Power of Sponges

Power of Sponges is a SpongeBob SquarePants episode/special from season 14, as part of the Surface Land tri-anthology.

Plot
SpongeBob & Patrick decide to go on another Surface Land tour to kill some time besides hanging around, doing nothing. Just to their luck, a bus arrives, & they hop on. Once they arrive at shore, they bypass the beach, & head to a movie theatre at TownsVille. While patrons were eating popcorn, they caught all those that fell on the ground & ate them. Soon the movie started, but was interrupted by a rubberhose plow known as "Earth Plow", who presents them "true theater". Unfortunately, no one enjoyed his skits, so he starts attacking everyone. Luckily, the Powerpuff Girls were there, so they decide to take him on, except Bubbles, who was tied up to a trolley. The bus escapes the ruckus to get some "enjoyment popcorn", where they encounter Professor Utonium, the Girls' dad. When they come back, they see Bubbles trying to help her sisters, who were captured by Earth Plow, & eat some popcorn on the floor. Unfortunately, he rushes at her, attempting to blast her. Suddenly, a powerful force appears between them, as the tourists (as usual) take pictures. A figure emerges from the force, looking just like the other girls, only older & taller. Once Professor Utonium comes back with a popcorn-filled Space Tow Truck garbage can, he seems to recognize the figure as he drops what he has in his hands, & tazes her.

On their way back home, the bus tags along, eating the popcorn that landed on the floor back in the theater. As they return, the mysterious figure was put in a force field. After being urged by the Girls to explain, Utonium starts telling his story: he was trying to find a way to compete with a rival professor, who made the perfect little boy who had similar powers to the Girls. He put sugar, spice, everything nice, & (accidentally) Chemical W into the mix. This resulted in the creation of the figure, named Bliss. While she was powerful & a sweet daughter to the Professor, her powers evolved dangerously, & after an explosive (literally) rage, Bliss was gone, presumed dead. After this, the Professor goes to get his Ham of the Month award. Bliss finally wakes up, & clears that after the incident, Bliss fled to a faraway place called Bird Poop Island, where she met her pet elephant, MIH. After long, she decided to return to TownsVille, where she met Bubbles, who kept her a secret from her sisters. Once Professor Utonium came back, however, he was held at gunpoint by Mojo, revealing the Ham of the Month award was a trick, But he seems to recognize Bliss too, as he was still the Professor's lab assistant by the time the incident happened. He then frees Bliss & convinces her to join him in villainy. Bliss keeps herself, but the force field was not enough to contain Bliss' rage. The tour bus escapes the commotion, only to see Bliss with the Professor, having breakfast, explaining she wanted to give being in a family another go.

They then decide to go on a superhero outing, along with SpongeBob, Patrick, Rube, & the tourists. However, they are confronted with a villain called the Gnat, & as the Powerpuff Girls tell Bliss to take action, with much pressure, Bliss unleashes her uncontrolled powers, blowing up the place they were in. They decide to relax at a swan lake, with Frenchy there to assist the Surface Land bus as they set wheels in the water. Unfortunately, when the Girls argue over ideas on how to calm Bliss down, she explodes into rage again. The Gnat reappears, but soon barely intimidates anyone. After that failed, they go to a demolition derby, giving SpongeBob bad flashbacks to when Mrs. Puff tried to... end him. Bliss then goes to get food, & the tourists follow as to not give SpongeBob a sense Deja Vu from what he was seeing. But while Bliss was still ordering food, they decide to help out the Girls this time once the Gnat appears in a mecha-suit. Not like it ends up adding more because they all are easily curb-stomped by the once-joke villain, & are about to be swatted like flies. Luckily, Bliss comes back to defeat Gnat & free her sisters & the Surface Land bus.

