The Sandy Movie is the REAL Death of Spongebob (To Me)

[@nbhggggh]

they are neither dead nor alive, that's why they are called zombie franchises

[@crestothegecko6279]

And the companies who own these undead are akin to liches. Keeping them half alive inside their phylactery so they can wring out more life force for themself

[@groosL]

Schrödinger's Franchise

[@EyeofKoruption]

Rotting but still persisting

[@lee_dary_64]

@@EyeofKoruption Like Star Wars?

[@EyeofKoruption]

@@lee_dary_64 Death troopers?

[@namecomingsoon9517]

First movie had spongebob crying over being painfully dried out and dying while unable to move under a heat lamp Fourth movie has him cheer as he’s carted to his death on a slow moving rollercoaster with no restraints

[@lotus_flower2000]

2nd had the entire town make him sacrifice himself to save the krabby patty. * i liked the 2nd movie but THAT part always bothered me. i mean he just accepts his death and isnt mad at his friends afterwards for wanting him to die for a sandwich?

[@josephkeen7224]

@@lotus_flower2000considering the town was in the apocalypse over the krabby patty it made sense to me, but I see your point.

[@Thunderbolt18367]

You can tell the people who wrote this movie either don’t even know what SpongeBob is or they did, but they were just there for the paycheck

[@hannahpapernick-yudin2846]

​​​​​@@lotus_flower2000to me that's when the movie became not as good. I loved the first part and whenever I re-watch it I always stop around when they use the time machine. They also did the cliche "the two main protagonists have a mid-climactic falling out" which I hate at the best of times, but in this movie that combined with the sacrifice scene was just too mean spirited. I mean, after trying to befriend him several times, Spongebob saves Plankton from the town and this is how he repays him? Especially since it was really his fault that they got the wrong secret formula bottle. Now, what if it had turned out that the book has been controlling the townspeople the entire time, and that's why they want to sacrifice SpongeBob? Then when SpongeBob is about to be sacrificed, Patrick somehow gets a hold of the "The End" page that fell from the book (the one that Sandy thought was a prophecy) and eats it thinking it's a krabby patty. This somehow breaks the spell on him and he realizes everyone is being controlled. He saves Spongebob, and that's when he smells the krabby patties and starts chasing it. They all follow him (but without the main freaking cast being at the front of the crowd because that was also annoying) and the second part of the movie ensues.

[@blademasterzero]

To be fair, there are several episodes that dumb SpongeBob down enough that he puts himself in great danger. And he *is* good natured enough to self sacrifice in several episodes. He’s just not a super consistent character(though he’s become *less* consistent over the years he always had that element to him)

[@_V.Va_]

This is how they celebrate Spongebob's 25th Anniversary. One shitty movie that is a huge disservice to the characters starring in it, and to the intelligence of the viewers.

[@RudeRabit]

I think there’s still some hope. Most of the episodes from this summer have been great and there’s still the 44 minute Kreepaway Kamp special coming in Fall. And judging by the preview clip, I’m genuinely excited.

[@yeezoyoutube]

Plus the leaked plankton movie went hard

[@katburnham9361]

I mean seems about right, that's how Disney celebrated their 100th year anniversary with a shitty movie

[@foxtoons1999]

@@katburnham9361at least Disney also made that Once Upon a Studio short film, which feels more like a TRUE 100th anniversary special.

[@katburnham9361]

@@foxtoons1999 I can't give credit to a company that rather make AI generated everything and a place that doesn't value what it once was while also destroying everything including the parks.

[@sod7890]

0:37 It was BUTCHered, HART to see, MAN.

[@phonejack8949]

You need more likes

[@chabbychub8316]

You need a stage

[@liamphibia]

HA!

[@kesedo1024]

Shut up and take my like!

[@hollytheanimalcrossingfan]

As a pink star fish once said "I defy you heart Man!!!!"

[@VFKAdventureRabbit]

A movie that manages to be even more of a betrayal than JUST A BUNCH OF CHEAP WALK CYCLES.

[@yaboylou7967]

“What a rip.”

[@fourfrombfb2810]

@@yaboylou7967GRRRRRRR SPONGEBOB BETRAYED US!!!

[@kindbear6910]

Squawk, that was just the beginning.

[@AnthonyWeust]

I’m gonna destroy my SpongeBob shrine like patchy

[@monoduck]

The big three are slowly dying of organ failure, while spongebob got into a quick, not painless, and violent car accident

[@Kobe-Saikai-Incident]

Feel like south park is closer to kidney infection then liver failure. i'm not explaining if thats better or worse but i will say i find it more acurate

[@KlaviceGavin]

@@Kobe-Saikai-Incident I’ll admit New South Park isn’t for everyone, but if you just want the show to “go back to its roots” it can’t given Isaac Hayes is gone meaning no more Chef. and Trey and Matt stated replacing him wouldn’t work because it wouldn’t be the same. I hear the Fairly Odd reboot is good… for now and has writers from the canceled Infinity Train show. The specials imo and the video games are the closest thing we’ll get to South Park going back to its roots. Also given that little Christmas turd isn’t funny, I doubt they can bring everyone back. Finally, one thing they can’t do is make Craig Tucker and Tweak Tweek straight again, which I feel was another dropping off point for fans along with Trump!Garrison and all of Season 19 and 20.

[@skibot9974]

I’ve heard good things about the Plankton movie however

[@THE_TRAPPYMAN]

@@KlaviceGavin i don't watch south park but if am not mistaken it more like having a part of it destroyed and another enhanced and every once in a while their a pretty good special

[@slurpingmario8006]

@@skibot9974plankton never fell off luckily

[@amberfox9543]

I mean yeah you can even hear how tired the VAs are

[@WobblesandBean]

They're all in their 60s now, so I'm not surprised.

