King Neptune's crown is a crown that is a major plot element of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. It also makes cameo appearance in the episodes "Lost and Found", "Insecurity Guards", and "Hysterical History".
Description[]
King Neptune's crown, unlike his one from the regular episodes, is red and golden with a fishbowl-like shape. It has a golden clam on top and is decorated with circular white pearls.
Role in movie[]
King Neptune greatly cares for his crown mainly because it covers his bald spot. He even has a royal crown polisher to polish the crown and ironically tries to have him executed just for touching it.
King Neptune also claims his crown symbolizes his royalty and high status, which while true, seems less important to him as he soon claims that eventually Mindy will be the one wearing the crown, much to Mindy's discomfort as she fears the crown is responsible for her dad's thinning hair, something she doesn't want to happen to herself.
Later, Plankton steals King Neptune's crown and blames it on Mr. Krabs as part of his Plan Z scheme. Neptune then heads for the Krusty Krab 2 to confront Mr. Krabs about his crown. However, when Krabs says he did not steal it, King Neptune shows a note of Mr. Krabs saying he has stolen it. Someone on the phone calls thanking Mr. Krabs for selling him the crown, which is now in Shell City, turning out to be Plankton lying.
King Neptune is furious to hear that his crown is at Shell City and prepares to execute Mr. Krabs, who begs he is innocent. However, SpongeBob steps in and agrees to get the crown back for him. King Neptune is later convinced and allows SpongeBob six days to get back the crown. SpongeBob and Patrick then set out to Shell City to retrieve the crown.
They go through many trials throughout their journey until they are eventually captured by the Cyclops and are taken to Shell City. Knowing where they are, SpongeBob looks over to see King Neptune's crown, which is being sold for $7.00. SpongeBob and Patrick then dry up on the table, accepting their fate. Fortunately, their tears activate the sprinkler system inside Shell City, which revives them. As the other revived creatures attack the Cyclops, SpongeBob and Patrick take the crown and leave Shell City.
On dry land, David Hasselhoff appears and agrees to give SpongeBob and Patrick a ride. Back at Bikini Bottom, as King Neptune prepares to kill Mr. Krabs, Hasselhoff fires SpongeBob, Patrick, and the crown down to the Krusty Krab, where it deflects King Neptune's blast onto Hasselhoff.
Neptune is happy to have his crown back but Plankton soon controls him with one of his Chum Bucket bucket helmets. SpongeBob soon does a monologue about his journey before bursting out into song and destroys all of the bucket helmets. Mindy then gives back the crown to King Neptune and Plankton is soon arrested for framing Mr. Krabs.
At the end, King Neptune claims that he believes that without the help of the sea creatures (in this context, Spongebob and Patrick), he wouldn't have been able to get the crown back. However, he instantly mentions later the fact that he soon expects Mindy to be queen of Bikini Bottom, a time during which she will be the one wearing the crown, though this time Mindy doesn't complain about possible hair thinning and reminds her dad to unfreeze Mr Krabs. King Neptune unfreezes Krabs and apologizes for freezing him and almost scorching him for no reason.
Role in series[]
Outside of the movie, King Neptune's crown has also appeared three times in the series. In the episode "Lost and Found," the crown makes a cameo among the many items placed on the Lost and Found's shelves. In "Insecurity Guards," the crown is shown as one of the things that the robber stole. In "Hysterical History," it appears in the background when SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy initially talk to Old Man Walker.
Trivia[]
- In the win animation of the "Don’t Get Zapped" minigame from SpongeBob's Game Frenzy, SpongeBob is seen wearing King Neptune’s crown.
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- King Neptune's crown is seen in the VIP gamepass in SpongeBob Simulator.