SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month is the second SpongeBob SquarePants PC game released. It is a point and click computer game that was released on September 22, 2002.
Despite its title, it is not related to the season 1 episode of the same name.
Characters
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- Sandy Cheeks
- Patrick Star
- Squidward Tentacles
- Eugene H. Krabs
- Gary the Snail
- 4,132 Twins (debut)
- Marty (debut)
- Nelson (debut)
- Carlton Ritts (debut)
- Dame Mackerel (debut)
- Eugene the cashier (debut)
- Rock Bottom information lady (debut)
- Tiffany the Receptionist (debut)
- Jojo the Repairman (debut)
- Marlin the Weather Wizard (debut)
- Green soil (cameo)
- Stella (debut)
- Grandma SquarePants
- Larry the Lobster
- Mermaid Man
- Barnacle Boy
- Shapiro The Matire'd (debut)
- Cowfish Craig (debut)
- Snake
- Ray (debut)
- Federico the Waiter (debut)
- Lisa the Coat Check Girl (debut)
- Tony the Bouncer (debut)
- Big Mac the Bartender (debut)
- Gary Gulper (debut)
- Pretty jewelry girl (debut)
Story
Chapter 1: Employee of the Year
SpongeBob wins the "Employee of the Month" award once again, so Mr. Krabs decides to name him the "Employee of the Year." He then receives a mysterious mail package containing two free tickets to "Neptune's Pacific Paradise," and later gives them to SpongeBob for winning the "Employee of the Year" award, with SpongeBob saying they must've cost a fortune; however, they were actually free.
Locations
"Chapter 2: Hitting Rock Bottom"
SpongeBob and Patrick get on the bus but suddenly, the weather gets really bad, so they get lost and end up in Rock Bottom (again). The goal is to figure out why the weather is stormy, and to fix it.
Locations
- Rock Bottom
- Rock Bottom Bus Station
- WSEA TV
- The Rusty Anchor
- Marlin's Cave
"Chapter 3: Back to Square One"
They get out of Rock Bottom, but SpongeBob and Patrick do some annoying things on the bus, so the bus driver tricks them and says that the bus ran out of gas. They get left behind and have to find a new way to get to Neptune's Paradise. The goal is to get on Sandy's rocket.
Locations
- Diner
- Jellyfish Fields
- Conch Street (SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick's houses)
- Sardine's Sundries
- Squidward's Dream
- Sandy's treedome
"Chapter 4: Bottoms Up!"
The oxygen fuel tank in Sandy's rocket runs out of oxygen (thanks to Patrick stepping on the gas pump), and they get stuck in Bottoms Up. The goal is to get the oxygen tanks filled at a place called Oxygen Springs so that SpongeBob and Patrick can get to Neptune's Paradise. But the real question is: "where will SpongeBob find a jacket?"
Locations
- Rocket Crash
- Oxygen Springs
- Waverly Hills
- Sublime Seafoods
In the ending sequence, SpongeBob and his friends get to Neptune's Paradise, but an employee tells them that the park is closed to make way for a private party, breaking SpongeBob and Patrick's hearts. SpongeBob and Patrick cry (although he was only yelling and banging his arms/legs on the floor as if he was having a tantrum). He says it is "SpringBoob SquirePin's" party, and Sandy tells him that he made an error in pronunciation. SpongeBob and Patrick are overjoyed as their hearts are fixed, and several characters that they met throughout the game jump out and say: "Surprise!" They all ride the rides and have a lot of fun.
The ending shows them all leaving Neptune's Paradise, except Patrick, who is still on a ride.
Trivia
- The outfit that Patrick wears throughout most of the game, (consisting of a green baseball cap, a lavender shirt, his usual green swim trunks with purple flowers, and a camera), is seen on him in the beginning of "Neptune's Spatula."
- If the player clicks on the Operation Krabby Patty poster inside WSEA TV, SpongeBob breaks the fourth wall by saying, "Ooo! Operation Krabby Patty! That was my very first game... good times, good times."
- Technically, this is not true because Legend of the Lost Spatula was the first SpongeBob game to be released, and in Europe, SuperSponge also came out before-hand. However, Operation Krabby Patty was the first SpongeBob PC game.
- In Chapter Two, there is a man named Jojo fixing an antenna who asks SpongeBob for a soda and SpongeBob gets him a Diet Caffeine Free Coral Cola with a Lemon Twist; the drink is a reference to the episode "No Weenies Allowed."
- The "SpringBoob SquirePin" joke is taken from the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II."
- When pointing the cursor over the giant candle in the room with the Slot machine in chapter two, the game will say, "Look at Giant Freakin' Candle."
- SpongeBob notices a calendar from 1969 at Sardine's Sundries and if the player clicks on it, he says, "That calendar needs to be updated! Who are The Doobie Brothers?"
- When Mr. Krabs opens the envelope containing tickets to Neptune's Paradise, the name "Nickelodeon" can be identified on the blurred-out stamp.
- SpongeBob has a pinup of Sandy in his locker at the Krusty Krab.
- When the rocket in Sandy's treedome is blasting off in the end of Chapter 3, there are two trees in the treedome. This is likely an error in scene production.
- After talking to the information lady in Rock Bottom, she says, "You can check out any time you like - but you can never leave." This is a reference to the song "Hotel California" by The Eagles.
- The names of the two characters, Marty and Nelson, might be a reference to the actor and musician named Marty Nelson.
- How SpongeBob cries in the ending after finding out that Neptune's Paradise is closed is a reference to the episode "Pizza Delivery."
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