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->''"Ah! Peaceful, sleepy Bikini Bottom! The creatures of the sea are deep in slumber, their night-brains exploring the mysterious world of dreams..."''
-->-- '''The Narrator'''

''[=SpongeBob SquarePants=]: Creature from the Krusty Krab'' is a video game published by Creator/{{THQ}} and developed by Creator/BlitzGames based upon the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} series ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants''. The game was released on the Platform/PlayStation2, Platform/NintendoGameCube, Platform/GameBoyAdvance and Platform/NintendoDS during October and November of 2006 respectively. A version for the Platform/{{Wii}} was later released during the latter month of that year internationally and in Japan (alongside the [=PS2=] version) a year later.

The game follows the adventures of [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Plankton as they travel through their dreams. However, as the player goes deeper into the game, things become... strange. The three protagonists each have their own stories that eventually intersect with each other.

[=SpongeBob=]'s story has him participate in a racing competition with several characters as well as exploring the hot rod-ified Bikini Bottom. Patrick's story has him as the superhero Starfishman, battling against the Dreaded Patrick, who wants to TakeOverTheCity, and saving the citizens of the comic-book-esque Bikini Bottom. Plankton's story has him steal a Krabby Patty crumb and use it to create a Krabby Patty, only to end up with [[AttackOfTheKillerWhatever a giant, fish-eating Krabby Patty]] who he must now escape from.

Containing things like [[DarkerAndEdgier edgy versions of the [=SpongeBob=] crew]], a trip [[WombLevel inside]] an Alaskan Bull Worm, and [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever a giant Plankton wrecking Bikini Bottom]], this game is... interesting, to say the least. The game is also released in Japan for the Wii and [=PS2=] (simply as ''[=SpongeBob=]'' due to it being the first game from the franchise to release there) and South Korea for the [=PS2=] exclusively. There is also a PC game developed by AWE Games (''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsOperationKrabbyPatty Operation Krabby Patty]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsEmployeeOfTheMonth Employee of the Month]]'') originally released as ''Nighty Nightmare'' in August 2006, later retroactively retitled due to its similar plotline.

Now has a [[Characters/SpongebobSquarepantsVideoGameCharacters character page]].
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!!''[=SpongeBob SquarePants=]: Creature from the Krusty Krab'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* TwoAndAHalfD: "Super-Sized Patty" is a 2D side-scrolling level where you run across a linear path to escape the [[AdvancingWallOfDoom mutated Krabby Patty]], jumping over gaps and shooting obstacles and enemies with the FreezeRay in classic platforming style.
* AccidentalHero: At the end of "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster", the Krabby Patty latches on to [=SpongeBob=]'s plane without him really knowing what's going on. The following level, "It Came From Bikini Bottom", has him repeatedly escaping from Giant Plankton with the Patty, never realizing why Plankton is chasing him. This is averted in the Game Boy Advance version, which shows [=SpongeBob=] rescuing the Patty from Plankton intentionally.
** Also, Patrick in "[=StarfishMan=] to the Rescue", where he takes the mayor's request to "clean up the town" [[LiteralMinded too literally]] and runs around town collecting laundry detergent, defeating Dreaded Patrick's minions along the way and unknowingly fulfilling the mayor's actual request.
* AcidRefluxNightmare: [[spoiler:It is revealed that the entire game is caused by someone eating a Krabby Patty before going to sleep, and that someone is Gary the Snail. [=SpongeBob=] somewhat lampshades this in the bonus cutscene, saying that "(he) shouldn't eat it before bedtime, it might give (him) nightmares".]]
* AdaptationalAlternateEnding: [[spoiler:The [=DS=] version still keeps the twist that the game is Gary's dream but the cutscene is just zooming out from [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Plankton's sleeps to show Gary who wakes up, sees a half eaten Krabby Patty in front of him and eats it and burps and goes back to sleep]].
* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Plankton's first level, "Super-Sized Patty" involves him running away from the giant Krabby Patty.
