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{{Video game
|name = ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: The Video Game''
|Image = <gallery>
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|Developer = AWE Games ({{W|Personal computer|PC}} version)<br>{{W|Aspyr}} (Mac version)
|Publisher = [[THQ]]<br>{{Flag|RUS}} Russobit-M
|Released = '''PC:'''<br>{{Flag|USA}} {{Time|October 27}}, {{Time|2004}}<br>{{Flag|EU}} {{Time|February 18}}, {{Time|2005}}<br>{{Flag|RUS}} {{Time|June 24}}, {{Time|2005}}<br>'''Mac:'''<br>{{Flag|USA}} {{Time|December 12}}, {{Time|2005}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230404200636/https://www.macworld.com/article/178065/spongebob-2.html SpongeBob game ships for Mac - Macworld]</ref>
|Genre = {{W|Point and click}}
|Modes = {{W|Single-player video game|Single-player}}
|Ratings = ESRB: {{Ratings|ESRB|E}}
|Platforms = PC<br>Mac
}}
The '''PC version of ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: The Video Game''''' is a {{SBSP}} video game developed by AWE Games. Much like all the other versions, it is based on the ''SpongeBob'' feature film ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]].'' However, unlike its [[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (video game)|home console counterpart]], it is a point-and-click adventure. A port on Mac was developed by {{W|Aspyr}}. 

==Plot==
{{Main|The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie}}

==Gameplay==
The game consists of 8 chapters that loosely follow the plot of the film, with additional story details being described in cutscenes between chapters that feature narration over still pictures. SpongeBob, Patrick and Plankton and Mindy are playable, depending of the chapter. Plankton is playable on the second chapter, and Mindy is playable in the fourth chapter.

===Chapters===
*Love Thy Neighbor
*Evil Under the Sea
*Hit the Road
*Free Mindy
*Entrenched
*A Pain in the Back
*Shell City
*Planktopolis

===Characters exclusive to this version===
*[[Robot SpongeBob (Welcome to the Chum Bucket)|Robot SpongeBob]]
*[[Dr. Lumbar Louie]]
*Phone Repairman
*Ranch Hand
*[[Robed fish]]
*[[Incidental 91]]
*[[Jester]]
*Jacques
*[[Creepy squid]] {{Sup|(named Octavio)}}
*[[Incidental 20]]
*[[Sprat Morty]]
*Receptionist
*[[Dolly]]
*Marius
*Treasure hunter fish
*Storekeeper
*Guards

==Cast==
*[[Tom Kenny]] - {{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}}, [[French Narrator]]
*[[Bill Fagerbakke]] - [[Patrick Star]]
*[[Clancy Brown]] - {{Link|Mr. Krabs}}
*[[Doug Lawrence]] - {{Link|Plankton}}, Floyd and Lloyd
*[[Rodger Bumpass]] - [[Squidward Tentacles]] 
*[[Brad Abrell]] - [[King Neptune]] 
*[[Rochelle Greenwood]] - [[Princess Mindy]] 
*[[Fred Tatasciore]] - [[Dennis]] 
*[[Jim Wise]] - SpongeBob's singing voice

===Additional voices===
*Michael Barnes
*Bryn Schurman
*Julia Newby
*Steve McCormick
*Joe Abbati
*Trevor Talbird
*Mark Bradshaw
*Rick Daniels
*David Alt

==Development==
===General===
*If the player presses '''F12''' and types in "AWEGAMES" and then clicks on the ship, a chapter selection screen will appear.
*Patrick's model has Goofy Goober underpants, but it's always hidden under his shorts. It's possible to see it via bugs and glitches or if the files for Patrick's pants are deleted.
*There are two unused fonts within the game, both named "tiki."<ref>[https://tcrf.net/The_SpongeBob_SquarePants_Movie_(Windows) The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (Windows) - The Cutting Room Floor]</ref>

==Reception==
The PC version of ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' has a 67/100 on review aggregator Metacritic.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210606092032/https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-spongebob-squarepants-movie?ftag=MCD-06-10aaa1h%2Fcritic-reviews The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (PC) - Metacritic]</ref>

Anise Hollingshead of GameZone praised the PC version for its graphics and sound, and wrote, "The humor from the TV show has been translated very well to this computer game, and some of the dialogue is a riot. The characters all have funny things to say, and there are plenty of sight gags, too. Playing as Plankton was a great idea, and kids will love listening to the diminutive evil-ruler wannabe as he comments on the people and things around him." However, Hollingshead – who felt that the game would be best for children who were between the ages of 6 and 10 – wrote that "it's a short game, and because the adventure is the same each time through, there's not much replay value here."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20041208234519/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r23812.htm SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (PC) - GameZone]</ref> Kristen Salvatore of ''{{W|Computer Gaming World}}'' felt that the PC version and its puzzles would appeal primarily to young children, but wrote that people expecting to "play" the movie would be disappointed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141002232512/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_248.pdf Back in Black - Computer Gaming World]</ref>

