Battle for Bikini Bottom

Battle for Bikini Bottom is a 2003 video game released for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo GameCube, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, and Xbox consoles. In the game SpongeBob must save Bikini Bottom from Plankton's army of evil robots.

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The NTSC front cover

Levels

• Bikini Bottom: It's not really a "level." It is just the main hub. But there are golden Spatula's to collect, along with some of Patrick's missing socks, shiny objects, and some more secrets. -Playable Characters: SpongeBob

• 'Jellyfish Fields: It is a level infested by Jellyfish and robots. The main mission is to find a jar of King Jellyfish Jelly and give it to Squidward, who was stung by Jellyfish. The only way to do that is to climb to the peak of Spork Mountain and defeat the King Jellyfish. -Playable Characters: SpongeBob, Patrick

• Downtown Bikini Bottom: In this level Sandy is introduced as a playable character and the player has to find steering wheels for Mrs. Puff. They are also introduced to some buildings seen in the series, such as the Sea Needle. -Playable Characters: SpongeBob, Sandy

• Goo Lagoon: The player must travel along the beach and through the Pier to destroy a robot who stole all the sunblock. -Playable Characters: SpongeBob, Patrick

• Poseidome in Atlantis: This is the arena where the player battles Robo-Sandy. In the GBA version of the game, however, the fight is outside the Treedome -Playable Characters: SpongeBob (1st & 3rd Rounds of battle), Patrick (2nd Round of battle)

• Rock Bottom: Mrs. Puff asks SpongeBob to get some artwork that was stolen from the Rock Bottom Museum by the robots. You are also introduced to a few new kinds of robots. -Playable Characters: SpongeBob, Sandy

• Mermalair: You must venture through traps and gadgets and shut down the security system. Afterwards, you accidentally free Prawn and have to battle him. -Playable Characters: SpongeBob, Patrick

• Sand Mountain: You will have to slide down 3 different types of slopes, trying to beat the record times of Mrs. Puff, Bubble Buddy, and Larry to earn more Golden Spatulas. -Playable Characters: SpongeBob, Sandy

• Industrial Park: You must battle and defeat Robo-Patrick and save Squidward. In the GBA version, it takes place in Jellyfish Fields and you must ride Mystery and spit jellyfish on the robot. -Playable Characters: SpongeBob (1st & 3rd Rounds of battle), Sandy (2nd Round of battle)

• Kelp Forest: Mrs. Puff and her students go camping but get lost, leaving you to find each student. You also, at the end, try to beat Mermaid Man's record time on a tricky kelp vine slide. -Playable Characters: SpongeBob, Patrick

• Flying Dutchman's Graveyard: You venture through this graveyard of ships to free the Dutchman's ship from robots, using all your skill, at the end having to battle the Flying Dutchman after he backs out of the deal. -Playble Characters: SpongeBob, Sandy

• SpongeBob's Dream: You venture through dream bubbles (Seems to be based off of the episode Sleepy Time), Slipping down slides as Sandy, defeating rounds of robots as Spongebob on a grill, bouncing on notes in Squidward's head, and getting a free spatula from Patrick. -Playable Characters: SpongeBob, Sandy (Sandy's Slide Dream only)

• Robo-Squidward Boss Area: Only in the Game Boy advance version of the game, this involves a Robot Squidward which you must defeat by riding Mystery and eating explosive robots, which you spit out onto the robot. It looks like it takes place in Jellyfish Fields. -Playable Charcters: SpongeBob, Mystery

• Chum Bucket Lab: Your final battle. You find out Plankton has caused all this havoc, not Spongebob, and must defeat SpongeBot SteelPants, a giants SpongeBob robot.. At first you think it's down, but then you realize the only way to truly stop it is to shut it down by going to the brain inside, dodging Robo-Plankton's gamma rays with every hop. On the GBA version, you must blow up the Duplicatatron 3000 by riding Mystery and spitting bomb-like robots back into the machine. Then you eat the Krabby Patty bombs and spit them on SteelPants. -Playable Characters: SpongeBob, Mystery (GBA only)

Enemies

• Fodder: Easily defeated robots with an electric staff.

To defeat - One hit attack.

• Ham-mer: Easily defeated robots with a heavy piece of ham used as a hammer.

To defeat - One hit attack.

• Tar-Tar: Robots that shoot tar-tar- sauce.

To defeat - Two hit attacks.

• Chuck: Robots that throw rockets from afar.

To defeat - Use viking hat move when under the robot.

• Chomp-bot: Robots that spray stinky dog breath.

To defeat - One hit attack.

• G-love: Robots that spin around and slap.

To defeat - Jump above the robot as it's spinning and use bubble feet move.

