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Nov 19, 2004 · The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Directed by Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Osborne. With Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke. SpongeBob takes leave from Bikini Bottom in order to track down, with Patrick, King Neptune's stolen crown.
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- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Osborne
- 2004-11-19
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 American animated adventure comedy film based on the television series SpongeBob SquarePants.
- Overview
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Reception
- Video game
- Sequels
- Trivia
is a film based on Nickelodeon's hit TV show SpongeBob SquarePants. In this movie, SpongeBob and Patrick set off for Shell City to retrieve King Neptune's crown in order to save Mr. Krabs and stop Plankton from taking over Bikini Bottom.
The movie opens up by showing a group of pirates getting tickets to watch The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie from a treasure chest. The pirates then sing the "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song" as they set sail on the bounty and enter a movie theater and raid the snack bar. They then sit down to watch the movie.
Main cast
•Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants •Clancy Brown as Eugene H. Krabs •Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles •Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star •Doug Lawrence as Sheldon J. Plankton •Jill Talley as Karen Plankton •Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks •Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff •Jeffrey Tambor as King Neptune •Scarlett Johansson as Princess Mindy •Alec Baldwin as Dennis •David Hasselhoff as himself
Music
• Nickelodeon Logo - Barry Davis, Josh Eichenbaum, Oliver Luckett, Rami Perlman, Karyn Rachtman • The Treasure Chest - Gregor F. Narholz • SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song - Derek Drymon, Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Harrison, Blaise Smith ‣ Maui Beach - Hans Haider • Bob Squad - Tom Rothrock ‣ Love Elegy - Mike Sunderland • Bob Squad - Tom Rothrock ‣ Crime International - Graham De Wilde ‣ Marching to Honolulu - Kapono Beamer ‣ Hawaiian March - The Waikikis • Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield • Goofy Goober Song - Eban Schletter, Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt, Aaron Springer ‣ Non Stop - John Malcolm • Plankton - Gregor F. Narholz • Secret Formula - Gregor F. Narholz • Idea Sting - Nicolas Carr ‣ Sleazy Sax - Richard Myhill • Plan Z - Gregor F. Narholz • Busy Planning To Rule - Gregor F. Narholz • Steel Licks 22 - Jeremy Wakefield • Grand Opening - Gregor F. Narholz • And The New Manager Is - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Pua Paoakalani B - Kapono Beamer, Queen Lili'uokalani • Hawaiian Adventures aka SpongeBob Theme - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield • Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield • Plan Z Into Effect - Gregor F. Narholz • Royal Trumpet Fanfare I - Gregor F. Narholz • Bring the Prisoner Forward - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Airs and Graces (A) - Paddy Kingsland • Stolen Crown - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Camptown Races - Edwina Travis-Chin • Goofy Goober Song - Eban Schletter, Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt, Aaron Springer • SpongeBob Is Crying - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Piano Presto A - Ted Atking, Alian Feanch ‣ Too Tired A - Hans Ehrlinger ‣ The Tip Top Polka/The Cliff Polka - Chelmsford Folk Band • King Neptune Approaching - Gregor F. Narholz • King Neptune Arrives - Gregor F. Narholz • Royal Trumpet Fanfare II - Gregor F. Narholz • King Neptune & Eugene I - Gregor F. Narholz • King Neptune & Eugene II - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Too Tired A - Hans Ehrlinger • Eugene Krabs On Fire - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ So Tired - Sammy Burdson, John Charles Fiddy • I Have a Crab to Cook - Gregor F. Narholz • The Road to Shell City - Gregor F. Narholz • The Two Heroes - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Happy Jose - Ulrich Hans Wenzel • The Two Heroes - Gregor F. Narholz • Plankton Steals the Formula - Gregor F. Narholz • Goofy Goober Song - Eban Schletter, Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt, Aaron Springer ‣ Kentucky Banjo - Guy Fletcher, Rod Williams • At The Gas Station - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Kentucky Banjo - Guy Fletcher, Rod Williams ‣ Starlight Revue - Alan Braden ‣ Emotion 2 - John Fox, Otto Sieben • Plankton & Evil Dennis - Gregor F. Narholz • Drowsey Reef - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield • You Better Swim - Motorhead ‣ Can Can - Jacques Offenbach, George Wilson • Goofy Goober Song - Eban Schletter, Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt, Aaron Springer • Goofy Goober Test - Gregor F. Narholz • record scratches SFX - Nicolas Carr • Song Dedicated to the Giant Squid of the World - Tom Rothrock ‣ John and Terry - Tim Garland [Audio Network] ‣ Killer Squad - Simon Benson, Eugenio Grandi ‣ Match Play - Keith Mansfield • Brain Control Devices - Gregor F. Narholz • Patrick And SpongeBob Driving - Gregor F. Narholz • Ice Cream Monster - Gregor F. Narholz • Dennis On The Hunt - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Can Can - Jacques Offenbach, George Wilson • Ice Cream Monster Patrick And SpongeBob - Gregor F. Narholz • Steel Licks 41 - Jeremy Wakefield • There Is The Road - Gregor F. Narholz • I Am Going Home - Gregor F. Narholz • Mindy's Arrival Fanfare - Gregor F. Narholz • Planktopolis - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Renaissance Dance - David Farnon • Mindy's Inspirational Speech - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Hawaiian Cocktail - Richard Myhill • Dennis Is Catching Up - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Lonely Heart's Club - David Bell, Otto Sieben • Believe - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Lonely Heart's Club - David Bell, Otto Sieben • Mindy's Magic - Gregor F. Narholz • The Two New Men - Gregor F. Narholz • Free Fall - Gregor F. Narholz • Now That We're Men - Will Schaefer, Stephen Hillenburg, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt, Aaron Springer ‣ Fight! Fight! Fight! - Will Schaefer • Sad Monsters Interlude - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Fight! Fight! Fight! - Will Schaefer • Dennis The Exterminator - Gregor F. Narholz • Fake Mustache - Gregor F. Narholz • Bigger Boot - Gregor F. Narholz • The Cyclopse - Gregor F. Narholz • Those Fish Are Dead - Gregor F. Narholz • The Two Friends' End - Gregor F. Narholz • The Tears Of The Goofy Goobers - Gregor F. Narholz • Wild Percussions - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Build Up - Robert Sharples • Let's Get That Crown I - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Jarabe Tapatio A - Gerhart Frei, Carlos Periguez • Let's Get That Crown II - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Stirred Not Shaken! A - Gregor F. Narholz • All Hail Plankton - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Stirred Not Shaken! A - Gregor F. Narholz • ? - Gregor F. Narholz • King Neptune Returns Drummer - Gregor F. Narholz • Time For Execution - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Say it with a Smile (A) - Dick Stephen Walter • Fight With Dennis - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Say it with a Smile (A) - Dick Stephen Walter • ? - Gregor F. Narholz • The Hasslehoff Catapult - Gregor F. Narholz • Just in Time - Gregor F. Narholz • King Neptune Hails Plankton - Gregor F. Narholz ‣ Here I Go Again - David Coverdale, Bernard Marsden • Goofy Goober Rock - Dee Snider, Derek Drymon, Tim Hill, Stephen Hillenburg, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt ‣ Just a Gigolo/I Ain't Got Nobody - David Lee Roth ‣ I'll See You in Hawaii - The Diamond Head Beachcombers • Sentimental Moment - Gregor F. Narholz • Ocean Man - Ween • SpongeBob and Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy - The Flaming Lips • Just a Kid - Wilco • The Best Day Ever - Tom Kenny
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A video game based on the movie was released on October 27, 2004 in North America for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Game Boy Advance, PC, and Mac. The console versions were developed by Heavy Iron Studios. The Game Boy Advance version was developed by WayForward Technologies. The PC version was developed by AWE Games. The Mac version was devel...
