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Writer:	Stephen Hillenburg Paul Tibbitt Sherm Cohen Aaron Springer Kent Osborne
Starring:	Tom Kenny Clancy Brown Rodger Bumpass Bill Fagerbakke Doug Lawrence Jeffrey Tambor Alec Baldwin Scarlett Johansson David Hasselhoff
Director:	Stephen Hillenburg
Music by:	Gregor Narholz
Distributor:	Paramount Pictures/Nickelodeon Movies
Release Date:	November 19 2004 (USA)
Runtime:	87 min.
Language:	English

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is the first film based on Nickelodeon's hit TV show SpongeBob SquarePants. The movie was released in theaters on November 19, 2004.

MPAA Rating

PG for Some Mild Crude Humor

Voice actors and their characters

Tom Kenny - SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary the Snail
Bill Fagerbakke - Patrick Star
Clancy Brown - Mr. Krabs
Rodger Bumpass - Squidward Tentacles
Carolyn Lawrence - Sandy Cheeks
Lori Alan - Pearl Krabs
Mary Jo Catlett - Mrs. Puff
Mr. Lawrence - Plankton, Larry Lobster
Scarlett Johansson - Princess Mindy
Jeffrey Tambor - King Neptune
Alec Baldwin - Dennis
David Hasselhoff - Himself
Thomas F. Wilson - Victor

Genre

Family/Comedy/Animation

Taglines

Tagline 1: A hero will rise. Thanksgiving 2004.
Tagline 2: Bigger!... Squarier!... SPONGIER!
Tagline 3: Bigger. More Absorbent.
Tagline 4: Bigger. Better. More Absorbent.
Tagline 5: BIG Action
Tagline 6: BIG Drama
Tagline 7: BIG Twists
Tagline 8: BIG Romance
Tagline 9: BIG Evil
Tagline 10: Hero. Legend. Sponge.
Tagline 11: Sponge Meets World.

Plot outline

Brief Summary: Plankton has stolen King Neptune's crown. SpongeBob and Patrick must brave the mysterious town of Shell City to find it. Plankton, meanwhile, has gotten control of Krab's secret formula. His restaurant, The Chum Bucket, finally becomes popular. With each meal, Plankton hands out a free bucket hat. These bucket hats end up actually being mind control devices and Plankton takes control of Bikini Bottom while Neptune mourns his lost crown.

Time/Date:

November 19, 2004 (live-action world, outside of the movie)
March 7, 2031 (in the movie)
March 8, 2031 (in the movie)
March 9, 2031 (in the movie) (not shown)
March 10, 2031 (in the movie) (not shown)
March 11, 2031 (in the movie) (not shown)
March 12, 2031 (in the movie)
March 13, 2031 (in the movie)
March 14, 2031 (in the movie)

Time cards shown:

Meanwhile

Main character(s):

Major character(s):

Minor character(s):

Bart the Pirate
All pirates who watch the movie
Parrot

Missing character(s):

Mr. and Mrs. SquarePants
Patchy the Pirate - replaced by Bart the Pirate
Potty the Parrot - replaced by an unknown parrot played and voiced by director Stephen Hillenburg
Mermaid Man - only seen in the drawing on SponeBob's wall
Barnacle Boy - only seen in the drawing on SponeBob's wall
Mama Krabs
Grandma SquarePants

Songs:

SpongeBob SquarePants Theme (Movie Version)

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

SpongeBob SquarePants

Absorbent and yellow and porous is he!

SpongeBob SquarePants

If nautical nonsense be something you wish

SpongeBob SquarePants

Then drop on the deck and flop like a fish!

SpongeBob SquarePants

Spo-ongeBo-ob Squa-arePa-ants

SpongeBob SquarePants

Spo-ongeBo-ob Squa-arePa-ants

SpongeBob SquarePants

Spo-ongeBo-ob Squa-arePa-ants

SpongeBob SquarePants

SpooooooooooongeBob SquarePaaaaaaaaaaaaants!

The Goofy Goober Song

Oh, I'm a goofy goober, yeah

You're a goofy goober, yeah

We're all goofy goobers, yeah

Goofy goofy goober goober, yeah!

Now That We're Men

Now that we’re men, we can do anything

Now that we’re men, we are invincible

Now that we’re men, we’ll go to Shell City

Get the crown, save the town and Mr. Krabs

Now that we’re men, we have facial hair

Now that we’re men, I change my underwear

Now that we’re men, we got a manly flair

We got the stuff, we’re tough enough to save the day

We never had a chance when we were kids

No, no, no!

But take a look at what the mermaid did

Ha, ha, ha!

Patrick, time for some slappy (not said in the movie)

(the two begin to do a slap-off, where they slap different parts of their body rhythmically)

Uh-huh.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, go, SpongeBob.

Ah.

Horray!

Now that they’re men, we can’t bother them

Now that they’re men, they have become our friends

Now that they’re men, they’ll be a happy end

They’ll pass the test and finish the quest for the crown

They’ll pass the test, and finish the quest

They’ll pass the test and finish the quest for the crown.

Now That We're Men (The Last Verse) (not avalible for the soundtrack)

Well, Patrick, we should be there in one more verse.

