PJ Masks: The Movie

PJ Masks: The Movie is a 2021 slasher horror film based on the computer-animated preschool TV series "PJ Masks" created by Romuald Racioppo.

## Poster

The poster shows Gekko holding a bloody axe, Owlette with half of her robotic face and her robotic right arm exposed, Catboy with sharp teeth and holding a bloody mallet, and PJ Robot remaining unchanged.

*It's time to be a killer hero!* - Tangline

## Plot

SpongeBob SquarePants is a huge fan of *PJ Masks*, a successful children's television series featuring four animatronic characters — Owlette, Gekko, Catboy and PJ Robot — and their co-star Newton Star. For his birthday, SpongeBob goes with his friends to a live taping of the show.

Motsuki, the new vice president of programming, informs the show's producer Octobella that the show is being canceled: this will be the final recording. A drunk Newton tells the PJ Masks while revealing his hatred for them. The characters' settings go haywire, with Gekko kidnapping Motsuki, and Catboy stabbing a lollipop into Newton's throat, killing him.

Outside the studio, Sandy learns that Squidward has been planning to escape. PJ Robot afterwards chases and runs over Squidward with one of the PJ Buggies. Meanwhile, super fan Larry explore around the studio and doing a streaming, but Owlette murders Larry, sawing him in half. When she tries to go from the place, she hears SpongeBob and Patrick trying to find PJ Robot and takes them to the backstage where the characters were built, trapping them with aspiring young performer Pearl, who was kidnapped by Gekko after Catboy burned her father Mr. Krabs' face when they were searching for Octobella and Motsuki for an audition.

Sandy, Luna Girl the page, and Octobella learn about the PJ Masks' carnage when they find a seriously injured Mr. Krabs and Squidward (who survived his previous encounter with PJ Robot). While Sandy and Squidward are looking for the kids, Squidward gets attacked by Gekko, but Sandy manages to defeat him. After that, they find Larry's corpse. Backstage, SpongeBob, Patrick and Pearl meet Romeo, the guy responsible for the PJ Masks' creation, and beg him to let them out. Catboy comes dragging Gekko, causing Romeo to get distracted; the kids are able to escape and lock him in his own cell while fleeing. In her office, Luna Girl discovers that all phones have been destroyed. At the same time, Octobella and Mr. Krabs are captured by Owlette and Catboy, who force them to participate in an obstacle course from the show to escape, but when they reach the end, they are killed by Owlette and Catboy.

While looking for a way out, SpongeBob, Patrick and Pearl come across PJ Robot. SpongeBob attempts to convince him to help them, and PJ Robot redeems himself. Sandy, Squidward and Luna Gir arrive at the backstage to ask Romeo how to stop the PJ Masks. He doesn't provide any information, but the group hear music coming from a hatch in the floor. Everyone goes down, but Gekko suddenly reactivates and kills Romeo. Underground, the group find a pile of all the audience members and studio's staff corpses, and that Owlette and Catboy have been entertaining chained and crying children with violent and gruesome things, such as burning Newtons dead corpse and brutally ripping Motsuki's limbs off.

PJ Robot arrives and chains SpongeBob, Patrick and Pearl with the other kids. He secretly gives SpongeBob the keys to the chains to free them. Pearl guides all the kids to the exit while Sandy, Squidward and SpongeBob manage to kill Owlette and Catboy. They run towards Luna Girl and Patrick to reunite with each other, only to be cornered by Gekko. PJ Robot appears and has a fight with him, but Gekko overtakes him and rips out his heart. However, PJ Robot is able to crush Gekko's head, killing him. A tearful SpongeBob comforts PJ Robot by telling him that he will always be his favorite character, before he dies.

As the police arrive to attend survivors, Patrick and Luna Girl start a romantic relationship, and the police take the PJ Masks' remains in a truck. While the driver drives, Owlette is seen reactivating and then laughing maniacally.