SpongeBob and Company (promotionally known as United Plankton Pictures' SpongeBob & Company) is a 2020 American animated intercompany crossover adventure comedy film produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio, DreamWorks Animation Television and United Plankton Pictures. The film is based on the works of animator Stephen Hillenburg and serves as a crossover between his television series SpongeBob SquarePants, Sailor Cat and Sailor Fish, Pirate Tales, Aura and Sally, Male and Female, Tex and Avery, Animal City, Rocky the Shrimp, Jimmy Two-Shoes, The Pet Adventures of Lego, T.U.F.F. Puppy, The Doggies, Spy Madness, Pirate Express, Atomic Puppet, and Awesome Six, as well as the Dreamtoons characters Biscuit Dog, Droidlings, the Brightstars, and Flie and Mobile.
The film follows the shows' main characters, as they work together to search a treasure after Plankton, Velcro & Stella, Dr. Lucius, Dr. Mauvais, Aura & Sally, Sharksplosion, Verminious Snaptrap, Bird Brain, the Chameleon, and Captain Silver Shark join forces to steal the treasure and use it to take over the world. Additionally, the film occasionally follows Mr. Krabs, who becomes bent on getting to the treasure on his own, but ends up getting messed in several situations such as getting chased by the vengeful Dr. Alien and Monitor Monitor.
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SpongeBob and Company was released on Netflix in September 1, 2020. The film received critical acclaim from critics who praised the animation, humor, voice performances, and faithfulness to Hillenburg's works while criticizing its longest length. The film was widely promoted by Netflix, with tie-in promotions made by Kellogg's, Pizza Hut, McDonald's, Nabisco, Hungry Howie's, Baskin-Robbins, IHOP, Chili's, M&M's, Wendy's, and Hasbro. TBD
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Voice cast[]
- Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants, Ricky Mouse, Will Barbera, Robert DeViro/Awesome Man, Droid-12, Droid-10, Brandon Brightstar, Gary the Snail, Hermie, Al Eelovic, Andy Mony, the French Narrator
- Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star, Biscuit Dog, Wag, Ronnie Mouse, the Idiot Fat Guy
- Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles, Sam Pussycat
- Clancy Brown as Mr. Eugene Krabs, Captain Graybeak, TBD, TBD, TBD, Major Mason Douglas
- Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks, Josie Smith
- Doug Lawrence as Sheldon Plankton, Velcro, Larry the Lobster, Fred, Realistic Fish Head
- Eddie Izzard as Sailor Cat
- Wallace Shawn as Sailor Fish
- Thomas Wilson as Sneaky Morane
- Charlie Adler as Captain Cap'n, Tyler Doggie, Ben Harrinton, Droid-13
- Corey Burton as Captain Silver Shark
- Candi Milo as Tex, Avery
- Tara Strong as Male, Female, Rose, Karen Doggie, Lily DeViro/Awesome Girl, Droid-9, Molly Brightstar
- Grey DeLisle as Punky Puff, Calina Clownfish, Selena Sea Nettle, Linda Doggie, Droid-8, Droid-6, Mattie Johnson, Aura, Sally, Lily Smith, Kitty Katswell, Zippy, Ewe
- Pauly Shore as Gene Greenlips
- Cassandra Lee Morris as Lorelei von Nymph
- Jay Leno as Rocky the Shrimp
- Jim Cummings as Joe the Sponge, Prickly Urchin, Petey Pelican, Cackle, Sharksplosion, King Toonius
- Kevin Michael Richardson as Eric Elephant Seal
- Josh Keaton as Lego, Stanley Brightstar
- Olivia Holt as Haidee
- Jessica DiCicco as Stella, Mary Marlin, Kylie DeViro/Awesome Gal
- Billy West as George Doggie
- Jeff Bergman as Robbie Doggie
- Tress MacNeille as Jillian Doggie, Naty Cutlass
