The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Teaser poster of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Directed by Stephen Hillenburg
Produced by Derek Drymon
Albie Hecht
Stephen Hillenburg
Julia Pistor
Gina Shay
Written by Stephen Hillenburg
Derek Drymon
Tim Hill
Kent Osborne
Aaron Springer
Paul Tibbitt
Starring Tom Kenny
Clancy Brown
Rodger Bumpass
Bill Fagerbakke
Scarlett Johansson
Doug Lawrence
Jeffrey Tambor
David Hasselhoff
Alec Baldwin
Music by Gregor Narholz
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Nickelodeon Movies
Release date(s) November 19, 2004 (USA) March 29, 2005 DVD
Running time 87 min.
Country United States
Language English
Budget USD$30,000,000 (estimated)
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a full-length feature film based on Nickelodeon's hit TV show SpongeBob SquarePants. The film was released in US theaters on November 19, 2004.

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[edit] Cast

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The film opens with a group of live action pirates finding tickets to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. After singing the theme song in a sea shanty, they plow into the theater just as the movie begins.

SpongeBob, new manager of the Krusty Krab, confronts a dire situation: a customer (named Phil) ordered a Krabby Patty with cheese, but didn't get his cheese. Spongebob dramatically goes in and puts cheese on the patty. Everyone gives three cheers for Spongebob, but the cheers are actually his alarm clock ringing, waking him up from his dream.

King Neptune as seen in the movie
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King Neptune as seen in the movie

SpongeBob runs to the Krusty Krab, sure that he'll be the one Mr. Krabs chooses as manager of the "Krusty Krab 2"; Krabs has opened a second Krusty Krab right next to the first one so he could get more money. A crowd has gathered, ready to learn the name of the manager. SpongeBob is sure he'll win the position, but his dreams are quickly shattered when Mr. Krabs announces Squidward as the new manager. Apparently, SpongeBob isn't mature enough to handle the great responsibility. Heartbroken, he sadly walks into the sunset.

Meanwhile, across the street in the Chum Bucket, Plankton looks through his evil plans to get the secret recipe of the Krabby Patty. Plans A through Y have all failed miserably, and Plankton considers giving up once and for all, when his computer wife Karen points out that he hasn't tried Plan Z yet. Excited, Plankton gets things ready.

At Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat (a spoof of Chuck E. Cheese's), SpongeBob and Patrick's new favorite undersea hangout, SpongeBob sulks at the nut bar with Patrick. The duo drown their sorrows in ice cream and get completely "drunk" (it should be noted that while older people may understand what is happening in the movie, most younger children probably won't).

Meanwhile, Plankton sneaks into King Neptune II's castle and steals his crown. Neptune (Jeffrey Tambor) is more angered at not having anything to cover his bald spot than at having the symbol of his power stolen. He discovers a note Plankton planted on the scene framing Mr. Krabs. At the Krusty Krab, Krabs denies Neptune's accusations up and down. Neptune isn't fazed when Krabs receives a phone call from a guy in Shell City (apparently a terrible place because even Neptune fears it) thanking him for the crown. SpongeBob pleads with Neptune to let him and Patrick find the crown for him. Neptune agrees and gives the duo six days to find it, with Mr. Krabs' life at stake (Neptune actually freezes Krabs in the spot where he stands, and will not unfreeze him unless his crown is returned). Neptune's daughter Mindy (Scarlett Johansson) gives the duo a magical bag of winds, which they are to use to get back to Bikini Bottom once her father's crown is regained. SpongeBob and Patrick bust out the Patty Wagon, a new Krusty Krab promotional vehicle, and head out on the open road.

At the county line, they run into a couple of hillbilly fish, who warn them not to go past the line. Of course, they don't listen, and quickly get their ride stolen by a thug. After a day of walking, they find their car at the Thug Tug, a rough and tough joint, the toughest of whose patrons is the fish Victor. Unable to get the key off the fish that stole it, they head to the bathroom and have a random bubble party. Apparently the tough fish find bubbles to be for little kids, and the manager demands to know who blew the bubble. The test: play the Goofy Goober theme song, and whoever can't resist singing along with it will be the culprit. SpongeBob and Patrick struggle not to sing along, and breathe a collective sigh of relief when another tough fish sings the song. While the unfortunate fish is beaten by his friends (thanks to a rule in the bar recited in unison by all bar patrons: "All bubble-blowing babies will be beaten senseless by every able-bodied patron in the bar"), Patrick steals the key back, and the duo head off.

