The Simpsons Movie was the same case scenario as The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, both are movies based on popular TV shows and both were made to be the series finale, but they both ended up being hits at the box office which led to both series being milked endlessly (coincidentally enough, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was released the same year as Shrek 2 and Spider-Man 2, and The Simpsons Movie was released the same year as Shrek the Third and Spider-Man 3 and both The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and The Simpsons Movie were promoted through Burger King)