- Rob Paulsen as Kevin Doggie, Chompy Shark, Manny Marlin, John Johnson, Prof. Ezekiel Roares, Bird Brain
- Cree Summer as Wendy Doggie
- Bob Bergen as Joe Doggie
- Nancy Cartwright as Melissa Doggie
- Jeff Bennett as Keswick, Flippy B. Dolphin, Steven Doggie, Hector Smith, Larry, Ollie, the Mole, Owl, Duck
- Kath Soucie as Sarah Doggie, Annie Mony
- Bill Farmer as Bobo Pussycat
- John DiMaggio as Frumpy
- Alanna Ubach as Ally Rivera
- Mary Jo Catlett as TBD, TBD, TBD, Stella Sea Turtle, Mrs. Puff
- Lori Alan as Flie Lyod, Pearl Krabs
- Jill Talley as Carol DeViro/Awesome Woman, Karen
- Jason Griffith as Mike DeViro/Awesome Guy
- Dee Bradley Baker as Ben DeViro/Awesome Boy, Mobile, Dr. Alien, Perch Perkins, Bubble Bass, Squeaky the Clown
- Nick Kroll as Dr. Ruthless Mauvais
- Cory Doran as Jimmy Two-Shoes
- Tabitha St. Germain as Heloise
- Brian Froud as Beezy
- Eric Bauza as Joey Felt/Nuclear Boy, AP/Atomic Puppet, Leather Teddy, Verminious Snaptrap, TBD, TBD
- Lisa Norton as Pauline Bell/Nuclear Girl
- Patrick Warburton as Marvin Marlin
- Jennifer Hale as Nicole Brightstar
- Mae Whitman as Gracie Brightstar
- Benjamin Diskin as Sammy Brightstar
- Jerry Trainor as Dudley Puppy
- Maurice LaMarche as Dr. Malcolm "Mal" Lucius
- Ashley Johnson as Regina Herring
- James Arnold Taylor as Danny Douglas
- Jess Harnell as Monitor Monitor, Jeff Fishbone
- Peter Oldring as Mookie
- Jodi Benson as Miss Atomic Bomb
- Daran Norris as the Chief, the Chameleon, Francisco, Bad Dog, Bat
- James Higuchi as Newt
- Lee Tockar as Captain LaPoutine
- Alessandro Juliani as Armando
- Matt Cowlrick as Burt
- Doron Bell as Booli
- Kelly Sheridan as Marie Celeste
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- Tom Kenny as Patchy the Pirate
- Doug Lawrence as the voice of Potty the Parrot, the Announcer
- Dee Bradley Baker as the voice of the sea bear
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Music[]
The film's score is composed by TBD.
Soundtrack[]
The film's soundtrack, titled United Plankton Pictures' SpongeBob & Company: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, was released on August 31, 2020.
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Marketing[]
McDonald's promotion[]
The feature was promoted by McDonald's with 38 toys in Happy Meals. They are:
- SpongeBob
- Patrick
- Squidward
- Sandy
- Sailor Cat
- Sailor Fish
- Rocky the Shrimp
- Tex
- Avery
- Male
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- Lego
- Wag
- Rose
- The Doggies
- Awesome Six
- Jimmy
- Heloise
- Beezy
- Atomic Puppet
- Nuclear Boy
- Nuclear Girl
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Home media[]
In 2021, Shout! Factory licensed the home media rights to SpongeBob and Company from Paramount and NBCUniversal and released it on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K format, with TBD
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Video game[]
A video game based on the film was released on October 25, 2020 for PC, Mac, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One. It was released on November 10, 2020 for Xbox Series X/S and November 12, 2020 for PlayStation 5, together with the launch of both consoles.
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- Captain Cap'n: Cat, Fish, I have a very important report for you. Do you know what I brought you here? Guess.
- Cat: I have no idea.
- Fish: Why wouldn't I have to guess? Maybe it's something like your relatives coming to visit? Because if is so, then... (sniffs himself in his arm) Hmm.. odd. I don't remember that I showered or not. Can you please smell me and comment your opinion, Cat?
