The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit. Though he's just been passed over for the promotion of his dreams, SpongeBob stands by his boss, and along with his best pal Patrick, sets out on a treacherous mission to Shell City to reclaim the crown and save Mr. Krab's life.
Critics Sentiment
SpongeBob defeats Plankton with rock and roll power
The Cyclops diver abducts SpongeBob and Patrick
The film recovers from its lowest point during the Cyclops capture with the beloved David Hasselhoff sequence, jumping nearly 2 points.
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie maintains consistently strong audience reception throughout, with particular peaks during the ice cream hangover scene and the rock and roll finale. Reviewers consistently praised the film's ability to blend childish humor with adult-oriented jokes, though some live-action elements received more mixed reactions. The sentiment builds to a triumphant climax that reviewers found both hilarious and genuinely inspiring.
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Tom Kenny
SpongeBob / Narrator / Gary / Various (voice)
Clancy Brown
Mr. Krabs (voice)
Rodger Bumpass
Squidward / Fish #4 (voice)
Bill Fagerbakke
Patrick Star / Fish #2 / Chum Customer / Local Fish (voice)
Mr. Lawrence
Plankton / Fish #7 / Attendant #2 (voice)
Jill Talley
Karen / Old Lady (voice)
Carolyn Lawrence
Sandy (voice)
Mary Jo Catlett
Mrs. Puff (voice)
Jeffrey Tambor
King Neptune (voice)
Scarlett Johansson
Mindy (voice)
Alec Baldwin
Dennis (voice)
David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff
Kristopher Logan
Squinty the Pirate
D.P. FitzGerald
Bonesy the Pirate
Cole S. McKay
Scruffy the Pirate
Dylan Haggerty
Stitches the Pirate
Bart McCarthy
Captain Bart the Pirate
Henry Kingi
Inky the Pirate
Randolph Jones
Tiny the Pirate
Paul Zies
Upper Deck the Pirate (voice)
Crew
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