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Break The Cutie is about haunting trauma, not just "likable character gets sad".


* BreakTheCutie: [=SpongeBob=] is absolutely distraught when he finds out that Neptune's Paradise is closed for a private party, and that his tickets are only good for entry to the park next week, meaning [[ShaggyDogStory the events of the game were]] AllForNothing, resulting in him breaking down in tears à la "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS1E5PizzaDeliveryHomeSweetPineapple Pizza Delivery]]". Patrick, on the other hand, looks at him for a second and then tries to copy him by throwing a tantrum, which lasts well over [[SubvertedTrope the revelation that the party was actually for [=SpongeBob=]]].
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** Cowfish Craig's neighbor, Carlton Ritts, is named after the [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ritz-Carlton_Hotel_Company Ritz-Carlton]] brand of luxury hotels.
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** Looking at the calendar in Sardine's Sundries causes [=SpongeBob=] to say "That calendar needs to be updated. Who are Music/TheDoobieBrothers?"
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* NothingIsScarier: [[DownplayedTrope Less "scary" and more "creepy and atmospheric"]], but Rock Bottom is the only major region to not have any background music playing throughout it -- instead mostly featuring the ambient sound of heavy rain -- emphasizing how dark and removed from Bikini Bottom the place is.
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* ItCameFromBeverlyHills: The high-class town from Chapter 4, Bottoms Up, is named Waverly Hills, and contains multiple mansions (and Cowfish Craig's shack) behind a gated community.
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* EmployeeOfTheMonth: The plot of the game is kicked off when [=SpongeBob=] wins another Employee of the Month Award, which makes him Employee of The Year and which earns him two tickets to Neptune's Paradise.

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* EmployeeOfTheMonth: The plot of the game is kicked off when [=SpongeBob=] wins another Employee of the Month Award, which makes him Employee of The the Year and which earns him two tickets to Neptune's Paradise.



* FrenchJerk: Bottoms Up is a town of the incredibly wealthy and snooty, with most natives you come across featuring hilariously goofy French accents. The waiter at Sublime Seafoods in particular loses it with [=SpongeBob=] for ordering a Krabby Patty at an upper-class establishment.

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* FrenchJerk: Bottoms Up Waverly Hills is a town of the incredibly wealthy and snooty, with most natives you come across featuring hilariously goofy French accents. The waiter at Sublime Seafoods in particular loses it with [=SpongeBob=] for ordering a Krabby Patty at an upper-class establishment.



* SigilSpam: A lot of the scenery and objects in Bottoms Up (like the coral and seaweed) are shaped like US dollar signs. Just in case you forget that this is a wealthy town.

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* SigilSpam: A lot of the scenery and objects in Bottoms Up Waverly Hills (like the coral and seaweed) are shaped like US dollar signs. Just in case you forget that this is a wealthy town.
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** The TV studio in Rock Bottom has a poster for ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsOperationKrabbyPatty Operation Krabby Patty]]'' hanging on a wall. Clicking on it has [=SpongeBob=] comment on how that was "[his] very first game".[[note]] Which is actually incorrect, as ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsLegendOfTheLostSpatula Legend of the Lost Spatula]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsSupersponge SuperSponge]]'' predate ''Operation Krabby Patty'', thus making it [=SpongeBob's=] ''third'' game. [[MetaphoricallyTrue However,]] ''[[MetaphoricallyTrue Operation Krabby Patty was]]'' [[MetaphoricallyTrue the first]] ''[[MetaphoricallyTrue SpongeBob]]'' [[MetaphoricallyTrue PC game.]][[/note]]

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** The TV studio in Rock Bottom has a poster for ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsOperationKrabbyPatty Operation Krabby Patty]]'' hanging on a wall. Clicking on it has [=SpongeBob=] comment on how that was "[his] very first game".[[note]] Which [[note]]Which is actually incorrect, as ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsLegendOfTheLostSpatula Legend of the Lost Spatula]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsSupersponge SuperSponge]]'' predate ''Operation Krabby Patty'', thus making it [=SpongeBob's=] ''third'' game. [[MetaphoricallyTrue However,]] ''[[MetaphoricallyTrue Operation Krabby Patty was]]'' [[MetaphoricallyTrue the first]] ''[[MetaphoricallyTrue SpongeBob]]'' [[MetaphoricallyTrue PC game.]][[/note]]
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** The TV studio in Rock Bottom has a poster for ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsOperationKrabbyPatty Operation Krabby Patty]]'' hanging on a wall. Clicking on it has [=SpongeBob=] comment on how that was "[his] very first game".[[note]] Which is actually incorrect, as [[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsLegendOfTheLostSpatula Legend of the Lost Spatula]] and [[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsSupersponge Supersponge]] predate Operation Krabby Patty, thus making it [=SpongeBob's=] ''third'' game. [[MetaphoricallyTrue However, Operation Krabby Patty]] ''[[MetaphoricallyTrue was]]'' [[MetaphoricallyTrue the first [=SpongeBob=] PC game.]][[/note]]

