Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

Story

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie follows a Texan squirrel called Sandy (voice of Carolyn Lawrence) who is studying marine biology in the town of ‘Bikini Bottom’.

When Bikini Bottom is mysteriously abducted, Sandie and SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny) set out to find out where the town has gone and why it was abducted.

As part of their investigations, Sandy ends up returning home to Texas where her family help her discover the evil lurking above and below the sea.

Now Sandy and SpongeBob must save SpongeBob’s friends Patrick (Bill Fagerbakke), Squidward (Rodger Bumpass), Plankton (Mr. Lawrence) and all the other loveable characters of Bikini Bottom before the main villain, Sue Nahmee (Wanda Sykes), turns everyone into sellable soft toys!

Themes

Animal cruelty; rampant consumerism, natural disasters; greed

Violence

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie has some slapstick violence. For example, Bikini Bottom’s main villain, Plankton, is stepped on in the opening sequence and kicked around many times throughout the movie, and SpongeBob is often thrown around.

Sexual references

There are no sexual references in Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.

Alcohol, drugs and other substances

There’s no substance use in Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.

Nudity and sexual activity

There’s no nudity and sexual activity in Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.

Product placement

There’s no product placement in Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.

Coarse language

There’s no coarse language in Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie.

Ideas to discuss with your children

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie is a light-hearted, animated adventure featuring familiar characters from the realm of SpongeBob SquarePants. The movie is best suited to viewers aged 5 and over.

The main messages from Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie are that family is important; and it’s important to look after and protect the environment, as opposed to creating products and destroying places.

Values in Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie that you could reinforce with your children are persistence, teamwork, loyalty, helpfulness, studiousness and family.

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie could also give you the chance to talk with your children about real life issues like consumerism, the impacts of animal cruelty, and using science or research unethically.