Trouble is brewing in Bikini Bottom. Plankton has stolen King Neptune's crown and has blamed it on Mr Krabs, Spongebob's boss. Spongebob is upset about being turned down for the promotion of his life, but forgives Mr Krabs and sets out to prevent his boss from being executed. However Neptune's crown is in the dreaded Shell City... a sinister place (at least, to the marine world) that sea creatures have rarely returned from. Can Spongebob and Patrick make it through the six-day limit to save Mr Krabs? They'll have to as Plankton has taken control of everyone in town except King Neptune and his daughter, Princess Mindy.

The trailer uses footage from submarine films, Das Boot (1981), The Hunt for Red October (1990), and U-571 (2000).

King Neptune:
[to Spongebob] And as for you, be back with my crown in exactly 10 days.


Patrick Star:
[Appears out of nowhere] He can do it in nine.


King Neptune:
Eight.


Patrick Star:
Seven.


King Neptune:
Six


Mr. Eugene H. Krabs, SpongeBob SquarePants:
Patrick!


Mr. Eugene H. Krabs:
[He and Spongebob attack Patrick]


King Neptune:
Six it is then.


Patrick Star:
[while being choked by Mr. Krabs] Five?


SpongeBob SquarePants:
Patrick, shush!

Plot holes: Spongebob points out that he has been awarded Employee of the Month award 374 times in a row. That would mean that he would have worked at the Krusty Krab for 31 years and yet he's referred to as a kid.

(movie version)
by Derek Drymon, Stephen Hillenburg, Mark Harrison & Blaise Smith
Performed by The Pirates featuring Jeremy Birchall, Dwayne Condon, Craig Copeland,
Randy Crenshaw, Kevin Dorsey, Michael Geiger, Nick Jameson, Bob Joyce,
, Norman Large, Rick Logan & Gary Stockdale with The London Metropolitan Orchestra
Produced by Gregor Narholz