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Issue Date: April 24, 2005
DVD Insider
Fact or fish tale?
An oceanographer explores "SpongeBob SquarePants Movie."
Movie Overview: "It's a fantasy and a kid's story. But there are morsels in there to keep adults entertained."
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The plot: Based on Nickelodeon's hit cartoon, the movie sends freckle-faced chatterbox SpongeBob SquarePants and his pink pal, Patrick Star, on an underwater odyssey to reclaim King Neptune's crown.
Insider's credentials: Award-winning marine biologist Sylvia A. Earle, 69, shares the depth record for solo diving: 1,000 meters (3,281 feet). An explorer-in-residence at "National Geographic," she has led 60-plus research expeditions worldwide.
Scene 7: All Hail, Plankton -- On the road to Shell City, SpongeBob and Patrick stop for a "free ice cream" -- only to discover it's a trap.
"I was really taken by this scene. Just as SpongeBob was attracted to the grandmotherly figure serving ice cream, fish in the ocean are attracted to lures. The good guys escape here, but we see how easily we could be fooled."
Scene 8: Just Kids -- Believing they've been turned into men, our heroes feel invincible and leap off an ocean cliff into the abyss.
"People view this with apprehension. The average ocean depth is 2 1/2 miles. But there are big cracks, and I've been on the edge as a scuba diver, where it drops 6, 7 miles. You look into what's literally blue infinity. It can be scary."
Overview: Shell City -- Captured by the evil "Cyclops," SpongeBob and Patrick are set under a lamp to dry.
"They get dehydrated to make curios! It should make people realize that starfish and sponges are individuals -- they're not just [trinkets] or something to eat. There's more to the ocean than fillet of fish."
-- Frappa Stout
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