The Haunting of Star House (2024)

"The Haunting of Star House" is a The Patrick Star Show episode from season 1. In this episode, Patrick hires cheap ghosts to haunt his house, but he ends up getting just what he paid for.

Characters[]

• Patrick Star
  • Patrick's pupils
• FlimFlam Brothers ^(debut)
  • Pepper on a bottle of ghost pepper sauce ^(debut)
• Flying Dutchman
• Squidina Star
• Cecil Star
• Bunny Star
• GrandPat Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Phone
• Incidentals
  • Incidental 104
  • Incidental 110
  • Incidental 95
  • Incidental 32
  • Incidental 24
  • Incidental 24A
  • Incidental 81

Synopsis[]

The episode begins with Squidward delivering newspapers to the Star house. Cecil answers the door and takes the paper without paying, angering Squidward. He goes to shower, and Squidward climbs the house. He demands his money from the bathroom window, but falls off. Cecil calls for Bunny, but trips while running down the stairs. He falls over and his towel lands on him, making him look like a ghost. Patrick comes by and screams in horror, then gets the idea to do a ghost segment on his show. Squidina directs the skit, but they are disappointed when they find that Cecil is not a real ghost. Cecil tells Patrick that actual haunted houses are too expensive, making him cry.

Squidina shows Patrick a commercial for "Get a Ghost Incorporated," a service run by the Flying Dutchman promising affordable ghosts. He orders two and the Dutchman brings them to his house, where Patrick directs them to haunt his parents. Cecil is in the kitchen, making a sandwich, and a ghost haunts it and moves it away from him. Various items from the kitchen float in and become part of the sandwich, and the ghost finishes by covering it in hot sauce and forcing it down Cecil's throat. However, he likes how the sandwich tastes. The ghost tries drinking some of the hot sauce himself, only to light on fire and run around the room. Patrick extinguishes him and says that he hopes the other ghost is scarier.

Upstairs, Bunny is vacuuming with her eyes closed and headphones on. The ghost is unable to scare her, and when she returns with a leaf blower, she blows it into the wall. Meanwhile, Squidward returns and tries to pry the window open with a crowbar, but hits himself instead. Back in the house, the ghosts tell Patrick that his family is too dumb to scare. Patrick claims he could do a better job than them. When Squidward comes in, the ghosts tell Patrick to scare him, and he accepts.

Patrick hides inside the couch, so when Squidward searches it for money, he pulls off Patrick's skin. A skeletal Patrick comes up and speaks in an ominous voice, making Squidward scream and run away. Squidina suggests another show idea, and comes up with a makeover segment for the ghosts. The ghosts laugh so hard at their ridiculous makeup that they die and come back to life.

Now corporeal beings, the two start freeloading off Squidina. GrandPat comes in and calls them out, angry at them for borrowing money 50 years ago and never returning it. He chases them out of the house on Bunny's vacuum. Cecil comes out, and Squidward, who was hiding in the mailbox, reveals himself and chases after him. Patrick, still skeletal, is given a spare version of his skin by Squidina.

Back on the show, Patrick refits his skin and says that ghosts are not scary, just silly. He blows up a balloon, which turns out to be the Flying Dutchman in disguise. He scares Patrick and Squidina away, then advertises his company again. The two former ghosts come in and pop him, then laugh.

Production[]

Promotional art[]

• Drawn by Sherm Cohen.^[1]

Character design[]

• Designed by Maddie Carter.^[2]

Music[]

‣Waltz Scherzo-Jack Shaindlin[Opening]
‣Green Gnu-Sam Sklair, Otto Sieben["Hello, friendly neighborhood paper boy!"]
•Psycho Surgery-Nicolas Carr, Dick De Benedictis[Cecil screams and runs away]
‣Horror Comic-Dennis Farnon[Squidward falls down the house]
‣Dramatic Menace-Sam Sklair, Otto Sieben["Bunny! There's a prowler on the loose!"]
‣In the Darkness-Alan Wynn[Patrick notices the "ghost"]
‣Cartoon Cameo 6-Ronald Hanmer["This would be great on my show!"]
‣Spooky-Steve Gray[Squidina decides to do a ghost peeker segment]
‣Cartoon Cameo 7-Ronald Hanmer["Now it's your turn."]
‣Peek-A-Boo-Jack Shaindlin["Peek-a-boo!"]
‣Romantic Man 3-George Fenton, John Leach["Gosh darn it! I wanted a peek at ghosts."]
‣Crazy Goof-Jack Shaindlin[Flying Dutchman's Get-A-Ghost commercial]
‣Cartoon Cameo 7-Ronald Hanmer[Patrick calls the service]
‣Phrases 3-[ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator]["Oh boy! They're here!"]
‣Grotesque #2-Jack Shaindlin[Ghosts try to haunt Patrick's family]
•Hey Sucker-Nicolas Carr[Ghost screams after eating hot sauce]
‣Ghost Party-Sam Fonteyn[Ghosts try to scare Bunny while she mows the carpet]
‣Cat Burglar-Ronald Hanmer[Squidward tries to sneak into the house]
‣Burlesque-Jack Shaindlin["Your family's just too dumb to scare."]
•Driven To Madness 4-Nicolas Carr, Dick De Benedictis[Squidward rips off Patrick's head and runs away screaming.]
‣Minutiae 2-Sam Sklair, Otto Sieben["We can't compete with that. That spooky kid is a ringer!"]
‣Ensemble Gliss-[ProjectSAM Symphobia Colours: Animator]
‣Fast Colour-Peter Dennis[Makeover show]
•Funeral Parlor Music-Nicolas Carr[The cheap ghosts die as ghosts]
•Wonderous World-Nicolas Carr[The FlimFlam brothers come back to life]
•Breathing Underwater-Nicolas Carr["Wow, we're alive again!"]
‣Comic Look-Marc Durst[FlimFlam Brothers decide to live in Patrick's house]
‣Ghostly Presence-Ronald Hanmer["The FlimFlam brothers?! You borrowed ten bucks from me in 1926 and skipped town!"]
•?-Nicolas Carr[The FlimFlam brothers laugh]
‣Minute Mile-Dennis Farnon[GrandPat chases the FlimFlam Brothers]
‣Tijuana Tap Dance-Larry Ashmore[Squidina gives Patrick an extra skin suit]
•?-Nicolas Carr["Well kids, today we learned that ghosts aren't scary at all! They're just silly!"]
‣?[The Flying Dutchman scares Squidina and Patrick]
‣Crazy Goof-Jack Shaindlin[Ending]

Release[]

• This episode is available on The Patrick Star Show Season 1, Volume 1 DVD.

Trivia[]

General[]

• This episode was paired with a rerun of "Stair Wars" during the original airing.
  • This makes this the first episode of The Patrick Star Show and any SpongeBob spin-off to premiere without its sister episode.
• If the FlimFlam Brothers borrowed $10 from GrandPat in 1926, adjusted with inflation, that is equal to $145.52 (in today's money). If they owed $420,000.09 (in today's money), they would have borrowed $28,862.77 in 1926.

Cultural references[]

• The episode's name is a reference to the 1959 novel and 1963 film, The Haunting of Hill House.
• GrandPat and Squidward yell "You owe me restitution!", referencing the quote Sally Brown used in the 1966 Halloween special, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
• The FlimFlam Brothers are named like the Flim Flam Brothers (and their introductory song) from My Little Pony.

Errors[]

• Near the end of the episode, Squidina's arm is not properly attached to her sleeve.

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Names in other languages[]

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