History YMMV / TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Princess Mindy is beloved by a good chunk of the fanbase, for being an [[NiceGirl incredibly kind]] and [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething proactive royal]], who also happens to be "[[{{Moe}} cute]]", as Patrick puts it. And being voiced by none other than ''Creator/ScarlettJohansson'' most certainly helps. Some wished for her to make an appearance in the show itself, but she couldn’t due to a firewall between Nickelodeon and Paramount, preventing characters and locations in the movie from being used (which is why Perch Perkins was orange instead of purple in the show). Fortunately, the firewall was broken in 2015, which resulted in stuff from the movie appearing and the fans’ yearning to see Mindy was eventually obliged when she made a [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/spongebob/images/6/6a/SpongeBob%27s_Big_Birthday_Blowout_378.png voiceless cameo]] in the show's [[MilestoneCelebration 20th anniversary]] special, "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS12E13SpongeBobsBigBirthdayBlowout SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]]".

** As [[https://twitter.com/Mevans2703/status/1237513087571263490 this tweet]] shows, hearing the part of "Now That We're Men" where Spongebob and Patrick Hambone after being picked up by a monster without the visuals can...[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything give a different picture of what's happening]] depending on how you look at it.

* AssPull: [=SpongeBob=] frees the other characters from Plankton's mind control helmets by [[spoiler:singing a song about accepting his own childishness. No foreshadowing or explanation is in place, save for a throwaway line by Plankton about how the helmets "can't handle this level of rock 'n' roll"]]. [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Not that this makes it any less badass.]]

* AccidentalInnuendo: As [[https://twitter.com/Mevans2703/status/1237513087571263490 this tweet]] shows, hearing the part of "Now That We're Men" where Spongebob and Patrick Hambone after being picked up by a monster without the visuals can...[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything give a different picture of what's happening]] depending on how you look at it.

* CanonDiscontinuity: Many fans believe that the movie takes place after the events of the show. However, in a [[https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/1286675423435186178 tweet]] from the showrunner Vincent Waller, he said that the movie never actually was the finale and that the show was never officially chronological. He also said that he's not aware of the creator Stephen Hillenburg saying anything about the movie taking place in the future.

* AssPull: [=SpongeBob=] frees the other characters from Plankton's mind control helmets by [[spoiler:singing a song about accepting his own childishness. No foreshadowing or explanation is in place, save for a throwaway line by Plankton about how the helmets "can't handle this level of rock 'n' roll"]]. [[MomentOfAwesome Not that this makes it any less badass.]]

* {{Fanon}}:
** Fans like to believe that the puffer fish in Shell City is Mr. Puff, Mrs. Puff's missing, dead husband [[spoiler:who appears as a lamp in the classic episode "Krusty Love" when Mr. Krabs asks [=SpongeBob=] about Mr. Puff's absence]].
** And again the main scene from Shell City: Some fans consider [[spoiler:the revival of [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick after their death scene as non-canon, due to the interpretation of [[FanonDiscontinuity the death of the classic [=SpongeBob=]]].]]

* AssPull: [=SpongeBob=] frees the other characters from Plankton's mind control helmets by [[spoiler:singing a song about accepting his own childishness. No foreshadowing or explanation is in place, save for a throwaway line by Plankton about how the helmets "can't handle this level of rock 'n' roll"]].

* CrossingTheLineTwice: King Neptune getting ready to execute an innocent Mr. Krabs is terrifying, but Plankton watching it like a sports fan and Krabs having a bullseye behind him makes it darkly funny.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Mind-controlled slaves, a few deaths, and a violent hitman. [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick also get [[GRatedDrug drunk off of ice cream]] and wake up with hangovers...er, "[[DrunkOnMilk ice cream headaches]]".

* ShockingSwerve: [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] suddenly having the ability to turn into a rock warrior/wizard at the climax of the film.]] Nonetheless, it's still awesome to watch.

** The scene were Patrick and SpongeBob have their {{Disney death}} in Shell City is now even harder to watch after Stephen Hillenburg's death in 2018.

