Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie Review | SpongeBob’s WORST Movie

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

It's a darn shame that one of the best female Nickelodeon characters stars in one of their worst movies.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293]

Spongebob movies should be placed on shelves until the series finale

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

That title still goes to Wonder Park, even if it's a Skydance animation film

[@joshuaW5621]

@@danielgudinojuarez6729what? 😦

[@BrianD.Stringham1593]

​@@danielgudinojuarez6729 What are you taking about, Skydance never worked on that 2019 movie, like, at all?!

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

They did, it's just that ilion animation got changed to Skydance Animation Madrid in April of 2020

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293]

The first two movies actually told a story that was big enough for the big screen. The third and fourth one just feel like a Spongebob special stretched to 90 minutes.

[@RyanMcKennaGosling]

Well at least the 3rd SpongeBob movie did got a theatrical release here in Canada during the COVID years.

[@amirgarcia547]

The third movie basically took the same idea of Gary ended up missing and Spongebob going to look for him from the series, so you’re definitely not wrong lol

[@Sunset_Shimmer_Fan_]

Sponge Out Of Water will always remain my favorite SpongeBob movie (IMO)

[@christopher9727]

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[@krabgrass]

​@Sunset_Shimmer_Fan_ Welcome to the apocalypse Mr Squidward! I hope you like wearing leather

[@AverageInternetButterfly]

In a good timeline, Coyote vs Acme would've leaked instead of this. I know it has nothing to do with Nickelodeon but I'm just coping

[@samfeldstein4498]

What's the current status on that movie by the way?

[@austinjenner2791]

I think it was written off for taxes, sadly.

[@AzariahPage]

⁠@@austinjenner2791 that’s kinda sad if I’m being honest with you, I wouldn’t have mind watching it, especially with the fact that it’s 2-D animation combined with live action in style like Roger rabbit or space jam, and I’m very nostalgic for both of those so I would 100% watch if it ever gets released which sadly I don’t think will happen

[@e1iteyoshi998]

@@AzariahPage That's what happens when you have a studio hire a CEO who's only interested in making money for himself. Idc what anyone Warner Bros was just as much to blame for their downfall as Zaslav is.

[@AzariahPage]

@@e1iteyoshi998 pretty much

[@cintronproductions9430]

Sandy isn't a flying squirrel, WTF? Since when? When was this ever established? Not that it matters cuz it's probably never gonna be brought up again cuz if there's something Spongebob always sucked at, it's continuity.

[@hunterolaughlin]

Ikr? I get retcons have been a common thing with films, TV shows, comics, video games and all sorts of media for a very, very long time and I understand some elements of a work changing or added is part of the evolving of the creative process of a writer, but this is getting ridiculous.

[@_Doguru]

Ain’t no flyin squrrels in Texas. Ain’t no way ain’t no how

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293]

Sandy has always been a regular squirrel.

[@Floof1996]

SpongeBob in Tea at the Treedome says Sandy is a “Land Squirrel” never a flying one

[@drakroseawing4998]

She gave herself plastic surgery.

[@spongebobdisneymariofan3715]

Just as Patchy the Pirate said: “GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR SPONGEBOB BETRAYED US!!!!!!” Or in this case, Sandy Cheeks.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293]

Just stick with the show and the first two movies

[@ryanwilkins2233]

That is absolutely positively incredibly positively RIGHT!!!

[@SonicSpyroHeeler]

@@spongebobdisneymariofan3715 Or as Plankton said: What it's just an ordinary movi.... (Watches the movie) OH MY GOODNESS 😱 NICKELODEON 😡

[@spongebobdisneymariofan3715]

@@SonicSpyroHeelerThat works too, although Animat already included that joke in the video.

[@SonicSpyroHeeler]

@@spongebobdisneymariofan3715 Mostly on that flashback scene which is so horrifying

[@00square1]

Honestly, the fairy oddparents is having better luck this year than SpongeBob.

[@Avatar.and.PokemonFan2002]

#GoSeeFariyOddParentsAnewWish

[@DanielLave25280]

Heck yeah FOP is doing better than the yellow sponge

[@03mbc]

Oh differently I throught i was gonna hate A New Wish but it end up being a pretty awesome throught Heck even Loud House, Moongirl and Devil & Garfield are having better luck this year then SpongeBob

[@03mbc]

@@DanielLave25280 even some kids and a cat did better then the sponge

[@joshuaW5621]

Woah, I’m not sure if I agree with that.

[@amygeer2217]

It’s sad how the SpongeBob movie franchise had a strong start but now it’s sinking.

[@jamarigreen3786]

Pun?

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

It's becoming the next Ice Age

[@animezilla4486]

This is technically a SpongeBob spin-off movie

[@amygeer2217]

@@jamarigreen3786 No.

[@amygeer2217]

@@animezilla4486 I know that.

[@Wildcatt1999]

Sandy deserved better than this...

[@shapphirethewolf8814]

Tbh yeah like nothing in it makes sense

[@03mbc]

Differently

[@jlev1028]

To paraphrase an Illumination villain, "Let this die! / Let this die! / Let this shrivel up inside! C'mon, who's with me?"

