This page attempts to document certain aspects of the Nintendo GameCube game, "SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom".

Glitches and Tricks

Hyper Jump:

This is a physics abuse trick that can be used to jump much higher than normal. It's done by converting speed to height by jumping. This trick is possible anywhere that you can reach a speed greater than walking speed and the amount of height given is dependent on how fast you're moving. One of the most notable uses of this trick is during the Robo-SpongeBob fight.

Ending Robo-SpongeBob Fight Early


Though no one is certain, there are theories on why this glitch can be done. The leading theory is you don't actually collect a spatula during the cutscene after the fight; the spatula is the cutscene trigger. So our guess is that when you do the final hit on Robo-SpongeBob, there is a trigger that warps you to the spatula, and then collecting the spatula triggers the cutscene of the fight ending. So if all that is true, then if you can collect the spatula without actually defeating the boss, the cutscene will still be triggered and you'll be able to end the fight early.
First hit Robo-SpongeBob twice so he will karate chop the platform. Once he does this, you can use Hyper Jump to get enough height to reach the spatula (located directly above the starting platform). By the way, the spatula has no textures, so you won't actually be able to see it, but you'll know you did it correctly when the cutscene activates early.
This is also useful for beating Robo-SpongeBob if you did not unlock the Bubble Bowl and Cruise Bubble by skipping Robo-Sandy and Robo-Patrick respectively.

Disable the Hand


  1. Have a taxi booth at the right of the screen.
  2. Go OoB with the booth still at the right.
  3. Once the hand starts dragging you away, press "A" to take the taxi.
  4. Repeat steps 1-3

Save Glitch


The "Saving Glitch" can be activated by pausing and warping to any area in the game during the Spatula collection cutscene.
Currently, the only known way to do this is collecting a Spatula in mid air and landing on some kind of kill plane; very few areas in this game actually allow you to do this without preforming some glitches before hand but thankfully with the "Disable the Hand" glitch we can activate the saving glitch on any bungee jumping Spatula in the game.
This glitch will remove all hand related kill planes. Sadly, the route used at this time is slower if the auto-save feature is on, thus removing any use of this glitch in speedruns.

Without disabling the hand


Similar to the above, but useless as you lose control your character.

Skip Robo-Sandy

Todo: Insert Video and explain the glitch

Skip Robo-Patrick

Todo: Insert Video and explain the glitch

Bubble Bowl Boost


Todo: Explain the glitch

Bubble Bowl Boost Jump


  1. Have the hand grab you in mid-air
  2. Perform a bubble bowl
  3. Jump
This'll give you a huge boost in speed. It can even be used to bypass the hand.
Todo: Is this right? + Add more places it can be used

Kelp Forest Backwards


Todo: Explain how to perform + possible sequence breaks allowed.

Spongeball Storage


  1. Get a spongeball mid-air
  2. Land on a trampoline
  3. Revert to normal
Todo: Elaborate where it can be done to save time

Slide Slowdown


Todo: Explain the glitch and elaborate on where it can be done to save time

Cruise Boost


Doing the bubble bowl and cruise bubble can end up greatly increasing Spongebob's speed.
Since they're many tricks that can be done, the list of tricks is incomplete:

Misc. Tricks

Time savers
Others

Current Fastest Route

Newest route: http://pastebin.com/Fb1ETmnP
Based on this speedrun by Brody/COEL625, the route goes as follows:

Bikini Bottom

  1. Unlock: Door
  2. Obtain Spatula for: SPONGEBOB'S CLOSET
  3. Unlock: BIKINI BOTTOM
  4. Obtain Golden Underwear: 1
  5. Obtain Spatula: ON TOP OF THE PINEAPPLE
  6. Go to location: JELLYFISH FIELDS
Shiny Objects: 3 Spatulas: 2 Sock: 0

Jellyfish Fields

  1. Obtain Sock: 1
  2. Obtain Spatula: COWA-BUNGEE!
  3. Go to Spatula: COWA-BUNGEE!
  4. Obtain Spatula: TOP OF THE HILL
  5. Obtain Sock: 2
  6. Obtain Sock: 3
  7. Obtain Spatula: PATRICK'S DILEMMA
  8. Obtain Sock: 4
  9. Obtain Spatula: SPELUNKING
  10. Obtain Spatula: DRAIN THE LAKE
  11. Go to Spatula: ON TOP OF THE PINEAPPLE
Shiny Objects: 718 Spatulas: 7 Sock: 4