* AdvertisedExtra: Despite how heavily it was featured on the game's case and commercials, Plankton rarely gets the chance to be playable. He only gets two levels to himself compared to Spongebob and Patrick's three, and the levels that he's actually playable in are significantly shorter than Spongebob and Patrick's platforming levels. Even when counting Hypnotic Highway, he still has less levels than Spongebob and Patrick, since all three are playable.
* AllJustADream: While a given considering the premise, [[spoiler:the real twist is who's actually dreaming: Gary the Snail.]]
* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:Shortly after the ending cutscene of Gary awakening from his nightmares, discovering the Krabby Patty that started it all and falling asleep shortly afterward, we're treated to another cutscene: showcasing Gary wandering around town and witnessing things that are similar to the events of the game. Then, he returns to [=SpongeBob=]'s pineapple and goes to sleep. Or at least he tries to, because he witnesses [=SpongeBob=] being devoured by an Alaskan Bull Worm, and faints. The End]].
* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: While the international boxart depicts [=SpongeBob=] having a determined look on his face (pictured above), the [[http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/spongebob/images/e/ee/Creature-From-The-Krusty-Krab-Japan-Wii.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130622021417 Japanese boxart]] is just a simple cute face of [=SpongeBob=] himself.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: While trapped in an Alaskan Bull Worm, [=SpongeBob=] remarks how "It's horrible! It's slimy! It's... [[BiggerOnTheInside surprisingly spacious]]."
* ArtEvolution: Although the game [[NewWorkRecycledGraphics reuses most of its assets from the]] ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom SpongeBob]]'' [[VideoGame/TheSpongebobMovieGame games]] developed by Heavy Iron Studios, there are some minor subtle tweaks to them. For instance, [=SpongeBob=] looks smoother, has slightly smaller eyes, different sock texture mapping, and, in the case of the Wii version, pushed-in pores (only in the platforming segments though; the rest of the levels use his original model)
* ArtShift: Various levels are depicted in differing art styles. "Starfishman to the Rescue" has a [[CelShading cel-shaded]] comic book style, "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster" looks like an old kaiju film, and "Diesel Dreaming" is an odd surrealist DieselPunk style reminiscient of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth's Ratfink.
* AscendedExtra: In the show, Old Man Jenkins, aside The Sponge Who Could Fly, only appears as a stereotype character for elders. In this game, he's a pilot that helps [=SpongeBob=] escape the Alaskan Bullworm and fight Plankton.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever:
** In "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster", Plankton grows to more than 50 ft. tall and rampages through Bikini Bottom while chasing a Krabby Patty. The level itself is a direct call-back to an early [=SpongeBob=] episode called [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E15SleepyTimeSuds Sleepy Time]].
** Subverted during Plankton's first attempt to grow larger than the patty.
-->'''Plankton:''' I'm huge! I'm gigantic! I'm vast! I'm - ''(sees fish about as big as him)'' Huh?\\
'''Fish (unaware of the patty):''' Morning!\\
'''Plankton:''' [[BadNewsInAGoodWay Well, it's still an improvement.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: PlayedForLaughs at the end of "[=StarfishMan=] to the Rescue". When Patrick (aka Starfishman) proceeds to free the starfish hostage from the rocket, Dreaded Patrick's minions knock him out from behind and instead, tie him up on the rocket. This is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Patrick as he's about to get launched into space.
-->'''Patrick:''': You're the vile villain, I'm the good guy! I'm supposed to (''rocket launches'') wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin!\\
'''Dreaded Patrick''': Ok, now that's my arch enemy defeated. [[AndThenWhat Now what? Mow the lawn?]]
** The [[{{Irony}} ironic part]] is that the rocket plows through a ring-shaped asteroid, which falls back to earth and traps Dreaded Patrick. So in hindsight, Patrick still got a [[{{Karma}} karmic victory]].
