SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis
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| Atlantis SquarePantis | |
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 Alantis SquarePantis logo. |
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| Directed by | Stephen Hillenburg |
| Produced by | Stephen Hillenburg |
| Written by | Casey Alexander Zeus Cervas Steven Banks Dani Michaeli Kent Osborne |
| Starring | Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Clancy Brown Rodger Bumpass David Bowie Carolyn Lawrence Mr. Lawrence |
| Distributed by | Nicktoons Studios |
| Release date(s) | November 12, 2007 |
| Running time | 45 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie |
| Followed by | Untitled Spongebob Squarepants Prequel |
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Atlantis SquarePantis is the official sequel to The Spongebob Squarepants Movie The movie first aired in the US on November 12, 2007, following a 12-hour-marathon of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes. A DVD version was released the day after the show premiered. [1] It attracted an estimated 8.8 million viewers. [2] Behind the Pantis, a short special telling how the movie was made, followed the main film.
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[edit] Plot
The movie begins with Patchy in a traffic jam. He thinks he will miss the next SpongeBob episode. Then, Encino shrinks. The event reminds Patchy of the episode.
The show begins with SpongeBob blowing bubbles and Patrick taking pictures of them, causing them to pop. Patrick then destroys the camera, saying SpongeBob thinks it is the very nature of the fragile bubble. He then sings a song about bubbles, then accidentally blows a larger bubble than expected. It lifts SpongeBob and Patrick off the ground. Then, a broken coin (the Atlantean Amulet) pops the bubble. Patrick assumes the amulet belonged to SpongeBob's ancient ancestors. They take it to the museum. There, Mr. Krabs sets up his own admission booth, but soon takes it down. Patrick and SpongBob run into Squidward, who was busy painting. Squidward thinks SpongeBob and Patrick stole the missing half of the Amulet. He soon matches it to the displayed other half of the Amulet. Then, Mr. Krabs runs into Squidward. Squidward teaches Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob and Patrick about Atlantis. Sandy steps in. Sandy, Patrick, Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob convince Squidward to link the two halves together.
The magical path (a luxurious bus) is opened. The captain tells the group (with Plankton stowing away with them) to refill fuel, but he reveals the fuel as song. The group sing. Patrick "empties" the fuel by singing a bad song. The bus crashes into a topiary garden in Atlantis. There, they meet Lord Royal Highness (portrayed by David Bowie). During the tour, Mr. Krabs, Sandy and Squidward get eliminated. Mr. Krabs dug for treasure, Sandy became pixelated, and Squidward posed for a painting. Meanwhile, Plankton checks out the Weaponery Room. He then chooses the right one (an ice cream shooting machine in which Plankton doesn't know.) Finally, SpongeBob and Patrick get to see the world's oldest living bubble alive, over 1 billion years old. They take a picture of it, which causes the bubble to pop. They are afraid to speak, saying they have to go back to Bikini Bottom. Then, Patrick shouts out the truth.
At the end of the movie, Lord Royal Highness is not mad at SpongeBob and Patrick for popping the bubble, saying that the one they popped was just a tourist attraction. He then shows them the real oldest living bubble, but once again, when Patrick takes a picture of it, it pops. Lord Royal Highness and some guards chase them when Plankton comes in and tries to destroy them with a tank he found (the ice cream tank from previously). Lord Royal Highness picks Plankton up saying that a "talking speck" would be a better replacement for the bubble. Lord Royal Highness removes the Amulet, and orders a soldier to dispose it. SpongeBob, Patrick, Sandy, Squidward and Mr. Krabs are ready to go home, but everyone (except SpongeBob) is crying because they want to stay in Atlantis.
[edit] Cast
- Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants
- Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star
- Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles
- Clancy Brown as Mr. Eugene Krabs
- Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks
- David Bowie as Lord Royal Highness
- Mr. Lawrence as Plankton
[edit] Next Movie
It is rumoured that a third Spongebob Squarepants movie will come out in November 2010. There is a very high chance it could be a prequel, revolving around Spongebob before he got the job at the Krusty Krab.
[edit] Reception
Atlantis SquarePantis was given generally negative to mixed reviews from both critics and fans (On tv.com, this episode has a rating of 5.6 out of 10, the lowest of any Spongebob episode ever).[3] Tom Shales, a television critic for The Washington Post, lambasted the movie in a 12 November 2007 review. In the review, titled Squeezing the Life Out of SpongeBob, Shales wrote that "the funniest thing about the film is its title" and "a typical episode has about as many laughs as this inflated version does". Shales criticized the amount of musical numbers in Atlantis SquarePantis, calling them "numbing". He concluded the review with the statement that the show was "flat" and "unimpressive".[1] However, Atlantis SquarePantis recorded nine million viewers, beating every 8pm show on broadcast television that night except Dancing with the Stars.[2]
[edit] Z to A countdown
[edit] Notes
- Note 1: Z corresponds to Plankton's Evil Plan Z for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
- Note 2: Y is for "Your Wish" in "Shanghaied."
- Note 3: Y is for "You're" in "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired."
- Note 4: X is for X marks the spot in "Arrgh!."
- Note 5: X is for X-treme sports in "Pre-Hibernation Week."
- Note 6: X is for Xtraterrestial in "Sandy's Rocket."
- Note 7: W is for "Where's Gary," the alternative name for "Have You Seen This Snail?."
- Note 8: V is for "Voyage" in "Squidtastic Voyage."
- Note 9: V is for "Vacation" in "Bummer Vacation."
- Note 10: U is for the "U" in "F.U.N."
- Note 11: U is for "Unknown" in "Artist Unknown."
- Note 12: U is for "Unfriendly" in "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost."
- Note 13: "That's No Lady" was not voted as the winner for the letter "T." However, it aired after "To Love a Patty" without an explanation.
- Note 14: S is for "SpongeBob B.C.," the alternative title of "Ugh."
- Note 15: According to TurboNick, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is put under the "R" category because "This Movie is rated R." This is a reference to Squidward's joke in the episode "Krab Borg", meaning that it is rated "arrgh" due to its pirate content.
- Note 16: Q is for "Quitting", referring to the fact that Squidward quit the Krusty Towers during the episode.
- Note 17: Q is for "Quality Control."
- Note 18: Q is for "Quickster" as seen in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V."
- Note 19: TurboNick displays "House Party" instead of "Party Pooper Pants."
- Note 20: "Opposite Day" was not voted as the winner for the letter "O." However, it aired after "The Original Fry Cook" without an explanation.
- Note 21: M is for "Movie" in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
- Note 22: L is for "Lost in Time," an alternative name for "Dunces and Dragons."
- Note 23: E is for "Experiments" for "Chimps Ahoy."
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- SpongeBob SquarePants: Atlantis SquarePantis at the Internet Movie Database
- Atlantis SquarePantis at the SpongeBob SquarePants Wikia
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