Dennis (SpongeBob Movie)

Dennis is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside King Neptune) of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

History

Dennis is a hitman that is hired by Sheldon J. Plankton to kill SpongeBob SquarePants and Patrick Star. The reason for this is that Plankton stole King Neptune's crown and tricked Neptune into believing the crime was committed by Eugene H. Krabs, so Neptune threatened to execute Krabs unless the crown is retrieved within a period of six days; Plankton, obviously, wants Krabs to die from a painful and wrongful execution, and upon learning about SpongeBob and Patrick's journey to get the crown back, he sends Dennis after them.

During the journey, Dennis encounters the gas station that SpongeBob and Patrick had gone past earlier. When Floyd and Lloyd begin insulting him, Dennis rips off their mouths before moving on.

Later, as SpongeBob and Patrick are being chased by the frogfish, Dennis stops at the Thug Tug. He blows a bubbleand finds an image of Patrick and SpongeBob inside to track them. He is then confronted by Victor, who begins to tell him "All bubble-blowing babies will be beaten senseless by-," but before he can finish, Dennis beats him up, sending him flying to the bar.

Dennis then drives away and moves on. When he arrives at the skeleton field, he begins laughing upon crushing a skull. Sometime later, he arrives at the other side of the trench and waits to ambush them on the other side.

SpongeBob and Patrick encounter Dennis for the first time after reaching the end of the Deep Dark Trench. Dennis explains to them that he is a hitman hired to exterminate them. SpongeBob and Patrick laugh him off, believing that they are invincible men with the seaweed mustaches that Princess Mindy gave them earlier. Dennis then rips them off and reveals to them that they are fake. He then shows them his real mustache.

As SpongeBob and Patrick tremble with fear, Dennis tells them that he wants to step on them so they never know that Plankton stole the crown. Having had enough chatting, Dennis prepares to kill them with his "big," spiky boot, only to be stepped on by the Cyclops' (a scuba diver) "bigger boot."

In the climax of the film, SpongeBob and Patrick hitch a ride back to Bikini Bottom on the backside of David Hasselhoff. During the middle of their swim, SpongeBob and Patrick see the boot belonging to the same diver who squished Dennis. Dennis then detaches from the boot and onto Hasselhoff, revealing that he is still alive. He walks up to SpongeBob and Patrick and the latter suggests that they fight back against him.

Dennis quickly swats him aside and goes after SpongeBob, who tries to bribe Dennis with Goober dollars and bubbles, which damage Dennis' eyes. Irritated, Dennis prepares to finish them off, but as Hasselhoff passes underneath a catamaran boat, Dennis is knocked off.

Trivia

• He was voiced by Alec Baldwin.
• Despite being hired by Plankton, Dennis was never seen interacting with him onscreen.
• As The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was originally stated to be the series finale of the show, Dennis was never seen again for the rest of the franchise. However, he later makes a non-physical cameo on a wanted poster in "Call the Cops".
• He also can breathe outside of water without any trouble. Although this could be because he was under the Cyclops' boot for some time and the boot sped through the water, thus giving Dennis more moisture.
• He resembled Plankton after he was crushed by the Cyclops.
• Dennis is one of the deadliest villains in the franchise. He ripped Floyd and Lloyd's mouths off, punched Victor out of his socks and into the Thug Tug, presumably killing him, and tries to kill SpongeBob and Patrick twice, but failed because of him getting defeated by luck.
• In the French dub of the movie, Dennis was voiced by Greek-French TV host Nikos Aliagas.
• Even though Dennis is determined to kill SpongeBob and Patrick, he is willing to let them go if they pay him the amount of money he demands. This is shown when SpongeBob tries to bribe him and he responds "It's gonna take a lot more than five...", before noticing that SpongeBob gave him Goofy Goober Dollars.
• Dennis will become George, Harold and Mr. Krupp's enemy in George, Harold and Mr. Krupp's Adventures of The Spongebob Squarepants Movie. Afterwards, he will join The Association Of Evilness in order to exact his revenge on George, Harold, Mr. Krupp and their friends.
• Dennis will become the enemy of Thomas, Twilight Sparkle and their friends in Thomas' Adventures of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Dennis will become Otis' enemy in Otis' Adventures of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Dennis will become Pooh's enemy in Pooh's Adventures of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. In the bonus ending, Plankton and Dennis will be severely punished by an enraged Bowser for their incompetence and for disobeying his orders throughout the whole film.
• Dennis will become Tino's enemy in Tino's Adventures of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
• Dennis will become Kieran's enemy in Kieran's Adventures of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
• Dennis will become Emerl's enemy in Emerl's Adventures of the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
• Dennis will become Littlefoot's enemy in Littlefoot's Adventures of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
• Dennis will become the FT Squad's enemy in The FT Squad's Adventures in the Spongebob SquarePants Movie.
• Dennis will become Roary the Racing Car's enemy in Roary's Adventures of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
• Dennis will become Top Cat's enemy in Top Cat's Adventures of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.

Gallery

Dennis screaming seconds before his presumed demise.

You got guts kid. Too bad I gotta rip 'em out of ya."

Dennis' cameo in "Call the Cops".