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{{Episode/Special
|title = SpongeBob's Spookiest Scenes Countdown Special
|code = 889<ref>http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/spongebob-squarepants/listings/</ref>
|seasonnumber = 12
|airdate = {{Flag|USA}} {{Time|October 2}}, {{Time|2020}}<br>{{Flag|CAN}} {{Time|October 24}}, {{Time|2020}}{{SeeMore}}{{Flag|LAM}} {{Flag|BRA}} {{Time|October 23}}, {{Time|2021}}{{SeeMoreEnd}}
|year = {{Time|2020}}
|writer = Eugenia Azevedo
|supervising producer = Tony Maxwell<br>Thomas Rizzo
|briefsummary = a power outage won't stop [[Patchy the Pirate]] from counting down some of the spookiest ''SpongeBob'' scenes ever. Will he be able to get power back when he counts down?
}}
===Characters===
*[[Patchy the Pirate]]
*{{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}} {{sup|(cameo in numerous photos and transition screens)}}
*[[Jellyfish]] {{sup|(cameo in photo)}}
*[[Potty the Parrot]]
*Bats {{sup|(debut, numerous cameos on transition screens)}}
**Yellow Bats {{sup|(debut, numerous cameos on transition screens)}}
*Eye balls {{sup|(numerous cameos on transition screens)}}
*[[Patrick Star]] {{sup|(cameo in numerous transition screens)}}
*Pumpkins {{sup|(debut, numerous cameos on transition screens)}}
**SpongeBob pumpkins {{sup|(debut, numerous cameos on transition screens)}}
*[[Santa Claus]] {{mentioned}}
*[[Patchy's mother]] {{mentioned}}
*Patchy's dad {{sup|(debut, mentioned)}}

The following characters appear in archive footage:
*Creepy sea creatures
*[[Sandy Cheeks]]
*[[Flying Dutchman]]
*{{Link|Incidentals}}
**[[Incidental 48]]
**[[Incidental 222]]
**Alternate-Universe [[Incidental 6]] {{cameo}}
**[[Incidental 115]]
**[[Incidental 103]]
**[[Incidental 16]]
**[[Incidental 150]]
**[[Incidental 151]]
**[[Steve]]
**[[Incidental 152]]
**[[Incidental 153]]
**[[Incidental 116]]
**[[Incidental 49]]
**[[Richard]]
*[[Sheldon J. Plankton]]
*[[Krabby Patty creatures]]
*[[DoodleBob]]
*[[Squidward Tentacles]]
*[[Karen Plankton]]
*[[Mrs. Puff]]
*[[Pearl Krabs]]
*[[Saleslady]]
*{{Link|Wormy}}
*Skull doorknob
*[[Eugene H. Krabs]]
*[[Janet]] {{cameo}}
*[[Marty]] {{cameo}}
*[[Lord Poltergeist]]
*[[King Neptune]] {{Mentioned}}
*[[The Fisherman]]
*[[Trench monsters]]
*[[Squidabeth]]
*[[Flying Dutchman's ghost pirates]]
*[[Bubble Bass]] {{cameo}}
*Worms
*[[Nosferatu]]
*[[Barry Blobfish]]
*[[Hash-slinging slasher]]
*[[Black]]
*Big hairy hand
*[[Smitty Werbenjägermanjensen]]
*The army of the living dead
*[[Chubby customer]]
*[[Puffy Fluffy]]
*[[Gary the Snail]]
*Unnamed party members
*SquidBob TentaclePants
*The Flying Dutchman's monsters
**Giant yellow monster
**Spiders

==Scenes==
*Swabbing the Dutchman's Ghost Ship ([[Shanghaied]])
*SpongeBob's Insulting Costume ([[Scaredy Pants]])
*The [[Krabby Patty creatures|Mutant Krabby Patty]] recipe ([[Krabby Patty Creature Feature]])
*The [[Hash-slinging slasher]] ([[Graveyard Shift]])
*Mutant Snails ([[I Was a Teenage Gary]])
*Stop-Motion Thrill Ride ([[The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom]])
*The Skeleton Army ([[One Krabs Trash]])
*The Dutchman Ghosts Squidward ([[Ghost Host]])
*A Terrifying... Butterfly ([[Wormy]])
*DoodleBob's Revenge ([[Frankendoodle]])
*Gary's Horrifying Pal ([[A Pal for Gary]])
*[[Lord Poltergeist]] ([[Ghoul Fools]])
*SpongeBob–Squidward Fusion ([[SquidBob TentaclePants]])
*[[The Fisherman]] Robs the Krusty Krab ([[The Night Patty]])
*Squidward The Unfriendly Ghost ([[Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost]])
*[[Nosferatu]] and The New Night Cook (The Night Patty)
*Plankton Terrorizes Squidward ([[The Ghost of Plankton]])
*SpongeBob Gets Worms ([[House Worming]])
*The [[Haunted house boat]] (Ghoul Fools)
*A Monster From the Woods ([[A Cabin in the Kelp]])

===Release===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Format
!Title
!Region
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|Digital release
|SpongeBob's Spookiest Scenes Countdown Special
|United States
|}

==Trivia==
*This is the fourth special to be a clip show.
*Despite the fact that this is a Halloween-themed special, not every Halloween episode is included. "[[Séance Shméance]]" is not included.
*Scenes from 18 different episodes from various seasons are used.
**Ghoul Fools and The Night Patty were the only episodes to have two scenes used in the special.
[[File:4 by 3 house worming on nickeldoeon oh ok.png|thumb|260px|"House Worming" cropped in 4:3.]]
*In this special, a clip from "[[House Worming]]" was shown in a cropped 4:3 aspect ratio, despite the episode being originally produced in 16:9 HDTV/widescreen.
*All of Potty's lines are archival recordings reused from previous episodes.
[[File:The Sponge Who Could Fly 400.png|thumb|260px]]
*Every time the outside of [[Patchy the Pirate's house]] is shown in this special, it is a night time shot taken straight from the ending of "[[The Sponge Who Could Fly]]." The only differences are that it is cropped to widescreen and does not have a SpongeBob constellation above Patchy's house.
*To date, this is the last episode where Patchy the Pirate and Potty the Parrot appear in live-action until "[[A Very Patchy Holiday Livestream]]."
*This is the first stand-alone Halloween special.
*[[Tom Kenny]]'s son, Mack Kenny, was a director of photography and set dresser for the special.<ref>[https://www.mackkenny.com/resume Resume — Mack Kenny]</ref>
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==Videos==
<gallery widths="180" captionalign="center" position="center">
SpongeBob's Spookiest Scenes Countdown Special Official Promo 1
SpongeBob's Spookiest Scenes Countdown Special Official Promo 2
SpongeBob's Spookiest Scenes Countdown Special - Bumper 1
SpongeBob's Spookiest Scenes Countdown Special - Bumper 2
SpongeBob's Spookiest Scenes Countdown Special - Bumper 3
SpongeBob's Spookiest Scenes Countdown Special - Bumper 4
SpongeBob's Spookiest Scenes Countdown Special - All Patchy Segments
SpongeBob's Spookiest Scenes Countdown Special Theme song
SpongeBob HALLOWEEN Theme Song! 🎃 - Nickelodeon Cartoon Universe
</gallery>

==References==
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[[Category:Holiday episode specials]]