SpongeBob SquarePants
Nickelodeon ’s most pop cartoon , SpongeBob Squarepants , is filled with episodes that call forth an illogical , goofy sense of humor , not to mention some really distressing , scarySpongeBobepisodes . Set in the subaqueous township of Bikini Bottom , it revolve around fry - Captain James Cook SpongeBob and his mishap with his friends . However , underneath the simple wit , the show can get meta at times , with sensation references , and even subtle adult jokes from time to time . For a Kyd ’s show , a few episodes can also get dark or disturbing . These can be unintentionally terrifying for a few children , while others also let in intentional parodies of horror film .
SpongeBob Squarepants’great episodesmade it one of the most democratic and dear animated show ever , maintaining an impressive run since 1999 . While the series is bed for being screaming and often outlandish , it has fork up more than a few skittish episodes over its time . These are n’t the sort of installments that will legitimately frighten most viewer , but they do work as the perfect episodes for fans to take in to get in the mood for the Halloween season . The scariest SpongeBob episodes are disturbing enough to cringe a looker out after watching what was supposed to be a tiddler ’s cartoon .
25Frankendoodle
Season 2, Episode 34b
When it comes to scarySpongeBob SquarePantsepisodes , " Frankendoodle " is among the most terrifying for its weirdness than its overall fright agent . In this season 2 episode , SpongeBob finds a magic pencil and utilize it to draw " Doodlebob,“which is a small fry - same drawing of himself . However , what happens next is what ca-ca things scary as the drafting comes to life and begin to torment not only SpongeBob but everyone that he knows .
While it limit out to be weird , seeing Doodlebob start to almost haunt and torment SpongeBob makes it go from foreign to terrifying before the end eventually comes around . What start out as little jokes in the episode soon wrench to horror as Doodlebob grows out of ascendency and get down to make his own bizarro sketches that come to life . The mixture of live - activity , SpongeBob animation , and the crude Doodlebob drawings also crap this one of the most creative episodes ofSpongeBob SquarePants .
24BlackJack
Season 5, Episode 93c
In the season 5 episode , " BlackJack,“SpongeBob SquarePants learns that his cousin BlackJack has gotten out of prison . His cousin then calls SpongeBob and threatens him , sending him into a affright . When SpongeBob go to his parent ’s house to warn them , it is hem in by police warning tape , and he assumes the sorry . He then heads to his grandmother ’s house and needs to discover a direction to survive the impending attack by his cousin-german and maybe save his parents .
The best matter about this scarySpongeBob SquarePantsepisode is that all of the skittish moments are inside his mind , and what he imagine is always bad than what really hap . There are also suspect moments , such as when his uncle agrees to help with aKarate Kidmontage . When he last ends up face to look with his cousin , who is ready to defend , TV audience realize howsmallthe danger really is liken to what SpongeBob was fearing the entire installment .
23SpongeBob Meets The Strangler
Season 3, Episode 60a
One of the best scarySpongeBob SquarePantsepisodes to essay out occur in time of year 3 with " SpongeBob Meets the Strangler . " What make this episode hilarious is that SpongeBob is scared , but he has no idea who he is supposed to be scared of . In this episode , a man litters in Bikini Bottom , so SpongeBob turns him into the police . After the human is arrested , Squidward say SpongeBob that this man is the Tattletale Strangler , a serial killer who kill people who tattles on him to the police .
There are a lot of shuddery moments in this episode , but the comedy is that SpongeBob is unmindful to almost all of them .
The skilful part is that SpongeBob realizes he is in danger when the Tattletale Strangler escape from jail , but he does n’t remember what he see like . He ends up engage the killer as his bodyguard since he does n’t jazz any better . The Strangler then spends the episode trying to bolt down SpongeBob but go on getting interrupted . There are a plenty of scarey moments in this episode , but the comedy is that SpongeBob is forgetful to almost all of them .
22Toy Store Of Doom
Season 6, Episode 120b
The SpongeBob SquarePants sequence " Toy Store of Doom " sees a new toy store opened in Bikini Bottom , which has SpongeBob and Patrick very delirious . They require new toy and find this an exciting new shoes to go and play all day . They had so much fun , they did n’t want to leave and hid in the store so that they could keep play after it closes . However , that ’s when the material horror begin because when the visible radiation live on out , things were not as fun as they might have hoped .
Once the lights go out , SpongeBob and Patrick believe that the toys are not only occur to life , but are out to kill them . Once again , this is a scarySpongeBob SquarePantsepisode base more on what the couple are imagining is happening than on any real risk around them at any yield time . With that say , the episode play it straight with the horror elements , and by the clock time the two outflow , it stop up as a very shuddery road for the friends to move to take to the woods their former playground .
21Don’t Look Now
Season 9, Episode 187a
The season 9 episode " Do n’t Look Now " shows what happens when people who are n’t mentally prepared for it finish up seeing a movie they really should n’t have been follow . SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Starfish decide they want to go see a repulsion moving picture calledFisherman 4 : plan of attack of the Hook . Squidward , the adult that he often is , warn them that they wo n’t be able to handle it , but the two are sure of themselves and go to the movie anyway .
thing get worse when Squidward decides to rack his neighbor and dresses up like the Fisherman .
