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SpongeBob BFBB PC Box.jpg|PC (Box)
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SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom - Logo.png|Logo
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|Developer = AWE Games  
|Developer = AWE Games  
|Publisher = [[THQ Nordic|THQ]]
|Publisher = [[THQ]]<br>{{Flag|UK}} Focus Multimedia<br>{{Flag|RUS}} 1C-SoftClub
|Released = {{Flag|USA}} {{Time|October 29}}, {{Time|2003}}<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20040406053349/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/457/457047p1.html</ref><br>{{Flag|EU}} {{Time|November 28}}, {{Time|2003}}<ref>https://cdromance.com/ps2-iso/spongebob-squarepants-battle-for-bikini-bottom-europe/</ref><br>{{Flag|AUS}} {{Time|December 11}}, {{Time|2003}}<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20230830070841/https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/spongebob-battle-for-bikini-bottom</ref>
|Released = {{Flag|USA}} {{Time|October 29}}, {{Time|2003}}<ref name="usarelease">[https://web.archive.org/web/20040406053349/http://ps2.ign.com/articles/457/457047p1.html Bikini Bottoms Off! - IGN]</ref><br>{{Flag|EU}} {{Time|November 28}}, {{Time|2003}}<ref name="europe">[https://cdromance.com/ps2-iso/spongebob-squarepants-battle-for-bikini-bottom-europe/ SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (Europe) PS2 ISO - CD Romance]</ref><br>{{Flag|AUS}} {{Time|December 11}}, {{Time|2003}}<ref name="australia">[https://web.archive.org/web/20230830070841/https://www.classification.gov.au/titles/spongebob-battle-for-bikini-bottom SPONGEBOB BATTLE FOR BIKINI BOTTOM - Australian Classification]</ref><br>{{Flag|RUS}} {{Time|February 12}}, {{Time|2010}}<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130403100954/http://www.snowball.ru/gubka/?page=news Губка Боб Квадратные Штаны. Работник месяца — в продаже - Snowball]</ref>
|Genre = {{W|Point and click}}, {{W|Minigame}}
|Genre = {{W|Point and click}}, {{W|Minigame}}
|Modes = {{W|Single-player video game|Single-player}}
|Modes = {{W|Single-player video game|Single-player}}
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|Platforms = PC
|Platforms = PC
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The '''''PC version of Battle for Bikini Bottom''''' is a {{SBSP}} video game developed by AWE Games and the PC adaptation of [[Battle for Bikini Bottom (home console)|Battle for Bikini Bottom]]. Unlike its home console counterpart, this game is a point-and-click mini-game adventure. Various characters are playable depending of the minigame, including [[SpongeBob SquarePants (character)|SpongeBob]] and [[Gary the Snail]].
The '''PC version of ''Battle for Bikini Bottom''''' is a {{SBSP}} video game developed by AWE Games. Unlike its [[Battle for Bikini Bottom (home console)|home console counterpart]], this game is a point-and-click mini-game adventure. Various characters are playable depending on the minigame, including {{Link|SpongeBob}} and [[Gary the Snail]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
The game's story is very similar to that of its console counterpart. After {{Link|Plankton}} created an army of robots using his robot generator, he delivered a speech on how he would use them to conquer [[Bikini Bottom]]. But the robots instead decide to disobey him and leave the restaurant. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and [[Patrick Star|Patrick]] are having a tea party with toy robots. SpongeBob then gathers all the toy robots and wishes to the first falling clam that robots "were people too." The next morning, a robot suddenly burst into SpongeBob's bedroom. SpongeBob then finds out that the entire town is being attacked by an army of robots.
The game's story is very similar to that of its console counterpart. After {{Link|Plankton}} created an army of robots using his robot generator, he delivered a speech on how he would use them to conquer [[Bikini Bottom]]. But the robots instead decide to disobey him and leave the restaurant. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and {{Link|Patrick}} are having a tea party with toy robots. SpongeBob then gathers all the toy robots and wishes on the first falling clam that robots "were people too." The next morning, a robot suddenly bursts into SpongeBob's bedroom. SpongeBob then finds out that the entire town is being attacked by an army of robots.


