The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
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Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.
Wokeness: 20%
Overall Score: 40%
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Paramount strikes again
Straight to the point → Can kids watch it? Yes.
Does it have woke elements? Yes. → Barb never existed in the original stories; and that character is there to fill thA quota
As a SpongeBob fan who’s seen absolutely everything in that universe since the very first episode (including material made after the creator passed away), I can confidently say this movie is a total disrespect to its creator. Paramount didn’t even bother to include a simple “thank you” to Stephen Hillenburg in the credits.
Is it SpongeBob? It’s basically a rehash of the first movie and a very calculated breakdown of all the elements that make SpongeBob SpongeBob but without the interesting spark of Hillenburg’s original vision. Back then, SpongeBob was for the whole family, Squidward included. Here, Squidward is pushed to the background→ third place, maybe even fourth.
In the end, kids can watch it, but it really doesn’t do justice to what Stephen Hillenburg created.
Created: 01-22-2026