[@Aego384]

Meanwhile, The Simpsons:

[@e1iteyoshi998]

@@Aego384 You do know Marge's VA passed away recently right? Or am i mixing her up with someone else?

[@dizzyboi04]

⁠@@e1iteyoshi998her voice actress for the Spanish dub passed away

[@e1iteyoshi998]

@@dizzyboi04 But not the English VA right?

[@TheIzzlzzy]

The villain’s backstory scene gave me a lot of “Sharkboy and Lavagirl” flashbacks to Mr. Electric.

[@masterseal0418]

I'd prefer Mr. Electric over Sue Nahmee's SFX. Speaking of which, George Lopez did the same effect better years ago.

[@crowthewicked8344]

For every person who dreams up the electric lightbulb, there's the one who dreams up the atom bomb.

[@HawkknightXC88]

Sharkboy and Lavagirl. Now that's a movie I haven't heard in a long time.

[@AntiMental.Illness]

*“MR ELECTRIC SEND HIM TO THE PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE”*

[@RandumYTenjoyer05]

@@AntiMental.Illness AND HAVE HIM EXPELLED

[@misterzygarde6431]

I remember seeing the animatic of SpongeBob being cloned out of existence and I remember SpongeBob not only being forced into it immediately but being genuinely terrified for his life and I genuinely get the feeling that studio interference was the reason the final product is the way it is. Because the way they had SpongeBob handled here is a downgrade compared to the leaked version.... and it turns out that according to Jay Lender, a writer on the show's early seasons and a storyboard artist for the film.... that's the case. Apparently, when asked, he brought up that none of the crew got any input on the movie, it was mainly studio driven. I'd provide a link but KZbin doesn't like that so I'll bring up that I learned of this from the Trivia Page for this film on TV Tropes of all places.

[@thememelord4235]

I need to see this

[@SuperFloxes]

If this is true, that would explain A LOT.

[@MoonPhantom]

That seems to be how so much of Hollywood just functions now doesn't it? Disney's WISH seems to have the same thing, all the concept art and ideas coming from the actual writers are pretty great. But then everything that changed and made the movie worse came from executives at the studios.

[@BBWahoo]

I just saw the tweet, they removed the horns from the bike wtffff

[@hollytheanimalcrossingfan]

What is the animatic called? Do you remember?

[@perrytheplatypus4620]

10:24 Funny how that's true yet in the movie she sings “my speciality is marine biology, so I knew Bikini Bottom was the place for me”. The movie literally forgets core things about the show.

[@FBI-zi9hd]

...A platypus?

[@perrytheplatypus4620]

@@FBI-zi9hd istg it's every single time with this

[@FBI-zi9hd]

@@perrytheplatypus4620 PERRY THE PLATYPUS!?111?!?!?11??

[@perrytheplatypus4620]

@@FBI-zi9hd aaaaand there it is.

[@criidawg]

perry does have a point

[@theGoonter]

Personal headcannon: the spongebob cast got canonically dumber over time due to ocean pollution

[@mrlaz9011]

the micro plastics really messed up their brains.

[@Soft-_]

This explains way more than it should be allowed to…

[@Aperson-rs4eh]

'cannon' refers to the weapon by the way

[@Soft-_]

@@Aperson-rs4eh Still makes more sense than this whole movie

[@theGoonter]

@Aperson-rs4eh thanks, Mr Colm I'll try to do better in English class next week

[@__Konboi__]

This is not only the bankruptcy of creativity, but the respect of the audience that this franchise has long lost. It's not even about Hillenburg anymore, it's about just making, at the VERY LEAST, serviceable SpongeBob content.

[@angel_of_rust]

spongebob hasn't been serviceable since the 1st movie

[@cyber237]

More like it's about just making, at the VERY LEAST, as much money as possible

[@iheartericcartman]

@@angel_of_rustwell, i’d say the second movie was pretty enjoyable. i enjoyed it as a kid and i enjoyed it as an adult. the third movie though? didn’t even bother

[@bubububuuhunhcbuubub8865]

@@iheartericcartman The second movie was definitely not as good as the first, but it was okay. Third movie was absolute trash + it was just an advert for a spin-off show and the plot was just a rehash of the first movie's but the plot device is Gary instead of Neptune's Crown.

[@theaisintheb4201]

The second movie has some of my favorite moments from SpongeBob ever to me it's a close second to the first one​@@iheartericcartman

[@DanielKariuki-er5gi]

This movie looks like video game footage.

[@braxtonrichins]

I think the recent SpongeBob games (Rehydrated and Cosmic Shake) looks better than this movie.

[@Vexx2006]

The Spongebob games had better visuals than this. Like, genuinely, even BFBB and Cosmic Shake look better than this ngl.

[@shamaboy11]

That is genuinely a fucking insult to Cosmic Shake considering that game's character models don’t look disgusting and has expressive animations for a low-budget licensed kids' game

[@Vexx2006]

@@shamaboy11 True

[@eatatjoes6751]

@@shamaboy11 This movie’s human world reminds me of a bizarro version of those rare Spongebob movie tv spots where they interviewed supposed superfanatics of the show - the marching band, the teenage girls, the mom and her kids, the “girl and her boyfriend” sitting outside the movie theater, the movie theater guy and the usher getting stung by jellyfish except there it felt genuine where the human world here feels…unsettling. Like, we’re not supposed to play in it because it’s meant for display only. Bravo, Netflix, you’ve created a scenario where even the humans feel like they’re supposed to be meant for sale, and I thought Out of Water had this problem.

[@Tabletopcloud20]

If SpongeBob has a 0.5 IQ. Then what the hell is Patrick's IQ?!?!