Bikini Bottom

  1. Unlock: DOWNTOWN BIKINI BOTTOM
Shiny Objects: 721 Spatulas: 7 Sock: 4

Downtown Bikini Bottom

  1. Obtain Spatula: TIKIS GO BOOM
  2. Go to Spatula: TIKIS GO BOOM
  3. Go to Spatula: TIKIS GO BOOM
  4. Go to Spatula: TIKIS GO BOOM
  5. Obtain Wheel: 1
  6. Obtain Wheel: 2
  7. Obtain Wheel: 3
  8. Unlock: SEA NEEDLE
  9. Go to location: SEA NEEDLE
  10. Go to location: DOWNTOWN BIKINI BOTTOM
  11. Obtain Wheel: 4
  12. Obtain Wheel: 5
  13. Obtain Spatula: LEARN SANDY'S MOVES
  14. Obtain Spatula: SWINGIN' SANDY
  15. Go to Spatula: ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS
  16. Obtain Wheel: 6
  17. Obtain Wheel: 7
  18. Obtain Sock: 5
  19. Obtain Wheel: 8
  20. Obtain Spatula: ACROSS THE ROOFTOPS
  21. Obtain Sock: 6
  22. Obtain Sock: 7
  23. Obtain Wheel: 9
  24. Obtain Spatula: AMBUSH IN THE LIGHTHOUSE
  25. Go to Spatula: ON TOP OF THE PINEAPPLE
Shiny Objects: 4113 Spatulas: 12 Sock: 7

Bikini Bottom

  1. Obtain Sock: 8
  2. Obtain Spatula: ANNOY SQUIDWARD
  3. Obtain Sock: 9
  4. Unlock: GOO LAGOON
Shiny Objects: 4143 Spatulas: 13 Sock: 9

Goo Lagoon

  1. Obtain Spatula: OVER THE MOAT
  2. Go to Spatula: OVER THE MOAT
  3. Obtain Sock: 10
  4. Obtain Sock: 11
  5. Obtain Spatula: KING OF THE CASTLE
  6. Obtain Sock: 12
  7. Obtain Sock: 13
  8. Obtain Spatula: THROUGH THE SEA CAVES
  9. Obtain Spatula: TOWER BUNGEE
  10. Go to Spatula: TOWER BUNGEE
  11. Obtain Sock: 14
  12. Obtain Spatula: SLIP AND SLIDE UNDER THE PIER
  13. Go to Spatula: SLIP AND SLIDE UNDER THE PIER
  14. Go to Spatula: CLEAN OUT THE BUMPER BOATS
  15. Obtain Spatula: CLEAN OUT THE BUMPER BOATS
  16. Go to Spatula: RETURN 10 SOCKS TO PATRICK
Shiny Objects: 5743 Spatulas: 19 Sock: 14

Bikini Bottom

  1. Unlock: POSEIDOME
Shiny Objects: 5746 Spatulas: 19 Sock: 14

Poseidome

  1. Obtain Spatula: RUMBLE AT THE POSEIDOME
Shiny Objects: 5746 Spatulas: 20 Sock: 14

Bikini Bottom

  1. Obtain Spatula: AMBUSH AT THE TREE DOME
  2. Obtain Sock: 15
  3. Obtain Golden Underwear: 2
  4. Obtain Spatula: ON TOP OF SHADY SHOALS
  5. Obtain Sock: 16
  6. Go to location: MERMALAIR
Shiny Objects: 6173 Spatulas: 22 Sock: 16

Mermalair

  1. Obtain Spatula: TOP OF THE ENTRANCE AREA
  2. Obtain Spatula: THE FUNNEL MACHINES
  3. Unlock: TEETER-TOTTER
  4. Obtain Spatula: THE SPINNING TOWERS OF POWER
  5. Pressed Button: 1
  6. Obtain Spatula: DEFEAT PRAWN
  7. Pressed Button: 2
  8. Obtain Spatula: TOP OF THE COMPUTER AREA
  9. Pressed Button: 3
  10. Obtain Spatula: TOP OF THE SECURITY TUNNEL
  11. Pressed Button: 4
  12. Obtain Sock: 17
  13. Obtain Spatula: COMPLETE THE ROLLING BALL ROOM
  14. Go to Spatula: SHUT DOWN THE SECURITY SYSTEM
  15. Obtain Spatula: SHUT DOWN THE SECURITY SYSTEM
  16. Go to Spatula: ON TOP OF SHADY SHOALS
Shiny Objects: 4332 Spatulas: 30 Sock: 17

