The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, a 2004 GBA platformer by WayForward and THQ, follows SpongeBob and Patrick’s quest to retrieve King Neptune’s crown, inspired by the hit film. Selling ~300,000 copies, it’s a 2025 X retro favorite (,).

The .gba ROM (~3.2 MB) features colorful 16-bit visuals and quirky music, running smoothly on emulators like VisualBoyAdvance, mGBA, or RetroArch on PC, Mac, or Android. Legally download The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie GBA ROM by dumping your cartridge with GBxCart RW (~$50,). Avoid illegal ROM sites like EmulatorGames.net due to malware and THQ’s copyright rules (). Buy SpongeBob cartridges (~$10–$40 in 2025 on eBay) for legal dumping or play on Analogue Pocket. Flip patties legally at Gigarom!