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* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: Said by Planton while he's looking for Burger Beard.

''Sponge Out of Water'' will be followed by another stand-alone sequel, ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOnTheRun'', set for May 22, 2020.

This will be followed by another stand-alone sequel, ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOnTheRun'', set for May 22, 2020.

''The [=SpongeBob=] Movie: Sponge out of Water'' is a live-action/animated hybrid movie based on the popular Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} TV series ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', and a stand-alone sequel[[note]]Or prequel, depending on who you ask, since the first movie is considered to be (and was written as) the canonical GrandFinale. Considering the series' reliance on NegativeContinuity, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it doesn't really matter.]][[/note]] to 2004's ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', released on February 6th, 2015. It was directed by Paul Tibbitt, with screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' fame) based on a story written by Tibbitt and show creator Stephen Hillenburg. The live-action portion of the film is directed by Mike Mitchell of ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' fame, and worked on the show in early season 4.

''The [=SpongeBob=] Movie: Sponge out of Water'' is a live-action/animated hybrid movie based on the popular Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} TV series ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', and a stand-alone sequel[[note]]Or prequel, depending on who you ask, since the first movie is considered to be (and was written as) the canonical GrandFinale. Considering the series' reliance on NegativeContinuity, [[TropesAreTools it doesn't really matter.]][[/note]] to 2004's ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', released on February 6th, 2015. It was directed by Paul Tibbitt, with screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' fame) based on a story written by Tibbitt and show creator Stephen Hillenburg. The live-action portion of the film is directed by Mike Mitchell of ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' fame, and worked on the show in early season 4.

* BridalCarry: A gender-flipped version in the scene when the gang are on dry land and are crossing the road trying to avoid the bicyclists and skaters and Sandy carries Squidward in her arms to safety.
%% -->"It happens when I'm nervous."

** Many references to past episodes are shoehorned in, such as Patrick declaring "Finland" from "Frankendoodle", Squidward's interpretive dance from "Culture Shock", the dolphin chirping censor from "Sailor Mouth", and the first use of the famed "My leg!" gag since "Krusty Krushers". This is probably due to Stephen Hillenburg's return, and the pre-movie Easter eggs continue to appear in post-sequel episodes.

* BrickJoke: In one scene, Patrick bemoans the fact that he has legs, but no feet, and mentions how all his friends have feet as well. Later in the movie, one of the first things Patrick does after becoming a superhero is noticing he has feet.

* RecycledTitle: This movie is a follow up to ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', though all the publicity seems happy to refer to it only as "The [=SpongeBob=] Movie" and treat it like it is unprecedented.

** Dear god were the ads for this movie everywhere! Stations owned by Creator/{{Viacom}} aired commercials for the film at least once a break on their shows (except for [=SpongeBob=] related ones, since that would [[UsefulNotes/SegregatedCommercial be an FCC violation.]]) It also played on Creator/NickJr to the point where parents complained about the advertising of a show aimed at kids older than the target age of the channel.

* TakeThat: The characters' disturbed reaction to Sandy when she becomes a realistic-looking squirrel might be a shot at how live-action movies unintentionally make beloved cartoon characters look creepy when they're rendered in elaborate cgi.

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[[caption-width-right:300:Same characters, [[TookALevelInBadass new look.]]]]

''The [=SpongeBob=] Movie: Sponge out of Water'' is an animated/live-action hybrid movie based on the popular Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} TV series ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', and a stand-alone sequel[[note]]Or prequel, depending on who you ask, since the first movie is considered to be (and was written as) the canonical GrandFinale. Considering the series' reliance on NegativeContinuity, [[TropesAreTools it doesn't really matter.]][[/note]] to 2004's ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', released on February 6th, 2015. It is directed by current showrunner Paul Tibbitt, with screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' fame) based on a story written by Tibbitt and show creator Stephen Hillenburg. The live-action portion of the film is directed by Mike Mitchell of ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' fame, and worked on the show in early season 4.