They go out again to stop a criminal called Chimpmunk Commando. This time, Bliss' usage of her powers go out of hand as she takes on the felon. Professor Utonium catches on & tells Bliss they should go home & discuss what had just transpired, but MIH tells her she go against it, claiming they want her powers. Not only that, MIH is actually disguised as one of the Girls' enemies, HIM. He successfully gets Bliss to take his hand, & because of that, they merge into one entity. The Girls (including SpongeBob, Patrick, & Mojo) are able to separate them, but there's one problem: Saturn is about to hit the Earth. So Bliss, Blossom, Bubbles & Buttercup put their hands in the middle, becoming one Powerpuff Girl. This inspires SpongeBob to help them against HIM, so with the magic page & quill from the time he & his friends stopped Burger Beard, he turns himself & Patrick into their superhero forms, as well as bring in their friends, also in their superhero forms, to help. After minutes of fighting, HIM gains the upper hand & strangles the Powerpuff Girls' mega form, & any effort from Invincibubble & his friends to prevent it were shortly cut. He then starts draining the Girls & the magic page of its power, making the Girls drift apart & Invincibubble, Mr. Superawesomeness, Sour Note, Sir Pinch-a-Lot, The Rodent, & PlankTON's superpowers grow weaker. Luckily Bliss, grabs her sisters for them to stick together, freeing them of HIM's grasp, & Invincibubble's group regains their powers. Together, with the help of Bubble Bass, Patchy & Potty, our heroes unleash all their powers on HIM, causing him to disappear into dust, restore order to the city, & prevent Saturn from slicing the Earth in half. The next morning, Bliss decides to go out into space again to put Saturn back where it was, with a tearful goodbye to her family, & the Bikini Bottom superheroess preceding it. After that, SpongeBob & his friends say goodbye to the Powerpuff Girls & the Professor as their superhero identities, before reverting to normal once they re-enter the Surface Land bus out of their sight as it goes back to the beach & into Bikini Bottom. Old Man Walker is also there for some reason, so they send him off. Following that is a recital of the SpongeBob theme song-shortly turned rap battle between Bubbles the Dolphin & the seagulls before completing the song.

Cast

 * Tom Kenny - SpongeBob, Patchy, Frenchy, Old Man Walker, Harold, Gary
 * Olivia Olson - Bliss
 * Amanda Leighton - Blossom
 * Kristen Li - Bubbles
 * Natalie Palamides - Buttercup, Barry
 * Bill Fagerbakke - Patrick (sea & land versions)
 * Doug Lawrence - Rube, Plankton, Potty, Fred, Larry
 * Tom Kane (archival recordings) - Professor Utonium, HIM
 * Roger L. Jackson - Mojo Jojo
 * Matt Berry - Bubbles the Dolphin
 * Eric Bauza, Tim Conway, Eddie Deezen, Rob Paulsen, Kevin Michael Richardson, April Stewart, Cree Summer, Billy West - Seagulls
 * Paul Tibbitt - Kyle
 * Elan Garfias, Caryn & Devin Johnson, Sara Paxton, Camryn Wailing, Harrison Fahn - Seagulls (singing voices)
 * Pat Pinney - Painty
 * ERB - Seagulls & Painty (rap voices)
 * Jason Kaye - Gnat
 * Clancy Brown - Mr. Krabs
 * David Hasselhoff - himself
 * Dee Bradley Baker - Bubble Bass
 * Antonio Banderas - Burger Beard
 * Rodger Bumpass - Squidward, Manward
 * Carolyn Lawrence - Sandy
 * Lori Alan - Pearl
 * Mary Jo Catlett - Mrs. Puff
 * Jill Talley - Karen
 * Sirena Irwin - Margaret

