SpongeBob's Christmas

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The movie SpongeBob's Christmas (original title: "It's a SpongeBob Christmas") is a special episode of the program SpongeBob SquarePants and is classified as the 23rd episode of the 8th season. In contrast to the regular episodes, which were produced as animation, claymation is used here .

Charisma

The film "SpongeBob's Christmas" (original title: "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!") Was broadcast for the first time on November 23, 2012 in the USA on CBS and on December 8, 2012 in Germany .

action

In Bikini Bottom everyone looks forward to Christmas except for plankton, who are always given coal for being naughty. Therefore he wants to let everyone get naughty except himself, because then he is nice compared to the others. To do this, he discovered the new element fiesonium , which makes everyone angry. He spreads the newly discovered element on a fruit cake, which he distributes with the help of a cart that looks like a fruit cake. Since Plankton tried the Fiesonium on SpongeBob first, he believed that Fiesonium had no effect. So Plankton gives the car away to SpongeBob, who distributes fruit cakes to the whole city. As it later turns out, SpongeBob is immune to Fiesonium. The Fiesonium turns everyone in Bikini Bottom except SpongeBob because their heart is too big for their brain. In order to portray Spongebob as naughty in the eyes of Santa Claus, Plankton builds a SpongeBob doppelganger who only does mean things. By chance, SpongeBob finds out that you can neutralize the effects of the fiesonium by singing a special Christmas carol. When Santa Claus comes to Bikini Bottom, he first thinks that Plankton is the only good one and SpongeBob is the naughtiest, but then "SpongeBot" comes along who built the plankton and threatens Santa Claus. SpongeBob fights the now huge SpongeBot with the help of the fruit cake cart and saves Santa Claus. Santa Claus apologizes to SpongeBob and finds out that Plankton created SpongeBot. He punishes plankton with coal and flies on with his sledge. However, Patrick snuck on board and catches Santa Claus, believing that this will allow him to celebrate Christmas all year round.

In the meantime, Patchy the pirate and Potty the parrot are looking for Santa's workshop, for which Patchy steals a post bus. However, the car is stopped by a fork in the street and Patchy and Potty have neither a bed nor something to eat. The two get hallucinations and Patchy thinks he has found Santa's workshop. However, he walks in the middle of a polar bear cave and is hunted by the animal. Potty and Santa Claus classify Patchy as angry and wish the viewer a Merry Christmas.

synchronization

main characters

Surname Original speaker German voice actor
SpongeBob SquarePants Tom Kenny Santiago Ziesmer
Patrick Star Bill Fagerbakke Fritz Rott
Squidward tentacles Rodger Bumpass Eberhard Prüter
Mr. Eugene H. Krabs Clancy Brown Jürgen Kluckert
Sandy Cheeks Carolyn Lawrence Cathlen Gawlich
Potty Paul Tibbitt Hans-Jürgen Dittberner
Patchy Tom Kenny Michael Pan
plankton Doug Lawrence Thomas Petruo

Secondary characters

Surname original German speaker
Painty Stephen Hillenburg Hans Teuscher
Karen Jill Talley Susanne Geier
Gary Tom Kenny Santiago Ziesmer
Santa claus John Goodman Frank Ciazynski

Authors

Publication and reception

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The English-language episode "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" Was released on October 30, 2012 in Canada and on November 6, 2013 in the United States on DVD. A Blu-ray release was supposed to come out at the same time as the DVD, but was never released for reasons unknown. It was broadcast in the United States on December 6, 2012, 12 years after the first SpongeBob Christmas episode "Christmas Who?" Was broadcast on Nickelodeon and was announced by the broadcaster as a worldwide premiere, although the episode was already on December 2, 2012 in the United States Kingdom and Ireland had been broadcast on Nickelodeon.

The broadcast of “It's a SpongeBob Christmas!” On December 8th, 2012 had 4.8 million viewers and thus the best viewership figures at this time of day as well as a double-digit percentage increase compared to the previous year, with market share, audience numbers and growth in children from 2 to 11 years 7.8% / 2.6 million, + 30%; in children aged 6 to 11 years 7.7% / 1.5 million, + 45%; in children from 9 to 14 years of age were 5.7% / 1.2 million, + 84% and in adults from 18 to 49 years of age 1.2% / 1.3 million, + 33%.

Nickelodeon was the most watched television program among children 2-11 years old in the United States this week with 2.8% market share / 936,000 viewers and a total viewership of 1.8 million.

