And unlike the other villains in the movie, they were clearly far from his first victims. [35] Kevin Kay and Hecht had to step outside because they were "exhausted from laughing", which worried the cartoonists. spend most of the movie looking for the crown and bringing it back to Neptune in the end, Plankton simply backs this up with a King-Sized bucket helmet for Neptune. [177] However, seasons five through eight of SpongeBob are still available to stream on Netflix in Canada. The people controlled by Plankton's bucket helmets apparently know to an extent they're being controlled, since after SpongeBob destroys the first one, the fish says "I'm free" instead of something like "What happened?". [141], On February 11, 2019, Nickelodeon announced it would recognize the twentieth anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants with a series of celebrations known as the "Best Year Ever". Although the post did not make any assertions about SpongeBob's sexual orientation, numerous users responded on social media, claiming they already had their suspicions that he might be gay or reasserting Hillenburg's description of asexuality. A third film and prequel to the television series, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, was released in Canadian theaters on August 14, 2020 followed by a premiere on video-on-demand and CBS All Access in 2021. Many of the series' ideas originated in The Intertidal Zone, an unpublished educational book that Hillenburg created in 1989 to teach his students about undersea life. [410][411], In 2007, high-end SpongeBob-themed electronics were introduced by Imation Electronics Products under the Npower brand, including MP3 players, digital cameras, a DVD player, and a flatscreen television. [161] The series had gained a significant adult audience by that point—nearly 40 percent of its 2.2 million viewers were aged 18 to 34. [44] Initially, Hillenburg wanted to use the name SpongeBoy—the character had no last name—and the series was to have been called SpongeBoy Ahoy! [126][127][128][130][131] Critically acclaimed duo Patrick Creadon and Christine O'Malley created the film as a followup to I.O.U.S.A.—a documentary on America's financial situation. [114] The team built a dolphin puppet named Bubbles, voiced by Matt Berry, for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. [77] Voice acting veteran Clancy Brown voices Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob's boss at the Krusty Krab. I mean, many of my cohorts—don't like working on them, but I find them useful. [16] The shift to Wacom Cintiqs let the designers and animators draw on computer screens and make immediate changes or undo mistakes. SpongeBob SquarePants is an energetic and optimistic sea sponge who lives in a submerged pineapple with his pet snail Gary, who meows like a cat. ; Play the Game! • Holiday themed quests! [142][143][155] It continued that month at San Diego Comic Con, with two panels, a booth, and various activities devoted to the series. [274], On February 19, 2020, it was announced that the series had an official title of Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, and would be premiering in July 2020. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a fun online SpongeBob game that you can play here on Games HAHA. ", After Mr. Krabs is frozen, Squidward says "Oh, no! Play Instructions: Install the game - Full Installation. [41] Drymon said, "The scene where Patrick is running to Mr. Krabs to tattle, with SpongeBob chasing him, is pretty much how it happened in real life". [36], A cover of the song by Avril Lavigne can be found on the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie soundtrack. Paramount originally scheduled a release date of July 17, 2020, later moving it earlier to May 22, 2020.