Bubbles (character)

“	I don't like that song and I put an end to it.	”
	— Bubbles to the seagulls.

Character

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Bubbles is the dolphin from The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. He is "the protector of the galaxy" who helps Template:Data:Links and his friends get to the surface. He also appears in the video game adaptation of the movie and Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated.

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 stutters, causing him to make 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 meeting up with SpongeBob again, his attire consists of a white cape with a soft blue outline being held by a golden collar with a coin on the front containing an eye.

Personality

Bubbles has an almost antagonistic personality, he almost kills SpongeBob and Template:Data:Links with his laser, he seems to get easily angered by planets colliding and bad music. He also seems to boast about his intelligence and abilities as shown in the Rap Battle which shows that he doesn't seem to care about matters of taste as he visibly hated the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song for no reason other than it's "so bad" and "can't even stand it." He appears to insult "inferior species." However, he appears to not always act aggressively, as he thanks SpongeBob for getting him out of his job and even gives SpongeBob and his friends the ability to breathe on land. A tear came out of his eye at during part of the Rap Battle which shows that he doesn't like being alone. He almost tells the seagull that he deserves the title for liking the theme song, after he goes back in time to let the Seagull Crew and Painty finish the song. He changes his mind and starts to appreciate the song. According to the seagulls, Bubbles' mean personality comes from the fact that he is "older than a fossil."

History

In the film, SpongeBob and Plankton travel through time, with SpongeBob claiming that they are now lost in time and that they ended up at an unknown location in an inter-dimensional spacecraft and encountered Bubbles. At first glance, he is watching Saturn and Jupiter, leaving his face unseen. When SpongeBob and Plankton 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 a dolphin named Bubbles, with Plankton claiming it to be a dumb name. Bubbles then explains that for the last 10,000 years, he has been watching the Earth to protect it from various disasters. He took the opportunity of their presence to go to the restroom and told SpongeBob and Plankton to keep an eye on things until he gets back. SpongeBob tells Plankton to look at “the one with the big red eye” and that he will look at “the one with the dingy thingies.” 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 two 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 gets 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 lose his job, and that he will end their lives. He then attempts to kill them by firing red lasers out of his blowhole, until they make it back to the time machine.

Sometime later, Bubbles encounters SpongeBob and the gang nearing the surface via 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 kill 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 free lunch. 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 his 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. In the end, he starts to show appreciation for the song.

Trivia

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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 later on "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom."
• Bubbles' intelligence and role is a reference to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, where dolphins are considered more intelligent than humans.
• 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 a concept art poster showcasing a futuristic-like world inhabited by dolphins. His design would have changed in this movie as he would have had scars on his face and two ammo belts.
  • Bubbles also would have had a new dolphin-shaped spaceship in which SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Sandy would have infiltrated at some point.