Atlantis Squarepantis
(You're all seeing this right, I'll be doing a rewrite of one of the worst Spongebob specials to ever be released, Atlantis Squarepantis. It's not so much that it was bad, but rather that it was so disappointing. I mean, we Spongebob fans were promised an exciting Atlantean adventure, but instead we got a blatant rip off of Willy Wonka and the fact that it was a musical! But, this fan is going to change that and make this waste of a special the adventure everyone was promised. I hope you all enjoy this!)
Summary:While they are having fun one day, Spongebob and Patrick come across a map which they find shows a route to the lost city of Atlantis. Along with Squidward, Sandy and Mr Krabs, the two head out to find the lost city.
Pairings:Spongebob/Sandy, Patrick/Mindy, Squidward/Lillian and Gary/Michelle
Chapter 1: The Map
It was a bright sunny morning in Bikini Bottom and somewhere in the fields of Jellyfish Fields, Spongebob Squarepants, an energetic and positive yellow sponge of 26 years old who was most noticeable by wearing his brown square pants with a red tie, and his best friend Patrick Star, a not very bright but lovable pink starfish who only wore green shorts with purple spots, were looking for jellyfish. The two held their jellyfish nets and were sneaking slowly across the fields to avoid attracting any attention from the jellyfish.
"All right, Patrick, we should be getting close. Just make sure they don't hear us; it's always fun to catch them by surprise." Spongebob said, looking back at his friend. Patrick nodded in agreement, and the two poked their heads up from behind a rock to see a jellyfish who was unaware that they were there. The jellyfish was letting out its familiar buzzing and start to float away while Spongebob and Patrick watched on from their hiding place.
"Can we go after it now, Spongebob?" Patrick asked. "Not yet, Patrick. Let's just wait a little longer so it doesn't see us and then we jump in." Spongebob responded. The two watched as the jellyfish floated through the air, and then they climbed out from behind the rock and started to sneak over to the jellyfish.
"Slowly, Patrick. Don't make any sudden movements." Spongebob whispered. As the two got close to the jellyfish, Patrick suddenly tripped and fell flat on his face in the grass. Spongebob looked down at him in surprise, while the jellyfish turned around to see the two. "Uh, Patrick?" Spongebob asked, as he slowly started to back away from worry. Patrick looked up and over at Spongebob backing away.
"Yeah, Spongebob?" Patrick asked. "Maybe this is a good time for us to start running." Spongebob said. Patrick stared at Spongebob in confusion and then smiled when he looked to see that the jellyfish had directed its attention to them.
"Look, Spongebob! The jellyfish is looking at us. We can catch it now, right?" Patrick asked. "I don't think so, Patrick. I think we made it angry!" Spongebob responded. Patrick looked back up at the jellyfish and noticed that several more had gathered, and they all had their attention directed to Spongebob and Patrick.
"You don't think it's too late to apologize, do you?" Patrick asked, looking back at Spongebob. "Run for it!" Spongebob said, and he immediately turned to the other direction and started to run away. Patrick was confused at first, but then he looked back at the jellyfish to see they were angry and ready to sting him.
"Spongebob, wait up!" Patrick called, and started to run after his friend. As the two were making a run for it, they hid behind a rock and poked their heads out to see if the jellyfish were there. After a few seconds of silence, the two sighed in relief and sat down to have a rest.
"That was close. I think that ends our jellyfishing plans for the day." Spongebob commented, as he looked over at Patrick. Patrick was thinking to himself before he suddenly remembered something.
"Spongebob, aren't you usually at work at this time of the day?" Patrick asked. "Yeah, usually I am. But it's the weekend, remember, Patrick?" Spongebob asked in response.
"Oh, yeah." Patrick said. "We need to think something else we can do." Spongebob said, as he started to have some thought to himself. After a few seconds, he smiled and snapped his fingers.
"I know! We can blow bubbles! I brought my own bubble soap." Spongebob said, as he brought out a container of bubble soap and his bubble wand. "Did you remember to bring the camera, Patrick?" he asked, as he looked over at Patrick.
"Right here, buddy." Patrick responded, as he showed his purple camera with the flashlight on the top. Spongebob dipped his bubble wand into the bubble soap, brought it out and blew it to reveal a bubble in the shape of himself.
"Hi, Patrick!" The Spongebob bubble called, waving to Patrick. As soon as Patrick saw it, he immediately snapped a picture before the bubble popped. As the picture came out from the bottom, the two looked down at it to see the Spongebob bubble, which caught Patrick by surprise.
"Wow! How'd you do that, Spongebob?" Patrick asked. "I brought a special bubble soap last week. Now, I can make the first attempt at blowing a bubble that will last all day!" Spongebob responded, as he showed Patrick the bubble soap container and the bubble wand that had the top in the shape of an A.
