However, he is much more likely a parody of Hook Killer as both replace their hand with a sharp object. The Hash-Slinging Slasher is a parody of slasher film villains such as Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, and Freddy Krueger.But that left just one question: Who was flickering the lights? The three then find that a mischievous vampire called Nosferatu was the culprit there and tell him off. He also admitted that he was the one who called but he hung up because he felt nervous. Fortunately, the Hash-Slinging Slasher was not real at all, as the shadowy figure whom they mistaken as the ghost was actually a nervous fish who was trying to get a job application and that his hand holding the spatula was hidden under his sleeve. The supposed ghost then entered the Krusty Krab and approached the terrified SpongeBob and Squidward, who both feared they would now be killed. However, Squidward's story later seemingly came true as the lights began flickering off and on, the phone rang but was silent when Squidward answered, and an apparently late running bus arrived and dropped off a shadowy figure with red glowing eyes wielding a spatula. SpongeBob laughs with relief at this, which annoys Squidward just as much. Squidward initially laughs at SpongeBob's scared shrieks, but then gets so annoyed with the nonstop noises that he confesses to making the whole story up just to scare him. Squidward then told the frightened, yet insistent SpongeBob that the slasher would then "get" him, implying that he would be killed by the ghost. He would then use his spatula hand to tap the front window, open the door, and slowly approach the counter.
Squidward then told SpongeBob how the ghost would exit the bus and cross the street without looking both ways first, since he was already dead.