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** The TV studio in Rock Bottom has a poster for ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsOperationKrabbyPatty Operation Krabby Patty]]'' hanging on a wall. Clicking on it has [=SpongeBob=] comment on how that was "[his] very first game".[[note]] Which is actually incorrect, as [[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsLegendOfTheLostSpatula ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsLegendOfTheLostSpatula Legend of the Lost Spatula]] Spatula]]'' and [[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsSupersponge Supersponge]] ''[[VideoGame/SpongeBobSquarePantsSupersponge SuperSponge]]'' predate Operation ''Operation Krabby Patty, Patty'', thus making it [=SpongeBob's=] ''third'' game. [[MetaphoricallyTrue However, Operation Krabby Patty]] However,]] ''[[MetaphoricallyTrue Operation Krabby Patty was]]'' [[MetaphoricallyTrue the first [=SpongeBob=] first]] ''[[MetaphoricallyTrue SpongeBob]]'' [[MetaphoricallyTrue PC game.]][[/note]]
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* MouseWorld: Much like the show itself, this game features several large buildings that are heavily implied to be of human origin that sunk to the bottom of the sea. Series mainstays like the Krusty Krab (based off of a lobster trap), the Barg'N-Mart (based off a treasure chest), and houses in Bikini Bottom (based off of car mufflers) are featured, Rock Bottom features the bus station (which appears to be some kind of submersible that is itself half-submerged in the sand), the WSEA TV station (based off of a giant CRT TV), and The Rusty Anchor (which is a giant, literal anchor), and Sublime Seafoods in Bottoms Up (based out of a sunken ship).
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* PricelessPaperweight: Cowfish Craig and his neighbor, Carlton Ritts, end up in a dispute over a golden coconut grown by the latter in [[ConspicuousConsumption his gold coconut tree]], but fell over onto Craig's side, leading to Craig declaring it to be his property. It turns out Craig only kept it just to spite Ritts and is only using it as a paperweight -- when [=SpongeBob=] finds him a more suitable, cheaper paperweight, he allows to part ways it, allowing [=SpongeBob=] to return it.

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* FrenchJerk: Bottom's Up is a town of the incredibly wealthy and snooty, with most natives you come across featuring hilariously goofy French accents. The waiter at Sublime Seafoods in particular loses it with [=SpongeBob=] for ordering a Krabby Patty at an upper-class establishment.

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* FrenchJerk: Bottom's Bottoms Up is a town of the incredibly wealthy and snooty, with most natives you come across featuring hilariously goofy French accents. The waiter at Sublime Seafoods in particular loses it with [=SpongeBob=] for ordering a Krabby Patty at an upper-class establishment.



* FurryReminder: Early on, the Barg'N-Mart cashier offers to give [=SpongeBob=] Urchin Chips for free in exchange for washing his boat outside, something accomplished with a simple mini-game involving scrubbing the grime off by wiping the mouse over it. What does the player use to wash the boat? [=SpongeBob=] himself, of course!

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Early on, the Barg'N-Mart cashier offers to give [=SpongeBob=] Urchin Chips for free in exchange for washing his boat outside, something accomplished with a simple mini-game involving scrubbing the grime off by wiping the mouse over it. What does the player use to wash the boat? [=SpongeBob=] himself, of course!course!
** At one point in Bottoms Up, [=SpongeBob=] requires getting past a gate that only opens to a weighted pressure plate. The solution is to have him soak up the ([[WaterIsAir underwater]]) water from a nearby fountain and become heavy enough to walk in.
--->'''[=SpongeBob=]''' Woah boy... I feel bloated...



* SigilSpam: A lot of the scenery and objects in Bottom's Up! (like the coral and seaweed) are shaped like US dollar signs. Just in case you forget that this is a wealthy town.

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* SigilSpam: A lot of the scenery and objects in Bottom's Up! Bottoms Up (like the coral and seaweed) are shaped like US dollar signs. Just in case you forget that this is a wealthy town.
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* FrenchJerk: The waiter at Sublime Seafoods who loses it with [=SpongeBob=] for ordering a Krabby Patty at an upper-class establishment.

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* FrenchJerk: Bottom's Up is a town of the incredibly wealthy and snooty, with most natives you come across featuring hilariously goofy French accents. The waiter at Sublime Seafoods who in particular loses it with [=SpongeBob=] for ordering a Krabby Patty at an upper-class establishment.
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* VocalDissonance: Big-Mac -- the huge, [[TopHeavy top-heavy]] bartender at the Rusty Anchor -- speaks with a surprisingly high-pitched, friendly-sounding voice with a slight lisp à la Creator/MikeTyson.

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* VocalDissonance: Big-Mac -- the huge, [[TopHeavy [[TopHeavyGuy top-heavy]] bartender at the Rusty Anchor -- speaks with a surprisingly high-pitched, friendly-sounding voice with a slight lisp à la Creator/MikeTyson.
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* VocalDissonance: Big-Mac -- the huge, [[TopHeavy top-heavy]] bartender at the Rusty Anchor -- speaks with a surprisingly high-pitched, friendly-sounding voice with a slight lisp à la Creator/MikeTyson.
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* DrinkingContest: Off-screen, Patrick and Mermaid Man have a cola-drinking contest in a bar in Rock Bottom. Patrick being, well, Patrick, he out-drinks Mermaid Man to the point of giving the old man indigestion, which he still hasn't recovered from by the time [=SpongeBob=] encounters him.

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* DrinkingContest: Off-screen, Patrick and Mermaid Man have [[FrothyMugsOfWater a cola-drinking contest contest]] in a bar in Rock Bottom. Patrick being, well, Patrick, he out-drinks Mermaid Man to the point of giving the old man indigestion, which he still hasn't recovered from by the time [=SpongeBob=] encounters him.

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