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SpongeBob SquarePants — Season 3

About this season

Check out some of the funniest moments in SpongeBob history, like when Plankton trades lives with Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob patrols the beach, Patrick comes to school, the boys go camping, SpongeBob throws a party to remember, and more!

Season premiere
January 20, 2002
Episodes in the season
40
Whole season
8 h 8 min
January 21, 2002 Season fully aired October 11, 2004

Episodes

40 episodes · 8 h 8 min

  1. 21 Jan 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 1 — a still from the episode E01

    Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

    11 min

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

  2. 21 Jan 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 2 — a still from the episode E02

    Doing Time

    11 min

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

  3. 21 Jan 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 3 — a still from the episode E03

    Welcome to the Chum Bucket

    11 min

    SpongeBob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket.

  4. 21 Jan 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 4 — a still from the episode E04

    Frankendoodle

    11 min

    SpongeBob creates DoodleBob.

  5. 22 Feb 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 5 — a still from the episode E05

    Snowball Effect

    11 min

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

  6. 22 Feb 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 6 — a still from the episode E06

    One Krab's Trash

    12 min

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

  7. 1 Mar 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 7 — a still from the episode E07

    Nasty Patty

    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?

  8. 1 Mar 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 8 — a still from the episode E08

    Idiot Box

    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.

  9. 8 Mar 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 9 — a still from the episode E09

    As Seen on TV

    11 min

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

  10. 8 Mar 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 10 — a still from the episode E10

    Can You Spare a Dime?

    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.

  11. 15 Mar 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 11 — a still from the episode E11

    No Weenies Allowed

    11 min

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

  12. 15 Mar 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 12 — a still from the episode E12

    Squilliam Returns

    12 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.

  13. 22 Mar 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 13 — a still from the episode E13

    The Algae's Always Greener

    12 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.

  14. 22 Mar 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 14 — a still from the episode E14

    SpongeGuard on Duty

    11 min

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

  15. 29 Mar 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 15 — a still from the episode E15

    Krab Borg

    12 min

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

  16. 29 Mar 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 16 — a still from the episode E16

    Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

    11 min

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

  17. 10 May 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 17 — a still from the episode E17

    Wet Painters

    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.

  18. 10 May 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 18 — a still from the episode E18

    Krusty Krab Training Video

    12 min

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

  19. 17 May 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 19 — a still from the episode E19

    Party Pooper Pants

    24 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.

  20. 1 Jun 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 20 — a still from the episode E20

    Chocolate with Nuts

    11 min

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

  21. 1 Jun 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 21 — a still from the episode E21

    Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

    12 min

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

  22. 12 Jul 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 22 — a still from the episode E22

    Club SpongeBob

    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.

  23. 12 Jul 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 23 — a still from the episode E23

    My Pretty Seahorse

    11 min

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

  24. 6 Sep 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 24 — a still from the episode E24

    Graveyard Shift

    12 min

    SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.

  25. 6 Sep 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 25 — a still from the episode E25

    Krusty Love

    12 min

    Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

  26. 20 Sep 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 26 — a still from the episode E26

    New Student Starfish

    12 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?

  27. 20 Sep 2002 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 27 — a still from the episode E27

    Clams

    12 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.

  28. 24 Jan 2003 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 28 — a still from the episode E28

    The Great Snail Race

    12 min

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

  29. 24 Jan 2003 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 29 — a still from the episode E29

    Mid-Life Crustacean

    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.

  30. 21 Mar 2003 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 30 — a still from the episode E30

    The Sponge Who Could Fly

    24 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.

  31. 26 Jul 2003 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 31 — a still from the episode E31

    Gary Takes a Bath

    7 min

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

  32. 4 Oct 2003 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 32 — a still from the episode E32

    Born Again Krabs

    12 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.

  33. 4 Oct 2003 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 33 — a still from the episode E33

    I Had an Accident

    12 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.

  34. 19 Jan 2004 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 34 — a still from the episode E34

    Missing Identity

    11 min

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

  35. 19 Jan 2004 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 35 — a still from the episode E35

    Plankton's Army

    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.

  36. 5 Mar 2004 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 36 — a still from the episode E36

    Ugh

    24 min

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

  37. 3 Apr 2004 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 37 — a still from the episode E37

    Krabby Land

    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.

  38. 3 Apr 2004 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 38 — a still from the episode E38

    The Camping Episode

    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.

  39. 11 Oct 2004 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 39 — a still from the episode E39

    SpongeBob Meets the Strangler

    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.

  40. 11 Oct 2004 SpongeBob SquarePants, season 3, episode 40 — a still from the episode E40

    Pranks a Lot

    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.