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*The Flying Dutchman can open rifts, as well as transporting SpongeBob into a perfume department, and putting Squidward in a bottomless pit.
 
*The Flying Dutchman can open rifts, as well as transporting SpongeBob into a perfume department, and putting Squidward in a bottomless pit.
 
*This was the first ever SpongeBob special to be shorter than a double length (22 minutes), but longer than a regular episode (11 minutes), at a length of 16 minutes. It was paired with the episode "[[Gary Takes a Bath]]."
 
*This was the first ever SpongeBob special to be shorter than a double length (22 minutes), but longer than a regular episode (11 minutes), at a length of 16 minutes. It was paired with the episode "[[Gary Takes a Bath]]."
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*Typically the last wish should have gone to Squidward as Patrick used the first wish and Spongebob used the second one to make it fair.
 
*This is the only episode with three different endings.
 
*This is the only episode with three different endings.
 
*The Flying Dutchman was first mentioned to wear a sock in "[[Your Shoe's Untied]]."
 
*The Flying Dutchman was first mentioned to wear a sock in "[[Your Shoe's Untied]]."
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*When SpongeBob says "Squidward, this ship belongs to the Red Baron," this is could be a reference to Snoopy's alter ego from ''Peanuts''.
 
*When SpongeBob says "Squidward, this ship belongs to the Red Baron," this is could be a reference to Snoopy's alter ego from ''Peanuts''.
 
*According to the audio commentary for this episode, when SpongeBob does the little trick with his fingers, this was happening in the culture at the time.
 
*According to the audio commentary for this episode, when SpongeBob does the little trick with his fingers, this was happening in the culture at the time.
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*The Fly of Despair is a parody to the Pit of Despair.
   
 
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Characters

Synopsis

The episode begins with a short Patchy the Pirate segment. Patchy tells the audience that they will be watching his favorite episode, "Shanghaied", but Potty shoots him out of a cannon.

The SpongeBob episode starts with SpongeBob opening a box of cereal (Kelpo), labeled as having "One of eight essential prizes inside". He pours out the whole box, but cannot find any prize. Suddenly, a giant anchor crashes into SpongeBob's house, which SpongeBob then believes to be a "baby" from the sky. He and Patrick alert Squidward that the sky had a baby, and he explains that it is a giant anchor. Suddenly, the anchor moves, crashing in to Squidward's house as well. Squidward begins climbing up the anchor's rope to complain to the owner, and SpongeBob and Patrick follow. They find out that the anchor was dropped from the Flying Dutchman's ghost ship. When the trio set foot on the ship, the Flying Dutchman emerges from his cabin, terrifying Squidward. SpongeBob and Patrick tell the Dutchman of Squidward's intentions to complain to him, and he repeatedly burns Squidward with fire from his nostrils (and eyes). He tells SpongeBob and Patrick that "you're next", and they attempt to jump over board, but land back on the ship every time with the Dutchman welcoming them back. The Dutchman then tells them that for setting foot on his ghost ship, they shall be forced to work as his ghostly crew for all eternity.

Squidward proceeds to complain about this, and the Dutchman throws him into a zipper-like portal to a chaotic dimension, called the "Fly of Despair". The Flying Dutchman then has SpongeBob and Patrick help him go around Bikini Bottom and scare people. However, they cause more harm than good for the Dutchman, who then tells him that he has decided to eat them instead. He locks them in their room, as he prepares for his dinner. SpongeBob and Patrick reluctantly decide to escape through the "perfume department", where perfume is constantly getting sprayed in their faces as they walk through it. After getting through the perfume department, they steal the Flying Dutchman's dining sock, which he can't eat without. The Flying Dutchman catches the two as they try to escape. SpongeBob and the Flying Dutchman begin fighting over the sock, until the Flying Dutchman decides to grant them three wishes in exchange for it. Patrick wishes he knew about this earlier, thus wasting the first wish. SpongeBob wishes that Squidward was here to see this. Meanwhile, Squidward, after passing through the Fly of Despair, is dropped into his bedroom, but is then immediately transported back to the Dutchman's ship. The trio begin arguing over who should get the last wish, until the Dutchman gives SpongeBob the last wish. SpongeBob wishes that the Flying Dutchman turns into a vegetarian. SpongeBob and the others are turned into fruit and are chased by the Dutchman who is now a hippie. The episode itself ends and Patchy returns to greet the audience. After a totally random outburst in which he tells the audience to walk the plank, he announces that they are going to read a fan letter. Unfortunately, Potty shows up with a fuse in his head from an evidently unplanned explosives stunt. Potty and Patchy are blown up and Patchy decides to sign off the show.

