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[Spongebob] How is the Flying Dutchman so powerful?

I know the powers of ghosts varies from franchise to franchise, but one thing that has always made me wonder is how is the Flying Dutchman so powerful, like he is nigh-omnipotent (He can grant his own wishes), how is he so powerful when he is just the ghost of a deceased person? Also when Spongebob and Patrick became ghosts they had none of those powers, which raises further questions.
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The Flying Dutchman is more than a ghost.

He might've been a man before his death, but now he collects the souls of the bikini bottomers, even officially since nobody questioned him showing up at the hospital to take Krabs soul.

So while he enjoys scaring the underwater residents and haunting the seas, his more like their version of the grim reaper and that job comes with a lot of extra powers.