[@EnderBoy_11]

Bold of you to assume that Patrick has a brain of any kind

[@4zy1]

The thing is, Spongebob needs a relatively high IQ to be a fry cook, so he actually _can't_ be stupid.

[@rabinzthehighdeliverer7440]

It's not that his IQ is low, it's that the inner machinations of his mind are an enigma.

[@papyruscoolskeleton9543]

@@EnderBoy_11 Lmao

[@hamishstewart5324]

Negative numbers.

[@prowolf633]

Sandy is one of the best characters in the show and one of the best female Nickelodeon characters in general. So it pains me that they did her movie dirty. She was one of the only characters who didn’t go too far as much as all the male characters did (especially Seasons 6-8). Sandy deserves respect ✊🏽

[@e1iteyoshi998]

Blame Paramount. The thing is that i feel most of the reviews as using this movie as a means to justify their opinions of the later seasons of the show when as a whole when i feel like that's pretty disingenuous to the gems that came out from Seasons 12-14. This movie had could've been just okay but it was treated like Ruby Gillman where Dreamworks didn't give a shit about the actual product.

[@KlaviceGavin]

@@prowolf633 I’m going to stop you right there and say Sandy became an amoral scientist on par with Plankton of all characters, and just like Squidward, acted all the time like she was surrounded by idiots, and sometimes did really stupid things like destroy Jellyfish fields in a fit of rage. Congrats Spongebob, you’ve managed to make literally every main character not named Gary incredibly unlikeable.

[@shirleymaemattthews4862]

Hey..at least they didnt make her some harem fodder for the Spongey autist. (Yes, it's cannon that Spongebob is Autistic)

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

Sandy had so much potential to be a great protagonist. She could have been a wonderful lead in a Spin-off movie or show. But in the end, she wasn't. 😔

[@EnderBoy_11]

Sandy in the original series: *has an actual personality* Sandy on the movie: I LoVe sCiEnCe And tExAs

[@thechannelofchuchu]

A show "dying" is mostly to do with seasonal rot. Happens when writing starts to get weaker, characters get flanderized, series jumping the shark, etc. same case with franchises which can only go for so long that they overstay their welcome.

[@dillydraws]

You need sequel series to counter seasonal rots. Like A new wish is amazing and like some of the best Fairly odd parents. More of these shows that've gone on for so long need that sequel. Like a new Simpson series where they aged up the characters or a new spongebob series that starts fresh while still being in universe. (and good)

[@devonjeffers5898]

It gets EVEN worse when you realize A New Wish, a sequel series to Fairly OddParents, paid more respect to the franchise and its fans than this Texas-sized piece of shit did to the Spongebob franchise.

[@nxtvim2521]

yeah legit, the only criticism I have ever seen of that show was by racist saying "DEI" the difference between Velma and the new fairly oddparents: that character is actually a minority otherwise it's complimentary or even supplemental to the original series

[@dukeminty]

I know it’s not the case, but I like the idea that Paramount wasn’t even willing to put this on their service. Somehow Netflix just took this off their hands.

[@Cyanidebeans]

Just like the other garbage streaming movie of this year, Megamind The Doom Syndacate

[@Leeloo-Foxx]

@@Cyanidebeans and the shitty tie in show

[@Cyanidebeans]

@@Leeloo-Foxx Yeah, but at least they aren't gonna mention this movie in SpongeBob again, at least I hope

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

@@CyanidebeansAtleast Now that the Plankton movie got leaked.

[@snickrdoodle_skywalker]

​@@Leeloo-Foxxmegamind drools

[@Nicholas-ll5mc]

I believe that even if Hillenburg was alive and didn't die from ALS, he would eventually give up on the series. The same way Matt Greoning and Seth McFarlane did with their shows.

[@louisholmes6961]

Where does it say Seth gave up on FG and where does it say that Matt gave up on the Simpsons?

[@sallomon2357]

Btw, does anybody know whether Groening works on the Hulu revival of Futurama?

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

Makes more sense than having people go “Oh Stephen Hillenburg would never approve a spin off.”

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

I mean he already did that for 11 years until he worked on Sponge Out of Water.

[@AluminumFusion22]

That's right. He suffered from franchise fatigue even early on and hated how overly-merchandised the show got.

[@kugelblitzkrieg]

Spongebob’s been dead for a while, ever since Nickelodeon learned that they can have characters make baby noises and just reference old episodes forever and people will STILL eat that up and say it’s good.

[@EidolonEntropy]

That shot of Sandy getting really close to the camera, which happens at 37:58 in addition to a couple other times in the video. activates my fight or flight response. It's so uncomfortable to have her get up in my face like that. Feels like Cocomelon if you ask me.

[@mathieuleader8601]

a prequel film about Patrick Star's time at community college with Flats would have been neat

[@disneyvillainsfan1666]

This movie might be the breaking point for my tolerance for how Nickelodeon treats SpongeBob as a character. He doesn't feel like the SpongeBob I was familiar with. He feels like The Joker as a toddler.

[@anlydaly5726]

FR I'm not even a SpongeBob fan but having a fun wholesome character that literally MADE the show as well as made you a ton of money and making a scene in your movie about said character genuinely enjoying the smell of shit is... a choice 💀

[@nxtvim2521]

​@@anlydaly5726dude the scat and fart fetishes in childrens shows have genuinely disgusted me; and I already have the fetish. it takes a lot to make a fart fetish dude go "ew dawg what the actual fuck did they just do? aren't those children?" like it went from "haha he farted and it killed a fish" and "dude dont take a shit into the freshwater" to "fart fairy" and "fart dinosaurs" from total dramarama and total drama reboot (I want my Chris McClain VA back, that's the only reason anybody ever watched the show. he, gwen, Heather, and chef. you can make an entire series out of just those characters)

[@Maxler5795]

Im personally going to choose to believe that the reason the movie is such a dumpster fire is that the writers where having actually good ideas to expand on the original episode, while still being itself, and then they heard the sound of thunder and the disembodied voice of a suit saying "heard you were being original"

[@e1iteyoshi998]

And were only given half the budget

[@willberto6969]

"Family guy hasn't died" is truly one of the statements of all time

[@EnderBoy_11]

THAT SHOW IS STILL GOING?

