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Octerror Fest 2020 is the tenth Octerror Fest for The SpongeBob Community, which began October 16, 2020 and concluded on October 31, 2020. Like the previous four years, every game during the event counted for a teams tournament named the "Octerror Cup", this time between the Krusty Krew (Kreepy Krabs), Chum Buddies (Bucketheads), and Solos (Ghosts). In the end, the Krusty Krew won. Loyal Customers received a sneak peek of the event on October 2, 2020 and it was publicly announced October 9, 2020.

Octerror Fest 2020
Octerror Fest 2020 Logo.png
The logo, made by LocalAquatic.
Information
Start Date October 16, 2020
End Date October 31, 2020
Event Coordinators jjsthekid
OWM
Events SpongeBob Pictionary
Trick or Terror!
Arcade Tournaments
Music Parties
Jackbox
Movie Nights
Stop What You Are Doing
SpongeBob Whodunnit?
Skins Everyone:
Octerror Fest 2020
Rock Bottom
It Came From Boo-kini Bottom
Loyal Customers:
Trick or Treat!
The Flying Dutchman
Preceded by Octerror Fest 2019
Succeeded by Octerror Fest 2021

Octerror Cup Scoreboard

Place Team Score
1st Krusty Krew (Kreepy Krabs) 14
2nd Solos (Ghosts) 6
3rd Chum Buddies (Bucketheads) 4

General

Like previous Octerror Fests, during the event, the group names changed to Halloween and SpongeBob related names. Managers, Cashiers, Krusty Krew, Chum Buddies, and Customers became orange, purple, red, green, and light blue instead of red, blue, gold, silver and teal. Fry Cooks and Loyal Customers retained their standard color.

Managers --> Slashers

Cashiers --> Floating Shopping Lists

Fry Cooks --> Scaredy Pants

Retired Employees --> Haunted Mattresses

Krusty Krew --> Kreepy Krabs

Chum Buddies --> Bucketheads

Loyal Customers --> Ghost Pirates

Customers --> Ghosts

Nematodes --> Zombies

They received brand new Halloween badge designs during the event, all created by LocalAquatic, which can be found in the gallery below.

The forum category names were changed, to the same ones from last year:

Krusty Krab --> Kreepy Krab

Kelp Forest --> Haunted Kelp Forest

Atlantis --> Aaah!lantis

Bikini Bottom Arcade --> Bikini Boottom Arcade

On Discord, the category names were changed:

SBC --> ScaryBC

Tangy Bobby --> Floater's Cemetery

Fake News Media --> Haunted Houseboat

Events

Stop What You Are Doing: Halloween Edition

The 32nd SWYAD was held during the event. Like past Octerror Fests, the theme was to change your username to something Halloween themed.

Jackbox: Trivia Murder Party

Every Friday night during the event at 7pm EST, the Jackbox sub-game Trivia Murder Party was held, hosted by dman using Discord's GoLive feature. The winner of the first game on October 16th, 2020 was sbl for the Krusty Krew. The winner of the second game on October 23rd, 2020 was dman for the Krusty Krew. The winner of the third game on October 30th, 2020 was dman for the Krusty Krew.

SBC Music Ghoul Party Fridays

Every Friday night during the event, a music party was held on cytube. The theme was to play Halloween music during each. This is the first Octerror Fest where the music parties do not count for team points.

SpongeBob Pictionary

Three games this month counted for the event. The first one, "Toast!?" on October 17th, 2020, was a SpongeBob themed game won by The Appetizer for the Solos. The second one, "A Real Live Ghost Mop" on October 24th, 2020, was an Octerror Fest themed game won by Steel Sponge for the Solos. The third one, "Hallow's Fools" on October 31st, 2020, was the Season 2 finale and a Halloween themed game won by Fred Rechid for the Chum Buddies.

Halloween Boovie Nights

Three movie screenings were held during the month on Discord, using its GoLive feature. The first screening was of "Scooby-Doo (2002)" on October 17th, 2020. The second screening was of "The Nightmare Before Christmas" on October 24th, 2020. The third and last screening was of "It Chapter 2" on October 31st, 2020.