Reviews

The Christmas special received mostly positive reviews. In a review of the Los Angeles Times , Robert Lloyd wrote, “I felt I had been somewhere when I saw this. When the show ended, I didn't want to leave. ”(“ I felt I'd been somewhere, watching this. When it ended, I was not ready to leave. ”).

David Hinckley of the Daily News wrote, "It is enough to make you dream of a yellow Christmas" ("It's enough to make you want to dream of a yellow Christmas.").

Zack Handlen of The AV Club wrote, “It's still cute and silly and has nothing in common about it. It's not a bad show to have cake with it. ”(“ Still, it's cute, and goofy, and doesn't have a mean bone in its body. It's not a bad show to eat pie in front of. ”).

On the other hand, Nancy Basile of About.com gave the show 4 out of 5 stars and wrote: “Although I disagree with some of the animators' choices, this Christmas special is a pleasure.” (“Though I disagree with a few of the animator's choices, this Christmas special is a treat. ") Basile also criticized the use of foam to create the figures and the way in which Santa Claus is described:" He looks like a pig with moles. " with liver spots ").

Nominations

At the 40th Annie Awards in 2013, the Christmas episode was nominated for Best Animated Television Show for Children , losing to DreamWorks Dragons (episode: "How to Pick Your Dragon").

album

Tom Kenny, the original voice of SpongeBob .

The album for "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" Was released on November 6, 2012. The song "Don't be a Jerk" was written in 2009 by SpongeBob's original English voice, Tom Kenny , in the Christmas Special . The songs were co-written by Tom Kenny and Andy Paley . The album contains twelve songs from "SpongeBob and the Hi-Seas", whereby the music styles Rockabilly ("The Christmas Eve Jitters"), Country ("Ho-Ho-Hoedown") and Doo-Wop ("Wet, Wet Christmas") ) are represented.

Common Sense Media's Jessica Dawson reviewed the soundtrack for the episode, writing, "The fun and cheeky Christmas carols capture the excitement and anticipation in a way that is a nice change from the traditional Christmas carols we are all used to." ("The fun and fresh Christmas songs actually capture the excitement and anticipation in a way that's a nice change from the traditional yuletide tunes we're all used to.")

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New on DVD and Blu-ray, Nov. 6 . In: San Francisco Chronicle . November 5, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2012.
  2. ↑ SpongeBob SquarePants - It's Not a Blu Christmas After All (Plus Final Complete Artwork) . TV shows on DVD. September 12, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
  3. ↑ Dominic Sacco: It's A SpongeBob Christmas special to air on TV . Licensing Biz. November 13, 2012. Archived from the original on November 17, 2012. Retrieved October 20, 2013.
  4. ↑ Sara Bible: Nickelodeon's 'It's a SpongeBob Christmas!' Special Draws Nearly 5 Million Viewers . TV by the Numbers. December 11, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ Neil Raymundo: It's a Spongebob Christmas! Draws Nearly 5 Million Viewers . In: Toon Barn . December 13, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  6. ↑ Jennifer Wolfe: It's a SpongeBob Christmas! Rank's top ratings . Animation World Network . December 11, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
  7. ↑ Review: 'It's a SpongeBob Christmas!' adds an extra dimension . In: Los Angeles Times . November 22, 2012. Retrieved November 24, 2012.
  8. ↑ David Hinckley: TV review: 'It's a SpongeBob Christmas' . In: Daily News . November 21, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2013.
  9. ↑ Zack Handlen: It's a SpongeBob Christmas! . In: The AV Club . November 23, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2013.
  10. ↑ Nancy Basile: 'It's a SpongeBob Christmas!' What's the big deal? . About.com . Archived from the original on March 28, 2013. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  11. ↑ NOMINEES & WINNERS . Annie Awards . Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  12. ^ Annie Award Nominations - A Real Race For Once . TheFilmExperience.net. December 4, 2012. Retrieved April 13, 2013.
  13. ↑ Dan Sarto: Nickelodeon Releases SpongeBob Christmas! Album . Animation World Network . November 12, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  14. ↑ Jim Macquirre: It's a SpongeBob Christmas! . In: Wired . December 6, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
  15. ↑ Jessica Dawson: Review: It's a SpongeBob Christmas! Soundtrack . Common Sense Media . Retrieved January 16, 2013.