Production

Development/Deleted Scenes

"Shanghaied" aired with Rugrats in Paris in 2000. This makes it the only SpongeBob SquarePants short to appear in theaters, and the Rugrats Movie had earned over $103 million at the box office. This is a possible reason why the short is 16 minutes long, longer than an average length of a short but shorter than one of the halves of a half-hour episode. {C It was later featured on the "Sea Stories" VHS and DVD releases, after being shown on television. This release featured all three endings (see below).

When this episode was first aired, segments with Patchy the Pirate where shown to announce a poll was held that let viewers decide between three possible endings to the episode, with a different character receiving the final wish in each ending.

After the commercial break, Patchy introduced the two alternate endings were shown before the actual conclusion to the episode:

Patrick: He wishes that he had gum that never lost its flavor, and thus, they are eaten by the Flying Dutchman, begging him to let them out.

Squidward: He wishes that he had never met SpongeBob and Patrick. They get eaten, and are still introducing themselves in the Dutchman's belly.

Since then, the Patchy voting footage has never aired again. The Patchy segments without the voting mentions called "Patchy's Pick" were shown on The Complete 2nd Season DVD, and the footage WITH the voting was shown on The First 100 Episodes DVD 7 years later.

In all future airings of the episode, only the SpongeBob ending is shown. The episode is paired with "Gary Takes a Bath", which is shorter than a regular 11 minute episode.

