The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
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| The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | |
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 Teaser poster of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie |
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| 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 United International Pictures Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | November 19, 2004 March 29, 2005 (DVD) |
| Running time | 87 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | USD$30,000,000 (estimated) |
| IMDb profile | |
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a feature film based on Nickelodeon's hit TV show SpongeBob SquarePants. The film was released in US theaters on November 19, 2004. It was distributed in Switzerland, Spain, and Netherlands by Universal Pictures.
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[edit] Plot
The film begins in live action, in which a group of pirates retrieve tickets to The Spongebob Squarepants Movie. The film then cuts to Bikini Bottom, where Mr. Krabs, the boss of popular fast food restaurant the Krusty Krab, is preparing the grand opening of the diner's spin-off, the Krusty Krab 2. Hoping to become the new manager is Spongebob Squarepants, the Krusty Krab's head cook.
Meanwhile, Plankton, arch-nemesis of Mr. Krabs, is planning his ultimate downfall by using his final plot, the dreaded Plan Z. At the opening of the Krusty Krab 2, Spongebob's lazy coworker Squidward is given the manager title instead, as Mr. Krabs believes Spongebob is too immature and childlike to handle the task. Plankton arrives at the castle of King Neptune, who is prevented from declaring a ridiculous prison sentence by his intelligent teenage daughter Mindy. Neptune, who is balding, is then horrified to discover that his crown is missing, having been stolen by Plankton. Spongebob arrives at Goofy Goober's, a popular children's restaurant, to brood over his loss. His best friend Patrick arrives and joins him in an ice cream buffet, and Spongebob experiences hangover-like symptoms the morning afterwards. Meanwhile, Neptune arrives at the Krusty Krab after receiving false evidence of Mr. Krabs stealing his crown. Spongebob arrives and at first insults Mr. Krabs but then tries to save him from being executed; he and Patrick agree to travel to the dreaded Shell City, where Mr. Krabs has allegedly sold the crown, and return with it. Before departing, Mr. Krabs is frozen solid and Mindy, who Patrick develops a crush on, gives the duo a magical bag of winds to return home with.
With six days to retrieve the crown, Spongebob and Patrick's hamburger-like vehicle, the Patty Wagon, is stolen by a gangster but find it parked at the Thug Tug, a bar for tough, muscular men. Unable to obtain the car's key, they begin to blow bubbles, which is a sign of weakness by the rules of gang. A fistfight as to who blew the bubbles results, allowing them to steal the key amidst the confusion and depart. The following day, Plankton begins controlling the minds of the townspeople through an electronic bucket-shaped hat, ultimately taking over Bikini Bottom and re-naming it "Planktopolis." He also sends Dennis, a motorcycle-riding hitman, to eliminate Spongebob and Patrick.
Spongebob and Patrick are then chased by a large sea monster, ultimately ending in the death of the monster and the loss of their car. Unable to pass through a monster-filled trench, Spongebob gives up and accepts the fact that he and Patrick are just children. However, Mindy arrives and gives them fake mustaches, convincing them that they are now men. They pass through the trench without fear, but are greeted on the other side by Dennis. He reveals that they are not really men before being run over by a human scuba diver, who takes Spongebob and Patrick to the surface. He takes them to Shell City, which is revealed to be a gift shop that sells novelties made out of dried sea creatures. Spongebob and Patrick discover the fish within the shop but are completely dried up by the heat. However, their tears electrocute a wire and cause the sprinkler system to activate, reviving them and all the other sea creatures, who lead an assault against the diver. The duo take the crown and flee, but Patrick ends up destroying the bag of winds. However, David Hasslehoff arrives and travels them through the ocean at a jet's speed. Dennis arrives, however, and attempts to stab Spongebob and Patrick, but is hit by an oncoming boat. As the duo arrive over Bikini Bottom, King Neptune is about to execute Mr. Krabs but is stalled by Mindy. Hasslehoff uses his pectoral muscles to shoot the duo into Bikini Bottom, where Krabs is saved and Hasslehoff is burned by Neptune's triton. However, Plankton's hypnotized minions attack the heroes, and Spongebob makes a speech about maturity before breaking out into a bizarre rock song; using his guitar's powers, Spongebob destroys the mind-control buckets and frees the citizens from Plankton's rule, who is then sent to jail. In the aftermath, Neptune reaches an understanding not only with Mr. Krabs but also with his daughter, and then thanks Spongebob and Patrick. Finally, Squidward gives Spongebob the title of manager, much to his delight.