[@Aceburn5]

Me

[@kodyandrewmaxwell3580]

@jlev1028 Nobody. The Sandy Cheeks movie reminds me of my second Jerry Julius story when Jerry plays horsey with his friends Cyril Iacovelli and Taylor Weiss by riding on their backs, despite being shorter than them. Cyril is a male anthropomorphic gray mongrel from Italy. Taylor is a female black panther who is Jerry's sole female friend.

[@AwashAnenome361]

To this day, we still don’t know how the ENTIRE Movie got leaked in the first place.

[@joshuaW5621]

Whoever did it was probably trying to sabotage the movie. I guess it was both a blessing and a curse.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293]

​@@joshuaW5621like foodfight

[@BellaGolden135]

It was probably Patrick cause he's dumb or Plankton cause he's EVIL.

[@opaljk4835]

@@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293 Foodfight was leaked to sabotage it?

[@MayoAnimations]

@@wolfgangamadeusmozart1293 At least the movie's hard drives weren't stolen, forcing Nickelodeon to re-animate the film with even worse animation.

[@Trainfan1055Janathan]

17:06 Interesting fact: That joke was censored in the Japanese version because wishing death on someone, including yourself, even as a joke is considered really taboo. Instead of "someone kill me now," Squidward says, "That's something I would _not_ want to see for as long as I live."

[@I_Ma-1009]

I see. But I wish they hadn't changed this line, because it speaks for everyone who watched this fucking movie. From Japanese.

[@facusmendoza1061]

After 25 years Patrick was always right what's so great about Dumb old Texas

[@Xeorboom]

hey Patrick, what am I?

[@JeffYouHarder1]

@@Xeorboom”stupid?”

[@Xeorboom]

@@JeffYouHarder1 no, I'm Texas!

[@JeffYouHarder1]

@@Xeorboom “what’s the difference”

[@Xeorboom]

@@JeffYouHarder1 I don't know

[@Probox-hn9yf]

Perhaps we treated Sponge on the Run too harshly.

[@NoodleFishStar-p9z]

Sponge On The Run wasn't even that bad on it's own, I used to call it the worst out of the trio but it wasn't as bad as people say, it's just meh, but if this movie with Sandy Cheeks was the 4 one then yes I would call it the worst.

[@Duskool]

No. It was as bad as it it still is. Just because something worse came after it doesn't immediately make whatever was wrong with previous entries disappear

[@Probox-hn9yf]

@duskool at least Sponge on the Run had amazing animation, good songs and a couple of good gags. More than the Cheeks movie will ever have.

[@SR.PlayAlot64]

@@Duskoolexactly

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

No, it's still boring but the sandy movie is just frustrating to watch

[@stormshadowproductions1660]

At this point Nickelodeon's got put SpongeBob out of his misery

[@keithnelson5376]

That would happen because they don't know when enough is enough

[@djstarkidmashups8536]

@@keithnelson5376 That's because of 2 words, "bad" "management"

[@orangeslash1667]

@@keithnelson5376 Hillenburg wanted the show to end at the first movie. Nick did not listen.

[@stormshadowproductions1660]

@@keithnelson5376 you mean that won't happen

[@PinkGoldPeach23105]

Spongebob died in Season 4, nowdays Spongebob is like a decaying skeleton of an already decayed corpse

[@hypernova_119]

Hillenburg didn't die for this.

[@georgerobertson7010]

@@hypernova_119 Nickelodeon just had to wait until he passed away

[@Nintendofan781]

@@georgerobertson7010 that he did. its sad but thats what happens when you sell your IP to a corporation like Nick they don't care about the person who contributed to creating that IP its more they want every penny sucked out of it. That's one of the reasons why you have independent creators not relying on companies anymore to fund their projects

[@facusmendoza1061]

​@@georgerobertson7010I can't believe that Nickelodeon it's Mr Krabs

[@orangeslash1667]

@@georgerobertson7010 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨.

[@ryanwilkins2233]

Stephen hillenburg would be disappointed

[@greshaminc156]

This is disappointing for the SpongeBob franchise that their Sandy Cheeks movie turned out to be Nasty Patty. I’m aware of the leaks, and saw some clips of the leaked film, and my god! Look how they massacred my boy SpongeBob and Sandy. The idea has a lot of potential to be a great spin off, but gets ruined by unfunny gags and forcing in the SpongeBob elements. The Plankton movie better give us something interesting next time!! If it doesn’t, then what’s the point of SpongeBob spin offs then!

[@vicoBruh]

@@greshaminc156 the plankton movie is written by planktons voice actor

[@greshaminc156]

@@vicoBruh I know that

[@paperluigi6132]

@@vicoBruhthen I have hope. Mr Lawrence has written quite a number of SpongeBob episodes, and idk if he has to work within Nick mandates, but his episodes, imo, are generally pretty good.

[@_V.Va_]

It's a real tragedy that Sandy didn't get her own film 15 years ago, when the franchise wasn't completely in the shitter when it came to wit.

[@Aceburn5]

And she never got her own film and still doesn’t

[@_V.Va_]

@@Aceburn5 Huh, you're right. A damn shame...