* AlternativeJokeInterpretation: During the unveiling of the Krusty Krab 2, Mrs. Puff scoffs at how they paid nine dollars to attend the ceremony, only for Sandy to reveal she had to pay ten. While obviously a joke based on Mr. Krabs greed, the meaning behind it has been interpreted in different ways. Some fans believe the gag is based on Mr. Krabs charging Sandy more due to his previously shown [[FantasticRacism disdain for land mammals]], while others believe that he charged Mrs. Puff less because he still harboured feelings for her as shown in "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E16GraveyardShiftKrustyLove Krusty Love]]".

** And again the main scene from Shell City: Some fans consider [[spoiler: the revival of [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick after their death scene as non-canon, due to the interpretation of [[FanonDiscontinuity the death of the classic [=SpongeBob=]]].]]

** Plankton's animosity and homicidal plan directed towards Mr. Krabs. While Plankton's attempt to indirectly murder Mr. Krabs through King Neptune is certainly cruel and nearly out-of-character despite his similarly villainous schemes in the show itself, his hatred for Mr. Krabs becomes much more understandable after the episode "One Coarse Meal," which is set before the events of the film. In the episode, Mr. Krabs ruthlessly and remorselessly torments Plankton with Plankton's worst fear, whales, especially Mr. Krabs's daughter, Pearl, by disguising himself as her. The psychological torture reaches a climax when Plankton, in a kids' show no less, tries to commit suicide in order to spare himself the pain his own fear is causing him. Even after finding out about this, Mr. Krabs is completely undeterred and fully intends to have his foe eliminated by any means necessary, even suicide. While the fact that they were former friends before becoming business rivals makes Plankton's plan to have Krabs frozen and executed shocking to some fans of the show, Plankton's cruelty towards and torment of Mr. Krabs becomes less unsympathetic in hindsight.

* Plankton's animosity and homicidal plan directed towards Mr. Krabs. While Plankton's attempt to indirectly murder Mr. Krabs through King Neptune is certainly cruel and nearly out-of-character despite his similarly villainous schemes in the show itself, his hatred for Mr. Krabs becomes much more understandable after the episode "One Coarse Meal," which is set before the events of the film. In the episode, Mr. Krabs ruthlessly and remorselessly torments Plankton with Plankton's worst fear, whales, especially Mr. Krabs's daughter, Pearl, by disguising himself as her. The psychological torture reaches a climax when Plankton, in a kids' show no less, tries to commit suicide in order to spare himself the pain his own fear is causing him. Even after finding out about this, Mr. Krabs is completely undeterred and fully intends to have his foe eliminated by any means necessary, even suicide. While the fact that they were former friends before becoming business rivals makes Plankton's plan to have Krabs frozen and executed shocking to some fans of the show, Plankton's cruelty towards and torment of Mr. Krabs becomes less unsympathetic in hindsight.

** Plankton's animosity and homicidal plan directed towards Mr. Krabs. While Plankton's attempt to indirectly murder Mr. Krabs through King Neptune is certainly cruel and nearly out-of-character despite his similarly villainous schemes in the show itself, his hatred for Mr. Krabs becomes much more understandable after the episode "One Coarse Meal," which is set before the events of the film. In the episode, Mr. Krabs ruthlessly and remorselessly torments Plankton with Plankton's worst fear, whales, especially Mr. Krabs's daughter, Pearl, by disguising himself as her. The psychological torture reaches a climax when Plankton, in a kids' show no less, tries to commit suicide in order to spare himself the pain his own fear is causing him. Even after finding out about this, Mr. Krabs is completely undeterred and fully intends to have his foe eliminated by any means necessary, even suicide. While the fact that they were former friends before becoming business rivals makes Plankton's plan to have Krabs frozen and executed shocking to some fans of the show, Plankton's cruelty towards and torment of Mr. Krabs becomes less unsympathetic in hindsight.