• Monsoon: Robots that create rainclouds to attack.

To defeat- Use viking helmet underneath robot.

• Bomb-bot: Robots that follow you and blow up in a few seconds.

To defeat - One hit attack.

• Arf: Robots that carry a supply of robot dogs, that follow you and blow up.

To defeat - Bubble bowl into him. When he moves, repeat.

• Sleepytime: Robots that will wake up if you don't sneak up on them.

To defeat - Sneak up on it, the one hit attack.

• Slick: Robots that have an oil bubble shield and shoot oil bubbles.

To defeat - Bubble bowl to remove the shield, then bubble bowl again, or three hit attacks.

• Tubelet: Three robots that are stacked, and the bottom one spins and spurts out lava.

To defeat - Jump over lava then hit the bottom one, then use viking helmet attack to clear the other two.

• Arf Dawg - These are the robot dogs that Arf uses, which explode without warning.

To defeat - One hit attack.

• Robot Plankton - The evil robot on the last level.

To defeat - use bubble rocket or basic attack (at times).

Bosses

• King Jellyfish: Attacks by spouting an army of jellyfish. When he lands, hit him with the bubble wand.

• Robo-Sandy: A martial-arts robot version of Sandy. Her weakspot, however, is the button under her head.

• Prawn: Launches a repulser ray. You can't attack him until you find a safe, uncolored row of tiles. Use the bowling ball attack on him. Ham-mer Bots also inhavit the area.

• Robo-Patrick: A lean-mean Patrick machine that attacks with nuclear sludge on his ice cream cone, and has icy breath. Aim for his back with the "Kick Me" sign attached to it.

• Flying Dutchman: Fires lasers with his eyes. Eventually, lasso his tail during his nose flamethrower move.

• SpongeBot SteelPants: A robot version of SpongeBob with his karate gear on. First, Bubble Bounce on his hands. Then, either jump and hit Robo-Plankton, or cruise bubble Robo-Plankton. SpongeBot SteelPants will then get up and start doing karate chops (he adds another karate chop with every hit). Dodge that, then fire Cruise Bubble at the green lights. Then, deal with robo-plankton again. Then he will start shouting "KAH-RAE-TAE!" (he adds another one every hit). Then deal with Robo-Plankton again. Then you must destroy 5 Duplicatrons, hit Robo-Plankton with a cruise bubble after destroying each Duplicatron, then Bubble Spin the first fuse, Bubble Bash the second, Bubble Bounce the third, and Bubble Bounce the last. Then, destroy three fuses inside his brain by cruise bubble into each one. Location of the brain fuses: one in each brain hole. Before you Cruise bubble into each brain fuse, you must first deal with Robo-Plankton, one before each brain hole.

• Robo-Plankton: Not actually a boss, but serves as a partner to SpongeBot SteelPants. Fires gamma ray lasers. EEK!

Exclusive to the GBA Version

• Robo-Squidward: Fires blaring notes to attack. SpongeBob's seahorse, Mystery, must swallow a bomb bot, rides on one of his tentacles, then spit the bot at Robo-Squidward's head. Fact: Robo-Squidward can be seen in the movie theater's concept art in the console versions of the game, implying that maybe he was going to be in the console version, but he never made it in, for unknown reasons.

Reception

Battle for Bikini Bottom is the most successful SpongeBob video game released. It has won numerous awards and has been given the titles of Greatest Hits and Platinum hits on the PS2, Xbox and GameCube.It is featured in the Happy Squared Double Pack for Playstation 2.

Quotes

• SpongeBob: Gonna Play with robots, gonna play with robots, gonna play with...WHOA! (Sees red jelly-like graffiti that says "Your Bikini Bottom Stinks!") Uh Gary, did you do that?
  

Gary: Meow.

• Patrick: ...I'll give you a golden turkey baster.

SpongeBob: You mean "spatula"?
Patrick: Bless you.

• Patrick: Did you find my lost socks?

SpongeBob: Not yet, Patrick.
Patrick: Oh. Did they find you?

• (Patrick gives SpongeBob golden spatula)

Patrick: Here's your golden back scratcher.
SpongeBob: Spatula.
Patrick: I don't speak Italian.

• Mrs. Puff: ...the robots have taken all the steering wheels.

SpongeBob: Couldn't we just drive in a straight line?
Mrs. Puff: No. There are too many turns!
SpongeBob: Those fiends, they've thought of everything!

• Larry: You know, we should talk about personal gym training sometime.

Patrick: I thought the gym was already trained.

• SpongeBob: If I had a castle, I'd name it Fort Pattytown III. And Fort Pattytown III would have a big bake sale every Monday.

