History VideoGame / NicktoonsUnite

* '''''Nicktoons Unite!''''' (2005 - Platform/PlayStation2, Platform/NintendoGameCube, Platform/GameBoyAdvance; 2006 - Platform/NintendoDS): [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Professor Calamitous]] joins forces with [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Plankton]], [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Mr. Crocker]], and [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Vlad Plasmius]] to form an [[LegionOfDoom Evil Syndicate]]. They start stealing energy from their respective worlds in order to power a DoomsdayDevice to [[EarthShatteringKaboom blow up the multiverse]]. To counter this, [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]] recruits WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants, [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]] (who is of course accompanied by Cosmo and Wanda), and WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom to help him venture into their worlds to stop the villains..
* '''''Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island''''' (2006 - [=PS2=], [=GameCube=], GBA, DS): [=SpongeBob=], Timmy, and Danny reunite, accompanied by co-stars [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Patrick, Sandy]], and [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Sam Manson]], having been picked by a Wise Old Crab to save Volcano Island from a new villain named the Mawgu. [[DemotedToExtra Jimmy notably sits this one out and]] [[MissionControl communicates with the heroes behind the scenes.]]

* '''''Nicktoons Unite!''''' (2005 - UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance; 2006 - UsefulNotes/NintendoDS): [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Professor Calamitous]] joins forces with [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Plankton]], [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Mr. Crocker]], and [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Vlad Plasmius]] to form an [[LegionOfDoom Evil Syndicate]]. They start stealing energy from their respective worlds in order to power a DoomsdayDevice to [[EarthShatteringKaboom blow up the multiverse]]. To counter this, [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]] recruits WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants, [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]] (who is of course accompanied by Cosmo and Wanda), and WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom to help him venture into their worlds to stop the villains..

* '''''Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots''''' (2007 - UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, [=PS2=], GBA, DS): Professor Calamitous returns, this time planning to [[TakeOverTheWorld take over the multiverse]] with his army of Toybots, fueled by Ghost energy combined with the fart gas of fairies having been fed Krabby Patties. [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, Jimmy, Timmy, Danny, Sam, and newcomer [[WesternAnimation/TakAndThePowerOfJuju Tak]] team up to collect master models (collectibles said to hold data that Calamitous scanned from characters around the multiverse that he kidnapped and then dumped back to keep his plan secret) for the Chadbot, a robot servant of Calamitous' who claims he will help them. Along the way, they rescue starring characters from other Nicktoons, including [[WesternAnimation/RenAndStimpy Stimpy]] and [[WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife Rocko]] in the console versions, WesternAnimation/InvaderZim, [[WesternAnimation/{{Catscratch}} Mr. Blik]], and WesternAnimation/ElTigre in the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS version, and [[WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot Jenny Wakeman]] and [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim GIR]] in both.

* VersionExclusiveContent: The [=PS2=] version of the first game has an OldSaveBonus: having save files of ''[[VideoGame/TakAndThePowerOfJuju Tak: The Great Juju Challenge]]'', ''VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsLightsCameraPants'' and ''VideoGame/{{Barnyard}}'' unlocks bonus in-game features for ''Unite!''. Interestingly, this feature was not present in the UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube version despite all of these games being released on that system as well.

** This is the only game in the ''Unite!'' series not to get a UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance port.

** Among Zim's quotes for using his tractor beam in the console version of ''Globs of Doom'' are "[[VideoGame/AlteredBeast Welcome to your doom!]]" and "[[Franchise/MortalKombat Get over here!]]"

** The Rip-Zipper needs to be completed by assembling specific parts scavenged from the island, including a large spherical crystal, with such rarity that presumably they can only make one Rip-Zipper. However, in order to facilitate the 2-player gameplay in the console version, the final boss fight against The Mawgu has two Rip-Zipper turrets set up so Danny and SpongeBob can attack simultaneously.

* CharacterSelectForcing: There are ten playable characters in both versions, but the player is unable to choose who they want to use. In the console version, they are forced into using arbitrary and seemingly-random combinations pre-selected by the game for each individual level, even the boss ones. The DS version, being a TeamworkPuzzleGame, has a set pair for each world which has levels designed around their abilities; only for the final boss battle can one of the five pairs chosen.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Despite being one of the main characters in the first three games, Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda are completely absent from this game without a mention.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Due to not being able to choose which characters you use, some cutscenes have different teams present than what is seen in gameplay: Fetid Forest has you use a team of [=SpongeBob=], Danny, Patrick, and Sandy, but the cutscenes at the end of the level have Sam instead of Patrick, despite Sam not participating in the level. Similarly, Ancient's Peak has a team of [=SpongeBob=], Danny, Sam, and Sandy, but Patrick replaces Sam in the end-of-level cutscene.

