Season 3

SpongeBob SquarePantsSeason 3

2002
40 Episodes

Episodes

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV
S03E01
9.0

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

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

21 Jan 200211m
Doing Time
S03E02
8.5

Doing Time

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

21 Jan 200211m
Welcome to the Chum Bucket
S03E03
9.3

Welcome to the Chum Bucket

SpongeBob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket.

21 Jan 200211m
Frankendoodle
S03E04
9.2

Frankendoodle

SpongeBob creates DoodleBob.

21 Jan 200211m
Snowball Effect
S03E05
9.0

Snowball Effect

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

22 Feb 200211m
One Krab's Trash
S03E06
9.2

One Krab's Trash

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

22 Feb 200211m
Nasty Patty
S03E07
9.5

Nasty Patty

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?

01 Mar 200211m
Idiot Box
S03E08
9.2

Idiot Box

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.

01 Mar 200211m
As Seen on TV
S03E09
9.0

As Seen on TV

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

08 Mar 200211m
Can You Spare a Dime?
S03E10
9.6

Can You Spare a Dime?

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.

08 Mar 200211m
No Weenies Allowed
S03E11
9.1

No Weenies Allowed

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

15 Mar 200211m
Squilliam Returns
S03E12
9.2

Squilliam Returns

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.

15 Mar 200211m
The Algae's Always Greener
S03E13
9.3

The Algae's Always Greener

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.

22 Mar 200211m
SpongeGuard on Duty
S03E14
8.4

SpongeGuard on Duty

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

22 Mar 200211m
Krab Borg
S03E15
9.4

Krab Borg

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

29 Mar 200211m
Rock-a-Bye Bivalve
S03E16
9.4

Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

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

29 Mar 200211m
Wet Painters
S03E17
9.5

Wet Painters

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.

10 May 200211m
Krusty Krab Training Video
S03E18
9.6

Krusty Krab Training Video

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

10 May 200211m
Party Pooper Pants
S03E19
8.3

Party Pooper Pants

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.

17 May 200222m
Chocolate with Nuts
S03E20
9.4

Chocolate with Nuts

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

01 Jun 200211m
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V
S03E21
9.2

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

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

01 Jun 200211m
Club SpongeBob
S03E22
9.2

Club SpongeBob

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.

12 Jul 200211m
My Pretty Seahorse
S03E23
8.8

My Pretty Seahorse

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

12 Jul 200211m
Graveyard Shift
S03E24
9.6

Graveyard Shift

SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.

06 Sept 200211m
Krusty Love
S03E25
9.2

Krusty Love

Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

06 Sept 200211m
New Student Starfish
S03E26
8.6

New Student Starfish

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?

20 Sept 200211m
Clams
S03E27
9.0

Clams

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.

20 Sept 200211m
The Great Snail Race
S03E28
8.2

The Great Snail Race

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

24 Jan 200311m
Mid-Life Crustacean
S03E29
9.0

Mid-Life Crustacean

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.

24 Jan 200311m
The Sponge Who Could Fly
S03E30
7.9

The Sponge Who Could Fly

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.

21 Mar 200322m
Gary Takes a Bath
S03E31
8.3

Gary Takes a Bath

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

26 Jul 20037m
Born Again Krabs
S03E32
9.3

Born Again Krabs

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.

04 Oct 200311m
I Had an Accident
S03E33
9.7

I Had an Accident

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.

04 Oct 200311m
Missing Identity
S03E34
8.9

Missing Identity

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

19 Jan 200411m
Plankton's Army
S03E35
8.7

Plankton's Army

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.

19 Jan 200411m
Ugh
S03E36
8.6

Ugh

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

05 Mar 200422m
Krabby Land
S03E37
8.4

Krabby Land

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.

03 Apr 200411m
The Camping Episode
S03E38
9.5

The Camping Episode

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.

03 Apr 200411m
SpongeBob Meets the Strangler
S03E39
7.9

SpongeBob Meets the Strangler

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.

11 Oct 200411m
Pranks a Lot
S03E40
8.7

Pranks a Lot

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.

11 Oct 200411m