[@willberto6969]

@@EnderBoy_11 sadly yes

[@e1iteyoshi998]

That the very least it’s better than the 2010s era but doesn’t hold a candle to the original seasons from the 2000s.

[@m.o.r.t]

saying any of these shows arent dead shows that this dude doesnt watch em or something LMAO

[@matthewgillis2617]

I dunno, it may be over soon, especially since Seth Macfarlane quit the show recently

[@papouligaming9594]

I feel like an accurate way to describe how this movie is the death of SpongeBob would be "this is the final step Paramount has taken to rip any sort of charm and soul out of SpongeBob as a brand and reduce it into complete corporate slop."

[@eatatjoes6751]

I’ve said that since they transplanted Narlene into the main show.

[@odindarkll3706]

True. Although, I found Sponge on the Run to be the breaking point of SpongeBob, I'm surprised fans didn't thought it couldn't get worse from there.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

Good luck watching the Plankton movie.

[@havenm6181]

Spongebob's characterization being blissfully unafraid of actual danger is especially jarring especially since you consider the fact that there are multiple episodes of the early seasons based on him being afraid of something

[@tristanpaolozzi2888]

38:02 Ok sorry to break the mood, but can I just say that anyone can take this version/style of Plankton and make this mf into a horror game character- those finger nails- no- those CLAWS are both cool and can be very menacing if someone used that Plankton for horror related things. Am I wrong?

[@fiddlechrome]

the premise of a plankton-based horror game is too goofy to be scary

[@redshepherd32]

That human head on a cgi robot body is nightmare fuel I can respect the hair tbh, that's honestly the best part of her design

[@SwaggyG_2102]

No shit, I was on a 4Chan thread that was going over this movie's concept art that leaked back in 2023, and when it got the black cyborg chick, so many people were losing their minds due to how uncanny it was.

[@pingaschu2279]

Send a desuarchive link

[@Cyberguy64]

At the very least, which board was this?

[@SwaggyG_2102]

@@Cyberguy64 /co/

[@henriquelambcastellanos8439]

lel I wanna see the archives too

[@endrendstudios7665]

I wanna see it too

[@FAMOUSF3RN]

one of the parts that pissed me off was in the beginning when spongebob says “and all my streaming videos on demand, i cant demand them anymore” it might not seem like much but that pissed me off so fucking much. like ive been watching spongebob for years he would NEVER say that-

[@indigoguy12]

24:46 IS SPONGEBOB DOING THE GAMNAM STYLE DANCE 💀

[@maravreloaded]

Also. The Cosmic Shake did a better job representing SpongeBob than ANYTHING Nickelodeon have made the last 5 years or so.

[@Barakon]

If you combine Patrick & Sandy's dynamic into a mischievous trickster who pretends to be none the wiser to mess with people, you get something even more fun than either of these dynamic alone. "The scenemo & the nerd"

[@cyber237]

Y'know, I used to honestly really hate how the older episodes, the best episodes, of Spongebob had somewhat of a perhaps fuzzy look and didn't look as though they were made with the latest technology (probably cuz they weren't). Now all of the new Spongebob seasons are smooth and no longer share this old-affect and yet, I realize how much more I love the old ones in comparison..

[@Me-dr9dv]

I honestly like more faded, natural colors of the older episodes (unsure whether it's due to tech or a style choice) more than the hyper/brighter color scheme of the newest episodes. I think this is more of an overall modern cartoon change though.

[@Dave102693]

The first season was made traditionally, the other 2 were done digitally

[@mayhair]

idk i always liked the season 1 art style

[@collinkeyser6827]

The Fact Nickelodeon Released A Property Involving & Enjoying Feet Just A Few Months After The Quiet On Set Documentary Is Just The Epitome Of "What Are You Thinking"

[@fritzy8318]

Stop capitalizing every first letter. It’s incredibly irritating

[@e1iteyoshi998]

Very poor timing. Also I'm pretty sure the animation side of Nick doesn't have the same people associated with the live action side. But yeah i agree it's a bad look overall.

[@BucketIHead]

There's literally an episode where a character rubs her foot onto spongbob and he starts blushing

[@BucketIHead]

I am NOT kidding btw

[@gabemyers4516]

@@fritzy8318 Right?

[@Mankey619]

If Sandy was going to be the main character of her own movie. They should've made a prequel of how she got into Bikini Bottom, and SpongeBob is just a there. Didn't add anything to the story whatsoever, and the budget of this movie is so terrible! Really don't know what this franchise went wrong to begin with. They really been flanderized here.

[@Mankey619]

​@@jskywalker58SpongeBob doesn't do anything throughout the movie, except when he sniffing turds and tickling people's feet.

[@dannypalin9583]

​@@jskywalker58No, it’s still Sandy's movie. SpongeBob feels like a tag along, he doesn't steal any spotlight.

[@InternetUser11]

HOW DID I NOT KNOW YOURE FROM DELAWARE?? I've never met another soul on the internet from here

[@fatcat5817]

I just knew about that offender nicknamed Delaware. 🤣

[@Gopherzooka]

You've always got joe biden

[@walkerphillips2818]

It’s Joever

[@TheAntlionGuard]

DELAWARE GANGGG

[@velteau]

I think Sam O'Nella is from DE too.

[@lyricalvarez7919]

Honestly the movie would’ve been slightly better if it weren’t really for the humans. They were annoying and drawn out.