On February 28, 2012, Paramount Pictures announced a sequel to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. It is titled The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. The film was released on February 6, 2015, over ten years after the first movie's release.
On April 2015, Paramount Pictures revealed that they would be developing sequels to existing franchises such as World War Z, Jack Reacher, and a third SpongeBob Movie. On April 26, 2018, the title was revealed at CinemaCon as The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge. However, on November 12, 2019, it was revealed that the movie was renamed to The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
General
•The clip of SpongeBob dancing back and forth during the "bubble party" at the Thug Tug was used during the "Up next" Nickelodeon bumpers in 2009-2011. •The scene where SpongeBob and Patrick are eating ice cream really fast was used during the "Up next" Nicktoons bumpers in 2014. •In the time of this movie, SpongeBob has 374 consecutive Employee of the Month awards. 374 months is equal to about 31 years. •In the rough storyboards for the movie (viewable here), Patchy and Potty's string puppet led the pirate crew. In the final film, they were replaced by a real parrot and a different pirate captain who, unlike Patchy, does not wear a hook on his hand. •According to showrunner Vincent Waller, Patchy was replaced "because the movie folks don't really understand his appeal. Intentionally low production values scare them." •When the film was completed, Stephen Hillenburg wanted to end the series so the show wouldn't "jump the shark"; however, Nickelodeon wanted more episodes. This popular demand led Nickelodeon to renew the series for a fourth season on September 22, 2004, ahead of the film's release date. A rumor was spread that Stephen Hillenburg considered the film the chronological finale of the series. However, Vincent Waller debunked it on Twitter. •In the Ice-Cream Dreams storybook, Mr. Krabs doesn't correct himself after saying "You understand-ager?" to SpongeBob. •After the movie was made, Nickelodeon released a special issue of Nickelodeon Magazine about this film. It included interviews with the cast, an article about SpongeBob's origin, Patrick recounting his journey to Shell City, and a comic about Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy trying to stop Plankton during the events of the movie. •There are two online games based on this movie called SpongeBob's Bubble Bustin' Game and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 3D Game. •There are five books based on this film called The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Cine-Manga book, Are We There Yet?, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie book, Ice-Cream Dreams, and •There is also a video game based on this film. •This marks the only occurrence of a few things: •The only appearances of Captain Bart the Pirate, Victor, DJ, Mr. Whiskers, the ice cream lady, the Pirates, Phil, King Neptune's watch-guards, King Neptune's guards, Squire, Royal crown polisher, Shell City, and the Krusty Krab 2 to date. •The only time to date that Plankton successfully steals the Krabby Patty secret formula and does not get caught, although he was defeated later on. •Some footage from the opening scene appears in the second movie's trailer. •Music from the 2002 Disney film Treasure Planet and the 2001 Universal movie The Mummy Returns was used in one of the trailers. •This is the second time SpongeBob is called "SpongeBoob," after "Missing Identity." •In the book Ice-Cream Dreams, it says the grand opening for the Krusty Krab 2 is March 3. However, in this movie, the grand opening is March 7. •Additionally, the book Bubble Blowers, Beware! changes the rule of the Thug Tug into being laughed at if they blow bubbles rather than being beaten. •Joshua Seth, who worked on this movie, also lent his voice to the Pioneer-Geneon dub of the 1988 Japanese animated film, Akira. •The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie novel that was marketed during the film's marketing campaign had content altered from it, as well as rewording certain dialogues that was considered too intense for young readers. •Patrick's quote "Did you see my underwear?" is later reused in the online games Dutchman's Dash and Dirty Bubble Busters, as well as Patrick's profile on the movie website. •The song "Best Day Ever" heard during the end credits and in the movie's soundtrack would later be used in the episode of the same name, but shorter. •This marks the first for a few things: •The first appearance of