SpongeBob couldn't believe those two parting words. The pull-string sponge boy doll stared at his departing friends disappearing into the dark vent. He looks down, completely torn. He had shunned his friends into wanting to go to the museum with his Roundup Gang. And he also broke the hearts of two new toy members, Sherman and Agnes. It had become obvious that Mike will eventually grow up one day, and spent the few years of his time being off into bigger and better things. But being behind glass at a museum and separated from his own family, that is something SpongeBob would have to possibly cope with.

On the TV set, TV SpongeBob's voice is heard, "Is everybody okay?"

TV Cindy said, "Sheriff SpongeBob! I knew you'd make it!"

TV SpongeBob said, "Now, remember, young deputies, the real treasures are your friends and family. Before I go, kids, I have something special to share with you, for the times when I'm not around."

SpongeBob walks away from the grate. SpongeBob's Roundup approach their sad friend. "Good going, SpongeBob! I thought they'd never leave." SpongeBob sadly looks up to see that the final SpongeBob's Roundup episode had ended, and switched to a post-credits scene, where the TV Sheriff SpongeBob, sitting on a bench, plays a guitar and singing a song about friendship.

TV SpongeBob: You got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me

"SpongeBob?" Farquaad asked. SpongeBob ignored him and paid attention to the screen. Remorse weighed upon the pull-string sponge.

You've got troubles
Well, I've got them too
There isn't anything I wouldn't do for you

Out in the vent, Jimmy and the toys sadly walk down the duct. Jimmy's eyes twitched with bereavement, and his heart felt torn. looks back and hears the music in the distance. Jimmy sighed and continued on. SpongeBob was such a good friend to him, but now he ended his friendship with him. Every time that voice was heard, he still remembered him...

We stick together and see it through
'Cause you got a friend in me

In the middle of the song about honesty and truth, SpongeBob sat down on a roll of yellow tape, as he continued to watch the TV. On the TV screen, it appears as SpongeBob was breaking the forth wall, teaching little kids about honesty, trustworthiness, and loyalty. His blue eyes focused intently on the screen as he listened to the rest of the song, which is all about friendship. Meanwhile, a shy human boy appeared on the screen by his mother, but then he grinned broadly to see his idol, Sheriff SpongeBob sing.

Some other folks might be a little bit smarter than I am
Bigger and stronger too
Maybe.

The boy hugged his body affectionately as TV SpongeBob, paying no mind, kept on singing.

But none of them
Will ever love you, the way I do
It's me and you, boy

A look realization came to SpongeBob when that chord was struck. Raising his eyebrows, he lifted his black shoe and wiped the gray varnish off, and Mike's name was still on the sole. The name looks a little blurry and the ink lost most of its appeal. What was the future meant for him.

And as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You're gonna see it's our destiny

SpongeBob thought of that time Mike Wilson signed his name on his toy footwear. The sponge remembered how happy he was when the boy first recieved him, and that began to make him show more inquiry. That moment where SpongeBob was welcomed back into the era of SpongeBob's Roundup by his classic colleagues would give him consolation. SpongeBob would never do anything to break the genuine promise he would make with his Roundup Gang, but that would mean being totally separated from his old friends in order to keep that promise. He couldn't have rebuffed the words from Jimmy, Sherman and Agnes, even if the overrule had cost him his decision to go home. But it turns out that Sherman and Agnes were right all along. There is more to life than being in a museum. There ARE others who care about him and he has his own life in a bedroom, even a little rip would be an injury SpongeBob would just have to endure. He made the right choice for everyone's sake, but the question is, where...or what is everyone? What person is more important? What friendship should he need? What future was meant for him?

"What am I doing...?"

SpongeBob swiftly stood up from the duct tape, his mood genuinely changing. What he would believe is that SpongeBob never believed anything Jimmy said. What's out there is home and he no longer desired the personality of a celebrity and the life of being watched over. All that's crucial to him was a heart and soul of a person where a toy would be in good hands...a child, And SpongeBob is going to stay with his friends until the end of time, so that they would all be prepared for a prosperous future.