[@e1iteyoshi998]

In all honestly this movie feels very comparable to Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kracken: it's movie that has all the pieces in placr to be great, but the studio that made it didn't give a shit and not enough of a budget to make the movie any good. If anything you can blame Paramount for being cheap.

[@Aceburn5]

@@e1iteyoshi998 What is Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken. That movie doesn't exist either. I don't know what's up with people talking about movies that don't exist

[@carloscauan7967]

Most episodes in modern Spongebob are actually pretty good. Don't let this movie be indicative of what the main series is like.

[@alexismartinez8343]

Poor Sandy Cheeks. 😰😥😢 Both Netflix and Paramount did extremely dirty to her! 😠😡🤬👿

[@kodyandrewmaxwell3580]

I hate it when Netflix and Paramount did dirty to Sandy! Her movie was supposed to be released in theaters! 😠😡

[@xcellentcreations3312]

What's worse? The film was first finished a year back and meant for a paramount plus release...and yet no one at paramount thought to fix the film?!

[@kodyandrewmaxwell3580]

@@xcellentcreations3312 What are you talking about?

[@xcellentcreations3312]

@kodymaxwell3580 I mean, I looked into the film production and it was completed last year..so why on earth didn't paramount screen test it?

[@spmscout]

There is nothing sadder than wasted potential.

[@erickpenate3038]

Nickelodeon writers trying not to put their fetishes in a movie for kids challenge (Impossible)

[@StarwayBunny]

What.

[@StarwayBunny]

Oh I see what you mean now...

[@MrYippe-404]

Who knew Nickelodeon needed more and feet drama

[@AshParth560]

I honestly love Wanda Sykes, but why put her in bad movies like this. 😢

[@PaoloJeromeFernandez100899]

Called it. Saving Bikini Bottom did get the AniMat Seal of Garbage.

[@katlegoassegaai9235]

YOU SAID IT DUDE ! 😡

[@nickdorenkamp959]

I think a majority of us did.

[@spongebobdisneymariofan3715]

⁠@@nickdorenkamp959Not even SpongeBob could avoid the Animat Seal of Garbage, although he still had his low moments.

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

We kinda knew, it's so boring

[@ToadisKing]

No shit sherlock

[@TheImaginator972]

As much as I loved every SpongeBob franchise, but I really wish the 1st SpongeBob movie really should have ended the entire franchise off, just like it was supposed too.

[@hunterolaughlin]

I can’t live though without some of the great specials and episodes we got out of the post-movie era like the ones from season 4 or 5. Some like Have You Seen a Snail?, Roller Cowards and Krusty Towers are just too great not to exist and I just can’t bring myself to sacrifice them out of existence just for the series to end with its original intended finale with the film. I just can’t do it and I don’t want to live in that alternate dimension.

[@GiovanniKody100]

Season 4:

[@subjectnether959]

​@@GiovanniKody100 eh the second half of season 4 is when the franchise fell off, we'd be better without it.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

Honestly Pokemon was in similar position with the Indigo League series but due to the immense popularity they couldn't just have things end there.

[@hunterolaughlin]

@@subjectnether959 “How about no?” - Dr. Evil Austin Powers quote aside, there’s still some great episodes out of Season 4 and some that came out during Season 5 that they’re worth at least keeping. And as I’ve stated before, I just feel like the episodes and episodes we did get manage to get out of those seasons are just too good, heck even on par with pre-movie SpongeBob, not to exist that I wouldn’t sacrifice them. It’s just not worth it. I just wish they could’ve combined the good episodes and specials we got of Seasons 4 and 5 into a better post-movie season.

[@alexismartinez8343]

5:55 - 6:42 That is my biggest problem and flaw with Kung Fu Panda 4. The fourth Kung Fu Panda installment becomes so formulaic and recycled ♻️ many elements from the previous films where it starts off Po having a normal day, Shifu educates a new lesson that he must learn on his journey, a villain shows up wants to take over China, Po and his friends has to go on this journey to stop the villain, they venture into a new city, they encounter new characters, they encounter the villain, they failed the first time to stop the villain, Po learns a valuable lesson from the supporting character, Po defeats the villain and China is saved. Happily ever after. The end. It gets so formalic and overdone there is nothing memorable and refreshing to take a break from the formula to be different for a Kung Fu Panda movie.

[@trevorpacelli8056]

Stephen Hillenburg has now rolled over so many times in his grave, he's under someone else's tombstone.

[@HeckmanFT7]

Nickelodeon should be ashamed of themselves after making this garbage before the real 4th SpongeBob movie came out

[@georgerobertson7010]

@@HeckmanFT7 they should be

[@teaganjeras156]

​@georgerobertson7010 let's all consider the sandy cheeks movie non canon.

[@facusmendoza1061]

​@@teaganjeras156yeah what's so great about Dumb old Texas

[@hunterolaughlin]

@@facusmendoza1061Sandy: What did you just say?! 😠

[@facusmendoza1061]

@@hunterolaughlin can I start run now?