What results is that SpongeBob and Patrick are frightened senseless at the movies , and it keep up them house , where they are n’t capable to go to sleep and are scared of everything in the vestige . Things get worse when Squidward decide to torment his neighbor and dresses up like the Fisherman from the movie , only to have SpongeBob and Patrick fight back for their own survival . When they put Squidward in a coma , thing go from very scary to very funny .
20Earworm
Season 7, Episode 20
The shivery episode ofSpongeBob SquarePantstake influence from a variety of different horror motion picture and tropes , though not always . Sometimes , SpongeBobmanages to take something mundane and make it absolutely terrific , such as in the time of year 7 instalment " Earworm . " In " Earworm , SpongeBob try a song call " Musical Doodle " on the radio and ca n’t get it out of his point . As is often the case in real life sentence , when a catchy , yet annoying song gets stuck in someone ’s principal , it is unimaginable to get it out .
SpongeBob SquarePants never dread , a ranking of every time of year so far is here .
However , in thisSpongeBobepisode , events take a Lovecraftian turn when the vocal sends SpongeBob to the verge of madness . This scarySpongeBobepisode even included an actual personification of an earworm , refusing to block up playing the song until it has almost destroyed SpongeBob ’s intact life sentence in the outgrowth . This then lead to a gloomy storyline where Mr. Krabs and Sandy realize this is a form of addiction , and it could damage SponeBob irreparably if he ca n’t get the earworm out of his mind .
19SpongeBob Vs. The Patty Gadget
Season 5, Episode 10
On the surface , the scarySpongeBobepisode " SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget " from time of year 5 just seems like a silly idea that fits in with the rest of the show ’s installment . However , this exceptional installment becomes fantastically dark towards the death when it turn out that the patch is an fable for a world where , eventually , industrialization would force out the actual worker and replace them with automation .
In this , it was the " Patty Gadget , " and SpongeBob find himself fighting for not only his chore but the entire future of his occupation against what was a very real and scary phenomenon . This is perhaps one of the most cerebral scarySpongeBob SquarePantsepisodes , as it does n’t rely on any supernatural beingness or vulgar horror - figure to be terrifying — the concern , while being incredibly substantial , simply come from the construct of automation .
18Shanghaied
Season 2, Episode 13
When it come to repugnance - themedSpongeBob SquarePantsepisodes , one character that will immediately spring to many viewer ’s judgment is the Flying Dutchman — a green and ghoulish pirate ship ghost . There was more than one instalment with the Flying Dutchman , but his first appearance in season 2 ’s " Shanghaied " was one of the scariestSpongeBobepisodes .
" Shanghaied " ended up getting even scary when Squidward diminish into the Fly of Despair , a dimensional rift complete with some incredibly worrisome visuals
In " Shanghaied " , SpongeBob , Squidward , and Patrick were going about their study one day and then accidentally board the Flying Dutchman ’s ship , and were nobble and enslaved . “Shanghaied " terminate up beat even scarierwhen Squidward precipitate into the Fly of Despair , a dimensional breach complete with some incredibly disturbing visuals , and both Patrick and SpongeBob turned into fruit that the Dutchman then chased and tried to eat . The compounding of the Dutchman himself , along with the Fly of Despair , make this an absolutely terrifyingSpongeBobepisode , especially for young looker .
17Doing Time
Season 3, Episode 5
What made season 3 ’s " Doing Time " one of the scarySpongeBobepisodes was n’t a supernatural character like the Flying Dutchman , or an invasive mien like the titular earworm in " Earworm " . rather , this instalment is scary only because of how SpongeBob manages to push his driving instructor , Mrs. Puff , until she becomes more - or - less mad . This series has always plow the teacher awful , and she always seems to end up tortured by SpongeBob with no prospect of getting any public security .
However , " Doing clock time " pushed things to the next level because Mrs. Puff ends up mistakenly placed in gaol because of SpongeBob and Patrick . What really makes the patch of " Doing metre " so unspeakable is that she wanted to stay in slammer to remain off from SpongeBob , but he keep designate up to rescue her and her hallucination cease up driving her into a state of despair unlike any SpongeBob had put her through before .
16Nasty Patty
Season 3, Episode 4
time of year 3 ’s " Nasty Patty " is one of the scarySpongeBob SquarePantsepisodes that is distinctly going to be incredibly dark just from the premise . SpongeBob often does things that are terrible , without meaning any harm . However , in " Nasty Patty , " his troubles get worse when he and Mr. Krabs seem to have mutilate a man . Krabs heard that there was a client who impersonated the health inspector to get free food , so he pranked him with a " nasty patty . "
In SpongeBob SquarePants , the Krusty Krab is one of the cornerstones in the lifespan . Its owner Mr. Krabs is a good serviceman , he does make some sorry decisiveness .
However , when this antic goes wrong , and they realize they might have killed the health examiner . Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob then define out to hide out the dead body while run from the police force . Krabs makes SpongeBob do some trouble things to eliminate the physical structure , and things just get scary from there . While mostSpongeBob SquarePantsepisodes are relatively tame ( even the scarey I ) , the secret plan of " Nasty Patty " is so particularly bare that it ’s moderately surprising it made it to air given that the target hearing of the show is younger witness .
