Query: The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie stars a cat.

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Rodger Bumpass <=SEP=> Rodger Bumpass ( born November 20 , 1951 ) is an American actor and voice actor . He is best known for his long-running role as Squidward Tentacles on the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants . He voices many other characters on the show , including Dr. Forrest and various anchovies . He also voiced The Chief in the animated series Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego ? , and Mr. Besser , the school principal in the animated series The Kids from Room 402 . Bumpass has many other credits in animated films , animated television series , and video games .

Bill Fagerbakke <=SEP=> William Mark `` Bill '' Fagerbakke ( -LSB- ˈfeɪgərˌbɑ : ki -RSB- born October 4 , 1957 ) is an American actor . He is best known for his long-running roles as Patrick Star in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants and Michael `` Dauber '' Dybinski on the sitcom Coach . He also appeared in 12 episodes of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother as Marshall Eriksen 's father Marvin .

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie <=SEP=> The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 American animated adventure comedy film based on the Nickelodeon television series SpongeBob SquarePants . The film was directed by series creator Stephen Hillenburg and starred the series ' cast of Tom Kenny , Bill Fagerbakke , Clancy Brown , Rodger Bumpass and Mr. Lawrence , with guest performances by Scarlett Johansson , Jeffrey Tambor , Alec Baldwin and David Hasselhoff . It was produced by Hillenburg 's production company United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies , it was distributed by Paramount Pictures and also it was first film in the SpongeBob SquarePants film series . In the film , Plankton devises a plan to steal King Neptune 's crown and send it to Shell City , and SpongeBob and Patrick must retrieve the crown to save Mr. Krabs from King Neptune 's wrath and Bikini Bottom from Plankton 's plan .   Previous offers by Paramount Pictures for a film adaptation of SpongeBob SquarePants had been rejected by Stephen Hillenburg , but he eventually accepted one offer in 2002 . A writing team consisting of Hillenburg , Paul Tibbitt , Derek Drymon , Aaron Springer , Kent Osborne and Tim Hill was assembled , conceiving the idea of a mythical hero 's quest and the search for a stolen crown , which would bring SpongeBob and Patrick to the surface . The film was originally intended as the series finale , but Nickelodeon ordered more episodes of the series as the series had become increasingly profitable , so Hillenburg resigned as showrunner , with Tibbitt taking Hillenburg 's place .   The film was promoted immensely by Paramount and Nickelodeon , with tie-in promotions made by 7-Eleven , the Cayman Islands and Burger King , which decorated various of its franchises with 9 ft SpongeBob inflatable figures . The film was a box office success and grossed $ 85 million in the United States and $ 140 million worldwide , and received generally positive reviews from critics . A stand-alone sequel titled The SpongeBob Movie : Sponge Out of Water was released on February 6 , 2015 , and a third film is scheduled for release on August 2 , 2019 .

Tom Kenny <=SEP=> Thomas James Kenny ( born July 13 , 1962 ) is an American actor and comedian known for his long-running role as the title character in the SpongeBob SquarePants TV series and films .   Kenny has voiced many other characters including Heffer Wolfe in Rocko 's Modern Life ( 1993 -- 1996 ) , the Ice King in Adventure Time ( 2010 -- present ) , the Mayor in The Powerpuff Girls ( 1998 -- 2005 ) , Dog in CatDog ( 1998 -- 2005 ) , and Spyro from the Spyro the Dragon franchise ( 1999 -- 2002 ) . His live-action work includes comedies The Edge ( 1992 -- 1993 ) and Mr. Show ( 1995 -- 1998 ) .   Kenny has won two Annie Awards for his voice work as SpongeBob Squarepants and the Ice King .

Mr. Lawrence <=SEP=> Douglas Lawrence Osowski , credited as Mr. Lawrence and sometimes Doug Lawrence , is an American voice actor , writer , director , comedian , and storyboard artist . He is known for his work as a writer and actor for the animated series Rocko 's Modern Life and SpongeBob SquarePants .

Clancy Brown <=SEP=> Clarence J. `` Clancy '' Brown III ( born January 5 , 1959 ) is an American actor and voice actor known for his roles  as The Kurgan in the fantasy film Highlander , Captain Byron Hadley in prison drama film The Shawshank Redemption and Brother Justin Crowe in the television series Carnivàle . Brown has also provided his voice to many films , television series , and video games , including Lex Luthor in various media , Doctor Neo Cortex in the Crash Bandicoot video game series , and Mr. Krabs in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants . He also voices Alec Ryder in Mass Effect : Andromeda .