Nickelodeon Spongebob Squarepants — In Battle For...

Patrick’s eyes went wide. “Oh yeah.” He cracked his knuckles. “The forbidden technique.”

The sky above Bikini Bottom wasn’t its usual cheerful blue. It was a deep, angry purple — split by lightning bolts shaped like fishing hooks. Patrick stood on a chunk of floating rock, clutching a mayonnaise-covered spatula.

Sure enough, a legion of Plankton clones piloted greasy, tank-like Chum Buckets on spider legs. In the center of the chaos, atop the fallen statue of Poseidon, stood Plankton himself — inside a towering mech suit shaped like his own head. Nickelodeon SpongeBob SquarePants in Battle For...

SpongeBob emerged from a collapsed pineapple, clutching a single, glowing, golden Krabby Patty — so legendary it hummed with fryer heat. He looked at his friends. He looked at the patty. He took a deep breath.

The battle raged on — bouncy, absurd, and somehow beautiful — all for one sizzling sandwich. Patrick’s eyes went wide

“I’m just here for the bonus check,” he muttered, as a jellyfish rode a laser past his head.

Patrick blinked. “We had training?”

Together, they charged — SpongeBob squeaking like a chew toy, Patrick rolling into a spiky star-ball, and Sandy karate-chopping a chum tank in half. Squidward watched from a floating rock far away, sipping tea.

And in true Bikini Bottom fashion, the winner wasn’t who you’d expect. It was a deep, angry purple — split

“SpongeBob,” he whispered into a walkie-talkie made of two tin cans and a piece of string, “they’ve taken the Chum Bucket. And… the Krabby Patty secret formula.”

It was Gary. He simply licked the patty off the battlefield while everyone was arguing.