Lights, Camera, Pants! (home console)

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Lights, Camera, Pants! is a SpongeBob SquarePants video game that was released in 2005 for the PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox. The console versions were developed by THQ Studio Australia and was published by THQ. It is a party game consisting of more than 30 minigames to play.

A Game Boy Advance version was developed by WayForward Technologies, along with a PC version by AWE Games.

Plot

The producer of the superhero show The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy (Gill Hammerstein) is filming a special episode in Bikini Bottom and using the locals as actors. All of your favorites are desperate to impress the talent scouts who have created a series of action-packed challenges to test the wannabe stars. Join SpongeBob and his friends as you compete against your friends for 9 different roles, including the coveted super villain role, the Sneaky Hermit.

Features

• 28 artwork and 27 action figure unlockables each, for a total of 55 major unlockables.
• 30 auditions to choose from.
• Journey to various Bikini Bottom locations like the Krusty Krab to gain roles in the new episode of The New Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy.

Minigames

The following is a list of minigames (referred to as auditions in the game) available in the game:

The Krusty Krab

• Flippin' Out (2 vs 2 Player)
• Order Up (2 vs 2 Player)
• The Bouncers (2 vs 2 Player)

Goo Lagoon

• Inflatable Pants (4 Player)
• Weight & Sea (2 vs 2 Player)
• Surf Resc-Goo (4 Player)

Mrs. Puff's Boating School

• Goo-Ladiators (4 Player)
• Pedal of Honor (4 Player)
• Floor It! (4 Player)

The Sand Stadium

• Rock Bottom (4 Players)
• Jig on the Brig (4 Player)
• Beats Me (4 Player)

The Chum Bucket

• Machine Meltdown (2 vs 2 Player)
• Surface Tension (4 Player)
• Charge! (4 Player)

Jellyfish Fields

• Jellyfish Jamboree (4 Player)
• Jellyfish Swish (4 Player)
• The Tide Piper (2 vs 2 Player)

Bikini Bottom Jail

• Seahorse Stampede (2 vs 2 Player)
• Breakin' Out (4 Player)
• Rubble Rabble (2 vs 2 Player)

Downtown Bikini Bottom

• Blisterin' Barnacles (2 vs 2 Player)
• Rope Burn (2 vs 2 Player)
• Flingin' & Swingin' (2 vs 2 Player)

Bonus games

• Mother of Pearl (4 Player)
• Hook, Line, & Cheddar (4 Player)
• Tethered & Weathered (2 vs 2 Player)
• Loot Scootin' (4 Player)

Tiebreaker games

• Rock, Paper, Scissors (2 or 4 Player Tiebreaker)
• Two Up (3 Player Tiebreaker)

Playable characters

• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Sandy Cheeks
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sheldon J. Plankton

Locations, hosts, and roles

The game has a variety of locations and hosts, who judge the players for a specific role.

• Krusty Krab, hosted by Bubble Bass, for the waiter role
• Goo Lagoon, hosted by Larry the Lobster, for the lookout role
• Mrs. Puff's Boating School, hosted by Mrs. Puff, for the police officer role
• Sand Stadium, hosted by Squilliam Fancyson, for the maestro role
• Chum Bucket, hosted by Karen, for the captive role
• Jellyfish Fields, hosted by Kevin C. Cucumber, for the hunter role
• Bikini Bottom Jail, hosted by Don the Whale, for the prison guard role
• Downtown Bikini Bottom, hosted by Cannonball Jenkins, for the stunt double role

Nickelodeon Cross Save Bonuses

Bonuses can be unlocked by having save files for Tak: The Great Juju Challenge, Nicktoons Unite!, and Barnyard, and Paramount Home Video on a memory card exclusively on the PlayStation 2 version.

• Bonus action figures of Timmy Turner, Cosmo and Wanda, Tak, Otis, and Jimmy Neutron.
• Soundboards which feature lines from the game, said by SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, Mr. Krabs, Plankton, Gary, Mermaid Man, Barnacle Boy, and Gill Hammerstein.
• A slideshow of conceptual art.

