Shanghaied

"**Shanghaied**" is a *SpongeBob SquarePants* episode from Season 2. In this episode, Squidward, Patrick, and SpongeBob board the Flying Dutchman's Ship.

## Synopsis

One morning, SpongeBob starts his morning off by opening a box of Kelpo for breakfast, featuring "one of eight essential prizes inside." He pours out the whole box and searches, but cannot find any prize. Suddenly, a giant anchor crashes into SpongeBob's house, which SpongeBob naïvely believes it to be a "baby" that came from the sky. He then alerts Squidward, who explains that it is merely a giant anchor while Patrick comes up and has the same stupid conclusion of the anchor being a baby. Squidward ceases their idiotic talk and tells them to get lost on the anchor. Suddenly, the anchor shifts, crashing into Squidward's house as well. An annoyed Squidward begins climbing the anchor's rope to complain to the owner about dropping his anchor in the wrong place, with SpongeBob and Patrick following behind him.

They find out that the anchor was dropped from the Flying Dutchman's ship. As the trio investigates the ship, the Flying Dutchman emerges from his cabin, terrifying Squidward. Unperturbed and oblivious, SpongeBob tells the Dutchman of Squidward's intentions to complain to him, earning Squidward a scorching. The Dutchman prepares to do the same to SpongeBob and Patrick, and they attempt to jump overboard, but land back on the ship every time they try. The Dutchman explains to 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, so the annoyed Dutchman tosses him into the Fly of Despair, a zipper-like portal leading to a chaotic dimension. Watching their screaming friend disappear in the unknown realm, SpongeBob and Patrick are frightened into submission, help the Dutchman in his quest to terrorize the citizens of Bikini Bottom. However, the pair's idea of terror proves incompatible with the Dutchman's, so the ghost reveals that they won't be his crew. SpongeBob asks if they will be released, but the Dutchman states his true nature of informing them that they will be eaten as their reward. Locked in their room, SpongeBob and Patrick's only avenue of escape is the dreaded "perfume department." Surviving this ordeal, they manage to steal the Flying Dutchman's dining sock, which they overheard that he cannot eat without.

The Flying Dutchman catches the two as they try to escape. However, he is unable to hurt them without damaging his sock. Therefore, SpongeBob and the Dutchman begin fighting over the sock until the elastic threatens to give. The Flying Dutchman decides to grant them three wishes in exchange for the sock's safe return. Patrick wishes he knew about this earlier, thus setting the clock back one minute and using up the first wish. Although initially irritated, SpongeBob, in his excitement, wishes that Squidward was with them. Squidward, who managed to pass through the Fly of Despair and arrive safely home, is immediately transported back to the Dutchman's ship, in which the two see he is still alive, realizing that he escaped from the Fly of Despair. The trio begin arguing over who shall get the last wish, until the Dutchman uses his method of choice to decide.

All three are chosen to have the wish, and so they defeat the Flying Dutchman by removing his ability to fly and sending him on an endless fall down the Fly of Despair. Squidward then closes the zipper and tells Patrick to fly the ship back home in a confident tone. Pronto, Patrick sails himself and the others back home and lands. The trio removes the anchor, fix SpongeBob and Squidward's houses, and Squidward thanks them for fixing his house and saving him from being eaten. They have a group hug, and the screen fades to black, ending the episode.

### Running gags

* Squidward keeps getting burned by the Flying Dutchman.
* When SpongeBob and Patrick jump from the ship and land back, the Flying Dutchman says, "Welcome back."
* SpongeBob saying, "You're good" while the ship breaks as they drive through the rocks.
* SpongeBob and Patrick failing to scare people.

## Cast

* Paul Winchell as SpongeBob and Fearless Freddy
* Bob Weighton as Patrick
* Wilfrid Hyde-White as Squidward
* Frank Welker as Gary/additional voices
* Stephen Hillenburg as the voice of Potty the Parrot
	+ Jonathan Silsby as Potty’s puppeteer
* John Hurt as the Perfume Shop owner
* Carolyn Lawrence as Incidental 152
* Rob Paulsen as the Perfume Shop customer
* Vincent Price as the Flying Dutchman

## Production

### Development/Deleted scenes

The episode is 15 minutes long, longer than an average length of a short but shorter than a 22-minute episode. The episode was later featured on the To Love a Patty DVD with all 6 endings (see below).

