Ghost Adventures is a popular American television series that explores paranormal activities in various locations around the world. In one episode titled "Upper Fruitland Curse," the team investigates an alleged curse that has plagued the residents of Upper Fruitland, a small community in New Mexico. According to local legends and eyewitness accounts, several unexplained phenomena have occurred in Upper Fruitland. These include reports of strange apparitions, disembodied voices, objects moving on their own, and feelings of being watched or touched by an invisible presence. The residents attribute these incidents to a curse that has been passed down through generations. To understand the history behind the alleged curse, the Ghost Adventures team delves into the community's past.
To understand the history behind the alleged curse, the Ghost Adventures team delves into the community's past. They discover that Upper Fruitland was once a site of intense conflict between rival Navajo and Ute tribes. The Utes, feeling oppressed by the Navajos, called upon a powerful shaman to put a curse on the land, resulting in misfortune and misery for the Navajo community.
The Curse of Bikini Bottom/transcript
This article is a transcript of the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "The Curse of Bikini Bottom" from season 7, which aired on October 24, 2009.
- [SpongeBob and Patrick are lying down outside, all bored]
- SpongeBob:[yawns] Oh, I'm bored.
- Patrick: Hmmm. Interesting. Me too. Let's go look for something to do in Old Man Squidward's shed!
- SpongeBob: Old Man Squidward's shed?!
- Patrick:[slowly] Yyyeeeeeep!
- SpongeBob and Patrick:[sneak inside] Ooohhh! [they spot Squidward's lawnmower] What's that?
- Patrick: What is it?
- SpongeBob: I don't know, Patrick.
- Squidward:[sighs][singing] La-da-dee-la-da-dum-la-da-doo, la-da-dee-la-da-dum-la-da-doo! [as he walks towards his shed]
- SpongeBob and Patrick:[SpongeBob's pretending to drive it and Patrick is imitating it. The door is about to open]
- Patrick: It's Old Man Squidward!
- SpongeBob: Hide!
- Squidward:[Searches through his gardening tools] Where's my trowel?
- Patrick:[whispering] SpongeBob?
- SpongeBob:[whispering] Yes, Patrick?
- Patrick: Is this a trowel? [turns to reveal the trowel in his butt]
- SpongeBob: Yes, Patrick!
- Squidward: Oh, here it is. [reaches for it and screams][screams]
- SpongeBob and Patrick:[shouts][scream]
- SpongeBob: Don't hurt us, Squidward!
- Patrick: We're bored!
- SpongeBob: We just wanted to play with your. [looks at lawnmower and points to it] . whatever this thing is.
- Squidward: No! No! No! No! No! No! No! No! You morons would probably. [pauses] You want to play with my lawnmower?
- SpongeBob and Patrick: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
- Squidward: Hmmm. [thinking]
- SpongeBob:[mowing the lawn with Patrick] Thanks for letting us mow your lawn, Squidward! [SpongeBob and Patrick fall into lawnmower and get cut into pieces offscreen] Ahhh! My patty flipping hand! [SpongeBob and Patrick sob]
- Squidward:[Not thinking. Laughs to himself and starts the lawnmower] Knock yourselves out!
- [SpongeBob and Patrick are riding around Squidward's yard on the lawnmower. The lawnmower breaks through the gate and rides straight toward the cemetery. SpongeBob and Patrick giggle]
- Flying Dutchman: Excuse me, Davy, I've got my first blind date in 400 years, and I've got to look good. [picks a torn shirt] It's a little torn. Of course this was the shirt I was buried in. Ahhh, memories! [sniffs it] Bleah! [coughs] Okay, that one's a bit ripe. Stained. Too itchy! Hey, there she is! I've been saving this beauty for a special occasion! [puts on coat] Sssss! Looking good! [SpongeBob and Patrick are still riding the lawnmower. The cave ceiling shakes and dirt lands on the Dutchman's clothes. He gets furious] Who dares-- [gets hit by lawnmower, part of his beard is shaven] Who-- [gets hit by lawnmower again, more of his beard is cut] --disturb-- [gets hit a third time, more of his beard is cut] --The Flying-- [gets hit a fourth time; his beard is now gone] --Dutchman?! [feels his chin, reveals a mirror, and gasps, noticing his beard is gone] My beard! Hey! [gets hit by lawnmower and gets livid. He zaps the lawnmower and takes SpongeBob and Patrick off of it] Who dares disturb the Flying Dutchman?!
- SpongeBob:[stupidly] You're not the Flying Dutchman.
- Patrick: Yeah, the Flying Dutchman has a beard.
- Flying Dutchman: I don't look like the Flying Dutchman, because. [lividly enraged and shouting] You morons cut off my beard!
