Most licensed games are terrible, but SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom was a rare exception.
Many of my earliest gaming experiences, as someone who grew up in the 2000s, were with licensed t**les based on movies and television shows rather than the uber-popular Halo: Combat Evolved or Jak & Daxter. One of the best-licensed games I played as a kid was SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, a game I fondly remember as bringing the world of SpongeBob to life while still being a fun platformer.