Previews

• Cross Save
• Tak: The Great Juju Challenge
• Nicktoons Unite!
• Barnyard
• SpongeBob SquarePants Videos (Paramount Home Video)

Cast

• Tom Kenny - SpongeBob SquarePants, Gary the Snail, French Narrator
• Bill Fagerbakke - Patrick Star
• Rodger Bumpass - Squidward Tentacles
• Carolyn Lawrence - Sandy Cheeks
• Clancy Brown - Eugene H. Krabs
• Doug Lawrence - Sheldon J. Plankton, Larry the Lobster, Realistic Fish Head, Narrator
• Dee Bradley Baker - Bubble Bass, Squilliam Fancyson, Kevin C. Cucumber, Don the Whale, Old Man Jenkins
• Mary Jo Catlett - Mrs. Puff
• Jill Talley - Karen Plankton
• Joe Alaskey - Mermaid Man
• Tim Conway - Barnacle Boy
• Bob Joles - Man Ray
• Charles Nelson Reilly - Dirty Bubble
• Nolan North - Gill Hammerstein

Development

General

• A bunch of unused graphics ripped from multiple episodes can be found within the game's files.
  • There's an unused 2D minigame called "Pattie Munchdown" where, according to the graphics, would've starred SpongeBob, Squidward, Sandy and Plankton eating as many patties as possible while avoiding to get sick.
  • The Bouncers game mode has graphics of customers eating their food while watching in the background.
  • Floor It! is where the unused episode rips are the majority, mainly construction workers.
  • Few more episode rips include SpongeBob holding a spatula, from "Plankton!," and Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy's fists.
• An early model of SpongeBob can be found in the files.
• Bubble Bass has an unused eye set.
• A work-in-progress version of the map screen can be found in the files alongside a work-in-progress sprite sheet of Kevin the Cucumber.
• There is an unused clapperboard texture.

Gallery

Screenshots

• Early model of SpongeBob.
  Early model of SpongeBob.
• Unused set for Bubble Bass' eyes.
  Unused set for Bubble Bass' eyes.
• Unused clapperboard texture.
  Unused clapperboard texture.
• Work-in-progress of the map screen.
  Work-in-progress of the map screen.
• Work in-progress sheet of Kevin the Cucumber.
  Work in-progress sheet of Kevin the Cucumber.

Prerelease screenshots

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Concept art

• Concept art for the "Rock, Paper, Scissors" mini-game.
  Concept art for the "Rock, Paper, Scissors" mini-game.
• Concept art for the "Rock Bottom" mini-game.
  Concept art for the "Rock Bottom" mini-game.
• Another piece of concept art for the "Rock Bottom" mini-game.
  Another piece of concept art for the "Rock Bottom" mini-game.
• Concept art for the "Bouncers" mini-game.
  Concept art for the "Bouncers" mini-game.
• Concept art for the "Inflatable Pants" mini-game.
  Concept art for the "Inflatable Pants" mini-game.
• Concept art for the "Surface Tension" mini-game.
  Concept art for the "Surface Tension" mini-game.
• Concept art for the "Order Up" mini-game.
  Concept art for the "Order Up" mini-game.
• Concept art for the "Weight & Sea" mini-game.
  Concept art for the "Weight & Sea" mini-game.
• Concept art for the "Flingin' & Swingin" mini-game.
  Concept art for the "Flingin' & Swingin" mini-game.
• Concept art for the "Beats Me" mini-game.
  Concept art for the "Beats Me" mini-game.
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• Concept art of a machine (most likely the one used in the Chum Bucket cutscene).
  Concept art of a machine (most likely the one used in the Chum Bucket cutscene).
• Plankton's original "Hunter" costume.
  Plankton's original "Hunter" costume.
• SpongeBob's original "Lookout" costume.
  SpongeBob's original "Lookout" costume.
• Canon Ball Jenkins concept art.
  Canon Ball Jenkins concept art.
• Sneaky Hermit concept art.
  Sneaky Hermit concept art.
• Sandy's original "Sneaky Hermit" costume.
  Sandy's original "Sneaky Hermit" costume.
• Patrick's original "Sneaky Hermit" costume.
  Patrick's original "Sneaky Hermit" costume.
• Mr. Krabs' original "Sneaky Hermit" costume.
  Mr. Krabs' original "Sneaky Hermit" costume.
• Gill Hammerstein concept art.
  Gill Hammerstein concept art.

Reception

Lights, Camera, Pants! received a nomination at the 33rd Annie Awards in 2005 for Best Animated Video Game, but it lost to Ultimate Spider-Man.

