Season 3
SpongeBob SquarePants

Season 3

2002 episodes

Episodes

1
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

Jan 21, 200211m8.7

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

2
Doing Time

Doing Time

Jan 21, 200211m8.5

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

3
Welcome to the Chum Bucket

Welcome to the Chum Bucket

Jan 21, 200211m9.3

SpongeBob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket.

4
Frankendoodle

Frankendoodle

Jan 21, 200211m9.0

SpongeBob creates DoodleBob.

5
Snowball Effect

Snowball Effect

Feb 22, 200211m8.9

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

6
One Krab's Trash

One Krab's Trash

Feb 22, 200211m9.2

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

7
Nasty Patty

Nasty Patty

Mar 1, 200211m9.5

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
Idiot Box

Idiot Box

Mar 1, 200211m8.6

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
As Seen on TV

As Seen on TV

Mar 8, 200211m9.0

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

10
Can You Spare a Dime?

Can You Spare a Dime?

Mar 8, 200211m9.6

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
No Weenies Allowed

No Weenies Allowed

Mar 15, 200211m9.1

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

12
Squilliam Returns

Squilliam Returns

Mar 15, 200211m9.2

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
The Algae's Always Greener

The Algae's Always Greener

Mar 22, 200211m9.3

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
SpongeGuard on Duty

SpongeGuard on Duty

Mar 22, 200211m8.4

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

15
Krab Borg

Krab Borg

Mar 29, 200211m9.4

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

16
Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

Mar 29, 200211m9.4

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

17
Wet Painters

Wet Painters

May 10, 200211m9.3

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
Krusty Krab Training Video

Krusty Krab Training Video

May 10, 200211m9.4

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

19
Party Pooper Pants

Party Pooper Pants

May 17, 200222m8.3

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
Chocolate with Nuts

Chocolate with Nuts

Jun 1, 200211m9.4

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

21
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

Jun 1, 200211m9.2

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

22
Club SpongeBob

Club SpongeBob

Jul 12, 200211m9.2

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
My Pretty Seahorse

My Pretty Seahorse

Jul 12, 200211m8.8

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

24
Graveyard Shift

Graveyard Shift

Sep 6, 200211m9.6

SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.

25
Krusty Love

Krusty Love

Sep 6, 200211m9.2

Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

26
New Student Starfish

New Student Starfish

Sep 20, 200211m8.5

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
Clams

Clams

Sep 20, 200211m8.7

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
The Great Snail Race

The Great Snail Race

Jan 24, 200311m8.2

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

29
Mid-Life Crustacean

Mid-Life Crustacean

Jan 24, 200311m9.0

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
The Sponge Who Could Fly

The Sponge Who Could Fly

Mar 21, 200322m7.9

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
Gary Takes a Bath

Gary Takes a Bath

Jul 26, 20037m8.0

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

32
Born Again Krabs

Born Again Krabs

Oct 4, 200311m9.3

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
I Had an Accident

I Had an Accident

Oct 4, 200311m9.7

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
Missing Identity

Missing Identity

Jan 19, 200411m8.9

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

35
Plankton's Army

Plankton's Army

Jan 19, 200411m8.7

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
Ugh

Ugh

Mar 5, 200422m8.6

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

37
Krabby Land

Krabby Land

Apr 3, 200411m8.4

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
The Camping Episode

The Camping Episode

Apr 3, 200411m9.5

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
SpongeBob Meets the Strangler

SpongeBob Meets the Strangler

Oct 11, 200411m7.9

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
Pranks a Lot

Pranks a Lot

Oct 11, 200411m8.7

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.