[@hankmorrison269]

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’m sure I’ll I get more than you will. I’m sure I will. lol.

[@orangeslash1667]

@@hankmorrison269 Get this: This film was directed by Liza Johnson, who has no animation experience what so ever. That explains everything.

[@bonnymel4506]

I read this with the mind of a Sonic fan and it's so relatable

[@eatatjoes6751]

The movie took the original Shell City subplot and made me never want to see Spongebob on Land again. You can’t go back from…this.

[@kaceimp]

Kyle was funny in patches, but i agree there was too much focus in Kyle and Phoebe. Their motivation was lazy

[@dannypalin9583]

This movie is heartbreaking to me. I'm a sucker for SpongeBob and Sandy going on adventures together. Pre-Hibernation Week is my all time favourite episode. You'd think I'd eat it all up. The premise sounds amazing: Bikini Bottom is hoisted out of the ocean and placed into an aquarium so Sandy and SpongeBob have to go to the surface to get it back. It has a genuinely strong opening. The moment the two get to Texas, the plot takes a nosedive. I've read fanfics about SpongeBob meeting Sandy's family. "Spandy" shippers outdid the official showrunners. I swear to God, the whole movie feels like Kaz (the writer) is taking advantage of shoehorning his fetishes into an official product and getting paid for it. The only parts of the movie I remember is when SpongeBob sniffs poo and Sandy gets bitten by a snake and caused an explosion of inflation porn.

[@jackandbanditadventures2122]

34:33 When a movie from 2024 (created by a multimillion dollar company/studio, mind you) has cgi comparable to fricking Sharkboy and Lavagirl 💀

[@robertfaulkkner5508]

I love how no reviewer I've seen has even touched the Plankton movie. They're all still fixated on this shit and my god, I love it.

[@andrewnigo61]

What's the Plankton movie? "Sponge Out of Water"? Because a lot of people really liked that movie, if I did.

[@fritzy8318]

Because it’s not out.

[@fritzy8318]

It literally won’t come out until next year So that’s why. Because there’s nothing to focus on

[@sonicfanboy3375]

​@@fritzy8318I mean it was leaked online

[@skibot9974]

Because the Plankton movie technically hasn’t released yet

[@amirgarcia547]

Me: Who uploads a new video at 11PM? Just Stop: Oh boy, 11PM!

[@Mud-Brain]

i just watched the original spongebob movie a few days ago, on a tiny toy tv during a blackout. it was amazing and i want to go watch it again now.

[@BlackWingedSeraphX]

I can't believe you're only 20. You're more well spoken and your thoughts are far more mature than most 30 year olds.

[@MarcelKędziora-w7r]

Movie 1: cried during the heat lamp scene Movie 2: meh Movie 3: wtf Movie 4: DeviantArt.. wtf... (Or R34 instead)

[@TheRegularHedgehog575]

That's an insult to deviantart.

[@papyruscoolskeleton9543]

@@TheRegularHedgehog575 Iirc, deviantart doesn't allow NSFW anymore, do they??

[@untappedpotential2761]

The SpongeBob movies might have the most tragic decline in villain quality. Dennis, Plankton, and the Cyclops were perfect villains in the first film The villains in every other film just sucked. Edit: Ok, Burgerbeard wasn't awful, but he was pretty generic and bland.

[@jeremybottoms7619]

The plankton movie has an amazing villain. With out spoiling much Karen is the main villain of the movie and she plays her role really well. Best villain we has since the first movie

[@puffery99]

@@jeremybottoms7619yep, possibly most evil villain we’ve seen in SpongeBob or one of them

[@gooeydude574]

Burgerbeard wasn’t that bad. Not great, but not bad

[@BronzeCat1]

When did Plankton get a movie

[@jeremybottoms7619]

@@BronzeCat1 technically it's not out yet but the full movie been leaked

[@ultimatedisneycruiselinefa5112]

38:31 Holy mother of pearl…Dan got back at it again…

[@ColdFuse96]

That villain being a cartoon robot with a real human head superimposed over it is just plain creepy. Idk how, it worked better in Sharkboy and Lavagirl, but it just doesn't look right here 💀💀💀

[@skellington8090]

Okay, I’m willing to let the stupid plot and Flanderization slide, but…. The inflation, poop-sniffing, and pool scene involving SpongeBob tickling strangers’ feet just rubbed me the wrong way. Who the heck thought that was acceptable for a kids movie?

[@collinkeyser6827]

And This Was Just A Few Months After The Quiet On Set Documentary About Dan

[@anlydaly5726]

​@@collinkeyser6827 Seriously, why the hell did they think that would be ok.

[@jayjaybulldog9180]

The actors looked like they didn’t want to be there😂 while the low budget in this is extremely bad. Squidward and plankton are the only ones who actually stand out in this movie. I think the part where SpongeBob tickling feet👣in the pool is literally what people are going to remember more from this movie. That shows that Nickelodeon just doesn’t learn from their past while still keeping affiliation with Dan Schneider.

[@foxtoons1999]

And don’t forget the scene where SpongeBob smells poop AND LIKES IT. At least in the live action Pinocchio remake which had a similar scene, Pinocchio got grossed out after he smelled it! SpongeBob ENJOYED it! 🤢

[@dannypalin9583]

​@@foxtoons1999Sandy Cheeks gets all the fetishes in her movie. Her reaction to a snake biting her? DeviantArt was filled with inflation porn on that one scene.

