't be naughty!".
 
*The Hash Slinging Slasher also appears in [[SpongeBob's Truth or Square]].
 
*The Hash Slinging Slasher also appears in [[SpongeBob's Truth or Square]].
*This episode is later referenced in "[[Restraining SpongeBob]]", where Patrick uses Squidward's claranet to unclog the toilets at the Krusty Krab like SpongeBob said he does in this episode
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*This episode is later referenced in "[[Restraining SpongeBob]]", where Patrick uses Squidward's clarinet to unclog the toilets at the Krusty Krab like SpongeBob said he does in this episode
 
*SpongeBob screams 27 times and laughs 8 times.
 
*SpongeBob screams 27 times and laughs 8 times.
 
*When Squidward and SpongeBob reveal their secrets before the "Hash-Slinging Slasher"''' '''gets them, SpongeBob reveals he unclogged his toilet with Squidward's clarinet.
 
*When Squidward and SpongeBob reveal their secrets before the "Hash-Slinging Slasher"''' '''gets them, SpongeBob reveals he unclogged his toilet with Squidward's clarinet.
 
*To "sling hash" means to work in a restaurant.
 
*To "sling hash" means to work in a restaurant.
 
*Squidward said that the Hash-Slinging Slasher comes out every Tuesday night, his ghost returns to the Krusty Krab. However, when the person who was thought to be the Hash-Slinging Slasher came to apply for a job, it was 3:00 AM, meaning that it was early Wednesday morning. Or, it was midnight when Squidward told SpongeBob, and they had the sense to remember at midnight it turned Tuesday. Or it could've been Wednesday morning because the Hash-Slingling Slasher never really arrived.
 
*Squidward said that the Hash-Slinging Slasher comes out every Tuesday night, his ghost returns to the Krusty Krab. However, when the person who was thought to be the Hash-Slinging Slasher came to apply for a job, it was 3:00 AM, meaning that it was early Wednesday morning. Or, it was midnight when Squidward told SpongeBob, and they had the sense to remember at midnight it turned Tuesday. Or it could've been Wednesday morning because the Hash-Slingling Slasher never really arrived.
*The DVD box set called this episode (as seen by the episode names on the back of the box set or DVD) "The Graveyard Shift" instead of the normal "Graveyard Shift" name.
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*The Box Set/DVD releases, it listed this episode as "'''The '''Graveyard Shift" instead of the normal "Graveyard Shift" name.
 
*SpongeBob will once again be afraid of the dark in "[[Night Light]]".
 
*SpongeBob will once again be afraid of the dark in "[[Night Light]]".
 
*The word "night" is mentioned 23 times.
 
*The word "night" is mentioned 23 times.
 
*In the DVD Nautical Nonsense has a storyboard version and a deleted scene where SpongeBob does another thing at night he brings mail to floorboard Harry.
 
*In the DVD Nautical Nonsense has a storyboard version and a deleted scene where SpongeBob does another thing at night he brings mail to floorboard Harry.
 
*"Graveyard Shift" means that your work shift is from midnight to 8:00 a.m.
 
*"Graveyard Shift" means that your work shift is from midnight to 8:00 a.m.
 
*'''Running Gag''' SpongeBob said that he used Squidward's clarinet to unplug his toilet. The reason SpongeBob said this, is because when people are about to die, they confess something embarrassing.
*It was a big coincidence that everything happened '''EXACTLY '''the way Squidward said.
 
*The Krusty Krab closes at 6:00 P.M. in other episodes, but in this episode, it closes at 8:00.
 
*'''Running Gag''' SpongeBob said that he used Squidward's clarinet to unplug his toilet. The reason SpongeBob said this, is because when people are about to die, they confess something embarrassing
 
 
===Cultural References===
 
===Cultural References===
 
*SpongeBob's "Night song" has the tune of a Baseball/Hockey Charge Stadium Organ song.
 
*SpongeBob's "Night song" has the tune of a Baseball/Hockey Charge Stadium Organ song.
 
*The Hash-Slinging Slasher is an apparent parody of the story "The Hook" where a man has a hook instead of a hand.
 
