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After a dream of intrepidly being
A hero, with everyone gladly agreeing,
The popular sponge who still wears square pants
Awakes and is “ready” to go have his chance.
Greedy ol’ Krabs, who hopes cash will accrue,
Has opened a branch called the Krusty Krab 2.
Although SpongeBob covets the manager role,
Krabs gives it to Squidward, who has more control,
Who isn’t a kid like that sponge we all know,
So SpongeBob’s heartbroken and plods off in woe.
He gets drunk on ice cream with Patrick, his friend,
And, when he awakes, there has been a bad trend.
It seems that, as part of his evil Plan Z,
Plankton’s stolen the crown of the king of the sea.
He’s taken it off to the distant Shell City
And framed Mr. Krabs, whom we’re all now to pity.
King Neptune has come to destroy the crustacean,
But SpongeBob steps in to prevent devastation.
Both Patrick and he vow to bring back the crown
To save Mr. Krabs, who is frozen in town.
Driving a sandwich, they journey away
And have some adventures while saving the day,
From thugs who hate bubbles to trenches that teem
With fish who lure tourists with bowls of ice cream,
To Dennis, a menace that Plankton has hired
To make sure they fail (squishing them is required).
The pair are then trapped by Shell City’s protector
But luckily saved by a strong smoke detector.
Retrieving the crown, they attempt to run off,
But make better time riding Dave Hasselhoff.
With help from the Hasselhoff’s strong pecs and abs,
They come just in time to redeem Mr. Krabs.
Yet Plankton still wins, or at least so it seems,
Till Sponge plays the hero, just like in his dreams.
He saves the whole town with an epic rock song,
And Plankton’s in jail, where all villains belong.
At last, Mr. Krabs knows just what he should say
And makes SpongeBob manager. Yippie! Hooray!
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Anyone reading the list can probably see by now that I’m a big fan of animation, and that carries over to cartoons on television as well. Movies based off of animated TV shows are a mixed bag. Some do quite well (The Powerpuff Girls Movie), while others fail horribly (The Last Airbender). The Pokémon movies were okay but got old fast. Others that turned out better include Recess: School’s Out and the Rugrats films, but they were usually the last hurrah for their respective shows. Yet The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie stands out as the best apotheosis of the show on which it is based, and it did not spell the end of the famous sponge either. He’s still on the air, to the chagrin of many.

I’ll be honest: This film has many scenes of great childishness, silliness, and downright stupidity. Yet, there is enough real humor to make it worth watching. Plus, once the quest for the crown actually begins, it has moments of both excitement and morbid menace. (Frolicking through a field of bones? Yep.)

My VC fell asleep again, not being a fan of extreme silliness, but I had to wake her up for the awesome guitar solo at the end. It may not be over the end credits, but it certainly belongs in some cartoon song hall of fame.

Best line: (the citizens, when Neptune reveals his bald spot) “Bald! Bald! Bald! Bald! My eyes!!!!!” (cracks me up every time)

 
Artistry: 1
Characters/Actors: 3
Entertainment: 6
Visual Effects: 4
Originality: 6
Watchability: 5
Other (end song): 2
 
TOTAL: 27 out of 60
 

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