* OffModel: Everybody in the console version. Dib seems to just be permanently locked in a thousand-yard stare, Danny Phantom not only suffers from the same thousand-yard stare as Dib, but seems to be making a constant derp face throughout the game, Zim appears to have a huge overbite with how his model is rendered (in contrast to his model from ''VideoGame/NickelodeonPartyBlast''), and Jimmy Neutron looks like a walking corpse with no emotion whatsoever (in stark contrast to his models from previous games and his own show), or rather a CGI version of his ''Fairly [=OddParents=]'' style.

** Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda appear as their CGI rendering from the "Timmy Jimmy Power Hour" specials, as well as Jimmy referring to the fairies as "holograms" and other references to the events of the specials.

* ContinuityNod:
** There are several references to ''WesternAnimation/TheJimmyTimmyPowerHour'' specials, Timmy and Jimmy's first crossover efforts:
*** When Timmy flirts with her in the first game, Cindy replies, "Hi, Timmy. I didn't know you were back in Retroville," referring to their encounters.
*** Jimmy refers to Cosmo and Wanda as holograms rather than believing them to be fairies with magic, the HandWave for why he could see them in the specials without having his memory erased.
*** The boss fight against Crocker in ''Unite!'' takes place at the Big Wand and has him in the same outfit he wore when he broke into the Fairy Armory in the first crossover (only with a golden PoweredArmor around it).
*** Pairing Timmy and Jimmy up in ''Attack of the Toybots'' grants an award referencing the ''Power Hour'' specials.
*** Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda appear as their CGI renderings from the specials.
** While fighting through the Jellyfish Factory in Bikini Bottom, one of the rooms the heroes pass by has the picture of the lab(rador retriever) from [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E3JellyfishingPlankton Plankton’s debut episode]].
** In the first level of ''Battle for Volcano Island'', Danny and [=SpongeBob=] can find Plankton's crab robot from the first game. They even vocally reminisce on its boss fight.

* ContinuityNod: [=DoodleBob=], a one-time villain from the ''[=SpongeBob=]'' episode, "[=Frankendoodle=]" appears as one of [=SpongeBob's=] attacks.

** The purple-back gorilla (Samson, later [[YourTomcatIsPregnant revealed to be a Delilah]]) from all the way back in ''Recap/DannyPhantomS1E3OneOfAKind One of a Kind]]'', the second episode of ''Danny Phantom'', is being kept in Vlad’s castle in the first game, and the player has to use Danny to overshadow her and use her brute strength for navigating some of the obstacles.

** In the first level of ''Battle for Volcano Island'', Danny and [=SpongeBob=] can find Plankton's crab robot from the first game. They even vocally reminisce on its boss fight.

** There are several references to the ''Jimmy Timmy Power Hour'' series, Timmy and Jimmy's first crossover efforts:
*** When Timmy flirts with her in the first game, Cindy replies, "Hi Timmy. I didn't know you were back in Retroville.", referring to their encounters.
*** Jimmy refers to Cosmo and Wanda as holograms, the HandWave for why he could see them in the specials without having his memory erased.

** Sam and Danny’s dialogue at the end of the game seems to imply they think of their battle against the Mawgu as just their usual heroism and the islanders’ perception of them as TheChosenMany prophesized to save them from the Mawgu is a bizarre coincidence, despite having just fulfilled said prophecy alongside a veritable FantasyKitchenSink of heroes before returning to their own universes.

* DismantledMacguffin: The Neutron Rip-Zipper, Jimmy Neutron’s invention that will hit the ResetButton on the energy drain the Mawgu is subjecting their universes to and seal the NegativeSpaceWedgie he is using to do it. After Jimmy sends Tucker the plans to complete it, the heroes have to find the necessary components for its construction among the junk that the rip is raining on the island. Among the pieces are [[BambooTechnology an espresso machine and a microwave oven]].

