The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is a 2004 American animated adventure comedy film based on the television series SpongeBob SquarePants created by Stephen Hillenburg, who co-wrote, co-produced, and directed the film. It stars the series' regular voice cast consisting of Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Mr. Lawrence, Jill Talley, Carolyn Lawrence, and Mary Jo Catlett, who are joined by Alec Baldwin, Scarlett Johansson, and Jeffrey Tambor, with David Hasselhoff appearing in live-action as himself. In the film, Plankton enacts a plan to discredit his business rival Mr. Krabs, steal the Krabby Patty secret formula and take over the world by stealing King Neptune's crown and framing Mr. Krabs for the theft. SpongeBob and Patrick team up to retrieve the crown from Shell City to save Mr. Krabs from Neptune's wrath and save Bikini Bottom from Plankton's rule.

Plot

Mr. Krabs opens a second location of the Krusty Krab, right next to the original. His fry cook, SpongeBob SquarePants, hopes to be promoted to manager of the new restaurant, but Krabs instead selects his co-worker, Squidward Tentacles, explaining to SpongeBob that he is a "kid" who is too immature to handle the position. Depressed, SpongeBob goes to the Goofy Goober ice cream parlor, where he indulges himself with ice cream with his best friend Patrick Star and wakes up the following morning with a hangover.