History VideoGame / SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom

%% * PinballZone: The [=SpongeBall=] Arena, the unlockable BonusStage.

* ActionBomb: Bomb-Bots.
* AdaptationalBadass: Sandy's already an [[ActionGirl impressive fighter]], but Patrick and [=SpongeBob=] take a few levels in badass, tearing through armies of deadly robots with herculean strength and bizarre-yet-inventive bubble constructs, respectively, while remaining [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass off-beat and goofy lovable doofuses]].

* AmusementPark: The carnival part of Goo Lagoon.

* ArrowCam: When you use the Cruise Bubble.

* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: King Jellyfish, Robo-Sandy, Robo-Patrick, and [[spoiler:Robo-[=SpongeBob=]]].

* BandLand: Squidward's Dream.

* BeneathTheEarth: Rock Bottom, and the Mermalair.

%%* BleakLevel: Rock Bottom.
* BombardierMook:

* BossOnlyLevel: The Poseidome, Industrial Park, and the Chum Bucket Lab.

%%* BubblegloopSwamp: The Kelp Swamp section of the Kelp Forest.

* CaveBehindTheFalls: The Jellyfish Caves in Jellyfish Fields.

* DerelictGraveyard: The Flying Dutchman's Graveyard, with mild shades of BigBoosHaunt.

* DisconnectedSideArea: In parts of Rock Bottom.

* DownInTheDumps: The Industrial Park.
* DreamLand: [=SpongeBob=]'s Dream, and by extension, the other character's dream worlds.
* DropTheHammer: The attack of the [[PunnyName Ham-mer]] robots.

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: The Mermalair.

* EternalEngine: [[spoiler:Inside [=SpongeBot SteelPants=].]]
* EverythingIsBigInTexas: In Sandy's dream.

* EvilKnockoff: Robo-Sandy, Robo-Patrick, [[spoiler:[=SpongeBot SteelPants=] and Robo-Plankton]].

* GangplankGalleon: The Dutchman's ship and the robot ship.

** The unlockable "Spongeball arena" mini-level.

* GreenHillZone: Jellyfish Fields.

* HubLevel: Bikini Bottom. Sand Mountain and Spongebob's Dream also have central "hub" areas that lead to self-contained sub-areas.

* IncrediblyLamePun:
** When [=SpongeBob=] is fighting G-Love:
--->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' Somehow, I don't think he needs a ''hand!''
** There's also the Ham-mer enemy. [=SpongeBob=] states: "Ham-mer...*laughs* I get it!"

%%* LevelAte: Mr. Krabs' Dream.

%%* LevelInTheClouds: Sandy's Dream.

** Bomb-Bots are {{Action Bomb}}s

* MookMaker: The Duplicatotron and, to a lesser extent, the Arf robot.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The G-Love mooks.
* MultiPlatform: Both the original and the remake.

* OrchestralBombing: The final boss theme.
* PalmtreePanic: Goo Lagoon.

** '''Primary:''' Golden Spatulas, new moves
** '''Secondary:''' Patrick's Lost Socks, Golden Underwear, Level-specific collectables like King Jellyfish's jelly, the steering wheels, and the stolen artwork.
** '''Tertiary:''' Underwear, Shiny Objects
* PinballZone: The [=SpongeBall=] Arena, the unlockable BonusStage.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Sand Mountain, which also overlaps with DeathMountain.
* SpiritualSuccessor: In many ways, ''Battle for Bikini Bottom'' was seen as the spiritual successor for the 3D collect-a-thon platformers like ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'' and ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', and was able to hold this title for the genre for '''fourteen years''' until ''VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey'' and ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' came along.

* UnderTheSea: The entire game, of course.

* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon: The Chum Bucket Lab.

* WarmUpBoss: King Jellyfish.

* WhiteVoidRoom: Or Black Void Room, in the case of the Patrick section of [=SpongeBob=]'s Dream.

