Rock Bottom is a small town in a deep sea trench located beneath Bikini Bottom, seen in the episode Rock Bottom. The road between the two towns is so perfectly vertical that it can only be accessed by a bus. Sunlight doesn't reach this part of the water so everything is always pitch black except for a few street lights. Signs are written in a language based on English except with the letters distorted, inverted, or in a different orientation. The soil is a green, living sludge that can talk. The residents of Rock Bottom are bioluminescent and appear strange and monstrous, being based on real-life creatures found in the deepest areas of the ocean. They do speak English, except they blow a raspberry at the start, middle, and/or end of a sentence. Rock Bottom made a second appearance in the "SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D" theme park 4-D ride.
The entry area of Rock Bottom contains a "Kandy" machine. The road that leads back to Bikini Bottom and restrooms, although foreigners cannot tell which is the men's room and which the women's due to the weird symbols used to mark them, and are unable to determine the genders of the inhabitants. Rock Bottom also has a major bus station, although the bus is extremely hard to catch. There is also an information booth, with extremely long waiting lines. SpongeBob once attempted to be first in line but the residents scared him so badly he was forced to be 329th in line. There is also a police station and a prison as seen in Spongebob's Boating Bash. There are also many billboards. The signs on the bathroom doors have question marks on them.
Although it makes only one appearance in the show, Rock Bottom is featured in several SpongeBob video games. Rock Bottom makes an appearance in SuperSponge as the fourth chapter of the game. In Employee of the Month, Rock Bottom is the location of the game's second chapter. It also includes a TV network WSEA with weatherman Gary Gulper. Plus a soda bar called the Rusty Anchor, run by a muscular fish named Big Mac. Also, the weather wizard of Rocky Town named Puff Puff lives there.
SpongeBob waiting for the "Buz" to go home in Rock Bottom.
In Battle for Bikini Bottom, the Rock Bottom Museum is shown. It features a lot of artwork and has an advanced security system, and Barnacle Boy works as a security guard there. The Trench of Advanced Darkness is a trench that is lower than the city itself. There is also a spoof on the game where SpongeBob goes for a kelp bar and a bus goes by.
In The Yellow Avenger, this is where you find The Flying Dutchman. You can also see the bus station, which is accessible. There is also a Giant Anchor. A vending machine can be found inside the bus station.
It appears again in SpongeBob's Truth Or Square during the 24 Hour Shift Flashback Level. It is where the entire level occurs.
