History TearJerker / TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater

--->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': [[FigureItOutYourself Mr. Krabs, you may not understand what I'm about to do today,]] (enters bubble) [[PlanningForTheFutureBeforeTheEnd but someday, we'll look back and have a good laugh.]] (floats away)

-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': W-..were you in my brain?
-->'''Plankton''': What? No! That's crazy talk!
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': Then why is there cotton candy on your antenna?
-->'''Plankton''': Becau-Because I...okay, ''fine'', I was in your brain!
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ''[shocked]'' What were you doing in there?
-->'''Plankton''': What do you '''think''' I was doing? Looking for the secret formula!
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ''[[BigWhat What?!]]''
-->'''Plankton''': Oh, don't act so innocent. You knew what I was up to, that's why you're pretending not to know the formula!
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': B-but I'm not pretending! I can't believe you thought I was lying!
-->'''Plankton''': Hey, don't take it personally. I just assume ''everyone'' is lying.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': That is a ''horrible'' way to live your life.
-->'''Plankton''': ''[walks off]'' Whatever.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': It ''is''! And if ''we're'' going to be on the ''same'' team--
-->'''Plankton''': '''MAYBE I DON'T ''WANNA'' BE ON A TE-AM!! YA THINK OF ''THAT?!!'''''

--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ...Look at me. I've become like all of you! Savage, fear-ridden, selfish. An entire town of formerly good citizens turned into heartless FREAKS, bent on their own self preser, persev--
--> '''Background Fish:''' Preservation?
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Yes! We've become alienated from each other, each one of us an island onto themselves, concerned only for ourselves. And in the name of all fish-hood, I am '''not''' about to let this happen. [''rips of part of a fish's shirt and uses it as a bandanna'']. And so, if a sacrifice is needed to restore Bikini Bottom to its former glory, ''then I am willing to take one for the team.''
--> ''(everybody stares numb with grief until...)''
--> '''Squidward:''' [[MoodWhiplash You heard him!]]
* At the very end of the credits, it reads, "[[InMemoriam In Memory of]] Creator/ErnestBorgnine" (The voice of Mermaid Man on the show, who died in 2012).

* The riot in Bikini Bottom and [=SpongeBob=]'s reaction - sitting on a cliff overlooking the town unable to help

[[caption-width-right:350:''"This feels like it really is...the end."'']]

* When [=SpongeBob=] and Plankton are run out of town, Plankton attempts to look for the formula in [=SpongeBob=]'s brain. When he fails, [=SpongeBob=] finds out and calls him out on it. During this scene, it's implied that Plankton's evil personality stems from his negative view on life.

-->'''Plankton''': Hey, don't take it personally. I just assume everyone is lying.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ...''That'' is a ''horrible'' way to live your life.

--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ...Look at me. I've become like all of you! Savage, fear-ridden, selfish. A town of formerly good citizens turned into heartless FREAKS, bent on their own self preser, persev--

* At the very end of the credits, it reads, "In Memory of Creator/ErnestBorgnine" (The voice of Mermaid Man on the show, who died in 2012).

* Spongebob being turned against by everyone he knows, including Patrick (rats out [=SpongeBob=] to the angry mob because he wants Krabby Patties) and Gary (drives [=SpongeBob=] out of his own home by sicking other snails on him).

* [=Spongebob=]'s HeroicSacrifice of himself to "appease the sandwich gods" and restore order to Bikini Bottom. Unfortunately, right after, we get a MoodWhiplash with Squidward acting like his usual {{Jerkass}} self & telling the Bikini Bottomites to go ahead with the sacrifice in a joyful voice.
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ..Look at me. I've become like all of you! Savage, fear-ridden, selfish. A town of formerly good citizens turned into heartless FREAKS, bent on their own self preser, persev--

--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Yes! We've become alienated from each other, each one of us an island onto themselves, concerned only for ourselves. And in the name of all fish-hood, I am '''not''' about to let this happen. [''rips of part of a fish's shirt and uses it as a bandanna'']. And so, if a sacrifice is needed to restore Bikini Bottom to it's former glory, ''then I am willing to take one for the team.''

