Flying Dutchman

The Flying Dutchman is a recurring character in SpongeBob SquarePants. He is a green pirate ghost who haunts Bikini Bottom. When he had died, he had no funeral because his body was used as a window display. Now he haunts the Seven Seas because he was never put to rest. He expresses a dislike for the tradition in which others dress up as him for Halloween and claims that it "turns the Flying Dutchman name into a laughing stock".

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The Flying Dutchman's ghostship.

Episode count

The Flying Dutchman has appeared in the following episodes:

• Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost (only in a magazine)
• Scaredy Pants
• Arrgh!
• Your Shoe's Untied
• Shanghaied
• Born Again Krabs
• Ghost Host
• Money Talks
• SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One
• Curse of Bikini Bottom
• Ghoul Fools

Appearance

The Flying Dutchman has a green glow around him, yellow eyes with black irises, scraggly beard, pirate hat with a chunk taken out, a handbag marked "Souls", droopy nose, coat, little pigtails, and ghostly tail, and also speaks with a Scottish Pirate accent. He has a sister named Sally Dutchman.

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Personality

During all of his appearances, the Flying Dutchman proves to be anything but a "friendly ghost". Though his role in the series varies constantly from a sea demon to a restless soul or even as a psychopompic judge to the dead, Flying Ducthman has been consistently shown to be gruff, malicious and even downright sadistic, scaring people and stealing their souls out simply for fun, and in his first full appearance, he attempted to steal the souls of everyone in the Krusty Krab, simply because Spongebob's ridiculous costume as the 'Flying Dutchman' was the ultimate insult to his image, thus showing that he's extremely prideful.

Despite his antisocial behaivor and malevolence, the Flying Dutchman isn't pure evil or without companionship. It's shown in 'Ghost Host' that he has a number of ghost friends, and has shown both in this episode and in 'Your Shoe's Untied' to be capable to bond with other people in case they have the same interests or objectives (mostly Spongebob). He has also shown to be both in Ghost Host while in Curse of Bikini Bottom to be a notorious womanizer, with not even mortal women being free from his teasers (though the former episode implies that he's divorced). While the Flying Dutchman takes strong delight in scaring people, he doesn't life exclusively to haunting mortals, having sometimes tormented them only out of boredom (scaring SpongeBob for months to wait for his ship to be fully repaired), or otherwise because someone provocated him (as seen in SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One and Curse of Bikini Bottom). Though he is no saint, the Flying Dutchman has a strong sense of justice and has been known to award people for good deeds done towards him (Arrgh!) or to punish wicked souls (taking his role as a Psychopomp very seriously, as seen in Born Again Krabs), and has been know to keep promises as seen in Shanghaied, when he grants three wishes to SpongeBob and gang in exchange for his sock.

Powers and Abilities

The Flying Dutchman is show to be one of the most powerful supernatural beings in the ocean, nearly rivaling King Neptune in magical power. Though his skills vary from episode to episode, he has been consistently capable to levitate, and teleport in a cloud of smoke preceded by a storm. In his first appearance, he is show to be capable of stealing souls and fire-breathing. He has also shown to be capable of opening dimensional portals to banish his enemies, as seen in Shanghaied and Ghoul Fools. He has shown to be also capable of manipulating matter (even turning SpongeBob and Patrick into ghosts in Curse of Bikini Bottom and making objects appear out of thin air) and grant wishes, as seen in shanghaided and Money Talks. However, of all his incarnations, his most powerful appearance was in Ghost Host, where he was able to shapeshift into numerous horrific forms and warped reality effortlessly. The only limitation to his powers regards his ghost tail. Despite being a champion in looping for centuries, he as long forgotten how to tie his shoes, and it's later reveled that he can't eat people without his sock. His most powerful weapon is probably his ability to turn himself into a bomb.

Quotes

• You?! SCARY?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
• [in his sleep] I'm the Flying Dutchman...I'm the Flying Dutchman.
• I haven't worn shoes for over 5000 years! But sometimes, I like to wear this sock over me ghostly tail.
• We have so much in common. You like teddy bears, I like teddy bears. You like ponies, I like ponies.
• Behold, the pretzel knot. The double diamond knot, the square knot, the constrictor,... the gut knot, the pillow knot, the butterfly knot.
• An ' I.O.U ' ?
• Wait there's more. The monkey's chain, the monkey's fist, the monkey! This one here's a loop knot, also known as the poop loop!
• You give me back the sock, and I give you, three wishes.
• No! I'm not married! (Chuckles)

Video Games

The Flying Dutchman makes appearances in nearly all SpongeBob video games. His first appearance was in the very first SpongeBob video game, "SpongeBob SquarePants: Legend of the Lost Spatula" as the final boss. He also appears as a boss in "SpongeBob SquarePants: Supersponge" and as an enemy in "SpongeBob SquarePants: Operation: Krabby Patty". He appears in SpongeBob SquarePants:The Yellow Avenger,he is in Rock Bottom and gives SpongeBob a mission to find his 3 keys for him.

He is the main antagonist of"SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman". In "SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom" he is a minor boss fought in a level centered around him, the Flying Dutchman's Graveyard.

In Nicktoons Unite The Flying Dutchman plots to make the Nicktoons his new crew but releases them when they find his old crew.

In SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis The Flying Dutchman's head appears in the Bikini Botton Museum as an object SpongeBob must photograph.

The Flying Dutchman will appear in Nicktoons MLB as a playable character.

He makes a cameo in Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy as an out of place character you must photograph.