He then dipped the bubble want into the bubble soap again, brought it out and started blowing to make a huge bubble. But what he didn't notice was that the bubble started to trap him and Patrick inside it and it started to float into the air. Patrick looked down to notice the problem and then darted his eyes back to Spongebob.
"Spongebob?" he asked. Spongebob stopped blowing for a few seconds to say "Patrick, this bubble is going to break all records." With this, he continued to blow trying to make the bubble larger.
"Well, I hope it doesn't break until we get a little closer to the ground." Patrick responded. Confused, Spongebob looked down to see what Patrick was talking about and noticed that not only were they trapped inside the bubble, but they were also directly in the air floating above the city.
"What have I done?!" Spongebob cried, starting to panic. With this, he and Patrick started pounding against the bubble's surface, but the bubble was tough for them to pop. The bubble floated into a cave, but then it popped when it touched one of the cave's spikes at the top, sending Spongebob and Patrick to land on the ground. The two sat up and started to rub their heads off.
"Well, I'll make sure not to do that again anytime soon." Spongebob commented. But as he looked up, his eyes grew huge with amazement. "Patrick, look at this!" he smiled. Patrick looked up with Spongebob to see what he was talking about, and he was amazed as well. They could see that the cave had crystals stuck along its walls and it led to a maze of some kind.
"Isn't this the most wonderful cave you've ever seen, Patrick?" Spongebob asked. "Yeah, it sure is pretty." Patrick responded, since he had his attention mainly directed to the crystals on the cave's walls.
"Let's go see what it's like." Spongebob said, as he started to run off ahead. Patrick looked to notice Spongebob running ahead, and started to try and catch up. However, the two stopped short when they noticed there were two different entrances.
"Patrick, you and I can go different ways. I'll go to the left, and you can go to the right. Wait for me when you get to the end." Spongebob said. "Sure thing, buddy." Patrick responded. With this, the two started to go on their assorted routes. As Spongebob was looking around his side of the maze, he wasn't watching where he was going and ran right into a dead end.
"Guess it's easy to get lost in here." Spongebob commented as he rubbed his head. He got up and started to look around his half of the maze; it was certainly tough to go around a place like this. "Man, this maze is huge. I wonder if Patrick's making more progress than I am." Spongebob said to himself.
Patrick was staring at one of the walls since he had come to a dead end; he had been standing like that for quite a few minutes now and hadn't moved yet. "One of us has to move soon, and it'll either be me or you." Patrick said. There was no response, so Patrick continued his way through his half of the maze. "Maybe he'll catch up at the end." Patrick said to himself. Soon, Spongebob arrived at the end of the maze.
"Wow, I got here first. Patrick should be coming soon." Spongebob said, as he looked around. But then, he smiled when he saw that Patrick had arrived as well. "Patrick, there you are! Did you have much trouble getting through your way?" Spongebob asked.
"Not really, but I ran into someone on the way. He wasn't moving, so I figured he'd catch up." Patrick responded. There was silence for a few seconds before Spongebob recognized what the problem was. "Patrick, I think you just ran into a dead end." Spongebob said.
"Oh, there were dead ends in that maze? Someone should have let me know of that earlier." Patrick commented, scratching his head in confusion. Spongebob shook his head and was about to say something else before his eyes darted to the left.
"Patrick, look at that!" Spongebob said, pointing forward. Patrick looked with Spongebob to notice a rolled up brown piece of paper stuck in the dirt. "You think we should see what it is?" Spongebob asked.
Patrick shrugged and responded "I don't see why not." With this, the two ran over and Spongebob pulled the paper out of the dirt. After brushing any dirt that might still be stuck off, Spongebob unrolled the paper and gasped in amazement.
"Patrick, it's a map!" Spongebob smiled. Patrick looked with him to see that he was right; there was a blue trail leading through various places to end at a glorious city. "Where do you think it leads to, Pat?" Spongebob asked.
"I don't know. Maybe we should ask someone who might know what it means." Patrick suggested. Spongebob was silent for a few seconds before a bright smile crossed his face and he looked over at Patrick.
"That's a great idea, Pat! Let's go to the museum; they'll know what this map means!" Spongebob agreed. With this, the two rushed out of the cave with their newly found map to the museum.
At Bikini Bottom Museum, which was shaped like a giant brown boat with oars coming out of the side and a sail set up at the top with the sign as several silver shields with each letter written on them, Mr Krabs, the owner of the famous restaurant, the Krusty Krab, as well as being well known for being a cheapskate without anyone else knowing, was standing beside the entrance. He snuck over and pulled out a small blue float with a pin, and as he pulled the pin out, the float inflated into a giant booth. He then stuck an admission sign on it and ran inside, as well as putting a sign beside the booth that said 'Admission, $3.00'.
