The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

***The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie*** is a 2021 American 90-hour long horror television film written by Sean Bishop and directed by Gary Trousdale. A horror slasher film with the remaining of the Nickelodeon's animated children's TV show, *SpongeBob SquarePants*, the film follows a family attending a live taping of the aforementioned show and trying to survive when the titular characters go haywire upon learning of their show's cancellation, starting a killing spree around the studio. The film will be aired on October 9, 2021 on Comedy Central for the Halloween event.

## Poster

The theatrical poster shows SpongeBob with black scars on his face, his robotic right eye exposed and holding a bloody axe, Mr. Krabs with his right eye missing and his robotic right arm exposed, Patrick with glowing red eyes, his hands covered in blood and holding a bloody hammer, and Squidward remaining unchanged.

*A gory sponge on the run -* Tangline

## Plot

An 8-year-old boy named Billy and his family went to Nickelodeon Studios to see the live taping of SpongeBob SquarePants, unaware that the robotic characters have learned they're going to be thrown out because of their cancelled show. As the virus body count rises, Billy, his parents, brother and their friends must escape SpongeBob SquarePants and his friends or to be doomed to get die.

## Summary

Billy is a huge fan of *SpongeBob SquarePants*, a successful children's TV show featuring four animatronic characters —SpongeBob, Mr. Krabs, Patrick, and Squidward— along with their human co-star Jason, who dress as Plankton. As a surprise birthday present, his parents Lily and Ryan take him with his step-brother Jonathan and his classmate Sucy to a live taping of the show at Nickelodeon Studios. Upon arrival, the family meet several audience and staff members, including show hostess Sam and her assistant John, fan couple Tyler and Monny, aspiring young performer Miranda with her father Bruno, and security guard Gorby.

As the taping is getting ready, the studio's new vice president of programming, Carlton, informs show's producer Lucy that he is cancelling the show after the recording as it does not go with his network's vision. The animatronics' new software updates malfunction after Patrick overhears this through a drunken Jason, with Mr. Krabs and Squidward kidnapping Carlton while Patrick kills Jason by thrusting a prop lollipop down his throat. Outside, Lily learns that Ryan has been cheating on her with another woman. When she returns to the studio, Ryan finds Gorby's decapitated corpse and is then chased and run over by Squidward.

Meanwhile, Monny accepts Tyler's marriage proposal while live streaming the backstage before SpongeBob arrives and murders Tyler by sawing him in half. SpongeBob leaves Monny after he hears Billy and Sucy looking for Squidward, taking them to the workshop. He traps them with Miranda, who Mr. Krabs kidnapped while Patrick burned Bruno's face as they were searching Carlton for an audition. The remaining survivors learn about the animatronics' carnage after finding a seriously-injured Bruno. Sam finds all phones disconnected and the confiscated cell phones destroyed while Lily manages to subdue Mr. Krabs before she and Jonathan find Monny and convince her to join them.

At the same time, Lucy and Bruno are forced to participate in the show's obstacle course until SpongeBob stabs Bruno to death in the back with a key while Lucy completes the course, only for Patrick to smash her face with a hammer. Billy, Sucy, and Miranda meet the animatronics' creator Stephen Hillenburg, who considers his animatronics' actions justified by the show's cancellation and conflicts over freeing the kids. Patrick brings Mr. Krabs for repair, causing Stephen Hillenburg to get distracted enough for the kids to escape and lock him in the cell. While looking for a way out, Billy, Sucy, and Miranda come across Squidward and convince him to help them.

Lily, Jonathan, Sam, and Monny arrive at the workshop to ask Stephen Hillenburg how to stop the animatronics but he does not provide any information. The group hear music coming from a hatch in the floor and go down. However, Monny notices the mask of an unused fifth animatronic named "Sandy". Losing her sanity, she puts on parts of the costume and kills Stephen Hillenburg as revenge for Tyler's death. Finding the underground passage littered with the corpses of John, the studio's staff, and the adult audience members, the group find SpongeBob and Patrick holding all children hostage while performing gruesome variants of their acts, like burning Jason's corpse and brutally murdering Carlton by ripping his limbs off.