** Plankton's animosity and homicidal plan directed towards Mr. Krabs. While Plankton's attempt to indirectly murder Mr. Krabs through King Neptune is certainly cruel and nearly out-of-character despite his similarly villainous schemes in the show itself, his hatred for Mr. Krabs becomes much more understandable after the episode "One Coarse Meal," which is set before the events of the film. In the episode, Mr. Krabs ruthlessly and remorselessly torments Plankton with Plankton's worst fear, whales, especially Mr. Krabs's daughter, Pearl, by disguising himself as her.
The psychological torture reaches a climax when Plankton, in a kids' show no less, tries to commit suicide in order to spare himself the pain his own fear is causing him. Even after finding out about this, Mr. Krabs is completely undeterred and fully intends to have his foe eliminated by any means necessary, even suicide. While the fact that they were former friends before becoming business rivals makes Plankton's plan to have Krabs frozen and executed shocking to some fans of the show, Plankton's cruelty towards and torment of Mr. Krabs becomes less unsympathetic in hindsight.

** Plankton's animosity and homicidal plan directed towards Mr. Krabs. While Plankton's attempt to indirectly murder Mr. Krabs through King Neptune is certainly cruel and nearly out-of-character despite his similarly villainous schemes in the show itself, his hatred for Mr. Krabs becomes much more understandable after the episode "One Coarse Meal," which is set before the events of the film. In the episode, Mr. Krabs ruthlessly and remorselessly torments Plankton with Plankton's worst fear, whales, especially Mr. Krabs's daughter, Pearl, by disguising himself as her. The psychological torture reaches a climax when Plankton, in a kids' show no less, tries to commit suicide in order to spare himself the pain his own fear is causing him. Even after finding out about this, Mr. Krabs is completely undeterred and fully intends to have his foe eliminated by any means necessary, even suicide. While the fact that they were former friends before becoming business rivals makes Plankton's plan to have Krabs frozen and executed shocking to some fans of the show, Plankton's cruelty towards and torment of Mr. Krabs becomes less unsympathetic in hindsight.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Princess Mindy is beloved by a good chunk of the fanbase, for being an [[NiceGirl incredibly kind]] and [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething proactive royal]], who also happens to be [[{{Moe}} "cute"]], as Patrick puts it. And being voiced by none other than ''Creator/ScarlettJohansson'' most certainly helps. Some wished for her to make an appearance in the show itself, but she couldn’t due to a firewall between Nickelodeon and Paramount, preventing characters and locations in the movie from being used (which is why Perch Perkins was orange instead of purple in the show). Fortunately, the firewall was broken in 2015, which resulted in stuff from the movie appearing and the fans’ yearning to see Mindy was eventually obliged when she made a [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/spongebob/images/6/6a/SpongeBob%27s_Big_Birthday_Blowout_378.png voiceless cameo]] in the show's [[MilestoneCelebration 20th anniversary]] special, "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS12E13SpongeBobsBigBirthdayBlowout SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]]".

** Plankton as well because he was able to singlehandedly mind control everyone in Bikini Bottom and rule it as king.

* HarsherInHindsight: Plankton mockingly calling Mr. Krabs "old buddy" as he steals the Krabby Patty formula becomes [[KickTheDog even more cruel]] after the later episode [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E1FriendOrFoe "Friend Or Foe"]] revealed that Krabs and Plankton [[WeUsedToBeFriends were once best friends]].

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Plankton complaining about every single plan of his to steal the Krabby Patty formula from A to Y becomes a lot less funny when you realize [[AuthorExistenceFailure Sue Grafton's Alphabet Mysteries really did go from A to Y]].

* OvershadowedByControversy: The movie is indirectly responsible for introducing the fanon terms "pre-movie" and "post-movie" which are overall used to determine the quality of certain eras of the show. Many fans have referred to the movie as the last good [=SpongeBob=] thing and consider it the "death of 'Old [=SpongeBob=]'". It obviously didn't help that the film was originally set to be the SeriesFinale but Nickelodeon ordered more episodes because the movie was a box office success. The final result that made fans opt out of the show is that Stephen Hillenburg resigned as the showrunner and was replaced by Paul Tibitt, who drastically changed the writing and characterization much to the chagrin of '''many''' viewers. Thankfully enough, this trope has more or less become {{Subverted|Trope}} in the more recent years when fans have become more appreciative of the new episodes and even admit that Season 4 compares to the classic days.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Mind-controlled slaves, a few deaths, and a violent hitman. [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick also get drunk off of ice cream and wake up with hangovers...er, "[[DrunkOnMilk ice cream headaches]]".