History VideoGame / SpongeBobSquarePantsLightsCameraPants

-->'''Spongebob:''' [''EvilLaugh''] They have arrested Mermaid Man, for ''my'' crime! Which doesn't sound fair, really, but... bah! [[CardCarryingVillain I am a supervillain]], ''and that is what we do!'' So, I guess I shall go do more... [[BuffySpeak villainous... type... stuff...]] [''scuttles away laughing'']

* AdaptationalBadass: [=SpongeBob=] in the show is a [[DrivesLikeCrazy horrible driver]]. In "Floor It!", however, his driving competence depends on how the player or CPU play him, with the result that he may be just as crazy as in the show or an excellent driver.

-->'''Squiward''': ''(in "Floor It!", whenever he hits a speeding ramp)'' Whee.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: The AnachronicOrder of the recording is surprisingly similar to how live-action movies are filmed in real life: to be more efficient, they're filmed by location proximity rather than chronologically.

** In the PC version, the show was close to becoming cancelled due to no one showing up for auditions, so [=SpongeBob=] offers to aid the troubles of everyone in Bikini Bottom in order to convince them to take part of production.

* MinigameGame: The console version entirely consists of [[MiniGame mini-games]]. Downplayed in the PC version, which is largely an AdventureGame, but still contains a variety of minigames need to be completed in order to progress.

* FloatingInABubble: In "Surface Tension", if the characters fall into one of the holes, they will be come out trapped in a bubble. Either they struggle to break free by themselves or someone else pops the bubble, earning the latter points.

* OffModel: Mr. Krabs' eyes are the correct shade of green in-game, but yellow in the movie.

The story is that producer Gil Hammerstein is producing an [[MilestoneCelebration anniversary special episode]] of ''[[ShowWithinAShow The New Adventures of Mermaidman & Barnacle Boy]]'' in Bikini Bottom, and everyone wants to be chosen to play the starring villain role: the [[BigBad Sneaky Hermit]]. Players can play as [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, Sandy, Squidward, Mr. Krabs, or Plankton to impress the game's talent scouts and win the lead role.

Notably, after you've finished the campaign in the console version, you can watch the full 30-minute episode of ''Mermaidman & Barnacle Boy'' that you finished! In the PC version you can watch it at any time, selecting actors and props as you like, but you have to unlock them through the campaign first (and the movie itself is a lot shorter).

* ReformulatedGame: The PC version is a point-and-click adventure game developed by [=AWE=] Games (who also made the rest of the ''[=SpongeBob=]'' PC games up to that point) while the [=GameBoy=] Advance version is predominantly a side-scrolling platformer developed by Creator/WayForwardTechnologies. While both versions still have the general idea of a special ''Mermaidman & Barnacle Boy'' episode suffering from production issues, the ''how'' behind it is different across versions.

* ShowWithinAShow: ''The New Adventures of Mermaidman & Barnacle Boy''.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Parodied when Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy burst into Man-Ray's lair to rescue the DamselInDistress: Mermaidman dramatically declares, "I'll have a burger and fries!" Cue typical eye roll from Barnacle Boy.

* CaptainObvious: After the Sneaky Hermit steals the jailhouse Mermaidman, Barnacle Boy, Man-Ray and the Dirty Bubble are in:

* ChekhovsGun: The pepper grinder Mermaidman picks up at the Krusty Krab. [[spoiler:Turns out pepper is the Hermit's weakness.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mermaidman, even more so than in the original show. As an example, upon hearing the siren of a pursuing police car, he thinks it's a song on the radio ''and starts singing along to it''.

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Man-Ray and the Dirty Bubble team up with Mermaidman & Barnacle Boy to defeat the Sneaky Hermit after the Hermit dupes them into leaving their evil lairs unguarded.]]

* {{Narrator}}: Most of the narration is done by the usual Mermaidman and Barnacle Boy announcer, with the main Spongebob announcer showing up narrating the Krusty Krab scene before the Mermaidman announcer shows up and tells him this is his scene. The two respect each other, with the Spongebob announcer praising the Mermaidman announcer's voiceover before they both realize [[IsThisThingStillOn they left the microphone on.]]

* WhatAreYouInFor: Mermaidman asks Man-Ray this. He responds that [[JaywalkingWillRuinYourLife he got caught jaywalking]], to which The Dirty Bubble pipes up that ''he'' was arrested for having bad breath in a public place.

* CardCarryingVillain: To no one's surprise, this is how Plankton portrays the Hermit should he get the part.