In the second Sponge Bob movie -- which comes nearly 11 years after the first, 2004's The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie -- things are status quo in SpongeBob’s hometown of Bikini Bottom.

As seen above, the Gal Pals have only appeared in the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise three times: twice on the show and once in a movie. The Gal Pals have been around since 2018, and yet the show ...

The second movie is The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants, which was originally supposed to be released on May 23, 2025, but it ended up being delayed to December 19, 2025.

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The last theatrically released “SpongeBob” movie, “Sponge Out of Water,” opened to $55 million in February 2015. “Search for SquarePants” will release on Dec. 19.

Additionally, the movie's director Derek Drymon (Hotel Transylvania 4) also told Collider that The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants is "just a fun, kind of silly, dumb adventure.

Check out the teaser trailer for The SpongeBob Movie: Search For SquarePants, an upcoming film starring Tom Kenny, Clancy Brown, Rodger Bumpass, Bill Fagerbakke, Carolyn Lawrence, Mr. Lawrence ...