Behind the Pantis

Behind the Pantis
General
DVD bonus feature №:	23
Airdate	November 12, 2007 (Nickelodeon) November 13, 2007 (SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis)
Chronology
Previous	"Inside the SpongeBob Animation Studios"
Next	"Plankton's Special Sinister Commentary"

"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 in September 2006.

Music

( ‣ ) Associated production music

( • ) Original music

( ◦ ) SpongeBob music

 ‣ Food Fight - Carlo Rustichelli, Jim Blake [plays a lot throughout the special]

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

Behind the Pantis(A Behind the Scenes Look at Atlantis Squarepantis)

References

Atlantis SquarePantis (V • E)

Characters: • Lord Royal Highness • Atlantean citizens • Captain of the Sea Ship Atlantis • Atlantean Robots • Robot tourists • Red Atlantean • Nando • Aggressive Case of the Sniffles • Orange guard • Bubble SpongeBob • Vulture • Dave (cave) • Germs • Norblock Five • Magenta thug • Green jellyfish • Ghost jellyfish • Black jellyfish • Magma jellyfish • Diamond Jellyfish • Steel Jellyfish • Royal Guard Commander Locations: • Atlantis • Museum of Atlantis • Mu • Jellyfish Fields • Encino • Gas • Music Station • Nickelodeon Animation Studio • Bikini Bottom Museum • Bikini Bottom • Kelp Forest • The Bubble Room • The Science Room Objects: • Plankton's tank • Atlantean amulet • Sea Ship Atlantis • Oldest living bubble • Golden spatula • Hooks • Bubble Collector 2000 • Frampton Comes Alive • Squidward tiki • Canned Bread • Anchor Arms • Jellyfish net • Squidward's clarinet Songs: The Bubble Song • Fueling the Bus • Mr. Krabs' song • Sandy's song • Squidward's song • Plankton's song • Goodbye, Atlantis • Back in Encino Shorts: Are We There Yet? • Beware Flying Jellyfish • Documenting Our Road Trip Miscellaneous: DVD • Book • Video game • Mobile game • Online game • SpongeBob's Director's Commentary • My Trip to Atlantis - by SpongeBob SquarePants • SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis SquareOff • Inside the SpongeBob Animation Studios • Behind the Pantis • On the Road Again • From the Beginning, Pt.2 • The Best 200 Episodes Ever • SpongeBob SquarePants Specials Collection, Vol. 1 • The First 100 Episodes • The Complete Fifth Season • Season 5 Volume 2 • Blitz Games • Altron • SpongeBob Z-A Countdown • SwapBob SpareFace • Happiness to Go! • Best Bikini Bottom Stories Ever! • The SpongeBob Super Square Collection