*The Hash-Slinging Slasher is an apparent parody of the story "The Hook" where a man has a hook instead of a hand.
 
*The sign about the telephone ringing is a reference to ''Scream''.
 
*The sign about the telephone ringing is a reference to ''Scream''.
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*The Krusty Krab's walls oozing green slime is most likely a reference to ''The Amityville Horror'' story.
   
 
===Errors===
 
===Errors===
 
*The Krusty Krab closes at 6:00 p.m. in other episodes, but in this episode, it closes at 8:00 p.m.
 
*Before Squidward says the three signs that signal the approach of the Hash-Slinging Slasher, the wrinkles on his forehead are gone.
 
*Before Squidward says the three signs that signal the approach of the Hash-Slinging Slasher, the wrinkles on his forehead are gone.
*When Squidward tells SpongeBob "No" to "He didn't wash his hands", Squidward eyes overlap his eyebrows.
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*When Squidward tells SpongeBob "No" to "He didn't wash his hands", Squidward's eyes overlap his eyebrows.
 
*When Squidward tries to stop SpongeBob's screaming session, his eyes aren't alined with his eyebrows.
 
*When Squidward tries to stop SpongeBob's screaming session, his eyes aren't alined with his eyebrows.
 
*Squidward mentioned that the walls always ooze green slime but in future episodes they aren't seen with the slime of course he could have ment near sunset.
 
*Squidward mentioned that the walls always ooze green slime but in future episodes they aren't seen with the slime of course he could have ment near sunset.
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*The Galley Grub sign reads "Gally Grub" at one point in the episode. At another point, the Order Here sign reads "Order Hear". This could possibly be for comedic effect, or it was intended to only be discovered by observant viewers (see picture).
 
*The Galley Grub sign reads "Gally Grub" at one point in the episode. At another point, the Order Here sign reads "Order Hear". This could possibly be for comedic effect, or it was intended to only be discovered by observant viewers (see picture).
 
*Caption Error: The captions say that Squidward says "Ah, the Krusty Krab...", but it is the French Narrator.
 
*Caption Error: The captions say that Squidward says "Ah, the Krusty Krab...", but it is the French Narrator.
An "Open Forever" neon sign is seen on the Krusty Krab in one shot. However, when the "Hash Slinging Slasher" approaches the Krusty Krab, the sign is gone.
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*An "Open Forever" neon sign is seen on the Krusty Krab in one shot. However, when the "Hash Slinging Slasher" approaches the Krusty Krab, the sign is gone.
   
When the customers come in after Mr. Krabs says the Krusty Krab will be open for 24 hours, they are missing when Squidward goes back to the register.
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*When the customers come in after Mr. Krabs says the Krusty Krab will be open for 24 hours, they are missing when Squidward goes back to the register.

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Characters

Synopsis

At 8:00 p.m., the Krusty Krab is closing, and Squidward is now excited to leave. As he gets ready to quit for the day, Tom comes to the door and makes an order. Squidward tells him that they're closed, and the customer says "Well, fine! If you don't want my money!" Upon hearing this, Mr. Krabs jumps to the door (landing on Squidward) and proclaims that the Krusty Krab is now open 24 hours a day. SpongeBob is excited at this, while Squidward is furious. SpongeBob had to go and take out the trash. This gave Squidward an idea. At 12:15, the Krusty Krab still has customers. Squidward decides to scare SpongeBob with the tale of the "Hash-Slinging Slasher." SpongeBob mistakes his name with different arrangements (such as "Cash-Ringing"), which annoys Squidward. Squidward then goes on to tell him that the "Hash-Slinging Slasher" worked at the Krusty Krab years ago as a fry cook, just like SpongeBob, only clumsier. One night, when he was cutting the patties, he cut off his own hand and replaced the hand with a spatula. Then SpongeBob says you mean like this and pulls of his arm repetitively until Squidward says to SpongeBob that he wasn't a sponge. He was later hit by a bus and killed, and fired at his funeral. Every Tuesday (Squidward asked what day it was to come up with this) night, his ghost comes to the Krusty Krab 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. The "Hash-Slinging Slasher" will arrive in the ghost of the bus which ran him over, slowly approaches the counter, and "gets" you.