* It's a brief moment, but Mr. Krabs is visibly distraught when he thinks that [=SpongeBob=] has betrayed him.
** Similarly, when Spongebob makes his escape with Plankton in a giant bubble:
--->'''Spongebob''': [[FigureItOutYourself Mr. Krabs, you may not understand what I'm about to do today,]] (enters bubble) [[PlanningForTheFutureBeforeTheEnd but someday, we'll look back and have a good laugh.]] (floats away)
* At the very end of the credits, it reads, "In Memory of Creator/ErnestBorgnine" (The voice of Mermaid Man on the show, who died in 2012).
* Behind the scenes example: When Santiago Ziesmer, the German voice of [=SpongeBob=], was interviewed he discussed Eberhard Prüter, the original German voice of Squidward, who died before he could start recording for ''Sponge Out of Water'', and Nickelodeon's search for a replacement voice actor. Ziesmer admitted sadly, "The show must go on", in GratuitousEnglish.

--> '''Squidward:''' [[MoodWhiplash You heard him everybody!!]]

* [=Spongebob=]'s HeroicSacrifice of himself to "appease the sandwich gods" and restore order to Bikini Bottom. Unfortunately, right after, we get a MoodWhiplash with Squidward acting like a {{Jerkass}} & telling the Bikini Bottomites to go ahead with the sacrifice in a joyful voice.

* The [[spoiler:riot in Bikini Bottom]] and [=SpongeBob=]'s reaction - [[spoiler:sitting on a cliff overlooking the town unable to help]]
** Props to [[Creator/TomKenny Tom Kenny's]] acting here -- the poor guy sounds absolutely ''crushed'' at what's happening. You just want to give him a hug and tell him it'll be okay.

* Plankton is genuinely saddened by [[spoiler:having to shut down Karen to get the time machine working]].

* [=Spongebob=]'s HeroicSacrifice of himself to "appease the sandwich gods" and restore order to Bikini Bottom. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, right after, we get a MoodWhiplash with Squidward acting like a {{Jerkass}} & telling the Bikini Bottomites to go ahead with the sacrifice in a joyful voice.]]

--> '''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Yes! We've become alienated from each other, each one of us an island onto themself, concerned only for ourselves. And in the name of all fish-hood, I am '''not''' about to let this happen. [''rips of part of a fish's shirt and uses it as a bandanna'']. And so, if a sacrifice is needed to restore Bikini Bottom to it's former glory, ''then I am willing to take one for the team.''

--> '''Squidward:''' [[spoiler:[[MoodWhiplash You heard him everybody!!]]]]
* It's a brief moment, but Mr. Krabs is visibly distraught when [[spoiler:he thinks that [=SpongeBob=] has betrayed him]].
** Similarly, when Spongebob [[spoiler:makes his escape with Plankton in a giant bubble]]:
--->'''Spongebob''': [[FigureItOutYourself Mr. Krabs, you may not understand what I'm about to do today,]] [[spoiler:(enters bubble)]] [[PlanningForTheFutureBeforeTheEnd but someday, we'll look back and have a good laugh.]] [[spoiler:(floats away)]]

-->'''Plankton''': '''MAYBE I DON'T WANT TO BE ON A TE-AM!! YA THINK OF THAT?!'''

* Spongebob being turned against by everyone he knows, including Patrick (rats out [=SpongeBob=] to the angry mob because he wants Krabby Patties) and Gary (drives [=SpongeBob=] out of his own home by siccing other snails on him).

* Spongebob being turned against by everyone he knows, including Patrick (rats out [=SpongeBob=] to the angry mob because he wants Krabby Patties) and Gary (drives [=SpongeBob=] out of his own home).

--> '''SpongeBob:''' ..Look at me. I've become like all of you! Savage, fear-ridden, selfish. A town of formerly good citizens turned into heartless FREAKS, bent on their own self preser, persev--

--> '''SpongeBob:''' Yes! We've become alienated from each other, each one of us an island onto themself, concerned only for ourselves. And in the name of all fish-hood, I am '''not''' about to let this happen. [''rips of part of a fish's shirt and uses it as a bandanna'']. And so, if a sacrifice is needed to restore Bikini Bottom to it's former glory, ''then I am willing to take one for the team.''

** "This feels like it really is...the end."