Karen as a mobile device. •The first SpongeBob SquarePants production to be presented in widescreen. This is also the first SpongeBob SquarePants production to be presented in 1.14:1 open matte for 35mm uncropped film scan prints. •Scarlett Johansson's first animated role. •The first non-Rugrats film to have a sequel from Nickelodeon Movies. •Mr. Krabs does not communicate with Plankton at all in this movie, mostly due to him being frozen for a majority of the movie. •SpongeBob, Squidward, Karen, and Perch Perkins are the only characters to speak directly to Plankton in the movie. •A scene where SpongeBob and Patrick, after escaping from Shell City, encounter Sandy on the surface, who here has the appearance of a real-life squirrel, was planned for the film but was ultimately cut and Sandy instead appeared in the final film as one of the many citizens of Bikini Bottom that fell under Plankton's control via his Bucket Helmets. The animatic for the scene is included as a deleted scene on the special features of the DVD release. The scene was removed due to Patrick vomiting. However, the deleted scene of them meeting Sandy on the surface was later recycled into the second movie when SpongeBob and his friends are surprised by Sandy's superhero ability to be a giant real-life squirrel named "The Rodent." •The part of SpongeBob looking at his mirror when preparing for his 'promotion' is seen in as a picture in the fifth episode of the UK and Ireland show "Alan Carr's Picture Slam." •Some of the footage used in the credits was reused from the episode "Ripped Pants. •The surprised faces that Patrick and SpongeBob make near the cliffside would become one of the most popular internet memes, and both faces later returned briefly in the episode "Scavenger Pants." •It's also an idle animation for both SpongeBob and Patrick in the 2020 video game Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated, a idle animation and scene at the Medieval Sulfur Fields in the 2023 video game The Cosmic Shake, a Roblox advertisement for Nickverse, a death animations in the Game Boy Advance version of SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis, and in the mobile game Super Brawl Universe. •It was also seen in online games Which Patrick Are You? and SpongeBob Saves the Day!. •It has been referenced by Nickelodeon's social media accounts. •The face was made intro several merchandise clothing, such as socks and t-shirts. •There is also an action figure based on Surprised Patrick that was released as part of the Masterpiece Memes toy line and a SpongeBob Memes Mash'ems based on it. •Plankton's quote "This plan Z can't possibly fail!" was used in the online game •The Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat did not make an appearance in the regular series until the episode "Patnocchio" in 2018, nearly 14 years after the movie was released. •This film features a different King Neptune from the one shown in the series. •This was due to a firewall between Nickelodeon and Paramount content at the time. This resulted in other elements created for the first movie not being allowed to be used in the series from 2005 to 2014. •In a deleted scene, during SpongeBob's awakening in Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat, he asks for a "double fudge spiny." This rejected line was used in a storybook based on this movie released during the time called Ice-Cream Dreams. •The movie was dedicated in memory of Jules Engel. In September 2003, during production, Engel, Stephen Hillenburg's mentor when he studied experimental animation at the California Institute of the Arts, died. Hillenburg dedicated the film to him: "He truly was the most influential artistic person in my life. I consider him my 'Art Dad'." •The teaser trailer uses footage from submarine films: Das Boot, The Hunt for Red October, and U-571. •Not coincidentally, Alec Baldwin, who played Jack Ryan from The Hunt for Red October, is the voice of Dennis. •Elmer's Glue, a real-life glue item, makes a product placement in this movie when the Cyclops is making a shell and when a lobster shoots it at him at the Shell City Gift Shop. •This movie is a movie inside a movie because the Pirates are watching the SpongeBob movie in an actual theater. •Plankton getting flattened by the crowd is similar to how Squidward gets trampled by the same crowd in "Graveyard Shift" and "Squid on Strike." Both scenes involve Sandals stepping on them first, them looking completely flat and filled with footprints, and the crowd running towards the Krusty Krab. •The Goofy Goober underwear that Patrick wears appears again in "Born to Be