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

I just realized something, Saving Bikini Bottom is literally the SpongeBob answer to The Muppets Wizard of Oz but for all the wrong and corporate reasons!! None of the main show's crew weren't involved with this spinoff and it clearly shows even if story artists Jay Lender to Chuck Klein returned since season 2 and 3.

[@kylgrv]

"Don't you DARE take the name of Texas in vain!" "Oh, then...can we say your movie that takes us to Texas is dumb?" "No, you can't say...oh, you mean "Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie"? Then yes, you can say that movie's dumb!" While watching this review, I had a feeling the seal of garbage was coming. This movie could've been so much better, given the ideas it's trying to present, but sadly, it didn't work out. It's at this point where I really think Spongebob should just end (I know it may not end anytime soon given Nickelodeon's over-reliance on this franchise, but still). As if Stephen Hillenburg's passing was hard enough, now this movie suffered the fate of not only being lukewarm, but also being leaked online.

[@TheDMan2003]

Lukewarm? Tch. Norm of the North was ‘lukewarm’. This is 200 below!

[@Toontastic_Juju]

The Sandy Cheeks movie is the equivalent of going on an acid trip, and it’s bad, really bad.

[@DanielLave25280]

Yeah it was a trip alright A really bad one to be honest

[@facusmendoza1061]

​​@@DanielLave25280yeah who needs dumb old Texas?

[@orangeslash1667]

@@facusmendoza1061 This movie makes An American Tail: Fievel Goes West look subtle. How do you do that?????

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

Honestly, this feels like a one star restaurant trying to overprice everything like a 5 star restaurant

[@ExtremeWreck]

@@danielgudinojuarez6729 Agreed, though that means Velma is like a zero star restaurant that sells health hazards that could kill someone in 4 minutes.

[@alexismartinez8343]

20:43 - 20:59 Yup, both SpongeBob and Patrick are right. Texas is truly is dumb. LOL 😅😂🤣

[@Starwarsfanboy0928]

Stephen Hillenburg must be rolling in his grave right now for how awful the fourth SpongeBob movie turned out to be. And the fact that this movie is meant to honor the show’s 25th anniversary is just insulting! Honestly, I’m just gonna forget about the upcoming Search for SquarePants film after witnessing this!

[@Zebra_fandomfella03]

Not to mention Nickolodean did the same thing with the upcoming bacyardigans reboot after Janice Burgess passed away

[@Starwarsfanboy0928]

Don’t get me started on that horrific atrocity!

[@akaneonfox]

@@Zebra_fandomfella03 Gah that one angers me still thinking about it shame on Nick for that.

[@jenniferdaly6819]

I am still going to give the film Search for SquarePants a chance after this film. Although I was disappointed with the fourth film, I want to hold on to hope that the next movie is at least a little better. Maybe the budget for the fourth film went over there, which could explain why the quality was lower than I am used to with SpongeBob.

[@Starwarsfanboy0928]

@@jenniferdaly6819 Okay, but it doesn't change that SpongeBob will have to face James Cameron when that movie comes out next year.

[@MadeInBenninc.]

Nickelodeon. You had your chance to avoid the bomb and you blew it. Hope your money could survive the blast, Krabs.

[@evilcrash8683]

This movie had so much potential and Sandy herself could easily been up there with Puss In Boots himself, but another pointless spinoff that makes Planet Sheen wish to have It's own comeback movie!

[@Micahluvsnull]

Seal of garbage not even a debate

[@joelblake5310]

Even for Spongebob, this movie was off the walls bonkers.

[@Aceburn5]

This movie doesn’t even exist

[@chrisguara]

Inside Out 2 9/10 Orion and the Dark 8/10 Despicable Me 4 7/10 Ultraman: Rising 7/10 Kung Fu Panda 4 6/10 The Garfield Movie 5/10 The Tiger’s Apprentice 5/10 Thelma the Unicorn 4/10 Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie 3/10 Ouch....

[@Sargon2008]

What about the second Megamind movie which is worse than this movie

[@Cornhollo26]

And he hadn’t reviewed “Harold and the Purple Crayon” yet. Which will be a bigger bombshell than this one.

[@AF-Monkey]

He watched it, but didn’t review it. Maybe because it’s too easy to call that the worst of the year.

[@Probox-hn9yf]

He gave Garfield a 5 but despicable me 4 a 7?

[@spongebobdisneymariofan3715]

It is true that SpongeBob had his low moments, but making him be featured in a movie that is considered the worst animated movie of the year so far is a big ouch. I guess that the lesson that we’ve learned from Kamp Koral, The Patrick Star Show, and this movie is that SpongeBob is better off without spinoffs.

[@evanhileman2925]

Let's hope 2025's "Search for Squarepants" has better looking animation than this movie. Fun fact, the visuals will be crafted by Reel FX Animation. You might remember them as the studio that animated "The Book of Life", "Rock Dog", "Scoob", "Rumble", "Back to the Outback", and "The Monkey King".

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

Will see, but I have doubts after going through this

[@Princess_-gp3ep]

If that movie turns out to be bad like this one, then I’ll lose all hope for nickelodeon and Reel fx after El Tigre and the book of life.