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Due to not being able to choose which characters you use, some cutscenes have different teams present than what is seen in gameplay: Fetid Forest has you use a team of [=SpongeBob=], Danny, Patrick and Sandy, but the cutscenes at the end of the level have Sam instead of Patrick, despite Sam not participating in the level. Similarly, Ancient's Peak has a team of [=SpongeBob=], Danny, Sam and Sandy, but Patrick replaces Sam in the end-of-level cutscene.
* GuideDangIt: The console version has some in the case of Patrick and Sandy's unlockable costumes. While [=SpongeBob=], Danny, Sam and Timmy all have collectibles that can easily be found by just going though the levels normally, Patrick and Sandy's collectables are much more vague. Patrick requires tusks, which you can only collect by attacking shaking bushes and then attacking the boar that comes out, and Sandy requires feathers, which require you to attack similarly shaking palm trees and then keeping the camera focused on the bird that comes out. Neither of these are stated in the game itself.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Sam and Danny’s dialogue at the end of the game seems to imply they think that their battle against the Mawgu was just their usual heroism as if they were JustPassingThrough and the islanders’ perception of them as TheChosenMany prophesized to save them from the Mawgu is a bizarre coincidence, despite having just fulfilled said prophecy alongside a veritable FantasyKitchenSink of heroes.

* LimitBreak: Combo Attacks in the console version can only be performed once the combo gauge is full. When performed, it results in a special attack unique to the combination of characters you're using; this attack [[SmartBomb instantly kills all non-boss enemies on the screen]]. For instance: [=SpongeBob=] and Beautiful Gorgeous turn all enemies into bubble hearts, Dib and Tlaloc summon [=UFOs=] to abduct them etc.

** Bubble Bass has to be fed Krabby Patties, which require interacting with the grills in the center of the Krusty Krab and flipping the patties over to him at the right time.
** GIR has an impromptu platforming section in Zim's yard before you're allowed into Zim's house, and can't be attacked until after he completes his main attack and becomes vulnerable.
** Cujo the Ghost Dog has to be tricked into running into pillars that lower to reveal buttons. Once all the buttons are pressed, lasers will appear around the arena that damage him on contact.
** The mutated Girl-Eating Plant can't be damaged normally. Instead, you have to find clothing shops scattered around the arena to trick it into eating you, at which point you can attack its insides.

* DeflectorShields: Each character has access to one in the console versions. The design of the shields reflect the character using them, with [=SpongeBob=] having a bubble shield and Timmy using fairy magic for example.

* BossOnlyLevel: In the console and GBA versions of ''Unite!'', the last stage of each world is only a boss fight against the world's villain. The DS version instead has them at the end of a world's final stage.
* ContinuityNod: [=DoodleBob=], a one-time villain from the ''[=SpongeBob=]'' episode, "[=Frankendoodle=]" appears as one of [=SpongeBob's=] attacks in the first game.
* CutTheJuice: In ''Unite'', [[spoiler:[=SpongeBob=] thwarts the Evil Syndicate's evil plan by simply unplugging the Doomsday Device.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Nicktoons Unite!'' (the first game) is this. Compared to the sequels and especially the other games featuring the Franchise/{{Nicktoons}}, this one is considerably darker and more serious. It certainly doesn't help the fact that the humor is toned down here, and all the antagonists of the shows [[BigBadDuumvirate have formed an alliance]] to have total dominance and be unstoppable. Even the game's art style is noticeably less cartoonish and more realistic than the other Nicktoons games. Muted colors and a dramatic orchestral score predominate here, which is quite rare coming from the lighthearted nature of the Nicktoons. The sequels, however, are considerably [[LighterAndSofter more cartoonish and focused on comedy]].

* EternalEngine: Plankton's Jellyfish Factory in the console version of ''Nicktoons Unite'' is set in a massive factory in Jellyfish Fields owned by Plankton that harnesses the power of the jellyfish.

* KingMook: The giant fleabot, the penultimate boss of the console version of ''Nicktoons Unite'', which leads the flea robots populating the stage you find it in.

** The Fantastic Voyage of Goddard in the console, since it takes place inside Goddard.

* OldSaveBonus: [[VersionExclusiveContent Exclusive to the PS2 version]], having save files of ''VideoGame/TakTheGreatJujuChallenge'', ''VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsLightsCameraPants'' and ''VideoGame/{{Barnyard}}'' unlocks several bonus features for ''Unite!'': one file unlocks [[AndYourRewardIsClothes bonus costumes]] for each of the main four, two files unlock concept art and all three together unlock optional cheats. Oddly enough, the [=GameCube=] version lacks this feature despite all 4 games being released on that system as well.

