Line #40 VideoGame/DoodleBobAndTheMagicPencil


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2	What happens if you take ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife'' and ''VideoGame/MegaMan'' and combine them all into one epic game?
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4	The result is ''this''.
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6	''[=DoodleBob=] and the Magic Pencil'' is a fanmade PC game created by Ethan Wake/[=TechnoSuperguy=] in 2008, which is based on the episode, "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Frankendoodle]]" and is available for download on its [[https://gamejolt.com/games/dbdx/441954 Gamejolt page]].
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8	Plankton has managed to get his hands on the magic pencil last seen in "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Frankendoodle]]", only for [=SpongeBob=] to catch him in the act. Unfortunately, as it turns out, Plankton has copied the pencil's data into all of his machines, allowing him to create as many doodles as he wants, and he then boots [=SpongeBob=] out of the Chum Bucket. He then creates four Special Doodles and sends them off to [=SpongeBob=]'s friends, brainwashing them into rooting for him, and creates a lock to the Chum Bucket that can only be unlocked when said doodles are erased. Heading home, [=SpongeBob=] ponders on what he's going to do, but then he remembers [=DoodleBob=], his doodle lookalike who tried to kill him, and frees him from the paper. Now a good guy, [=DoodleBob=] is assigned a mission by [=SpongeBob=] to bring his friends back to normal and foil Plankton's plan once and for all. Can [=DoodleBob=] complete his mission and save the day?
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10	The game was later given a MediaNotes/HighDefinition [[VideogameRemake remake]] in 2019. The original version is still available, however.
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13	!!The game provides examples of:
14	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Sandy laughs off the existence of magical pencils, mind control and evil doodles during her conversation with [=DoodleBob=].
15	* ArtEvolution: The 2019 remake has the characters looking less sloppily-designed and closer to how they looked in the show.
16	* AdaptationalHeroism: [=DoodleBob=] was a ruthless, psychotic doodle in his debut episode, but here, after being released from his paper prison by [=SpongeBob=], he is now fearless and heroic.
17	* AnvilOnHead: [[spoiler:After destroying the Penciltron of Power, [=DoodleBob=] defeats Plankton by drawing a 10-ton weight over the latter's head, resulting in him being flattened. Then, when Plankton shows up in the last cutscene of the game swearing his revenge, he is then crushed by a 5-ton weight]].
18	* ArtInitiatesLife: As in "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Frankendoodle]]", all of the doodles, including [=DoodleBob=], are this.
19	* BerserkButton: Once [=DoodleBob=] defeats Squidward and brings him back to normal, Squidward blows his top at the former for destroying his hair (again) and orders him to leave.
20	* BeTheBall: Mr. Krabs will often roll into a ball when attacking [=DoodleBob=] in his boss battle.
21	* {{Bowdlerise}}: When Sandy [[HulkingOut hulks out]] during the cutscene with her, she yells out "DIE!!" in the original version. The remake replaces it with a generic roar instead. It is downplayed, however, as Plankton's "DIE!!" is replaced with "Time for you to die!".
22	* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [=SpongeBob=]'s friends end up like this because of the Special Doodles that Plankton has sent to them, as they have a special ingredient: [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E14BlackenedSpongeMermaidManVsSpongeBob Professor Plankton's Mind Control Shampoo (with conditioner)]]. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Squidward's case since he wasn't being brainwashed at all]].
23	* ButHeSoundsHandsome: Plankton got the magic pencil by stealing it from "[[Creator/MrLawrence that artist with an extremely handsome voice]]."
24	* CrosshairAware: During the final boss fight, Plankton will conjure up a massive energy ball at the antennae of the Penciltron of Power as a reticle appears and locks on [=DoodleBob=]. After a few seconds, the reticle will then flash rapidly as the energy ball moves towards it, so [=DoodleBob=] must move out of the way in time or he'll get hit.
25	* EasilyForgiven: [=DoodleBob=] is not mad at [=SpongeBob=] for what happened at the end of his debut episode, and accepts his mission to save his creator's friends and defeat Plankton.
26	* EnergyBall: During the final boss fight, [[spoiler:the Penciltron of Power]] will sometimes charge up a massive energy ball and fire it towards [=DoodleBob=]. Luckily, it locks on target, so [=DoodleBob=] can quickly move out of the way as it does.
27	* EnergyWeapon: Two of [[spoiler:the Penciltron of Power]]'s attacks have these; it flies back and forth and then fires laser beams from its feet, and flies up and down while firing lasers from its hands.
28	* HeelFaceTurn: As a result of being trapped in a piece of paper by [=SpongeBob=] back in "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Frankendoodle]]", [=DoodleBob=] had all of his negative energy neutralized, turning him from an evil, murderous doodle to a selfless, heroic one.
29	* HomingProjectile: After doing his three main attacks, Plankton will then fire some homing missiles at [=DoodleBob=], who must bounce them back at Plankton by drawing a wall in front of them.