Cards Against Humanity

Game 1

Date: October 18th, 2020

Winner: dmandaman (Krusty Krew)

Game 2

Date: October 25th, 2020

Winner: Fred Rechid (Chum Buddies)

Trick or Terror!

A new roleplaying game that replaced Hooky for the year. This one worked differently than past ones of its kind, as there was no elimination process and the winner was instead determined by who gained the most candy overall by the final round. Candy was awarded based on their ranking in each challenge. The overall winner in the end was dman with 23 pieces of candy, who received 2,000 doubloons and the Pumpking King badge.

Round 1

Date: October 19th, 2020

Challenge: Answer 10 questions about SpongeBob Halloween episodes.

Winner: RDSP (Krusty Krew)

Round 2

Date: October 20th, 2020

Challenge: Unscramble 10 Halloween terms and phrases.

Winner: dmandaman (Krusty Krew)

Round 3

Date: October 21st, 2020

Challenge: Identify which SpongeBob episodes ten pictures are from.

Winner: dmandaman (Krusty Krew)

Round 4

Date: October 22nd, 2020

Challenge: Crack 10 number codes.

Winner: dmandaman (Krusty Krew)

Round 5

Date: October 26th, 2020

Challenge: Answer 10 riddles and then find a pile of candy.

Winner: dmandaman (Krusty Krew)

Whodunnit?: Episode 16

Whodunnit returned again for the event. The goal this time was to figure out who kidnapped SpongeBob at his Halloween party. The following characters were suspects: Patrick, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, The Flying Dutchman, Gary, Scooter and Larry. On select days during the event, the characters came on and released their anecdote on what happened. The characters would also come on to answer user's questions as well in their topics. Users had to PM jjs who they think the culprit is. On October 31st, the culprit was revealed to be Plankton. Only NegiSpongie got the guess right for the Solos, who received 200 doubloons.

Arcade Tournaments

Tournament 1

Date: October 22nd, 2020

Game: FrankenPatrick

Winner: dmandaman (Krusty Krew)

Score: 42,900

Tournament 2

Date: October 28th, 2020

Game: Ghostly Grammar

Winner: Fred Rechid (Chum Buddies)

Score: 65,900

Tournament 3

Date: October 29th, 2020

Game: Ghostly Grammar

Winner: dmandaman (Krusty Krew)

Score: 108,455

Scary Story Contest

A contest in which users submit a Halloween themed story. The judges were jjsthekid, OWM and Cha. The winning story was Old Man Jenkins', who received 1,500 doubloons, a trophy and a point for the Solos.

Krusty Krab Kostume Kontest

A contest involving iFish, in which users submit a Halloween themed fish character. The judges were jjsthekid, OWM and Cha. 4EverGreen won the contest with his fish, who received 1,500 doubloons and a point for the Solos.

Candy Scavenger Hunt

Another Candy Hunt, this time hosted by jjs. Whoever found the six pieces of candy throughout the forum would receive 400 doubloons, a point for their team on the scoreboard, and an exclusive Bat SpongeBob collectable pin.

Halloween Quiz

A special 20 question Halloween Quiz was held on October 27th, 2020. The first user to finish it successfully was dman, who received 1,000 doubloons and a point for the Krusty Krew.

Minigames

Ghost Catchers

Users are to catch ghosts, and depending on what ghost is caught, would win doubloons or nothing. You could only play once a day.

Apple Bobbing

Users bob for apples, and depending on how many are bobbed, would win doubloons or nothing. You could only play once a day.

Trick or Treat!

Users are to trick or treat at a chosen house, and can win a Candy Apple pin, doubloons or nothing. You could only play once a day.

Store

58 iFish items were added to the store during the event. 11 of them were new, all created by Cha, while others returned from prior Octerror Fests. Bold indicates new.

Everyone:

Loyal Customers:

Trivia

  • First Octerror Fest since 2014 to not have an edition of Hooky.

Gallery

General

Badges

Skins