[@PinkGoldPeach23105]

It won't, It will be as bad as this and the second and third movies. Spongebob died when Season 4 aired

[@joshiethepoketeen6357]

Keep in mind, the director of Search for Squarepants also directed Hotel Transylvania 4

[@trevortuominen8233]

@@joshiethepoketeen6357He was also a creative director in the first three seasons. Like Tim Hill though, he should've just stuck to TV animation. Hill did Hop, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Garfield 2 and Muppets from Space before Sponge on the Run.

[@magnetoonproductions9541]

I can actually see the potential of having a Sandy Cheeks spin off to exist, but much like with the Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild, it clearly has no idea what it wants to be. It doesn’t even seem like it’s trying to be a Sandy Cheeks movie, but just a really long episode of the show.

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

Exactly, both films really hit the bottom of the barrel

[@alexismartinez8343]

❤️💖 It's called the Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie. Once there was a movie 🎬 called Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, it was so ugly and critically panned by critics and fans alike, everyone hates it and everyone dies. The End. ✅️ 😃😀😄😁😊😉 👍🏻 💖❤️

[@Cornhollo26]

“That didn’t help at all.”

[@quartzite16]

That didn't help at all :(

[@COOP-m5p]

Easily the worst SpongeBob movie. Their making a Plankton movie, too! What is life?

[@ziona9259]

Love your comment

[@silverhawk24]

I didnt even know a plankton movie was even being made until I looked on Wikipedia.

[@PinkGoldPeach23105]

This is modern/post-movie spongebob for you, they don't give a fuck at all

[@vicoBruh]

@@PinkGoldPeach23105no, SpongeBob has always been like this

[@COOP-m5p]

LOL. It got leaked too!

[@jamesheatherly4209]

Guess we know why Paramount sold this to Netflix instead of putting it on their own streaming service as well as why it leaked.

[@domajackthesheepoid3948]

Sandy was one of my favorite character in the show. So seeing how bad this movie was... It upsets me deeply...

[@meta527II]

Well at least Sponge on the Run, a movie that is a guilty pleasure of mine, isn't the most hated anymore.

[@gobionaproducciones4074]

They had the wasted opportunity to use Sandy's nutty nieces (Pistachio,Macademia & Hazelnut) in this movie. Also comparing Sony Animation (pre- SpiderVerse era) to this travesty of a movie is being too generous. I mean , even Sony had more standards at that time.

[@erikdaniels0n]

Sandy’s nieces were a riot in the episode they appeared in, truly a missed opportunity to not include them here

[@camdencoblentz3245]

​I actually really didn't like Sandy's Nutty Nieces, as I found the three to be insufferable, so I definitely didn't miss them.

[@Aceburn5]

What movie. Is it a movie that doesn’t exist like Kung Fu Panda 4 or Megamind 2

[@superfelipestudios8104]

First film was good Second film was decent But after that it just went down hill

[@remixchild]

Found that out with sponge on the run

[@ShinyTobyTheKoraidon38]

This makes Megamind Vs The Doom Syndicate look like an academy award winner.

[@dylansantos1643]

Nah Megacringe vs the Trash Syndicate is still worse

[@chrsmueller923]

Literally the Rise of the tmnt movie was also on netflix and yet the animation was some of the best 2d animation I've seen in YEARS. Like it's so high quality and fluid for the most part. There's no excuse for this movie to look so cheap

[@TheUnderratedMSMContentCreator]

20:42 The Second Animat Seal Of Garbage Of The Year (Third If You Count Megamind Vs. The Doom Syndicate, Which I Know He Hasn’t Reviewed Yet, But If He Did, Then We All Know What’s Going To Happen)

[@Zebra_fandomfella03]

@TheUnderratedMSMContentCreator animat already reviewed Megamind vs the doom syndicate at the end in that watches video

[@alexhart9267]

What was the first again?

[@jamesgeorgi6627]

Thelma the Unicorn was the first animated of the year to get the garbage seal

[@Sargon2008]

The next movie that is coming out in 2025 is The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants will be better than this piece of trash and it has the original SpongeBob crew from 1999 attached to this project with Mark Hamill voicing the Flying Dutchman himself this next movie that will be better that this terrible movie we got this year on Netflix.

[@Floof1996]

Dang Luke Skywalker in this film?!?! That film will prob be good

[@Sargon2008]

@@Floof1996 Yup that is right Luke Skywalker will be in this film

[@Floof1996]

@@Sargon2008 W

[@BigLightning4360]

So far, Spongebob Squarepants’ 25th anniversary has had some benefits and detriments. For the former, I know it has to be the cancellation of ‘Kamp Koral’. With the latter, this 4th movie installment solidified why the series should have ended after the 2004 grand finale to the classic era. Stephen Hillenberg must be spinning in his grave right now.

[@djstarkidmashups8536]

He's also dropping on his grave and flopping like a fish. Oh yeah, I founded out that he was cremated.

[@facusmendoza1061]

Is Nickelodeon wasn't Mr Krabs I think they will move on with the next big thing and then at the next one the next one and the next one letting others to shine their network I'm leaving SpongeBob alone with the security that it will be forever remembered

[@djstarkidmashups8536]

@@facusmendoza1061 They should've made "The Sponge Who Could Fly" the series finale.