Bubble Buddy: Uhh...

• Bubble Buddy: So, what are you supposed to be?

Patrick: I'm a starfish. What are you?
Bubble Buddy: I'm a figment of SpongeBob's imagination.
Patrick: Oh, that makes sense.

• Johnny: What an opening for a guy literally filled with openings!

• SpongeBob: PLANKTON! YOU WERE BEHIND THIS ALL THE WHOLE TIME, WEREN'T YOU!

Plankton (while trying to set the switch on the Duplicatron 3000 on Obey Plankton): Yes yes yes! Behold, the Duplicatatron, I registered the name so don't even think about ripping me off!

(Plankton then puts a metal thing that says Obey on the Duplicatron)

Plankton: What's wrong? It should be working!

Robo-Plankton: It is working! They are obeying me!

Plankton: I knew i shouldn't have made a copy of myself! But i'm just so cute!

Robo-Plankton: You have interfered with my plans for the last time! *Beep* SpongeBob *beep*

SpongeBob: Hi! How do you do? Allow me to introduce my friends: Patrick, Sandy-

Robo-Plankton: Enough! Prepare to meet your doom!

Robo-SpongeBob/SpongeBot SteelPants (screaming so loud that words go flying and hit the 3 platforms in front of him): KAH-RAH-TAE!

Robo-Plankton (after SpongeBob has defeated SpongeBot SteelPants): NOOO!! You have destroyed my Beautfiul bride! We were supposed to get married next week!

Sandy: Did he say marry?

Robo-Plankton: I'll repair you baby!

(SpongeBot SteelPants then gets anchor arms and Robo-Plankton flies inside robot through hole in head)

Patrick: SpongeBob! He just flew into your head!

SpongeBob: If the robot went into my head, then i'm going to follow him into my head! I mean my robot person's head, which is like my head, but bigger! And more metallic!

Plankton: Will you go already!

SpongeBob: Here i come robot plankton!

(SpongeBob then goes into the robot's head)

Squidward: This is just getting too weird for me!

• Johnny: Will SpongeBob be able to neutralize the robot's brain? Or will SpongeBob go home defeated and dejected? Stay Tuned!

(After SpongeBob neutralizes the robot's brain)

(Robot's anchor arms start to go wild)

(Robot tries to pick his ear out with his finger to get SpongeBob out)

(Robot then uses its other hand to knock SpongeBob and Robo-Plankton out of head)

(Robot's anchor arms deflate and robot falls over backwards, defeated)

Plankton: NOOO!! All my plans, ruined! (muttering: That's it, I'm becoming a lawyer!)

Robo-Plankton: This isn't over yet! I still have robots all over Bikini Bottom! I'll summon them all, and then we'll see!

(Duplicatron starts spewing out more Robo-Planktons and they start arguing)

Original Robo-Plankton: Uh oh.

Robo-Plankton 2: I'll destroy you!

Original Robo-Plankton: You'll destroy me? I'll destroy you!

Robo Plankton 3: I'll destroy you plus 1!

Robo Plankton 4: I'll destroy you plus infinity!

Robo-Plankton 5: Oh yeah? I'll show you!

Robo-Plankton 2: I went to community college!

Robo Plankton 3: Shut up you stupid robots!

Robo-Plankton 6: You over sized pumpy grinder!

Robo-Plankton 7: Come here and fight like a bottle of soap with anchor arms!

All Robo-Planktons: blah blah blah

SpongeBob: Well Plankton, i hope you learned your lesson.

Plankton: Oh yes i certainly did! Next time I'll get it right!

(Patrick steps on Plankton)

Patrick: We won! Let's go get ice cream!

Plankton: (muffling in disagreement: mmmmmmm!)

Sandy: Might I remind you that there are still robots out there making a mess of Bikini Bottom!

SpongeBob: Sandy is right.

Patrick: I thought she was a squirrel.

Squidward: I'm being punished. I don't know for what but I'm being punished.

SpongeBob: There's still work to be done out there. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy wouldn't stop, and neither will I. We can't rest until Bikini Bottom is safe!

(SpongeBob blinks a few times and then smiles, and then does something with his finger to his nose)

Trivia

• In some videos from IGN, Sandy rode down slides with her tail, but in the final version, this was replaced with a snowboard
• If it's St Patrick's Day the Tubelet enemy will attack you with green flames.
• When you look at the stage level before entering downtown bikini bottom it is a location error because when you do not enter the place exactly looks like the picture of bikini bottom.
• The PC version is much different than the video game. There are only 5 levels in the PC version.
• In the PC version, Plankton said bad word #11 from the episode Sailor Mouth

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