==Walkthrough==
[[File:The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie - Full PC walkthrough|thumb|center|340px]]

==Backwards compatibility==
The game has backward compatibility on the following systems:
*'''Windows Vista onwards''' - The Windows version is backwards compatible to every version of Windows after XP.

==Trivia==
*This is the fourth licensed [[List of games|''SpongeBob'' video game]] to be developed by AWE Games, following ''[[Operation Krabby Patty]]'', ''[[Employee of the Month (video game)|Employee of the Month]]'', and the [[Battle for Bikini Bottom (PC)|PC version of ''Battle for Bikini Bottom'']].
*Dennis doesn't appear physically in this version of the game; he only appears in the storybook cutscenes, and he never reappears nor is he mentioned again after getting stepped on by the Cyclops.
*The menu theme was actually used in another PC game named ''{{W|Age of Sail (video game)|Age of Sail}}'', a game released by {{W|TalonSoft}} in {{Time|1996}}.
*The [[4,133 twins|familiar-looking guy]] (the same one from ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month'') can be seen sitting at a table at the Krusty Krab and Goofy Goober's Ice Cream Party Boat.
*During the fifth chapter, trying to make SpongeBob traverse the trench too soon causes him to say, "It's too foggy to see! I could get eaten by a {{W|Grue (monster)|Grue}}." This is a reference to ''{{W|Zork}} I: The Great Underground Empire'', a popular PC text-based adventure game, where if one wandered into a dark location without any light source, the player would be unable to see. Shortly thereafter, the text would pop up saying, "You were eaten by a Grue."
*Although the game is based on the movie, the [[Hotel Deep Six]] (Chapter 5) and Dr. Louie's Office (Chapter 6) never appear in the actual movie.
[[File:The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 2005 DVD Menu Walkthrough 1-23 screenshot.png|thumb|260px|DVD-ROM.]]
*Both the original DVD from {{Time|2005}} and the {{Time|2014}} re-release of ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' contain a demo of the PC version of the video game, the demo is exactly the same as the original game, but if you complete the mission in which SpongeBob needs to brush his teeth, a screen which promotes the full version of the game will appear, and after that, the game will close itself.
*Some of the images shown in the storybook cutscenes for Chapters 7 and 8 were taken from the "[[Road Trip in 3-D!]]" book.
*When Plankton arrives in Neptune's castle, a graffiti can be seen on his left, which says "King Neptune is Baldy, I am not!"

===Episode references===
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This game makes many references to the [[SpongeBob SquarePants (series)|show]]. Despite that this game is based on the movie there are some references to the show.
*During the intro of the PC version, after when Plankton hits one of the plum trees of Bikini Atoll and lands in the water he says "Well, this stinks." this line was from the episode "[[Plankton!]]"
*In SpongeBob's Pineapple, the player will see the same pictures of SpongeBob from "Frankendoodle" and "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II]]."
*In Squidward's house, there is a chalkboard displaying his new phone number and a picture of Flats the Flounder beating up SpongeBob from "[[The Bully]]."
*Robot SpongeBob from "[[Welcome to the Chum Bucket]]" appears in the second level and final level in the PC version.

==International covers==
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The SpongeBob Movie (PC) - Cover (Russian).jpg|Russian cover
The SpongeBob Movie (PC) - Back cover (Russian).jpg|Russian back cover
SpongeBob Il Film PC front cover.jpg|Italian cover
SpongeBob Il Film PC back cover.jpg|Italian back cover
thespongeobobswuarepantsmovie pc-hebrew front.png|Israeli cover
thespongeobobswuarepantsmovie pc-hebrew back.png|Israeli back cover
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Australian PC cover.jpg|Australian cover
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Australian PC back cover.jpg|Australian back cover
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==Discs==
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie video game PC disc.jpg|North American PC disc
The SpongeBob Movie (PC) - Disc (Russian).jpg|Russian PC disc
Spongebob movie game israeli release disc.png|Israeli PC disc
Spongebob movie game demo hebrew disc.png|Israeli PC Demo Disc, released on children's magazine "Disney's World."
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041129151302/http://spongebobmoviegame.com/ Official website]
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