[@hunterolaughlin]

Honestly, I’m actually glad the series didn’t end with the 2004 film if we still got some great stuff out of the series like Have You Seen This Snail?, Roller Cowards, Krusty Towers, Sing a Song of Patrick, etc. I don’t know, they’re too good to erase from existence or sacrifice, I just don’t have it in me to live in a world where these episodes and specials didn’t exist if the series ended with the film. Besides, 2004 was an awful year anyways, so another reason I’m thankful it didn’t end with the film.

[@facusmendoza1061]

​@@djstarkidmashups8536now get lost I mean bye no really get lost And after 25 years Patrick was right about it what's so great about Dumb old Texas?

[@jamesbochnik1696]

Alternative title: The Scumbob Movie

[@PinkGoldPeach23105]

More like, The Scumbob Movie 3: Scummier Than Ever!

[@jamesbochnik1696]

@@PinkGoldPeach23105 I actually like the first 3 SpongeBob movies so opinion respected

[@PinkGoldPeach23105]

@@jamesbochnik1696 the first movie is the only Spongebob movie, everything else is Scumbob

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

Personally as a fan of the franchise, I knew it was gonna be terrible from the leaks on Twitter. Once it ended, it left me in such frustration and boredom where maybe Nickelodeon knew this was so bad that it had to wait until August for its true release. However the damage was already done and resulted in something that the Spongebob crew never wanted, wasted talent and potential. It was a waste of time for the artists/ voice cast working on a hopeless venture, it was a waste of potential when the ideas sounded promising at first glance, and it was a waste of money when this could've been a regular episode but the executives demanded it to be a feature for streaming all just to coincide with its 25th anniversary campaign. Overall, Saving Bikini Bottom is a reminder that just because a side character can get a spinoff doesn't mean it’s a good thing. If this is the main direction where the franchise barely does anything innovative, it’s going to get worse and eventually people are tuning out just like when Ice Age and Open Season became bone dry!!! 😠😠😠👎

[@jamesgeorgi6627]

People should notes from the Puss in Boots films, especially the 2nd movie

[@brandonmclendon5368]

I remember being amazed by the first movie back when I was 2, and being excited about what comes next. Now that I’m 22, I’m seriously disappointed

[@featherguardian6023]

Can’t believe I’m saying this but I rather see the 3rd Movie than This Again

[@dinomiller909]

The third film's not that bad, however some scenes don't make any sense such as Sandy meeting SpongeBob at Kamp Koral when she literally met him in the first episode

[@AF-Monkey]

@@dinomiller909I’d personally see that and Kamp Koral as an alternate timeline for my sanity’s sake.

[@dylansantos1643]

I agree. Atleast it had better animation and a little bit better story even tho it’s a rehash of a past SpongeBob episode and it was made to advertise Camp Koral.

[@dylansantos1643]

@@dinomiller909 Yes that completely retcons the 3rd episode.

[@mrprotheroe4981]

Looking at all the SpongeBob films you reviewed. Its sad to see the films from *AniMat's Seal of Approval* to *AniMat's Seal of Garbage* Stephen is just rolling in his grave.

[@shadowluigithirtyseven5950]

this movie being leaked in an already completed state back in January 2024 says it all.

[@trevortuominen8233]

And it didn't even have a release date at the time.

[@mechmaster315]

Your leaking lead the film to disaster

[@RaptorofRex07]

Oh Wanda Sykes, why did you say yes to this movie

[@marcohidalgo1101]

She also said yes to Velma.

[@remixchild]

@@marcohidalgo1101Jesus fire your agent!

[@drdespair3651]

Hillenberg is rolling in his grave due to this movie

[@calebdoerksen2]

I know he was aware of the development of Kamp Koral, but at this point, I’m pretty much gonna say that about this film.

[@allystitcheskurta]

I can’t believe I’m saying this…as a SpongeBob fan… But they need to end SpongeBob…this is becoming depressing…

[@louisholmes6961]

So in your eyes, my fellow SB fan, the worst thing possible for the show is continuing the show?

[@SonicSpyroHeeler]

This movie makes Sponge On The Run look like Across The Spider-Verse

[@cartoonishlystudios9397]

True that

[@SonicEnzo24]

At this point, Spongebob should've ended in 2004.

[@djstarkidmashups8536]

Or 2017.

[@djstarkidmashups8536]

SpongeBob would've ended along with the other 90's Nicktoons that ended in 2004 like Rugrats, Hey Arnold, Rocket Power, and Wild Thornberrys.

[@montanajackson3713]

I agree. The first movie is the true finale of the series.

[@mechmaster315]

Is the second film a joke

[@brrgames]

Eh, Season 7's Rodeo Daze is basically a worse version of Saving Bikini Bottom. Got even worse visuals of Texas than this. Besides the song which I'll admit is a guilty pleasure, the only redeeming thing about it is that it's only 11 minutes long, while Saving Bikini Bottom is 90 minutes long. Dare I say it's also a better family reunion than Stanley S. Squarepants back in Season 5 or Big Sister Sam back in Season 7. Maybe Saving Bikini Bottom is the worst big budget Spongebob movie, but as a bad Spongebob product overall, it's still no One Coarse Meal, A Pal For Gary or Spongebob You're Fired. Heck, it still has more substance than the 10th Anniversary TV movie, Truth or Square, though it's not saying much. Hard to believe this was written by pre-movie writer, Kaz, the same guy who gave us Chocolate with Nuts.

