Executive producers, Albie Hecht, Gina Shay, Derek Drymon. Produced by Stephen Hillenburg, Julia Pistor. Amid assorted skulls and monsters, they find their scariest nemesis in biker hit man Dennis (Alec Baldwin), and in the bargain achieve a measure of “manhood” and maturity, qualities that could have earned SpongeBob the managerial post in the first place.Ī Paramount release of a Nickelodeon Movies production in association with United Plankton Pictures. With Neptune’s daughter Missy (Scarlett Johansson) imploring her angry dad to delay impaling Krabs on his trident and Plankton taking over Bikini Bottom by turning the population into bucket-helmeted automatons, SpongeBob and Patrick venture to deepest Shell City in search of the missing crown. Krabs (Clancy Brown) was responsible, resulting in a death sentence for SpongeBob’s greedy encrusted boss. Lawrence), proprietor of the dismally unsuccessful Chum Bucket eatery, contrives to steal the crown of King Neptune (Jeffrey Tambor) and convince the king that Mr. After a successful run flipping patties at the Krusty Krab, SpongeBob (voiced as always by Tom Kenny) is mortified to be bypassed for the job of manager of the new Krusty Krab 2 by cranky Squidward (Rodger Bumpass).Īt the same time, scheming Plankton (Mr.
Another graduate, after John Lasseter and Brad Bird, of the CalArts animation program, Hillenburg also studied and worked in marine biology these interests have merged and morphed producing a pop impressionistic take on underwater life inhabited by spirited and disarming characters.Īmusing live-action opening has a bunch of scruffy pirates singing the familiar “SpongeBob” title tune a la Gilbert and Sullivan in gleeful celebration of the discovery of movie ducats in a treasure chest: They hightail it to what looks like San Francisco’s late, lamented Surf Theater to take in the show.Īt the outset, the tranquility of Bikini Bottom is disrupted by two untoward events. Very popular with college students as well as with parents, the show featuring peppy SpongeBob, dufus starfish best friend Patrick and curmudgeonly neighbor Squidward has always brandished a hipster veneer, outre imagination and sharp design sense that make it by far the most whole-family-friendly Saturday morning cartoon.
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