SpongeBob in video games/Trivia

## General

* The remake was released on June 23, 2020.
* It is a remake of the console versions of Heavy Iron Studios' *SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom* (2003).
* This version of the game features a robot Squidward boss battle. While the GameBoy Advance version included the boss battle, the original console version of this game was going to feature a robot Squidward battle, but was scrapped.

* This is the first *SpongeBob SquarePants* video game for many things:
	+ To be released through Steam;
	+ To be released for the PC since *SpongeBob and the Clash of Triton* in 2011;
	+ Where the PC, mobile and console versions are identical to each other;
	+ To be developed by Purple Lamp Studios and published by THQ Nordic;
	+ To be released for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Stadia unless the crossover game *Nickelodeon Kart Racers* is counted;
	+ To use Unreal Engine 4 as the game engine. Additionally, the tool named after the Robo-Patrick boss level, normally used to mod the original *Battle for Bikini Bottom* and *Movie*, was used to extract and remake assets using a max script found inside the archives, and the creator "igorseabra" was credited.
	+ To be a remake of an older *SpongeBob* game.
	+ To have two special editions.
	+ To have Japanese dubbing.
* The disc for the PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game have a different changes:
	+ The PS4 has the same artwork that's seen on the front cover, it’s also the same disc artwork used on the PC version.
	+ On the Xbox One version, it shows the Bikini Bottom sky instead of SpongeBob, Patrick and Sandy.
* If the player goes to the "Downtown Bikini Bottom" level to the mission "Tikis go Boom" behide the First Nautical Bank where Patrick's sock is at they will see a hidden message in coral saying "hi."
* Multiple retailers, including Walmart, broke the street date on releasing *Rehydrated*, which was set on June 23, 2020. People were reportedly able to purchase and play the game at least a week in advance of the intended release date.
* This is the second *SpongeBob* game to have an ESRB rating of E10+, following *Plankton's Robotic Revenge*. The original *Battle for Bikini Bottom* was rated Everyone; the "Everyone 10+" rating did not exist until 2005, two years after the original game was released.
	+ However, the mobile app version has a rating of E for "Everyone."

* Karen appears in the Chum Bucket. In the original version of the video game, her wall form was used. In *Battle for Bikini Bottom - Rehydrated*, her design is a mix of her wall form and mobile form: the monitor is attached to the wall and has a control panel like her wall form, but it also has a stalk under it like her mobile form.

* In the Jellyfish Fields level, when SpongeBob says to Squidward, "Oh my gosh -- you're bald!" he makes his surprised face from *The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie*; This can also be seen if the player leaves Patrick or SpongeBob idle.
	+ For one of SpongeBob's other idle animations he clucks like a chicken from "Little Yellow Book."
* On the Nintendo Switch version, Purple Lamp Studios is not seen on the front cover of the game while it's seen on the Xbox 1, PS4 and PC versions of the game.
* The box art uses the 2009-2017 version of the *SpongeBob SquarePants* logo instead of the version of the logo being used at the time of the game's release.
* In a few points in the game, the player will see a fish that will dab in some levels.
* The game's box art features a few key changes:
	+ SpongeBob is in the same pose from the original game's box art, except his eyelids are fully open with only one "brow" furrowed instead of both and he is not wearing an army helmet.
	+ The box art for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions depict the Krusty Krab in front of the lighthouse. The box art for the Nintendo Switch version adds SpongeBot SteelPants above the characters, but the Krusty Krab is missing from the shot. The box art for the PC version fits both the Krusty Krab and SpongeBot SteelPants.
* The game is internally referred to in the game files as "Pineapple" in reference to SpongeBob's house.
* While the game wasn't released for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions can respectively be played on those systems due to backwards compatibility.
* The achievements for this game are actually taken from a page of the Video Game Fanon Wiki. The wiki itself is in fact mentioned in the credits.
* You can disable Hans as a shortcut to other cities, all you have to do is go to the black dot in the Goo Lagoon and then jump in it and while Hans carries you out, you'll sorta be floating so you have to keep spamming the jump into the Goo Lagoon to disable Hans.

* The sound designer from the original *Battle for Bikini Bottom*, Hacienda Post, was confirmed to be working on the game, according to a THQ Nordic livestream.
* The reveal trailer contains many episode references:
	+ Primitive SpongeBob and other primitive characters from "SB-129"
	+ Sandy in her jumpsuit from "Karate Island"
	+ SpongeBob is in his band costume from "Band Geeks"
	+ SpongeBob riding Mystery the Seahorse from "My Pretty Seahorse"
	+ SpongeBob as a snail from "I Was a Teenage Gary"
	+ The wild west from "Pest of the West"
	+ SpongeBob wearing his armor from "Dunces and Dragons"
	+ mocking SpongeBob from "Little Yellow Book"
	+ SpongeBob's flower uniform from "Krabby Land"
	+ The Krusty Krab Pizza from "Pizza Delivery"
	+ Mrs. Puff doing a guitar solo from "Band Geeks"
* Unlike *Battle for Bikini Bottom* and its *Rehydrated* version, Mr. Krabs is voiced by Clancy Brown, his original actor.
* This is the first major original *SpongeBob SquarePants* video game since *SpongeBob HeroPants* in 2015. The only other console games in that time span are *Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated* and *SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off - Extra Krusty Edition*, the former of which is a remake of the 2003 game.
* Smyths Toy Superstores was the first recorded retailer that allowed pre-orders of this video game.

* According to the Store API release date listed on SteamDB, this game was originally planned to be released on July 15, 2022. However, it seems that the original release date got delayed as this game instead appeared at the THQ Nordic digital showcase on August 12, 2022.
	+ THQ Nordic 2022 Digital Showcase promotion from Purple Lamp Studios features SpongeBob using binoculars similarly to some stock art.
* In the game's trailer, when Mrs. Puff is close to the camera in the final take, we can see the *Cosmic Shake* letters are behind her, but the series logo is in front of her.
* This video game has an ESRB rating of E10+ for "Everyone 10+" according to the Xbox website.
	+ This is the second non-remake/non-crossover *SpongeBob SquarePants* video game to have an ESRB rating of E10+ for "Everyone 10+." The first is *Plankton's Robotic Revenge*.
* Incidental 105 is seen as a cavewoman in this game.
* For unknown reasons, *The Cosmic Shake* doesn't have the Latin Spanish dub despite the fact that *Battle for Bikini Bottom: Rehydrated* has it.