The Atlantis Movie The Atlantis Movie is a CGI ( computer generated imagery ) television film based upon the Atlantis line of products . Within a duration of twenty - one minutes the film features the Atlantis theme with most of its characters , vehicles , artifacts , and creatures rounded up by a compact storyline . Plot . Part one . The movie opens up on the Neptune Carrier with Dr . Jeff Fisher talking to Professor Sam Rhodes about a fish he claims exists but no one has been able to find it . After the crew is gathered ( which required awaking first mate Lance Spears ) , Samantha begins to explain their mission . Part two . Samantha discusses how a vanished sea station built for a theory of hers that the mythical city of Atlantis existed , was swallowed up by the sea . She then presents a triangular prism she claims is the map to Atlantis , but the Captain Ace Speedman refuses to help look , persisting that they are a salvage mission that just picks up as much treasure as they can . Before Samantha can convince him , however , the ship makes contact with a Monster Crab that sends their ship plummeting to the ocean floor . Upon discovering a sub from the lost sea station , the Captain goes on a scuba mission to deal with the crab . After locking the crab in a cage , the Captain discovers a crystal on the sea floor and retrieves it . After Lance ' s failure to fix the cable , the ship goes off a cliff . Part three . The ship plumets into an underwater volcano , but makes its way through the deep , subterranean lava tunnels into a depth thought not to exist . Excitedly , Samantha says that once all the crystals were found , the location of Atlantis will be clear . Observing the damage made to their current sub , the team quickly builds new ones , the Typhoon Turbo Sub and the Seabed Scavenger with which to find the crystals . The two newly built subs , the Captain ' s personal vehicle , the Wreck Raider , and Lance in the diving suit alongside move out , but not before a strange , green , octopus - like creature decides to follow . Part four . The convoy of submarines go deep within the ocean , but Samantha stops them upon the discovery of the mysterious squid temple . The divers are soon met by many , red Squid warrior s , and Fish suggests to let them know the divers mean no harm . To her horror , Samantha reads a sign on the temple warning those who enter , and so after taking a few photographs of the Squids , Fish swims away . After a brief respite , the crew is met by a Giant Squid . Thinking quickly , they are able to tangle the squid ' s tentacles in holes in the rock , and the second crystal is discovered . The subs soon see odd things moving in the sand , which Fish says are Manta Ray s and completely harmless . However , as Manta Warrior s begin to gather , Lance begins to think twice about this statement . Part five . The Manta Warriors continue to surround the submarines , but they suddenly disperse . Lance credits this to his Kung Fu , but they soon discover it is because of a much bigger threat : an enormous black shark . After a few attempts to get rid of the shark fail , Lance finally defeats him by sending a dummy diver ( which is an air tank with a helmet ) to lure him away . When the shark eats the fake diver as is about to eat Lance when the creature burps and suddenly inflates with air . The shark begins to fart and then float away . The third crystal is found , but just as the Captain picks it up , a Manta Warrior erupts from the sand and takes it from him . The Captain goes after the Manta Warrior on his own in the Wreck Raider , but the rest of the crew finds him ( with the crystal ) using the tracking device that all vehicles have . Unfortunately , their happiness is ended abruptly when Shark Warrior s start coming out of a large , stone shark - like entrance to a mysterious structure . The crew gets many tridents and wedge them in the throttle lever causing their vehicles to drive away , followed closely by the swarming Shark Warriors . Part six . After hiding from the sharks in the sand , Samantha sees the last crystal , but is disappointed when there is no Atlantis . After some reassurance from the Captain , Samantha learns that crystals are the keys to Atlantis , and she inserts them in the correct places on the portal . After all the keys are placed , Fish discovers one is still missing , but that problem is solved when the triangle unfolds to reveal the final key . When this key is placed , the ocean begins to shake and rumble , and the stone shark statues on either side of the Portal become alive . A Portal forms between all the keys , and the crew decides to built a rocket out of the Wreck Raider using their oxygen tanks to get past the newly - created sharks . They rocket into the portal , and the large , beautiful , golden city of Atlantis awaits for them on the other side . In the following newspaper articles , it is seen that Fish discovers the fish he was looking for , Samantha Rhodes becomes part of the crew , and the salvage crew are heroes ! Background . In Germany the film was premiered on January 24 , 2010 on the channel " Super RTL " . The German version with title " Atlantis - Suche nach der versunkenen Stadt " ( Engl . : " " Atlantis - Quest for the Lost City " " ) is fully synchronized and has about 21 min . running time . The film was first teased in the German 2010 consumer catalog released in December 2009 . According to the January edition of the German LEGO Club Magazine , the film would be shown again in March and September 2010 on the same channel . In America the film was featured on the Canadian channel " Teletoon " on February 13 , 2010 . This was first confirmed in the January edition of the American LEGO Magazine . A shorter version of the original film can be watched in 3D ( using glasses from the January edition of the LEGO Club Magazine ) on the official LEGO Atlantis website - Movie section . It was also featured as a bonus movie on the DVD .