Characters of irregular intellectual quality were kind of my wheelhouse, so I got lucky there.” Within its first month on the air, “SpongeBob” edged out “Pokémon” as the highest-rated S ...

I would be thrilled to report that I loved “Plankton: The Movie,” a “SpongeBob SquarePants” spinoff film. I'd love to say that it is the cinematic hit of the spring. Alas, I cannot.