- Cat: (disgusted) What!? Ugh! No, you idiot! I won't smell you like you were a dead fish!
- Captain Cap'n: Ahem! You know I cannot tolerate your bickering words over and over, Cat. This is not a quite topic I brought you here.
- Fish: Oh, it's not?
- Cat: No, Fish. I'm think that it is another boring sweeping chores that he always orders us. But you must know that I'm tired of spending my time scrubbing and waxing the floor. What more do we need to clean this time?
- Captain Cap'n: (furious) No! No! It's neither of those, you idiots! (shows a wine bottle) Just take a good look at this bottle I found while fishing!
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- Cat: (while he and Fish drive underwater; to Fish) You're lucky for being a fish since you don't have problems about going underwater. If we survived through this treasure hunting business, remind me to sue the Captain for anything he will get for this humiliation!
- Fish: Cat, can you please give yourself a rest and get on with the job? Lighting up your adventurous spirit. This is gonna be the best voyage for treasure yet. You'll see, buddy. I can feel it now.
- Cat: Well, I don't know how to feel with this honestly. But, whatever. What are we waiting for, Fish? You already heard our boss up there. Let's get this over with this and follow the path according to the map. Come on!
(Cat and Fish meet SpongeBob, Patrick and Squidward)
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- Dr. Alien: (notices Mr. Krabs) Hey! That's our money! Give it back!
- Monitor Monitor: Oh! I worked so hard to get all that money. Can you believe how many universes we had to go to pay our rent?
- Mr. Krabs: Well, I uh.. gotta go to the bathroom! (runs off)
- Dr. Alien: After him!
- Monitor Monitor: Wait for me! (they chase after Mr. Krabs)
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Trivia[]
- During his lifetime, Stephen Hillenburg was strongly against making either crossovers (except for Lake Summer Camp and unofficially Cartoon Animal Town; the Awesome Six crossover episodes with The Fantastic Family, Roger Ramjet and the American Eagles, the Big Five TV series, The Adventures of Hijitus, and Radical Rhinos (along with recurring appearances of a few villains from both The Fantastic Family and The Adventures of Hijitus in the series); T.U.F.F. Puppy characters appearing on The Fairly Odd Phantom; SpongeBob SquarePants characters appearing in Nickelodeon crossover video games; and characters from Hillenburg's shows appearing together in the covers to the SpongeBob and Friends Comics comic book series) or spinoffs (except for the Jimmy Two-Shoes adult animation spinoff Neighbors from Hell; and the then-upcoming SpongeBob SquarePants and The Doggies spinoffs Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years and Buddies, respectively) to his shows, but the studio begun work at the film as a tribute to him after his death. As such, the film's announcement has received a lot of negative backlash from several fans at first, but after the film's release, fans begun to love and accept the film.
- The film takes place during the second season of Atomic Puppet, since TBD.
- Due to both being adult animated series, Neighbors from Hell and Family of the Dead are the only series that weren't included in the film.
- For unknown reasons, Camp Lakebottom characters were absent as well, except for a brief silent cameo of Armand where a scared Patrick runs away from him.
- This is the first official SpongeBob SquarePants crossover, being between SpongeBob SquarePants and other works by Hillenburg. The second one is The Tidal Zone.
- This film was widely promoted for commercial tie-ins and marketing by:
- M&M's
- McDonald's
- Target
- Kraft
- IHOP
- Hasbro
- Post
- Nabisco
- Chevrolet
- Dial
- Kellogg's
- General Mills
- Hostess
- Kid Cuisine
- Lego
- Taco Bell
- Baskin Robbins
- Dunkin' Donuts
- Hungry Howies
- Air Heads
- Denny's
- Keebler
- 7-Eleven
- Wendy's
- Embassy Suites Hotels
- Pizza Hut
- Nestle
- FritoLay
- Chili's
- Mountain Dew
- Universal Orlando Resort
- Universal Studios Hollywood
- KFC
- Haribo
- Jelly Belly
- Toys R Us
- Regal
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