Battle for Bikini Bottom (home console)

Template:VG SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom is a video game based on the television show SpongeBob SquarePants. The game has been released for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, PC, PlayStation 2, and Xbox consoles (the Xbox version is backwards compatible for the Xbox 360 console). The player attempts to defend Bikini Bottom from an invasion of robots created by Plankton with a machine called the Duplicatotron 3000. The playable characters are SpongeBob, Patrick, and Sandy. The Windows version features a series of minigames and differs from the console versions. It is the most sucessful SpongeBob SquarePants videogame as according of very high sales, making it a critical and very large commercial success.

Gameplay

Players control SpongeBob, Sandy the squirrel and Patrick Starfish through a number of locations such as the Jellyfish Fields, and can switch between characters at bus stops throughout the game. Core gameplay involves collecting items and defeating the robots which have attacked Bikini Bottom, whilst crossing platforms and avoiding environmental hazards like spikes and flames. A number of mini-games are also accessible throughout the game.

Three types of item can be collected. Shiny objects are the game's currency, and can be used to pay tolls within game areas or to buy golden spatulas. Golden spatulas are used to grant access to new areas, they are hidden throughout the game and can also be earned by completing tasks set by Squidward and several other characters from the cartoon. These tasks can involve defeating particular robots or searching for items. The other collectible item type, smelly socks, can be traded for golden spatulas.

Though some areas can be navigated by any character, several sections can only be completed with a specific character, due to each one having a unique abilities. SpongeBob can create a bubble helmet for head-butting enemies, launch a bubble-blowing spin attack and double jump to reach higher platforms. Patrick can throw objects at switches, freeze goo rivers and attack enemies with a belly flop. Sandy can glide over distances and wields a lasso, with which she can tie up enemies or swing on hooks to reach distant areas.

Plot

Plankton creates an army of robots but forgets to switch the Duplicatron's "Obey" switch.

This game is also the introduction to a new character, Prawn. In addition to the several regular robots that litter the levels, SpongeBob and friends will defeat four boss robots along the way: Robo-Sandy, Robo-Patrick, Robo-SpongeBob, and Robo-Plankton. Along the way, they will tangle with three semi-bosses who each has 3 lives: King Jellyfish, Prawn, and the Flying Dutchman.

Levels

• Bikini Bottom (3 parts) - This is the main level. Here, you can access all the other levels. SpongeBob can complete minor tasks, such as annoying Squidward, clearing Sandy's treedome, and clearing the Krusty Krab.
• Jellyfish Fields - The first single level. Squidward has been attacked by robots and jellyfish, and SpongeBob needs to go to the top of Spork Mountain to find a jar of jelly for him. The trouble is, the king jellyfish who lives up there has to be defeated before you can get the jelly. He also needs to save Patrick, traverse a cave, and get a spatula back for Mrs. Puff, etc.
• Downtown Bikini Bottom - Robots are wreaking havoc here, and SpongeBob needs to defeat them. He also needs to find steering wheels, find an antenna for Larry, and other tasks.
• Goo Lagoon - A robot has stollen all the sunscreen, and the only way SpongeBob can get it back is to reflect the heat onto the robot...
• Posiedome - The first boss level, this level features King Neptune. Robo-Sandy has taken over the poseidome, and SpongeBob needs to defeat it to help King Neptune regain control of it.
• Rock Bottom - Mrs. Puff says that robots have ransacked the Rock Bottom Museum, annd SpongeBob must clear it soon.
• Mermalair - SpongeBob must clear the Mermalair, shut down the security system, and defeat Prawn before MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy return from their doctor's appointments.
• Sand Mountain - it's time for Texas-style snowboarding! Sandy and SpongeBob must clear Sand Mountain, and SpongeBob will also recieve a spatula from Plankton if he can jump into a deep pit.
• Industrial Park - Squidward has been attacked by Robo-Patrick, and SpongeBob must defeat him before he goes on a rampage.
• Kelp Forest - Eerie large kelp forests have always been a hiding place for spooky secrets, but now, robots are threatening visitors and the environment! It's up to SpongeBob to clear the forest, find Mrs. Puff's campers, find BarnacleBoy's energy crystals, and slide down a kelp vine for MermaidMan.
• Flying Dutchman's Graveyard - The Flying Dutchman cant scare the souls out of anyone because robots have taken over his ship and are using it to battle each other. SpongeBob needs to get it back soon...
• SpongeBob's Dream - Since SpongeBob is asleep, he gets to enter his dreams. He needs to travel through everyone's dreams and earn golden spatulas.
• Chum Bucket Lab - This is the final and most secret of the levels. Here, Plankton's scheme is revealed, and SpongeBob must finish his mission. But first he must battle a robot manifestation of himself and Plankton. He also needs to enter the robot's head and blow some fuses to jam the electrical system.