[edit] Cast
- Tom Kenny - SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary the Snail, Clay, Tough Fish #2, Twin #2, Houston Voice (voice)
- Bill Fagerbakke - Patrick Star, Fish #2, Chum Customer, Local Fish (voice)
- Dee Bradley Baker - Man Cop, Phil, Perch Perkins, Waiter, Attendant #1, Thug #1, Coughing Fish, Twin #1, Frog Fish Monster, Freed Fish, Sandals (voice)
- Clancy Brown - Eugene H. Krabs (voice)
- Rodger Bumpass - Squidward Tentacles, Fish #4 (voice)
- Carolyn Lawrence - Sandy Cheeks (voice)
- Lori Alan - Pearl Krabs (voice)
- Mary Jo Catlett - Mrs. Puff (voice)
- Mr. Lawrence - Sheldon J. Plankton, Fish #7, Attendant #2, Lloyd (voice)
- Jill Talley - Karen the Computer Wife, Old Lady (voice)
- Scarlett Johansson - Princess Mindy (voice)
- Carlos Alazraqui - Squire, Goofy Gooby Announcer, Thief (voice)
- Sirena Irwin - Reporter, Driver, Ice Cream Lady (voice)
- Joshua Seth - Prisoner (voice)
- Tim Blaney - Singing Goofy Goober (voice)
- Jim Wise - Goofy Gooby Rock Singer (voice)
- Neil Ross - Cyclops Diver (voice)
- Jeffrey Tambor - King Neptune (voice)
- Alec Baldwin - Dennis (voice)
- Thomas F. Wilson - Fish #3, Tough Fish, Victor (voice)
- David Hasselhoff - Himself
- Stephen Hillenburg - Parrot (voice)
- Peter DeYoung - Leatherbeard the Pirate
- Maxie J. Santillan Junior - Gummy the Pirate
- Aaron Hendry - Tangles the Pirate, Cyclops Diver
- Gerard Griesbaum - Fingers the Pirate
- Michael Bell - Fisherman
- Paul Zies - Upper Deck the Pirate
- Randolph Jones - Tiny the Pirate
- Todd Duffey - Concession Guy
- Jose Zelaya - Dooby the Pirate
- Mageina Tovah - Usher
- Chris Cummins - Concession Guy
- Alex Baker - Martin the Pirate
- Robin Russell - Sniffy the Pirate
- Tommy Schooler - Salty the Pirate
- Ben Wilson - Stovepipe the Pirate
- Henry Kingi - Inky the Pirate
- Bart McCarthy - Captain Bart the Pirate
- David Stifel - Cookie the Pirate
- Dylan Haggerty - Stitches the Pirate
- Aaron Springer - Laughing Bubble
- Derek Drymon - The Screamer, Fisherman
- Cole S. McKay - Scruffy the Pirate
- D.P. FitzGerald - Bonesy the Pirate
- Kristopher Logan - Squinty the Pirate
- Gino Montesinos - Tango the Pirate
- John Siciliano - Pokey the Pirate
[edit] Reception
The movie earned $85,417,988 in the United States and $140,161,792 worldwide as of June 18, 2006. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film got a Fresh 69% rating with 77 fresh reviews out of 111.
[edit] Soundtrack
| # | Song Title | Performer |
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| 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 and the Hi-Seas |
| 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 (Movie Version)" | The Pirates |
[edit] Trivia
- This was released unto DVD in March 2005.
- Despite the fact that they completed the quest in little over six days, the story seemed to be less than that.
- "Goofy Goober Rock" is a re-work of "I Wanna Rock" by Twisted Sister.
- This is the third SpongeBob story where he sings in a different voice, the first two being "Ripped Pants" and "Band Geeks".
- The movie currently has a rating of 9.2 on TV.com.
- According to IMDb's profile, the film was originally supposed to be rated G.
- There are three words that are considered to be bad words.
- There is no "My leg!" cry. However, one citizen shouts "My eyes!" because of King Neptune's extremely shiny bald spot on his head that neptune thinks is merely "thinning".