- SpongeBob:[realizing] Ooh! It makes you look a thousand years younger.
- Flying Dutchman: I don't want to look younger! I hate youth! I'll probably get pimples again.
- Patrick: Your beard will just grow back.
- Flying Dutchman: You know nothing about me facial hair. It'll take a thousand years for my beard to grow back! [SpongeBob and Patrick now look guilty]
- SpongeBob:[sympathizing] I'm sorry. But, we don't know what it's like to be ghosts.
- Flying Dutchman: Well, now's the time you've learned. Until my beard grows back, I'm going to turn you two fools into ghosts. Prepare to be ghostified! [echo]
- Patrick: Ghostified? That's not even a real word.
- Flying Dutchman:[zaps SpongeBob and Patrick, but they giggle] Okay, you're having too much fun. [finishes zapping them as they become ghosts]
- Patrick:[wiggles his ghostly tail] We're mermaids.
- Flying Dutchman: You're ghosts!
- SpongeBob and Patrick: Ooh!
- SpongeBob:[to Patrick] We're ghosts! [with Patrick] Yaayyy!
- Flying Dutchman: This isn't really working out the way I imagined.
- [Bubble transition to Squidward watering his garden]
- SpongeBob and Patrick:[emerging from beneath and behind Squidward. ghostly moaning voice] Ooooooooohhhhhhhhh! Squuiiidwaaarrrd! [Squidward looks behind him]
- SpongeBob: It's SpongeBob.
- Patrick: And Patrick! We're ghoooooooosts! [with SpongeBob] Ooohhhh!
- SpongeBob: We're going to haunt you! Foreeever! [with Patrick] Oooooohhh—! [Squidward sprays them with his hose. normal voice] Well, that killed the mood. [SpongeBob and Patrick exit the scene]
- Squidward: I knew I shouldn't have lent them my lawnmower.
- [Bubble transition at night]
- SpongeBob: Good night, Patrick. Being a ghost can sure tire ya out!
- Patrick: Good night, ghost buddy!
- SpongeBob:[gets the key to his door, but it falls through his hand] That's odd. However shall I get in? [leans on door and falls through it] That's handy! [yawns] I am beat! Well, I don't have to take the stairs! [flies straight through the ceiling and into his bedroom, then lies down on his bed] Ah. [but falls through the bed, the floor, and ends up underground. Bubble transition to morning; SpongeBob exits his house with a very sleepy expression. He then goes to Patrick's house.]
- SpongeBob:[tired] Hey, Patrick. I didn't sleep so good last night.
- Patrick:[erratic] I didn't sleep at all. I can see through my eyelids. [closes his eyes and can see through his eyes; grabs SpongeBob] My eyelids!
- SpongeBob:[gasps] I'm late for work!
- Patrick:[whispers] My eyelids.
- [Bubble transition to the Krusty Krab]
- SpongeBob: Don't worry, Mr. Krabs, I'm here!
- Harold:[walks by, gets scared of SpongeBob, seeing him as a ghost, and runs out of The Krusty Krab. screams] Ahh! Mermaid!
- Mr. Krabs: SpongeBob, you're late! Why are you bright green, and what happened to your legs?
- Squidward: He's a ghost, Mr. Krabs.
- Mr. Krabs: A ghost, eh? Can you still cook Krabby Patties?
- SpongeBob: Can do, Mr. Krabs!
- Mr. Krabs: Then get your Captain's Quarters in the kitchen!
- SpongeBob: Aye, aye, old living employeer! [flies through Mr. Krabs and into the kitchen, leaving Mr. Krabs covered in slime]
- Mr. Krabs: Ewww.
- SpongeBob:[goes through kitchen door] La la la la! [grabs the spatula, but it falls through his hand; picks it up, whistles, and breaks it, revealing its spirit; uses it to pick up a Krabby Patty, but it falls through; SpongeBob begins to struggle picking up the patty, but it burns, and disappears; SpongeBob begins to cry] I can't cook Krabby Patties! I don't wanna be a ghost anymore, Patrick!
- Patrick: I don't either. I can't eat anything! Food just goes right through me! [eats a Krabby Patty, but it falls through him]
- Squidward and Mr. Krabs: Bleah! / Yuck!
- Patrick: Maybe the weird hairless man will change us back?
- SpongeBob: Yeah! Let's go see the Flying Dutchman!
- [Bubble transition to the Flying Dutchman's cave, where he is rubbing his chin, which is where his beard used to be]
- Flying Dutchman: Well, at least I still have my personality.
- SpongeBob and Patrick:[begging] Change us back! / Change us back! / We don't like being ghosts! / I don't want to be a ghost! [Patrick] Change us back! / Change us back! Change us back! / We don't like to be a lie again!
