The episode of SpongeBob SquarePants that features the "hash slinging slasher" is called "Graveyard Shift"). It is the first part of the 16th episode of the second season, and the 36th episode overall, of the American animated television series). In this episode, Squidward tries to scare SpongeBob into being afraid of the night shift by telling him the story of the "Hash-Slinging Slasher", a former fry cook at the Krusty Krab who accidentally cut off his own hand, replaced it with a spatula, and was killed by a bus and fired at his funeral. Squidward continues by telling SpongeBob that every Tuesday night, his ghost returns to the Krusty Krab to get revenge on those who fired him). The episode aired on September 6, 2002.