- Through the movie, SpongeBobs voice gets higher. This is because of the the long time period it took to produce the movie. His voice only gets higher in Season Four.
- SpongeBob and Patrick are adults, but everyone calls them kids. It is revealed that everyone really meant that they are immature.
- Mrs. Puff picks through rocks like she did in the episode, Doing Time.
- The movie takes place after the series, even though it was created before Season Four, Season Five, and the future Season Six.
- Goofy Goober is used again in Season Four in the episode, Chimps Ahoy.
- Perch Perkins appears again in Season Four, but he appears orange instead of blue (as he is blue in the film).
- The Song "Now That We're Men", sung by Spongebob, Patrick and the monsters, is also features in the Spongebob episode "The Great Snail Race" when the title card is shown.
[edit] Continuity Errors
- The film 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 film, 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.)
- It is possible that the film storyline takes place after all of the episodes. At the end, SpongeBob becomes the manager of the Krusty Krab 2, but, even in the new episodes, the Krusty Krab 2 does not exist and SpongeBob is still a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. Also, in the new episodes, Plankton is still trying to steal the formula, but in the film, he is putting his final plan into play. It could be, however, that he liked being a Fry Cook so much that had both jobs, or the Krusty Krab 2 could have run out of business. Plankton could have also thought of new plans, and forgotten/had his memory erased of the formula. It has been confirmed by Stephen Hillenburg this was actually the series finale even though it did not air after all the other episodes.
[edit] MPAA rating
This film was rated PG by the MPAA for some mild crude humor.
[edit] Worldwide release dates
- United States: November 19, 2004
- Canada: November 19, 2004
- Mexico: December 3, 2004
- Chile: December 16, 2004
- Germany: December 23, 2004
- Switzerland: December 23, 2004
- Brazil: December 17, 2004
- Venezuela: December 25, 2004
- Colombia: January 1, 2005
- Australia: January 6, 2005
- New Zealand: January 6, 2005
- Argentina: January 6, 2005
- Central America: January 7, 2005
- Peru: January 13, 2005
- Spain: January 28, 2005
- Belgium: February 2, 2005
- Netherlands: February 3, 2005
- France: February 9, 2005
- United Kingdom: February 11, 2005
- Ireland: February 11, 2005
- Austria: March 11, 2005
- United States: March 1, 2005 (DVD release)
- Turkey: March 13, 2005
- Russia: March 17, 2005
- Singapore: March 17, 2005
- Czech Republic: March 17, 2005
- Philippines: April 6, 2005
- South Africa: April 8, 2005
- Indonesia: April 16, 2005
- Denmark: June 10, 2005
- Norway: June 17, 2005
- Sweden: June 26, 2005
- Greece: September 16, 2005
- Italy: September 23, 2005
- Japan: April 22, 2006
- United States: November 10, 2006 (Nickelodeon Premiere)
[edit] External links
- Official film website
- Official film website (UK version)
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie at the Internet Movie Database
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie at the Big Cartoon DataBase
| Nickelodeon Movies |
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| Barnyard • Charlotte's Web • Clockstoppers • Good Burger • Harriet the Spy • Hey Arnold!: The Movie • Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius • Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events • Mad Hot Ballroom • Nacho Libre • Rugrats Go Wild! • Rugrats in Paris: The Movie • The Rugrats Movie • Snow Day • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • The Wild Thornberrys Movie • Yours, Mine and Ours |
| SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Episodes, shorts, and film: | Episodes • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie • Summer Splash • Astrology With Squidward • Patrick the Snowman • The Endless Summer • How The You-Know-Who Stole You-Know-What! • Plankton's Holiday Hits • A Random Act of SpongeBob • 12 Days of Nickmas • Best Day Ever Marathon |
| Cast and Crew: | Stephen Hillenburg • Tom Kenny • Bill Fagerbakke • Rodger Bumpass • Carolyn Lawrence • Mr. Lawrence • Clancy Brown |
| Characters: | SpongeBob • Patrick • Squidward • Mr. Krabs • Sandy • Gary • Plankton • Mrs. Puff • Pearl • The Flying Dutchman • Neptune & Mindy • Major characters |
| Bikini Bottom: | List of Places • Places Beyond • Chum Bucket • Goo Lagoon • Krusty Krab • Mrs. Puff's Boating School |
| Media releases |
| Miscellaneous |