SpongeBob is terrified by this, and begins screaming repeatedly while Squidward laughs. When SpongeBob does not stop screaming, the annoyed Squidward tells him that he was joking and that the story isn't true. SpongeBob then starts laughing continuously in the same manner as his screaming. 

Later that night, at 3:00 AM, every customer is long gone. Squidward begins hearing strange noises and starts becoming afraid. He quickly tells himself that there is no "Hash-Slinging Slasher," but soon the lights start flickering and the phone rings with no answer. Soon, SpongeBob and Squidward see a bus appear outside, and comment that buses don't run this late. What they believe to be the "Hash-Slinging Slasher" appears from the bus and starts walking toward them. They begin panicking, believing that they will die, until the "Hash-Slinging Slasher" reaches them, and is revealed to be a normal person who wants a job application, and hung up on the phone because he was nervous (his nose actually represented the eyes in the dark, and the fish's sleeve dropped down to show that he was holding a spatula the whole time.

However, this still does not explain the lights flickering. Suddenly, they begin flickering again, and everybody looks around and see Nosferatu (in a doctored image) rapidly flipping the light switch. They tease him by saying his name, after which Nosferatu (in another doctored image) smiles at them mischievously, then he blacks out the screen by turning off the lights as the episode ends.

Production

Deleted Scene

The DVD Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies features Tom Kenny and Rodger Bumpass recording the scene. It also includes storyboards of the episode and a deleted scene, in which SpongeBob does another activity "at night": he delivers the mail to "Floorboard Harry". Floorboard Harry was also originally going to be the one responsible for flickering the lights, not Nosferatu.

Music

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Finger of Suspicion 2 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [title card]
  Queen's Aloha Oe C - Kapono Beamer, Queen Lili'uokalani [opening]
  Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Money?"]
  Hello Sailor (b) - Richard Myhill [Krusty Krab open 24 hours]
  On the Beach - Kapono Beamer ["Isn't this great, Squidward?"]
  Charge - Will Schaefer [SpongeBob sings]
  Menace - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [taking out the trash]
  Finger of Suspicion 1 and 2 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Squidward's story about the Hash-Slinging Slasher]
  Shock Attack - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [SpongeBob screams]
  Finger of Suspicion 2 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Squidward continues his story]
  Danger Lurks - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin ["The phone will ring and there will be nobody there."]
  Finger of Suspicion 3 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Squidward finishes the story]
  House of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [SpongeBob screams repeatedly]
  Moloka'i Nui A - Kapono Beamer [SpongeBob laughs repeatedly]
  Footsteps of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [mopping the ceiling]
  ? - Nicolas Carr ["What?"]
  House of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [Squidward's story starts coming true]
  Hawaiian Link (a) - Richard Myhill ["Can I have a job application?"]
  Steel Sting (a) and (c) - Jeremy Wakefield [ending]

Release

Reception

  • This episode is number 10 on Tom Kenny's Top 20. His description says:

"'Night, night, night, night.' Having Nosferatu, the vampire from the 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film appear in a Nicktoon is exactly the kind of 'what the?' moment that sets this series apart from more conventional animated shows!"

  • "Graveyard Shift" was ranked #64 during the Best Day Ever event from November 9–10, 2006.
  • This episode received a lot of controversy for being frightening and creepy to the majority of younger viewers.

