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{{Cquote2|I don't like that song and I put an end to it.|Bubbles to the seagulls.}}
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{{Character
|name = Bubbles
|image = <gallery>
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</gallery>
|residence = [[Bubbles' inter-dimensional spacecraft]]
|occupation(s) = The protector of the galaxy (formerly)
|gender = Male
|color = Dark gray
|eye-color = Black
|species = Dolphin
|first-appearance = ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water: The Junior Novelization]]''
|latest-appearance = ''[[Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated]]'' (in a painting)
|portrayer = [[Jeff Bennett]] (video game)<br>[[Matt Berry]] (movie)
}}
'''Bubbles the dolphin''' is the former secondary antagonist of ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]''. He is "the protector of the galaxy" and he is the one who helps {{Link|SpongeBob}} and his friends get to the surface. He also appears in the [[SpongeBob HeroPants|video game adaptation of the movie]].

==Description==
He is a tall and slender dark gray bottle nose dolphin. Unlike most sea animal-based characters, he is the size of an actual bottle-nose dolphin, easily dwarfing the average Bikini Bottomite.

When he speaks, he occasionally makes uncontrollable dolphin noises. Under the rank of 'The Watcher,' he wears a rosewood red robe with small light yellow double-platted shoulder pads, a golden zipper, and a tall golden collar. After being fired, his attire consists of a white cape with soft blue outline being held by a golden collar with a coin on the front containing an eye.

==History==
In the film, SpongeBob and {{Link|Plankton}} travel through time, with SpongeBob claiming them to be lost in time, and somehow end up at an unknown location in an [[Bubbles' inter-dimensional spacecraft|inter-dimensional spacecraft]] and encountered Bubbles. At first glance, he is watching Saturn and Jupiter, leaving his face unseen. When the duo ask who he is, he says that they call him 'The One Who Watches.' When they ask if that's his real name, he turns around to show that he is really a dolphin named Bubbles, with Plankton claiming it to be a dumb name. Bubbles then explains that for the last 10,000 years, he's watching the Earth to protect it from various disasters. He took the opportunity of their presence to take a few minutes to go to the restroom and told SpongeBob and Plankton to keep an eye on things and never touch anything. SpongeBob tells Plankton to look at the one with the eye and that he will look at the ringed one as a way of teamwork. They soon see that Jupiter and Saturn are getting closer to each other. Plankton wonders if it's supposed to happen and if they should get Bubbles, with SpongeBob saying it will be fine. The gas giants then collide with each other as chunks of both planets make their way through the triangular 'window.' SpongeBob tries to hide the rubble under the floor like dust under a carpet, only for it to cause a huge lump on the floor. After Bubbles got out of the restroom, he tells SpongeBob and Plankton that they are free to go, until he notices the collision of the two gas giants just as Saturn's rings fall off. He argues that he will be fired from his position and then turns his attention to SpongeBob and Plankton, telling them that he will end their lives. He then attempts to kill them by firing red lasers out of his blowhole, until the two troublemakers make it back to the time machine.

Sometime later, Bubbles encounters SpongeBob and the gang nearing the surface via through a triangular portal. SpongeBob screams Bubbles' name in fear as Squidward asks if he knows that guy. SpongeBob then apologizes and pleads Bubbles to not hurt him or his friends. Bubbles then explains that he wanted to get out of his dead-end nowhere job, saying he didn't have the courage to do it himself. And as a reward, he helps them get to the surface and tells the group to jump into his mouth. Squidward and Mr. Krabs then argue about the idea claiming he just wants a snack. As an argument occurs, Bubbles quickly scoops the gang into his mouth and proceeds to the surface. Bubbles then jumps out of the ocean while doing front flips and opens his blowhole like an airlock as 'pixie-dust'-like particles sprinkle onto SpongeBob and friends, giving them the ability to breathe above water. Bubbles launched SpongeBob and his friends out of the blowhole and they landed on the beach. Bubbles then leaves saying there's nothing more he can do and that the rest is up to them.

Bubbles is later mentioned by SpongeBob to [[Burger Beard]] telling him how he and the gang were able to breathe on the surface. Burger-Beard responds to this by saying there's no dolphin in the book.

Before the credits roll, when Burger-Beard the Pirate helps the seagulls sing the theme song, Bubbles interrupts and soon has a rap battle with the seagulls. The seagulls win and Bubbles rewinds the time so they could finish their song. At the end, he actually starts to show appreciation to the song.

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==Trivia==
[[File:Aliencatposter.jpg|thumb|250px|Poster of a cut storyline of ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run]]'' featuring Bubbles.]]
*Bubbles was animated using stop-motion animation. He was animated by [[Screen Novelties]], the same 
*company that is responsible for the stop-motion animation in "[[It's a SpongeBob Christmas!]]" and "[[The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom]]"
*Bubbles' intelligence and role is a reference to {{W|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy}}, where dolphins are considered more intelligent than humans.
*Bubbles can be seen in a painting in the episode "[[Goodbye Krabby Patty?]]"
*According to concept art from a scrapped storyline of ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run]]'', Bubbles was supposed to return in this movie as suggested by concept art showcasing an futuristic-like world inhabited by dolphins and a poster. His design would have changed in this movie as he would had scars on his face and two ammo belt. 
**Bubbles would also had a new dolphin-shaped spaceship in which SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward and Sandy would have infiltrated at some point.<ref>https://stevenegordon.com/portfolio/#Storyboards</ref>
*The fact that [[Bubbles (character)|Bubbles]] controls the cosmos is a similar to the history of the [[dolphin warrior]] from "[[Sponge-Cano!]]" In that episode, the dolphin warrior explains that he is a survivor of a volcano attack on an ancient race that ruled over the sea before the beginning of time.

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