The SpongeBob movie is the first example of the post-S3 writing that everyone agrees ruined the show, it is completely unlike the show in tone, characterization, stories, etc because it was diluted to appeal to a wider movie audience, and then that diluted generic core was backported to the show. The only reason you liked it is because you were a dumb kid too excited by the notion of a SpongeBob movie to notice.
You may not like it, but this is the truth.
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pretty much this.
the movie was the beginning of the end. It doesn't feel like S 1-3 spongebob at all. there are maybe a couple of funny scenes and memes you can derive from it, but even as a child I wasn't that crazy for it. I guess people nostalgiafag for everything that is older than 15 years
I always thought it was weird that Spongebob is treated as a kid in this movie when he had been an eccentric manchild before. Mr Krabs didn't have doubts about Spongebob because he's "a kid" in the pilot, he just thought he was a nerdy freak. In the movie Krabs is so concerned about Spongebob being a kid
I think it would have been better if Squidward had to find the crown with them. I think the movie could have benefited with him having a more important role.
Ocean man
Giving it about 3 more years before Zig Forums suddenly decides that Spongebob was actually shit all along and that there are no good seasons at all
haha goofy goober yeah
I don't care what OP says, I thought it was a good movie.
I mean the Goofy Goober's/Nut Bar scene, and the next morning are hilarious, and it's got a rewritten Motorhead song, (You'd Better Run rewritten as You'd Better SWIM) and a parody of Twisted Sister. (I Wanna Rock rewritten as I'm A Goofy Goober, although it's NOT Twisted Sister doing the song)
I feel sorry for OP.
It was meant as the conclusion and there were supposed to be no episodes after this
>conclusion
>completely throws out the spirit of the series and everyone's characterization for a generic reference-fest
Kill yourself zoomer
I can accept the movie as its own thing because they were going for a slightly different tone, but it definitely was the harbinger of what was to come. I think the new writers used the movie as a blueprint for the new seasons instead of just letting it be its own thing.
>reference fest
lol wut. if anything, the newest seasons are a generic reference fest
>generic reference-fest
Did you even watch the movie or
Are seasons 4-9 better than the newerr shit? The Wacky faces are fucking annoying.
yeah it feels like it was dumbed down for kids. It would've made more sense if the whole thing was that everyone saw spongebob as immature for his age, not actually young.
The only overt references I can really think of in the movie are David Hasselhoff and Goofy Goober Rock being based on I Wanna Rock, unless you count basic characterization as references.
This. Correct me if I'm wrong, but in s1-3 there were more spongebob/squidward episodes than spongebob/patrick episodes right? They have a better dynamic and in the context of the movie it makes more sense for mr.krabs to order both of them to save him as his employees than patrick just coming along
>I think it's good because it has one mildly funny scene and 2 song parodies
nostalgia is one hell of a drug
Counterpoint: the movie is the best ending point to the series and anything after it and the third season should be properly ignored
Actually I'm a BOOMER and it was one of the ways I got my kids to actually listen to GOOD music, not that teeny bopper bullshit that was all over the place back when this first came out. You're the ZOOMER!
Yeah, I know, right?
>squidward is only in it for like 5 min
this is the entire reason it's complete shit
squidward isn't marketable enough which is sad because he's clearly the most popular character among adults.
i'm actually pissed they didnt let squidward be a main in the upcoming movie, it's gonna be patbob again. boring.
spongebob went down in quality when the animation tried to be ren and stimpy, it just doesnt fit.
i loved it because it felt like it was the last episode and they were just trying to go all out. never really watched spongebob after that movie.
The movie is a good ending but in hindsight it is fair to criticize certain character decisions. When Spongebob is referred to as a kid by Mr. Krabs he is calling him a man child he doesn’t think he’s an actual kid.
Squidward should have been in the movie more. He has a good dynamic with Spongebob and Patrick during the first three seasons.
A huge part of what makes the show work was always the way Spongebob and Squidward played off of each other. Spongebob and Patrick have a fun dynamic in its own right but Spongebob and Squidward just works on a whole other level. I'm convinced there was some marketing intervention going on, because seasons 2 and 3 in particular were heavily Squidward-focused and it's weird that the movie didn't feature him more. Nearly all of the best-received episodes of the show feature him with only a few exceptions, and that was true even back then.
Kids don't like Squidward, they find him boring, arrogant and is rude towards SpongeBob and Patrick for no reason. It's only when you are older that you appreciate him more.
That’s a good point. It must have been a marketing decision. The show happened to have an adult audience but beyond a proposed adult spinoff on Spike TV that Hillenburg turned down; it makes sense for Paramount to want the child demographic for a tv show character. This movie was competing with Shark Tale when it came out in Fall 2004.
It's true. Look at this scene. Do Spongebob and Patrick ever act like this in any Season 1-3 ep ? youtu.be
>everyone saw spongebob as immature for his age, not actually young.
That's what the conflict is, Spongebob was trying to prove he was mature, not literally older than he is. Admittedly the premise is a little weak because Spongebob is a ridiculously responsible worker. It makes more sense in the musical, because Mr. Krabs thinks a sponge can't make for a good leader, and Spongebob actually has to learn management skills to save the day.
This is the best compromise
Actually, Shark Tale came out a month before. If anything, The Incredibles and Polar Express were its main competition
Except the movie is arguably the biggest argument for the idea of Spongebob’s “it’s okay to be childish” theme that everyone talks about.
Spongebob is so concerned with being a “grown up” throughout the movie that at the end, he realizes it didn’t matter because he did his job.