Now that we’re men- (cut off by Dennis the Hitman)

The Goofy Goober Song (Faintly Version) (not avalible for the soundtrack)

I'm a goofy goober, yeah

You're a goofy goober, yeah

We're all goofy goobers, yeah

Goofy goofy goober goober... yeah

Goofy Goober Rock

I'm goofy goober! Rock!

You're a goofy goober! Rock!

We're all goofy goobers! Rock!

Goofy goofy, goober goober! Rock!

Put your toys away

Well all I gotta say

When you tell me not to play

I say no way! No way!

No no freaking way!/No no no no way!

I'm a kid you say

When you say I'm a kid, I say "Say it again!"

And then I say thanks! Thanks!

Thank you very much!

So if you're thinking that

You'd like to be like me

Go ahead and try

The kid inside will set you free!

Hamala, baby-la, zeebilay, boopilay (skipped in the soundtrack)

Hamala, baby-la, zeebilay, bop (skipped in the soundtrack)

I'm goofy goober! Rock!

You're a goofy goober! Rock!

We're all goofy goobers, Rock!

Goofy goofy, goober goober, yeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!

Ocean Man

Ocean man, take me by the hand

Lead me to the land

That you understand

Ocean man, the voyage to the corner of the globe is a real trip

Ocean man, the crust of a tan man embibed by the sand

Soaking up the thirst of the land

Ocean man, can you see through wonder of amazent at the oberman?

Ocean man, the crust is elusive when it casts forth to the childlike man

Ocean man, the sequence of a life from braised in the sand

Soaking up the thrist of the land

(Guitar solo, repeat lyrics once, then "Ocean man" at the end)

SpongeBob and Patrick Confront the Psychic Wall of Energy

Parick, you see, I'm growing a mustache

And though I know I must ask you

Does it really make me look like a man?

SpongeBob, being a manager's a tough job

I hope your picked to be the best SpongeBoss they've had

Working like a dog at the Krusty Krab

Now wait a minute

I think we hit a wall

I think we hit a psychic wall

Maybe we're just young

And we won't know until we're old

We're too young

To free ourselves from this lonely fishbowl

Some kind of wall

Some kind of psychic wall

Some kind of wall

Some kind of psychic wall

We can't get above

So come on, let's find a way to be happy

Not like Plankton, he'll never be satisfied

Always complaining about his life

To his computer wife

You think he would have found by now

To be thought of as a king

He don't need a crown

Just a Kid

Maybe I'm just a kid

Maybe I just don't fit in

I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready

I'm ready fto go now

I don't wanna go to school

But I don't get to make the rules

Too weary, too weary, too weary

Too weary of the morning

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to do somethin' they don't wanna do

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to do something...why's that true?

Maybe I'm not so big

Maybe I just don't fit in

I'm ready, I'm ready, I'm ready

I'm ready for more now

I don't wanna go to bed

So much goin' on in my head

And I'm tired, and I'm tired, and I'm tired

I'm tired of that now

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to do somethin' they don't wanna do

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to do somethin'...why's that true?

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Has to do somethin'...just have some fun

(Kids "na" for a small while in background)

Everybody, everybody, everybody, everybody

Everybody, everyone, someone, anyone

Has to grow up and have some fun

The Best Day Ever

Mr. Sun came up and he smiled at me

Said "It's gonna be a good one, just wait and see"

Jumped out of bed and I ran outside

Feeling so ecstatic and satisfied

It's the best day ever (best day ever)

I'm so busy, got nothin' to do (skipped in the movie)

Spent the last two hours just tiein' my shoe (skipped in the movie)

Every flower, every grain of sand (skipped in the movie)

Is reaching out to shake my hand (skipped in the movie)

It's the best day ever (best day ever) (skipped in the movie)

Sometimes the little things start closing in on me

When I'm feeling down

I gotta loose that frown

I stick my head out the window and I look around

Those clouds don't scare me: they can't disguise

This magic that's happening right before my eyes

Soon Mr. Moon will be shining bright

So the best day ever can last all night

Yeah, the best day ever's gonna last all night now

It's the best day ever (best day ever)

It's the best day ever (best day ever, best day ever, best day ever)

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A bunch of pirates find 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 ordered a Krabby Patty with cheese, but didn't get his cheese.

Almost immediately afterwards, we see him wake up from his dream.

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, Plankton looks through his evil plans, A through Y, when Karen points out that he hasn't tried Plan Z yet. Excited, Plankton gets things ready.

At the Goofy Goober, SpongeBob and Patrick's new favorite undersea hangout, Spongebob sulks at the nut bar with Patrick. The duo drowns 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's castle and steals his crown. Angered at not having anything to cover his bald spot, Neptune then discovers a note Plankton planted on the scene framing Mr. Krabs. At the Krusty Krab, Krabs denies his claims up and down. Neptune isn't fazed when Krabs receives a phone call from a guy in Shell City 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. 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. 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 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. Amidst the confusion, Patrick steals the key back, and the duo head off.

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 start controlling their wearers.

