One day in Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob was showing Patrick how to blow bubbles. All of a sudden, a star-shaped portal appeared out of nowhere and took Patrick away. Another portal appears shortly after. With his options limited, SpongeBob leaped through the portal and soon arrived at the Timeless Stardial. Clockwork, the master of time, had brought SpongeBob to assist in defeating Vlad Plasmius, who plans to take over the Nickelodeon universe by mind-controlling everyone within it.