After saving his friends while traveling through [[Downtown Bikini Bottom (Battle for Bikini Bottom)|Downtown Bikini Bottom]],  [[Kelp Forest (Battle for Bikini Bottom)|Kelp Forest]], [[Mermalair (Battle for Bikini Bottom)|Mermalair]], [[Flying Dutchman's graveyard|Flying Dutchman's Graveyard]], and the [[Chum Bucket]], SpongeBob and Patrick arrive at the Chum Bucket's lab, where they find Plankton. SpongeBob asks Plankton how to stop the robots from destroying Bikini Bottom, but Plankton reveals that the only way to stop this is to turn the "Obey" switch on. Patrick then accidentally messes with the lever and destroys the robot generator, deactivating all of the robots at the same time. Declaring the "Battle for Bikini Bottom" to be finally over, SpongeBob and Patrick leave the Chum Bucket. Plankton then says that he will be back with another plan.  
After saving his friends while traveling through [[Downtown Bikini Bottom (Battle for Bikini Bottom)|Downtown Bikini Bottom]],  [[Kelp Forest (Battle for Bikini Bottom)|Kelp Forest]], [[Mermalair (Battle for Bikini Bottom)|Mermalair]], [[Flying Dutchman's graveyard|Flying Dutchman's Graveyard]], and the [[Chum Bucket]], SpongeBob and Patrick arrive at the Chum Bucket's lab, where they find Plankton. SpongeBob asks Plankton how to stop the robots from destroying Bikini Bottom, but Plankton reveals that the only way to stop this is to turn the "Obey" switch on. Patrick then accidentally messes with the lever and destroys the robot generator, deactivating all of the robots at the same time. Declaring the "Battle for Bikini Bottom" to be finally over, SpongeBob and Patrick leave the Chum Bucket. Plankton then says that he will be back with another plan.  


==Mini-games==
==Cast==
 
*[[Tom Kenny]] - {{Link|SpongeBob SquarePants}}, [[French Narrator]], {{Link|Gary}}
*[[Bill Fagerbakke]] - [[Patrick Star]],
*[[Carolyn Lawrence]] - [[Sandy Cheeks]]
*[[Doug Lawrence]] - {{Link|Plankton}}, [[Realistic Fish Head|Fish Announcer]]
*[[Rodger Bumpass]] - {{Link|Squidward}}
*[[Joe Whyte]] - {{Link|Mr. Krabs}} (cutscenes), [[Mermaid Man]]
*[[Clancy Brown]] - Mr. Krabs (minigames)
*[[Tim Conway]] - [[Barnacle Boy]]
 
==Minigames==
*[[Kelp Forest]]
*[[Kelp Forest]]
**Vine Swinger
**Vine Swinger
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**The Spectacular Contraption
**The Spectacular Contraption
**Chop-a-Bot
**Chop-a-Bot
==Development==
===General===
*An early version of the title screen exists in the game files. The only differences between the final versions is the "[[Chum Bucket]]" text, which uses a different font. Interestingly, this version of the title screen can be seen in the game's manual.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/SpongeBob_SquarePants:_Battle_for_Bikini_Bottom_(Windows) SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (Windows) - The Cutting Room Floor]</ref>
===Prerelease===
*The game was originally planned to have hub worlds instead of a level selection screen. According to a moderator on {{W|IGN}}, each world had four "doors" for the main minigames and a fifth one was somewhere hidden. Only screenshots of the hub worlds of [[Downtown Bikini Bottom (Battle for Bikini Bottom)|Bikini Bottom Downtown]], [[Chum Bucket]], [[Flying Dutchman's graveyard|Dutchman's Graveyard]] and [[Kelp Forest (Battle for Bikini Bottom)|Kelp Forest]] exist.<ref>[https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:SpongeBob_SquarePants:_Battle_for_Bikini_Bottom_(Windows) Prerelease:SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom (Windows) - The Cutting Room Floor]</ref>
===Screenshots===
<gallery widths="180" position="center">
SBSP3-PC titlescreen unused.png|Early background for the title screen.
SBSP3-PC early kelpForest.jpg|Prerelease screenshot of a cut "Kelp Forest" hub world.
SBSP3-PC early graveyard.jpg
SBSP3-PC early chumBucket.jpg
SBSP3-PC early downtown.jpg
</gallery>
==Walkthrough==
[[File:SpongeBob SquarePants Battle for Bikini Bottom - Full PC walkthrough|thumb|center|340px]]


