Bubbles (character)

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Bubbles the Talking Dolphin is the talking alien dolphin from the hybrid movie The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water in 3D. He is "the protector of the galaxy" and he is the one who help SpongeBob and friends get to the surface. He also appears in the video game version of the movie.

In the film, SpongeBob and Plankton travel through time, with SpongeBob claiming them to be lost in time, and somehow end up in the middle of the universe and encounter Bubbles. At first glance he is watching Saturn and Jupiter, making the audience feel like he's an alien called 'The Watcher'. He then 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 was watching the universe 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 team work. They soon see that Jupiter and Saturn 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 in 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, with SpongeBob pleading him not to 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, helps them get to the surface by putting them in his mouth. Squidward then argues about going into his mouth claiming he just wants a snack. As an argument occurs, Bubbles puts the gang in his mouth by himself. Mr. Krabs then says that he'd never thought he'd be eaten by a dolphin as SpongeBob says if Bubbles was eating them they would be chewed by his teeth and would end up going down the throat, while also saying that they were riding in style. Bubbles jumps out of the ocean 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.

Bubbles is later mentioned by SpongeBob to Burger-Beard the Pirate 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 tells them to keep it down and soon has a rap battle with one of the talking 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, which might be a portrayal of adults' attitudes towards the show.

Appearance

He is a tall and slender gray dolphin who wears a red and yellow robe.

Trivia

• 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!"
• Bubbles the Talking Dolphin marks the fourth appearance of a stop-motion animated character in the Spongebob franchise, the first being the SpongeBob in the intro to "Truth or Square," the second being Abominable Snow Mollusk in "Frozen Face-Off", and the third being Spongebob, Squidward, Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Pearl Krabs, Mrs. Puff, Sandy Cheeks, Plankton, the Bikini Bottomies, Patchy the Pirate, Potty the Parrot, Santa Claus, and a polar bear in "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!"