- SpongeBob: Please, Mr. Dutchman, we can't take it! Constantly moaning and groaning!
- Patrick: Invisible to the world!
- SpongeBob:[starts to cry] Living without a soul!
- Patrick:[crying] It's miserable!
- SpongeBob:[sobs] How could anyone live like this?! [cut to Squidward sipping tea. He looks back. He continues]
- Flying Dutchman: Hmm, I guess you feel my pain. Well, I'll lift the curse from ya. [snaps fingers, but they are still ghosts]
- SpongeBob: Hey! We're still ghosts!
- Flying Dutchman: Yeah, yeah, yeah. The curse will wear off when my beard grows back.
- SpongeBob: But we want to be normal now!
- Flying Dutchman: Well, I want to be on my date now! But, you knuckleheads loused that up, too!
- SpongeBob: We're still ghosts, because you can't go on your date?
- Patrick: And you can't go on your date because you're ugly?
- Both: Makeover!
- [Bubble transition to SpongeBob untying the Dutchman's hair and wraps it around his head; Patrick shakes his head; Bubble transition to SpongeBob spreading jelly on the Dutchman's face. Patrick smashes a jellyfish hive and they land on the Dutchman's face; SpongeBob and Patrick shake their heads. Bubble transition; SpongeBob is now on the Flying Dutchman's face]
- Flying Dutchman: Thanks, fellas! I love the new beard. Well, I'm off on my date. Don't wait up. [he and Patrick laugh as the Dutchman leaves.]
- Patrick: I don't get it.
- French Narrator: Several months later.
- [SpongeBob and Patrick are back to normal and lying on the ground]
- SpongeBob: Well, here we are several months later. I wonder how the Flying Dutchman and his new girlfriend are doing.
- Flying Dutchman:[off-screen] I can't do it. [SpongeBob & Patrick then walk up to the Flying Dutchman, who's beard is restored.][on-screen] She wants to marry me! I ain't the marrying type. [Then, all of a sudden, SpongeBob, Patrick, & the Flying Dutchman hear a mysterious screeching noise, and when the Flying Dutchman turns his head around he sees his date rising from the background.] Aaaahhh! [runs away]
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The team interviews several locals who share their eerie experiences and beliefs about the curse. Some claim to have witnessed shadowy figures lurking in the darkness, while others share stories of unexplained illnesses or financial hardships. The team also visits a local medicine man in an attempt to understand the spiritual aspects of the curse. During their investigation, the Ghost Adventures crew employs various paranormal investigation techniques, including EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomenon) recordings, thermal imaging, and spirit communication devices. They capture several compelling pieces of evidence, such as EVPs containing unexplained voices and anomalous temperature fluctuations. At the end of their investigation, the team concludes that there is indeed a strong paranormal presence in Upper Fruitland. They are convinced that the alleged curse has had a significant impact on the community, causing ongoing supernatural disturbances. They recommend that the affected residents seek the assistance of spiritual healers or shamans to help cleanse the area and remove the curse. The Ghost Adventures episode "Upper Fruitland Curse" sheds light on the belief in curses and the paranormal experiences that some communities and individuals claim to endure. While skeptics may dismiss such phenomena as superstitions or coincidence, the show provides an intriguing glimpse into the world of the supernatural and the potential existence of curses that transcend time and place..
Reviews for "The Haunted Legacy of Upper Fruitlad: A Chilling Account"
1. John Doe - 2/5 - I was really disappointed by "Ghost Adventures Upper Fruitlad Curse". The whole episode felt over-dramatized and lacked any real substance. It seemed like they were just trying to create scares for the sake of entertainment rather than genuinely investigating the haunted location. The crew's reactions were way too exaggerated, and it felt forced. I had higher expectations for this episode, but unfortunately, it fell short.
2. Jane Smith - 1/5 - I found "Ghost Adventures Upper Fruitlad Curse" to be incredibly cheesy and unconvincing. The supposed evidence they presented as proof of paranormal activity was laughable. It seemed more like a poorly scripted horror movie than an authentic investigation. The crew's constant yelling and acting scared felt fake and took away any credibility the show might have had. I was really hoping for a genuinely spooky experience, but this episode was a complete waste of time.
3. Robert Johnson - 2/5 - I've been a fan of "Ghost Adventures" for years, but "Upper Fruitlad Curse" left me unsatisfied. The crew's methods seemed sloppy and unprofessional. They relied too heavily on sensationalism and exaggerated reactions rather than focusing on actual evidence. The storyline felt forced, and the attempts to link it to a cursed object were poorly executed. Overall, it was an underwhelming episode that did not live up to the show's usual standards.