IGN gave the home console version a generally good review. They gave it 8.5 points on its presentation, saying, "Makes excellent use of the license. Great, humorous cinemas and a fun storyline. A decent selection of mini-games. Slick menus. Some minor load times." They gave 7+ points to the graphics of the game, the sound, and the gameplay. Criticism from IGN was focused on the dialogue being repetitive and the game lacking depth. IGN gave it a 7 overall rating. Meanwhile, GameRankings gave the Xbox and GameCube versions a 53.67% and a 59.75% respectively. Review aggregator Metacritic was mixed toward this game with the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions getting a 59 out of 100 and a 57 out of 100 respectively. Lights, Camera, Pants! was generally viewed as one of the better SpongeBob video games.

Walkthrough

GameCube version

File:SpongeBob SquarePants Lights, Camera, Pants! - Full GameCube walkthrough

Xbox version

File:SpongeBob SquarePants Lights, Camera, Pants! - Full Xbox walkthrough

Trivia

General

• All versions of this game have backwards compatibility.
  • The PlayStation 2 version can be played on old PlayStation 3 units.
  • The GameCube version can be played on older Wii units.
  • The Xbox version can be played on all Xbox 360 units.
• The gameplay aspect and the mini-game format were possibly influenced by the famed Mario Party titles, due to their similar functions and mechanics.
• This was the second video game to be developed by THQ Studio Australia. The first was The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius: Attack of the Twonkies.
  • Lights, Camera, Pants! was even composed by The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius's composer Charlie Brissette.
• The art work for both Beware the Hooks and SpongeBob SquarePants Has Hit Rock Bottom was also used for the cover of the two digital media with the same name.
• The title of this video game is a parody of the phrase "Lights, Camera, ACTION!"
• SpongeBob is shown riding a unicycle, but in the console versions of the game, when he is a police officer, he rides a normal bicycle instead of his unicycle, but the colors are the same.
• This is Bubble Bass' third appearance in a video game. The first was Legend of the Lost Spatula, and the second was Nicktoons Freeze Frame Frenzy.
• The camp tent is also seen in "Arrgh!"
• This was the last SpongeBob SquarePants video game released for the Xbox.
  • This is also the only non crossover SpongeBob video game on the Xbox to not be developed by Heavy Iron Studios.
• In the beginning scene of the featured "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy episode," where the duo is watching the musical performance, the narrator of the episode says, "Amongst them are Bikini Bottom's finest crime fighters, and also...these guys (referring to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy)."
  • This could be a reference to the beginning scene of "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV," when the French Narrator says, "Through these doors pass all the many kinds of undersea life...and also these guys (referring to Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy)."
• The cover art is different outside the U.S., featuring all of the main characters getting prepared for the movie.
• This is the only time Don the Whale becomes a prison guard.
• The Sneaky Hermit's wedding photo features the Hermit as the bride when the role is given to either SpongeBob, Patrick, or Sandy; and as the groom when it's Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton.
• In comparison, SpongeBob's movie is different than the others.
• The theme used for the minigame "The Bouncers" is a remake of a theme by the same composer from another video game 3-D Body Adventure. The original can be heard here.
• There is a cheat code (977548) that can be activated to unlock a special feature.
• There is a coloring error in the game with Squidward and Plankton wherein some mini-games ("Charge!" and "Inflatable Pants" being notable examples), Plankton will have blue and Squidward will have green. Plankton may also sometimes have gray, although this is probably because of his robot.
• The gameplay is the same on all three consoles, but the controls are different in each version.
• As of this video game, Man Ray is now voiced by Bob Joles. He was previously voiced by John Rhys-Davies in the episodes "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III" and "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V," both of which had premiered before this video game was released in October 2005 in North America and Europe.
• This marks the only time that the Dirty Bubble is voiced by Charles Nelson Reilly in a video game before his death in 2007.
• This is the third appearance of inflatable pants. The first was in "Patty Hype" and the second was in "The Sponge Who Could Fly."
• The "Rock Bottom" mini-game can give different characters a different max score.
  • Squidward's has the lowest max score (1,000), Sandy has the highest max score (1,036), and everyone else has a max score of 1,003.
• There is a way to get all of the cross save rewards (only in the PlayStation 2 version) without owning the other three games (Tak: The Great Juju Challenge, Nicktoons Unite!, and Barnyard), this is done by entering the cheat code 2229074466, which unlocks everything.
• In some concept art found in the PlayStation's 2 cross save, it shows that Monty P. Moneybags may have had Gill Hammerstein's role, before getting replaced.
  • If that were the case, this could have been Monty P. Moneybags' first, and only, appearance in a video game.
• In concept art it shows the "Rock, Paper, Scissors" mini-game didn't use bubbles, instead it was a newspaper, a normal rock, and a pair of tongs.
  • Because of the use of tongs, in concept art, the mini-game may have been called "Rock, Paper, Tongs."
• In concept art for the "Rock Bottom" mini-game, it shows that SpongeBob may have played a saxophone.
• This and Creature from the Krusty Krab are the only SpongeBob video games to be dubbed into Swedish.

