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Tom Kenny in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)

Parents guide

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

Content rating

  • Motion Picture Rating (MPA)
    Rated PG for some mild crude humor

  • Sex & Nudity:
    Mild
  • Violence & Gore:
    Mild
  • Profanity:
    None
  • Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking:
    Mild
  • Frightening & Intense Scenes:
    Mild

Sex & Nudity

Mild
59 of 124 found this mild
A quick frame of Patrick's butt cleavage is seen after releasing the bag of winds by the shore.
Patrick has a crush on Mindy and tells her that she's "hot."
Patrick wears fishnet thigh-high stockings and black boots and SpongeBob stands beneath his legs singing.
A paper file opens like a centerfold and is accompanied by striptease music.
SpongeBob brushes Squidward's back in a shower.
Patrick with no pants carries a flag with the stick between his bare buttocks.
The back of SpongeBob's pants falls open revealing his bare buttocks.
We see SpongeBob in his underpants.

Violence & Gore

Mild
54 of 89 found this mild
Dennis gets ready to stomp on SpongeBob and Patrick, but he gets hit by a boot.
SpongeBob and Patrick enter a bar called the Thug Tug, where several serious looking characters are seen doing violent things like beating each other up.
Hasselhof is accidentally stabbed, no blood and mainly used to be comedic.
King Neptune shoots fire with his trident burning Mr. Krabs for a few seconds.
Mr. Krabs chokes Patrick by wrapping his claws around his neck.
When King Neptune gives 10 days for Spongebob to get the crown and bring it to him, Patrick places bets that he can make it through six days, which made Mr. Krabs break out a fight between them. Nothing is shown, and is mostly for comedy.
Two fishes' lips get ripped off.
There is a fight scene between Dennis and Spongebob while riding on David Hasselhoff. And a tiny knife is plunged into David Hasselhoff's rear-end.
Dennis comes to the bar and sees all the men standing outside. The men threaten to beat him up, and Dennis punches one of them and sends him flying into the bar then it sinks into the ground (it is not said if he lived or not).
There is a brief shot of an unmoving body in a bar.

Profanity

None
61 of 114 found this to have none
SpongeBob calls Mr. Krabs "a great big jerk".
Plankton calls SpongeBob "SpongeBoob".
Three uses of ding a ling. One by Plankton, one by SpongeBob, and one by a fish in the crowd.
King Neptune says damming. One uses of damming.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

Mild
42 of 84 found this mild
One scene takes place in a bar, and some fish are shown drunk and one fish is seen drinking beer and smoking a cigarette.
SpongeBob and Patrick are shown "drunk" after eating lots of ice cream. This is played for laughs.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

Mild
41 of 84 found this mild
Plankton, when he enacts his evil plan Z, becomes more depraved and vicious than usual.
The bar scene can be a little intense though it's played for laughs.
King Neptune threatens to kill Mr. Krabs for stealing his crown when it is revealed that Plankton stole it and framed him.
Shell City can be scary.
SpongeBob and Patrick are in a chase scene with a giant angler fish after them from an ice cream trap.
The trench scene with the monsters can be frightening at first, but the monsters eventually become nice.
SpongeBob gets drunk by ice cream and grows a beard in the morning at Goofy Goober's in one scene. This may gross out some viewers.
None/Mild for neurodivergent viewers.
Plankton takes over Bikini Bottom showing all the familiar characters as programmed slaves with the helmets.

Certifications

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  • Argentina
    • Atp
  • Australia
    • G
  • Brazil
    • Livre
  • Canada
    • GAlberta/British Columbia/Ontario/Québec
    • PGManitoba
  • Chile
    • TE
  • Colombia
    • T
  • Czech Republic
    • U
  • Finland
    • K-3
  • France
    • Tous publics
  • Germany
    • 6
  • Hungary
    • 12
  • Iceland
    • L
  • India
    • U
  • Indonesia
    • SUself-applied
  • Ireland
    • G
  • Israel
    • ALLself-applied
  • Italy
    • T
  • Japan
    • G
  • Malaysia
    • U
  • Mexico
    • AA
  • Netherlands
    • AL
    • MG6DVD rating
  • New Zealand
    • G
  • Norway
    • 7DVD release
  • Peru
    • Apt
  • Philippines
    • G
  • Portugal
    • M/4
  • Russia
    • 6+
    • 0+original rating
  • Singapore
    • PG
  • South Korea
    • All
  • Spain
    • A
  • Sweden
    • Btl
    • 13Prime Video
  • Switzerland
    • 7canton of Geneva
    • 7canton of Vaud
    • 8canton of Zurich
  • Taiwan
    • 0+
  • Turkey
    • G
  • United Kingdom
    • U
  • United States
    • TV-G
    • TV-PG
    • TV-PGDLSV
    • TV-14DLSV
    • TV-14LSV
    • TV-PGLV
    • TV-PGS, V
    • TV-14SV
    • TV-14V
    • PGcertificate #41200
    • TV-Gsome airings
  • Ukraine
    • ZA

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