Footsteps of Horror

"Footsteps of Horror" was composed by W. Merreck Farran. There are two versions.

Usage

[#11.1]

• 8b. "Squeaky Boots" - Mr. Krabs sees SpongeBob sleeping; Mr. Krabs steals the boots while SpongeBob is asleep.
• 10b. "F.U.N." - "He's just after me recipe."
• 12b. "Employee of the Month" - Squidward and SpongeBob watch each other.
• 15b. "Suds" - The camera shows the fridge still left open while SpongeBob is asleep.
• 24b. "Imitation Krabs" - Robot Krabs enters the garbage room.
• 25b. "Patty Hype" - SpongeBob skips and hops happily (heard briefly at the end)
• 29a. "Survival of the Idiots" - "Look at all that warm, toasty fur."
• 32b. "The Smoking Peanut" - SpongeBob starts twitching.
• 35a. "The Secret Box" - SpongeBob sees Patrick sleeping; A nail on the wall cracks; SpongeBob reminds himself to stay quiet in order for him to get Patrick's secret box; SpongeBob steps on a potato chip; Patrick falls back to sleep.
• 36a. "Graveyard Shift" - Squidward hears noises; Squidward hears noises again; Squidward looks around.
• 76a. "The Thing" - "It's too quiet..."
• 232b. "Shopping List" - Sandy cuts Yeti Krabs' fur.

[#11.2]

• 8b. "Squeaky Boots" - Mr. Krabs climbs down the ladder.
• 10b. "F.U.N." - Plankton imagines Bikini Bottom terrorized by a giant jellyfish; "What is this all about, Mr. Krabs?"
• 15b. "Suds" - Patrick explains to SpongeBob what the doctor's office is like.
• 25a. "Wormy" - SpongeBob and Patrick make their first attempt to capture Wormy, who had just turned into a butterfly; Patrick on a dinner plate; Patrick runs away from Wormy.
• 25b. "Patty Hype" - "I bet you miss Squidward, and the grill, and the crow's nest..."
• 32b. "The Smoking Peanut" - Sandy rips a Yellow Pages Phone Book in half.
• 35a. "The Secret Box" - SpongeBob makes noises with his shoe; SpongeBob wipes his sweat; SpongeBob trips on his shoelaces; The box land's on SpongeBob.
• 36a. "Graveyard Shift" - Squidward continues to hear noises.
• 50a. "Wet Painters" - Mr. Krabs doesn't remember any of these stacks of paintings.
• 61a. "Fear of a Krabby Patty" - SpongeBob screams when Mr. Krabs shows him a batch of Krabby Patties.
• 63. "Have You Seen This Snail?" - "I made a batch of deviled eggs, too." (Only a second can be heard.)
• 78b. "Best Frenemies" - SpongeBob is seen covered in kelp.
• 99b. "SpongeHenge" - "Where it's safe... and quiet... and dark."
• 101a. "House Fancy" - Squidward hisses at SpongeBob.
• 107b. "No Nose Knows" - Patrick's nose shrivels up.
• 110b. "Grooming Gary" - Gary bites the judge.
• 120b. "Toy Store of Doom" - Patrick winds up the robot.
• 157b. "Oral Report" - SpongeBob shakes nervously.
• 162. "Ghoul Fools" - The Flying Dutchman turns into a torpedo.
• 187a. "Don't Look Now" - SpongeBob and Patrick think the jellyfish are the Fisherman; the suit stands up.
• 256b. "SpongeBob's Bad Habit" - SpongeBob biting Fred's fingernails.

Trivia

• Between "The Thing" and "Shopping List," it took 11 years for version 1 to return.
• Between "Don't Look Now" and "SpongeBob's Bad Habit," it took six years for version 2 to return.
• Version 1 and Version 2 of "Footsteps of Horror" have both played in The Loud House.
  • Both versions were played in the episode "Jeers for Fears."
• Version 2 played in the 1983 film A Christmas Story.
  • It also can be heard in the "Baby Love" episode of "Full House".
• Version 1 and 2 of "Footsteps of Horror" was used in the shows that were created by the former British Animation Studio, Cosgrove Hall Films.
  • Danger Mouse (1981 TV series) in the episode "Alping Is Snow Easy Matter" - 7th March 1985. (Version 1 and 2)
  • The Wind in the Willows (TV series) in the episode "Monster of the Wild Wood" - 2nd March 1988. (Version 1 and 2)
  • Count Duckula in the episode "All in a Fog" - 1st November 1988. (Version 1 only)