The pull-string sponge raced to the vent, in a hope to catch up with his friends. "JIMMY! WAIT! WAIT!"

"SpongeBob, where are you going?" Farquaad asked in alarm.

SpongeBob turned to face Farquaad, a fierce determination burning in his eyes. "I made a terrible decision back there. I have plenty of toy friends who care about me! It'll probably be boring to spend the rest of my toy life in a museum! Even you happen to be right all along, Farquaad. There's no way I can stop Mike from growing up. But I wouldn't miss it for the world!"

The young sponge continued his dash, and a face of dread plastered Farquaad's face. "No!"

Farquaad's pleas fell on deaf ears. SpongeBob lifted the vent upward and gave a loud shout to get the attention of the toys he abandoned. "JIMMY! AGNES! SHERMAN!"

Both Jimmies turned turned their heads in unison, "Yes?"

Sherman and Agnes turn to SpongeBob, "Yeah?"

SpongeBob came into the grate. "Change of plans: I'm coming with you!" Sherman and Agnes' eyes replaced the grim expressions to more hopeful looks, with Sherman setting Agnes down. SpongeBob ran over to the red-haired boy and black-haired girl, "Kids, I thought about what you to told me. I'm a toy, and Mike's toy to be more precise."

Sherman and Agnes beamed with hope, "Really?"

"Really." SpongeBob nodded. He continued with strong resolve, "And I'd never do anything to abandon my own family, no matter how many times damage comes to me. I've been through each up and down. And I can just say for certain, that I would see a positive opportunity and I will seize it, and that would be watching Mike grow up and have the brightest future."

Sherman smiled, "We knew it would mean a lot to us."

SpongeBob began to show a hint of sympathy. He had been so single-minded on going to the museum that he made the wrong choice of being with his friends and having Mike need him. And to be clear, there is plenty of times when SpongeBob, along with some friends, all new, all old, all different, is going to be needed by Mike, but once he grows up, there will be more kids out in the rest of the world. "I'm sorry I doubted you and Agnes. I didn't know what I was thinking or what positive choice to make."

"We forgive you." The two kids said. SpongeBob smiled widely, and he hugged Agnes and Sherman, with the latter recopriating it. "

We knew you would make it up to us. It means a lot to us." Agnes grinned. SpongeBob stood up again, once he's done hugging.

"So are you ready to come home with us?" Sherman asked.

SpongeBob pumped a fist, "Born ready. Let's all head home!" He paused as another action came to mind. "Wait a minute. Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! I'll be back in just a second!" He ran out of the vent as the toys cheered him on.

"Way to go, SquarePants." Jimmy smirked. Mike's room wouldn't be the same without SpongeBob.

SpongeBob ran over to his Roundup Gang, a big smile never leaving his face. "Hey, you guys!" SpongeBob paused for effect, "Come with me!"

"What?" Cindy was taken aback.

"Mike will play with all of us! I know it." SpongeBob replied.

Cindy began to feel hesitation creeping his face. "SpongeBob, I-I really don't know…I…" To be frank, she was a little surprised, in which would be a slight misunderstanding. It had been so long ever since he was in the loving and affectionate hands of a kid, that the sponge toy's invitation completely threw Cindy off-guard.

"Wouldn't you give anything just have one more perfect day with your old friend Susie?" SpongeBob asked curiously. It did the trick as SpongeBob went on encouragingly, "Come on, Cindy. This is what it's all about: to make any other child happy. And you know it. You'll be loved by Mike if you set your mind to it." Cindy clutches her hand doubtfully. SpongeBob turned to Spirit and Sandy, "Sandy, Spirit, are you with me?" Spirit eagerly licked SpongeBob's face, indicating that would mean a big yes. He chuckled, "OK. Good boy."

Sandy replied excitedly, "I don't see why not! It would be boring in a museum, but it would be great to be in a kid's room."

