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"Graveyard Shift" is the 16th episode of the second season, and the 36th episode overall, of the American animated television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. The episode was written by Mr. Lawrence, Jay Lender, and Dan Povenmire, and was directed by Sean Dempsey. Lender and Povenmire also served as storyboard directors. It originally aired on Nickelodeon in the United States on September 6, 2002. The series follows the adventures and endeavours of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom. In this episode, Squidward and SpongeBob are forced to work 24 hours a day by Mr. Krabs, so that he can get more money. Squidward soon gets bored, and tells SpongeBob a scary story to have some fun with him. After scaring SpongeBob, Squidward tells him that the story is fictional. However, when Squidward and SpongeBob are alone, the events in Squidward's story begin to occur. The episode featured Max Schreck as Count Orlok, of the 1922 silent film ''Nosferatu'', via stock footage. Episode writer Lender proposed the idea as a gag at the end of the episode, which series creator Stephen Hillenburg accepted. Before the idea of Count Orlok, Lender thought of "Floorboard Harry", an idea that was deleted. The episode received glowing positive reviews upon release. ==Plot summary== Mr. Krabs is inspired by a group of interested customers to lengthen the hours of the Krusty Krab to late at night, leaving an anticipating SpongeBob and a chagrined, irritated Squidward to work a night shift. Exasperated with his boss's demands, Squidward spins a horror tale with the intentions of shattering SpongeBob's enthusiasm over the legendary "Hash-Slinging Slasher", a former fry cook employed by the restaurant during the night shift, who inadvertently sliced off his own arm and was killed by a transportation bus late one night. He cautions SpongeBob about the multiple warning indications signaling the ghost's impending arrival. Although Squidward manages to reassure a petrified SpongeBob that his story is fiction, the two employees are alarmed by the strange, coincidental occurrences paralleling the fictitious omens surrounding the murderous Hash-Slinging Slasher (such as flickering lights and repetitive anonymous telephone calls remaining unanswered). SpongeBob insists that these are clear indications of paranormal activity, whereas a dubious Squidward dismisses them as meaningless, until the warning signs continue recurring and reappearing, matching those described in the ghost story. Finally, a mysterious, dark silhouette appears at the road outside the Krusty Krab matching Squidward's description of the Hash-Slinging Slasher. Both horrified men immediately realize that they are experiencing genuine supernatural events. Panicking and screaming, they are relieved when the strange, unidentified figure enters the restaurant with the intentions of applying for a fry cook position at the Krusty Krab, revealing that he had constantly tried contacting the establishment by telephone, but had hung up out of nervousness. The flickering lights were credited to the antics of Count Orlok of the 1922 silent film ''Nosferatu'', with whom the characters are inexplicably familiar. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Graveyard Shift (SpongeBob SquarePants)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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