Bikini Bottom

  1. Unlock: ROCK BOTTOM
Shiny Objects: 4335 Spatulas: 30 Sock: 17

Rock Bottom

  1. Obtain Spatula: SWINGALONG SPATULA
  2. Go to Spatula: SWINGALONG SPATULA
  3. Obtain Sock: 18
  4. Obtain Spatula: GET TO THE MUSEUM
  5. Obtain Sock: 19
  6. Obtain Spatula: PLUNDERING ROBOTS IN THE MUSEUM
  7. Go to Spatula: SWINGALONG SPATULA
  8. Obtain Sock: 20
  9. Obtain Spatula: SLIP SLIDING AWAY
  10. Go to Spatula: SLIP SLIDING AWAY
  11. Obtain Spatula: ACROSS THE TRENCH OF DARKNESS
  12. Go to Spatula: ACROSS THE TRENCH OF DARKNESS
  13. Obtain Spatula: HOW IN TARNATION DO YOU GET THERE?
  14. Obtain Sock: 21
  15. Go to Spatula: ON TOP OF SHADY SHOALS
Shiny Objects: 4775 Spatulas: 36 Sock: 21

Bikini Bottom

  1. Unlock: SAND MOUNTAIN
Shiny Objects: 4922 Spatulas: 36 Sock: 21

Sand Mountain

  1. Obtain Sock: 22
  2. Obtain Spatula: TOP OF THE LODGE
  3. Obtain Spatula: FROSTY BUNGEE
  4. Go to Spatula: TOP OF THE LODGE
  5. Obtain Sock: 23
  6. Unlock: FLOUNDER HILL
  7. Obtain Sock: 24
  8. Obtain Spatula: DEFEAT ROBOTS ON FLOUNDER HILL
  9. Obtain Spatula: BEAT BUBBLE BUDDY'S TIME
  10. Go to Spatula: TOP OF THE LODGE
  11. Unlock: GUPPY MOUND
  12. Obtain Sock: 25
  13. Obtain Sock: 26
  14. Obtain Sock: 27
  15. Obtain Spatula: DEFEAT ROBOTS ON GUPPY MOUND
  16. Obtain Spatula: BEAT MRS.PUFF'S TIME
  17. Go to Spatula: ON TOP OF SHADY SHOALS
Shiny Objects: 4960 Spatulas: 42 Sock: 27

Bikini Bottom

  1. Unlock: INDUSTRIAL PARK
Shiny Objects: 4963 Spatulas: 42 Sock: 27

Industrial Park

  1. Obtain Spatula: ROBO-PATRICK AHOY!
Shiny Objects: 4963 Spatulas: 43 Sock: 27

Bikini Bottom

  1. Obtain Spatula: INFESTATION AT THE KRUSTY KRAB
  2. Obtain Spatula: ON TOP OF THE CHUM BUCKET
  3. Obtain Golden Underwear: 3
  4. Go to location: SPONGEBOB'S DREAM
Shiny Objects: 5456 Spatulas: 45 Sock: 27

Spongebob's Dream

  1. Obtain Spatula: SUPER BOUNCE
  2. Unlock: PATH TO MR. KRABS
  3. Obtain Spatula: HERE YOU GO
  4. Obtain Spatula: ACROSS THE DREAMSCAPE
  5. Go to Spatula: PATRICK'S DILEMMA
  6. Go to Spatula: ACROSS THE DREAMSCAPE
  7. Obtain Spatula: FOLLOW THE BOUNCING BALL
  8. Go to Spatula: CONNECT THE TOWERS
Shiny Objects: 4468 Spatulas: 49 Sock: 27