[@MajureArulnesan]

Patrick was right about Texas...

[@MajureArulnesan]

And good thing I did not see the trailer, cause I knew the movie was going to be THIS bad, and.... I knew it!!

[@yobabycolin2933]

Still better than Megamind 2.

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

Nah, this is much much worse

[@The0320Angela]

I’m sorry, but that doesn’t exist.

[@mechmaster315]

It’s not a sequel but a film pilot

[@JonesDylan874]

Alright, then I know I won't be watching this, thanks, AniMat. THIS MAKES SPONGE ON THE RUN AND SPONGE OUT OF WATER LOOK LIKE A MASTERPIECE!

[@Kumbiarz]

sponge out of water was a masterpiece, honestly both hand drawn animation movies were the best

[@SuperStarGamer75]

Saving Bottom: The Ass Cheeks Movie

[@zachatck64]

Claim your "saw this movie when leaked on Twitter" ticket here

[@zachatck64]

Extra credit to those who saw it on Discord In all seriousness, this movie feels like if Illumination was given the job of making a Spongebob film. Really embarrassing.

[@AndrewGoodguy]

Here

[@JustinMonti]

I’ll take mine

[@awesomeraf7851]

I'm here for my ticket

[@Floof1996]

I’ll take it, also watched it in a Spongebob discord server as well

[@mig0171]

I think the most annoying thing in the movie is the dog. That dog hunts Sandy and SpongeBob on the unusual and unexpected places. Even the end it’s outright annoying. I don’t know why the dog was there.

[@mig0171]

I like the new animation style because it’s decent

[@pennysanchez7656]

Because....plot convenience even though he does nothing entertaining. He isn't even funny as well....

[@Princess_-gp3ep]

⁠​⁠​⁠@@pennysanchez7656 At least scrat from the ice age movies was funny.

[@pennysanchez7656]

@@Princess_-gp3ep I feel like the pug was an attempt to be like Scrat but without any of the redeeming qualities that he had.

[@ziona9259]

I actually agree with you. The dog was annoying. Like who tf taught a dog how to hang glide???? That’s so unrealistic. Why did the dog and 2 humans join the sea after saying goodbye to Sandy???? The movie is freaking weird.

[@michaelmcjunkin1372]

Glad to say I wasn’t missing out on much when it came to this spin-off film. Stephen Hillenburg would been rolling in his grave. In fact recently Fairly Odd Parents has been having better luck this year than SpongeBob has.

[@jamesgeorgi6627]

Maybe the upcoming Search for Squarepants may not offer much but we’ll happily take that over Sandy’s movie and the upcoming Plankton movie

[@ryanwilkins2233]

Someone start a riot to get saving a bikini bottom off of Netflix just like fairy odder was off from Paramount plus

[@MichaelJacksonRobloxGaming]

I’m a Texan and y’all called Texas dumb :( This movie still sucks but don’t disrespect Texas like that

[@HarryThomasPictures]

Sandy's song so long Bikini Bottom in Chips Ahoy is better than all the songs in this trash combined!

[@brandonspain12345]

This is exactly what everyone feared Sponge Out of Water was gonna be.

[@SmartRascalStudios]

This is just a spin-off. The actual fourth SpongeBob film will be Search For SquarePants in 2025!!

[@jlev1028]

It will still suck, though.

[@themememaster6775]

@@jlev1028It’s being worked on by some of the original writers though

[@animezilla4486]

I heard that Mark Hamill will be the voice of the flying Dutchman

[@GavinsBazaar313]

@@themememaster6775 that sadly means nothing if the executives are gonna meddle though

[@The0320Angela]

@@GavinsBazaar313 At this point, Viacom and Nickelodeon will enter a karma. Greed devours humanity.

[@Princess_-gp3ep]

At this point, I just want Nickelodeon to make the second season of El Tigre with Jorge r Gutierrez’s involvement.

[@nathanielcruz8872]

Yep…..Geez Nick cant catch a break

[@georgerobertson7010]

At this point they’re the TV equivalent of how Disney is doing now

[@nathanielcruz8872]

@@georgerobertson7010 well Disney channel Did dethrone nick in the kids channel Honestly I feel bad for CN more than nick (Granted- I mean retro nick was very different and I did watch some 90s nick shows)

[@orangeslash1667]

@@nathanielcruz8872 Nick has a bad habit of canceling shows because it's not as popular as SpongeBob, Loud House was able to be popular right out of the gate. However this is bad for creativity.

[@LorenTR]

Thanks for reviewing this one. Good reviews on bad movies are rare.

[@rileywelchtheswagger651]

I knew this was going to get the seal of garbage thank God

[@stephenmarray6553]

This movie is literally a ScumBob movie

[@alexismartinez8343]

Could this be the number one worst animated film of this year?!

