Arrgh!

Characters

• Sea urchins
• Eugene H. Krabs
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  • Peggy the Pirate Template:Debut
• Patrick Star
  • Blind Beard the Pirate Template:Debut
• Flying Dutchman
• Sea turtle ^{(on the game board)}
• Fred Template:Cameo
• Gary the Snail ^{(in a picture)}
• Jellyfish Template:Cameo
• Female Singers

Synopsis

At the Krusty Krab, it is a very slow day with no customers. Mr. Krabs hears SpongeBob shout "Eight gold doubloons! I'm rich!" Upon hearing this, he jumps over to SpongeBob to take the coins for himself. SpongeBob explains to him that he and Patrick are merely playing a board game called "The Flying Dutchman's Treasure Hunt," which is based on a real treasure map. Mr. Krabs sits down to play with them, and wins the game. He instantly becomes addicted, and continues to play with them, winning 17 times in a row. They play until late at night, when SpongeBob gets tired and wants to go to bed. Despite Mr. Krabs attempts to persuade him to stay and play more, SpongeBob goes home to get some sleep, much to Mr. Krabs' disappointment.

The following morning, SpongeBob wakes up to see Mr. Krabs in a pirate ship outside his house. Mr. Krabs tells him that they are going to be real pirates and go on a real treasure hunt, and SpongeBob and Patrick eagerly join him. However, the two struggle to learn how to act like "real" pirates, and end up causing the boat to crash. The trio is forced to continue on foot, following instructions from the map, read by Mr. Krabs, who also tells them that they are not allowed to look at the map. Eventually, the map tells them to go 10,000 paces east from the seaweed with 2 leaves on it, and Mr. Krabs asks Patrick which way is east. He looks at a compass, and points west. After walking 10,000 paces west, they realize that they have taken the wrong direction because Patrick thought Mr. Krabs said "Weast," and begin walking back.

After going around 9,552 paces east, they are exhausted, and set up a camp to stay for the night. While trying to fall asleep, SpongeBob and Patrick get excited and find Mr. Krabs gone and the map all alone. They decide to look at the map but when they open it, they realize that it is actually their board game taped to a piece of paper. Mr. Krabs catches them, and they beg for mercy outside. However, his anger is forgotten when they realize that they are standing directly on top of the "X" that marks the spot, and start digging. (SpongeBob and Patrick use their hands to dig instead of shovels) They find the treasure, and SpongeBob and Patrick ask each other what they will do with their shares.

Upon hearing this, Mr. Krabs selfishly says that, he being the captain, all of the treasure belongs to him. SpongeBob and Patrick get angry and state they deserve a share since they found it. The trio begin fighting over the chest, and their arguing wakes up The Flying Dutchman, who appears and questions who dug up his loot. Mr. Krabs blames SpongeBob and Patrick, The Dutchman questions this and they nervously confirm it. The ghost pirate congratulates SpongeBob and Patrick for saving him "a lot of digging." He takes the treasure, but gives them two gold coins as a reward. Jealous, Mr. Krabs asks for a reward (because he is the captain), but only receives a tiny plastic treasure chest, which the Dutchman explains is "based on a real treasure chest!" as he disappears, laughing maniacally.

Production

Art

• A deleted scene in the storyboard of this episode
  A deleted scene in the storyboard of this episode
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• "Gold, Gold, Gold."
  "Gold, Gold, Gold."
• "Flying Dutchman's Treasure Hunt"
  "Flying Dutchman's Treasure Hunt"
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Release

• This episode is available on the Fear of a Krabby Patty, Ghouls Fools, Complete 1st Season, and First 100 Episodes DVDs.

Reception

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Trivia

General

• The title of this episode is a homage to the famous pirate stereotype of saying "arrgh!" when threatening, cussing, shouting, etc.
• This episode premiered in Canada on November 25, 2000.
• Patrick's line "C'mon sweaty" was reused in Bikini Bottom Brawlers.
• The scene where Fred says, "Rev up those fryers! Cause I am sure hungry for one... Help! Help! My leg!" has become a popular internet meme, mostly for the parts when he says, "Rev up those fryers!" and, "My leg!"
• This is the first episode where Mr. Krabs is portrayed as a villain.
• This episode won as the letter "X" in the SpongeBob Z-A marathon because X marks the spot.
• "My leg!:" Mr. Krabs throws Fred out of the Krusty Krab.
• The opening credits for this episode are in light blue instead of the regular navy blue. This also happens with "Rock Bottom," the sister episode.
• The word "weast" as said by Patrick is basically a misheard word of "east." In different countries, the word "weast" is altered to match the misheard word with their respective languages.
  • In German, the misheard word is "wosten," based on "osten" (east) and "westen" (west).
• The Flying Dutchman is revealed to be greedy in this episode since he only gives SpongeBob and Patrick one doubloon each. In "Born Again Krabs," he scolds Mr. Krabs by telling him that "being greedy is a terrible thing."
• This is the first episode to air on a Wednesday.
• The tent and the inside of the tent are seen in Lights, Camera, Pants! in the name of the items.
• In Croatian dub, the episode name is "Na Zapovijed Kapetane," which means "Aye Aye Captain."
• This episode was paired with "Krusty Krushers" on the May 17, 2014 airing.
• In Spanish, this episode was called "¡Piratas!," which means "Pirates!"
• This episode premiered on Dee Snider's 45th birthday.
• This episode, along with "Rock Bottom," as well as "Valentine's Day" and "The Paper," rarely appears on the British Nicktoons.
• This is the second episode where the Krusty Krab appears without Template:Data:Links. The first is "Suds."

Cultural references

• The game cards of the game board are a spoof of the Monopoly game cards.

Errors

• When Mr. Krabs looks through his telescope at the beginning of the episode, the Chum Bucket across the street from the Krusty Krab is missing.
• After SpongeBob says Mr. Krabs is all sweaty again, the X seems as if Mr. Krabs never dug yet.
• When SpongeBob wakes up to find Mr. Krabs yelling, a bell sound is heard, yet there is no bell on the ship.
• Patrick rolls a five when he sends Mr. Krabs to the brig, but a close-up of the card reveals the dice showing only two.
• When SpongeBob and Patrick first spot Mr. Krabs' map in the tent, there is a compass next to the map. When they go over to touch the map, the compass is gone. It does not reappear.
• When SpongeBob and Patrick are looking over the map, it appears flat as their eyes smoothly go over it. But when they take a closer look, it is their game board with lots of props like a tree and sand where the treasure is.
• The map could not have rolled up as the game board was cardboard and had the game pieces on it.
• When SpongeBob wakes up the next morning, he is wearing just his underwear, but after he talks to Mr. Krabs, he has pants on.
• When Mr. Krabs asks Patrick which way East is, Patrick thinks that Mr. Krabs said "Weast." Furthermore, he looks at the compass and points in the direction the compass was pointing, which was North at the time, so they end up going 10,000 paces North to the X. When they don't find the X, they go back 10,000 paces East to the X. But they would have had to have made an additional 10,000 paces South to reach the X, so they would have ended up going 30,000 paces in total.
• Just when the scene where Mr. Krabs agrees to play the board game starts, something going "MOW!" can be very briefly and slightly heard, similar to Gary's voice.

Running gags

• Mr. Krabs being called sweaty by SpongeBob or Patrick.
• When the camera shows the close-up of the Dutchman's items, a female choir sings about the items.