Just then, a brown fish who was wearing a blue cap, sunglasses, a green top and red shorts looked at the admission price sign and then back at Mr Krabs.
"Hello. Welcome to the museum! That'll be three dollars." Mr Krabs said, holding his claw out to get the money. The fish started to scratch his head in confusion and said "I thought it was Free Tuesday."
Mr Krabs immediately shook his head. "No, today's Monday. Otherwise, I wouldn't be wearing this I hate Mondays shirt." He then pointed down to a white shirt he was wearing that said 'I hate Mondays'.
"That's a good point." The fish responded. He got three dollars out from his pocket, gave it to Mr Krabs and headed inside the museum. As he went past, Mr Krabs happily waved.
"Enjoy the artefacts!" Mr Krabs called. As he started to drag the money across his claw to see the amount, he commented to himself "Don't stand in one place too long, or else people might mistake you for one." But then, he could hear the sound of a familiar laugh and noticed Spongebob and Patrick running towards the museum holding the map. Mr Krabs immediately hid as the two ran past the admission booth into the museum, accidently knocking over the price sign in the process, and he then poked his head back up to notice that they weren't there anymore.
"That was close." Mr Krabs commented in relief. But he picked a bad time to relax, because he noticed the brown fish he saw earlier had come back with a security guard to point him out. Not wanting to get into trouble, Mr Krabs immediately scattered out of his booth and ran into the museum, with the security guard following him.
Inside, Spongebob and Patrick looked around to see the various exhibits in the museum. "Look at all of this, Patrick! Doesn't this museum hold the most special exhibits in Bikini Bottom?" Spongebob asked. He then had an idea and grabbed out a new camera he had brought along with him.
"Hey, Spongebob. Shouldn't we ask someone if they know what the map we found is about?" Patrick asked, as he looked over at Spongebob with his camera.
"We will, but first I'd like to take some pictures of the exhibits. If there's some special exhibits, I'll frame the pictures of those." Spongebob responded. With this, the two started to look around the museum to find exhibits to take pictures of. They noticed that some of the security guards were asleep, so they had to make sure not to wake them up.
"Wow, all these exhibits are amazing. These will make great pictures for a photo album." Spongebob commented as he and Patrick were looking around. Just then, they noticed Mr Krabs run past with a security guard chasing him down. The two looked at each other wondering what that was about, before Spongebob noticed someone nearby.
"Look, Patrick. There's Squidward!" Spongebob said, pointing ahead. Sure enough, sitting nearby looking at a special painting was Squidward Tentacles, Spongebob's next door neighbour. He was often known to be very unhappy and cynical, making snarky remarks whenever possible and very often getting annoyed by Spongebob and Patrick's antics. He also had a large passion for music and art, and the latter was exactly what he was doing now.
"Ah, Neptune's ascension; the last surviving painting from the great city of Atlantis. Just what the doctor ordered, Squiddy. Spending your day studying the Atlantean masters, and best of all, no Spongebob or Patrick to ruin your day." Squidward smiled. But then, he noticed something was out of place and turned around to notice Spongebob and Patrick, who then happily waved to him.
"Just ignore them, and they won't bother you." Squidward said to himself, and turned away from the two to focus on his own business. But while he wasn't looking, Spongebob and Patrick ran over to stand right near him. At first, Squidward didn't notice, but when he turned around to see them again, he nearly jumped out of his seat.
"Hey, Squidward! Do you mind if we take a picture?" Spongebob asked, holding his camera up. "No!" Squidward retorted. Spongebob didn't listen and snapped a photo anyway. He and Patrick then looked down at the picture to see that it was of Squidward ready to yell at them.
"That'll make a great picture at home." Spongebob commented, as he and Patrick didn't notice Squidward still glaring at them. When they brought the photo down from their eyes, Squidward then directed his attention to them.
"What are you two doing here? If it's time for you to ruin my day, it's a little too early for me." Squidward said. Spongebob and Patrick looked at each other for a few moments, confused, and then they looked back at Squidward.
"Actually, we came to find something out." Spongebob responded. Patrick then brought the map they had out. "We found this while we were at Jellyfish Fields, and we're trying to find someone who might know what it is." Patrick explained. Squidward was surprised, and looked down to see the map.
"Could I have a look at that for a second?" Squidward asked. "Sure." Spongebob responded, and handed the map to Squidward. Squidward unrolled the map, had a look at it for a few seconds, and then looked down at the two having an idea.
