<P> The DVD and Blu - ray releases include animatics of deleted scenes from the film, including SpongeBob and Patrick's meeting with Sandy Cheeks (a squirrel) on the surface after their escape from Shell City . Patrick repeatedly vomits, upset by Sandy's unusual appearance . The squirrel is pursued by black - suited exterminators, and defends herself with acorns . She informs SpongeBob and Patrick that they can return to Bikini Bottom by taking a bus at the beach . This idea was later used for the second film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, where Sandy became a giant realistic squirrel . </P> <P> When SpongeBob awakens with a hangover on the Goofy Goober party boat, he asks a waiter for a "Double - Fudge Spinny"; the rejected line was used in a tie - in book, Ice - Cream Dreams, which was based on the film . In 2013 the film's lead storyboard artist, Sherm Cohen, released a storyboard panel of a deleted scene from the film with SpongeBob awakening from his dream saying "WEEEEE!" and Mr. Krabs holding a manager's hat . </P> <P> The film's trailer was released on May 19, 2004, and was attached to Shrek 2 . The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie opened in theaters on November 19, 2004; its yellow - carpet world premiere was at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on November 14, 2004 . Among celebrities who saw the premiere with their children were Ray Romano, Larry King, Ice Cube, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation's Gary Dourdan and Friends' Lisa Kudrow . The carpet was a disturbing reminder of home for Tom Kenny, SpongeBob's voice actor; he said, "I have a 15 - month - old daughter, so I'm no stranger to yellow carpets ." </P> <P> Julia Pistor, the film's co-producer, said that although Nickelodeon (which owns the SpongeBob trademark) wanted to sell character - themed backpacks, lunch boxes and wristwatches it respected Hillenburg's integrity and gave him control of merchandising . Hillenburg had no problem with candy and ice cream tie - ins, Pistor said (because of the treats' simplicity), but he had issues with fast food tie - ins; according to him, the latter was "full of hidden additives ." Pistor said, "The trouble is that you can't go out with animated films without a fast - food tie - in (...) People don't take you seriously ." Hillenburg replied, "Yeah, well, my take on that is that we shouldn't do that (...) We didn't want to suddenly become the people serving up food that's not that good for you - especially kids . We work with Burger King, and they make toys and watches . But to actually take the step of pushing the food, that's crossing the line . I don't want to be the Pied Piper of fast food ." </P>

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