30	* HulkingOut: Sandy becomes this whenever she takes a bite from the acorn doodle. Afterwards, she will then walk back and forth and then jump around before reverting back to rest, giving [=DoodleBob=] a chance to release her nut-cracking robot from "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E10GhostHostChimpsAhoy Chimps Ahoy]]".
31	* HumongousMecha: Plankton's ultimate weapon, [[spoiler:The Plankton Penciltron of Power]].
32	* MistakenIdentity: While Patrick and Squidward recognize [=DoodleBob=], Sandy and Mr. Krabs, on the other hand, due to them not appearing in [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Frankendoodle]], mistake him for a paler-looking [=SpongeBob=] until the real [=SpongeBob=] tells them otherwise.
33	* MythologyGag: Since this is a game based on ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' and the episode "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Frankendoodle]]", there's bound to be '''''lots''''' of references to the aforementioned episode, as well as some from others.
34	** All of the doodles from said episode reappear, and two of them (the dollar and the hair) are two of the four Special Doodles that brainwash [=SpongeBob=]'s friends. The doodles that [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick created before [=DoodleBob=] also reappear as enemies.
35	** The four Special Doodles that brainwash [=SpongeBob=]'s friends are laced with [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS5E14BlackenedSpongeMermaidManVsSpongeBob Professor Plankton's Mind Control Shampoo (with conditioner)]].
36	** [=DoodleBob=] starts the game as a drawing on a piece of paper, his fate at the end of "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Frankendoodle]]", and is brought back into the real world by [=SpongeBob=]. [[spoiler:He returns to his paper at the end of the game]].
37	** When [=DoodleBob=] encounters Patrick and Mr. Krabs, they say "[[WesternAnimation/TheSpongeBobSquarePantsMovie All hail Plankton]]".
38	** After blowing bubbles that harm [=DoodleBob=] on contact, Patrick will then [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E10WetPaintersKrustyKrabTrainingVideo pump up a giant paint bubble]] that [=DoodleBob=] must shrink with his pencil. Once [=DoodleBob=] succeeds in shrinking the bubble, it will then either turn into a wrench and hit Patrick on the noggin ("Where's the leak, ma'am?"), or a bowling ball which will roll towards him ("Finland!!!").
39	** Once Patrick is brought back to normal, he hears [=SpongeBob=] talking through the pencil's radio and [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E10WetPaintersKrustyKrabTrainingVideo assumes that the ceiling is talking to him]].
40	** Sandy's [[HulkingOut hulked-out]] form during her boss fight could possibly be a reference to "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E9SurvivalOfTheIdiotsDumped Survival of the Idiots]]", where she attacks [=SpongeBob=] and Patrick while overweight, mistaking them for Dirty Dan and Pinhead Larry. The remake's ArtEvolution makes the reference more obvious.
41	** Sandy's nut-cracking robot from "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E10GhostHostChimpsAhoy Chimps Ahoy]]" is also present, striking Sandy if [=DoodleBob=] erases the door imprisoning it.
42	** Squidward regains his "hair" from "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Frankendoodle]]", and is infuriated when it gets destroyed again.
43	** The boss battle with Mr. Krabs has two flaming Krabby Patties being made by the old [[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS4E5SellingOutFunnyPants Krabby O' Mondays]] machine in the ceiling, and if [=DoodleBob=] manages to send one of them down onto Mr. Krabs, he will cry out, "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS3E20SpongeBobMeetsTheStranglerPranksALot No! Don't burn me dollar!]]".
44	** In the remastered version, Plankton yells "[[VideoGame/TheSpongebobMovieGame Time for you to die! Heh heh.]]" as the energy ball charges.
45	* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Double subverted. Plankton had copied the Magic Pencil's data into his machines, but the data wasn't fully backed up, so destroying [[spoiler:the Penciltron of Power]] would cause him to lose the data.
46	* OhCrap:
47	** This is [=SpongeBob=]'s reaction to Plankton being able to make countless doodles thanks to copying the magic pencil's data into all of his machines, and he is then kicked out of the Chum Bucket.
48	** [=DoodleBob=] also has this reaction when Plankton unveils [[spoiler:the Penciltron of Power]].
49	* ThePenIsMightier: [=DoodleBob=]'s weapon in the game is, of course, the giant pencil from his debut episode. He can draw platforms to walk on and kill enemies by erasing them, and he uses it to battle [=SpongeBob=]'s friends. [[spoiler:The Penciltron of Power]] can't be erased like the doodles could.
50	* RecordNeedleScratch: One is heard as [=SpongeBob=] busts into the Chum Bucket to catch Plankton in the act.
51	* TheUnintelligible: [=DoodleBob=], as always, speaks like this. Some of his voice clips from "[[Recap/SpongeBobSquarePantsS2E14WelcomeToTheChumBucketFrankendoodle Frankendoodle]]" are even heard during gameplay.
52	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:The Plankton Penciltron of Power]].

Context VideoGame / DoodleBobAndTheMagicPencil