[@abhainn35]

I think the "writer's barely disguised fetish" moments in this movie will be the only things remembered in general.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

@@abhainn35No, i think the Squid Sinitra scene and the scene where SpongeBob cries about on demand streaming are the only things the Sandy Cheeks movie will get remembered for.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

I feel like it’s more they were forced to work on a budget and the final product shows. Paramount was just being lazy plain and simple.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Apparently this movie was planned and pitched while Hillenburg was still alive and loosening his stance on SpongeBob Spin offs. But damn this somehow felt like the most rushed hack job of a movie they could make. And it doesn’t even feel like they tried. I could forgive the movie more if they tried to do anything new like recent seasons. It’s as you said, it’s a previous episode Texas done worse. I can also give the 3rd movie a pass because despite being a repeat of “Have You Seen This Snail” and the 1st movie they tried bringing new things to the table related to the story. Love or hate Camp Coral, it was something. Despite being Sandy’s movie and adding this circus part of her backstory, they did nothing to expand why she wanted to go underwater anyway and I felt nothing in return. They try to make it seem like Sandy and the Wanda Sykes lady with the Geroge Lopez Show bobble-head are the same, but couldn't even give us a motivation as to why Sandy became interested in Sea Life to wanna live in Bikini Bottom to justify this lame "we're not so different" monologue.

[@calebpribyl5152]

Heck I could try to make a interesting plot episode (or movie) than this! I’ve been throwing around this idea that sounds interesting than this (if you wanna hear about it!)

[@koichidignitythief7429]

@@calebpribyl5152 sure lay it on us. Steve Reviews also had a good idea I thought should have, at the very least been a part of this movie, but again, that would be doing SOMETHING, and that was apparently too much for Nickelodeon to want to allow the staff to do with this bomb.

[@empeanutson]

Is it bad that I'm a little disappointed that Steven Hillenburg let Spongebob go into this direction since the production of 3rd movie and onwards, despite his unfortunate passing?

[@koichidignitythief7429]

@@empeanutson I don't think the series' direction is as bad as people are making it out to be based on stuff he said a decade before his death. Before this "thing" called a movie the lowest point of Spongebob was in season 5-9 and it took Hillenburg coming back and fresh talent from people who grew up on the series to bring it out that muck.

[@andykishore]

@@koichidignitythief7429 Yeah, it's interesting how Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie was thought up during a session of pitching ideas for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run so technically Stephen Hillenburg was aware or at least alive when the idea of a Sandy movie first came up. Although, he wasn't alive when the film was materialized or completed in 2023 according to the credits.

[@maximusalph9333]

I've been waiting the entire weekend for this. Let's go 🎉

[@zombies5100]

As a wise person once said "All good things must come to an end." this includes childhood cartoons :(

[@iam_crumb]

i got like 3 minutes into the movie and then spongebob said something about streaming services so i smashed my laptop into tiny pieces

[@MartianManHunter2258]

"Why was this movie made?" Nickelodeon: Money!

[@thedman2122]

The movie came out like a year ago I thought lol imagine my surprise seeing it pop up on Netflix like last week

[@zachmanf.7479]

It leaked earlier in the year. Also I heard another netflix spongebob movie was leaked recently that focused on plankton.

[@jeremybottoms7619]

The plankton movie was at least good​@@zachmanf.7479

[@Exorsister]

I don't think I have ever seen any other video of this channel, yet my very first note is; Oh my god, his avatar even has stubbles and looks so cute for a guy!

[@MudkipzLuvr]

Wait. You’re from Delaware? Oh my god. You made it out! Congrats! Sincerely, A Delaware resident who’s stuck here.

[@bethanyflores8248]

Dan Schneider was secretly the director of this movie prove me wrong

[@shirleymaemattthews4862]

13:12 I kept mentioning how Spongebob is a complete braindead moron here and in most of the modern seasons, that Tom Kenny announced that Spongebob is AUTISTIC, and how its a "superpower"

[@sockjok_animations1638]

I feel like the only reason these corporations haven't already heartlessly gotten rid of Tom Kenny for a cheaper younger actor is cos Tom Kenny is one of the only reasons people still watch SpongeBob. Kind of like the Ship of Theseus thing ("is it still the same ship if everything is slowly replaced"), where Tom Kenny is the last replacement before SpongeBob is just a different 'ship' altogether

[@eatatjoes6751]

Yep.

[@AIDcyt]

The Plankton movie got leaked and it's actually pretty good

[@Me-dr9dv]

Spongebob literally feels like 3-4 different shows to me (Spongebob as a character applies to this too). Seasons 1-3: Consists of a chill guy thats a bit naive/childish. Filled with different characters with defining traits that are not their sole personality (more complex/not one-note). Seasons 4-5 (unsure whether this one fuses with other seasons): Characters start to become more simple/one-note. Spongebob gets louder, more dramatic, and annoying. Seasons 6-9.5: Characters are pretty much reduced to 1 or 2 traits turnt up to an 11 (said traits are their whole character) Spongebob is pretty much stupified/infantilized to an exteme to the point where you question how he functions. Seasons 9.5-Current: Sugar-high, hyper show that really needs to take a moment to breathe (haven't seen a lot of these seasons so I can't really give an accurate review). Very hyper LooneyToons-esc feel where there are constant bright colors, movements, dramatic expressions, etc. Don't get me wrong, each season has it moments (some WAY more than others), but it's clear to see how much the writing has changed over the years.

[@GRIMSLEY7452]

The Joker bit towards the end was pretty good.

[@TheDigitalApple]

Growing up I always loved “The Splinter” and “House Fancy”, so I’m very happy thanks to this movie they’re no longer considered the worst of SpongeBob.

[@nickthebabba7767]

“House Fancy” sounds like a song J Cole would make

[@WobblesandBean]

You....LIKED the splinter? Euuugggh. Brother, euuuggh.

[@TheDigitalApple]

@@WobblesandBeanyes cause apparently the cartoon community/everyone on KZbin from 2008-2012 gets sick very easily and said it was gross.

