SpongeBob SquarePants — Season 3
SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)

Season 3

8.8 2002 40 episodes

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!

Episodes

  1. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

    1. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

    Jan 21, 2002 11m 8.4

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

  2. Doing Time

    2. Doing Time

    Jan 21, 2002 11m 8.1

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

  3. Welcome to the Chum Bucket

    3. Welcome to the Chum Bucket

    Jan 21, 2002 11m 9.1

    SpongeBob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket.

  4. Frankendoodle

    4. Frankendoodle

    Jan 21, 2002 11m 9.3

    SpongeBob creates DoodleBob.

  5. Snowball Effect

    5. Snowball Effect

    Feb 22, 2002 11m 8.7

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

  6. One Krab's Trash

    6. One Krab's Trash

    Feb 22, 2002 12m 8.9

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

  7. Nasty Patty

    7. Nasty Patty

    Mar 1, 2002 11m 9.2

    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

    8. Idiot Box

    Mar 1, 2002 11m 8.9

    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

    9. As Seen on TV

    Mar 8, 2002 11m 8.7

    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?

    10. Can You Spare a Dime?

    Mar 8, 2002 11m 9.6

    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

    11. No Weenies Allowed

    Mar 15, 2002 11m 9.0

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

  12. Squilliam Returns

    12. Squilliam Returns

    Mar 15, 2002 12m 9.0

    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

    13. The Algae's Always Greener

    Mar 22, 2002 12m 9.1

    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

    14. SpongeGuard on Duty

    Mar 22, 2002 11m 8.2

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

  15. Krab Borg

    15. Krab Borg

    Mar 29, 2002 12m 9.2

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

  16. Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

    16. Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

    Mar 29, 2002 11m 9.3

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

  17. Wet Painters

    17. Wet Painters

    May 10, 2002 11m 9.1

    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

    18. Krusty Krab Training Video

    May 10, 2002 12m 9.3

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

  19. Party Pooper Pants

    19. Party Pooper Pants

    May 17, 2002 24m 8.2

    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

    20. Chocolate with Nuts

    Jun 1, 2002 11m 9.2

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

  21. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

    21. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

    Jun 1, 2002 12m 8.9

    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

    22. Club SpongeBob

    Jul 12, 2002 11m 9.0

    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

    23. My Pretty Seahorse

    Jul 12, 2002 11m 8.7

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

  24. Graveyard Shift

    24. Graveyard Shift

    Sep 6, 2002 12m 9.5

    SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.

  25. Krusty Love

    25. Krusty Love

    Sep 6, 2002 12m 8.9

    Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

  26. New Student Starfish

    26. New Student Starfish

    Sep 20, 2002 12m 8.4

    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

    27. Clams

    Sep 20, 2002 12m 8.6

    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

    28. The Great Snail Race

    Jan 24, 2003 12m 7.9

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

  29. Mid-Life Crustacean

    29. Mid-Life Crustacean

    Jan 24, 2003 11m 8.6

    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

    30. The Sponge Who Could Fly

    Mar 21, 2003 24m 7.7

    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

    31. Gary Takes a Bath

    Jul 26, 2003 7m 8.0

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

  32. Born Again Krabs

    32. Born Again Krabs

    Oct 4, 2003 12m 9.0

    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

    33. I Had an Accident

    Oct 4, 2003 12m 9.5

    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

    34. Missing Identity

    Jan 19, 2004 11m 8.8

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

  35. Plankton's Army

    35. Plankton's Army

    Jan 19, 2004 11m 8.8

    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

    36. Ugh

    Mar 5, 2004 24m 8.6

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

  37. Krabby Land

    37. Krabby Land

    Apr 3, 2004 11m 8.1

    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

    38. The Camping Episode

    Apr 3, 2004 11m 9.5

    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

    39. SpongeBob Meets the Strangler

    Oct 11, 2004 11m 8.0

    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

    40. Pranks a Lot

    Oct 11, 2004 11m 8.4

    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.