** In Plankton's ending, [[spoiler: he succeeds in building a Krabby Patty utopia. [[YankTheDogsChain For a while.]]]]
* BigBad: Plankton is [[TheHeavy made to]] [[DecoyAntagonist look like one,]] [[spoiler:when it is actually the giant Krabby Patty, at least as of the last level.]]
* BlowYouAway: One of Patrick's new abilities in this game, which is called the Bluster Puff, can be used to attack enemies, spin propellers, and remove posters.
* BossOnlyLevel: Patrick's third level, "Rooftop Rumble" consists entirely of a series of boss fights against Giant Plankton. The fight lasts for a whopping '''[[MarathonLevel five]]''' [[MarathonLevel phases]].
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [=SpongeBob=] tries to break his fall by landing on that nice, soft [[TheDreaded Alaskan Bullworm.]]
* BrickJoke: Plankton's story begins with him using a shrink ray to grow a Krabby Patty crumb (or krumb?) into a full Krabby Patty, kickstarting the main plot. In the intro to "Hypnotic Highway", when the 'doctor' states that the events of this game is the result of someone eating a Krabby Patty, Plankton states that he has had a crumb of it.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: During "It came from Bikini Bottom", Plankton states that [=SpongeBob=] will [[ImpliedDeathThreat "just be another story for my therapist."]] [[spoiler:In the ending, [[EatenAlive his wish comes true.]]]]
* BystanderSyndrome: At least one of these tropes came into play on why no one bothered to even consider helping Plankton when he was chased by a giant patty, let-alone point it out. However, it's implied that LetTheBullyWin is why Sandy didn't interfere and BystanderSyndrome is why [[SadistShow the announcer and audience didn't interfere.]]
* CallBack: "Revenge Of The Giant Plankton Monster" bears close resemblance to a scene from the episode "Sleepy Time", which also involves Plankton having a dream where he turns into a giant and terrorizes Bikini Bottom.
* CallForward: One of Plankton's lines is taken directly from VideoGame/TheSpongebobMovieGame.
--> '''Plankton:''' Nothing can stop me now! Hey, [=SpongeFool=], why don't you just give up? There's no one left to help you, no one left at all!
* TheCameo:
** Sandy appears in the background at one point during ''Super-Sized Patty'', watching as Plankton gets chased by the patty. She doesn't do anything about it though.
** Squidward also makes a minor appearance in one of the loading screens for ''Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster'', and his likeness is shown on Mount Fishmore in the same level.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: At the end of "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster", …[=SpongeBob=] sees Plankton, who is 50 feet tall and holding [[MacGuffin a Krabby Patty,]] that there's something different about him. [[DidYouGetANewHaircut New haircut?]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: It's probably the darkest ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' video game ever produced, having more instances of nightmare-inducing stuff than others.
* DarkHorseVictory: In "Hypnotic Highway", when the 'doctor' establishes that there the events of this game is the result of someone eating a Krabby Patty, [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Plankton points out that they ate a Krabby Patty recently and during the race they fight over on which one of them owns the dream. So, whose dream was it? [[spoiler:[[TwistEnding It was Gary's]].]]
* DashAttack: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can dash to stun armored enemies, move objects, and break through breakable walls.
* DieselPunk: [=SpongeBob=]'s first level, "Diesel Dreaming", where the structures are based on car parts. [=SpongeBob=] himself takes on an odd Ratfink-like appearance on the track, as do Patrick, Plankton, and Gary.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: Plankton is presented as the BigBad in the levels "It Came from Bikini Bottom" and "Rooftop Rumble", but there's still one more stage after those two.
* DreamLand: The whole game takes place in the dreams shared by [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Plankton. [[spoiler:Or rather, they all live in Gary's dream.]]
* DreamWithinADream: In every level intro, [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Plankton wake up in order. This goes on [[spoiler:until it was revealed to be Gary the Snail's dream.]]
* DreamworksFace: [=SpongeBob=] on the international boxart.
* DuelingPlayerCharacters: [=SpongeBob=], Patrick and Plankton have to race against each other to win [[spoiler:the Krabby Patty and the chance to escape their dreams]] in "Hypnotic Highway".