* BonusBoss: Robo-Squidward, who was initially just concept art in the original console releases (outside of the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance version), makes an appearance in multiplayer mode as its main boss. He'll spawn waves of robots at players, and after several waves, will interfere directly with [[ShockAndAwe electrical discharges]] that cover parts of the islands.

** NPC characters in levels will have different dialogue if you talk to them with the wrong character for the task they give, some of which can only be heard if you switch characters and backtrack from later in the level. However, two completely unique conversations between Spongebob and Plankton exist in both Jellyfish Fields and Sandy's Dream that can only be heard through the use of glitches or cheats, as Plankton is in areas that are impossible for Spongebob to access by normal means.

* AscendedExtra: Mystery, the seahorse from "My Pretty Seahorse", has a major role in the GBA version, serving as a Yoshi-type character for [=SpongeBob=] in certain levels.

* GimmickLevel: The unlockable "Spongeball arena" mini-level.

* HubLevel: Bikini Bottom.

* MemoryMatchMiniGame: The original PC version has the minigame "Manhole Memory" where the objective is to click on two manhole covers to find matching pairs of either ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' characters or robots. The minigame comes in three rounds and you receive an important item for the Magic Shop by clearing each of them. Storywise, this is justified because [=SpongeBob=] gets short-term amnesia from the [[DrivesLikeCrazy crazy robot drivers]] in the previous minigame "Traffic Jam" and needs something to jog his memory of finding Patrick.

''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom'' is a {{licensed game}} produced by [[Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} Nick]] Games and Creator/{{THQ}}, and developed by Heavy Iron Studios in 2003 for the UsefulNotes/{{PS2}}, UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube, and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}. The UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows and UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance {{Reformulated Game}}s were developed by AWE Games and Vicarious Visions respectively.

* JawDrop: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick have their iconic jaw drop poses from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie'' as some of their idle animations, and [=SpongeBob=] does it when he goes, "OH MY GOSH, YOU'RE BALD!" in response to Squidward's jellyfish stings.

** Played straight with the main character models, which were directly lifted from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater''.

** Since the remake was made over a decade after the original, there are some tweaks to the character designs to match later seasons' depictions of them. For example, [=SpongeBob=] himself is a much brighter yellow, has a smaller face compared to his body, more defined pores, and shorter pants and shirt. The overall art style seems to take some cues from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobMovieSpongeOutOfWater'', so the characters look closer to the CG from that movie rather than replicating the show's animation.

** During conversations, both [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can imitate the [[JawDrop shocked pose]] from ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''. It also appears as part of their {{Idle Animation}}s.

** The theater is now modeled after [[https://spongebob.fandom.com/wiki/Reef_Cinema The Reef]], which first appeared in "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E10CultureShockFUN F.U.N.]]" and "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E2SomethingSmellsBossyBoots Something Smells]]". The specific design is a CallForward to the season 6 episode "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS6E4NotNormalGone Gone]]".

** In the horde mode, Gary uses a FryingPanOfDoom as his WeaponOfChoice, just as he did in "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS7E5KeepBikiniBottomBeautifulAPalForGary A Pal for Gary]]".

** Mr. Krabs' WeaponOfChoice in multiplayer mode is a swordfish skull that he used to defeat a horde of undead fish in "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E6SnowballEffectOneKrabsTrash One Krab's Trash]]".

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Robo-Sandy has a self-destruct button placed under her head that [=SpongeBob=] must hit using Bubble Bash. Robo-Patrick is normally invincible all over, but he has a weak point in his backside, covered by the conspicuously placed "Kick Me" sticky note. [[spoiler:[=SpongeBot SteelPants=]]] takes this UpToEleven, as he has numerous glowing generator bulbs around its body, which can only be destroyed by the Cruise Bubble or other types of moves depending on where you're positioned and if you're able to aim them.

