Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Series, 2021, Spin-offs, Set in SpongeBob at age 10
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years is #5 of 9 in release order and #1 of 9 in chronological order in the SpongeBob SquarePants.
The story
SpongeBob and friends spend the summer catching jellyfish, building camp-fires, and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at Camp Coral, located in the Kelp Forest.
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years recap
A CGI prequel set when SpongeBob is ten, spending his summer at Kamp Koral, a sleepaway camp in the kelp forest. Mr. Krabs owns the camp and is raising a baby Pearl on his own. Squidward is a junior counsellor who would rather be anywhere else and is put in charge of SpongeBob's cabin. Patrick is SpongeBob's best friend, and Sandy shares their cabin. Mrs. Puff is the scoutmaster and activities director. Plankton cooks in the camp kitchen, the Krusty Kanteen, while running a secret lab underneath it with Karen, still trying to take over the world. Episodes are mostly two short stories each, built around camp activities, Plankton's schemes going wrong under everyone's noses, Mr. Krabs cutting corners to save money, and SpongeBob's enthusiasm wearing down Squidward. It began on Paramount+ in 2021 before moving to Nickelodeon, and the flashbacks in Sponge on the Run show the same summer camp.
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years ending explained
There is no finale that wraps up the camp: episodes stand alone, and the series simply stopped after its second season, which began in 2024, at 39 episodes in total. It sits outside any larger plot, and nothing in it changes the main show. Its version of the camp is the one shown in the flashbacks of Sponge on the Run, where SpongeBob's friends recall meeting him there as kids, so the film is the closest thing it has to a follow-up.
Where to watch Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years is streaming on Paramount+ in the US. You can rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, and Google Play.
Ratings
IMDb 3.6/10
Where it fits
- Release order: after The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, before The Patrick Star Show.
- Chronological order: first, before SpongeBob SquarePants.
What to watch before Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
In release order, the essentials before Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (2021) are SpongeBob SquarePants (1999), The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015), and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020). Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years itself is optional in the SpongeBob SquarePants order.
Cast
- Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants (voice)
- Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star (voice)
- Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles (voice)
- Clancy Brown as Eugene H. Krabs (voice)
- Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks (voice)
- Mr. Lawrence as Sheldon J. Plankton (voice)
- Lori Alan as Pearl Krabs (voice)
- Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff (voice)
- Brad Garrett as Wise Kraken (voice)
- Dee Bradley Baker as Kevin C. Cucumber (voice)
- Sirena Irwin as SpongeBob's Mom / Mowhak Girl / Campers (voice)
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Flying Dutchman (voice)
Created by Vincent Waller, Marc Ceccarelli, Luke Brookshier, Mr. Lawrence, Kaz, Andrew Goodman.