* AchievementSystem: ''Volcano Island'' has medals for performing specific tasks. Blue medals are obtained for collecting specific objects, green for collecting all of a character's salvage items and red for destroying monster generators.

* AdvertisedExtra: Timmy Turner appears on the front cover of ''Volcano Island'', but he's recruited about halfway through the game and is only playable in one story level and a bonus level.
* AscendedExtra: Patrick, Sandy and Sam got bumped up to playable characters in ''Volcano Island'' after initially appearing as [=NPCs=] in ''Unite!''.
* CharacterSelectForcing: Six heroes are playable in the console version of ''Volcano Island'', but the characters you use are pre-determined for each level. While some exclusions are justified (no using heroes in levels set before they've been met in the story), others don't make much sense. Timmy in particular gets screwed over badly by this, as it renders him only usable in one story level and his bonus stage.

** Plankton's crab robot from the first game appears in the background of the tutorial level of ''Volcano Island''. [=SpongeBob=] and Danny talk about how they defeated Plankton upon seeing it.
** [=SpongeBob=] mentions his uncle Sherm from the episode "Krab-Borg" at one point in Ancient's Peak in ''Battle for Volcano Island''.

** Jimmy goes from a playable character in ''Nicktoons Unite'' to non-playable MissionControl in ''Volcano Island'', before becoming playable again for the rest of the series.
** Timmy is only playable in one level in ''Volcano Island'' and is absent entirely in ''Globs of Doom''.

* GameBreakingBug: Not as bad as ''Globs of Doom'', but occasionally completing either the level where you rescue Sandy or the penultimate level prior to the final boss in the console versions will make the game boot right back to the main menu as if the ''entire'' game was completed. If you haven't saved your game at all and were doing a speedrun of the game, [[ThisIsGonnaSuck then its back to Summoner's Rock for you!]] What makes this not as bad as the later entry is that saves aren't corrupted, meaning you can reload where you left off and hope that you can make it to the next level.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Due to not being able to choose which characters you use in ''Volcano Island'', some cutscenes have different teams present than what is seen in gameplay: Fetid Forest has you use a team of [=SpongeBob=], Danny, Patrick and Sandy, but the cutscenes at the end of the level have Sam instead of Patrick, despite Sam not participating in the level. Similarly, Ancient's Peak has a team of [=SpongeBob=], Danny, Sam and Sandy, but Patrick replaces Sam in the end-of-level cutscene.

* KingMook: There's The Great Carapace and King Gorge in ''Battle for Volcano Island''. The former of which is this to the sand monsters and the latter of which is this to the Florian guards, although the latter has a HeelFaceTurn after defeating him.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Patrick in ''Volcano Island'': while everyone else has a projectile attack which uses up energy, Patrick's energy attack is a close-range cartwheel which propels him forward instead, most likely as a MythologyGag to his cartwheel move from ''VideoGame/TheSpongeBobMovieGame''.

* MythologyGag: Patrick does a close-ranged cartwheel for his energy attack in the console version of ''Volcano Island'', referencing his cartwheel move from ''VideoGame/TheSpongeBobMovieGame''. It returns in the DS version of ''Attack of the Toybots''.

* AdvertisedExtra: Despite appearing on the cover, the giant Nicktoon robots in ''Toybots'' don't have any plot relevance and are relegated to generic {{mook}}s during the two mech suit stages. Averted in the GBA and DS versions, where each of them gets a full boss fight dedicated to them.
* AntiClimax: The ending of ''Attack of the Toybots''. [[spoiler:Unless you're playing the DS version, there is no FinalBoss like the previous games before it. Instead, the Nicktoons storm into Calamitous' room only to find out that the entire Toybot conflict was just part of a game show called "The Biggest Genius", which Calamitous seeks to win. Calamitous ultimately loses out the game show to his minion Chadbot who then proceeds to humiliate Calamitous by shaving his mustache off with a razor, and the cutscene just ends there, leaving the whole Toybot conflict unresolved.]]
* DemotedToExtra: The Mawgu goes from the BigBad of ''Volcano Island'' to a brief cameo in the intro of ''Attack of the Toybots''.
* EternalEngine: The near-entirety of the console and DS versions of ''Attack of the Toybots'' takes place in one. The GBA version instead has each stage divided into an outdoor first half and a factory second half.

