History VideoGame / SpongeBobSquarePantsLightsCameraPants

* ActingForTwo: [[invoked]] In the console version, winning each leg of the audition lands you a role, and winning the audition overall lands you the "Supervillain" role. It's guaranteed that at least one character will be Acting for Two, and it's possible for [[LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles a single character to get every single role]], including the Supervillain ''and the stunt double''.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles: A single character can get every available role.

* 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.

* {{Narrator}}: Most of the narration is done by the usual Mermaidman and Barnacle boy announcer, with the main spongebob announcer showing up narrating in 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.]]

* GenderFlip: The Sneaky Hermit's gender (alongside its bride) in the wedding photo during the lair scene varies between whoever's playing the role: male for Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton, and female for [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Sandy.

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: The release of this game outside of America forgoes the intense stare-down depicted above in favor of [[https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/364144-spongebob-squarepants-lights-camera-pants-playstation-2-manual.jpg a more cheerful one with [=SpongeBob=] and Plankton filming Patrick catching jellyfish and Squidward getting stung by jellyfish.]] The GBA version also uses this box art in all regions due to Plankton not appearing in that version.

* CrossdressingVoices: An in-universe example occurs when the male [=SpongeBob=] or Patrick is cast as the Sneaky Hermit, in which the character is portrayed as ''female'' as seen in the wedding photo during the lair scene.

* AbilityOverAppearance: [[invoked]] Multiple characters can play the same role, just because they earn it. This is rather noticeable, as it can be rather jarring to see a sea sponge, a starfish, and an octopus all play the same role.

* AutoKitchen: In "Machine Meltdown", Chum Bucket produces food this way. Your objective is to oversee the machines and fix them if they malfunction.

* CanonForeigner: Gil Hammerstein.

** 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]]".
** During one scene in the climax, Gary is seen with a chimney and a patch on his shell, just like in one scene in "[[Recap/SpongebobSquarepantsS3E14TheGreatSnailRaceMidLifeCrustacean The Great Snail Race]]".

* MinigameGame: The game entirely consists of [[MiniGame mini-games]].

* RacingMinigame: There are a few of these, especially in boating school.

* SeahorseSteed: "Seahorse Stempede" has the characters ride seahorses for a game of soccer (or Seahorse Polo, as the game refers to it).

-->'''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... villainous... type... stuff... [''scuttles away laughing'']

* ChairReveal: Parodied. As the Sneaky Hermit is soliloquizing in his lair, the camera pans to a chair in front of a desk, which spins to reveal... nothing, as the Hermit is standing next to it.

* StylisticSuck: Possible in the PC version, where as well as selecting the actors for each role, you can also select various props. Some of them, especially the ones you start off with, are very bad.

* CrossdressingVoices: An in-universe example occurs when the male Spongebob or Patrick is cast as the the Sneaky Hermit, in which the character is portrayed as ''female'' as seen in the wedding photo during the lair scene.

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

* CrossdressingVoices: An in-universe example occurs when Spongebob or Patrick is cast as the Sneaky Hermit, in which the character is portrayed as ''female'' as seen in the wedding photo during the lair scene.

* GenderFlip: The Sneaky Hermit's gender (alongside its bride in the wedding photo) varies between whoever's playing the role: male for Squidward, Mr. Krabs, and Plankton, and female for [=SpongeBob=], Patrick, and Sandy.

* SeahorseSteed: "Seahorse Stempede" has the characters ride seahorses for a game of soccer.

* AbilityOverAppearance: [[invoked]] Multiple characters can play the same role, just because they earn it. This is rather noticeable, as it can be rather jarring to see a sea sponge, a starfish, and a squid all play the same role.

* {{Mondegreen}}: When the hunter mentions that that the Sneaky Hermit must have "A tall building in it's sights" we get this gem:

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Sandy is the only playable female - Mrs. Puff and Karen are relegated to minigame hosts while Pearl is [[AbsenteeActor completely absent]].

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Inverted, the release of this game outside of America forgoes the intense stare-down depicted above in favor of [[https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/364144-spongebob-squarepants-lights-camera-pants-playstation-2-manual.jpg a more cheerful one with [=SpongeBob=] and Plankton filming Patrick catching jellyfish and Squidward getting stung by jellyfish.]] The GBA version also uses this box art in all regions due to Plankton not appearing in that version.

Each location has one scene, and three {{minigame}}s required to beat to star in the scene. Each of the minigames are themed off the location they take place in (such as driving in boating school, or serving food at the Krusty Krab resturaunt). Minigames come in two forms: those with teams, or free-for-all. These minigames are usually three minutes, though this time can vary.

* [[ColorCodedCharacters Color-Coded Characters]]: In the console versions.
** Spongebob = Yellow

* 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 pop the bubble, earning the latter points.

* 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 this, since the game only gives you the vague objective of "Complete more story challenges to unlock", even after you've completed Gold story mode, leaving the player confused if they're trying to obtain OneHundredPercentCompletion.

* PermanentlyMissableContent: Several of the game's collectibles - 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 collectibles 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 collectibles automatically.

--> '''Dirty Bubble''': The Hermit wears tights?
--> '''Barnacle Boy''': The permit test bites?
--> '''Man-Ray''': Old Hermit was right?
--> '''[[TheDitz Mermaid Man]]''': [[SuddenlyShouting THE JELLY PUDDING]] [[SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion WAS LIGHTLY TOASTED IN PAJAMAS?]]

* AmericanKirbyIsHardcore: Inverted, the release of this game outside of America forgoes the intense stare-down depicted above in favor of [[https://www.mobygames.com/images/covers/l/364144-spongebob-squarepants-lights-camera-pants-playstation-2-manual.jpg a more cheerful one with [=SpongeBob=] and Plankton filming Patrick catching jellyfish and Squidward getting stung by jellyfish.]]

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

* LuckBasedMission: The RockPaperScissors tie-breaker MiniGame.

* RealityIsUnrealistic: The AnachronisticOrder 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.

* SimonSaysMiniGame: "Beats Me".

IsThisThingStillOn: The announcers have this reaction when they leave the microphone running long enough to pick up their compliments to each other during the Krusty Krab scene.