Music

 ) Production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Epic Adventure (a) - Ron Goodwin ["You Wish" intro]
  Oyster Girls - Robert Alexander White ["Patchy of Encino!"]
  Er Indoors - Johnny Hawksworth [Patchy gets shot out of a cannon]
  A Pirate's Life for Me (a) - Ron Goodwin ["Shanghaied" title card]
  Hawaiian Hula - Terry Day [SpongeBob having breakfast]
  Dramatic Cue (a) - Ronald Hanmer [giant anchor lands in SpongeBob's house]
  Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr ["Squidward, the sky had a baby!"]
  Steel Licks (a) - Jeremy Wakefield [climbing anchor rope]
  The Haunted Castle - Paddy Kingsland [SpongeBob sees a ship]
  Finders Creepers - Paddy Kingsland ["All right, who owns this crate?"]
  Malleus Mallificarum (a) - Dave Hewson [Flying Dutchman appears]
  In the Crypt - Dave Hewson ["I am the Flying Dutchman!"]
  The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band [Squidward's nervous]
  Dramatic Cue (b) - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob and Patrick scream]
  Dramatic Cue (d) - Ronald Hanmer [Squidward zapped]
  The Pirate's Waltz - Robert Alexander White [Dutchman reads ghost rules]
  The Drunken Sailor (b) - Robin Jeffrey, Tim Laycock ["You're part of my crew now."]
  The Creature A - Gregor F. Narholz [fly of despair]
  Bobby Shaftoe - Brian Peters [ghost mop]
  The Haunted Castle - Paddy Kingsland ["What a night be this."]
  Wargames Linking Section (g) - Keith Mansfield [SpongeBob has to find the first victim]
  Next - Chris Goulstone [big tough guy]
  Playing with Toys - John Charles Fiddy [little kid]
  Call to Destiny (a) - Ron Goodwin ["Moving behind the rocks!"]
  House of Horror - W. Merrick Farran [Dutchman scares the little kid]
  Steel Licks (d) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob, Patrick trying to act scary]
  The Girl I Left Behind Me - Brian Peters [Dutchman scaring more people]
  Dombummel - Gerhard Trede [ice skating]
  Blow the Man Down (b) - Robert Alexander White [Dutchman says he's gonna eat SpongeBob and Patrick]
  Dramatic Cue (d) - Ronald Hanmer [they scream]
  Dramatic Cue (b) - Ronald Hanmer [perfume department]
  ? [perfume sprayed in their faces]
  The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (b) - Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White [dining sock]
  Dramatic Impact 3 - Ivor Slaney [Dutchman screams]
  Dramatic Cue (c) - Ronald Hanmer ["Give me back my sock!"]
  The Rake Hornpipe - Robert Alexander White [Dutchman gives them three wishes]
  The Creature A - Gregor F. Narholz [Squidward exits the fly of despair]
  Hawaiian Link (a) - Richard Myhill ["Squidward, you're back!"]
  Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob realizes he used the second wish]
  Bell Hop (a) - John Shakespeare [voting time]
  Er Indoors - Johnny Hawksworth [Patchy answering phones]
  Bell Hop (a) - John Shakespeare [Patchy introduces Patrick's ending]
  Unease - Dick Stephen Walter ["That's you, Patrick. Make your wish."]
  ? - Nicolas Carr ["Uh..."]
  Drama Link (d) and (b) - Hubert Clifford [Patrick trying to think of what to wish for]
  ? [Patrick's wish granted]
  Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr [Patrick gets an idea]
  Hawaiian Trax - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick wished for gum]
  Speaking Guitar - Gerhard Narholz [Patchy introduces Squidward's ending]
  ? [Squidward's wish granted]
  Harp Ding - Nicolas Carr ["Hi there, I don't believe we've met."]
  The Beast Within - Paddy Kingsland ["Now that introductions are out of the way, it's time for dinner."]
  Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill [Squidward's ending]
  Build Up and Big Show Theme - Robert Sharples [winning ending announced]
  Dramatic Cue (e) - Ronald Hanmer ["Now think, SpongeBob!"]
  Sitar Gliss (b) - Harbhajan Singh [Dutchman becomes a vegetarian]
  Steel Sting (c) - Jeremy Wakefield ["Hooray! We're home!"]
  Jungle Baby - Hans Ehrlinger [fruit in a blender]
  Horlepiep - Jan Rap [ending]

