Flying Dutchman
The Flying Dutchman (November 21, 1873 - July 16, 1925) (age 51 at death; age 137) is a recurring character in SpongeBob SquarePants. He is a green pirate ghost who haunts Bikini Bottom. 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".
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
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.
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!
- 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.
- Wait there's more. The monkey's chain, the monkey's fist, the monkey! And the loop knot, also known as the poop loop!
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 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.
Trivia
- He says it takes 1,000 years to grow his beard yet he's only 137 years old.