Plankton- The Movie - Official Trailer - Netflix
Plankton: The Movie is a 2025 computer-animated musical film based on Nickelodeon's hit TV show SpongeBob SquarePants. It is directed by Dave Needham and produced by Robert Bakish from a screenplay by Doug Lawrence, Kaz and Chris Viscardi. Produced by Nickelodeon Movies, it was officially released on Netflix on March 7, 2025.[1] Also, it has recently been leaked along with several other movies on Netflix.
Plot
Plankton unsuccessfully attempts yet again to steal the Krabby Patty secret formula. When he returns home to the Chum Bucket, he is surprised that his computer wife Karen has turned the restaurant into a successful Mexican-themed chum restaurant with an active customer base. Frustrated that her move isn't evil to his exact specifications, he burns the place down. Fed up with Plankton never listening to her ideas, Karen removes her Empathy chip from her circuitry and takes on a larger mech form, and begins using magnets to build a giant floating fortress and take over the world.
Concerned, Plankton enlists the help of SpongeBob, who uses his hypnotism gear in order to get Plankton to be on the same page as Karen. It is through here that we learn that Karen's original form was a calculator connected to a potato in a petri dish Plankton made during his childhood, and later upgraded her to her current body at Bikini State University, where they built a freeze ray to put into motion plans to take over the world. Their original attempt at world domination was thwarted by a human child at the beach, who threw them back into the water, and it is revealed that overhearing Mr. Krabs jokingly say that the Krabby Patty secret formula is what will help him take over the world is what led Plankton to make his life's goal to steal the recipe.
The two head to the college and are able to find Karen's original body parts. Plankton uses Karen's original body parts to conceive a new mech in an attempt to destroy the original Karen, only for Karen to simply merge her into her mech body. Frustrated at Plankton's inability for him to take responsibility for his actions, SpongeBob brings him to the Gal Pals: Sandy, Pearl, and Mrs. Puff, where they install Karen's Empathy chip into his brain. This leads to him having a revelation, and the five infiltrate Karen's airship.
Karen disconnects her other selves to fight off the Gal Pals, while Plankton heads to reconcile with Karen. SpongeBob and Patrick head to the engine room, powered by potatoes, and cook all of the potatoes to mitigate the ship's fuel. Karen attempts to dismiss Plankton's attempt to win her back by handing him the Krabby Patty formula, but Plankton tells her that she was the real secret formula, and the two begin attempting to take over the world together once again. However, Patrick has eaten all of the potatoes that were stockading the engine room, causing the mech to crumble apart and restore Bikini Bottom to its former glory. Everyone attempts to attack Plankton and Karen, until SpongeBob intervenes, saying that he's a "sucker for a love story," to which everyone agrees and celebrates.
Voice cast
- Doug Lawrence as Sheldon J. Plankton and Rube Goldfish
- Jill Talley as Karen Plankton
- Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants and Gary the Snail
- Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star
- Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks
- Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff
- Lori Alan as Pearl Krabs
- Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs and Pa Plankton
- Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles
- Dee Bradley Baker as Spot and Perch Perkins
- Kate Higgins as Ma Plankton
Production
On March 4, 2020, Robert Bakish announced that ViacomCBS would produce two feature-length SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off movies for Netflix, representing a "profitable, low-risk rental business with set margins," which he said translates to content ownership for separate distribution down the road, including consumer products and recreation.
"So, we're convinced that both an O&O [owned and operated] and a third-party studio strategy is absolutely right for ViacomCBS," Bakish said. "We believe that maximizing the value of our content asset, that is what you see us executing in 2020 and beyond."
Asked about updates on the films, Vincent Waller replied that they were in the writing phase. He also stated that "Pearl will be in at least one. But nothing is final yet and a lot can change between concept and delivery."[2]
It was later revealed Natalie Franscioni-Karp would be a visual development artist on the movie.
The first picture and name of the movie, Plankton: The Movie, was revealed on June 6, 2024 with an early 2025 scheduled release on Netflix. Production finished in mid-2024.
On August 8, 2024, the entire movie was leaked on Twitter and Reddit, just like Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie. Early viewers had positive reviews, saying it was far better than the previous movie in the mini-series.
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Trivia
- This is the second SpongeBob movie to be released on March, after The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
- This is the second SpongeBob movie to be released on Netflix, following Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.
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