It is the first movie of Creator/{{Paramount}}'s new animation division, the first theatrical animated movie tied to a [[Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} Nicktoon]] since 2006's ''WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}}'', which spawned a [[WesternAnimation/BackAtTheBarnyard spin-off series]], and the first sequel based on a Nicktoon other than ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.

''The [=SpongeBob=] Movie: Sponge out of Water'' is an animated/live-action hybrid movie based on the popular Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} TV series ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', and a stand-alone sequel[[note]]Or prequel, depending on who you ask, since the first movie is considered to be (and was written as) the canonical GrandFinale. Considering the series' reliance on NegativeContinuity, [[TropesAreTools it doesn't really matter.]][[/note]] to 2004's ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'', released on February 6th, 2015. It is directed by current showrunner Paul Tibbitt, with screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' fame) based on a story written by Tibbitt and show creator Stephen Hillenburg. The live-action portion of the film is directed by Mike Mitchell of ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' fame.

** Dear god were the ads for this movie everywhere! Stations owned by Creator/{{Viacom}} aired commercials for the film at least once a break on their shows (except for [=SpongeBob=] related ones, since that would [[SegregatedCommercial be an FCC violation.]]) It also played on Creator/NickJr to the point where parents complained about the advertising of a show aimed at kids older than the target age of the channel.

* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Parodied. Mr. Krabs tortures [=SpongeBob=] for info... by making him listen to [[AnnoyingLaugh SpongeBob's laugh.]]

It is the first movie of Creator/{{Paramount}}'s new animation division, the first theatrical animated movie tied to a [[Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} Nicktoon]] since 2006's ''WesternAnimation/{{Barnyard}}'', which spawned a spin-off series, and the first sequel based on a Nicktoon other than ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}''.

* ActuallyADoombot: How Plankton initially fool everyone to steal the formula [[HereWeGoAgain yet again]].

''The [=SpongeBob=] Movie: Sponge Out of Water'' is an animated/live-action hybrid movie based on the popular Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} TV series ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', and a stand-alone sequel[[note]]Or prequel, depending on who you ask, since the first movie is considered to be (and was written as) the canonical GrandFinale. Considering the series' reliance on NegativeContinuity, [[TropesAreTools it doesn't really matter.]][[/note]] to 2004's ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', released on February 6th, 2015. It is directed by current showrunner Paul Tibbitt, with screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger (of ''WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda'' fame) based on a story written by Tibbitt and show creator Stephen Hillenburg. The live-action portion of the film is directed by Mike Mitchell of ''Film/SkyHigh2005'' fame.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Plankton/Plank-Ton comes in to save the other heroes, stops Burger Beard by lifting his ship, and then powers up Spongebob/Invicibubble's bubbles to create a bubble wave that defeats Burger Beard]].

-->'''Squidward''': MR. KRABS! [=SpongeBob=], zip it!
-->''([=SpongeBob=] promptly stops laughing)''
-->'''Plankton''': ''(exhausted)'' Thank you, Squidward...

* BreakingTheFourthWall: When the background characters refuse to go the surface.
--> '''Random Fish:''' All secondary characters come with me.

--> '''Squidward:''' That music must mean things are back to normal.

* BringMyBrownPants: Squidward inks himself when [=SpongeBob=] and his friends are sent to the Pelican island, which is portrayed as something like a potty accident. Too bad Squidward doesn't ''wear'' pants.

-->'''Plankton:''' [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl WAAAAAAAAAAAAA]]--
-->[''cut to silence with Krabs smiling smugly with his ear protectors on'']
-->--[[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!]] MAKE IT STOP, KRABS! ''MAKE IT STOP!''

* {{Deuteragonist}}: Behind [[TheProtagonist Spongebob]], Plankton's role in the film greatly outweighs that of the other characters, and [[spoiler:he even winds up becoming the BigDamnHero in the end, no strings attached!]]
* DiabolusExMachina: Because Burger Beard is able to rewrite reality to his will, he obtains the secret formula, empties the Patty Vault, and turns Bikini Bottom into a dystopia. [[spoiler: He later strands the heroes on Pelican Island with the same method.]]

