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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

From Nickelodeon

Directed by:
Trailer: Open to see Trailer
Release date: 19 November 2004
Running time: 81 minutes
Characters: SpongeBob SquarePants,
Patrick Star,
Sheldon J. Plankton,
Princess Mindy,
Eugene H. Krabs,
King Neptune
Merchandise: The SpongeBob SquarePants DVD

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a feature film based on Nickelodeon's hit TV show SpongeBob SquarePants. It was produced by Paramount Studios, Nickelodeon Movies and United Plankton Pictures. The movie was released to U.S. theaters on 19 November 2004 and was released on DVD in the U.S. in 1 March 2005. The DVD returned to the vault on 20 January 2009, but the film will re-release on a 2-disc SpongeBob's Happy Squared special edition DVD & Blu-ray disc in late 2009.

This film was rated PG by the MPAA.

Tagline: Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?


[edit] Plot

At the 17th century, the film begins with a live action credit sequence, the pirates retrieve tickets to The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The film then cuts to Bikini Bottom, where Mr. Krabs, the owner of popular fast food restaurant, the Krusty Krab, has a problem: a customer ordered a Krabby Patty with cheese and there was no cheese. Suddenly, SpongeBob SquarePants comes to the rescue. He has a brief chat with the customer, and with his briefcase full of Austin Powers-like gear, he takes out a pair of pliers and adds cheese, and the crisis is resolved. The whole scene reveals itself to be SpongeBob's dream.

Meanwhile, Mr. Krabs is preparing to celebrate the grand opening of the "Krusty Krab 2", a second filiale of his restaurant. Hoping to become the new manager of the Krusty Krab 2, SpongeBob is completely convinced his name will be announced, since he had already been "Employee of the Month" 374 consecutive times.

Meanwhile, Plankton - arch-nemesis and business rival of Mr. Krabs who constantly wants to steal Mr. Krabs' formula of the Krabby Patty, is planning his ultimate plot - the dreaded Plan Z. At the celebration, SpongeBob's co-worker, Squidward, is given the manager title, as Mr. Krabs tells a heartbroken SpongeBob that he is just a kid and is unable to handle the task.

Midnight, Plankton arrives at King George's castle of King Neptune while the Krusty Krab customer takes a bath and Krusty Krab owner at the register, Squidward tells a flannel story about Gideon who defeats the Midianites and Sandy but all the ducks out of the shelf and it couldn't be more wronger, her day is over at night, who is prevented from declaring a ridiculous prison sentence to his intelligent teenage daughter, Princess Mindy. Neptune is then horrified to discover that his crown is missing, having been stolen by Plankton.

SpongeBob arrives at Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat, a popular children's restaurant, to brood over his loss. His best friend Patrick arrives and joins him in a Triple Gooberberry Sunrise ice cream-eating spree, and SpongeBob experiences hangover-like symptoms the next morning. Meanwhile, Neptune arrives at the Krusty Krab after receiving false evidence that Mr. Krabs had stolen his crown and sent it to the dreaded Shell City. Krabs pleads innocent, and Neptune asks the crowd of onlookers if Krabs has a thieving nature. SpongeBob then arrives and insults Mr. Krabs out of spite, but after hearing the prospect of Mr. Krabs being executed, he and Patrick agree to travel to Shell City (where Mr. Krabs has allegedly sold the crown) and return with it. Before departing, Mr. Krabs is frozen by Neptune's trident, and Mindy warns the duo about the giant Cyclops guarding Shell City. She also gives Spongebob and Patrick a magical bag of winds to return home with it.

With six days to retrieve the crown, SpongeBob and Patrick travel to a gas station next to the county line. There, their hamburger-like vehicle, the Patty Wagon, is quickly stolen by a mobster. One long walk later, they find it parked at the Tug Thug, a bar for tough, muscular fish. After a failed attempt to obtain the car's key, they begin to blow bubbles in the bar bathroom, which is a sign of weakness by the rules of the bar. A fin-fight as to who blew the bubbles results, allowing them to steal the key amidst the confusion and escape.