"Why don't you two just continue to look at the artefacts? I'm going to go find someone who can help you out." Squidward said, as he handed the map back at Spongebob. Spongebob and Patrick then both smiled when they heard Squidward say that.
"Thanks, Squidward!" Spongebob responded, and he and Patrick started to rush off. As soon as they were gone, Squidward started happily laughing and looked back at the painting he had directed his attention to before the two interrupted him.
"That should keep them busy for a while." Squidward said to himself. As Spongebob and Patrick were keeping themselves busy, they noticed a tour group looking at a ship in a bottle sealed in a glass bottle. "This will definitely make one of the best photos!" Spongebob smiled as he snapped a picture.
Nearby, Sandy Cheeks, a 25 year old brown squirrel wearing a white suit with an acorn patch on it and a helmet so she could breathe underwater, was looking around at some of the pictures that were hung up on the walls. As she was having her own personal tour, she noticed Spongebob and Patrick nearby looking around. "Now, I wonder what these two are doing here. Better go see them and find out." Sandy said to herself, and she started to run over to them.
Spongebob had just snapped a photo of a purple pot and looked down at the picture. "You've been framed!" Spongebob said, and started happily laughing at his own joke. While he was occupied, he didn't notice Sandy coming over from behind him.
"Howdy, Spongebob." Sandy smiled. Caught by surprise, Spongebob immediately turned around and snapped a photo of her. When he brought the camera down to notice it was Sandy, he smiled.
"Oh, hi, Sandy. You almost gave me a scare!" Spongebob said. "Oh, sorry about that." Sandy responded. Spongebob then looked down at the photo of Sandy he had accidently snapped and smiled. Sandy looked down at the photo with him and she couldn't help smiling too; it was of her waving to him with a bright smile.
"Now this is my favourite picture." Spongebob said. He then looked back up at Sandy, since she noticed Patrick was with him as well. "Hey there, Patrick." Sandy said.
"Hi, Sandy." Patrick responded. "So, Sandy, what are you doing here?" Spongebob asked, as he was still holding his picture of her.
"I was just having a look around to see if the museum had anything new. What brought you fellas down here?" Sandy asked. Spongebob brought the map out and showed it to Sandy.
"We're trying to see if anyone knows what this map is." Spongebob responded. He then unrolled the map for Sandy to see. Sandy had a look to see what the map was, and then she started to smile with amazement.
"Well, would you look at that!" Sandy smiled in fascination. "What is it?" Spongebob asked, noticing Sandy's expression of interest.
"I think you guys have found a route to the lost city of Atlantis!" Sandy responded. Spongebob and Patrick were both amazed, and Squidward had arrived as soon as he heard that from where he was.
"Did you say the lost city of Atlantis?" he asked. "You know it, Squidward. This map has a route that leads to the city, and apparently no one has been able to find it yet. So, that means that the city must have a lot of secrets that no one knows yet." Sandy responded.
"Wait. How do you know about Atlantis, Sandy?" Spongebob asked, scratching his head in confusion.
"I'd been doing a lot of research on the city, and from what I found, it's said to be a special city with a lot of secrets that are yet to be discovered." Sandy explained. Spongebob and Patrick looked at each other in excitement; they couldn't believe they had found a route to such a special city. But then, the group of four could hear someone calling to them and they turned to notice Mr Krabs making a run for it.
"Get out of the way! Move it!" Mr Krabs called, as he ran past the group. The four were confused, but then they turned to notice a few security guards running after Mr Krabs. "Let's go!" Spongebob said, and the four started to run for it as well. It didn't take them long to catch up with Mr Krabs, who had already gone ahead of them.
"Mr Krabs, what's the hurry about? And why are those security guards after you?" Spongebob asked. "They said I tried to rip someone off on a weekend, and here I thought it was Monday. I've been losing track of the days…" Mr Krabs explained. The group looked back to notice the guards running after them, and they immediately ran out of the museum to get away. However, Spongebob's photo of Sandy fell out of his pocket and it landed on the sand, which Spongebob turned around to see.
"My photo!" Spongebob gasped. He then turned back to the group. "You guys go off ahead. I need to get something." Spongebob said, and rushed off to get the photo back. Though the others were confused, they didn't argue and started to run off ahead. Spongebob ran to where the photo had landed and picked it up.
"There you are. I wouldn't want to lose you." Spongebob smiled, as he looked at the photo and put it back in his pocket. But then, he noticed the guards coming and started to run off after the others, not taking long to catch up.
"We need to find somewhere to stay so they don't find us." Squidward said. Spongebob had some thought to himself, and then snapped his fingers having an idea.
"We can go to my house. Those guards will never find us there." Spongebob suggested. With that, the group started to make their way to the Pineapple.
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