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
===General===
===General===
*This version of this game is supported by some future devices through backwards compatibility:
[[File:Uo 1481155821-11317-379.jpg|thumb|260px|Demo disc for the games ''The Fairly OddParents: Breakin Da Rules'', and ''Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron''.]]
**The PC version can be played on any Windows device that can run older Windows programs.
*This version of this game is supported by any Windows device that can run older Windows programs.
*The PC version is the third licensed SpongeBob video game to be developed by AWE Games, right after ''[[Operation Krabby Patty]]'' and ''[[Employee of the Month (video game)|Employee of the Month]]''.
*This is the third licensed ''SpongeBob'' video game to be developed by AWE Games. The first was ''[[Operation Krabby Patty]]'', and the second was ''[[Employee of the Month (video game)|Employee of the Month]]''.
[[File:BFBBDemo.png|thumb|260px|PC Demo.]]
*The Russian version was produced in February 2008, but went on sale only in 2010.
**The release was originally planned for March 2008. The reasons for the long delay are unknown.
[[File:BFBBDemo.png|thumb|260px|PC Game Demo.]]
[[File:InterActual Player and Installing the BFBB Demo|thumb|260px]]
*The PC version came as a demo on the [[SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric (DVD)|SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric DVD]].
*The PC version came as a demo on the [[SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric (DVD)|SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric DVD]].
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031003184914/http://www.thq.com/store/StoreMinisite.asp?UPC=49146/ The PC Version] Was originally sold for the MSRP price of $19.99 upon release.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031003184914/http://www.thq.com/store/StoreMinisite.asp?UPC=49146/ This version of the game] was originally sold for the MSRP price of $19.99 upon release.
{{Clear}}
 
===Episode references===
===Episode references===
*When one of the robots throws a crumpled up piece of paper at Plankton, Plankton says, "You ''[dolphin chirp]'' robots!" This is a reference to the episode "[[Sailor Mouth]]."
*When one of the robots throws a crumpled up piece of paper at Plankton, Plankton says, "You ''[dolphin chirp]'' robots!" This is a reference to the episode "[[Sailor Mouth]]."
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==Back/International covers==
==Back/International covers==
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<gallery widths="180" position="center" captionalign="center">
SpongeBob BFBB PC Box Back.jpg|PC box back cover
SpongeBob BFBB PC Box Back.jpg|Back cover (Box)
SpongeBob BFBB PC US Jewel Case Back.jpg|PC jewel case back cover
SpongeBob BFBB PC US Jewel Case Back.jpg|Back cover (Jewel Case)
51SHVW30MXL. AC SX215 .jpg|PC (UK version)
51SHVW30MXL. AC SX215 .jpg|Cover (UK version)
SpongeBob Schwammkopf - Schlacht um Bikini Bottom PC.jpg|German PC cover
SpongeBob Schwammkopf - Schlacht um Bikini Bottom PC.jpg|German cover
BFBB Russian PC cover.png|Russian PC cover
BFBB Russian PC cover.png|Russian cover
BFBB Korean PC cover.png|Korean PC cover
SpongeBob- Battle for Bikini Bottom (PC) - Back cover (Russian).jpeg|Russian back cover
BFBB Hungary PC cover.png|Hungary cover
BFBB Korean PC cover.png|Korean cover
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018.png|North American PC disc
018.png|North American PC disc
Battle for Bikini Bottom European PC disc.jpg|European PC disc
Battle for Bikini Bottom European PC disc.jpg|European PC disc
SpongeBob- Battle for Bikini Bottom (PC) - Disc (Russian).jpeg|Russian PC disc
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 11:26, 18 July 2025

This is the page about the PC version of the 2003 video game. For other uses, see Battle for Bikini Bottom (disambiguation).

Template:VTab Template:Video game The PC version of Battle for Bikini Bottom is a SpongeBob SquarePants video game developed by AWE Games. Unlike its home console counterpart, this game is a point-and-click mini-game adventure. Various characters are playable depending on the minigame, including Template:Data:Links and Gary the Snail.

