Line #26 Tearjerker/TheSpongebobMovieSpongeOutOfWater


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''"This feels like it really is... the end."'']]
3	* 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.
4	* It's a brief moment, but Mr. Krabs is visibly distraught when he thinks that [=SpongeBob=] has betrayed him.
5	** Similarly, when [=SpongeBob=] makes his escape with Plankton in a giant bubble:
6	--->'''[=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)
7	* [=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).
8	* The riot in Bikini Bottom and [=SpongeBob=]'s reaction - sitting on a cliff overlooking the town unable to help.
9	** Props to Creator/{{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.
10	* 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 [[StrawNihilist negative view on life]].
11	-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' W-..were you in my brain?\
12	'''Plankton:''' What? No! That's crazy talk!\
13	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Then why is there cotton candy on your antenna?\
14	'''Plankton:''' Becau-Because I...okay, ''fine'', I was in your brain!\
15	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ''[shocked]'' What were you doing in there?\
16	'''Plankton:''' What do you '''think''' I was doing? Looking for the secret formula!\
17	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' ''[[BigWhat What?!]]''\
18	'''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!\
19	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' B-but I'm not pretending! I can't believe you thought I was lying!\
20	'''Plankton:''' Hey, don't take it personally. I just assume ''everyone'' is lying.\
21	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' That is a ''horrible'' way to live your life.\
22	'''Plankton:''' ''[walks off]'' Whatever.\
23	'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' It ''is''! And if ''we're'' going to be on the ''same'' team--\
24	'''Plankton:''' '''MAYBE I DON'T ''WANNA'' BE ON A TE-AM!! YA THINK OF ''THAT?!!'''''
25	* Plankton is genuinely saddened by having to shut down Karen to get the time machine working.
26	* [=SpongeBob=]'s HeroicBSOD, caused by Plankton, who calls him a bad teammate and questions his ideals. This is especially heartbreaking once you've seen the two develop throughout the film and act like genuine friends towards each other.
27	* [=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.
28	-->'''[=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--\
29	'''Background Fish:''' Preservation?\
30	'''[=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.\
31	(everybody stares numb with grief until...)''\
32	'''Squidward:''' [[MoodWhiplash You heard him!]]
33	* 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).

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