History VideoGame / AroundTheClockAtBikiniBottom

* MeleeATrois: There are a total of three factions against each other in the game: the Bikini Bottom heroes consisting of SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward and Mr. Krabs; the Jellians consisting of the Overlord, his army and their various clones, and lastly the Doodles, consisting of the Doodle versions of Patrick, SpongeBob and Squidward. Each faction are against each other and will sabotage the other to win.
** In the Mermalair episode, there are four factions involved: the aforementioned three factions, and the Mermaidman and Barnacleboy villains consisting of Man Ray, Dirty Bubble, Sinister Slug, Prawn, Jumbo Shrimp & Sneaky Hermit, and Atomic Flounder. The villains plan on using the chaos to their advantage to plunder the sea of its riches. Heck Dirty Bubble kills the Mermaid Man and Barnacleboy clones before the villains deal with the heroes.

** Doodle Patrick, in Spongebob's Pineapple. He can stand on an area you need to pass through, for long enough to DoodleBob to see you (or for Squid Doodle to get to you, which in turn brings DoodleBob to your location), and then teleport to the adjacent room, killing you if you try to escape, or leaving you to get caught if you wait for him to leave. Alternatively, he can appear on an area you're already standing under, which results in an instant, purpose-defeating death.

* UnwinnableByDesign: In Spongebob's Pineapple, Doodle Patrick can still appear on an area you're already standing under, which results in an instant, [[GameBreaker purpose-defeating]] death.

** Played Straight with the Spatula Door. In the Tutorial level, there's a sentient green door that only opens when the player has all 15 Golden Spatulas. If you walk through the door without meeting the spatula requirement and try to grab the chest behind it, the door will reprimand the player and punish them by disabling their movement and crashing the game, stopping just short of erasing your save file [[PetTheDog because he wanted to be nice.]] If the player closes the game while he's in the middle of his rant, the next time they open the game, the door will punish them further by '''actually'' erasing their save file and dropping the [[PrecisionFStrike F-bomb]]. See it in action [[https://youtu.be/XEXnmVuQJaY here]].

** Played Straight with the Spatula Door. In the Tutorial level, there's a sentient green door that only opens when the player has all 15 Golden Spatulas. If you walk through the door without meeting the spatula requirement and try to grab the chest behind it, the door will reprimand the player and punish them by disabling their movement and crashing the game. And if the player closes the game while he's in the middle of his rant, the next time they open the game, the door will punish them further by erasing their save file and dropping the [[PrecisionFStrike F-bomb]]. See it in action [[https://youtu.be/XEXnmVuQJaY here]].

* ChekhovsGun: The gasoline that Patrick "sucked up" in Goo Lagoon. One would probably assume he meant to say that he siphoned it out of the tank but nope; [[spoiler:he literally sucked it out with his mouth and drank it. This helps defeat Doodle Patrick in the Museum when the latter accidentally makes Patrick vomit the gasoline all over him, allowing Patrick to set him on fire.]]
-->'''Doodle Patrick:''' You planned this, surely you must've.\\

* ControllableHelplessness: For quite a few levels, if you’re spotted by an enemy, you’re doomed to die. You can try to run around and hide all you like, but they’re faster than you and will not stop chasing you until they catch you. If you try to be clever with a couple spots, like trying to hide from Pearl in the basement where she normally can’t enter, they’ll simply teleport to you for an instant game over.

* ExtremelyShortTimespan: The events of each level takes place within a single hour, Glove World being the first (at 9PM) and the Krusty Krab, Rock Bottom, the Museum, and the Bubble Bowl being tied for last (at 9AM), meaning the entire game spans the course of only 12 hours.

%%* BigBadEnsemble: The Overlord and Doodle Patrick.

* DaylightHorror: Near the end of the game, it is in the morning hours in Bikini Bottom.

* ElevatorEscape: You can evade Big Lenny in the Squidward's Monument level by ducking into the elevator and traveling to another floor, [[spoiler:at least, until he knocks out the power]].

* DarknessEqualsDeath: In the [[spoiler:Rock Bottom]] minigame, you need to ward off monsters with a unique flashlight. Fail to do so results in your demise.

* DevelopmentGag: Mother Jellyfish was originally an enemy in Glove World before being cut. A cut-out of her unfinished model can be seen hanging on the wall in 3451 Anchor Way.

* ControllableHelplessness: For quite a few levels, if you’re spotted by an enemy, you’re doomed to die. You can try to run around and hide all you like, but they’re faster than you and will ‘’not’’ stop chasing you until they catch you. If you try to be clever with a couple spots, like trying to hide from Pearl in the basement where she normally can’t enter, they’ll simply teleport to you for an instant game over.

* ControlableHelplessness: For quite a few levels, if you’re spotted by an enemy, you’re doomed to die. You can try to run around and hide all you like, but they’re faster than you and will ‘’not’’ stop chasing you until they catch you. If you try to be clever with a couple spots, like trying to hide from Pearl in the basement where she normally can’t enter, they’ll simply teleport to you for an instant game over.

* Foil: Doodle Patrick is the polar opposite of the real deal. Whereas Patrick is a bit dimwitted and rash, but genuinely cares about his friends and will put himself in harm's way for them, Doodle Patrick is smart and calculating, but is also selfish and cruel to the point that he [[spoiler: erases Doodlebob for befriending the real Patrick.]]

* WhatAnIdiot: An in-universe example. Probably a given since this is [[TheDitz Patrick]] we're talking about, but in the opening cutscene for "7AM at Goo Lagoon", Mr. Krabs' boat suddenly dies during their drive. Mr. Krabs begins to blame Squidward before Patrick chimes in to say he stored their stock of mayonnaise in the gas tank. Cue Mr. Krabs beating Patrick senseless.