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SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode release dates & where to watch

Premiered

Monday, January 21, 2002

Ended: Monday, October 11, 2004

When does SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 come out?

SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 premiered Monday, January 21, 2002 on Nickelodeon and ended Monday, October 11, 2004. The season has 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!

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SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 release schedule

SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 episode release dates
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1. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

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

Monday · 24 years ago

2. Doing Time

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

Monday · 24 years ago

3. Welcome to the Chum Bucket

SpongeBob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket.

Monday · 24 years ago

4. Frankendoodle

SpongeBob creates DoodleBob.

Monday · 24 years ago

5. Snowball Effect

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

Friday · 24 years ago

6. One Krab's Trash

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

Friday · 24 years ago

7. 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?

Friday · 24 years ago

8. 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.

Friday · 24 years ago

9. As Seen on TV

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

Friday · 24 years ago

10. 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.

Friday · 24 years ago

11. No Weenies Allowed

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

Friday · 24 years ago

12. 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.

Friday · 24 years ago

13. 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.

Friday · 24 years ago

14. SpongeGuard on Duty

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

Friday · 24 years ago

15. Krab Borg

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

Friday · 24 years ago

16. Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

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

Friday · 24 years ago

17. 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.

Friday · 24 years ago

18. Krusty Krab Training Video

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

Friday · 24 years ago

19. Party Pooper Pants Mid-season finale

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.

Friday · 24 years ago

20. Chocolate with Nuts

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

Saturday · 24 years ago

21. 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.

Saturday · 24 years ago

22. 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.

Friday · 24 years ago

23. My Pretty Seahorse

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

Friday · 24 years ago

24. Graveyard Shift

SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.

Friday · 24 years ago

25. Krusty Love

Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

Friday · 24 years ago

26. 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?

Friday · 24 years ago

27. 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.

Friday · 24 years ago

28. The Great Snail Race

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

Friday · 23 years ago

29. 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.

Friday · 23 years ago

30. 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.

Friday · 23 years ago

31. Gary Takes a Bath

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

Saturday · 23 years ago

32. 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.

Saturday · 23 years ago

33. 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.

Saturday · 23 years ago

34. Missing Identity

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

Monday · 22 years ago

35. 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.

Monday · 22 years ago

36. Ugh

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

Friday · 22 years ago

37. 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.

Saturday · 22 years ago

38. 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.

Saturday · 22 years ago

39. 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.

Monday · 22 years ago

40. Pranks a Lot Finale

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.

Monday · 22 years ago

SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 guest stars

  • Dee Bradley Baker

    Dee Bradley Baker

    Squilliam Fancyson (voice)

  • John Rhys-Davies

    John Rhys-Davies

    Man Ray (voice)

  • Ernest Borgnine

    Ernest Borgnine

    Mermaid Man (voice)

  • Tim Conway

    Tim Conway

    Barnacle Boy (voice)

  • Sirena Irwin

    Sirena Irwin

    Margaret SquarePants (voice)

  • Brian Doyle-Murray

    Brian Doyle-Murray

    Flying Dutchman (voice)

  • Frank Welker

    Frank Welker

    Mystery (voice)

  • André Sogliuzzo

    André Sogliuzzo

    Gorilla

  • Steve Kehela

    Steve Kehela

    TV Narrator (voice)

  • Thomas F. Wilson

    Thomas F. Wilson

    Tattletale Strangler (voice)

  • Rodney Bingenheimer

    Rodney Bingenheimer

    DJ (voice)

  • Dan Povenmire

    Dan Povenmire

    Running Man on TV

  • Martin Olson

    Martin Olson

    The Chief

  • Tom Wilson

    Tom Wilson

    Cop #2 (voice)

  • Carlos Alazraqui

    Carlos Alazraqui

    Fish #1 (voice)

  • Stephen Hillenburg

    Stephen Hillenburg

    Potty the Parrot (voice)

SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 FAQ

When does SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 come out?

SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 premiered Monday, January 21, 2002 on Nickelodeon.

How many episodes are in SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3?

SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 has 40 episodes.

Are new episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 released weekly?

Episodes are released on a mixed schedule; check the dates below.

When is the SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 finale?

The SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 finale (Episode 40) aired Monday, October 11, 2004.

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