* EasterEgg: Doubles as a CreatorCameo. Throughout the levels, you will occasionally find a strange yellow fish placed in hidden areas and will sometimes appear in cutscenes as a FreezeFrameBonus. This fish is the mascot of the team that was behind the game's graphics named "Team [=RocFISH=]", and they serve no real purpose in the game other than being a nice visual nod.
* EarnYourBadEnding: The most positive ending of the three characters is [=SpongeBob=], where he [[spoiler:[[LaserGuidedKarma cuts the giant patty into smaller ones]] [[EatenAlive to serve to the customers,]]]] who can be played as without any Sleepy Seeds. The endings for Patrick and Plankton have the [[spoiler:patty]] become a KarmaHoudini.
* EpisodeTitleCard: Also used as loading screens! The only time this doesn't really count is when the part of the [[spoiler: Giant Plankton fight"]] is loading where you play as Patrick.
* EternalEngine: "Super-Sized Patty" features two areas where Plankton runs through an industrial park and a jellyfish factory.
* {{Expy}}: The cardboard box enemies strapped to chains in "[=StarfishMan=] to the Rescue" look and act very similar to the Chain Chomps from the ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series, right down to them being defeated by a GroundPound to the objects they're chained to.
* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Happens [[RuleOfThree three times.]]
-->'''Spongebob''': I'll land on that [[BlatantLies nice, soft]] [[TheDreaded Alaskan Bullworm.]] ({{Beat}}) [[DoubleTake ALASKAN]] [[SuddenlySHOUTING BULLWORM!?]]\\
'''Patrick''': Nothing bad is happening. No worms, [[ItMakesSenseInContext no patties,]] no- ({{Beat}}) ...being strapped to a dumb space rocket traveling faster than the speed of thought! [[SubvertedTrope Woo-hoo!]]\\
'''Plankton''': Whew, another bad dream. Happily, all is normal. I'm fine, I'm - [[OhCrap (Sees patty)]] [[ImmediateSelfContradiction in a great deal of trouble.]]
* EyeBeams: Giant Plankton's Atomic Eye Laser.
* ForcedTutorial: The anonymous Phone Guy in the earliest parts of "[=StarfishMan=] to the Rescue" offers unskippable tutorials. It even gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Patrick himself.
--> '''Patrick''': "(To The Dreaded Patrick) You again! And there's that phone again too! [[BigWhy Why? Why?"]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In "Diesel Dreaming", the last race has [=SpongeBob=] go up against Gary the Snail. And in "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster", one of the sculptures presented at Mount Fishmore is Gary. In addition, the loading icon is Gary's shell [[spoiler:Go ahead and guess whose dream(s) it really is.]]
* FreezeRay: In "Super-Sized Patty", Plankton wields one to temporarily freeze the Krabby Patty that's chasing him.
-->'''Plankton''': Good thing I'm wearing my Dispiculator.\\
'''Karen''': [[InsistentTerminology It's just a freeze ray,]] dear.\\
'''Plankton''': I invented it, so I get to name it. And I name it the DISPICULATOR!
* GameplayRoulette: Each level features a different type of gameplay, whether it be racing, beat-em-up, platformer, or shmup.
* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The patty UFO that appears in "Rocket Rodeo" and makes a small cameo in "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster". It only serves as something for Patrick to fight against, and it's never stated if it had connections to the patty Plankton grew.
* GodzillaThreshold: Plankton wakes up in his bed, turns and sees the giant Krabby Patty, then he rushes over and turns himself into a giant and [[TheHunterBecomesTheHunted begins chasing the patty himself]].
* GoodMorningCrono: More like "good morning [[SleepyHead 7 times".]] Lampshaded when [[DumbassHasAPoint Patrick states that riding an out of control rocket is a bad place to fall asleep at]].
* GottaCatchEmAll: Collecting all Sleepy Seeds found throughout the levels will unlock Patrick and Plankton in "Hypnotic Highway", the final level, as well as their respective endings.
