Atlantis SquarePantis
Template:Episode Atlantis SquarePantis is the first SpongeBob SquarePants TV movie. The movie first aired in the United States on November 12, 2007, following a 12-hour-marathon of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes. A DVD version was released the day after the show premiered. [1] It attracted an estimated 8.8 million viewers. [2]
Time/Date:
Time cards shown:
Characters Present:
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Patrick Star
- Squidward Tentacles
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Sandy Cheeks
- The police man
- A old lady
- Sheldon J. Plankton
- Lord Royal Highness
- Gary the Snail
- SpongeGar (painting cameo)
- Patar (painting cameo)
- Squog (painting cameo)
Plot
SpongeBob and Patrick are in Jellyfish Fields blowing bubbles. SpongeBob blows a bubble that engulfs them boths, and floats into a nearby cave. The bubble suddenly pops on an ancient piece of gold. Eager to discover what exactly it is, they go to the Bikini Bottom Museum where they find Squidward. Squidward, at first thinks that SpongeBob and patrick were stealing, when he realizes that they found the missing half. By this tiem, Sandy and Mr. Krabs join them. The pieces of gold are reunited which brings SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Sandy to journey to Atlantis. There, they meet Lord Royal Highness who shows them the riches, knowledge, and art of Atlantis.
Reception
Atlantis SquarePantis was generally given mixed reviews by critics and fans alike.[3] Tom Shales, a television critic for The Washington Post, lambasted the movie in a November 12, 2007 review. In the review, titled Squeezing The Life Out of SpongeBob, Shales wrote that "the funniest thing about the film is its title" and "a typical episode has about as many laughs as this inflated version does". Shales criticized the amount of musical numbers in Atlantis SquarePantis, calling them "numbing". He concluded the review with the statement that the show was "flat" and "unimpressive".[1] However, Atlantis SquarePantis recorded nine million viewers, beating every 8pm show on broadcast television that night except Dancing With the Stars.[2]
Z to A Countdown
In the weeks prior to the priemere of the epsiode, fans voted online for their favorite episodes. They world premiere in a marathon, starting on November 12, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. Each episode corresponding to a letter of the Alphabet. Starting with Z, for Plan Z, the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. It will end with A, for Atlantis SquarePantis. Additionally, a countdown clock would appear on the bottom right corner of the screen, displaying the amount of time left until the premiere of Atlantis SquarePantis.
At 5:00 pm, Patchy the Pirate started to host the remainder of the marathon from the Atlantis Resort in the Bahamas. At 6:00 pm, Patchy went underwater for his underwater talk show. After the H episode aired, Patchy went through the top 3 reasons to go to Atlantis:
- 1. You never get lost in a lost city
- 2. All you can eat seafood buffet
- 3. No Traffic
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tom Shales: 'SquarePantis': Squeezing The Life Out of SpongeBob
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 FOX News: Cable Nielsen TV Ratings for Nov. 12-18
- ↑ TV.com: Atlantis SquarePantis: Reviews
- ↑ Turbo Nick
- ↑ Z corresponds to Plankton's Evil Plan Z for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
- ↑ Y is for "You Wish" in "Shanghaied."
- ↑ Y is for "You're" in "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired"
- ↑ X is for X marks the spot in "Arrgh!"
- ↑ X is for X-treme sports in "Pre-Hibernation Week"
- ↑ X is for Xtraterrestial in "Sandy's Rocket"
- ↑ W is for "Where's Gary," the alnernative name for "Have You Seen This Snail?"
- ↑ V is for "Voyage" in "Squidtastic Voyage."
- ↑ V is for "Vacation" in "Bummer Vacation"
- ↑ U is for the "U" in "F.U.N."
- ↑ U is for "Unknown" in "Artist Unknown"
- ↑ U is for "Unfriendly" in "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost."
- ↑ "Texas" was not voted as the winner for the letter "T." However, it aired after "To Love a Patty" without an explanation.
- ↑ S is for "SpongeBob B.C.," the alternative title of "Ugh."
- ↑ According to Turbo Nick, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is put unter the "R" category because "This Movie is rated R." Despite the fact that the movie is actually rated PG, no other explanation is given for this.
- ↑ Q is for "Quitting" for "Krusty Towers."
- ↑ Q is for "Quality Control" for "Pickles."
- ↑ Q is for "Quickster" as seen in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V."
- ↑ TurboNick displayes "House Party" instead of "Party Pooper Pants."
- ↑ "Opposite Day" was not voted as the winner for the letter "O." However, it aired after "The Original Fry Cook" without an explanation.
- ↑ M is for "Movie" in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
- ↑ L is for "Lost in Time," an alternative name for "Dunces and Dragons."
- ↑ E is for "Experiments" for "Chimps Ahoy."
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