When this episode was first aired, segments with Fearless Freddy the Shark Hunter were shown to announce a poll that was held that lets viewers decide between three possible endings to the episode, with a different character receiving the final wish in each end.

After the commercial break, Freddy introduced the two alternate endings that were shown before SpongeBob's ending.

* **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.
* **SpongeBob (the chosen ending)**: He wishes that the Flying Dutchman turns into a vegetarian. They get turned into fruit and are chased by the Flying Dutchman who is now a hippie around his ship that is now a hippie van with a sail.

However, when SpongeBob's ending was chosen, some fans criticized the plot hole in the episode of how the three would get back home. They also hated how the ending was executed and how disrespectful it was to Vincent Price. Paul Winchell, who had nothing to do with it, sent an apology to the fans and immediately ordered 3 new endings with the trio getting the wish, and new footage with Fearless Freddy introducing the endings. This time, the prize was not just seeing the ending on Nickelodeon, but also choosing 10 of the winning voters to stay at the Park Central Hotel in New York City, and $25,000 in spending money. Two alternative endings were shown before the definitive final ending.

* **Trio #1**: They wish they were sent somewhere other than the Dutchman's ship. Thus, they are sent to the Antarctic oceans and chased by leopard seal.
* **Trio #2**: They wish that the Dutchman was a seahorse. They are then chased by the Flying Dutchman, who is constantly spitting on them, into the moonlight.

Freddy then states that if the viewer watches the episode "Land Lubin' style" (as a rerun), Nickelodeon will only play the voted ending. He also calls the viewer an official big-time decision-maker and a video of monkeys playing instruments is shown. Freddy then pulls out the winners' names from his hat and signs off.

Since then, the Fearless Freddy Footage has never aired again. The original footage from the first airing is currently lost, but the second version can be found on The First 100 Episodes DVD and Paramount+ with the original phone number intact for the latter. All airings have used the third trio ending and have been paired with "Gary Takes a Bath," an episode that is shorter than 11 minutes.

### Music

**NOTE**: the asterisk symbol (\*) is used to represent music that is not in the current airings.

#### (Version 1)

**‣** Epic Adventure (b) - Ron Goodwin *["You Wish" intro]*\*

**‣** 'Er Indoors - Johnny Hawksworth *[Freddy 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]*

**•** Idea Vibe - Nicolas Carr *["Squidward, the sky had a baby!"]*

**•** Steel Licks 8 - 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]*

**‣** 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 *[The kid approaches the rock the Dutchman is hiding behind]*

**•** Steel Licks 1 - 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 Dept - Eban Schletter *[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!"]*

**•** Idea Vibe - Nicolas Carr *[SpongeBob realizes he used the second wish]*

**‣** Bell Hop (a) - John Shakespeare *[voting time]*\*

**‣** Er Indoors - Johnny Hawksworth *[Freddy answering phones]*\*

**‣** Bell Hop (a) - John Shakespeare *["Welcome back to the show!"]*\*

**‣** Unease - Dick Stephen Walter *["That's you, Patrick. Make your wish."]*\*

**•** Unknown Track 88 - Nicolas Carr *["Uh..."]*\*

**‣** Drama Link (d) - Hubert Clifford *["That's not gonna do it! Think harder!"]*\*

**‣** Drama Link (b) - Hubert Clifford *[Patrick tries to think of what to wish for.]*\*

**‣** ? *[The Flying Dutchman grants Patrick his wish.]*\*

**•** Harp! - Nicolas Carr *[Patrick's wish is granted.]*\*

**•** Puka A - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield *[Patrick wishes for gum.]*\*

**‣** Speaking Guitar - Gerhard Narholz *[Freddy introduces Squidward's ending]*\*

**‣** ? *[Squidward's wish granted]*\*

**•** Idea Sting - 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 - Robert Sharples *["And now, the moment you've all been waiting for."]*\*

**‣** Big Show Theme - Robert Sharples *["Well, what do you know? The winner is, SpongeBob!"]*\*

**‣** Dramatic Cue (e) - Ronald Hanmer *["Now think, SpongeBob!"]*\*

**‣** Sitar Gliss (b) - Harbhajan Singh *[Dutchman becomes a vegetarian]*\*

**•** Steel Licks 7 - Jeremy Wakefield *["Hooray! We're home!"]*\*

**‣** Jungle Baby - Hans Ehrlinger *[Fruit in a blender]*\*

**‣** Horlepiep - Jan Rap *[ending]*\*