Episode references

• When SpongeBob goes to the Mermalair, he can be heard saying Bad Word #11.
• Whenever SpongeBob wins an audition, one of his phrases is "Go self!" This phrase is heard in the pilot episode "Help Wanted."
• Patrick's third-place image is the same as when he is grumpy in "Valentine's Day."

Errors

• In the lookout scene, if Sandy is the lookout, Mermaid Man will call Sandy a sea creature instead of a land creature.
• In this video game, the Krusty Krab has waiters. However, the Krusty Krab is not that kind of restaurant, as it is an undersea fast-food restaurant.
  • Although, it is possible that the Krusty Krab was temporarily set up like this for the "filming" of the MM and BB episode.
    • And on top of that, the Krusty Krab did have waiters before in such episodes as "Squilliam Returns" and "Enemy In-Law."

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"SpongeBob" is written as "Sponge Bob."

• In the official list of backward compatible Xbox games for the Xbox 360, "SpongeBob" is mistakenly spelled as "Sponge Bob." The other SpongeBob games on the list don't have this same mistake.

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Roger Bumpass.

• In the credits, Rodger Bumpass is misspelled as Roger Bumpass and Joe Alaskey is misspelled as Jow Alaskey.
• In the Gold and silver versions of the Cosmo & Wanda action figures Cosmo doesn't have a unique face, instead, they reused Timmy Turner's face.
• In the minigame "Breakin' Out" Squidward's eyelids are shown black instead of PMS 333 color.
• In the minigame "Beats Me," when Squilliam says, "1, 2, 3," his voice sounds like Squidward's.
  • A similar error occurs in the video games Creature from the Krusty Krab and SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom.
• In the minigame "Rubble Rabble" when Patrick or Plankton hits a green dust boulder, their voice clips are swapped.

International covers

• PlayStation 2 UK cover
  PlayStation 2 UK cover
• PlayStation 2 UK promo cover
  PlayStation 2 UK promo cover
• GameCube UK cover
  GameCube UK cover
• Xbox UK cover
  Xbox UK cover
• PC UK cover
  PC UK cover
• PlayStation 2 Australian cover
  PlayStation 2 Australian cover
• Xbox Australian cover
  Xbox Australian cover
• PlayStation 2 German cover
  PlayStation 2 German cover
• GameCube German cover
  GameCube German cover
• Xbox German cover
  Xbox German cover
• PlayStation 2 Sweden cover
  PlayStation 2 Sweden cover
• Xbox Sweden cover
  Xbox Sweden cover
• Xbox Sweden back cover
  Xbox Sweden back cover
• PlayStation 2 Italian cover
  PlayStation 2 Italian cover
• PlayStation 2 Spainish cover
  PlayStation 2 Spainish cover
• PlayStation 2 Netherlands cover
  PlayStation 2 Netherlands cover

Discs

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• PlayStation 2 NTSC disc
  PlayStation 2 NTSC disc
• PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits NTSC disc
  PlayStation 2 Greatest Hits NTSC disc
• GameCube NTSC disc
  GameCube NTSC disc
• Xbox NTSC disc
  Xbox NTSC disc
• Xbox platinum NTSC disc
  Xbox platinum NTSC disc
• PC NTSC disc
  PC NTSC disc
• PlayStation 2 PAL disc
  PlayStation 2 PAL disc
• GameCube PAL disc
  GameCube PAL disc
• Xbox PAL disc
  Xbox PAL disc
• PlayStation 2 Australian PAL disc
  PlayStation 2 Australian PAL disc
• Xbox Australian PAL disc
  Xbox Australian PAL disc

Promotional art

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Videos

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• File:SpongeBob SquarePants Lights, Camera, Pants! E3 2005 Footage

References

External links

• Official website
• FAQ's