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Mr. Krabs' NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup rule regarding the Krabby Patty Secret Formula. He apparently never considered the possibility of the only copy in existence actually being stolen... [[spoiler: or in this case, suddenly disappearing on him.]]

** Parodied with Patrick/Mr. Superawesomeness and his ice cream powers. At first he uses them as a wave attack against Burger Beard, and Spongebob/Invincibubble says that he should never have doubted Patrick's power, only for it to backfire and all the ice cream to hit Patrick.
* EleventhHourSuperpower: The protagonists gain their superhero alter-egos in the last 20 minutes of the film. For a 13th hour example, [[spoiler:when Spongebob uses the book to press the ResetButton, he adds a slight caveat that gives Squidward the HeroicBuild]].
* EnemyMine: When the Krabby Patty secret formula disappears - [[NotMeThisTime and Plankton is not responsible]] - [=SpongeBob=] decides the best thing to do is team up with Plankton to get it back. This is despite the fact Plankton is the villain of the series.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Squidasaurus is appalled that the Bikini Bottomites try to sacrifice Spongebob.

* FreakOut: [=SpongeBob=] briefly loses it when [[spoiler:Plankton tells him that it's his fault that they fail to get the secret formula back and throws insult after insult at him.]] This, coupled with the dystopia surrounding him, causes him to start screaming, kicking a trash can, collapsing to the floor, and start [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking mixing garbage with recycling]]. He snaps out of it, and [[WhatHaveIBecome realises that he's just become a savage like everybody else]].

** Squidward sliding and flailing on the lower back of the sunbathing woman is a little...''suggestive''.

--> '''Mr. Krabs''': ''(acting like crazy)'' The Krabby Patty is what ties us all together! Without it, there will be a complete breakdown of social order! A war of all against all! Dark times are ahead! Dark times indeed!\\
'''Squidward''': Seriously? Aren't you overreacting a bit?\\
''(cut to Bikini Bottom in flaming ruins and everyone dressed in punk attire.)''

* HalfwayPlotSwitch: When the Krabby Patty formula disappears, the plot is initially about [=SpongeBob=] and Plankton teaming up to find it while Bikini Bottom goes crazy. They fail, but then [=SpongeBob=] smells Krabby Patties being made on the surface. This leads to a new plot where [=SpongeBob=] and company explore the surface world to find the Krabby Patty formula and stop the BigBad. The original plot isn't completely abandoned, as [[spoiler: Plankton takes his teamwork lesson to heart and defeats the BigBad.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bubbles goes from trying to kill Spongebob and Plankton to helping them stop Burger Beard.]]
%% * HeroicBreakdown: Spongebob loses it when Plankton tells him he's a bad teammate and would be better off without him.

** Karen [[spoiler:uses up all her processing power to help Spongebob and Plankton go back in time to set things right]].
* IChooseToStay: Parodied at the end. [[spoiler:After the villain is defeated, Squidward wants to stay on land in his Sour Note form, because, in his words, "I am a ''god''!" However, Spongebob writes on the magical page for everything to be back to the way it was at the start of the film. With the modification of giving Squidward "rock-hard abs".]]

--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': Now what?!\\
'''Squidward''': We're never gonna make it!\\
''([=SpongeBob=] notices a bike. Cut to the gang riding it.)''
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Parodied. Mr. Krabs tortures Spongebob for info...by making him listen to [[AnnoyingLaugh Spongebob's laugh.]]

* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: Spongebob and Plankton are sneaking into the Chum Bucket to get Karen, and have to get the key to Karen's cell. Plankton starts tiptoeing and we think it’s a regular cartoony tiptoeing sounds. But then he stops and we see that it's just Spongebob standing there playing a tiny piano.
-->'''Plankton''': Would you stop playing that tiny piano?
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]''': ''(hides piano behind his back)'' ''Sorry''.