SpongeBob and Patrick drive through a field of skulls when they encounter a little old lady selling ice cream. However, the old lady is actually the tongue of a giant monster, who chases the duo until it is eaten by a bigger monster in a monster-filled trench. Stuck with no way to get over the trench, SpongeBob and Patrick break down, realizing they really are just kids. Neptune's daughter Mindy shows up 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 by giving them seaweed mustaches. Conviced that they're finally men, they jump into the trench and bravely burst right through it. The monsters befriend them because of their manliness.

Dennis, Plankton's hired hitman, 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 known as Shell City. Right across from their fish bowl is King Neptune's crown. The evil scuba diver (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 system to activate, bringing all of the gift shop items to life. Including, for some reason, a Mariachi Band. 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.

SpongeBob and Patrick worry that they won't make it back in time, but are happy to see David Hasselhoff willing to swim them back to Bikini Bottom (For unknown reasons, this scene was a short-time meme on YTMND, where David's face and voice would be replaced by someone else, usually another fad.)! However, on the way back, Dennis makes his return. The ultimate battle begins on Hasselhoff's butt. 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! 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 fulfills his dream as manager of the Krusty Krab 2. Of course, he's blissfully unaware that his manager position is nothing more than a title, as his job is exactly the same as it was before, just with a bigger hat. At that point, the pirates are forced to leave the movie theater.

Box office success
Although the movie had a tremendous opening weekend, bringing in over $33 million, the film soon fell down the box office chart and earned an acceptable $85,416,609 in the United States and $135,311,137 in the entire world as of March 24, 2005.
Trivia
The teaser trailer uses footage from Das Boot, The Hunt for Red October, Crimson Tide and U-571.

The first swear word in SpongeBob was used when Mr. Krabs was whispering to SpongeBob at the beginning, it sounded like "jackass" to many people. Paramount edited in DVDs making it sound like "jackwhibble", but the word, "jackass", is still heard in VHS and UMD copies of the movie. This couldn't be a bad word because it's used on the TV show title "Jackass". Later, King Neptune calls the forged note written by Plankton "damning". This is the only bad word not edited. At the end, during SpongeBob's song, the word "freaking" is used. This bad word was edited as a double "no" in the soundtrack. It is disputed how the movie got its PG rating.

This is the fourth Nickelodeon animated movie to be rated PG and it's also the first PG-rated Nickelodeon animated movie containing bad words, which don't sound like rude noises.

Since this takes place in 2031 (even though none of the things are futuristic), the episode of the show "Good Neighbors" has the thing "you'll do community services every Sunday for the rest of your life", the thing was to be intact in other episodes of Season 4 or other episodes are to be set in the near future before this film's setting.

This is the third time we hear Gary speaking English, he says "Meow, Plankton". The first was in Sleepy Time (when SpongeBob in his dream, he speaks English) and the second was in The Secret Box (he says "Me...no!", which was also heard in the 2005 remake of War of the Worlds, which was directed by Steven Spielberg).

This is the second time bad words are used. The first time was in Sailor Mouth (SpongeBob and Patrick used number 11, which sounds like a dolphin chirp, and later, all 13 bad words are said by Mr. Krabs). In Hooky, Mr. Krabs uses "halibut", which isn't really a bad word. In some episodes, the words that aren't bad words, "stupid" and "Shut up!", are used.
Sequels
There's rumors that they'll be a sequel called The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2: The Revenge of Plankton

There's rumors that there will be a theatrical release of a The Fairly OddParents/SpongeBob SquarePants crossover
World-wide release dates
Brazil: 17 December, 2004

Germany: 23 December, 2004

Argentina: 6 January, 2005

Australia: 6 January, 2005

Netherlands: 3 February, 2005

France: 9 February, 2005

Finland: 11 February, 2005

Sweden: 11 February, 2005

United Kingdom: 11 February 2005

Norway: 18 February, 2005

Denmark: 25 February, 2005

Czech Republic: 17 March, 2005

Singapore: 17 March, 2005

Philippines: 6 April, 2005

Italy: September, 2005
In Japan, the Japanese release is planned for 2007 because the Japanese version of the TV series aired in 2002.
See also
SpongeBob SquarePants

The Soundtrack album

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2: The Revenge of Plankton

The Fairly OddParents/SpongeBob SquarePants crossover
External links
Official film website

Official film website (UK version)

Official film website (Australian version)

Official film website (German version)

SpongeBlogger - Spoilers about the movie

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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie at IMDb

www.david-hasselhoff.com - Bilingual website for David Hasselhoff fans

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 Meanwhile, Plankton looks through his evil plans, A through Y, when Karen points out that he hasn't tried Plan Z yet. Excited, Plankton gets things ready.
-At the [[Goofy Goober]], SpongeBob and [[Patrick Star|Patrick's]] new favorite undersea hangout, Spongebob sulks at the nut [[bar]] with Patrick. The duo drowns 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).
+At the [[Goofy Goober]], SpongeBob and [[Patrick Star|Patrick's]] new favorite undersea hangout, Spongebob sulks at the nut [[bar]] with Patrick. The duo drowns 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).
 [[Image:King_Neptune.jpg|frame|right|King Neptune as seen in the movie]]