SpongeBob SquarePants
SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 3

Air Date

January 21, 2002

Episodes

40 episodes

SpongeBob SquarePants

Season 3

Episodes

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

1. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

9.5
January 21, 2002
11 min

After Mermaid Man accidentally drops his utility belt, SpongeBob finds it and can't resist trying it on.

Doing Time

2. Doing Time

8.5
January 21, 2002
11 min

After SpongeBob accidentally drives into a shipment of juice to the senior home, Mrs. Puff is mistakenly arrested.

Welcome to the Chum Bucket

3. Welcome to the Chum Bucket

9.0
January 21, 2002
11 min

SpongeBob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket.

Frankendoodle

4. Frankendoodle

10.0
January 21, 2002
11 min

SpongeBob creates DoodleBob.

Snowball Effect

5. Snowball Effect

9.0
February 22, 2002
11 min

SpongeBob and Patrick try to show Squidward how much fun it can be to play in the snow.

One Krab's Trash

6. One Krab's Trash

9.5
February 22, 2002
11 min

Mr. Krabs has a garage sale and sells SpongeBob the most valuable of items.

Nasty Patty

7. Nasty Patty

9.5
March 1, 2002
11 min

A health inspector shows up at the Krusty Krab, and while he is there, SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs see the news about a guy passing himself off as a health inspector to get free food.  Mr. Krabs is so mad he and SpongeBob make a Krabby Patty made with a bunch of nasty things. After it is served to the inspector he chokes on a fly and the two think he died from the patty. They later find out that he was a real health inspector, and that the other one was caught. Now, what will SpongeBob and Mr. Krabs do with the dead health inspector?

Idiot Box

8. Idiot Box

10.0
March 1, 2002
11 min

SpongeBob and Patrick buy a big screen TV, just so they can use the box using imagination, while Squidward refuses to believe that they are using their imagination inside the box on account of all the noise they are making.

As Seen on TV

9. As Seen on TV

9.5
March 8, 2002
11 min

After SpongeBob has a small role in a commercial for the Krusty Krab, he thinks he is now famous.

Can You Spare a Dime?

10. Can You Spare a Dime?

10.0
March 8, 2002
11 min

Squidward quits his job after Mr. Krabs accuses him of stealing the first dime he ever made, but Squidward has a hard time finding a new job.

No Weenies Allowed

11. No Weenies Allowed

9.7
March 15, 2002
11 min

Spongebob must find a way to prove that he's tough so he can get into the Salty Spitoon.

Squilliam Returns

12. Squilliam Returns

10.0
March 15, 2002
11 min

When Squidward's old school rival, Squilliam, returns to Bikini Bottom to brag to Squidward, Squidward tells him that he owns a five star restaurant to get him to stop. Squidward must get Spongebob to turn the Krusty Krab into a fancy restaurant before Squilliam arrives.

The Algae's Always Greener

13. The Algae's Always Greener

9.3
March 22, 2002
11 min

Plankton invents a machine enabling him to switch lives with Mr. Krabs, but he finds out that Mr. Krab's life isn't as good as it seems.

SpongeGuard on Duty

14. SpongeGuard on Duty

8.0
March 22, 2002
11 min

SpongeBob volunteers for a lifeguard job, despite the fact that he can't swim.

Krab Borg

15. Krab Borg

9.7
March 29, 2002
11 min

After watching a horror movie, SpongeBob thinks that Mr. Krabs is a robot.

Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

16. Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

10.0
March 29, 2002
11 min

SpongeBob and Patrick find an abandoned clam and decide to take care of it.

Wet Painters

17. Wet Painters

9.5
May 10, 2002
11 min

Mr. Krabs has SpongeBob and Patrick paint the inside of his house, with a strict rule to not get paint on anything besides the walls.

Krusty Krab Training Video

18. Krusty Krab Training Video

10.0
May 10, 2002
11 min

A training video for new employees of the Krusty Krab, which goes over the basics of being a good employee.

Party Pooper Pants

19. Party Pooper Pants

9.3
May 17, 2002
22 min

SpongeBob buys a "Throw The Best Party Ever" kit and invites all 177 of his closest friends to a house party. But when he accidentally locks himself out of his house during the party, he must try to get back in.

Chocolate with Nuts

20. Chocolate with Nuts

9.7
June 1, 2002
11 min

SpongeBob and Patrick decide to become rich entrepreneurs by selling chocolate bars door to door.

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

21. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

10.0
June 1, 2002
11 min

After being treated too much like a child by everyone, Barnacle Boy quits being a superhero and decides to be a supervillain.