SpongeBob walked over to Farquaad's box and he asked, "Farquaad, how 'bout you?" The sponge toy turns the box around...only to find that Farquaad was not there!

A loud clanging noise startles SpongeBob. Farquaad has closes the grate, and tightens the bolt with his sword. It was tightened to the point where it will never unscrew again.

"Farquaad?" Cindy gasped in horror.

"You're out of your box!" SpongeBob exclaimed.

Farquaad finishes tightening the bolt. Heaving an apprehensive sigh, Farquaad walked across the room. "I tried reasoning with you, SpongeBob, but you keep forcing me to take extreme measures." The short man hits the top button on the remote, thus turning off the TV set. Realization suddenly dawned upon them.

"Wait a minute, I see what's going on." SpongeBob said suspiciously.

"Yeah, YOU were the one that turned on the TV last night, not Cindy!" Sandy shouted angrily.

"Look, he have an immortality and an eternity to spend together in the museum." Farquaad countered, "I can't bear to see SpongeBob being damaged, and if he wasn't, he would be in tip-top condition. Ergo, let's not start off by rudely pointing fingers, shall we?" Farquaad walked to his box, unaware of what's coming to him.

"You really are Lord Farquaad, aren't you?" SpongeBob said, narrowing his eyes and pursing his lips in a scowl.

"You jerk!" Sandy growled.

"Farquaad, this isn't fair!" Cindy chimed in.

"FAIR?!" Farquaad shouted angrily. This was the first time that Farquaad threw a villainous breakdown in front of them. He glared at SpongeBob, Sandy, Spirit and Cindy, his eyes flaming darkly. Every word he spoke is filled with anger, contempt and hatred. "I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S NOT FAIR-SPENDING A LIFETIME ON A DIME-STORE SHELF WATCHING EVERY OTHER TOY BE SOLD! WELL, FINALLY MY WAITING HAS PAID OFF AND NO HAND-ME- DOWN SPONGE BOY DOLL IS GONNA MESS IT UP FOR ME NOW!" Farquaad angrily picked up the box and throws it onto the foam insulation.

SpongeBob gasped, "Jimmy!" He quickly runs back to the vent, with Cindy and the others watching him. SpongeBob reached for the vent, and tries to open it, but it wouldn't budge. "HELP! JIMMY! GUYS!" SpongeBob yelled through the grate.

"It's too late, SpongeBob! This silly Jimmy Nerdtron can't help you!" Farquaad said atop the insulation.

"His name is Jimmy Neutron!" SpongeBob snapped.

"Whatever." Farquaad scoffed. "I've always hated those upstart Neutron toys." He climbed back in his box before closing it.

SpongeBob continues trying to open it, but no avail. "It's stuck!" SpongeBob cried. "What do we do?"

"I'm never using my head again!" Alex denied.

Sherman said, "It's not going to work at this point! You'll ending up injuring yourself!"

"How is SpongeBob going to go through the vent if it's stuck?" Agnes dreaded.

SpongeBob gasped as he heard someone coming. "It's Happy!" The other Roundup toys went back in their foam insulations. Happy comes in, looking at his watch. SpongeBob suddenly went limp and went into his toy position. "Look at the time! I'm gonna be late! "I can't miss this flight. I gotta pack!" He starts putting the Roundup toy versions in the green case. "Let's see: Wallet, keys, plane tickets, my passport, beef jerky; very expensive over there." Happy grabbed SpongeBob and put him on his foam insulation. He puts him inside, and then closes his case. Shower!" He sniffs his arm and said, "Right, I did take a shower." As soon as every toy version of the SpongeBob's Roundup characters are in their foam insulations, Happy closed the case. "I just got to get out of here now!"

Jimmy and the other toys watch Happy leave the room. In the vent, Sherman asked, "What do we do, now?"

Jimmy urged, "Quick! To the elevator!" The toy rescue party make a mad dash for the elevator. They have to catch up.