30 Years Later

30 years later is a movie created, written, and developed by Locknloaded23. It aired on Formula Studios and it is produced by Patty Productions and Formula Films. The film was released on July 25th, 2020.
== Cast ==
==== 2034 Bikini Bottomites ====
* Xander
* Old Man
* Krabs (mentioned)
* SpongeBob (mentioned)
* Plankton (mentioned)
== Plot ==
An archaeologist named Xander stumbles upon an old Plankton statue while hunting for an old buried treasure.
== Transcript ==
It is a beautiful, brisk morning in 2034 Bikini Bottom. The scallops sing their song and bottomites are walking out of their houses and going to work. The Krusty Krab is now a huge, dominant company and empire, with multiple restaurants spread all across town, with over 1 million customers served, meanwhile The Chum Bucket no longer existed. All the neighbors greet each other as they walk around and grab their newspapers with cups of coffee in their hands. The scallops continue singing and stop and fly away. In the bedroom of one resident's house, the clock beeps as it changes to 7:00 AM, and a purple fish hand turns off the clock. The fish, named Xander, rises from bed, and gives a long yawn, looking out the window, saying "time for another beautiful day," hopping out of bed.
Xander is an archaeologist who specializes in ancient civilizations, publishing numerous books about destroyed civilizations, but none became best sellers, but Xander didn't care. Xander gets up and gets dressed, putting on his archaeologist hat, coat, and gear. "Today is the day," Xander says, "today is the day i finally find the lost treasure of the ancient Maldern civilization!" Xander grabs a map on his wall that marks the treasure and says "i have been looking for it for 3 years with no success. I think I've finally pin-pointed its location!" Xander puts on his hiking boots and grabs a can of food for his pet snail. "I'll see you later, Buddy," Xander says, "I'm going treasure hunting!" Xander runs out the door as his snail begins eating.
Xander wanders around, reading his map. "If I'm not mistaken," he says, "i should be near the Maldern ruins. Xander looks up and sees he's in the middle of nowhere. "OH FOR NEPTUNE'S SAKE," he says, "I WAS WRONG AGAIN!" Xander crumbles his map in anger and throws it to the ground. "I suppose i should keep looking for now," Xander says, picking the crumbled map up and shoving it in his pocket. Xander drinks from his canteen and begins walking. Xander gets hopelessly lost and says "i should start heading back." Xander turns around, but then he turns back around when he saw something that caught his eye. "Hey," he says, "what's that gray thing doing over there," and begins walking towards it. Xander gets close enough to make out that it's a plankton statue. "How long has this been here," Xander asks, "it looks decades old!" Xander scans the environment to see if any other statues are there, but he finds nothing. Xander is intrigued by this strange statue, and says "this thing looks like it's from an ancient civilization!"
The statue itself is in terrible condition, as its right arm is gone, it's covered in cracks and moss, and a chunk of its top part is missing. Xander tries to brainstorm what civilization this statue couldve come from, but draws multiple blanks. "This isnt any ancient civilization I know of," says Xander, "and I know all of em!" Xander stares at the statue pondering. "I may need to ask the history museums," Xander says, and he marks the statue on a map and walks back to Bikini Bottom. However, everybody he asks says they dont know what the Plankton statue could mean, or what ancient civilization couldve built it. 
Xander walks out the museum dissapointed. Xander, storming down the street angrily, says to himself "i guess the only way to solve this mystery is to investigate it myself." Xander packs his bags and walks towards the mysterious statue. Back at the statue, Xander makes sure to study it real carefully to see if he missed anything. He finds nothing, and says "what if i wiped the moss off," wiping the moss off, still turning up nothing. Xander had a deep sigh, but then says "maybe there are more of these statues around," packing up his bag and starts walking to find more of them. Xander walks for a short while until he sees a large metal "2" poking out of the sand. "Hey," Xander says, "what's that doing there?" Xander goes up to the 2 and notices a wooden structure barely poking out from the ground. "Better refer to the books," he says, flipping through his book. He finds a page that catches his eye, a page about the fabled "Krusty Krab 2" restaurant.
Xander says "i thought that place was just an old myth," and continues reading. He reads that the Krusty Krab 2 was a commercial failure, as it didn't make enough money to continue staying up, plus 2 old fish had heart attacks after eating the "Krabby Patty 2," making the locals think it was cursed. Eventually, the restaurant was closed down and was never demolished, so it was left to rot in the sand. "Wow," Xander says, "I can't believe i found this! And i can't believe no one else has found this!" Xander quickly digs through his bag looking for his camera and takes a picture of the 2. "I'll have to give this to the museum," Xander says, putting the photo in his bag. Xander decides to look around some more to see if he could find any other old landmarks.