Squidward arrives and chains Billy, Sucy, and Miranda, but secretly gives Billy the keys to free them. While Lily and Jonathan manage to kill both SpongeBob and Patrick, Miranda guides all the kids to the exit. Lily, Jonathan, and Billy meet up with Sam and Sucy before being cornered by Mr. Krabs. Suddenly, Squidward appears and attacks Mr. Krabs, killing him before dying from critical damage sustained on the fight. As the police and paramedics arrive to attend survivors, Jonathan and Sam start a relationship while Lily punches a heavily-injured Ryan, demanding a divorce. Left behind on the parking lot, Ryan is run over again, this time being killed by a now-insane Monny with the animatronics' remains in the back of the vehicle. While she drives and sings *SpongeBob SquarePants* theme song, SpongeBob reactivates and laughs maniacally.

## Tropes

Token Good Teammate: Squidward, he even fights off Mr. Krabs in the final battle.

Dark Reprise: A slowed down version of “the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song” plays during the trailer.

## Trailer

(It starts with the the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song)

Billy: (Watching SpongeBob SquarePants while dancing to the music) I really love it!

(Billy blows out his candles on the birthday cake)

Lily: Happy birthday sweetheart! We....

Ryan: Are going to.... SpongeBob SquarePants!

Billy: (Gasps for joy)

(It cuts to Nickelodeon Studios at night)

Gorby: Sometimes at night.... I see the SpongeBob and his friends riding around In their little cars... Laughing and singing....

Sam: Who's excited to see SpongeBob and his friends?

(The audience cheers as Patrick and Mr. Krabs spin a wheel)

Audience: ROCK OUT! ROCK OUT!

(Cuts to Carlton telling Lucy that he is cancelling the TV show)

Carlton: Lucy, I'm cancelling the show.

Lucy: What?!

(SpongeBob then ominously shows up)

Patrick: Hey kids! Put on your ha-happiests faces... because the SpongeBob SquarePants show... (His eyes turn red) is about to begin.

(A distorted version of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song plays)

Narrator: The show...

Lily: Where are the children?

Jonathan: Mom, get out of here!

(Squidward holds out his hand to Billy)

Mr. Krabs: Time's almost up!

(SpongeBob strangles Lucy and Patrick swings a hammer)

Narrator: Must go on.

(Patrick throws fire)

Ryan: WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!

(It cuts SpongeBob locking Tyler in a magic box)

Monny: TYLER, PLEASE!

Tyler: LET ME OUUUUUT!

(SpongeBob cuts the magic box in 2 with a saw)

Patrick: Now the show can go on forever, ever and ever!

(Spongebob shows his face with black scars and his robotic right eye exposed)

Lily: Come on you fucking son of a...

(The screen cuts to black and shows Squidward walking with Billy)

Lily: I just really want your brother's birthday to be perfect.

(It shows Carlton screaming, dead bodies, SpongeBob and Patrick ganging up on Lily and Patrick holding a hammer. It shows the main title in the black background)

Narrator: Rated R.

SpongeBob: We're going have so much fun!

## Quotes

Patrick: Hey kids! Put on your ha-happiests faces, because the SpongeBob SquarePants show is about to begin.

SpongeBob: Abracadabra!

Mr. Krabs: Time's almost up!

Squidward: Ok, little kid.

## Death count

1. Jason has a lollipop crammed down his throat by Patrick.
2. SpongeBob cuts Tyler in half.
3. Gorby is found decapitated.
4. Bruno is stabbed by SpongeBob.
5. Patrick smashes Lucy's head in with a hammer.
6. Stephen Hillenburg is murdered by Monny.
7. John is found dead with Mr. Krabs' drumsticks in his eyes.
8. 18 audience are found dead.
9. Carlton is torn apart by SpongeBob and Patrick.
10. SpongeBob is stabbed thought the head with a crowbar.
11. Patrick is impaled with an umbrella stick.
12. Mr. Krabs' head is ripped in half by Squidward.
13. Squidward dies after Mr. Krabs rips his heart out.
14. Ryan is run over by Monny.