History VideoGame / SpongeBobSquarePantsLightsCameraPants

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Man-Ray and the Dirty Bubble team up with Mermaidman & Barnacle Boy to defeat the Sneaky Hermit.]]

* {{Narrator}}: There are two of them.

The story is that producer Gil Hammerstein is producing an 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 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.

* AnachronicOrder: While the introduction and ending of the movie are recorded at their respective ends, everything between the two is mixed up. You don't see everything in order until you watch the final product. See RealityIsUnrealistic.

* GuideDangIt: To get the Make-Your-Own-Movie mode, the Rock-Paper Scissors and Two-Up tie-breaker games, and the gold Spongebob figure, you need to put away three full gold bars in Loot Scootin'. The problem with this is that you have '''NO WAY''' of knowing, especially since the game never tells you anything but the vague objective of "Complete more story challenges to unlock". The game even tells you this after you have completed Gold story mode, leaving one confused if they are trying to obtain OneHundredPercentCompletion. The only way you will ever find out is online, and even then the information is still pretty rare.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Several of the game's collectables - artwork and action figures - can be easily missed due to [[GuideDangIt how the unlocking system works]]: each level of story mode (bronze, silver, gold) has multiple collectables exclusive to it, and moving onto the next tier locks you out of any you haven't found yet, with no means of claiming them outside of restarting the story mode from scratch. Thankfully, there's a cheat code that simply unlocks these collectables automatically.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: This is actually how live-action movies are filmed in real life, by location proximity rather than chronological order, for efficiency purposes.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Inverted, the release of this game outside of America forgoes the intense stare-down depicted above in favor of [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/spongebob/images/1/10/8336659-orig.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20170923184302 a more cheerful one with [=SpongeBob=] and Plankton filming Patrick catching jellyfish and Squidward getting stung by jellyfish.]]

---> '''Plankton''': Not again! This can’t be happening!

* GuideDangIt: To get the Make-Your-Own-Movie mode, the Rock-Paper Scissors and Two-Up tie-breaker games, and the gold Spongebob figure, you need to put away three full gold bars in Loot Scootin'. The problem with this is that you have '''NO WAY''' of knowing, especially since the game never tells you anything but the vague objective of "Complete more story challenges to unlock". The game even tells you this after you have completed Gold story mode, leaving one confused if they are trying to obtain {{OneHundredPercentCompletion}}. The only way you will ever find out is online, and even then the information is still pretty rare.
* MiniMecha: Since [[TheNapoleon Plankton]] would be too small otherwise, he pilots a fish-sized mech in order to participate in the mini-games.

* {{GameBreaking Bug}}: [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zYqAT_tsB9g This video]] shows that it's possible to score 1036 points with Sandy in Rock Bottom while playing on the hard difficulty, when the minigame's score {{Cap}} is supposed to be 1008. Not only does this completely destroy any chance the other players have of winning if you've mastered Sandy's routines, but it also gives you the high score [[CurbStompBattle BY DEFAULT]]. This is due to Sandy's routine having much more button presses and very short hold times than the other characters. On the flip side, Patrick is given 1004 points as his highest score and Squidward is given 1000, the smallest score obtainable on Hard mode and the minigame in general (which makes sense when you consider [[ButtMonkey his role in the series]]).
* {{Guide DangIt}}: To get the Make-Your-Own-Movie mode, the Rock-Paper Scissors and Two-Up tie-breaker games, and the gold Spongebob figure, you need to put away three full gold bars in Loot Scootin'. The problem with this is that you have '''NO WAY''' of knowing, especially since the game never tells you anything but the vague objective of "Complete more story challenges to unlock". The game even tells you this after you have completed Gold story mode, leaving one confused if they are trying to obtain {{OneHundredPercentCompletion}}. The only way you will ever find out is online, and even then the information is still pretty rare.

* {{Guide DangIt}}: To get the Make-Your-Own-Movie mode, the Rock-Paper Scissors and Two-Up tie-breaker games, and the gold Spongebob figure, you need to put away three full gold bars in Loot Scootin'. The problem with this is that you have '''NO WAY''' of knowing, especially since the game never tells you anything but the vague objective of "Complete more story challenges to unlock". The game even tells you this after you have completed Gold story mode, leaving one confused if they are trying to obtain {{OneHundredPercentCompletion}}.

* MiniMecha: Since [[TheNapoleon Plankton]] would be too small otherwise, he pilots a fish-sized mech in order to participate in the mini-games.

* {{Color-Coded Characters}}: In the console versions.
** SpongeBob = Yellow

* [[Color-Coded Characters]]: In the console versions.

* FreudianExcuse: The Sneaky Hermit developed the need to steal buildings after [[ParentalAbandonment their parents abandoned them]] and took the house.

*** [=SpongeBob=] plays an electric guitar, referencing the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie'', as well as one particular piece of clip art depicting him playing an electric guitar.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Inverted, the release of this game outside of America forgoes the intense stare-down depicted above in favor of [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/spongebob/images/1/10/8336659-orig.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/350?cb=20170923184302 a more cheerful one with [=SpongeBob=] and Plankton filming Patrick catching jellyfish and Squidward getting stung by jellyfish.]]

*** [=SpongeBob=] plays an electric guitar, referencing one particular piece of clip art as well as the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongebobSquarepantsMovie''.

* ContinuityNod: For the scene where the Sneaky Hermit fakes an alliance with Man-Ray and the Dirty Bubble, Gary is [[StylisticSuck badly painted]] to resemble Larry, a snail [=SpongeBob=] briefly adopted after Gary left him for Patrick in "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E29SurvivaloftheIdiotsDumped Dumped]]".

*** [=SpongeBob=] plays an electric guitar, referencing one particular piece of clip art as well as the climax of ''WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie''.

*** Sandy plays the same acoustic guitar she played in [[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS1E18TexasWalkingSmall Texas]]".

* RhythmGame: A MiniGame comes in this format.

* PokeThePoodle: In the intro, we see The Dirty Bubble chasing a couple down the street and ''pulling faces at them'', followed by Man-Ray [[MundaneUtility using his laser beams to etch "Man-Ray Rules" onto a wall]]. Later, when the pair are freed from jail, they discuss what "despicable" crimes to pull off first:

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Several of the game's collectables - artwork and action figures - can be easily missed due to [[GuideDangIt how the unlocking system works]]: each level of story mode (bronze, silver, gold) has plenty of collectables exclusive to it, and moving onto the next tier locks you out of any you haven't found yet, with no means of claiming them outside of restarting the story mode from scratch. Thankfully, there's a cheat code that simply unlocks these collectables automatically.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Several of the game's collectables - artwork and action figures - can be easily missed due to [[GuideDangIt how the unlocking system works]]: each level of story mode (bronze, silver, gold) has plenty of collectables exclusive to it, and moving onto the next tier locks you out of any you haven't found yet, with no means of claiming them outside of restarting the story mode from scratch. Thankfully, there's a cheat code that automatically unlocks these collectables anyway.