* LivingToys: These are the main antagonists of ''Attack of the Toybots''.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Mr. Blik and GIR in ''Toybots DS'': The former throws short-ranged projectiles and lobs three of them of varying height for his combo attack in an arc so narrow that it nearly defeats the purpose of him being a ranged character, but they pack a serious punch. The latter is a fairly standard ranged character but has a special attack that can hit multiple enemies like a rock skipping on water and will stun ''all'' of them.

* MythologyGag: Several of [=GIR=]'s quotes in ''Attack of the Toybots'' reference lines from his series:

** ''Attack of the Toybots'' features certain characters who have to be rescued before they can become playable, depending on the version. The console versions get Stimpy and Rocko, the DS version gets Zim, Mr. Blik and El Tigre and both versions get [=GIR=] and Jenny Wakeman.

* SidelinedProtagonistCrossover: The console versions of ''Attack of the Toybots'' feature BreakoutCharacter [=GIR=] from ''WesternAnimation/InvaderZim'' as a secret playable character, but [[VillainProtagonist Zim]] himself makes no such appearance. {{Averted}} in the [=DS=] version, which features both Zim and [=GIR=] as playable characters.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Jenny (Girly Girl) and Sam (Tomboy) share this dynamic in the console version of ''Attack of the Toybots''.

* AdaptationNameChange: ''Globs of Doom'' renames [[WesternAnimation/TakAndThePowerOfJuju Tlaloc]] to T'''r'''aloc.

* TheArtifact: In the previous games, touching a deadly object or falling off a platform simply teleports the player to a safer area, with a "Poof!" effect lifted straight from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''. This was {{Hand Wave}}d in the former two games as Cosmo and Wanda using their power to protect the player, but it's harder to justify in ''Globs of Doom'' since Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome aren't present]].[[note]]Although the effect in the aforementioned game appears to be a darker shade of purple and has added crystal effects, seeming to imply the protection is thanks to the Mawgu technology.[[/note]]
* AscendedExtra: After the former appeared as a SecretCharacter in the DS version of ''Attack of the Toybots'' and the latter a master model in the GBA version, [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Zim and Dib]] got promoted to fully playable, plot-relevant characters in all versions of ''Globs of Doom''.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: The goo causes this to many bosses in ''Globs of Doom''.

* TheBadGuysWin: The [[MultipleEndings secret ending]] for ''Globs of Doom'' has [[spoiler:the Evil Syndicate defeat Globulous and the heroes. The villains are then seen gathered around a table after trapping Globulous in a jar]].

* BigBadEnsemble: In ''Globs of Doom'', Globulous Maximus is the leader of the Morphoids, but [[spoiler:the Evil Syndicate turns out to be helping the heroes only to kidnap and use Globulous for themselves.]]
* BossOnlyLevel: In ''Globs of Doom'', the third stage for each world exclusively features a battle against said world's boss: the Krusty Krab for [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Bubble Bass]], Zim's house for [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim GIR]], the Fenton Underground for [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Cujo the Ghost Dog]] and Retroville Mall for the [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius girl-eating plant]]. The sole exception is [[WesternAnimation/TakAndThePowerOfJuju Pupununu Village]], which lacks a third stage and thus has its boss faced at the end of the second stage.

* CharacterSelectForcing: There are ten playable characters in both versions of ''Globs of Doom'', but the player is unable to choose who they want to use. In the console version, they are forced into using arbitrary and seemingly-random combinations pre-selected by the game for each individual level, even the boss ones. The DS version, being a TeamworkPuzzleGame, has a set pair for each world which has levels designed around their abilities; only for the final boss battle can one of the five pairs chosen.
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Despite being one of the main characters in the first three games, Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda are completely absent from the fourth game without a mention.

* ContinuityNod: ''Globs of Doom'' features a boss fight with Bubble Bass, a ''[=SpongeBob=]'' character not seen since the first season, though he would [[TheBusCameBack eventually reappear]] on the show several years after the game was released.