* IdiosyncraticComboLevels: By destroying multiple tikis and defeating multiple robots in a short amount of time, you'll earn combos that reward you with bonus Shiny Objects. The more tikis and robots destroyed, the larger the combo, which increases to Super Combo, Ultra Combo, Mega Combo, and so on. The largest combo is the [[UpToEleven Super-Ultra-Mega-Monster Combo]], which would give ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'' a run for its money.

* AdamSmithHatesYourGuts: This was taken UpToEleven at launch, thanks to Mr. Krabs charging far more for the Spatulas. Instead of increasing the price by 500 Shiny Objects per Spatula, he instead increased them by 3,000. You needed to collect ''108,000'' total shiny objects to get all of them. This was thankfully toned down significantly in the 1.03 patch, which reverted the increasing price back to the original's 500 Shiny Objects per Spatula, meaning it's only 39,500 to buy them all.

On September 17, 2021, a SpiritualSuccessor, entitled ''[=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=]: The Cosmic Shake'', was announced. The developers behind ''Rehydrated'', Purple Lamp, will be returning to make the new game.

** A cave drawing of "Primitive Spongebob" from ''[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E14SB129KarateChoppers SB-129]]'' appears in the caves of Goo Lagoon (in the original game, it was SpongeGar from Season 3's "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14Ugh Ugh]]"). Various other places in the game include incidental artwork from the show, such as portraits of [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS3E2ClubSpongebobMyPrettySeahorse Mystery]] and [[Recap/SpongebobSquarePantsS3E8NoWeeniesAllowedSquilliamReturns Drifter]] inside [=SpongeBob=]'s house.

* BonusFeatureFailure: In the original, paying the hefty price of 40,000 Shiny Objects to access the theater was worth it since it unlocked a ConceptArtGallery and gave some interesting insight into the development process. When the remake was initially released, the theater replaced all of the original concept art with only five or so poorly-compressed level thumbnails from the pause menu. ''It still cost 40,000 Shiny Objects''. Thankfully, a patch replaced the disappointing gallery with actual concept art from ''Rehydrated'''s development.

** A cave drawing of "Primitive Spongebob" from ''[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E14SB129KarateChoppers SB-129]]'' appears in the caves of Goo Lagoon (in the original game, it was from Season 3's "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E14Ugh Ugh]]"). Various other places in the game include incidental artwork from the show, such as portraits of [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS3E2ClubSpongebobMyPrettySeahorse Mystery]] and [[Recap/SpongebobSquarePantsS3E8NoWeeniesAllowedSquilliamReturns Drifter]] inside [=SpongeBob=]'s house.

** The Nintendo Switch version shares the exact same control scheme as the [=GameCube=] port of the original game. And since you can use [=GameCube=] controllers on the Switch through either adapters or third-party periferals, using a [=GameCube=] controller feels exactly like it did in the original game.

The basic plot involves Plankton creating the Duplicatotron 3000; a device that generates a robot army to steal the Krabby Patty formula for him. Unfortunately, he forgets to set one of the device's switches to "Obey" and the robots begin running amok, spreading havoc across Bikini Bottom. It's up to [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Sandy to defend the town against the robot menace and fight their way into the Chum Bucket to shut them down.

** Sneaking as [=SpongeBob=] can now be done by holding the left trigger button (depends on platform) while moving. While you still can use the old "push the left stick slightly" method in the remake, the new one is far less finicky.

* AdaptedOut: Pearl and Karen are the only main characters from the show who don't have speaking roles in this game. The latter case is justified in that Karen was considered a secondary character until becoming an AscendedExtra after the movie.

* SuperDrowningSkills: No one can swim[[labelnote:*]]This is canon to the source material for [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick, while Sandy's case is justified by any "goo" she has to deal with being toxic in some way, like the waste at Industrial Park[[/labelnote]], so touching or landing in goo (the game's answer to "water") will either send them flying back to land if they're close to the ground or drown them on the spot. It's possible to freeze the goo with the 'Freezy Fruits' and cross it, however.