Mindy the Mermaid as seen in the movie.
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Mindy the Mermaid as seen in the movie.

Back in Bikini Bottom, Plankton steals the Krabby Patty secret formula and starts churning out patties at the Chum Bucket. People are loving it, of course, eating their Krabby Patties and wearing their new Chum Bucket helmets. Squidward knows something is up, but has no time to snitch to Neptune, as the Chum Bucket helmets begin mind controlling their wearers.

SpongeBob and Patrick drive through a field of skulls when they encounter a little old lady giving away free ice cream. However, the old lady is actually the tongue of a giant frogfish, who chases the two until Spongebob and Patrick jump off their car. The frogfish swallows the car as it drives off a "monster-filled trench", only to be swallowed itself by an enormous flounder. Stuck with no way to get over the trench, SpongeBob and Patrick break down, realizing they really are just kids. Mindy shows up again to help the kids regain their confidence by showing them the fate of the Bikini Bottomers, nothing but slaves to Plankton, and uses her "mermaid magic" to turn the duo into men. In actuality, she just sticks seaweed moustaches on their faces while their eyes are closed.

Convinced that they're finally men, they jump into the trench and bravely burst right through it, singing all the way. The monsters, impressed by their manliness, follow them and sing along, instead of devouring them.

Plankton's hired hitman, Dennis (Alec Baldwin), suddenly appears, ready to exterminate SpongeBob and Patrick. However, a scuba diver squishes Dennis and abducts the duo. When they wake up, they find themselves at a gift shop on dry land known as Shell City. Right across from their fish bowl (which Patrick christens as a 'wall of invisible psychic energy')is King Neptune's crown. The evil scuba diver (the "Cyclops") sets them on a table to dry them out. They realize that the gift shop is, in fact, Shell City, and "die" happily, singing the Goofy Goober Song. Back in the theater, the pirates mourn the loss of SpongeBob and Patrick, when a parrot advises them to continue watching the film. The duo's tears land on the plug, short circuiting the lamp. The smoke causes the fire sprinkler to activate, bringing all of the gift shop items to life including, for some reason, a mariachi band made from fish. As they attack the scuba diver, SpongeBob and Patrick get the crown and make it back to the sea.

It is the final day, and Mr. Krab's execution is close at hand unless Mindy can stall her father long enough.

Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Patrick try to get back to Bikini Bottom with the crown, but the bag of winds (a balloon) blows away, plunging into the water like a missile as Patrick tries to use it. Things apparently are hopeless.

Suddenly, David Hasselhoff appears out of nowhere to save the day, more than willing to help SpongeBob and Patrick get back to Bikini Bottom. Happy that their luck is still with them, the two friends take to the water on Hasselhoff's legs as he speeds through the water like a powerboat.

However, during the ride, Dennis makes his return. The ultimate battle begins on Hasselhoff's bottom. SpongeBob and Patrick try to keep from being stabbed, and they keep the hitman distracted long enough for him to hit the bottom of a boat and fall off. Hasselhoff uses his pecs to shoot the duo down through the roof of the Krusty Krab just as Mr. Krabs is about to fry. Plankton has an ace up his sleeve, though, and ambushes Neptune with a Chum Bucket helmet! Now everyone in town is a slave to Plankton: Plan Z has all but succeeded. But before the good guys can lose, SpongeBob uses the Goofy Goober song and the power of rock and roll to destroy all of the mind control helmets and save the day.

Neptune's crown is back, Mr. Krabs is free, Plankton is arrested, SpongeBob and Patrick are men, and SpongeBob finally fulfils his dream by becoming manager of the Krusty Krab 2. At that point, the pirates are forced to leave the movie theater.

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Reception

The movie earned $85,416,609 in the United States and $135,311,137 worldwide as of March 24, 2005. On Rotten Tomatoes, The film got a Fresh 70% rating with 76 fresh reviews out of 109.