Goo Lagoon

  1. Go to Spatula: CONNECT THE TOWERS
  2. Obtain Spatula: CONNECT THE TOWERS
  3. Save Children: 1
  4. Obtain Sock: 28
  5. Save Children: 2
  6. Save Children: 3
  7. Save Children: 4
  8. Save Children: 5
  9. Obtain Spatula: SAVE THE CHILDREN
  10. Go to Spatula: EXTREME BUNGEE
Shiny Objects: 4913 Spatulas: 51 Sock: 28

Downtown Bikini Bottom

  1. Obtain Spatula: COME BACK WITH THE CRIUSE BUBBLE
  2. Go to Spatula: COME BACK WITH THE CRIUSE BUBBLE
  3. Obtain Wheel: 10
  4. Obtain Wheel: 11
  5. Obtain Spatula: EXTREME BUNGEE
  6. Go to Spatula: END OF THE ROAD
  7. Obtain Spatula: END OF THE ROAD
  8. Go to Spatula: DRAIN THE LAKE
Shiny Objects: 5397 Spatulas: 54 Sock: 28

Jellyfish Fields

  1. Obtain Sock: 29
  2. Obtain Spatula: NAVIGATE THE CANYONS AND MESAS
  3. Obtain Sock: 30
  4. Obtain Spatula: SLIDE LEAP
  5. Go to Spatula: TOP OF THE HILL
  6. Obtain Spatula: DEFEAT KING JELLYFISH
  7. Go to Spatula: ON TOP OF THE CHUM BUCKET
Shiny Objects: 6116 Spatulas: 57 Sock: 30

Bikini Bottom

  1. Unlock: KELP FOREST
Shiny Objects: 6119 Spatulas: 57 Sock: 30

Kelp Forest

  1. Obtain Spatula: KELP VINE SLIDE
  2. Obtain Spatula: BEAT MERMAID MAN'S TIME
  3. Obtain Spatula: THROUGH THE KELP CAVES
  4. Go to Spatula: THROUGH THE KELP CAVES
  5. Obtain Spatula: TIKI ROUNDUP
  6. Obtain Spatula: DOWN IN THE SWAMP
  7. Obtain Spatula: THROUGH THE WOODS
  8. Go to Spatula: ON TOP OF THE CHUM BUCKET
Shiny Objects: 6176 Spatulas: 63 Sock: 30

Bikini Bottom

  1. Unlock: FLYING DUTCHMAN'S GRAVEYARD
Shiny Objects: 6176 Spatulas: 63 Sock: 30

Flying Dutchman's Graveyard

  1. Obtain Spatula: GOO TANKER AHOY!
  2. Unlock: TREASURE CHEST
  3. Obtain Spatula: A PATH THROUGH THE GOO
  4. Obtain Spatula: TOP OF THE ENTRANCE AREA
  5. Obtain Spatula: SHIPWRECK BUNGEE
  6. Go to Spatula: SHIPWRECK BUNGEE
  7. Obtain Spatula: TOP OF THE STACK OF SHIPS
  8. Press Button: 1
  9. Press Button: 2
  10. Press Button: 3
  11. Press Button: 4
  12. Obtain Spatula: DESTROY THE ROBOT SHIP
  13. Obtain Spatula: GET ALOFT THERE, MATEY!
  14. Go to Spatula: RETURN 10 SOCKS TO PATRICK
Shiny Objects: 3744 Spatulas: 70 Sock: 30

Bikini Bottom

  1. Obtain Spatula: RETURN 10 SOCKS TO PATRICK
  2. Obtain Spatula: RETURN 10 SOCKS TO PATRICK
  3. Obtain Spatula: RETURN 10 SOCKS TO PATRICK
  4. Go to Spatula: ON TOP OF THE CHUM BUCKET
  5. Obtain Spatula: PAY MR. KRABS 3,000 SHINY OBJECTS
  6. Obtain Spatula: A WALL JUMP IN THE BUCKET
  7. Unlock: CHUM BUCKET LAB
Shiny Objects: 881 Spatulas: 75 Sock: 0

Chum Bucket Lab

  1. Obtain Spatula: KAH - RAH - TAE!
  2. Obtain Spatula: THE SMALL SHALE RULE... OR NOT
Shiny Objects: 931 Spatulas: 77 Sock: 0
GameResources/GC/SpongeBobSquarepantsBattleForBikiniBottom last edited by jlun2 on 9/20/2014 11:58 PM
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