The following day, Squidward finds out about Plankton's plan and begins to tell on him by talking to King Neptune. Plankton begins controlling the minds of the townspeople through electronic bucket-shaped hats, disguised as free souvenir hats, 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 then narrowly avoid an angler fish-like sea monster, which lures them in with a fake ice-cream stand. Arriving at a monster-filled trench, though, SpongeBob gives up and accepts that he and Patrick are "just kids". However, Mindy arrives and gives them fake mustaches in the form of seaweed, convincing them that they are now men. They pass through the trench without fear, but much to their fear, They meet Plankton's murderous assistant Dennis, who proceeds to exterminate them, but is stepped on by a real-life scuba diver (the Cyclops), who takes the duo to his hideout.

When they wake up, they find themselves in a gift shack known as Shell City. The evil scuba diver places them through a lethal dehydration process that involves a lamp of sunbeam, but before dying, they realize that the gift shack is actually Shell City, and shed two tears of joy. Back in the movie theater, the pirates mourn the loss of SpongeBob when their bird tells them to hush and look at the screen.

The duo's tears electrocute the lamp's wire which lets out smoke, and the fire sprinklers are activated, bringing our heroes to life as well as all of the fish-made souvenirs. Much to the Cyclops' doom, the angry sea critters attack him. The duo makes their escape, but when Patrick opens the bag of winds, he doesn't hold it tight enough, causing it to blow away. Fortunately for SpongeBob and Patrick, David Hasselhoff is there to take them back to Bikini Bottom at sonic speed.

However, on the way back, the diver's boot rises up from the water and an angry Dennis emerges from it. The ultimate battle begins on Hasselhoff's back. SpongeBob and Patrick narrowly avoid getting stabbed and they put the hitman under distraction that leads him into being knocked into the ocean by the deck of a sailboat.

As the two arrive over Bikini Bottom, Hasselhoff opens his pectoral muscles and shoots the heroes into Bikini Bottom in the knick of time. However, in revenge, Plankton commands his hypnotized minions to destroy the heroes. Nevertheless, SpongeBob turns into a wizard with and sings the Goofy Goober theme song to the lyrics of the Twisted Sister's song "I Wanna Rock". Using a laser device disguised as his guitar, SpongeBob destroys the mind-control buckets and frees everyone from Plankton's control.

Plankton is trampled before he can escape and the cops arrest him and take to jail for illegal mind-controlling. Neptune reaches an understanding with his daughter. He unfreezes Mr. Krabs, noting how he should be honored to have "a brave, courageous, and heroic young man" like Spongebob. Realizing this, Mr. Krabs notes his apology and gives SpongeBob the managerial position, who proclaims it to be "the greatest day of [his] life."

During the end credits, pictures are shown of SpongeBob's job as manager, who is seen happily mopping the floors, taking out the trash, sweeping the chimney, chasing by Julia, the sea monster, put the peas in the destoryed town, reading the "WANTED: you" poster, and getting a raise from Mr. Krabs. Following the credits, the pirates are forced to leave because of the mess they have made.

[edit] Cast

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Who? Plays Voice or Person
Tom Kenny → SpongeBob SquarePants
→ Gary the Snail 		→ Clay
→ Houston Voice 		→ Tough Fish #2
→ Twin #2 		Voice.
Bill Fagerbakke → Patrick Star → Chum Customer
→ Local Fish 		→ Fish #2 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.
Doug Lawrence → Sheldon J. Plankton → Lloyd → Fish #7
→ Attendant #2 		Voice.
Jeffrey Tambor → King Neptune Voice.
Scarlett Johansson → Princess Mindy Voice.
Alec Baldwin → Dennis the Hitman Voice.
Thomas F. Wilson → Victor → Tough Fish → Fish #3 Voice.
David Hasselhoff → Himself Actor.


[edit] External links


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