Wild." •The animation of SpongeBob walking to his bathroom sink was later remade into a stock art of his, but is edited to have him standing. •This movie reveals that by an unspecified period of time, SpongeBob learns how to drive a stick-shift vehicle ever since he is not good at driving at Mrs. Puff's Boating School. •During the first half of the closing credits to this movie, SpongeBob's Krusty Krab employee hat appears to be bigger than normal, and it vertically reads "MANAGER." •A sequel to this movie was announced on February 28, 2012, and was released on February 6, 2015. A third movie was announced on April 30, 2015, and was released on Paramount+ on March 4, 2021. •When Patrick and King Neptune argue about how many days they should get for their journey, it is similar to how he and the Flying Dutchman argue about how many wishes SpongeBob and he should get in "Shanghaied." •Patrick also argued to King Neptune before in "Neptune's Spatula" on how many challenges SpongeBob will have. •When the movie aired on Nickelodeon, Mr. Krabs' whispering to SpongeBob onstage was reversed. •This film is mentioned in the 2012 movie Piranha 3DD by David Hasselhoff, who guest-starred in this film. In it, Hasselhoff asks a kid if he knows him from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. •A clip of SpongeBob in the grand opening ceremony from the movie was featured in the 2017 film Daddy's Home 2. •The movie foreshadows Goofy Goober's when a toy of the Goofy Goober peanut is seen in SpongeBob's toy chest near the beginning. •This movie has a unique animation style in that the characters have distorted-looking looks and bodies and color scheme (for the fish). It would be used again the second film (in Bikini Bottom). •This movie is one of the few times where Gary speaks. He says, "Meow, Plankton." •The pufferfish in Shell City bears a similar backstory to Mrs. Puff's husband, Mr. Puff, who met the horrible fate of being turned into a pufferfish lamp, as shown in the episode "Krusty Love." •This film was released in between the episodes "Pranks a Lot" and "Fear of a Krabby Patty," thus between the conclusion of season 3 and the start of season 4. •The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was, for its time, the highest-grossing animated feature film by Paramount Pictures and the highest-grossing one based on a television series, surpassing Rugrats in Paris: The Movie from 2000. However, it was eventually surpassed by The Simpsons Movie in 2007 for the latter title, and by The Adventures of Tintin in 2011 for the former title. •In this film, Squidward rides a recumbent bicycle. This was inspired by the fact that his voice actor, Rodger Bumpass, also rides a recumbent bike in real life. •On one airing, after the movie, the cut-short version of the Nickelodeon Movies logo from the 2002 film Hey Arnold!: The Movie was shown before the episode "Naughty Nautical Neighbors." •The date March 14 became a memorable day to people on the internet known solely for being "the day that Krabs fries," which is what Plankton says during a scene with Mr. Krabs frozen near the end of the movie. •In an episode of The Substitute, in the episode "John Cena," a fan-version of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie poster called Pooh's Adventures of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was accidentally used instead of the real one. The error has been fixed as of October 13, 2019, where they use the poster with SpongeBob's face. The Nickelodeon app still uses the fan-made version of the poster, though. •The film was aired on NickSplat on November 25, 2017, making it the only installment of SpongeBob SquarePants to air on the block. •The film was aired on Nicktoons on January 1, 2009, during New Year's Day at the Movies making it the first airing of this movie on Nicktoons. •In the scene where SpongeBob and Patrick escape from Shell City, the shot is mirrored. In the movie, the ocean is to the left of Shell City. However, the placement of the background buildings and pier indicate that the ocean is to the right of the camera. •The exterior Shell City sequence was filmed at Paradise Cove Beach, in Malibu, CA. Shell City itself was southwest of the Paradise Cove Beach Café. •The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie sponsored a NASCAR Busch Series race about a month before its release. The movie also sponsored two cars in the race, driven by Jimmie Johnson and Kyle Busch. •On 35mm uncropped film scan prints, the film itself has many differences: •The Paramount Pictures logo is in open-matte (both start and end). The "2000s Mountain," "CGI