Oh my gosh I just realized, the Spongebob Squarepants Movie is an epic hero's journey and incorporates all the aspects of monomyth:
Separation:
call to adventure: wakes up on ordinary day, possibly going to be manager of Krusty Krab, and he must save Mr. Krabs from death and later the town from plankton's crazy obsession
refusal to call: he is mad at mr. krabs for not giving him the promotion and so first denies opportunity to save mr. krab's life
supernatural aid: Princess Mindy
crossing threshold: making krabby patty car and leaving town
belly of the whale: spongebob is actually driving a car and not crashing. He shows the willingness to drive well in the face of danger
Initiation:
the road of trials: monster trench, ice cream old lady, shell city, dennis, bubbles incident, plankton, monster at shell city, and people telling them they are babies
meeting with the goddess: Patrick loves Princess Mindy and Spongebob loves everyone
women of temptress: the love of ice cream that almost gets them both killed and unleashes the creepy old lady tongue
atonement with the father: they make it to shell city and prove to themselves that they are not babies and that they are men
apotheosis: Spongebob and Patrick literally both die and come back to life after their love and genuine heart, love tears save them. Realize that they are kids but that it's ok and they should embrace who they are and not try to be something they aren't
The ultimate boon: After both come back to life, they defeat the monster with help from the other sea creatures in the shop and get the crown to take back to the king and save mr. krabs
Return:
refusal of the return: This is a stretch because spongebob loves everyone and wants to genuinely save mr. krabs and everyone in the town from plankton
the magic flight: riding of David Hasselhoff's back and encountering Dennis
rescue from without: David Hasselhoff and the bag of winds, although wasted
crossing of the return threshold: Spongebob must figure out how to avoid plankton and save the people from his mind controls with his pride in being a kid(what he learned over the journey)
master of two worlds: Spongebob saves everyone with his awesome singing and magical guitar skills and goes into this "spiritual trance" when he plays the guitar and zaps everyone
freedom to live: After he saves everyone, Spongebob isn't expecting to be promoted because he is proud to be who he is, a kid. (fortunately he does get promoted)
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