Mindybob

MindyBob is the het ship between Princess Mindy and SpongeBob from the SpongeBob SquarePants Movie fandom.

Canon
SpongeBob and Mindy met early into the runtime of the first SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. She serves as an ally to SpongeBob at various points in the film, encouraging and supporting him through it's events. Though there is no romance between the two of them, SpongeBob and Mindy do directly interact more over the course of the movie than Patrick does with Mindy despite his canon infatuation with her. As a result there is more of a discernible relationship between SpongeBob and Mindy, where they can definitely be called friends.

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
The two meet for the first time when King Neptune attempts to execute both Mr. Krabs and SpongeBob after the former was framed for the theft of his crown. Seeing this, Mindy intervenes and pleads for her father to spare SpongeBob. While SpongeBob's attempts to convince Neptune to give him the opportunity to retrieve his stolen crown were initially rejected by Neptune, it is ultimately Mindy who convinces her father to allow SpongeBob the chance. She warns him of the perils that await him, and giving him the magical bag of winds to assist him in returning home at the end of his journey. She then reveals that she has made a point to learn the name of all life under the sea in preparation of becoming queen someday. Encouraging him, she tells him that she believes in him before the two part ways for the time being.

SpongeBob and Mindy cross paths once more when he initially becomes downtrodden and convinced he will not be able to accomplish his mission. Urging him not to give up, she tries to encourage him for the sake of Bikini Bottom. Showing SpongeBob the state of Bikini Bottom, being taken over by Plankton, this backfires and only discourages him and Patrick more. Realizing her mistake, she claims she will turn them into men with her mermaid magic to give SpongeBob the resolve to continue. They do so, and Mindy parts ways with the duo once more.

The princess then continues to stall the final execution of Mr. Krabs as long as she can, hoping that SpongeBob will be able to make it back in time. She meets up with SpongeBob for the last time when he and Patrick finally return to Bikini Bottom with King Neptune's crown. Mindy then hugs him - and Patrick - after they've handed the crown off to it's rightful owner. When Plankton puts his final scheme into motion - brainwashing King Neptune - SpongeBob admits that not even Mindy's mermaid magic could change who he is, and she looks down sadly thinking that she failed him. After this, they part ways for the last time when SpongeBob foils Plankton's plans once more.

SpongeBob SquarePants
For about fifteen years she was unable to be used in the original series due to a firewall between Nickelodeon and Paramount. Though the firewall has since been lifted, she has so far only had one non-speaking cameo appearance. Though not given a speaking role in SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout, her presence at SpongeBob's surprise birthday party indicates that she had remained friends with SpongeBob after the events of the film.

Fanon
The idea of shipping SpongeBob and Mindy seems to be rather niche, to the point that content is not typically tagged. Though when works focused on the two as a pairing are tagged it does not appear to be under the same tag by different creators. So while there is fanart and fanfiction on various platforms, it is spread out and no fanfiction is tagged. As a result finding content can take effort and familiarity with narrowing down searches. Since the pairing is not implied in any form in the source material, it has not been subject to the same minor controversy that Mindrick has been regarding Mindy's possible age. This is presumably as the pairing is incredibly niche with very little attention.

A few works that feature SpongeBob and Mindy as a romantic pair include SpongeBob being concerned with Patrick's reaction. As Patrick is his best friend and SpongeBob is aware of his crush on Mindy, he seems to be guilty about being involved with his best friend's crush. On the other hand, Mindy does not seem to be as concerned. Whether she has a reason to be unconcerned depends on the specific work. This could be a matter of simply not being as close to Patrick as she is to SpongeBob, or feeling that Patrick is more interested in her appearance than her personality unlike SpongeBob.

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