The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants (2025)

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.

Genres: Adventure, Family, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

What to watch after The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

• Scoob! (2020) — Same subject: based on cartoon
• Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (2023) — Pam Brady wrote for both
• Muppets from Space (1999) — Two steps away in the credits
• Flubber (1997)
• A Minecraft Movie (2025) — Same feel: cheerful, whimsical
• The Garfield Movie (2024)