* LiteralMinded: Spongebob says hypothetically that the only way that he and Plankton could possibly fix the scrape they've gotten themselves into is go back in time and stop the events that happened in the first place. Plankton tells him to "hold that thought". He proceeds to grab the thought bubble over his head and hold it like a balloon.

-->'''Plankton''': Come on, [=SpongeBob=]! Join me! And we'll be rich and powerful! Until I eventually betray you... Uhh... JOIN ME!\\
'''[=SpongeBob=]''': No! Never! I'm on Team Krabs for life!
** [[spoiler:And later at the climax, when he is a superhero and prepares to take the formula from Burger Beard:]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Burger Beard''': Come on, team up with me! We'll be rich and powerful! Huh?\\
'''Plankton''': No, thanks. I'm already part of a teamwork.]]

%% * MindScrew: The entire movie to some degree but the time travel sequences, post-apocalyptic Bikini Bottom, the scene in Spongebob's brain, and the rap battle are the worst offenders.
* TheMovie: Like ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'' before it, it's a movie tied to ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''.
* MusicalisInterruptus: In the beginning of the movie, the talking seagulls begin singing the Theme Song, but Burger Beard stops them and threatens to burn them, showing the same thing happened to his parrots. It happens again before the credits. [[spoiler: Bubbles]] interrupts the theme song and expresses his hatred of it and, apropos of nothing, goes into a rap battle with one of the seagulls.

** If you assumed the movie was going to be about Spongebob and his friends going to land for a majority of the film, they don't go on land until the last 20 minutes, including credits. The majority of the animation in film is actually hand-drawn, with plenty of {{Art Shift}}s. The trailer also promised a cameo by Slash as a street musician, which ended up being cut from the film.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: All of the CGI models of the characters in their superhero forms look like their cartoon counterparts...except for Sandy Cheeks, who looks like an actual squirrel.

* ParentalBonus: In addition to GettingCrapPastTheRadar, there was also a reference to ''Film/TheShining'' when Plankton entered Spongebob's mind and met [[CreepyTwins two popsicles]].

-->'''Mr. Krabs''': [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Curse you, Fine Print!]]

(''[=SpongeBob=] flips the binoculars around'')\\

* RewritingReality: The conflict of the movie is instigated by a magic book that can rewrite reality falling into the hands of the evil pirate Burger Beard. Burger Beard uses the book to make the Krabby Patty secret formula disappear...and then reappear in his possession, off-screen.

* SandInMyEyes: [=SpongeBob=] notices Plankton tearing up after having to [[spoiler: shut down Karen to build the time machine.]]
--> '''[=SpongeBob=]''': Plankton, are you crying?
--> '''Plankton''': No, no, no, that's one of the hazards of having a giant eyeball. Stuff always gets in there.

-->'''Patrick''': I just remembered. I don't work for Mr. Krabs. ''(gives [=SpongeBob=] his helmet and run away)''

** Three poster ads are parodies of ''Film/JurassicWorld'', ''Film/TerminatorGenisys'', and...'''''Film/FiftyShadesOfGrey'''''.
** The visuals during [=SpongeBob=] and Plankton's time traveling are inspired by ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey''.

** The scene where Burger Beard looks in his mirror at [=SpongeBob=] and his friends charging at him, the mirror reading "OBJECTS APPEARING CLOSER THAN YOU THINK" is similar to the TyrannosaurusRex chasing a ''Film/JurassicPark'' jeep.
%% * ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: [=SpongeBob=] does this when he opens the freezer only to find out that all of the Krabby Patties are gone. Krabs follows suit.

** A variant occurs with Sandy--while she does appear in most trailers, her superhero form, the Rodent, does not, presumably to make it more of a shock to the audience. It also wasn't added to the poster until later, after the film was released.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Or rather, [[InvertedTrope Super Not-Asphyxiating Skills]]. The gang seems to function perfectly fine above water in spite of not being able to breathe air (though this does make sense for Sandy and Mr. Krabs - note that the former doesn't seem to be wearing her helmet). It turns out that [[spoiler:Bubbles the dolphin granted them these skills as a reward for causing him to lose his job (he never liked his job as the protector of the universe, but he never had the courage to quit, either)]].