Club SpongeBob

22. Club SpongeBob

9.5
July 12, 2002
11 min

SpongeBob and Patrick's club is too small for Squidward... literally. But Squidward forces his way in, "propelling" the clubhouse into the middle of nowhere.

My Pretty Seahorse

23. My Pretty Seahorse

10.0
July 12, 2002
11 min

It's spring in Bikini Bottom, and SpongeBob finds a wild seahorse and decides to keep her.

Graveyard Shift

24. Graveyard Shift

9.8
September 6, 2002
11 min

SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.

Krusty Love

25. Krusty Love

10.0
September 6, 2002
11 min

Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

New Student Starfish

26. New Student Starfish

9.5
September 20, 2002
11 min

Patrick gets bored everyday when SpongeBob goes to boating school, so SpongeBob insists that Patrick could join him. But what happens when Patrick makes SpongeBob lose a Noodle Student Star?

Clams

27. Clams

8.5
September 20, 2002
11 min

In celebration of Mr. Krabs' one millionth dollar, he takes Squidward and SpongeBob on a fishing trip. After a giant clam snatches his precious dollar, Mr. Krabs tries to get it back.

The Great Snail Race

28. The Great Snail Race

9.0
January 24, 2003
11 min

When Squidward gets a purebred snail named Snelle, SpongeBob challenges him in the great snail race.

Mid-Life Crustacean

29. Mid-Life Crustacean

9.0
January 24, 2003
11 min

When Mr. Krabs feels like an aging old man, he tries to feel young again, so he goes out with SpongeBob and Patrick for a night on the town.

The Sponge Who Could Fly

30. The Sponge Who Could Fly

8.7
March 21, 2003
22 min

SpongeBob tries his best to make an invention that allows him to fly. When all of them fail, people start to think that SpongeBob is crazy until he puts a hair dryer his pants. The hot air in his pants allows him to fly! But then, people start asking SpongeBob to do things for them, stopping him from flying with the jellyfish.

Gary Takes a Bath

31. Gary Takes a Bath

9.5
July 26, 2003
7 min

The day that Gary has to take a bath arrives, but he doesn't want to take one.

Born Again Krabs

32. Born Again Krabs

9.0
October 4, 2003
11 min

After Mr. Krabs eats a rotten Krabby Patty to save money, he ends up hospitalized for food poisoning and bargains with the Flying Dutchman for his soul, leading him to second-guess his cheap and miserly ways.

I Had an Accident

33. I Had an Accident

10.0
October 4, 2003
11 min

After SpongeBob shatters his buttocks in a sandboarding injury, he becomes paranoid of everything and confines himself to his own home with inanimate objects for friends.

Missing Identity

34. Missing Identity

8.8
January 19, 2004
11 min

While at a diner, SpongeBob tells the story of when he lost his name tag.

Plankton's Army

35. Plankton's Army

8.0
January 19, 2004
11 min

It's the 25th anniversary of Plankton's first attempt to steal the Krabby Patty Secret Formula, and Plankton enlists his relatives to help him try again.

Ugh

36. Ugh

9.2
March 5, 2004
22 min

SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward's long ago ancestors, SpongeGar, Pattar, and Squagg, discover fire.

Krabby Land

37. Krabby Land

9.7
April 3, 2004
11 min

The first day of summer lures Mr. Krabs into making a children's theme park, which doesn't turn out the way he thinks it should.

The Camping Episode

38. The Camping Episode

10.0
April 3, 2004
11 min

SpongeBob and Patrick decide to go camping for the weekend, they camp out in the backyard. Squidward lures a sea bear to the campsite by doing stuff that would allure a sea bear.

SpongeBob Meets the Strangler

39. SpongeBob Meets the Strangler

7.5
October 11, 2004
11 min

SpongeBob goes on his early litter patrol when he catches The Strangler. After he calls the police, The Strangler (disguised with a fake mustache) decides to be SpongeBob's bodyguard. After three parties at SpongeBob's house, The Strangler tries to strangle SpongeBob, but never gets the chance to be alone.

Pranks a Lot

40. Pranks a Lot

8.3
October 11, 2004
11 min

SpongeBob and Patrick buy a prank called Invisible Spray. After taunting each other with the spray, they run out and decide to haunt Bikini Bottom while being invisible, preferably being ghosts. But with their last victim Mr. Krab, he washes them out with water and exposes them nude (they took their clothes off because the spray stains clothes) to the whole Krusty Krab, embarrassing them.