The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

2025 • 1h 28m •

Adventure Family Animation Comedy Fantasy

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The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

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.

"Ship's about to go down."

Top Billed Cast

Tom Kenny

SpongeBob SquarePants / Gary / Morning DJ (voice)

Mark Hamill

Flying Dutchman

Clancy Brown

Mr. Krabs / Pirate / Narrator

Bill Fagerbakke

Patrick Star (voice)

Rodger Bumpass

Squidward (voice)

Carolyn Lawrence

Sandy (voice)

Mr. Lawrence

Plankton (voice)

George López

JK Fishlips (voice)

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C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic

2025-12-25

Only just tall enough to go on the big boy’s ride, “SpongeBob” and his best pal “Patrick” are lured onto the pirate ship of the dreaded “Flying Dutchman” and promised an exciting adventure before he is rewarded with his swashbuckling certificate. Meantime, “Mr. Krabs” races in hot pursuit because he knows that his enthusiastic, but gullible, young protégé is being lead on a perilous journey that could end up releasing untold terror on the high seas. There are loads of semi-slapstick escapades here and by putting it all underwater, they gets to battle all sorts of menacing s...