SpongeBob SquarePants
Season 3
2002 • 40 Episodes
Episodes
1. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV
January 21, 2002
After Mermaid Man accidentally drops his utility belt, SpongeBob finds it and can't resist trying it on.
2. Doing Time
January 21, 2002
After SpongeBob accidentally drives into a shipment of juice to the senior home, Mrs. Puff is mistakenly arrested.
3. Welcome to the Chum Bucket
January 21, 2002
SpongeBob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket.
4. Frankendoodle
January 21, 2002
SpongeBob creates DoodleBob.
5. Snowball Effect
February 22, 2002
SpongeBob and Patrick try to show Squidward how much fun it can be to play in the snow.
6. One Krab's Trash
February 22, 2002
Mr. Krabs has a garage sale and sells SpongeBob the most valuable of items.
7. Nasty Patty
March 1, 2002
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
March 1, 2002
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
March 8, 2002
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?
March 8, 2002
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
March 15, 2002
Spongebob must find a way to prove that he's tough so he can get into the Salty Spitoon.
12. Squilliam Returns
March 15, 2002
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
March 22, 2002
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
March 22, 2002
SpongeBob volunteers for a lifeguard job, despite the fact that he can't swim.
15. Krab Borg
March 29, 2002
After watching a horror movie, SpongeBob thinks that Mr. Krabs is a robot.
16. Rock-a-Bye Bivalve
March 29, 2002
SpongeBob and Patrick find an abandoned clam and decide to take care of it.
17. Wet Painters
May 10, 2002
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
May 10, 2002
A training video for new employees of the Krusty Krab, which goes over the basics of being a good employee.
19. Party Pooper Pants
May 17, 2002
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
June 1, 2002
SpongeBob and Patrick decide to become rich entrepreneurs by selling chocolate bars door to door.
21. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V
June 1, 2002
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
July 12, 2002
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
July 12, 2002
It's spring in Bikini Bottom, and SpongeBob finds a wild seahorse and decides to keep her.
24. Graveyard Shift
September 6, 2002
SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.
25. Krusty Love
September 6, 2002
Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.
26. New Student Starfish
September 20, 2002
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
September 20, 2002
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
January 24, 2003
When Squidward gets a purebred snail named Snelle, SpongeBob challenges him in the great snail race.
29. Mid-Life Crustacean
January 24, 2003
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
March 21, 2003
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
July 26, 2003
The day that Gary has to take a bath arrives, but he doesn't want to take one.
32. Born Again Krabs
October 4, 2003
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
October 4, 2003
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
January 19, 2004
While at a diner, SpongeBob tells the story of when he lost his name tag.
35. Plankton's Army
January 19, 2004
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
March 5, 2004
SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward's long ago ancestors, SpongeGar, Pattar, and Squagg, discover fire.
37. Krabby Land
April 3, 2004
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
April 3, 2004
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
October 11, 2004
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
October 11, 2004
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.