Trivia

Template:Trivia

  • Being a very important fact, it should be made known that Mr. Krabs breaks the law (yet again) by forcing Squidward and SpongeBob work 24/7; to keep the Krusty Krab open longer, he should have hired more workers, which would have been legal.
  • The title card background is similar to the one from the episode Rock Bottom.
  • In Indonesia, there were lines that had been edited:
    • The line "But what was that third thing?" was changed to "Who changed the colors?".
    • The line "How are you doing that without moving the switch?" was changed to "What are you doing with the switch?"
    • The line "And then, he got hit by a bus! And..at his funeral, they fired him!" was changed to "And then, he become crazy! And..after that, the fire burned him!". This one changes the Hash-Slinging Slasher's backstory completely.
    • Also, the line "Squidward, I use your clarinet to unclog my toilet!" was changed to "Squidward! Get rid of him!".
    • Near the end of episode, the line "Nosferatu!" was changed to "Don't be naughty!".
  • The Hash Slinging Slasher also appears in SpongeBob's Truth or Square.
  • This episode is later referenced in "Restraining SpongeBob", where Patrick uses Squidward's clarinet to unclog the toilets at the Krusty Krab like SpongeBob said he does in this episode
  • SpongeBob screams 27 times and laughs 8 times.
  • When Squidward and SpongeBob reveal their secrets before the "Hash-Slinging Slasher" gets them, SpongeBob reveals he unclogged his toilet with Squidward's clarinet.
  • To "sling hash" means to work in a restaurant.
  • Squidward said that the Hash-Slinging Slasher comes out every Tuesday night, his ghost returns to the Krusty Krab. However, when the person who was thought to be the Hash-Slinging Slasher came to apply for a job, it was 3:00 AM, meaning that it was early Wednesday morning. Or, it was midnight when Squidward told SpongeBob, and they had the sense to remember at midnight it turned Tuesday. Or it could've been Wednesday morning because the Hash-Slingling Slasher never really arrived.
  • The Box Set/DVD releases, it listed this episode as "The Graveyard Shift" instead of the normal "Graveyard Shift" name.
  • SpongeBob will once again be afraid of the dark in "Night Light".
  • The word "night" is mentioned 23 times.
  • In the DVD Nautical Nonsense has a storyboard version and a deleted scene where SpongeBob does another thing at night he brings mail to floorboard Harry.
  • "Graveyard Shift" means that your work shift is from midnight to 8:00 a.m.
  • Running Gag SpongeBob said that he used Squidward's clarinet to unplug his toilet. The reason SpongeBob said this, is because when people are about to die, they confess something embarrassing.

Cultural References

  • SpongeBob's "Night song" has the tune of a Baseball/Hockey Charge Stadium Organ song.
  • The Hash-Slinging Slasher is an apparent parody of the story "The Hook" where a man has a hook instead of a hand.
  • The sign about the telephone ringing is a reference to Scream.
  • The Krusty Krab's walls oozing green slime is most likely a reference to The Amityville Horror story.

Errors

  • The Krusty Krab closes at 6:00 p.m. in other episodes, but in this episode, it closes at 8:00 p.m.
  • Before Squidward says the three signs that signal the approach of the Hash-Slinging Slasher, the wrinkles on his forehead are gone.
  • When Squidward tells SpongeBob "No" to "He didn't wash his hands", Squidward's eyes overlap his eyebrows.
  • When Squidward tries to stop SpongeBob's screaming session, his eyes aren't alined with his eyebrows.
  • Squidward mentioned that the walls always ooze green slime but in future episodes they aren't seen with the slime of course he could have ment near sunset.
  • The late-running bus mystery is never explained.
  • The garbage bin outside the Krusty Krab is by the street in this episode, but it is in the back of the building in all other episodes.
  • When SpongeBob is mopping the ceiling, there are two errors: 1) The water was staying in the bucket even thought the bucket was upside down 2) How can water be seen if they're supposed to be underwater?
  • The cash register is missing for a majority of the episode. Near the end, it returns. The only time a phone is there is when it rings, However, there is nobody there.
  • When Squidward says, "And he appears with the ghost of the bus," and "He opens the door, and approaches the counter!" the "Order Here" and "Galley Grub" signs are missing.
  • In the picture shown in the background, there is a porthole window on the window.
  • The Galley Grub sign reads "Gally Grub" at one point in the episode. At another point, the Order Here sign reads "Order Hear". This could possibly be for comedic effect, or it was intended to only be discovered by observant viewers (see picture).
  • Caption Error: The captions say that Squidward says "Ah, the Krusty Krab...", but it is the French Narrator.
  • An "Open Forever" neon sign is seen on the Krusty Krab in one shot. However, when the "Hash Slinging Slasher" approaches the Krusty Krab, the sign is gone.
  • When the customers come in after Mr. Krabs says the Krusty Krab will be open for 24 hours, they are missing when Squidward goes back to the register.