Tails from Princess Mindy

Tails of Princess Mindy is an American computer-animated television miniseries developed by Kent Osborne and Paul Tibbitt, based on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004); this is the second SpongeBob SquarePants series based on one of the films after Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years, a spin-off to The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020). It is the first television series in the Nicktoons Cinematic Series (NCS) made for the Paramount Prime streaming service. The series is set after The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and before SpongeBob and Patrick and the Furry Encounters (2030). This series focuses on Princess Mindy going about her lifestyle as the daughter of King Neptune while living a double life outside the kingdom. Lake Bell voices Mindy in place of Scarlett Johansson, while Jeffery Tambor reprises his role as King Neptune XV.

Tails from Princess Mindy premiered on April 2, 2031, and ran for two seasons, concluding on May 5, 2032. The series received positive reviews from critics for its cast performances and story.

Premise
Set two years after the events of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, the young Princess Mindy resumes her part to learn about her father's duties and responsibilities so he might one day pass the torch to her. During days when she is not learning, she sneaks out of the kingdom to discover the life of living as her subjects.

Cast and characters
Guest stars include Ally Maki as Jody, Mindy's cousin and Neptune XV's great niece; John O'Hurley reprising his role as King Neptune XIV, cousin of Neptune XV; Victoria Beckham reprising her role as Queen Amphitrite, wife of Neptune XIV; Dee Bradley Baker reprising his role as Perch Perkins, a perch fish field news reporter for the Bikini Bottom News; Eric Bauza as Garcon, a maître d' at the restaurant Fancy!.
 * Lake Bell as Princess Mindy: The selfless and sympathetic daughter of King Neptune XV who is next in line for the throne.
 * Jeffery Tambor as King Neptune XV: The father of Mindy and cousin of King Neptune XIV who serves as the residential ruler near Bikini Bottom. Following the events of the film, he takes her advice of showing love and compassion to heart.
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star: A low intelligent pink starfish who lives next door to his best friends SpongeBob SquarePants who had a crush on Mindy the day he and SpongeBob went of to retrieve King Neptune's crown. He currently runs an autonomous business of making and selling his own self-made cake.
 * Carlos Alazraqui as the Squire: King Neptune's royal servant. He is the first to know about Mindy leaving the kingdom on a daily basis, but keeps her secret after she showed nothing but sympathy and care towards him.

Development
Upon the announcement of the Nicktoons Cinematic Series, the series was announced to be in the works with Kent Osborne and Paul Tibbitt as the showrunners; the series was in development during production on SpongeBob and Patrick and the Furry Encounters.

Casting
As Mindy's original voice actress, Scarlett Johansson, was voicing her during production on Furry Encounters, Lake Bell, who had voiced Black Widow (a character Johansson portrayed in the Marvel Cinematic Universe) in What If...?, was cast as Mindy for the series. Jeffery Tambor was announced to be reprising his role as King Neptune XV while also voicing him in Furry Encounters. Bill Fagerbakke was also confirmed to reprise his role as his character Patrick Star.

Animation
The series animation was provided by Technicolor Animation Productions, the same animation studio behind Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years.

Music
Heitor Pereira was confirmed to compose the score for the series. While the signature Hawaiian-esque music the franchise is known for appears during Mindy's time in Bikini Bottom, the score and leitmotifs for the series relied on piano, violin, flute and harp. Soundtrack albums for each season were released digitally by Paramount Music from April 8, 2031 and May 11, 2032, six days after each season premiered.

Release
Tails from Princess Mindy premiered on Paramount Prime on April 2, 2031, with all ten episodes of its first season at once. The following season was released May 5, 2032.

Reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an 82% approval rating with an average rating of 7.2/10, based on 238 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads, "Tails from Princess Mindy is beauty found under the sea returning this little mermaid in this episodic tale that expands beyond the SpongeBob mythos." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned a score of 74 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".