* GroundPound: [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick can slam on the ground to defeat enemies and activate buttons.
* TheHeavy: Plankton causes most of the conflicts towards the end of the game after becoming a {{Kaiju}} [[spoiler: but it is the giant Krabby Patty that's trapped everyone in the dream in the first place.]]
* TheHunterBecomesTheHunted: "Super-Sized Patty" has Plankton get chased by a giant Krabby Patty that he accidentally brought to life though a malfunctioning growth ray. This situation is reversed in "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster" when Plankton uses the ray to make himself a giant, before giving chase to the now-retreating Patty.
* JigsawPlot: At first all three characters' plots are presented separately, but eventually all three converge into one story.
* {{Kaiju}}: What Plankton essentially acts as in "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster", though they somewhat play with it by giving him a goal (mainly, tracking down the monster patty) rather than making him thoughtlessly rampage throughout Bikini Bottom (although he does enjoy the destruction he causes) The level is a reference to several kaiju films, particularly Film/Godzilla1954 and Film/AttackOfThe50FootWoman.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:The Giant Patty]] in the ending of both Patrick [[spoiler: (where he avoids getting eaten by Patrick by knocking him out with the doors to Krusty Krab)]] and Plankton [[spoiler: (where he destroys all of the buildings that Plankton made and [[HopeSpot when it seems the Krusty Krab will be squashed,]] the Chum Bucket gets flattened instead)]]. Played with in that [[spoiler: in the real world, the patty was eaten by Gary.]]
* LandSeaSky: "Hypnotic Highway" has this dynamic with the three playable characters and their vehicles:
** [=SpongeBob=] is Land, remaining on the ground as he drives his bug-car across the track.
** Patrick is Sky, flying his rocket through the air and dodging obstacles.
** Plankton is Sea, with his hovercraft being used to traverse water, aside from the rare land section.
* LevelsTakeFlight: The level "It Came From Bikini Bottom" has [=SpongeBob=] flying a plane, as pictured on the boxart.
* LimitBreak: Plankton has one in "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster", called the [[SuperScream Super Roar]], which can destroy anything around his vicinity but requires collecting megaphones to use it.
* LiteralMinded: The level "[=StarfishMan=] To The Rescue" has the mayor ask [=StarfishMan=]/Patrick to ''clean up the city''. Cue [=StarfishMan=] collecting laundry detergent from defeated goons to make the city 'squeaky clean'. When [=StarfishMan=] tells the mayor that he has detergent to clean the city, the mayor corrects him that [[AccidentalHero he already took care of Dreaded Patrick's minions.]] [=StarfishMan=] then asks [[AndThenWhat what he's supposed to do with the laundry detergent.]]
* MarathonLevel: Nearly every level in the game qualifies as one, with many of them having numerous sections and long minigames in-between. However, "Alaskan Belly Trouble" is by far the longest level in the game, and finishing the level will roughly take around an hour on average.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: While Plankton is trying to grow himself larger than the Super-Size Patty, Karen's offscreen dialog [[FiveSecondForeshadowing foreshadows]] that it won't be what he expects.
-->"Warning! Size modulation insufficient -- power failure imminent!"
* MightyRoar: Plankton gains one as a giant, but according to the game, it's ''still'' tiny. Because of this, there are megaphones scattered around "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster" that can make an ''even bigger roar'' that causes a tornado and destroy everything within his radius.
* MindScrew: All over the place, considering that the game is about dreams. The AmbiguousEnding that is borderline [[GainaxEnding Gainax]] doesn't help either.
* MostDefinitelyNotAVillain: The doctor in "Hypnotic Highway", aka [[spoiler:The Krabby Patty.]] Even after he takes off his disguise, Patrick has a DelayedReaction.