[@WobblesandBean]

​@@TheDigitalApple Dude, that isn't the flex you think it is.

[@AJedits65]

@@WobblesandBeanno I liked the splitter to as a kid but house fancy nah that’s some bad taste only good this is that squidward win in the end lol

[@MoostachedSaiyanPrince]

14:36 - If I had a nickel for each time today I've randomly come across the "Stupid Sexy Flanders" joke, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it's happened twice.

[@claytonrios1]

I'm glad you pointed out how unfocused SpongeBob was after the original creator left. Even as a fan of SpongeBob as a kid I could notice a lack of direction and an inability to commit to the ideas that the writers tried to go for.

[@BronzeCat1]

The backstory scene in pretty much every scene involving the main villain gave me flashbacks to this weird movie that was kids as superheroes and it was a spin-off of sharkboy and lavagirl. The entirety of the villain and anything, including her, had the production quality of a sharkboy and lava girl movie

[@Leo3856]

Sure they made her scientific interest more prominent in season 4, but the episodes centered around that like Chimps Ahoy, SquidBob TentaclePants, and Squidtastic Voyage. But were they bad episodes? I don’t really think so, as they made for interesting plots and stories.

[@chairsilla]

I mean those 3 episodes are either F, E or D-tier episodes

[@Zaden_KT]

With SpongeBob, I just say there are two versions; - Hilgenberg's SpongeBob: Season 1 to 3 + the movie. - Nick's SpongeBob: Whatever they are doing after that. That way I just don't feel disappointed or surprised on how low the franchise has gone (and keep going), while also ignoring the retcons and tone-shifts the company keeps wanting to push.

[@TheMagicalMudkip2]

Season 4 was goated tbf

[@PikaStarsStudio]

No don’t compare season 4 to season 5-onward that is completely not true season 4 belongs with the OG series you can’t tell me that have you seen this snail, wishing well, krusty towers, new leaf and many more episodes don’t feel like classic SpongeBob. Season 5-onward this statement is true spongebob season 4 try to have heart of the OG series while season 5-onward main joke is gross out humor showing their skins, dark jokes that don’t feel like spongebob like planton wanting to die or the joke squidward wanting to die in are you happy now. Season 4 doesn’t act anywhere close to season 5 and onwards hell even with out of character moments SpongeBob or Patrick will admit what they did was wrong in later seasons they don’t care if squidward is in pain such as great examples pat sitter pat where patrick wanted to burn gary!? Or choir boys where SpongeBob told squidward to shut up when jellyfishes are stinging him. You can’t compare season 4 to later seasons cause season 4 spongebob acts completely different to season 5-onward. Spongebob in season 4 would not blame gary for hurting someone the fact spongebob care about gary when he ran away and spend all day even skipping work/depression just to find gary while season 6 spongebob seeing gary being hurt from puffy fluffy and blames him for no reason.

[@BobBillies]

Wanda Sykes looks like a randomly generated character from a video game with the blue hair, blue eyeshadow and dark blue lipstick

[@masterjoda999]

Oh, Spengbeb knows exactly what will happen on that roller coaster ride, he cheers because he welcomes death at this point.

[@danayar3925]

I think most of the Netflix kids' content since the beginning of this decade feel like it's either appealing exclusively to a pre-school audience or the writers of these shows and movies don't how to write more consistent stories that everbody would follow. All of their recent serialized shows, such as MLP: Make Your Mark and Sonic Prime, felt like not even the characters were keeping up with the plot and nothing mattered until either the season premieres or finales.

[@sharkjumpingwalrus6744]

I would argue that that death, or the franchise ending would be a good thing to most franchises. A show ending on a high note is better than being dragged out like some clingy Dr. Frankenstein won't stop trying to inject more life to a dying show. That's what drama queens forget about shows that get dragged out like this. It's less dying then it is being dragged too thin, like butter on too much bread. Granted "Dead to me" is an expression that they might be trying to invoke. In which someone does something so awful that the people related to that person no longer want anything to do with them, and treat that relationship ending as final as death.

[@burgerpocalypse]

they RUINED sandys iconic purple and green bikini swimsuit, it was the glue holding the franchise together

[@juicebox7372]

Yeah, this new one is just kinda hard to look at (not like in an ugly way, but like it's actually hurting my eyes, and I don't know why.)

[@stopmotionadventures4812]

The fact that the plankton movie was ALSO leaked and is HEAPS better is INSANE, it just shows the different teams working on SpongeBob...

[@counterhitasmr9196]

Why is this movie's animation so uncanny

[@eatatjoes6751]

Because Sandy looks like a mutated Wallace.

[@Randomlad.0737]

It seems like Ai generated

[@ZIGAG1999]

Let's just be honest real quick. Spongebob as a show died when Stephen Hillenberg died.

[@jackpijjin4088]

Hillenberg's brief return was akin to terminal lucidity. Not many shows get that, and it was a "sign of hope", but unfortunately it was brief and here we are around the grave of something that we had already lost hope for long ago.

[@alinthenarrowgauge6814]

And the Plankton movie's bout to be the revival. (hopefully)

[@EnderBoy_11]

The only way it could be any worse is if SpongeBob molests children

[@larrylaffer3246]

Sponge On The Run and Camp Coral were merely just the the wounding shots of the SpongeBob Franchise, The Sandy Cheek's Movie was the final shot which killed it off for good. As AVGN would say it's the "Shit Caked Baby Wipe That Broke The Septic Tank".

[@e1iteyoshi998]

The biggest issue Sponge on the Run was that it was promo fodder for Camp Koral.

[@larrylaffer3246]

@@e1iteyoshi998 Pretty much a pseudo backdoor pilot of sorts.