Note: Robot attacks is seen in Posiedome, Industrial Park, and Chum Bucket Lab.

Other ways to get golden spatulas

• The robots stole Patrick's socks and, if SpongeBob returns 10 of them, he could get a golden spatula.
• The Krusty Krab has been "abandoned," and Mr. Krabs needs shiny oblects to restore the restaurant. He's agreed to give you golden spatulas, but only if you can find enough shiny objects.

List of Characters

Playable

• SpongeBob SquarePants (voiced by Tom Kenny)
• Patrick Star (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke)
• Sandy Cheeks (voiced by Carolyn Lawrence)

Robots

• Fodder - The main robot, and are the easiest to defeat. They electrocute you if you get

to close to them.

• Ham-mer - A robot that hits you with ham whenever you get close.
• Tar Tar - A robot that shoots tartar sauce at you.
• Bzzzt-bot - A robot that blats a gamma ray at Spongebob, Sandy, or Patrick if they get too close.
• G-love - A robot that spins like a frisbee and tries to hit you.
• Chuck - A flying robot that throws missles at you.
• Bomb-bot - A robot that explodes after a few seconds.
• Sleepytime - A sleeping robot that wakes up when you get near and blasts you.
• Slick - A robot that shoots oil at you.
• Arf - A robot that carries Arf-dawgs.
• Arf-dawg - A robot that belongs to Arf that is similat to a bomb-bot.
• Monsoon - A flying robot that can make storm clouds.
• Chomp-bot - A robot that belches at you.
• Tubelet 3 inner tubed robots that will attack by spewing a fire ring to burn Spongebob and friends.
• The Duplicatotron 3000 - The machine that is reponsible for making the robots.

Bosses

• King Jellyfish

King Jellyfish from I'm Your Biggest Fanatic is the first non-robot (and overall) boss in the game.

• Robo-Sandy

Robo-Sandy is the first robot boss in the game. Her main attacks include a karate chop, a large jump (which for some reason stuns itself), and a clothesline move (this is when it runs to the edge and springs itself across the arena with its hands and feet against the edge and attatched to it by springs - the move can be avoided by jumping through or over the springs).

• Prawn (voiced by Doug Lawrence)

Prawn is a blue evil shrimp and the second non-robot boss in the game.

• Robo-Patrick

Robo-Patrick is the second robot boss in the game. His main attacks include spitting moves, frezze breath, ice cream slams, and a spinning move that shoots ice cream around it and leaves the robot vulnerable by making him dizzy.

• Flying Dutchman (voiced by Brian Doyle Murray)

The Flying Dutchman needs Spongebob's help to get the robots off his ship so he can fight him. He is the third non-robot boss in the game.

• Robo-SpongeBob

Robo-SpongeBob is the third robot boss in the game. His main attacks include a large arm swing that freezes him, karate slams(that flip the platform you're on), and a three part sweeping attack in which it shouts "KA-RA-TE!" and the sound waves will knock you unconscious. According to Robo-Plankton, they were supposed to be married, declaring mechnical homosexuality.

• Robo-Plankton (voiced by Doug Lawrence)

Robo- Plankton is the final robot (and overall) boss of the game. His main attack is a sonic blast. According to himself, the robots have always been obeying Plankton through the entire game and that he and Robo-SpongeBob were to marry.

In the concept art, you can see that a Robo-Squidward was originally planned to be in the game, possibly as a secret boss. This was scrapped before the game's release. But in the Game Boy Advance version, a Robo Squidward is present, and his attacks include slamming tentacles down onto the ground and blowing out musical notes that'll stun anyone who gets hit.

Also in the GBA version, King Jellyfish, Prawn, the Flying Dutchman, and Robo-Plankton are not present. Robo-Squidward is the penultimate boss, and Robo-SpongeBob is the last boss.

Episode Refrences

• This game makes a lot of references to its show:

• In the episode Neptune's Spatula, there is a golden spatula in a museum exhibit, which SpongeBob pulls out with ease. In the game, there many golden spatulas in levels, which SpongeBob and friends earn by completing certain tasks. The golden spatulas serve as keys to unlock levels depending how many spatulas the player needs. Plus, the stadium where King Neptune and SpongeBob had a cook-off is also where SpongeBob and Patrick fight Robo-Sandy.
• At the Posiedome, when Robo-Sandy appeared, Patrick said "It's a Giraffe."(Bubblestand).
• In the Treedome section of the game, the player can clearly see that SpongeBob is dehydrated due to him being a sea creature. This also happened in Tea at the Treedome and Squirrel Jokes.
• The level 'The Mermalair,' is based on the episode Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III. The mini-boss battle is also a reference to the episode, in which Prawn was released and imprisoned in a simular experience that Man Ray had.