* MultipleEndings: Three, depending on what character you play as in the final level, "Hypnotic Highway".[[note]]Patrick and Plankton can only be playable once you have found all of their Sleepy Seeds.[[/note]]
** [[spoiler:In [=SpongeBob=]'s ending, he brings the Krabby Patty back to the Krusty Krab and chops it up into smaller Krabby Patties to serve to all of the customers. When one customer complains that his Patty has relish, [=SpongeBob=] was about to take his request when he suddenly notices that everyone has Gary's shell on their backs. Including [=SpongeBob=] himself]].
** [[spoiler:In Patrick's ending, he celebrates with a party at the Krusty Krab. When Patrick is about to eat a Krabby Patty, it jumps out of his hands and begins to run away. Patrick gives chase, but the Krabby Patty slams the doors right on him, knocking Patrick out and causing him to see multiple Garys [[CirclingBirdies circling him]]]].
** [[spoiler:In Plankton's ending, he builds a Krabby Patty utopia in Bikini Bottom and boasts about his victory over the Krusty Krab. But when the Krabby Patty appears right in front of him, it summons a rain of giant Krabby Patties that destroys every building Plankton had built. One Patty with Gary's eye stalks drops from the sky, bounces off the Krusty Krab, and crushes the Chum Bucket afterwards]].
** [[spoiler:Regardless of the endings however, they all lead to one conclusion. The entire game was AllJustADream of '''Gary the Snail''']].
* NewWorkRecycledGraphics: Despite being developed by a different team (but still published by THQ), this game borrows quite a lot of assets from ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsBattleForBikiniBottom Battle for Bikini Bottom]]'', ''VideoGame/TheSpongebobMovieGame'', and even ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsLightsCameraPants Lights, Camera, Pants!]]''. For example, the main character's models were ripped straight from the former two ([[ArtEvolution with some very subtle tweaks]]), some of the [=NPCs=] in "Diesel Dreaming" reuse the biker models from "Bubble Blowing Baby Hunt" in ''Movie'', and some of the boat models seen in various levels were originally from ''Lights, Camera, Pants!''.
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere: The narrator says this twice, first when he calls "peaceful", and when he runs out of ideas on what to talk about in the final loading screen of "Super-Sized Patty".
* OrWasItADream: After "Diesel Dreaming", the main characters tend to dismiss the previous events as nothing more than dreams. By the time "Alaskan Belly Trouble" is reached, this is evolved to InstantlyProvenWrong.
* PaperPeople: All of Dreaded Patrick's henchmen in "[=StarfishMan=] to the Rescue" are flat paper cutouts that often spawn from billboards on the walls. Given that the setting of the level is based around being inside a comic book, it makes sense, and offers some contrast to the cel-shaded 3D models and environments. Averted in the mobile versions in which every character is rendered as a 2D sprite.
* PickupHierarchy:
** '''Primary:''' Level-specific collectables like the hot rod parts, stolen clothes and Jellyfish Power Cells.
** '''Secondary:''' Sleepy Seeds
** '''Tertiary:''' Snooze Zs, Hearts, Megaphones (the latter two are exclusive to the Giant Plankton level)
* {{Pun}}: Given that this is a [=SpongeBob=] game, the main characters will attempt to throw puns around at every opportunity, even Plankton.
-->'''[=SpongeBob=]:''' I'm the crank-iest! ''[Laughs]''\\
'''Plankton:''' Chill out!\\
'''Plankton:''' Patty's on ice! [[OhCrap For a while...]]\\
'''Plankton:''' Maybe I should give you a helping hand!
* RunOrDie: The main gameplay style of the "Super-Sized Patty" stages. You can slow the titular patty down by freezing it, but this buys you a second at most.
* RushmoreRefacement: At one point in "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster", Plankton uses his laser vision to re-sculpt Mount Fishmore in his image. Mount Fishmore contains the busts of [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, Squidward (in his only physical appearance in the game), and [[Foreshadowing Gary]], likely a byproduct of the dream.
* SheetOfGlass: At one point during the lengthy plane chase, one of the obstacles [=SpongeBob=] has to shoot are two fish carrying a sheet of glass. Lampshaded, as one of the fish says something along the lines of, "I knew this was a bad idea!" when it gets shattered.