** Patrick goes from a playable character in ''Volcano Island'' and ''Attack of the Toybots''[[labelnote:*]]except in the GBA version of ''Toybots'', where Patrick is relegated to being one of a number of hidden cameos[[/labelnote]] to background character that spouts nonsense in ''Globs of Doom.''
** GIR starts off as an unlockable playable character in both the console and [=DS=] versions of ''Attack of the Toybots'', but becomes a non-playable boss (or in the case of the DS version, a cameo) in ''Globs of Doom''.
** [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Vlad Plasmius]] in ''Nicktoons Unite!'' was one of the main antagonists of the game and had dialogue and screentime to match. He reappears as a one-off boss with no dialogue in the DS version of ''Globs of Doom'' and is never mentioned again after he's defeated.

* EarnYourBadEnding: ''Globs of Doom'' has a secret ending only accessible through a rather oblique method: a second controller must be connected during the first phase of the final boss fight against [[BigBad Globulous Maximus]], which will allow a second player to control the [[LegionOfDoom Evil Syndicate]]'s robot in the subsequent battle between the heroes and the Evil Syndicate. The player-controlled Evil Syndicate (losing to the CPU-controlled Syndicate merely results in the battle restarting, and the first player will always play as the heroes) must then win the battle to get an alternate ending where they [[spoiler:succeed in capturing Globulous in a glass jar, and are implied to [[TheBadGuyWins use him in their evil schemes]]]]. In addition, the ending can only be achieved on a save file that hasn't already been completed, as completing the battle again will not play the ending a second time.
* EnemyMine: ''Globs of Doom'' features the heroes (consisting of [=SpongeBob=], Danny, Jimmy, Tak and [[TokenEvilTeammate Zim]]) teaming up with their enemies from the Evil Syndicate (consisting of Plankton, Technus, Beautiful Gorgeous, Traloc and [[TokenGoodTeammate Dib]]) to take down Globulous, who's a bigger threat than either side could ever be. [[spoiler:Until he is defeated, at which point the Evil Syndicate breaks the alliance in favor of their own plans.]]

* GameBreakingBug: The console versions of ''Globs of Doom'' have a particularly nasty one where if the game is exited through the main HubLevel, the save files may become corrupt and unplayable, essentially forcing the player to start the game all the way from the beginning. This has contributed to the [[FranchiseKiller death of the Nicktoons crossover series]].

** ''Globs of Doom'' is treated more as a ''[=SpongeBob=]'' game that happens to feature other Nicktoon characters and places a heavier emphasis on the ''[=SpongeBob=]'' characters themselves.

** ''Globs of Doom'' is the only game in the series not to feature any content from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''.

* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Danny Phantom in ''Globs of Doom'': while everyone else has a projectile attack which stuns enemies, Danny instead creates a [[MesACrowd clone of himself]] which attacks nearby enemies and absorbs damage.

** Similarly, Dib's balloon launcher in ''Globs of Doom'' appears to be based on the balloon launcher he built in "The Wettening".

** [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Plankton]] goes from being a member of the BigBadDuumvirate in ''Unite!'' to playable in ''Globs of Doom'', notably being the only member of the first game's Evil Syndicate to make the cut.
** [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Dib]] first appeared as a master model in the [=DS=] version of ''Attack of the Toybots'' before appearing alongside his nemesis Zim as a playable character in ''Globs of Doom''.
* PuppeteerParasite: The Morphoids in ''Globs of Doom'' can pull this; while they can fight on their own, the bosses (except for their leader Globulous Maximus and two of the bosses in the DS game who have instead integrated into the environment) are all infected characters with a head full of Morphoid goo.
* RememberTheNewGuy: [[WesternAnimation/InvaderZim Zim and Dib]] are introduced in ''Globs of Doom'' as if they already know the other Nicktoons. While Zim ''was'' playable in the DS version of ''Attack of the Toybots'', the canonicity of the handheld versions in comparison to the console versions (where GIR was playable but Zim wasn't) is highly debatable.

** ''Globs of Doom'' is also the only game in the series not to feature any content from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents''.

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A series of multiconsole video games [[MassiveMultiplayerCrossover combining multiple cartoons]] featured on the children's TV network {{Creator/Nickelodeon}}. Only the first game in this series goes by the title ''Nicktoons Unite!'', but considering all four games are about {{Franchise/Nicktoons}} characters joining forces to defeat a common enemy, we might as well consider it the name of the series as well.