[edit] Soundtrack

Main article: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (soundtrack)
# Song Title Performer
1 "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song" Avril Lavigne
2 "SpongeBob & Patrick Confront The Psychic Wall Of Energy" The Flaming Lips
3 "Just A Kid" Wilco
4 "The Goofy Goober Song" Mike Simpson, featuring SpongeBob, Patrick & The Goofy Goober
5 "Prince Paul's Bubble Party" The Waikikis, Prince Paul & Wordsworth
6 "Bikini Bottom" Electrocute
7 "The Best Day Ever" SpongeBob
8 "They'll Soon Discover" The Shins
9 "Ocean Man" Ween
10 "Under My Rock" Patrick
11 "Now That We're Men" SpongeBob, Patrick & The Monsters
12 "Goofy Goober Rock" Tom Rothrock featuring Jim Wise
13 "You Better Swim" Motörhead
14 "The Jellyfish Song" The Jellyfish Band, Plus-Tech Squeeze Box Featuring SpongeBob
15 "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song" (Film Version) The Pirates

[edit] Trivia

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  • The original "cover-up" plot of the film had SpongeBob going to rescue Patrick from a fisherman in Florida. This was an obvious reference to Finding Nemo (2003) and was later revealed by Tom Kenny to be just a "joke" plot which he made up to keep the fans busy. (However, Patrick actually does get caught by a fisherman in the episode "Hooky.")
  • The teaser trailer uses footage from Das Boot, U-571, and The Hunt for Red October.
  • There are pictures of Krazy Kat and Popeye hanging in the background of the ice cream parlor.
  • This film is dedicated to Jules Engel (1909-2003).
  • The first two signal flags in the front of the Krusty Krab mean "Romeo" and "India" respectively while the last two mean "uniform" and "kilo". The middle flag has no meaning.
  • The kid version of Mr. Krabs in the real boy ending is from Oh Yeah! Cartoons.
  • The real boy ending is a reference to Pinocchio.
  • This film pays homage to Homer's The Odyssey in its use of a Bag of Winds. The "cyclops" may also be a reference to The Odyssey.
  • Dennis taking off his sunglasses to reveal another pair is similar to a gag in Airplane!.
  • At the beginning of the movie, Spongebob brags about his 374 consecutive "Employee of the Month" awards. This would mean that, if he had gotten his first award on his first month as an employee, he's been a fry cook for at least 33 years.

[edit] Continuity errors

  • The movie begins shortly before Spongebob wakes up. Seemingly only a few minutes later Spongebob talks to Patrick, before exclaiming it was 8 o'clock, and quickly made his way towards the second Krusty Krab's opening ceremony. Strangely, when Spongebob finds out that he isn't the manager of the new restaurant, he walks off towards the sunset. Unless the ceremony was much later than 8 o'clock (which would be odd, since Spongebob claimed he was late for work), the day passed by very quickly.
  • In the movie, King Neptune looks utterly different than he used to be in one episode where he challenges SpongeBob to a contest. (The character is also played by a different actor- John O'Hurley played Neptune on the TV series in his one and only appearance.)
  • Of all the characters, Spongebob has the most different drawing. He is a very bright yellow, slightly shorter, and his pupils are smaller. He looks even more different in season four, because he is even shorter than in the movie, he is a very light green, and he even has a higher voice.

[edit] World-wide release dates

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    Media releases: Episodes | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Original Theme Highlights | Movie Soundtrack | Yellow Album | Best Day Ever | Complete list of media
    Shorts/Spinoffs: Summer Splash | Astrology With Squidward | Patrick the Snowman | The Endless Summer | How You-Know-Who Stole You-Know-What | Plankton's Holiday Hits
    Cast and Crew: Stephen Hillenburg (Creator) | Tom Kenny (SpongeBob and Gary) | Bill Fagerbakke (Patrick) | Rodger Bumpass (Squidward) | Carolyn Lawrence (Sandy) | Mr. Lawrence (Plankton) | Clancy Brown (Mr. Krabs)
    Characters: SpongeBob | Patrick | Squidward | Mr. Krabs | Sandy | Gary | Plankton | Mermaid Man | Barnacle Boy | Pearl | Mrs. Puff | Larry | Flying Dutchman | King Neptune | Squilliam | Patchy the Pirate
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