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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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