Release

Trivia

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  • This episode was originally titled "You Wish", but was changed to "Shanghaied". The original Patchy segments were called "SpongeBob's You Wish Spectacular Special", and on the Season 2 DVD box set, it is listed as "You Wish/Shanghaied".
  • This is the first 16-minute episode. The second was "Back to the Past."
  • On the First 100 Episodes release of this episode, the number to call to vote was changed to "was retired to Davy Jones locker." This could be a reference to the fact that this footage was not seen in years, and the voting was only temporary.
  • This episode contradicts "The Battle of Bikini Bottom," because Patrick says he has clean hands.
  • The Flying Dutchman can open rifts, as well as transporting SpongeBob into a perfume department, and putting Squidward in a bottomless pit.
  • This was the first ever SpongeBob special to be shorter than a double length (22 minutes), but longer than a regular episode (11 minutes), at a length of 16 minutes. It was paired with the episode "Gary Takes a Bath."
  • Typically the last wish should have gone to Squidward as Patrick used the first wish and Spongebob used the second one to make it fair.
  • This is the only episode with three different endings.
  • The Flying Dutchman was first mentioned to wear a sock in "Your Shoe's Untied."
  • The running gag in this episode is when Squidward keeps getting burned by the Flying Dutchman. And when SpongeBob and Patrick falling from the ship, Flying Dutchman said "Welcome back."
  • The Flying Dutchman's ship is featured in the computer version of Lights, Camera, Pants!, even featuring the ice skates in SpongeBob and Patrick's room.
  • The Perfume Department was filmed at the department store, Macy's.
  • The episode's name refers to shanghaiing, coercive techniques such as violence, threats, or kidnapping to force men into joining a ship's crew.
  • Big Guy would later appear in "Krabby Land" and "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV."
  • The Complete 2nd Season DVD contains commentary on this episode.
  • On the Sea Stories DVD, the episode (all three versions within the DVD) is featured without Patchy and Potty, and with Patchy and Potty on the two other releases.
  • This episode (along with its episode partner, "Gary Takes a Bath") was banned in the United Kingdom and Australia due to its frightening and dark storyline involving ghosts, along with a disturbing and offending slow-motion scene involving a tired and scared SpongeBob and Patrick getting sprayed with perfumes along to spooky, unsettling music. It was deemed too uncomfortable to watch for younger viewers. After seven years of not airing, both episodes finally returned to Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) and Nickelodeon Australia in September 2008 for another chance to air. It also aired with "Gary Takes a Bath" in Australia in November 2010 and February 27, 2011 in the United Kingdom.
    • In Indonesia, though allowed to being aired, it rarely shows scene where Squidward thrown by Flying Dutchman into bottomless pit that full of demonic faces. This however, due to time constraints like other episodes.
  • In Latin America, all endings have aired at least twice and are randomly chosen.
  • This is one of few episodes with a graphically animated sequences (The Fly of Despair).
  • In the Latin American version, the Squidward ending is canon.
  • During the shot where Patchy is fired away, his foot and peg leg look like they are still standing on ground, which is probably true as the foot doesn't move at all. It is just the peg leg that is moving off of the set while the moving background is made and the flying pirate is tilted after recording.
  • When Patrick and Flying Dutchman argue about how many wishes, it is a lot like Patrick and the King Neptune arguing about how many days on in their journey in "The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie."
  • Excluding the Patchy segments, the episode is 13 minutes long.
  • On all recent airings of this episode, the Patchy voting sequences have been removed, but the commercial break warnings are removed from all airings, including the DVD releases, due to there being no commercials on the DVD.
  • Spaghetti can be seen in the background during the second scene of Squidward in the "Fly of Despair".

Cultural References

  • The scene where the Flying Dutchman's head turns 360 degrees around is a reference to the 1973 film The Exorcist.
  • The three wishes is also the same with Aladdin when the Genie says for three wishes.
  • When SpongeBob says "Squidward, this ship belongs to the Red Baron," this is could be a reference to Snoopy's alter ego from Peanuts.
  • According to the audio commentary for this episode, when SpongeBob does the little trick with his fingers, this was happening in the culture at the time.
  • The Fly of Despair is a parody to the Pit of Despair.

Errors

  • In "Your Shoe's Untied", the Flying Dutchman says he that hasn't worn a shoe for 3,000 years, yet he's only 137 years old.
  • When SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward are climbing the ship's anchor, the rope's shape and art changes right after SpongeBob says "Squidward, wait!".
  • When the Flying Dutchman picks who gets the last wish, he goes back and forth, ending with SpongeBob. However when the scene cuts closer to them all, the Flying Dutchman starts with Squidward again, skipping Patrick.
  • At the beginning of the episode, it is morning. However, when SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward got on the ship, it is night for the rest of the episode.
  • When SpongeBob and Patrick return to their cabin on the ship after their scaring spree, their ice skates, which they used during their final "scare", are hanging on the wall.
  • After SpongeBob is chosen to get the last wish, Squidward knows that they are about to be eaten, even though he wasn't present when SpongeBob and Patrick were informed.
  • Patrick does not have a nose (as shown in "Something Smells"), so if he only covered his eyes while running through the perfume department he would have been fine. Even so he wore a safety mask as a futile attempt to avoid perfume.
  • At one point while Squidward falls through the Fly of Despair, two of his four legs are missing.
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