• The Mermalair is located under the Shady Soals Rest Home, a reference to the episode Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II.

• In the episode Pre-Hibernation Week, SpongeBob and Sandy go to the industrial park, in which SpongeBob melted after taking the course. In the game, the industrial park is where SpongeBob and Sandy go to fight Robo-Patrick.
• In the episode Club SpongeBob, SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward were stranded in a kelp forest. In the game, the same kelp forest serves as a level, but the field wasn't completely covered in kelp. Instead there are open spaces in the level where the player can explore.
• In the episode Sleepy Time, SpongeBob traverses around the dream realm to visit some of his friends' dreams. The level 'SpongeBob's Dream' is based on the episode, in which SpongeBob has to enter his friends' dreams in order to get Golden Spatulas and to reach Patrick's Dream.
• On the design of Robo-SpongeBob, Robo-SpongeBob has rocket jets for legs. It's simular to when SpongeBob blasts off in the water when he was picked hall monitor in the episode Hall Monitor. Plus, the first form of Robo-SpongeBob is simular to when SpongeBob puts on his karate gear in various episodes like Karate Choppers, or No Weenies Allowed.
• When Robo-SpongeBob is defeated for the first time, Robo-Plankton will repair him into a form simular to when SpongeBob got Anchor Arms in MuscleBob BuffPants. Also, during the Goo Lagoon scene, the Juice Bar from the same episode is seen.

• As Robo-SpongeBob grows due to Robo-Plankton's repairs, Patrick thinks that he's shrinking. This is a reference to the episodes Suds and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV.

• Rock Bottom is shown, a refrence to the episode Rock Bottom.

• If SpongeBob approaches the vending machine in the first parts of the level, a bus will arrive and then leave again. This is based on SpongeBob's failed attempts to get on the bus in Rock Bottom.

• If the player falls into a pithole or goes to a restricted area long enough, a hand will come out and will take the player out of the danger. Simularly, in the episode Suds, when SpongeBob (and Patrick) are about to get their treatments, a hand comes out and takes them to their treatments.
• Bubble Buddy appears in the game, a reference to the episode Bubble Buddy.

• When SpongeBob encounters Bubble Buddy for the first time, Bubble Buddy says something about "defeating the giant monkey men and saving the 9th dimension." This line is a recycled line from Big Pink Loser.
• When you defeat the robots in the Rock Bottom Museum, Bubble Buddy said "I think it's time for a victory screetch!" Then, he and SpongeBob does one. This is a reference to The Algae's Always Greener.

• When you return 10 socks to Patrick, he says "Here's your golden backscratcher.", to which SpongeBob replies "Spatula." and Patrick says "I don't speak Italian." This line was used in Wormy.
• When the player goes down a slope while playing as SpongeBob, SpongeBob will go down the slope on his tounge, just like in the Sand Mountain scene in Pre-Hibernation Week.
• In the episode Hooky, SpongeBob gets his pants caught on a fishing hook. In some points of the game, SpongeBob can bungee-jump on the fishing hooks (with his pants caught on them, of course).
• In the episode Ripped Pants, a women forgot to put on sunscreen. In the Goo Lagoon scene, the robots stole people's sunscreen.
• The police station from the episode Life of Crime is seen.
• One of SpongeBob's moves, the Bubble Bowl, is named after the stadium with the same name from Band Geeks.
• In a few points in the game, a mime fish can be seen. This is a reference to the episode The Sponge Who Could Fly, where SpongeBob saves Patrick from a mime fish.
• King Jellyfish from I'm Your Biggest Fanatic is a boss in the game.

• In the episode Plankton!, a Golden Spatula was noticeable as it was pulled out of Plankton's "pocket". Many golden spatulas can be recieved in this game!

Trivia

• At the intro movie The Krusty Krab becomes a parking lot.

Games

The games are:

Kelp Forest: Vine Swinger Dock Block Gary Trivia Gary Chopper Dress To Impress Slime Trail

Downtown: Traffic Jam Manhole Memory Patrick Trivia Robot Alley The Magic Shop Bowling Buddies

The Mermalair: Cave Jumper Open Says Me Sqiudward Trivia Rope Burn The Wall of Gadgets Mermalair Dance Party

The 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

Story Mode

In the PC version of the game, there is a scene which tells a story inbetween the games, allowing the player to know what is going on in the game.

External links

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• Official Website