However, he then sees something he never expected to see…
An ancient stone pyramid.
Xander is amazed when he sees the giant pyramid rotting to the sands of time. There are 2 pillars in front of it, both being faded and reading "PLANKTOPOLIS." Xander throws his bag on the ground and pulls out a large collection of books about ancient civilizations. He flips through every single one to find "PLANKTOPOLIS" but can't find any mention of it, and to make sure he flips through them all again. Xander is very confused, as he figures there must be at least one mention of this civilization. "This just isn't right," he says, frustrated, "why can't i find any mention of this damn civilization?!" Xander lets out a long sigh as he puts his books back, but as he's doing this he finds a piece of paper sticking out of the sand. He grabs it and it's a whole page about Planktopolis! 
The bottom of the page reads in big red text "NOTE: DESTROY THIS PAGE!" Unfortunately most of the text has faded away and a large chunk of the page is missing. Xander doesnt care, however, and outs the page in his bag and goes to investigate the pyramid. Xander looks for an opening and eventually finds one in the front, quickly jumping inside it. Inside the pyramid, there are large, destroyed banners depicting fish with buckets on their heads, a large eyeball, one of the plankton statues, and a frozen crab. "This place is giving me major chills," Xander comments. Then, Xander sees something odd: a large sign behind the pedestal saying "THE SECRET FORMULA," but the pedestal is empty. Xander notices there is text carved on the pedestal. Xandee puts on his glasses and begins reading. The pedestal reads:
"IN NOV 2004, OUR RULER STOLE NEPTUNE'S CROWN, CAUSING KRABS TO BE FROZEN. OUR RULER MADE BUCKET HELMETS AND ENSLAVED ALL OF BIKINI BOTTOM, WHICH WAS KNOWN AS 'PLAN Z' BY OUR ALL-KNOWING RULER, SHELDON J PLANKTON. KRABS WILL FRY!" Xander reads this in confusion. "What the heck," he says, "who the heck is Plankton?" Xander gazes around the pyramid looking for contextual clues but comes up empty-handed. Xander is writing about the stuff he found in his notebook so he can research all of it later. Xander takes a few more quick glances at all the stuff in the pyramid and jots down multiple notes about them so he doesn't forget them later.
Xander steps out of the pyramid, but then realises he can't just go to research without at least taking one picture of it. Xander digs through his bag to find his camera. He digs it, pulls it out, and slowly walks backwards so most of the pyramid is in frame, when suddenly, he trips on something in the sand. "Owwwww," he says, "what the heck did i trip over?" Xander looks and sees an unusual gray object poking out of the ground. Xander digs it up and "CB" is painted on it in big red letters. "What the heck is this doing here," he asks. Xander then notices something else: there were buckets like that poking out everywhere! Xander says "why are there so many of these things," but most of them were shattered into multiple pieces. After some searching, he finds a bucket helmet that wasn't shattered, and stuffs it in his bag. "I tell ya," he says, "this empire gets weirder and weirder by the second," trekking home to start doing research.
At Home, Xander spends several days and weeks researching and reading every book he has to find out any info he can on this civilization. First he pulls a book about ancient empires off his shelf, starts flipping, and puts it back when he can't find anything. He continues studying every book he has until a month has passed. After a month, Xander looks unkempt and has grown a big beard. "I can't continue this," Xander says, bummed, "I cannot find anything on this old civilization."
Suddenly, Xander remembers the piece of paper in his backpack and quickly grabs it out. Xander begins reading. "According to this paper," he says, "this old civilization was prominent in 2004." Xander notices an illustration of citizens wearing bucket helmets identical to the one he found constructing a huge plankton statue, again identical to the one he found. "This is incredible," Xander comments. Xander's eye moves towards the bottom of the page, where giant red letters read "NOTE: DESTROY THIS PAGE!" Xander's eye then moves towards an illustration at the left of the page, depicting a yellow citizen playing a purple guitar. "What the heck does this have to do with anything," Xander asks. He starts to ponder it for a bit and comes to a conclusion, saying "well, if it's here, it must be important. I wonder who this yellow guy is? Maybe i could ask around town, someone might know." Xander grabs the page and rushes out the door.