* '''''Nicktoons Unite!''''' (2005 - UsefulNotes/PlayStation2, UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance; 2006 - UsefulNotes/NintendoDS): [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Professor Calamitous]] joins forces with [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants Plankton]], [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Mr. Crocker]], and [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Vlad Plasmius]] to form an [[LegionOfDoom Evil Syndicate]]. They start stealing energy from their respective worlds in order to power a DoomsdayDevice to [[EarthShatteringKaboom blow up the multiverse]]. To counter this, [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Jimmy Neutron]] recruits WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants, [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Timmy Turner]] (who is of course accompanied by Cosmo and Wanda), and WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom to help him venture into their worlds to stop the villains..

* '''''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=] featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom''''' (2008 - Wii, [=PS2=], DS): A slimy cyclops alien race known as the Morphoids and their strange orange goo envelop the Nicktoons' worlds, enslaving all innocent bystanders, so the heroes (Jimmy, [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, Danny, and Tak) join forces with the Evil Syndicate (now made up of [[WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom Technus]], [[WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius Beautiful Gorgeous]], and [[WesternAnimation/TakAndThePowerOfJuju Traloc]], with Plankton the only "veteran" member) to get to the bottom of it. In addition, WesternAnimation/InvaderZim lies his way onto the heroes' side (claiming he's "not evil, just curious"), prompting his nemesis Dib to join the Evil Syndicate. They eventually find out the cause of it all as a result of the BigBad, an alien named Globulous, continually [[BodySnatcher body snatching]] [=SpongeBob=] because he's sick of his life. In spite of having a new main character to accompany them, ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents'' characters are oddly [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome absent from this one]]. This was the last installment in the series.

* AdaptationalBadass: A lot of the characters in this series normally wouldn't be likely to put up much of a fight against some of the {{Mooks}} in their own shows, but in these games, they're all more than capable of kicking ass. Special mention goes to [[WesternAnimation/RockosModernLife Rocko]], who goes from being a timid everyman to being able to destroy killer toys.

* CrisisCrossover: Between several {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} cartoons.

** ''Globs of Doom'' features a giant orange BlobMonster called Globulous Maximus as the BigBad, who is technically based off the {{Creator/Nickelodeon}} slime imagery but doesn't actually appear in any of the represented shows.

* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Between several {{Franchise/Nicktoons}} series, with ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', ''WesternAnimation/DannyPhantom'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutronBoyGenius'' being the most prominent. The series provides the page quote.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The series can be considered one to the early 2000's Nicktoons crossover games such as ''VideoGame/NicktoonsRacing'' (which features [=SpongeBob=], Patrick[[note]] Plankton also shows up as the [[SecretCharacter Mystery Racer]].[[/note]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}} Tommy and Angelica Pickles]], WesternAnimation/{{CatDog}}, Stimpy, [[WesternAnimation/TheWildThornberrys Eliza Thornberry, Darwin]], [[WesternAnimation/HeyArnold Arnold, Helga]], [[WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers Daggett, Norbert]], and [[WesternAnimation/AaahhRealMonsters Ickis]]) and ''VideoGame/NickelodeonPartyBlast'' (which features [=SpongeBob=], Jimmy, ZIM, Tommy, Angelica, Eliza, and [[WesternAnimation/RocketPower Otto and Reggie Rocket]]).[[note]] [=CatDog=] also appears as the announcer.[[/note]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: ''Nicktoons Unite!'' (the first game) is this. Compared to the sequels and especially the other games featuring the {{Franchise/Nicktoons}}, this one is considerably darker and more serious. It certainly doesn't help the fact that the humor is toned down here, and all the antagonists of the shows [[BigBadDuumvirate have formed an alliance]] to have total dominance and be unstoppable. Even the game's art style is noticeably less cartoonish and more realistic than the other Nicktoons games. Muted colors and a dramatic orchestral score predominate here, which is quite rare coming from the lighthearted nature of the Nicktoons. The sequels, however, are considerably [[LighterAndSofter more cartoonish and focused on comedy]].

* TheArtifact: In the previous games, touching a deadly object or falling off a platform simply teleports the player to a safer area, with a "Poof!" effect lifted straight from ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents''. This was {{Hand Wave}}d in the former two games as Cosmo and Wanda using their power to protect the player, but it's harder to justify in ''Globs of Doom'' since Timmy, Cosmo and Wanda [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome aren't present]].[[note]]Although the effect in the aforementioned game appears to be a darker shade of purple and has added crystal effects, seeming to imply the protection is thanks to the Mawgu technology.[[/note]]