Do you consider the first SpongeBob movie to be the "canon" finale to the show?
Before I get comments saying "SpongeBob has no canon" Yeah yeah I know. This post is just for fun.
Since Nickelodeon has a (mostly) followed rule that their cartoon shows can't acknowledge that a final episode is the last episode, this likely means that SpongeBob won't get a definitive ending when that day eventually comes.
Since the first movie was originally planned to be the end, many have headcanoned it being the definitive end to the SpongeBob universe (I.E. Plankton stealing the formula and the Krusty Krab 2's opening) I too subscribe to this headcanon as the movie gives closure to SpongeBob's character arc as he accepts his childishness.
u/SPONGEBOBMEBOY1999 — 8 hours ago