Pucca and the Scaredy Pants

 is the first segment of the 13th episode of Puccabob Antipants. It was released on October 28, 1989.

Plot/Summary
Pucca is tired of being cowardly on Halloween, so he dresses like a ghost with help from Miku, and pretends to be the Flying Dutchman.

Synopsis
As the episode begins on the evening of Halloween in Bikini Bottom, Pucca is cleaning the dishes at the Krusty Krab at the end of the workday. He becomes frightened by the door suddenly closing and a message reading "BOO" written on order slips.

After he finishes, he begins to run away, but Bear Queen stops him and asks him if he wants to hear his "annual scary story," and he then does. Bear Queen tells the story of "The Flying Dutchman," a ghost who steals souls on Halloween. Zeta, dressed up like the Flying Dutchman, appears behind Pucca, saying that he will steal his soul, terrifying him. Pucca, who has a reputation for being easily scared, is then nicknamed "Pucca ScaredyPants," rushes home, and is scared by everything he sees on the way.

After being accidentally scared by Miku wearing Groucho Marx glasses, he asks him for help. They make a "Flying Dutchman" costume, but it fails to scare anyone. Pucca realizes that a "real" ghost has a round head and that he has a square one. Miku shaves Pucca's head, making it round. Believing themselves to be scary, Pucca and Miku go around town attempting to scare people, and believe themselves to be successful in doing so, although their "victims" are simply confused by their antics.

Then, they go to the roof of the Krusty Krab, where a Halloween party is taking place. They turn off all the lights in the building and Miku lowers Pucca in with a rope while providing the voice of the "Dutchman," which initially terrifies everyone. However, when a jellyfish stings Miku, whom the rope is tied to, he starts running around in pain, causing Pucca to fly around uncontrollably, exposing his true identity.

Everybody starts laughing at Pucca, but soon the real Flying Dutchman appears. He explains to them how offended he is by people dressing up as him for Halloween, and that Pucca's costume is the worst of all. Before he is about to steal the souls of everyone present, the Flying Dutchman first takes off Pucca's costume, which reveals that his brain is almost completely exposed as a result of Miku's shaving.

The Dutchman flees in terror. Subsequently, everyone runs away from the Krusty Krab screaming, leaving Pucca satisfied to finally have succeeded in scaring people. Miku comments on Pucca's "pink hat," and Pucca explains that it is not a hat, but rather his brain. Miku also screams and runs away. Pucca ends the episode reassuring Miku that his skin will grow back.

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Trivia

 * The main characters' Halloween costumes:
 * Peso is a pet goldfish in a bowl.
 * Zeta is the Flying Dutchman.
 * Tuinp is the Bride of Frankenstein or a lady vampire.
 * Miku is Groucho Marx.
 * Mr. Goodman is a witch.
 * Pucca is the Ghost of the Flying Dutchman.