Similar to how the episode "Frankendoodle" begins, an artist at sea accidentally drops two pencils in the ocean while working on one of his artworks. One of the pencils lands on Patrick, and after a brief panic, remembers that it's a magic pencil that brings drawings to life. Patrick also remembers one drawing in particular that he's not allowed to draw, due to previous circumstances. This drawing turns out to be DoodleBob, where Patrick unknowingly draws him trying to remember what the forbidden drawing was.
DoodleBob comes to life and steals Patrick's pencil, running off to Downtown Bikini Bottom to cause havoc. After Patrick informs SpongeBob about DoodleBob's return, they both find the other pencil that fell from earlier, and decide to draw a hero to help stop DoodleBob. The player is then assigned to draw their own character who they will play as for the remainder of the game; SpongeBob and Patrick name the hero "DoodlePants". Soon after, an army of doodles summoned by DoodleBob arrives and kidnaps SpongeBob, prompting Patrick and the new hero DoodleBob to give chase.
After DoodlePants rescues SpongeBob, they arrive in Downtown Bikini Bottom, only to find it destroyed. It's there where they recruit Squidward, who claims to have had his clarinet stolen by the doodle army (Nicknamed "Doodle Dudes" in the game) and demands his house to be repaired.[6] Eventually, they rescue Mr. Krabs, who reopens the Krusty Krab which was closed from his absence.[7]