Mountain II," and "Perumount IV" nicknames are also open-matte. •The Nickelodeon Movies logo is in open-matte at the beginning. "The Bubbles," "Underwater Bubbles" and "Nickelodeon Acid Trip" nicknames are also open-matte. •When the titles read "Paramount Pictures Presents," "A Nickelodeon Movies Production," and "in association with United Plankton Pictures," Seagulls flying across the sky is zooming out (also known as open-matte). •When the screen then shows the view in the telescope of a pirate on a dinghy, it's zoomed out (also known as open-matte). •When Painty the Pirate comes out of the Captain's quarter, it's zoomed out (also known as open-matte). •When Captain Bart says "Tickets to The SpongeBob Movie!," All the pirates are zooming out (also known as open-matte). •The sea is zooming out (also known as open-matte) before the camera shows the pirate ship a sky above. •When the film's title card appears, it's zoomed out (also known as open-matte). •When the pirates sail to the movie theater, singing the SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song, it's zoomed out (also known as open-matte). •When the pirate ship stops at the dock by "Surf Theater," and the pirates barge into the theater to see the movie, it's zoomed out (also known as open-matte). •When the plank gets lovered, more of the background is revealed and in open-matte. •When the pirates enter a movie theater and raid the snack bar, the indoor scenes are zoomed out (also known as open-matte). •When the door to the screening room busts open and the pirates are rush into the theater room and sit down in the front row in a movie theater, more of the floor is seen while zooming out (also known as open-matte). •When the curtains open and the camera zooms into the theater screen, the 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio is seen for a split-second before zooms in and switched to the 1.37:1 "academy" format, much like the Tom and Jerry shorts until Pecos Pest and the Gene Deitch and Chuck Jones era shorts. •When the familiar Bikini Atoll Island from the opening of the actual TV show appears, the aspect ratio is in 1.37:1 "academy" format. •When the camera submerges underwater until it stops in front of the Krusty Krab and pans down into Bikini Bottom, a combination of 1.37:1 "academy" format and zooming out (also known as open-matte). •When the first part of the credits appear, it is zoomed in, when compared to the digitally sourced version, where it was shown in pillarboxed open matte, possibly to make it easier for the editors when the fullscreen version of the digital source was made. The original zoomed in credits would be preserved for the 4K remaster, due to using an actual 35mm source. •When the rest of the credits scroll up as the background shows rolling waves, it's zoomed out (also known as open-matte). •When the curtains close and we cut back to the theater with the pirates, it's zoomed out (also known as open-matte). •When everyone leaves the theater, and the usher sweeps up the popcorn on the floor and humming, it's zoomed out (also known as open-matte). Also, more of the floor is seen. •The way how Victor acts as the leader in the gang of the Thug Tug is similar how the all Tannen family members from the Back to the Future act as the leader in their gangs, (which are all played by Thomas F. Wilson).
Cultural references
•This movie has many inspirations to the epic Greek poem Odyssey by Homer, specifically the Bag of Winds and the Cyclops. •David Hasselhoff acting as a lifeguard in this movie is a nod to his role as Mitch Buchannon, from the TV series Baywatch. •The song "Goofy Goober Rock" is a parody of the song "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister. •When SpongeBob and Patrick are in the Nut Bar, a picture of Popeye, a panel from his comic strip series, and a panel from the comic strip Krazy Kat can be seen framed on the wall behind them. •Mindy and King Neptune are very similar to Ariel and King Triton from the Disney film •When Cyclops is making a knick-knack out of a clam, he names it "Alexander Clam Bell," which is a parody of Alexander Graham Bell with a telephone replica attached. Alexander Graham Bell was the inventor of the telephone. •The Patty Wagon is similar to the burger car from another Paramount and Nickelodeon movie, Good Burger. •King Neptune's trident being accidentally set to "Real Boy" is a reference to Pinocchio. •In one scene, there are two fish headbanging to "Goofy Goober Rock." They are a reference to the characters from the cartoon Beavis and Butt-Head, as the two fish have the same color scheme and hair color as them.
