The Flying Dutchman has been consistently shown to be gruff, malicious and even downright sadistic, scaring people and stealing their souls out simply for fun, and in his first full appearance in 'Scaredy Pants,' he attempts to steal the souls of everyone in the Krusty Krab simply because SpongeBob's ridiculous costume as the Flying Dutchman was the ultimate insult to his image.
He speaks with a West Country pirate accent and a slight lateral lisp.ĭuring all of his appearances, the Flying Dutchman proves to be anything but a 'friendly ghost.' Though his role in the series is to be the devil of the sea, he constantly varies from a sea demon to a restless soul or even as a psychopompic judge to the dead. The Flying Dutchman is a ghost who has a green glow around him, yellow eyes with black irises, a scraggly beard, a pirate hat with a chunk taken out, a handbag marked 'Souls,' a droopy nose, a coat, little pigtails, and a ghostly tail.