%% * TeamHandStack: Referenced once relatively early on, and later done when the characters are superheroes. Both times, it's referred to as "hands in the middle".

--> '''Squidward''': The only way we're going out there [[spoiler:is if some Fairy Godmother shows up and helps us breathe air!\\
''(Bubbles the dolphin suddenly appears)'']]

* ThrowTheDogABone: Squidward wants [[IChoosetoStay to stay on land in his Sour Note form]], but Spongebob wants to bring the whole gang back home. He's dismayed to be just an ordinary cashier again, but Spongebob, via a page from the magical book, made him keep his "rock-hard abs".
* TinyHeadedBehemoth: [[spoiler:Plankton's superhero form takes this trope to its zenith - he's ''seriously'' built, but you can barely see his head in some shots.]]

* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler:Plankton, being a superhero, is fighting alongside the protagonists in the climax. After they beat Burger Beard, he has the chance to take the formula for himself. He does consider it, but ultimately gives it back to Krabs. Granted once Spongebob returns the group home, he goes back to his usual villainy but by this point, it's just routine.]]

** At one point, [[spoiler:Past]] Spongebob says this word-for-word when he sees [[spoiler:Future Spongebob and Future Plankton becoming a team and stealing the formula from Past Plankton]].

* ArtShift: All the underwater scenes are done in traditional animation like [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants the show]] (and is given the cinematic budget like [[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie the first movie]]), while all the scenes on land are in live action with the ''[=SpongeBob=]'' cast done in CGI, unlike the last movie. [[spoiler:Also, Bubbles is stop-motion]], and [[spoiler: the rap battle at the end is Flash]].

* MediumBlending:
** When the characters come to the surface, they turn from 2D to CGI, with live-action for everything else.
** When [=SpongeBob=] and Plankton meet Bubbles the dolphin, they remain 2D while Bubbles is animated via stop-motion.

* TokenEvilTeammate: [[spoiler:Plankton, being a superhero, is fighting alongside the protagonists in the climax. After they beat Burger Beard, he has the chance to take the formula for himself. He does consider it, but ultimately gives it back to Krabs. Granted once Spongebob returns the group home, he back to his usual villainy but by this point, it's just routine.]]

* ThrowTheDogABone: Squidward wants [[IChoosetoStay to stay on land in his Sour Note form]], but Spongebob wants to bring the whole gang back home. He's dismayed to be just an ordinary cashier again, but Spongebob, via page from magical book, made him keep his "rock-hard abs".

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Plankton delivers one to [=SpongeBob=] after [[spoiler: they fail to recover the formula]], claiming that [=SpongeBob=] is the worst teammate ever and it's his fault everything went wrong,.

* APirate400YearsTooLate: Burger Beard from clearly doesn't belong in the movie's modern United States coast town setting. In fact, his pirate ship has wheels on it and doubles as a food truck.

* LiteralMinded: Spongebob says hypothetically that the only way that he and Plankton could possibly fix the scrape they've gotten themselves into is go back in time and stopp the events that happened in the first place. Plankton tells him to "hold that thought". He proceeds to grab the thought bubble over his head and hold it like a balloon.

* LiteralMinded: Spongebob says hypothetically that the only way that he and Plankton could possibly fix the scrape they've gotten themselves into is go back in time and stopped the events that happened in the first place. Plankton tells him to "hold that thought". He proceeds to grab the thought bubble over his head and hold it like a balloon.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Bubbles goes from trying to kill Spongebob and Plankton to helping them stop Burger Beard.]]
%% * HeroicBreakdown: Spongebob loses it when Plankton tells him he's a bad teammate and would be better off without him.

** Series Creator Stephen Hillenburg has a vocal cameo in the film as the voice of a live-action baby who says, "[=SpongeBob=]!"