Errors
•SpongeBob had his shoes on while he put his pants on, but in the scene before that, he was only wearing his socks. •In the beginning of the movie, for a brief second when the camera submerges underwater, it's shown briefly at first as an actual dark ocean (rendered in CGI (resembling how Bikini Bottom is at night)) before fading into the familiar underwater design from the show, despite the fact it was already daytime above the surface. A similar error happened when SpongeBob and Patrick are first shot into the sea from David Hasselhoff, and the underwater looked clear before fading to the gloomy orange sky of Planktopolis. •Although this may have happened because of this being a film adaptation of the show. •Multiple incidentals change their position in the scene where Mr. Krabs is announcing the new manager, as seen here. •Mr. Krabs says near the end of the movie "I'm going to do something that I should have done 6 days ago." He means 7 because it was the day after when SpongeBob got the 6-day challenge to get the crown. It is likely that when SpongeBob started the 6-day challenge, Mr. Krabs already decided to make SpongeBob the manager. •King Neptune locks his daughter out of the Krusty Krab but when SpongeBob and Patrick crash into the roof she is able to open the door with no problem. •The size of the crown changes throughout most of the movie. When Plankton is carrying it, he is as big as the tip, but when SpongeBob attempts to lift it, it looks gigantic compared to him. •When there is a close-up of the Patty Wagon's pickle-like wheels, they are bumpy. However, in the next scene, they are regular wheels instead. •When Mindy talks to King Neptune, she has her golden band, however, the next scene her golden band disappears, and then it reappears. •When Mr. Krabs says the line "Me underwear is on fire!," his irises are missing. •While jumping off the Patty Wagon, the top part of SpongeBob becomes transparent for a split second. •When SpongeBob and Patrick are eating their Triple Gooberberry Sundaes, pink ice cream is splattered on the waiter, however, there is no pink ice cream visible on the sundae. •After the end credits where the pirates are still in the movie theater and the usher comes in to tell them it is time to go, there is less popcorn on the floor, but as the pirates are leaving and she continues her sweeping job, there is more popcorn all over the floor. •It is likely that the extra popcorn came from the pirates who stood up. •When Plankton sees King Neptune's castle 7 houses can be seen and no guards are visible, seconds in there's a guard in the corner of the scene where he flies in a opened window of the castle and doesn't notice him. •After retrieving the crown the guard is nowhere to be seen and the houses decrease to 5. •The position of Mr. Krabs changes when Plankton's getting the formula. •The Chum Bucket keeps changing positions in this film, first The Chum Bucket was far way and sideways from The Krusty Krab and The Krusty Krab 2, then across the street from The Krusty Krab 2 when Plankton steals the formula, then it was between The Krusty Krab and The Krusty Krab 2, and it's nowhere to be seen when the Bikini Bottomites under Plankton's mind control are working. •In the beginning of some of Plankton's lines, the Amazon Prime version's captions display Squidward instead of Plankton. •The grand opening banner on The Krusty Krab 2 changes to the flags from the original Krusty Krab. •In the scene where SpongeBob and Patrick run out of Shell City with King Neptune's crown, they are both shown breathing perfectly fine without water despite being sea creatures and shown being dehydrated without water prior. •Near the end of the film, after when Patrick lowers SpongeBob down, he somehow disappears and is not seen within or with the crowd. •When Plankton's slaves burst into the Krusty Krab 2 after Plankton got King Neptune under control, Sandy, Mrs. Puff, Gary, and Squidward aren't shown, although they can be seen when SpongeBob starts destroying every helmet controlling devices. •Squidward is shown when SpongeBob destroyed his helmet controlled by Plankton, and he appeared not wearing the KK hat, but after that, he is accidentally shown wearing the KK hat when the police arrested Plankton. •When Plankton looks through his binoculars, two pupils are shown as if he has two eyes, but he only has one.
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In this lively animated adventure, undersea oddball SpongeBob SquarePants and his starfish friend, Patrick, embark on a quest to clear the name of Mr. Krabs, the owner of the Krusty Krab ...
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- Kids & Family, Comedy, Adventure, Animation
- PG