Spongey Bash Buddies

Spongey Bash Buddies is a crossover fighting game released by Activision in 2025 for the Wii U, Atari 2600, and Nintendo Gamecube.

The game features multiple characters from The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie series, and was advertised as a tie-in game for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie V: Resurrection; however, although the game has been confirmed to be canon, quite a few characters featured in the game have not appeared in the movie series or The Squog Show thus far.

Gameplay
Spongey Bash Buddie's gameplay differs from most fighting games, though it is very similar to the Super Smash Bros. series of games. Up to four players can compete in the standard battle mode; the aim of the game is to launch your opponents off-screen, using each character's special moveset. Occasionally, items such as Waluigi's Phone and Snoop Dogg's Weed of Power appear to shake up the gameplay a bit.

The primary single-player mode, The Champion Saga, centers around a player using one character to defeat every character they've unlocked thus far. Other single player modes include Beat the Meat (a mode where you attempt to rack up as much damage on a piece of steak before the timer runs out), Bash Gone Sexual (an interactive FMV mode), Grand Slam Jam (a basketball mode featuring Micheal Jordan and his secret stuff), and Swamp School (a training mode).

The online mode features two separate categories; Scrub Mode and Dank MLG Mode. In Scrub Mode, the only available stage is Shrek's Swamp, and the only playable character is Squog (the game will display a picture of Donkey in place of the background); in Dank MLG Mode, all stages and characters (excluding DK's coconut gun; too OP) are available, and dank memes will be displayed on the screen as you fight. Matches fought in this mode will automatically be uploaded to YouTube as a montage video.

Roster
* Alt costumes are labeled in ; captions labeled in [ ].

Starter Characters

 * SpongeBob SquarePants (SpongeGar, Mermaid Man suit)
 * Batman (armored)
 * Wario (Biker outfit)
 * Waluigi
 * Squog (Squidward)
 * JonTron (Jontron Man, Brave Boy)
 * Shrek (knight, naked)
 * Donkey Kong (Bonzi Buddy, Harambe, le monke)
 * The Trashman (Danny DeVito)
 * Sponge (Pretzel)
 * Superman (Zod's Snapped Neck)
 * The Kilmbot (Burger King Spokesman)
 * John Cena
 * Grand Dad (Fred Fleenstone)
 * Grand Ma (Sanic, Sonic.exe)

Unlockable Characters

 * Patrick Star-lin (Patar)
 * Shaq (Shraq)
 * The Undertaker
 * Cloonbob
 * Joel Schumacher
 * Bigley
 * Chad Warden
 * Vinesauce Vinny
 * Vinesauce Joel
 * Cloud [mega edgelord]
 * Deadpool
 * Jackie Chan
 * Vin Diesel (Groot)
 * Groose
 * Carl (CAAARRLLLL!!!)
 * Doomsday a.k.a. Cave Troll Goblin Turtle Guy
 * Knuckles the Enchilada
 * Jimmy Olsen nevermind he's dead
 * Snoop Dogg
 * Katy Perry
 * Dayman
 * videogamedunkey (Dunston)
 * Bane [for you]
 * Plankton & Karen Tag Team
 * Flo Rida [WELCOME TO MY....KINGDOM]
 * Le Lenny Face
 * Pepe (rare outfit)
 * Mr. Rental (hunting outfit)

Starter Stages

 * Conch Street
 * Shrek's Swamp
 * Waluigi Pinball
 * Wario's Gold Mine
 * Wrestling Ring
 * Gotham City
 * Kongo Bongo Island (not same place)
 * Bedrock
 * Springfield Hill Zone
 * Best Western
 * Starbucks
 * Holiday Inn Express
 * Vineland Island
 * Melee Hell (original)
 * Metropolis
 * 4chan
 * SpongeBob Fanon Wiki

Unlockable Stages

 * Moon (1994)
 * The Bane Plane
 * Kilmer's Slovakian Diner
 * Beach City (DEEPEST LORE)
 * The Nutshack
 * The Salty Spitoon
 * Nipple Dimension
 * Far Far Away
 * Quahog
 * WB Studios
 * Duloc
 * My House
 * Cena-zoic Era
 * AHE's Ship
 * The Chum Bucket
 * Burger King
 * Rental Store

Competitive Community
The game caught on with competitive players very quickly, and gained a spot at EVO 2026. Fans have stated that The Trashman is the only worthwhile character to play as.

"I'M DA TRASHMAN," competitive player Danny DeVito explains. "I COME OUT, AND I THROW TRASH ALL OVER THA RING! AND THEN, I START EATIN' GAABAGE!!! AND THEN I PICK UP THA TRASH CAN, AND I BASH THA GUY ON THA HEAD!"

Fans have also concluded that The Nutshack is the only tournament-viable stage in the game.

"IT'S THE NUTSHACK!" diehard fan Tito Dick says.

Reception
The game has received universal acclaim since release, with critics claiming that it is "the best fighting game ever".

"I knew dis shit wasn't fake." -Danny DeVito

"GRAND DAD!?" -Joel

"If I take [Bane's] mask off, will he die?" -CIA

"Where's the weeb trash?" -Masahiro Sakurai

"GRAND MA!?" -Homer Seemspon

"Wii U? What is this, 2016?" -BubbleBud

"Effortless, yet perfect." -Shigeru Miyamoto