The way his wife helped him out 📽️: Plankton: The Movie Plankton: The Movie is a 2025 computer-animated musical comedy film released on Netflix on March 7, 2025. Directed by Dave Needham, the 87-minute spin-off from SpongeBob SquarePants follows Sheldon J. Plankton as his world is upended when his computer wife, Karen, decides to pursue world domination on her own, forcing Plankton to team up with SpongeBob to stop her. 📺: Netflix #spongebob #wow #movie #couple #life