[@danielgudinojuarez6729]

Wait till Spellbound comes, that's when it all goes downhill

[@sonicfanboy3375]

Don't forget about Megamind 2

[@dylansantos1643]

Man this year has been really rough for movies.

[@amaniwhite9622]

Well, this film turned out to be an absolute Mess. This is the Worst SpongeBob movie so far. Somehow I knew this would get the Animat seal of garbage. 🗑️💩

[@JustinGrant-jf5gv]

I'd like to think of this as the Nickelodeon equivalent of The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild. It would've been better if it focused more on its titular character and their backstory, but it still has to put a focus on the other characters and elements from its franchise resulting in being the worst film from its franchise yet with the same problems as that movie. As much as I love and grew up with Spongebob, I'm honestly kinda glad that this movie turned out bad. Because it could show Nickelodeon that Spongebob no longer guarantees success and give newer shows and IPs more of a chance. Seriously, it's sad that Nickelodeon is treating this show as a big cash cow that they refuse to kill off and cause it to force out nostalgia and old gags and characters from the golden age in hopes it could regain that feeling.

[@magnetoonproductions9541]

Couldn’t have said it better myself.

[@AstroBlasterCat]

I saw it and I have to say, the movie was disappointing. I felt like this was an insult to SpongeBob's 25th anniversary. I'm pretty uncertain and skeptical about "The Search of SquarePants"

[@RobloxainYTPlayz]

"The Search of SquarePants" is a whole different movie

[@jamesgeorgi6627]

I think that’ll be a step up. The same can’t be said with the Plankton movie that’s also a Netflix release

[@robinsordahl8947]

My prediction for the top worst of this year: 5. The Tiger’s Apprentice 4. Spellbound 3. Thelma the Unicorn 2. Saving Bikini Bottom 1. Megamind vs The Doom Syndicate

[@provokedrobin608]

Hopefully the next one that would have the Flying Dutchman as the villain would be better

[@SonicSpyroHeeler]

Stephen Hillenburg is either spinning in his grave or gonna haunt Nickelodeon for making this and Kamp Koral

[@moonprincesst.s.h.4ever115]

Wanda Sykes obviously made this movie for her kids.

[@tristanmichels5721]

I've never seen a animated film get so much hate by almost everyone in such a long time. Granted, there have been more than a few animated films that have gotten tons of hate this decade, but not to an extent like this. Will finally be checking this out not too far from now. We may be in for something....

[@jlev1028]

Don't. It's a waste of time.

[@RedKnight26]

I think they just DOOMED Bikini Bottom

[@thedecidueyeguy9146]

Saving Bikini Bottom:The Sandy Cheeks movie makes A pal for Gary and One Coarse Meal look like Band Geeks by comparison.

[@rorin47]

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but maybe that’s a little too harsh.

[@mechmaster315]

@@rorin47cause I retcon APfG by saying Plankton was controlling him

[@yobabycolin2933]

Most pissed Mat has been in a review this year.

[@Zebra_fandomfella03]

@yobabycolin2933 he probably more pissed in his animat watches Megamind vs the doom syndicate video

[@katlegoassegaai9235]

​@@Zebra_fandomfella03and his review of strange magic back in 2015 he was very pissed off more than cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2 review back in 2013.

[@Animevazquez]

Mr enter is gonna have a field day with this

[@HarryThomasPictures]

How dare Nicholodean do this to Sandy the best Spongebob character. When will the Spongebob movies go back to hand drawn animation already!

[@raymanpixar5699]

I thought I said Shut Up With The 2D vs 3D Nonsense! No one should play that rubbish here EVER!!!

[@kameronbiggs5495]

I saw this early this morning and my thoughts were: OH DEAR NEPTUNE! 😱 It was worse than I could've imagined! I'm actually glad I didn't see the movie leaked early in the year because it put me in a bad mood and I maybe lost some brain cells! And I'm never going to sleep after watching the villain's 'backstory'😳 And the worst part is that this is a SpongeBob movie and and the fact is that they're having multiple spin-offs for different characters That's not a good sign! 😠

[@leonardolopez888]

I remember when Mat did his tier list of which SpongeBob character is most likely to drop the F bomb. With this movie, it’s the audience that is most likely to drop numerous F bombs after watching this train wreck. To reiterate what I commented in Mat’s review of Despicable Me 4, 2023’s animated movie slate is giving me 2013 and 2017 vibes, but not in a good way. With the exception of Inside Out 2 and Orion and the Dark, every other animated movie this year has ranged from mid to Megamind Vs. The Doom Syndicate (a.k.a Terrible).

[@orangeslash1667]

How sad is it that Larry the Lobster and Mr Krabs during the march, look more like robots than the robot horse?????

[@spacegirlproduction9506]

What a shame that one of my fav female cartoon character get one of the weakest movie… especially that it’s missed potencial since Sandy is one of most interesting SpongeBob character …

[@jonnyboy4289]

Give me the first 2 movies any day.

[@CaptainCat101]

I guess this still isn't enough to let Nickelodeon know that Spongebob deserves a rest

[@diegodubber2140]

Corporate greed will never rest