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If you were looking for the article about the Japanese DVD, then see The Curse of Bikini Bottom (DVD).




SpongeBob and Patrick, out of boredom, invade Squidward's shed and inform him that they want to play with his lawn mower. Squidward, out of hope that they kill themselves using it, lends the lawn mower to the two, and they start riding it. However, eventually the two get out of control, and they end up in the cemetery.

Underground, the Flying Dutchman is trying to pick out a shirt for his date, and finally finds one. Then, the two run over the grave, and dirt gets all over the Dutchman's shirt. The green pirate ghost comes up, only to get his beard shaved off by the mower. The Dutchman becomes enraged, so he stops SpongeBob and Patrick and starts yelling at them for their foolishness. The pair feel guilt at ruining the Dutchman's image, as SpongeBob explains they do not know what it is like to be a ghost. Therefore, the Dutchman turns them into ghosts until his beard grows back.

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The two fly over to Squidward's garden, and they try to scare Squidward, but they are sprayed by his hose. The bubbles fade and it's now nighttime. SpongeBob picks up his key, but it falls through him. He leans on the door, and he falls through. Therefore, SpongeBob goes through the walls and doors to get to his bedroom. When he lays down, he falls through many floors, and eventually ends up underground.

The next morning, it reveals that both of them did not get enough sleep, as Patrick could see through his eyelids. Therefore, SpongeBob goes to the Krusty Krab for work, and goes to the kitchen. He picks up his spatula, but like his house key, it falls through. SpongeBob then breaks it, and its ghost comes out. However, when he flips patties, they fall through his spatula. He tries this repeatedly, but the spatula goes straight through the patty and one of the patties burn. He goes straight through the door, sobbing. Patrick has problems, too. He explains that the food goes right through him, and Mr. Krabs and Squidward are grossed out. Then, the customers notice the two, and they run off screaming, thinking they were "mermaids." Therefore, SpongeBob and Patrick become upset, so they go to the cemetery to visit the Dutchman.
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When they get there, they plead the Dutchman to turn them back to normal, so he does, but does not succeed. The Dutchman says the curse will not wear off until his beard grows back for his date, so SpongeBob and Patrick decide to give him a "makeover." At the end, SpongeBob himself replaces the Dutchman's beard, and then it cuts to "Several Months Later." SpongeBob and Patrick have been returned to normal and SpongeBob wonders how the Dutchman and his new girlfriend are doing. Just after saying this, the Dutchman comes up to them and reveals that his girlfriend wants to marry him, but claims that he's "not the marrying-type." Then popping out of the horizon of the background is a giant, horrifying monster, which is apparently the Dutchman's date, and causes the Dutchman to scream and fly away.



 ) Associated production music
 ) Original music
 ) SpongeBob music

  Gothic Adventure - Adam Saunders, Mark Cousins [title card]
  Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield [opening]
  You're Nice - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Let's go look for something to do in Old Man Squidward's shed!"]
  Goofy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [SpongeBob and Patrick enter Squidward's shed/Squidward looking for his trowl]
  Drama Link (d) - Hubert Clifford [Squidward screams]
  Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [Squidward realizes SpongeBob and Patrick want to play with his lawnmower]
  Happy Boy - Jack Shaindlin [start of Squidward's daydream]
  Unknown Track 53 - Ron Wasserman [end of Squidward's daydream]
  Grass Skirt Chase - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick playing with Squidward's lawnmower]
  Vibe Sting - Nicolas Carr [Dutchman hears SpongeBob and Patrick]
  Sponge Monger - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick still playing with the lawnmower]
  Frankenstein's Niece A - Gregor F. Narholz [Dutchman gets angry again and gets SpongeBob and Patrick off of the lawnmower]
  The Beast Within - Paddy Kingsland ["... because you morons cut off my beard!"]
  Day of Reckoning - Andrew Blaney ["You're having too much fun."]
  Steel Sting (a) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob and Patrick happily fly away]
  Goofy Conversation - Nicolas Carr, Barry Anthony [that night]
  Vibe Q Sting - Nicolas Carr [Krabs asks SpongeBob about what happened to his legs]
  Another Krusty Krab Day - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob trying to cook Krabby Patties]
  Steel Licks (d) - Jeremy Wakefield [SpongeBob cries]
  Epic Tragedy - Gerhard Trede [SpongeBob and Patrick beg to be changed back]
  Quizzical Bridge 6 - Harry Bluestone, Emil Cadkin [Squidward drinking tea]
  Day of Reckoning - Andrew Blaney ["I'll lift the curse from you."]
  The Dreadnought Tea Clipper (b) - Tim Laycock, Robert Alexander White [Dutchman tells them the curse will wear off when his beard grows back]
  Co Co Baby A - Gil Flat ["Makeover!"]
  Jovial Pirates Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Dutchman's "new beard"]
  Solo Steel - Jeremy Wakefield [several months later]
  Straight from Hell - Gregor F. Narholz [ending]



  • As of June 18, 2019, The Internet Movie Database (IMDB) gives this episode a rating of 7.7/10 based on 207 ratings by users.[1] users give this episode a rating of 8.3/10 based on 127 votes.[2]




  • The title card is similar to that of "Gone," but with a different background.
  • This episode may take place before "Life of Crime" and "BlackJack" because SpongeBob does not know what a lawn mower is.
  • There is an online game based on this episode known as Ghoul Getter.
  • When the Flying Dutchman says, "At least I still have my personality," it mirrors a scene in "Prehibernation Week" where a fish says the same quote after having his face burnt to a crisped coal color full of mush after getting burned.
  • This is the first episode in which Squidward's house is shown with a back door.


  • Even though ghost Patrick stated that his eyelids are clear and he can see right through, many scenes of the episode do not show Patrick's eyelids being transparent.
  • The DVD description for this episode on the Complete Seventh Season and Ghouls Fools say that SpongeBob and Patrick disturbed the Flying Dutchman's sleep, but they actually shaved off his beard and that is why he cursed them.

Running gags

  • Patrick and the Krusty Krab's customers thinking SpongeBob and Patrick are mermaids.
  • Stuff going through SpongeBob and Patrick and sometimes getting covered with slime.