Xander goes asking around town for help. After a few hours of no success, Xander gives up, when an old man stops him. "Hey," he says, "I know who you're looking for." Xander is exciting when he hears this and says "where is he? And what ties does he have to Planktopolis?" "PLANKTOPOLIS," screams the old man, "I have not heard that name in 30 years!" "30 years," Xander asks. "Yep," says the Old Man, "30 years." Xander wants to hear more about this when the old man says "follow me," leading Xander away to Shady Shoals. Inside, they sit down on a couch and the old man says "Yep, Planktopolis was indeed an old empire, to answer your question." "But what was Plan Z? I read about it when I found an old Planktopian Pyramid," asks Xander. "Plan Z, eh," replies the old man, "I remember that. Plan Z was when Plankton stole Neptune's crown and blamed it on Krabs so he could get the Krabby Patty Formula. He did, and enslaved everyone with chum bucket bucket helmets!"
Upon hearing this, Xander digs through his backpack and pulls out a destroyed Bucket Helmet, asking "Is this one of the helmets?" The Old Man examines it and nods, saying "yep, that's one of them. A powerful musical wizard destroyed all of them with an awesome rock song." "Wait," Xander says, "is that the same guy as who I've been looking for?" "Yep," the old man confirms, "Spongebob SquarePants." Xander's jaw drops when he hears the name, since Spongebob is a legend among fry cooks. "Yep," the Old Man says, "that sure was an interesting 6 days." "But who's Plankton," asks Xander, and the old man explains everything about Plankton. "Plankton was sent to jail and then executed," he says, "but sadly, a few years ago Spongebob passed away. He was getting too old." 
Xander and the old man talk for hours until Xander says "thank you so much, old man! Ive finally found out everything about this old civilization I've spent days studying! Maybe, I could publish some sort of book about my findings!" "No problemo," the Old Man says, "oh, and by the way, call me Patrick. Patrick star." "Thank you, Patrick," Xander says, running out the door. "They don't make them like that anymore," Patrick says, taking a nap.
Xander, a few months later, publishes a book entitled "PLANKTOPOLIS: A FORGOTTEN MONARCHY," which becomes a best-seller. Xander wrote about Patrick in the book at the very end, and when Patrick reads it he sheds a small tear of joy. Xander goes on many sight-seeing tours, celebrity interviews, and more. Soon, Xander gets what he always wanted: recognition. Xander becomes a famous name among archaeologists, and Xander publishes even more books about even more old civilizations. Patrick looks out the window and sees Xander walking by, and when they both spot eachother they wave. Patrick takes a nap. 50 years later, Xander dies from a fatal heart attack but his name remains big for several years to come and he is given a statue in his honor, which many tourists go and see. Xander watches from the heavens with joy, as he walks into the Pearly Gates and the film ends.
== Production History ==
The project was first announced to the public early 2020, and all that was shown was the teaser, shown above. At the time, there was no other information about the project, and the plot remained unknown to the public.
For several months, no new info on the project was given, until it was teased in the very first SBFW Direct, but very little information was released, aside from a part of the plot.
However, the movie was cancelled mid 2020, as Lock did not have any motivation to continue the film. On June 28th, 2020, Lock restarted production on the film.
On June 29th, 2020, after the StarForce episode Krusty Krater was published, Lock put all her other projects on hiatus so he could focus all his energy on the film. On the same day she set the release date to July/August 2020.
On June 30th, 2020, Lock announced that the movie's writing phase has begun. Lock set the release date of the film to July 25th, 2020 that same day.
On July 3rd Lock said it was "most likely" that the release date would be shortened to July 18th. Later that month Lock said there was a possiblity that the film would be delayed or outright cancelled. Lock decided later that day to not cancel the film and tot try to get it done on time.
Writing for the film was completed July 22nd, 2020, and Lock confirmed that the film was not cancelled and that July 25th would be its official release date.
The film officially released July 25th, 2020.
== Planned/Cancelled Sequel ==
on August 14th, 2020, Lock announced that there would be a follow-up sequel to the film, titled "30 Years Later 2" (which was a temp title), and released a teaser for the film. However, on August 16th (2 days later), she cancelled the sequel entirely. No production on the sequel was made before it was cancelled, besides a teaser poster. 
== Trivia ==
* The film was meant to be a short spin-off before Lock decided to make it a film.
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