It's a SpongeBob Christmas!
The film SpongeBob Christmas ( Original title: "It's a Spongebob Christmas" ) is a special episode of the show SpongeBob SquarePants and as the 42nd episode of season 8 filed. In contrast to the regular episodes, which were produced as an animated, claymation is used here.
- 5.1 reviews
- 5.2 nominations
Broadcast
The movie " SpongeBob Christmas" ( original title: " It's a SpongeBob Christmas" ) was first aired on 23 November 2012 in the USA on CBS and on 8 December 2012 in Germany.
Action
In Bikini Bottom everyone is looking forward to Christmas and on plankton, which always gets paid to coal because he was naughty. That's why he wants to be naughty all but himself, because he is like then compared to the others. But he has discovered the new element Fiesonium, which can be any evil. The newly discovered element he scattered on a fruit cake, which he distributed with the help of a car that looks like fruit cake. Since the plankton Fiesonium first tried to SpongeBob, he believes the Fiesonium has no effect. So away the car on SpongeBob Plankton which fruit cake distributed to the entire city. As it turns out later, SpongeBob immune to Fiesonium. By Fiesonium everyone in Bikini Bottom except SpongeBob angry because his heart in comparison to his brain is too big. To represent also Spongebob in the eyes of Santa Claus as naughty, builds a SpongeBob Plankton lookalike who does only mean things. By chance Spongebob finds out that you can neutralize the effect of the Fiesoniums by singing a special Christmas song. As Santa Claus is coming to Bikini Bottom, he first thinks that the only plankton -like and SpongeBob is the naughtiest, but then comes the " SpongeBot " built the plankton and threatened to Santa Claus. SpongeBob fights the giant has since become SpongeBot using the fruitcake - car and rescues Santa Claus. Santa apologizes to SpongeBob and finds out that Plankton has created SpongeBot. He punished plankton with coal and fly with his sleigh on. Patrick, however, has sneaked on board and catches Santa Claus, because he believes that he can thus celebrate Christmas all year round.
Partly, the pirate, and Potty, the parrot looking for, in the meantime, according to the Santa's Workshop, what Patchy steals a post car. The car will, however, held up by a fork on the road and Patchy and Potty neither a bed nor what to eat. The two get hallucinations and patchy believes he has found the Santa's Workshop. However, he walked in the middle of a polar bear cave and is chased by the animal. Potty and Father Christmas gradual Partly as evil and wish the viewers a Merry Christmas.
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Publication and reception
The English episode " It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" Was published on 30 October 2012 in Canada, and on November 6, 2013 in the United States on DVD. A Blu -ray release should appear simultaneously with the DVD, but was not released for unknown reasons. The broadcast in the United States took place on December 6, 2012, 12 years after the broadcast of the first SpongeBob Christmas episode " Christmas Who? " On Nickelodeon and was announced by the sender as the world premiere, although the result is already on 2 December 2012 at the United Kingdom and Ireland had been sent on Nickelodeon.
Had the broadcast of " It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" On December 8, 2012, 4.8 million viewers and thus the best attendances at this time of day and expanded at a double -digit percentage year- on-year, with market share, number of audience and growth in children from 2 to 11 years of 7.8% / 2.6 million, 30 %; in children 6 to 11 years 7.7% / 1.5 million, 45 %; in children 9-14 years, 5.7 % / 1.2 million, 84 % in adults 18-49 years, 1.2% / 1.3 million, 33 %, respectively.
Nickelodeon was in the United States this week, the most-watched television program in children 2 to 11 years with a 2.8 % market share / 936,000 spectators, the total number of viewers amounted to 1.8 million.
Reviews
The Weihnachsspezial mostly received positive reviews. In the meeting, the Los Angeles Times Robert Lloyd wrote: "I felt that I had been somewhere when I saw this. When the show was over, I did not 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's enough to make you that you are dreaming of a yellow Christmas." ( "It's enough to make you want to dream of a yellow Christmas. ").
Zack Handlen of The A.V. Club wrote: " Still, it's cute and silly and has nothing vulgar in itself. It 's not a bad mission to eat cake it. " ( " Still, it 's cute, and goofy, and does not have a mean bone in its body. It's not a bad show to eat pie in front of. " ).
On the other hand, gave Nancy Basile of About.com of the shipment 4 of 5 stars and wrote: " Although I do not agree with some decisions of the animators, 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 characters, and the way in which Santa Claus is described: " He looks like a pig with liver spots " ( " he looks like a pig. with liver spots " ).
Nominations
At the 40th Annie Awards in 2013, the Christmas episode was nominated animated television show for children for the title of Best, being against DreamWorks Dragons ( episode: "How to Pick Your Dragon" ) lost.
Album
The album "It's a SpongeBob Christmas!" Was published on 6 November 2012. The song " Do not be a Jerk " was written in the Christmas special of the original English voice of Spongebob, Tom Kenny, in 2009. The songs were co-written by Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. The album contains twelve songs from " SpongeBob and the Hi -Seas " where the musical styles rockabilly ( "The Christmas Eve Jitters " ), country ( " Ho -Ho- Hoedown " ) and doo-wop ( " Wet, Wet Christmas" ) are represented.
Jessica Dawson of Common Sense Media -reviewed the soundtrack to the episode and wrote: "The funny and naughty Christmas carols capture the excitement and anticipation in a way that constitutes a nice change from the traditional carols, to which we are all accustomed to. " ( " the fun and fresh Actually Christmas songs capture the excitement and anticipation in a way that's a nice change from the traditional yuletide tunes we're all used to." )