* SilenceIsGolden: The stinger in the American Platform/NintendoGameCube version, due to the audio file being missing for some reason (it is intact in the European release, though). [[GainaxEnding It most certainly doesn't kill the mood though...]]
* SpaceZone: "Rocket Rodeo". It consists of Patrick (aka [=StarfishMan=]) flying through outer space on the rocket he was strapped onto, and you have to dodge asteroids and other such things.
* ShieldBearingMook: You will encounter enemies who carry shields in the levels "Diesel Dreaming" and "Alaskan Belly Trouble". To defeat them, you must [[DashAttack dash]] into their shields first to stun them, and then use your SpinAttack on them.
* ShockwaveStomp: One of Giant Plankton's attacks has him stomp on the ground to create a shockwave that damages nearby buildings. It is also the only way to eliminate certain obstacles that could otherwise trip Plankton over and leave him vulnerable to enemy attacks.
* ShoutOut: Several -- ''Diesel Dreaming'' pays tribute to Ratfinks, ''Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster'' spoofs various kaiju films and B-movies, as mentioned above, and in the aforementioned level, there's an alien ship on a farm.
* SpinAttack: [=SpongeBob=]'s and Patrick's primary way of attacking.
* SpoilerCover: The game's boxart spoils the [[spoiler:climactic showdown between [=SpongeBob=] and a giant Plankton,]] which only happens near the end of the game and is effectively TheClimax.
* StillSucksThumb: Plankton can be seen sucking his thumb, er, hand, when he wakes up for the last time in the pre-credits cutscene.
* SurrealHorror: The last level "Hypnotic Highway" qualifies for this. What else can you say about a nightmarish carnival populated by monster mollusks with the only way out being to win a race?
* TemptingFate:
** In "Super-Sized Patty", the announcers in Oyster Stadium are hoping that [[ItMakesSenseInContext a giant patty doesn't show up in the middle of a game.]] Sure enough, it does, and causes a particular team to lose for the 76th time in a row.
** After (seemingly) escaping the patty, Plankton goes from DirtyCoward to SmugSnake. Guess how long that lasts...
--> '''Plankton''': No patty can defeat the mighty mind of Plankton! (the giant patty squashes him)
* ThoseTwoGuys: The two unseen announcers Rick and Dale, who only show up to provide commentary and their back-to-back banter during the race sequences in "Diesel Dreaming" and "Hypnotic Highway". They also make a brief cameo in the Oyster Stadium section of "Super-Sized Patty".
* UnderwearOfPower: As [=StarfishMan=], Patrick alternates between a normal pair of blue shorts and a pair of tighty-whitey briefs each time he does his spin attack. While wearing the latter, he ends up invoking this trope as a result of him pretending to be a superhero.
* TheUnfought: Dreaded Patrick, Patrick's EvilCounterpart in "[=StarfishMan=] to the Rescue", is never really fought directly, and the supposed "showdown" you have with him is nothing but an ElevatorActionSequence where you fight his minions instead and dodge hazards.
* VariableMix: In most of the platforming levels, the music will change from a calm and smooth tune into a more fast-paced and action-oriented version of the same tune whenever you encounter enemies.
* VillainProtagonist: Plankton is one of the three playable characters, and he creates an bigger villain for all three of them, himself included, to face off against.
* WombLevel: The level "Alaskan Belly Trouble" is the digestive tract of an Alaskan Bull Worm, as [=SpongeBob=] tries to find a way to escape by building a plane.
* WhatWouldXDo: When Patrick faces the patty UFO at the end of "Rocket Rodeo", he asks what [=SpongeBob=] would do: [[AttackItsWeakPoint shoot it's wings!]]
* YourSizeMayVary: The Giant Sized Patty is first shown to be much bigger than an average fish in the level named after it, but come "Revenge of the Giant Plankton Monster" , it's notably smaller than [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick. Justified since it is a dream.
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