Behind the Pantis

"Behind the Pantis" is a SpongeBob SquarePants DVD bonus feature. It is a behind the scenes look at "Atlantis SquarePantis." It can be found in the SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis DVD.

Characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
  • SpongeBob's skeleton
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sandy Cheeks
• Patrick Star
  • Patrick's skeleton
• Old Man Jenkins
• Sheldon J. Plankton
• Norma Rechid
• Lord Royal Highness
• Atlantean citizens
• Narrator
• Primitive Sponge ^{(Cameo at the beginning)}
• SpongeGar ^{(Cameo at the beginning)}
• Patar ^{(Cameo at the beginning)}
• Nerd
• Johnson
• Clever Visual Metaphor for the Abstract Concept of Thought ^(cameo)
• Sir SpongeBob
• Timmy Turner ^{(Cameo at the beginning)}
• Cosmo Cosma ^{(Cameo at the beginning)}
• Wanda Fairywinkle-Cosma ^{(Cameo at the beginning)}
• Captain
• Painted parrot

Crew/cast Presents

• Tom Kenny
• Clint Bond
• Kenny Pittenger
• Steven Banks
• Paul Tibbitt
• Doug Lawrence
• Dani Michaeli
• Clancy Brown
• Rodger Bumpass

Synopsis

The special explains the making and process of the SpongeBob SquarePants TV movie, "Atlantis SquarePantis." It goes through a total of 10 steps:

1. The Big Idea
2. The Script & Storyboard
3. The Voices
4. The Animatic
5. Off to Korea
6. Back from Korea
7. Final Version
8. Sound Design
9. Fancy Box & Label
10. Get It on Nick

Production

According to Kenny Pittenger's blog, the shooting and interviews for this special began on September of 2006.^[1]

Music

Trivia

• This special originally aired on November 12, 2007 as a bonus right after the premiere of "Atlantis SquarePantis." The special was then released on the SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePants DVD one day later.
  • Various episode clips are seen throughout the special, but they are all not on that DVD.
• Some of the "Atlantis SquarePants" clips shown in this special have different background artwork than how those clips appear in the actual episode.

Video

References