
Plankton: The Movie
Plot
Plankton's tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand — and decides to destroy the world without him.
About Plankton: The Movie
Plankton: The Movie is a 2025 American animated musical comedy film directed by Dave Needham and written by Kaz, Chris Viscardi, and Mr. Lawrence. Based on the television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by Stephen Hillenburg, it stars the series' regular voice cast, and follows Plankton, whose plans for world domination are put to a halt when his computer wife, Karen, decides to take charge. It is the second in a series of SpongeBob character spin-off films for Netflix, following Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie in 2024. The film was originally conceived by Lawrence as a half-hour special, but was eventually put into development as a feature. In March 2020, ViacomCBS announced that it would be producing SpongeBob spin-off films for streaming television. In June 2024, a spin-off film featuring the character Plankton as its lead was announced with its creative team attached. Mahuia Bridgman-Cooper composed the score, and Bret McKenzie, Linda Perry, Mark Mothersbaugh, and Bob Mothersbaugh wrote original songs. Prior to its release, the entire film was leaked in August 2024, as a video upload online. Plankton: The Movie was officially released on Netflix on March 7, 2025. The film debuted with 14.3 million views during its premiere weekend, making it the number one overall title on the streamer's English-language film chart that week, and received generally…
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Series
Followed by The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025).
Awards
Nominated for 1 other award: Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Animated Movie.
As recorded on Wikidata, which may not list every award.
Cast
Mr. LawrencePlankton / Teen Plankton / Rube / Snorkler (voice)
Jill TalleyKaren / All the Karens / Alarm Voice / Stiletto Woman / Old Lady Cane (voice)
Tom KennySpongeBob / Random Student / Gary / French Narrator (voice)
Bill FagerbakkePatrick / Troop (voice)
Rodger BumpassSquidward / Fish Troop / Goofy Goober Employee (voice)
Carolyn LawrenceSandy (voice)
Clancy BrownMr. Krabs / Pa Plankton (voice)
Mary Jo CatlettMrs. Puff (voice)
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