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{{RP|underwater location|Shell City (underwater)}}
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|Name = Shell City Marine Gifts and Sundries
 
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|Image = [[File:ShellCity.jpg|250px]]
 
 
|name = Shell City Marine Gifts and Sundries
|Industry = Gift Shop
 
 
|image = The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 631.png
|Founder = [[The Cyclops]] (Possibly)
 
 
|industry = Gift shop
|Employment = [[The Cyclops]]
 
 
|employment = [[Cyclops]] (owner)
|Products = Marine Gifts and Sundries
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|products = Marine gifts and sundries
|First Appearance = [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]
 
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|Last Appearance = [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]}}'''Shell City''' is a gift shop seen in [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]. It is owned by a deep sea diver who is called [[The Cyclops]] by the sea creatures. The Cyclops kills sea creatures and then makes them into nick-knacks, applies google eyes on them, and sells them at this store. [[SpongeBob]] and [[Patrick]] almost get turned into nick-knacks by him, but they eventually escape Shell City with King Neptune's crown.
 
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|latest-appearance = [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (video game)|''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' video game]]
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'''Shell City Marine Gifts and Sundries''', known primarily as '''Shell City''', is the gift shop that held [[King Neptune]]'s [[King Neptune's crown|crown]] in ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]''. It is owned by the [[Cyclops]]. It is located in an unknown city or town on the surface about 5 days from [[Bikini Bottom]].
   
==Appearance==
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==About==
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===Description===
It is a real-life gift shop on a beach. It is small and made out of wood. It is full of various fish tanks, dead fish, marine gifts and sundries (as the name suggests). It also contains a sunlamp where the cyclops left SpongeBob and Patrick to dry up.
 
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It is a live-action gift shop on an unidentified beach. The shop contains miscellaneous items, like a glass bowl, but mostly knick-knacks such as [[Alexander Clam Bell]].
   
==Inhabinants==
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====Exterior====
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It is a fairly small wooden shack. There is a [[Scallops and clams|clam]]-shaped sign on the front of the shack that reads the shop's name in red text.
*Cyclops
 
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*Dead Fish
 
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====Interior====
*Alexander Clam Bell
 
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The interior is dark, yet has a couple of windows. There is a fishbowl inside on one of the tables, and there are lots of dead sea creatures inside. There is a table under a lamp to dry the sea creatures, killing them, and there is a bathroom as well.
*Mariachi Band
 
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*Fish (Revived after water was sprayed over them)
 
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===Role in movie===
*SpongeBob and Patrick (for a short time)
 
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{{Link|Plankton}} steals King Neptune's crown and has it sent to Shell City, intending to frame {{Link|Mr. Krabs}} for the theft so that he can steal the [[Krabby Patty secret formula]]. The alleged city is feared by all in [[Bikini Bottom]], including Neptune himself, as nobody who ventured there ever came back. {{Link|SpongeBob}} and {{Link|Patrick}} however volunteer to go there to retrieve the crown and clear Mr. Krabs' name.
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After a hazardous journey, they are eventually taken by the Cyclops to a strange shack on land, later finding out it is Shell City. The shack is filled with hundreds of sea creatures who had been killed and turned into cheap novelties to be put up for sale. The Cyclops then places SpongeBob and Patrick on a table beneath a heat lamp, leaving them to dehydrate. However, in their final moments, their tears manage to short out the lamp and set off the sprinklers, reviving the duo and all of the sea creatures imprisoned within. They all proceed to attack the Cyclops while SpongeBob and Patrick escape with Neptune's crown.
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===Associated characters===
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*Cyclops - Owner/cashier of the shop
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*Many sea creatures
 
*Alexander Clam Bell - Inhabitant
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*Mariachi band - Inhabitants
 
*SpongeBob and Patrick - Temporary inhabitants
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*Unknown pufferfish - Inhabitant
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*[[Shell City creatures]] - Marine gifts and sundries
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*Some of the starfish and lobsters look just [[Patrick]] and [[Larry the Lobster]].
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*Some of the [[Sea star|starfish]], crabs, and lobsters look similar to Patrick, Mr. Krabs, and [[Larry the Lobster]] respectively.
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*A [[Gift Shop|similar gift shop]] appears in "[[Hooky]]." In addition, there is a fish that looks a lot like [[Mr. Puff]].
*The lobsters and starfish are different colors than [[Patrick]] and [[Larry]].
 
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*Shell City was filmed at Paradise Cove Beach in {{W|Malibu, California}}.
*The puffer fish shown could of been [[Mr. Puff]] ([[Mrs. Puff]]'s husband).
 
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*The name "Shell City" has been used in multiple episodes after the first movie; in these instances, the name is used for an unrelated [[Shell City (underwater)|big city]] and does not refer to the Shell City gift shop from the first movie.
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Latest revision as of 19:12, 30 January 2024

If you were looking for the article about the underwater location, then see Shell City (underwater).
Location

Shell City Marine Gifts and Sundries, known primarily as Shell City, is the gift shop that held King Neptune's crown in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. It is owned by the Cyclops. It is located in an unknown city or town on the surface about 5 days from Bikini Bottom.

About

Description

It is a live-action gift shop on an unidentified beach. The shop contains miscellaneous items, like a glass bowl, but mostly knick-knacks such as Alexander Clam Bell.

Exterior

It is a fairly small wooden shack. There is a clam-shaped sign on the front of the shack that reads the shop's name in red text.

Interior

The interior is dark, yet has a couple of windows. There is a fishbowl inside on one of the tables, and there are lots of dead sea creatures inside. There is a table under a lamp to dry the sea creatures, killing them, and there is a bathroom as well.

Role in movie

Plankton steals King Neptune's crown and has it sent to Shell City, intending to frame Mr. Krabs for the theft so that he can steal the Krabby Patty secret formula. The alleged city is feared by all in Bikini Bottom, including Neptune himself, as nobody who ventured there ever came back. SpongeBob and Patrick however volunteer to go there to retrieve the crown and clear Mr. Krabs' name.

After a hazardous journey, they are eventually taken by the Cyclops to a strange shack on land, later finding out it is Shell City. The shack is filled with hundreds of sea creatures who had been killed and turned into cheap novelties to be put up for sale. The Cyclops then places SpongeBob and Patrick on a table beneath a heat lamp, leaving them to dehydrate. However, in their final moments, their tears manage to short out the lamp and set off the sprinklers, reviving the duo and all of the sea creatures imprisoned within. They all proceed to attack the Cyclops while SpongeBob and Patrick escape with Neptune's crown.

Associated characters

  • Cyclops - Owner/cashier of the shop
  • Many sea creatures
  • Alexander Clam Bell - Inhabitant
  • Mariachi band - Inhabitants
  • SpongeBob and Patrick - Temporary inhabitants
  • Unknown pufferfish - Inhabitant
  • Shell City creatures - Marine gifts and sundries

Trivia

  • Some of the starfish, crabs, and lobsters look similar to Patrick, Mr. Krabs, and Larry the Lobster respectively.
  • A similar gift shop appears in "Hooky." In addition, there is a fish that looks a lot like Mr. Puff.
  • Shell City was filmed at Paradise Cove Beach in Malibu, California.
  • The name "Shell City" has been used in multiple episodes after the first movie; in these instances, the name is used for an unrelated big city and does not refer to the Shell City gift shop from the first movie.


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