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[[caption-width-right:299:For a ''[=SpongeBob=]'' movie, it's [[DarkerAndEdgier much darker]] [[CoversAlwaysLie than this poster makes it look]].]]

'''''The [=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=] Movie''''' is, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin well]], [[TheMovie a movie based on the]] {{Nickelodeon}} cartoon ''[[SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. And as expected for a movie based on one of Nickelodeon's programs, it's a [[BigDamnMovie big damn one]]. Check out the radar [[Radar/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie here]].

In the film, Mr. Krabs opens up a second Krusty Krab restaurant, and [=SpongeBob=] is heavily anticipating being promoted to manager of the new restaurant. But to his dismay, Squidward gets the job instead because [=SpongeBob=] is supposedly not mature enough for the job. Meanwhile, Plankton finally stops fooling around and enacts his greatest plan to steal the secret Krabby Patty formula -- he steals King Neptune's crown, sends it to the dangerous Shell City, and frames Mr. Krabs for it. When Neptune finds his crown missing, he crashes the Krusty Krab 2 and charges Krabs for the theft, but [=SpongeBob=] is willing to travel to Shell City to retrieve the crown, so Neptune gives him six days to find it, during which he has Krabs frozen.

While [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick head off on their adventure, Plankton makes it past the frozen Krabs and successfully steals the Krabby Patty formula. He then gives away bucket-helmets with all the Krabby Patties he sells, which then turn his customers into his monument-building slaves. Can [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick successfully retrieve Neptune's crown and save Bikini Bottom...?

[[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/viacom-paramount-release-spongebob-movie-late-2014-philippe-dauman295695 A sequel has been announced, due for release sometime in 2014.]]

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!This movie contains examples of:

* AbsurdlyBrightLight: off King Neptune's bald head
* AdamWesting: Creator/DavidHasselhoff as a super-swimming lifeguard. "I'm David Hasselhoff!"
** "Hooray!"
* AdultChild: {{Deconstructed}} at first, {{Reconstructed}} later.
* [[AlwaysABiggerFish Always a Bigger Boot]]
* AnAesop: Lampshaded and subverted.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Squidward says he's going to report Plankton to King Neptune because he "made one fatal mistake -- you messed with ''my'' paycheck!"
** Also, when Plankton reads over his final plan to steal the Krabby Patty formula. "It's evil, it's diabolical, *sniffs* it's lemon-scented!"
* BadassMustache: Princess Mindy makes a pair of these out of seaweed to convince [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick that they have become men.
** Then used in a throwaway gag courtesy of Dennis; he notes the obviously fake mustaches, pulls them off the pair's faces, and then shows them what a real mustache looks like. He pulls down his bandana, revealing his clean-shaven face. He then proceeds to grow a particularly bushy one through sheer force of will in an instant.
*** "Is he a mermaid?"
* BadGuyBar: The Thug Tug
* BarBrawl
* BigDamnMovie
* BlowingARaspberry: This is the extent of [=SpongeBob=] telling off Mr. Krabs [[HypocriticalHumor for thinking he's still a kid]].
* TheCaligula: King Neptune shows signs of this
* ComicallySmallBribe: [=SpongeBob=] attempts to bribe Dennis with "Goober Dollars". He isn't impressed.
* DarkReprise: [[spoiler: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick's tearful rendition of the Goofy Goober theme as they dry out.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier
* DemotedToExtra: Any character from the show who isn't [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Plankton. Squidward and Sandy only show up a few times, and Mr Krabs spends the movie frozen.
* DerangedAnimation
* DreamSequence: The opening scene.
* DrunkOnMilk: In this case, a milk product rather than liquid milk; specifically, ice cream.
* DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: What Plankton does to Bikini Bottom
* {{Egopolis}}: After [[spoiler:enslaving all of Bikini Bottom with his mind controlling helmets, Plankton converted it into Planktopolis, complete with giant stone statues of himself.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: Dennis.
* FlatCharacter: Princess Mindy. If you think about it, she's really not much more than a plot device. Her only contributions to the story were to be a love interest for Patrick, stop her father from killing Mr. Krabs, give [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick their [[MagicFeather "mustaches"]], and stall her father long enough for [=SpongeBob=] to come back with the crown.
* FluffyTheTerrible: Plankton sends a hitman named Dennis after [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick.
* FramingDevice: A band of pirates go to a movie theater to see the movie.
* GrandFinale: According to WordOfGod, all episodes made after the movie take place before it, so it's still (chronologically) the GrandFinale.
** So technically, they spoiled the entire series for us?
** What about that episode where Plankton escapes prison, makes another attempt to steal the formula and ends up being arrested again?
*** At the end he's taken to a prison for those as small as he. In the episode, he may be in a high security section, but it's a standard jail.
* HarmlessFreezing: Although he can't stop Plankton from stealing the formula in his frozen state, Krabs still manages to show reaction to things going on.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick. And how.
* [[spoiler: HijackingCthulhu: Plankton mind-controls King Neptune near the end.]]
* HumansAreCthulhu:
** The "Cyclops" (actually a deep-sea diver). He just wants to collect sea creatures to sell as souvenirs - but that includes [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, much to their confusion.
** Creator/DavidHasselhoff, however, is an aversion.
* InsistentTerminology: As it says on the main ''SpongeBob'' page, King Neptune is ''not'' bald, he is thinning.
* IsThisThingStillOn?
* KillItWithFire: King Neptune tries to do this to Mr. Krabs
* KnightOfCerebus: Dennis.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Patrick is infatuated with Neptune's daughter Mindy.
* LowerDeckEpisode: A ''Nickelodeon Magazine'' special promoting the film included a comic story showing Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy trying (and failing) to stop Plankton during the events of the movie.
* MagicFeather: the seaweed moustaches.
* MoodWhiplash: "MEOW PLANKTON."
* NakedPeopleAreFunny
* NeverSayDie: Averted. The words "kill" and "die" are used several times. The scene in Shell City has Spongebob stress the words "dead" and "killed" as if to tell the audience "Yes we're defying this trope and using the actual word in a movie for kids."
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Dennis gets crushed by the Cyclops when he first catches up with Spongebob and Patrick. He comes back afterwards for the final showdown.]]
* NotSoHarmless: Plankton.
* OcularGushers
* OffModel: [[TropesAreNotBad But in a good way;]] the film seems to follow the JohnKricfalusi method of staying less on-model and more in-character.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:The "Cyclops" has this reaction when the animals in his shop begin to revive and he realizes they're about to beat the tar out of him.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: According to [=SpongeBob=], he has won the Employee of the Month Award 376 times in a row. This means he has been working for over 31 years. Assuming that he started work at age 16, this means he could be 47 years old or older!
* OmnicidalManiac: Plankton vows to destroy everyone.
* PleaseKeepYourHatOn
* ThePowerOfRock: [=SpongeBob=] breaks Plankton's hypnosis with a rock remix of the Goofy Goober song.
* PsychoForHire: Dennis outright says that he's a hitman because he loves his job.
* RogerRabbitEffect: The sequence between the "Cyclops" (a maniacal diver) capturing [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, and them returning to Bikini Bottom.
* SarcasticClapping: Plankton after [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick make it back.
* SeriesFauxnale: This film was meant to serve as the closing to the show, but Nickelodeon insisted on putting the series back in production.
* ShoutOut: The "nut bar" at Goofy Goober's has pictures of ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'' and ''{{Popeye}}'' comics. Also, [[spoiler: When Neptune unfreezes Mr. Krabs, he accidentally has his trident on the "Real Boy" setting, turning Mr. Krabs into a {{Pinocchio}} lookalike, before just turning him back to normal.]]
* SurrealHumour: [[HilarityEnsues "Hooray! Bubble Party!"]]
* SwissArmyTears: [[spoiler:What ultimately saves [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick from their DisneyDeath.]]
* TeamRocketWins
* TestosteronePoisoning: ''Lots'' of examples.
** The "Now That We're Men" song.
** Dennis growing his BadassMustache in an instant to prove how much manlier he was than [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick.
** Every scene with Creator/DavidHasselhoff. Every. Single. Scene.
* TomTheDarkLord: We have a vile, dangerous bounty hunter, and his name is... Dennis.
* TheUnreveal: Plankton finally finds out the Krabby Patty formula, but we don't.
* WelcomeToTheBigCity
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: The opening scene features a dramatic scene based around the "crisis" of a customer being given a Krabby Patty without cheese, complete with a slow-motion sequence of [=SpongeBob=] putting some cheese into the patty, played in the same manner as an action hero disarming a bomb. It's a DreamSequence, but still...
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler:Spongebob and Patrick get Neptune's crown back and seemingly save the day... Then Plankton reveals he had a backup plan and just takes control of [[PhysicalGod Neptune]].]]