Plot

The game's story is very similar to that of its console counterpart. After Template:Data:Links created an army of robots using his robot generator, he delivered a speech on how he would use them to conquer Bikini Bottom. But the robots instead decide to disobey him and leave the restaurant. Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Template:Data:Links are having a tea party with toy robots. SpongeBob then gathers all the toy robots and wishes on the first falling clam that robots "were people too." The next morning, a robot suddenly bursts into SpongeBob's bedroom. SpongeBob then finds out that the entire town is being attacked by an army of robots.

After saving his friends while traveling through Downtown Bikini Bottom, Kelp Forest, Mermalair, Flying Dutchman's Graveyard, and the Chum Bucket, SpongeBob and Patrick arrive at the Chum Bucket's lab, where they find Plankton. SpongeBob asks Plankton how to stop the robots from destroying Bikini Bottom, but Plankton reveals that the only way to stop this is to turn the "Obey" switch on. Patrick then accidentally messes with the lever and destroys the robot generator, deactivating all of the robots at the same time. Declaring the "Battle for Bikini Bottom" to be finally over, SpongeBob and Patrick leave the Chum Bucket. Plankton then says that he will be back with another plan.

Cast

Minigames

  • Kelp Forest
    • Vine Swinger
    • Dock Block
    • Gary Trivia
    • Gary Chopper
    • Dress to Impress
    • Slime Trail
  • Downtown Bikini Bottom
    • Traffic Jam - A game similar to Frogger where the player navigates through a bustling street, avoiding the cars driven by Plankton's robots and collecting items that count towards a goal in order to complete the level.
    • Manhole Memory - A memory matching game where the player must match together characters from the show as well as robots.
    • Patrick Trivia - A trivia game where an announcer robot asks SpongeBob trivia questions that he must answer correctly in order to free Patrick from a cage.
    • Robot Alley - A game in which the player is running down an alley, avoiding or attacking robots with projectiles and collecting items that count towards a goal in order to complete the level.
    • The Magic Shop - A game in which the player must place the items that they collected from the previous levels in their correct positions inside of a magic shop. The player is hinted as to what belongs where with collections that seem to be missing a piece or an obvious space where something is missing.
    • Bowling Buddies - A game in which SpongeBob and Patrick go bowling, but with Patrick using SpongeBob as the bowling ball. In the electronic display, whenever events such as strikes, spares, or splits happen, the screen will display a representation of what happened by using robots as replacements for pins.
  • Mermalair
    • Cave Jumper
    • Open Says Me
    • Squidward Trivia
    • Rope Burn
    • The Wall of Gadgets
    • Mermalair Dance Party
  • Flying Dutchman's Graveyard
    • Capture The Flag
    • Shove It
    • Mr. Krabs Trivia
    • Hide Me Money
    • Balancing Act
    • Walk the Plank
  • Chum Bucket Lab
    • Sneaky Feet
    • Hall of Arms
    • Sandy Trivia
    • Robot Roundup
    • The Spectacular Contraption
    • Chop-a-Bot

Development

General

  • An early version of the title screen exists in the game files. The only differences between the final versions is the "Chum Bucket" text, which uses a different font. Interestingly, this version of the title screen can be seen in the game's manual.[1]

Prerelease

Screenshots

Walkthrough

File:SpongeBob SquarePants Battle for Bikini Bottom - Full PC walkthrough

Trivia

General

File:Uo 1481155821-11317-379.jpg
Demo disc for the games The Fairly OddParents: Breakin Da Rules, and Jimmy Neutron vs. Jimmy Negatron.
  • This version of this game is supported by any Windows device that can run older Windows programs.
  • This is the third licensed SpongeBob video game to be developed by AWE Games. The first was Operation Krabby Patty, and the second was Employee of the Month.
  • The Russian version was produced in February 2008, but went on sale only in 2010.
    • The release was originally planned for March 2008. The reasons for the long delay are unknown.
File:BFBBDemo.png
PC Game Demo.
File:InterActual Player and Installing the BFBB Demo


Episode references

  • When one of the robots throws a crumpled up piece of paper at Plankton, Plankton says, "You [dolphin chirp] robots!" This is a reference to the episode "Sailor Mouth."

Back/International covers

Discs

References

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