The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie IX: The Reckoning

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie IX: The Reckoning (also known as SpongeBob IX) is a 2040 live-action/animated hybrid film based off the SpongeBob SquarePants television series.
Following the mixed reviews of the previous movies, the possibility of a new SpongeBob movie seemed rather unlikely. Viacom searched for new directors for a potential sequel but none of them seemed interested, with the exception of Joel Schumacher, who wanted to make his final SpongeBob movie. After an entire year of hesitation from Viacom and countless nipples pictures sent to their mailbox, development on the film finally began in 2037 with Joel returning as a director since Resurrection.
This is the first movie to feature Ice Age characters as the main characters, following Ice Age buyout by Viacom in 2024 and its merger with the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise.
== Plot ==
When an alliance between Isunomia Almighty Harrias Ellafan (AHE) and George Clooney liberates Joel Schumacher from his spiritual prison, SpongeBob and Batman must form a team composed of new and old allies. Meanwhile, a herd of prehistoric animals Shrek and Donkey discovers a mysterious acorn-shaped time-machine.
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== Cast ==
* Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants, Patchy the Pirate, French Narrator
* Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star
* Rodger Bumpass as Squidward, Squog (flashback)
* Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs, Surtur (cameo)
* Mr. Lawrence as Potty the Parrot, Plankton, Fred
* Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy
* Charles Martinet as Wario, Waluigi
* Ben Affleck as Batman
* Shrek the Ogrelord as The Swamps' Conqueror
* Jon Jafari as JonTron
* Jason Gastrow as videogamedunkey
* Vinny Pizzapasta as himself
* George Clooney as himself
* Joel Schumacher as himself
* Val Kilmer as The Kilmbot 2.0
* Ben Schwartz as Isunomia Almighty Harrias Ellafan
* Ray Romano as Manny
* John Leguizamo as Sid 
* Dennis Leary as Diego
* Chris Wedge as Scrat
* Seann William Scott as Crash
* Josh Peck as Eddie, himself
* Carlos Alazraqui/David Lewis as Denzel Crocker
* Rob Paulsen as Carl Wheezer
* Jeffery Garcia as Sheen
* Mark DeCarlo as Hugh Neutron 
* Eric Bauza as Bugs Bunny, Foop
* Kevin James as Paul Blart
* Charles White as Cr1TiKaL
* Danny DeVito as WarioDeVito
* EMINƎM as WALUINƎM
* Nicolas Cage as William Afton/Springtrap The Mimic
* Jason Momoa as Aquaman
* Ray Fisher as Cyborg
* Zack Snyder as Superman
* Tom Holland as Overused Male Actor
* Dwayne Johnson as Annoying Orange
* Seth Rogen as Crewmates/Impostors
* Snoop Dogg as himself
* Keanu Reeves as Negative Chungus
* Kellen Goff as Glamrock Freddy
* Scott Wozniak as Scott the Woz
* J.J. Abrams as The MacGuffin
* Tara Strong as Timmy Turner, Twilight Sparkle
* Diddy Kong as NFT
* Will Smith as Rewind Man
* Joaquin Phoenix as Morbius
* Charlie Day as Karl Marx (flashback)
* David Hasselhoff as The Sun
* Taika Waititi as Korg, George Lucas
* Matt Reeves as Batcave Computer
* Garfield as Chris Pratt (uncredited)
* Not Adam West as Catman
* Jacob Batalon as Ned Leeds
== Production ==
Following SpongeBob IX's greenlight, Joel formed a group of the ""best"" movie writers he could find, including Zack Snyder, Christopher Nolan, Chris Terrio and Joss Whedon. Butch Hartman attempted to join the team but got kicked out of the studio when it turns out his script was just a glorified HobbyKids Adventures live-action movie. After countless sleepless nights, fights and Chris Pratt constantly protesting outside the studios everyday. The first draft of the script was completed in October 2038.
The main cast from the show reprised their roles alongside the cast from the Ice Age films, who play their first key role in the franchise since Viacom's buyout. Characters from previous movies also returned, such as Shrek, Wario (Charles Martinet) Batman (Ben Affleck), Isunomia (Ben Schwartz), David Hasselhoff and George Clooney. On September 13, 2039, JonTron, Dunkey, Vinesauce and Cr1TiKaL all announced through a YouTube livestream that they would be part of the movie cast.
