Ghoul Fools

"Ghoul Fools" is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode from season eight. It first aired on October 21, 2011 in the United States. In the episode, SpongeBob and Patrick find a houseboat haunted by a crew of ghost pirates and get caught in the feud between them and the Flying Dutchman. Chris Elliott guest starred in the episode as Lord Poltergeist.
Upon release, the episode attracted a total of 4.1 million viewers.
Plot
SpongeBob and Patrick are watching the clouds until they see a haunted house-boat. Patrick wants to check it out and thinks the boat is fake, but SpongeBob thinks it's real. Then, they meet Lord Poltergeist who sings a sea shanty by Patrick's request. SpongeBob asks why Lord Poltergeist is in Bikini Bottom and it is because there's a broken head gasket. Lord Poltergeist takes their souls, but gives SpongeBob a doubloon to buy a new head gasket in 24 hours. SpongeBob and Patrick run to the Krusty Krab to tell the customers about the ghosts. The customers run away and Mr. Krabs wants to know what's with the chaos. SpongeBob tells him about Lord Poltergeist and how he stole their souls, but gave them a doubloon.
Mr. Krabs takes the doubloon and takes a head gasket from a car. Sandy then appears with ghost equipment, claiming she was looking for "milkshake gremlins" and wants to catch some ghosts. The five go back to the boat where Mr. Krabs steals the doubloons and hands bags to Squidward and Patrick. Lord Poltergeist appears and SpongeBob gives him the head gasket. The lord gives SpongeBob and Patrick orange soda instead of their souls (since he never actually took them) and sucks Mr. Krabs, Squidward and Patrick into the void and shows them their greatest fears. First, Mr. Krabs has to use the restroom and finds a portable bathroom, but to use it, he must pay one doubloon. Next, Patrick wishes for a doughnut and then a talking one comes and Patrick annoys him. He wishes for a donut with sprinkles, then chocolate, then a bagel, then a stack of pancakes, oblivious to the fact that he had outsmarted his worst nightmare, something Lord Poltergeist intended to be impossible. He then asks for a Krabby Patty, and then another plain donut, much to the donut's annoyance (and with him screaming instead). Finally, Squidward encounters a giant SpongeBob which makes him scream (even through he already knows it). Sandy sucks the three back out and into her equipment. Then, Mr. Krabs and Lord Poltergeist fight for the doubloons. SpongeBob catches it and realizes it belongs to the Flying Dutchman. The Flying Dutchman comes by to reclaim his doubloons. Lord Poltergeist runs away until the boat breaks down. Finally, the Flying Dutchman turns into a torpedo that makes a void. The episode finishes with the Krusty Krab in the void with new workers and customers. When SpongeBob tells everyone to hold on to something, he tells Giant Demonic Spongebob from Lord Poltergeist's void to flip the restaurant. He does so, and then his face turns into The Flying Dutchman's and he laughs evilly.
Home media
The DVD based on the episode was released on August 28, 2012 by Paramount Home Entertainment. The DVD includes six other episodes like "The Curse of Bikini Bottom," "Ghost Host," "Born Again Krabs," "Arrgh!," "Your Shoe's Untied," and "Money Talk."
Reception
The episode and its DVD received mostly positive reviews. A staff from Formula Mom called the DVD "great because it’s not specifically Halloween themed so it can be out on the shelf all year long too!" Paul Mavis of DVD Talk said that the video mediums "terrific, with incredibly bright colors and a super-sharp picture." He added that "the Dolby Digital English 2.0 stereo audio track is perfectly acceptable." Joe Corey of Inside Pulse said that "the transfers bring out the green glow in the Flying Dutchman."

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