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* DemotedToExtra: Anyone who isn't [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Plankton. Squidward and Sandy only show up a few times, and Mr Krabs spends the movie frozen.

* AdamWesting: DavidHasselhoff as a super-swimming lifeguard. "I'm David Hasselhoff!"

** DavidHasselhoff, however, is an aversion.

** Every scene with DavidHasselhoff. Every. Single. Scene.

* [[BigDamnMovie Big Fishy Movie]]

* ShoutOut: The "nut bar" at Goofy Goober's has pictures of ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'' and ''{{Popeye}}'' comics. Also, [[spoiler: When Neptune unfreezes Mr. Krabs, he accidentally has his trident on the "Real Boy" setting, turning Mr. Krabs into a {{Pinocchio}} lookalike, before just turning him back to normal.

* ShoutOut: The "nut bar" at Goofy Goober's has pictures of ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'' and ''{{Popeye}}'' comics. Also, [[spoiler: When Neptune unfreezes Mr. Krabs, he accidentally has his trident on the "Real Boy" setting, turning Mr. Krabs into a [[Disney/Pinocchio Pinocchio]] lookalike, before just turning him back to normal.

* ShoutOut: The "nut bar" at Goofy Goober's has pictures of ''ComicStrip/{{Pogo}}'' and ''{{Popeye}}'' comics.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: The opening scene features a dramatic scene based around the "crisis" of a customer being given a Krabby Patty without cheese, complete with a slow-motion sequence of [=SpongeBob=] putting some cheese into the patty. It's a DreamSequence, but still...

* DemotedToExtra: Heck, pretty much anyone who isn't [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Plankton. Squidward and Sandy only show up a few times, and Mr Krabs spends the entire movie frozen.

* NeverSayDie: Averted. The words "kill" and "die" are used several times. Heck the scene in Shell City has Spongebob stress the words "dead" and "killed" as if to tell the audience "Yes we're defying this trope and using the actual word in a movie for kids."

** The entire "Now That We're Men" song.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick get dried up in Shell City. Fortunately, thanks to the sprinkler system, [[IGotBetter they get better.]]]]

* NotSoHarmless: Plankton. [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Dear]] [[CompleteMonster lord almighty]] Plankton.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick get dried up in Shell City. Fortunately, thanks to the sprinkler system, they get better]]

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] and Patrick get dried up in Shell City. Fortunately, thanks to the sprinkler system, [[IGotBetter they get better]]]]

* HumansAreCthulhu: The "Cyclops" (actually a deep-sea diver). He just wants to collect sea creatures to sell as souvenirs - but that includes [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, much to their confusion.
** Subverted with DavidHasselhoff, or as [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick call him, "the Hasselhoff."

* OmnicidalManiac: Invoked with Plankton Vowing to destroys Everyone

* ThePowerOfRock: How [=SpongeBob=] breaks Plankton's hypnosis.

** Subverted with DavidHasselhoff

* FrothyMugsOfWater: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick get drunk off ''ice cream''

* DrunkOnMilk