Music

 * SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song (Truth or Square version) - CeeLo Green [theme song]
 * Man, Go Man! - Ralph Dollimore [opening credits]
 * Solo Steel and Vibes 1 - Jeremy Wakefield, Nicolas Carr [SpongeBob's alarm clock wakes him up]
 * Bikini Bottom - Hans Zimmer & Steve Mazzaro [Gary wakes up SpongeBob]
 * Seaweed 1 - Steve Belfer [Surface Land bus arrives]
 * Approaching Danger - Ronald Hanmer [SpongeBob remembers the times he went to Surface Land]
 * Hot Steel and Slide Licks 33 - Jeremy Wakefield ["I have an idea, pal. How'd you like to take a little sightseeing tour with me?"]
 * Bridge 3 - Wilfred Burns [SpongeBob locks his house's door with keys as he & Patrick get on the bus]
 * Happy Holiday - Anthony Spurgin [Rube explains the rules of the tour bus to the passengers]
 * Starboard - Sam Spence [Tour bus liftoffs to the surface/Submarine boost the tour bus to the surface/French Narrator is driving the submarine]
 * La Fleur A - Ralf Gscheidle ["You can say that again! Oui oui!"]
 * Hope & Glory - Thomas Blug, Mark Scholz [David Hasselhoff kayaking on the sea]
 * Hoist the Mainsail - Frank Sterling [Submarine rises from the water and the tour bus arrives at the surface]
 * Self Surf New Full Mix - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Tour bus driving around the beach]
 * Madly Gay - Cedric Palmer [Tour bus drives to TownsVille Multiplex/following the Girls]
 * Here & There - Gary Hughes [The bus exits the theater]
 * Blues in a Hurry - Cecil Norman [The bus goes to the concession stand]
 * Jovial Pirate's Jig - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr [Manward is annoyed at Professor Utonium constantly changing his mind on what popcorn size he wants]
 * Death Trap [#25] - Gregor Narholz [The tourists picking up popcorn as the Girls fight Earth Plow/the group meets Gnat/the tourists panick as Saturn nears Earth]
 * Jungle Baby - Hans Ehrlinger [The tourists get confused once Bliss reveals herself/attempting to escape Chimpmunk Commando]
 * Listen to the Mustard Flow - Kaz, Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The tourists feed on the giant garbage can full of popcorn]
 * Squidward's Tiki Land Percussion Only Mix - Aaron Springer, Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The bus arrives at the Utonium laboratory]
 * Aquarium - Eric Gemsa, Bernard Raubaud ["What kind of monsters would wanna keep people in jail like this? She's so beautiful!"]
 * Theme for 2 Lovers - Kenny Salmon [Patrick kisses the aquarium glass]
 * Dramatic Episode 1 - Ruth Kehfeld [Tourists screaming/"That sure was a close one, eh, folks?"]
 * A Pineapple Luau W-bongos - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [The bus held by Frenchy's sub at the lake]
 * House of Horror [#10.5] - W. Merrick Farran [SpongeBob screams at the demolition derby]
 * Eight Dramatic Bridges - Ronald Hanmer [The tourists try to flee Gnat but are caught in his trap/Bliss saves the Girls & the bus from the Gnat's trap]
 * Dramatic Cue (E) - Ronald Hanmer ["NOOOOO!!!"]
 * Cool Reception - Jack Beaver [The tourists scream at Gnat almost swatting at them/plead Bliss not to hold HIM's hand]
 * Unknown Track 50 - [Patrick tries to think of how to stop HIM]
 * Tension Bits - Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield ["Alright, that's it!"]
 * Plankton Attack/Tank Defeat/Giant Robot/Trying To Steal Formula - John Debney [SpongeBob & Patrick fire at a HIM-possessed Bliss]
 * Story Rewrites/Invincabubble - John Debney [SpongeBob & co. help the Powerpuff Girls vs. HIM]
 * Chasing Burger Beard/Team Worked - John Debney [The final battle begins]
 * Not So Fast Burger Beard/Plankton/Real Teamwork - John Debney [Invincibubble's crew is temporarily taken down/HIM's defeat]
 * Pell-Mell - Sam Spence [Bubble Bass arrives to help]
 * Dolphin Dance - [West One Music] William Bell [SpongeBob hugs Patchy]
 * Cream Pie - Sage Guyton, Jeremy Wakefield [Tour bus drives off]
 * Sponge Surf no guit mel. - Billy Lincoln, Michael Gurley [Tour bus returns to the beach to go back underwater]
 * Sea Shanty in a Minor Key - Michael Bolger, Nicolas Carr, Sage Guyton ["You ran over my foot!"]
 * Our Way to Go - Gregor Narholz [Tour bus goes back underwater]
 * Hawaiian Happiness - Jon Jelmer [Tour bus drops SpongeBob and Patrick off at Bikini Bottom]
 * Hot Steel and Slide Licks 27B - Jeremy Wakefield [Tour bus drives off]
 * Uku Bye Layly - Nicolas Carr, Fabian Fernandez, Jeremy Wakefield [Patrick sends Old Man Walker off]
 * Take on Me - Weezer [A normal day at Bikini Bottom]
 * SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song - Pat Pinney, Elan Garfias, Devin & Caryn Johnson, Camryn Wailing, Sara Paxton, Harrison Fahn [Seagulls & Painty singing]
 * Birthday Song - Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Doug Lawrence, Carolyn Lawrence, Dee Bradley Baker, Lori Alan, Sirena Irwin, Mary Jo Catlett, Eban Schletter [SpongeBob & co. join in the song]
 * Rap Battle - Matt Berry, Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist, Pat Pinney [Bubbles the dolphin vs. the seagulls]

Trivia

 * This episode reuses the title card background for "Pineapple Invasion".