Shanghaied (SpongeBob SquarePants)

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SpongeBob SquarePants episode

"Shanghaied"

Season №:

2,
Season 3 (re-aired as Patchy the Pirate special)

Episode №:

33A (for production),
Episode 31A (for premiere)

Production №:

033

Airdate:

March 7, 2001
November 5, 2002 (video premire) (Sea Stories)
2003 (re-aired as a Patchy the Pirate special)
October 5, 2004 (DVD re-release) (Season 2 box set)

Credits

Guest(s):

Sara Paxton (Kid Fish)
Tom Kenny (Patchy the Pirate) (2003)
Stephen Hillenburg (Potty the Parrot) (2003)

Writer(s):

Aaron Springer
C.H. Greenblatt
Merriwether Williams

Storyboard Artist(s):

C.H. Greenblatt

Supervising Producer:

None

Directors

Main:

Aaron Springer

Storyboard:

Stephen Hillenburg

Animation:

Frank Weiss

Creative:

Derek Drymon

Technical:

None

Episode List
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Premiere Order

Production Order

"Shanghaied" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season two.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Time Cards Shown:* A Few inches Later (Not a real time card)

Brief Summary: SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward became servants for the Flying Dutchman.

Main Characters

Minor Characters

Bikini Bottom Citizens

[edit] Plot

It is an average day in Bikini Bottom, until a giant anchor demolishes SpongeBob SquarePants' pineapple house and Squidward Tentacles' Easter Island head. Squidward climbs the rope, ready to complain. SpongeBob goes too, and so does Patrick. They find out that the ship belongs to the Flying Dutchman, and they are forced to be part of his crew forever. Squidward is sent to "The Fly of Despair" for his sarcastic remarks, while SpongeBob and Patrick have to help the Flying Dutchman scare people. They can't do it and Patrick's poor steering also causes extensive damage to the Dutchman's ship and he ultimately decides to eat them. They're locked in their room, and they escape through the perfume department. They take the Flying Dutchman's dining sock because he can't eat without wearing it. SpongeBob and the Flying Dutchman fight for the sock, tug 'o war style, but when it is about to reach its elastic limit, the Flying Dutchman decides to grant them three wishes.

Patrick: "Wishes? I wish we had known that earlier!"
SpongeBob: "How exciting! I wish Squidward were here to see this!"

Three alternate endings were made for this episode, although in regular screenings, SpongeBob's wish is granted, but in Latin America, Squidward's wish is granted.

Patrick: "Okay! I've got it. (seconds later) Oh, I'm sorry. Want some gum?"
Squidward: "I wish that I had never met you two barnacle heads before in my entire life!"
SpongeBob: "He won't be able to eat us because... I wish that the Dutchman was a vegetarian!"

[edit] Trivia/Goofs

On the DVD box set, instead of saying Shanghaied, it said its original name, You Wish/Shanghaied.
This was the first ever SpongeBob special to be shorter than a double length (22 minutes), but longer than a regular episode (10-15 minutes), at a length of 16 minutes. It was paired with the episode Gary Takes a Bath.
Actually, without the Patchy the Pirate parts, this episode is about 13 minutes.
Despite being only thirteen minutes long, this episode is considered a double length.
This episode aired on March 7, 2001, then it was released on the third SpongeBob SquarePants DVD volume, Sea Stories, which was also the fourth SpongeBob SquarePants VHS volume, which only featured Patchy the Pirate in VHS copies of the volume, and re-aired as a Patchy the Pirate special in 2003. This could be the third direct-to-video episode.
The 3 endings for the episode are shown above, the SpongeBob SquarePants ending is the main ending, but on the Sea Stories DVD it shows all 3 endings
This episode was originally titled "You Wish", but was changed to "Shanghaied".
The Flying Dutchman's "dining sock" was first seen and mentioned in "Your Shoe's Untied".
The scene where the Flying Dutchman's head turns all the way around his head is a reference to the film The Exorcist.
Patrick says "SpongeBob, how long are you going to stay in your little fantasy world?", but the original captions say "You are in your little fantasy world." On the "Sea Stories" DVD and VHS and the Season 2 DVD box set, the captions are corrected.
When Spongebob and Patrick return to their cabin on the ship after their scaring spree you are able to see their ice skates (from when they goofed up their final scare) 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.
This is the only Non-Special hosted by Patchy.
According to Patchy this is his favorite episode.