Chris Pratt reportedly tried to get into the movie as SpongeBob, but was excluded from the project after a controversy related to "Ice Age: Ice Shake". Since then, he actively attempted to sabotage the movie's production through several means such as using a Garfield suit, breaking into the movie's first scene and killing Potty (this wasn't part of the script according to an anonymous employee), or launching balls of wool on the studio's windows (some sources said that they may, in fact, not have been made of yarn).
Grant Kirkhope returned to compose the soundtrack for the first time since The Great Regime, after being convinced that he was composing for a Banjo-Kazooie and Spyro crossover. Smash Mouth and Clancy Brown returned as well alongside Snoop Dogg for a brand new song titled "Everyday, I'm a Firework". Waluigi and JonTron provided the vocals for the song.
== Promotional Tie-Ins ==
The movie was first teased on Shrek's Twitter account. A picture of an onion was posted, surrounded by fireworks, Cloonbob costume and a menacing silhouette in the background, which turned out to be the Klimbot 2.0. The official Ice Age Twitter account quote-retweeted the image, saying "something's about to get WILD".
The first trailer was displayed at Comic Con 2039 and was meet with critical acclaim, with fans praising the return of Battle of the Fireworks characters and Waluigi's cover of "Little Dark Age". A QnA panel was held with Joel Schumacher, Zack Snyder, Oswarudo, Christopher Nolan and Chris Terrio. The panel abruptly ended after a person said that "The Great Regime was better than Resurrection", which prompted Joel to throw his chair towards them. It also didn't help that Butch Hartman was trying to hijack the stage for his new FOP and Bunsen reboot.
In order to promote SpongeBob IX, Paramount created NFTs of the main characters. However, 20 seconds after the announcement, it was meet with huge backlash from the fans and the actors themselves with Waluigi saying "No one should use Waluigi for their scams. Only WALUIGI can do that!" Following the controversy, Paramount apologized for this and added a scene mocking NFTs to the movie.
Kevin James helped advertise the movie by renaming himself "Paul Blart" and becoming an actual security chief officer at Paramount Pictures. This turned out to be a bad idea as Chris Pratt took this as an opportunity to vandalize the studio and reenacted Five Nights at Freddy's with the studio's cameras and by shutting down the building's power. "This was like Five Nights at Freddy's but with Garfield. You know, it was like... Five Nights at Garfield's amirite?" said Kevin James on the matter.
== DVD and Digital Release ==
The movie was released on Blue-Ray and DVD on March 24, 2040, under the name "SpongeBob IX : Clooney's Retribution: Funky Kong Edition". It features a teaser for Butch Hartman's fifth Fairly Odd Parents reboot, Cr1TiKaL's review of the film, the "Alien Cats" cut of Sponge on the Run, a code to download Shrek for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, and the entire Patchy Begins movie as an extra. The movie was released digitally on Netflix and Paramount Plus a year later, on June 5, 2041.
== Reception ==
SpongeBob IX is considered as one of the greatest movies of all time, with critics and fans alike citing the film's visual, writing and cast being the movie' strongest points.
"SpongeBob IX is possibly Schumacher's finest work and the best entry in the series, featuring memorable SpongeBob characters such as Sid and Aquaman." - Rotten Tomatoes, 99%
"Needs more cameos." - The Russo Brothers
"Wholesome 100" - r/movies
"why" - Random user on Letterboxd
"AMAZING!!!" - Rube
"This is the greatest piece of entertainment of All Time" - Cr1TiKaL
"WATCH GARFIELD VS MARIO 3: REVOLUTION !" - <S>Chris Pratt
 Garfield
"A worthy sequel to the greatest trilogy of all time." - BubbleBud
==Trivia==
*This movie is a prequel to Patchy Begins, as Potty is still alive at the beginning.
* Jervis Tech from Battle of the Fireworks was planned to appear in this movie. He was cut because the actor who played him, Adam Sandler, prefered to work on a sequel to the Pac-Man live action movie instead.
*This is the first SpongeBob movie that Arnold Schwarzenegger would edit as the previous editor left in panic after hearing that Joel returned to direct the film. Arnold Schwarzenegger would end up editing every SpongeBob movies starting forwards.
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