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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]

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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 by a luxurious bus (called a "van" by Squidward)piloted by a robot and fueled by "song." However, Plankton sneaks inside the bus's front compartmtent and plans to steal the weapons of Atlantis. Once they arrive there,(accidentally crash-landing in a topiary garden) they meet Lord Royal Highness who shows them the riches, knowledge, and art of Atlantis.

Unfortunately, Plankton escapes from the compartment and makes it into the weapons room and commandeers a giant battle tank out of dozens, or hundreds of warfare. Meanwhile, Mr. Krabs enjoys the money vault, Sandy enjoys the science lab, and Squidward enjoys the hall of art(the rooms each were planning to see). In the money vault, money, gold, and prized objects are found and mostly stashed in Mr. Krabs's pants pockets. In the science lab, Sandy enjoys the devices, a biomass converting device that turns any household object into ice cream (a bug the Atlantians haven't worked out), a germ-fighting, interactive, micro video game, and makes an automatic feeding device. And in the Hall of Arts, Squidward journeys through paintings, gets modeled by artmakers, and even makes his own painting, claiming to know more art than 4 years of community college.

But everything goes wrong when SpongeBob and Patrick take a picture of them with the oldest living bubble and the bubble pops. At dinner, LRH says the bubble they popped was a prop for the tourists, but when he shows them the real bubble, Patrick takes a picture of it and it pops too. The Atlantians then turn from peaceful citizens to angry warriors avenging their most prized possesion. But when Plankton arrives, he fires the tank at SpongeBob, the gang, and the Alantian warriors, but it turns out to be a giant ice cream maker. When he angrilly jumps out and kicks the tank (injuring is foot in the process of kicking it), LRH sees him and uses him as a replacement for the bubble, but more exciting, calling him a talking speck. He'll be back yet again. Against everyone's wishes, SpongeBob and friends ride the bus back to Bikini Bottom, although SpongeBob is eager to return. They probably won't be back because LRH had one of the warriors toss the gold medallian in the dumpster.

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
Letter Winner Other Candidates[4] Time
Z The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie[5] None 9:00 am - 10:45 am
Y Your Shoe's Untied Shanghaied,[6] Mrs. Puff, You're Fired[7] 10:45 am - 11:00 am
X Arrgh![8] Pre-Hibernation Week,[9] Sandy's Rocket[10] 11:00 am - 11:15 am
W Have You Seen This Snail?[11] Wishing You Well, Walking Small 11:15 am - 11:45 am
V Valentine's Day Squidtastic Voyage,[12] Bummer Vacation,[13] 11:45 am - 12:00 pm
U F.U.N.[14] Artist Unknown,[15] Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost[16] 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm
T To Love a Patty Texas, Tea at the Treedome 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Texas[17] 12:30 pm - 12:45 pm
S Ugh[18] Sailor Mouth, Squid on Strike 12:45 pm - 1:15 pm
R Rock Bottom The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie,[19] Rock-a-Bye Bivalve 1:15 pm - 1:30 pm
Q Krusty Towers[20] Pickles,[21] Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V[22] 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm
P Party Pooper Pants[23] The Pink Purloiner, Plankton! 1:45 pm - 2:15 pm
O The Original Fry Cook One Krabs Trash 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm
Opposite Day[24] 2:30 pm - 2:45 pm
N Nasty Patty Naughty Nautical Neighbors, Nature Pants 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm
M The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie[25] MuscleBob BuffPants, Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II 3:00 pm - 4:45 pm
L Life of Crime Dunces and Dragons,[26] The Lost Mattress 4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
K Krusty Krab Training Video Karate Island, Krab Borg 5:00 pm - 5:15 pm
J Jellyfish Hunter Jellyfishing, Jellyfish Jam 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm
I I Was a Teenage Gary Imitation Krabs, I'm Your Biggest Fanatic 5:45 pm - 6:00 pm
H Hooky Help Wanted, Hall Monitor 6:00 pm - 6:15 pm
G The Gift of Gum Grandma's Kisses, The Graveyard Shift 6:15 pm - 6:30 pm
F Friend or Foe Frankendoodle, Fools in April 6:30 pm - 7:00 pm
E Employee of the Month Chimps Ahoy,[27] Enemy In-Law 7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
D Dying for Pie Doing Time, Dumped 7:15 pm - 7:30 pm
C Chocolate with Nuts The Chaperone, Culture Shock 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
B Band Geeks Bubble Buddy, Bossy Boots 7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
A Atlantis SquarePantis All That Glitters, The Algae's Always Greener 8:00 pm - 8:45 pm

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tom Shales: 'SquarePantis': Squeezing The Life Out of SpongeBob
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 FOX News: Cable Nielsen TV Ratings for Nov. 12-18
  3. ↑ TV.com: Atlantis SquarePantis: Reviews
  4. ↑ Turbo Nick
  5. ↑ Z corresponds to Plankton's Evil Plan Z for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
  6. ↑ Y is for "You Wish" in "Shanghaied."
  7. ↑ Y is for "You're" in "Mrs. Puff, You're Fired"
  8. ↑ X is for X marks the spot in "Arrgh!"
  9. ↑ X is for X-treme sports in "Pre-Hibernation Week"
  10. ↑ X is for Xtraterrestial in "Sandy's Rocket"
  11. ↑ W is for "Where's Gary," the alnernative name for "Have You Seen This Snail?"
  12. ↑ V is for "Voyage" in "Squidtastic Voyage."
  13. ↑ V is for "Vacation" in "Bummer Vacation"
  14. ↑ U is for the "U" in "F.U.N."
  15. ↑ U is for "Unknown" in "Artist Unknown"
  16. ↑ U is for "Unfriendly" in "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost."
  17. ↑ "Texas" was not voted as the winner for the letter "T." However, it aired after "To Love a Patty" without an explanation.
  18. ↑ S is for "SpongeBob B.C.," the alternative title of "Ugh."
  19. ↑ 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.
  20. ↑ Q is for "Quitting" for "Krusty Towers."
  21. ↑ Q is for "Quality Control" for "Pickles."
  22. ↑ Q is for "Quickster" as seen in "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V."
  23. ↑ TurboNick displayes "House Party" instead of "Party Pooper Pants."
  24. ↑ "Opposite Day" was not voted as the winner for the letter "O." However, it aired after "The Original Fry Cook" without an explanation.
  25. ↑ M is for "Movie" in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
  26. ↑ L is for "Lost in Time," an alternative name for "Dunces and Dragons."
  27. ↑ E is for "Experiments" for "Chimps Ahoy."

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