Can't You Read the Sign?: A customer arrives just as Squidward is closing the Krusty Krab.

Bottle Episode: The entire episode is set at the Krusty Krab (except for a cutaway involving Patrick in bed).SpongeBob and Squidward are scared, but when the figure moves into the light, he is revealed to be a young kid looking for a job at the restaurant. Bait-and-Switch Silhouette: A dark figure enters the Krusty Krab who bears a strong resemblance to the Hash-Slinging Slasher, the character from the horror story Squidward had told SpongeBob.Artificial Limbs: The Hash-Slinging Slasher had to replace his amputated hand with a spatula.Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: According to Squidward's story, the Hash-Slinging Slasher cut off his hand, replaced it with a rusty spatula, got hit by a bus, and got fired at his funeral.Patrick: Oh boy, 3 AM! (pulls a Krabby Patty out from under his blanket and starts eating it) (cut to Patrick's house as his alarm clock goes off) Squidward: 'Open 24 hours a day', what a stupid idea! Who wants a Krabby Patty at three in the morning? Answer Cut: Squidward acidly complains about the Krusty Krab's new all-night hours, since why would anybody come to buy fast food at three in the morning? The scene then cuts to Patrick, excitedly waking up at 3 AM to eat a Krabby Patty.An Arm and a Leg: According to Squidward, the Hash-Slinging Slasher cut off his own hand by mistake while slicing patties, and so had to replace it with a rusty spatula.All There in the Script: According to the credits, the wannabe fry cook is named Richard.Afterlife Express: The Hash-Slinging Slasher is supposed to arrive on the ghost of the bus that ran him over.Don't blindly believe in urban legends.Be sensitive when telling ghost stories.Adaptational Heroism: If SpongeBob, Squidward, and the job seeker's reactions are anything to go by, Graf Orlok AKA Nosferatu is shown here to be a harmless, good-natured prankster instead of the feral, sadistic monster he was in his debut movie.But then it turns out it was all just coincidental: the seemingly menacing figure was actually a job seeker who'd earlier called but immediately hung up out of nervousness, and the lights were being flickered by Nosferatu.

Accidental Truth: As the episode continues, it seems as if Squidward's story had more truth to it than even he realized.When it's revealed SpongeBob isn't as thrilled as he made himself out to be when it comes to the darkness outside, Squidward takes the opportunity to tell him a ghost story in order to shut him up, but things take a turn for the worse when things from Squidward's story start coming true. Krabs declares the Krusty Krab open 24 hours a day, much to Squidward's chagrin and SpongeBob's delight. Original air date: (produced in 2001 first aired in Canada on 1/24/02) note 'Graveyard Shift' was released by itself on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies DVD set on 3/12/02.

'Tuesday night, the Hash-Slinger Slasher's ghost returns to the Krusty Krab to wreak.

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