[@maravreloaded]

Sponge out of Water is a great movie wtf you mean

[@larrylaffer3246]

@@maravreloaded Doh! Yeah looking at the comment now, I meant to put Sponge on The Run there instead. You're probably the 1st to catch it and/or correct me on it so good on you.

[@mechajay3358]

0:59 South Park hasn't "died." That show still puts out some solid episodes/specials every now and then.

[@DonVhanDude]

trey parker and matt stone are on contract with paramount right now to make 2 specials a year, so yeah, id say south park isnt dead, just on restriction. but hey, they prolly making big bucks for it.

[@Sibaspapu]

family guy does too, 500 garbage episodes and a solid episode

[@ChillaxingJay]

I legitimately enjoy the mordern South Park episodes and they can still make me laugh as much as classic SP episodes do. I think it's because Matt and Trey are still at the helm and have enough pride in their work to not make South Park a soulless product. I can watch a modern South Park episode and enjoy it, but I can't say that about Family Guy or SpongeBob.

[@yonderjam]

wow. texas sure is magical. (sniffs the film's quality).

[@Loggodover]

1:04 "If something dies does it kinda die first? No it's alive, then it's dead. Simple as that" -treatsforbeasts

[@Retrosparks]

Even something as simple as the title is terrible. “Saving bikini bottom” really? Was the staff so bored out of their minds they couldn’t even come up with a decent name? That’s like naming your movie, ‘saving green hill zone: the marine the raccoon movie’

[@matthewgillis2617]

No! Marine sucks! Keep her on that island in Blaze's dimension!

[@JonathanLopez-fs5lt]

Damn he really kept his word about uploading

[@entertainmentpowerfuchs5744]

This is a Low Point for the SpongeBob franchise. This is on a level with Megamind 2.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

Megamind 2 is still worse.

[@HawkknightXC88]

Sometimes I wished that Megamind 2 didn't even exist because there was no point in it after very first movie.

[@e1iteyoshi998]

@@HawkknightXC88 And ironically it was made by the same people who made the first one. But you can tell this movie felt very corporate both in the movie and the tv show which is even worse.

[@koichidignitythief7429]

Again.

[@Manny4Life948]

@@e1iteyoshi998 in terms of quality, yes, but both of them are on par with destroying what made the original movie/show so good

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

If only Stephen Hillenburg (rest in peace) was still here with us today.

[@jojomond7828]

8:24 the thing i find so interesting is whenever people use ned Flanders the guy the term named after i always see people say completely different answers as to what he's become Like there's your's where you said he's just jesus Christ but ive also seen people say he just become the no fun crazy Christians while ive also seen people call him just the neighbor Its like people agreed he became a one note character but nobody agrees on what his personality is now

[@BlazingCyberKnight95]

If I had a nickel for every time a SpongeBob movie that was supposed to be released on Netflix but was leaked very early, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird it happened twice.

[@Caitmonster]

I think people are confusing a show "dying" with the phrase "jumping the shark".

[@ClassicInkStudios]

“Remember it not for what killed it. . . But what gave it life. . .” Also there’s a plankton movie, don’t know what’s happening with it but when it was leaked and compared to the sandy move, it was much better. . .

[@kopenpurnamasari3300]

IF ONLY THEY MADE A MOVIE ABOUT SQUIDWARD,LITERAL GOLD MINE😭😭

[@stardestroyer81]

The fact that Sandy and even Plankton got films before Squidward. Not saying either are undeserving of films, but like... c'mon

[@MajureArulnesan5959]

Yep, you heard me folks. We did treat Sponge on the Run badly. This movie made Sponge on the Run looks like a masterpiece!

[@CaptainRillaboomArmenia]

THAT THUMBNAIL THOUGH-

[@skird7590]

this is squidward here. the reason why spongebob was weird in this movie is because he smoked too much crack. i hope you understand and thank you.

[@annaplaysandsings]

I completely understand, but what's the excuse for Sandy?

[@montanajackson3713]

Now if you want a real Sandy cheeks movie, Here’s how it would go: First, Have it be an origin story about her life before bikini bottom. How she grew up, got into science, and ultimately deciding to leave her family in order to study marine biology. Next, no retcons. Like don’t have her be a flying squirrel and her sister Rosie should still be older than her. Also, no weird fetishes like pool tickling, kissing a mutant fish or liking the smell of animal dung. For new characters, i would suggest bringing back the three chimp bosses from chimps ahoy as we see Sandy meeting them for the first time and after some time they decide to hire her. Plus the return of sandy’s old karate teacher, who she also first meets at some point and he begins to teach her karate. And the villains would not be a bunch of mediocre human scientists, but instead be the actual Dirty Dan and Pinhead Larry as mentioned in survival of the idiots. For their species, Dan is a pig and Larry is a porcupine. But they would be secondary antagonists as they are part of a gang led by a much bigger threat. And picture this as the final scene: we see Sandy settling in her tree dome, she heads out to explore the local area, and ends up getting into a fight with a giant clam. and as she slowly pries the clam jaws open, we see some light shining from above where she looks up and spots SpongeBob. And the film ends from there. So yeah, this is how you make a real Sandy movie. No disgusting fetishes that were documented on “Quiet on the set”, no annoying SpongeBob antics, no live action scenes, no retcons, etc.

[@guythatgames9045]

This isn’t Saving The Bikini Bottom: A Sandy Cheek Movie, This is… Saving No ones Sanity: An Asscheeks Movie

[@KaizerTheFightingDemon]

You know it's REALLY BAD when he say "LOSING HIS SH*T" it shows.

[@pptemplar5840]

Simpsons didn't "die" Qs long as you consider slowly having your body taken over by those snail zombie parasites in a way that maintains your necessary viatal functions allowing you to shamble around as a counterfeit copy of your former self, being alive.