History VideoGame / TheSpongeBobMovieGame

* {{Bowdlerise}}: The version of "Goofy Goober Rock" heard during the second phase of the FinalBoss fight is the soundtrack version, which replaces the line "no, no frickin' way" with "no, no, no-no way."

* SpoilerCover: More like spoiler disc, with the exception of the Gamecube version, the disc features an artwork of SpongeBob battling [[spoiler: A brainwashed King Neptune]].

* NintendoHard: ''The [=SpongeBob SquarePants=] Movie Game'' is often considered the most difficult [=SpongeBob=] game out of all of them. Creator/{{THQ}} and Heavy Iron Studios really went the extra mile in making the levels and challenges harder this time around, managing to make the difficulty level surpass even that of ''Battle for Bikini Bottom''. Some notable examples include going for OneHundredPercentCompletion, the FinalBoss, and the most infamous part of this game, "Welcome to Planktopolis...MINIONS".

* SurpriseDifficulty: Given that it's a licensed-based game based on ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'', most people are going to brush it off as a simplistic cartoony platformer for kids... then be completely caught off guard at the NintendoHard nature of the later levels (Planktopolis in particular), bonus challenges, and final boss.

* ColorCodedForYourConvienence: Buckethead enemies' antenna lights will change color depending on their behavior: green for when Spongebob and Patrick are out of range, yellow for when they notice Spongebob and Patrick, and red when they're actively attacking Spongebob and Patrick.

** In the movie, our heroes are confronted by Dennis after a long trek from the Trench through a valley; the console version expands on that by depicting the valley they go through as a junkyard (likely an exaggeration of the junk that is seen in the background where they meet Dennis), in which they must destroy various TVs broadcasting Plankton's propaganda.

** In the movie, our heroes are confronted by Dennis ''immediately'' after leaving the Trench, while in the game, an extra sequence in a junkyard is added before they meet him.

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* SurpriseDifficulty: Given that it's a licensed-based game based on ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', most people are going to brush it off as a simplistic cartoony platformer for kids... then be completely caught off guard at the NintendoHard nature of the later levels (Planktopolis in particular), bonus challenges, and final boss.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Since the pause menu doubles as a level select, if you want to warp to another level, you have to agree [[RuleOfThree three times]]. This is to stop you from accidentally warping to another level or token and losing a ton of progress. On the other hand, this can also fall under ScrappyMechanic when you actually ''want'' to warp since you have to go through all three confirmations every single time.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Since the pause menu doubles as a level select, if you want to warp to another level, you have to agree [[RuleOfThree three times]]. This is to stop you from accidentally warping to another level or token and losing a ton of progress.

* BleakLevel: Any level from ''Bubble Blowing Baby Hunt'' onwards has noticeably darker and unsettling environments, even when they're based on lighthearted parts of the movie (e.g. ''Now That We're Men'', which plays the depths of the trench for grotesque horror rather than comedy).

-->--'''[=SpongeBob=]'''

* AttackReflector:
** With [=SpongeBob=]'s and Patrick's upgraded {{Spin Attack}}s, certain enemies like the Flingers, Turrets, and Poppers can be defeated this way by reflecting their projectiles back at them.
** Curiously enough, the only one immune to this is the Frogfish boss; the alternate phase where it fires the blue projectile slops at you can be reflected like so, but it won't inflict any damage to it.

* BossOnlyLevel: ''I'll Let You Pet Mr. Whiskers'', ''Name's Dennis'', ''Dennis Strikes Back'', and ''Turn the Tables on Plankton''.

* DeathMountain: ''Rub a Dub Dub, Slip Slide in a Tub''.
* DemotedToExtra: Sandy, after being a playable character in the previous game, is reduced to a single cameo late in the game here. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that she had a very minor role in the movie itself.

* EvilLaugh: All nearby enemies laugh at you briefly If you take damage.

* DownInTheDumps: ''Shell City, Dead Ahead''.

* EarlyBirdCameo: The Combat Arena Challenges scattered around the levels use the enemy designs from the following level rather than the current - for example, the Combat Arena Challenge in ''Bubble Blowing Baby Hunt'' features the monster enemies found in ''Now That We're Men'' rather than the thugs. Played with in the first Combat Arena Challenge, which features both the redneck enemies from ''3000 Miles to Shell City'' and the waiters from ''I'm Ready, Depression''. Used to [[ParodiedTrope parodying effect]] in the final Combat Arena Challenge, where, with no more enemies to use, Patrick will fight [[spoiler:a single jellyfish]].

** The original movie barely spends a ''minute'' on [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick in the desert before the action turns to the Thug Tug. In the game, the desert takes up two whole levels (a platforming stage and a sliding stage) with a new subplot where [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick must destroy broadcast towers advertising the Chum Bucket. This also changes the plot slightly, as the two learn about Plankton's takeover of Bikini Bottom much earlier than in the movie.

* BookEnds: Both the first and last driving stages take place in Bikini Bottom. The first time, you start at the Krusty Krab and end at the city outskirts. The second time, you take the same route backwards to return to the Krusty Krab.

* DreamLand: ''No Cheese'' respectively since it is [=SpongeBob=]'s dream of becoming a manager like in the movie. ''Sundae Driving'' also qualifies.

** The original movie barely spends a ''minute'' on [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick in the desert before the action turns to the Thug Tug. In the game, the desert takes up two whole levels (a platforming stage and a sliding stage) with a new subplot where [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick must destroy broadcast towers advertising the Chum Bucket.
** There is no junkyard sequence in the original movie; our heroes are confronted by Dennis ''immediately'' after leaving the Trench.
** After the first fight with Dennis and the Cyclops grabbing them, the game adds a DreamSequence in which [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick wind up in a Goofy Goober themed city and must follow Goofy Goober to escape.

** The original movie barely spends a ''minute'' on [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick in the desert before the action turns to the Thug Tug. In the game, the desert takes up two whole levels, and the plot is pretty much made out of whole cloth.

* MacroZone: ''Google Eyes and Smelly Knick Knacks''.

* MookDebutCutscene: Each new type of enemy gets one.
* MookMaker: There are Enemy Spawners found throughout the game that will continuously spawn Mooks until destroyed. One hit is all it takes to destroy them but they go out with a [[ActionBomb bang]].

* PassThroughTheRings: The Ring Challenges in the Patty Wagon and slide levels. The Sonic Wave Guitar Challenges also have you fly [=SpongeBob=]'s Sonic Wave through the rings.

* {{Shoryuken}}: [=SpongeBob=]'s Bash attack allows him to uppercut the air with a boxing glove to bash any object or enemy in his way. And when upgraded, the boxing glove becomes a metal gauntlet that can stick to any enemy or object and [[StuffBlowingUp can be detonated at the press of the same attack button]].

* SlaveMooks: The mooks in the desert, landfill, and Planktopolis levels.

* CasualDangerDialog: [=SpongeBob=] and Pat have no problems acting manly and spouting cheery one-liners even in the most dangerous situations.

* BleakLevel: Any level from ''Bubble Blowing Baby Hunt'' onwards has noticeably darker and unsettling environments.

* BonusStage: The [=SpongeBall=], Floating Block, and Combat Arena Challenges are special stages that can be entered via special panels you find throughout the levels.

** In the console versions, the Patty Wagon is destroyed like in the movie but gets brought back by Mindy near the end.