Episodes[]
1. The Algae's Always Greener
2. SpongeGuard on Duty
3. Club SpongeBob
4. My Pretty Seahorse
5. Just One Bite
6. The Bully
7. Nasty Patty
8. Idiot Box
9. Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy IV
10. Doing Time
11. Snowball Effect
12. One Krabs Trash
13. As Seen on TV
14. Can You Spare a Dime?
15. No Weenies Allowed
16. Squilliam Returns
17. Krab Borg
18. Rock-A-Bye Bivalve
19. Wet Painters
20. Krusty Krab Training Video
21. Party Pooper Pants (Part 1)
22. Party Pooper Pants (Part 2)
23. Chocolate with Nuts
24. Mermaid Man & Barnacle Boy V
25. New Student Starfish
26. Clams
27. Ugh (Part 1)
28. Ugh (Part 2)
29. The Great Snail Race
30. Mid-Life Crustacean
31. Born Again Krabs
32. I Had an Accident
33. Krabby Land
34. The Camping Episode
35. Missing Identity
36. Plankton's Army
37. The Sponge Who Could Fly (Part 1)
38. The Sponge Who Could Fly (Part 2)
39. SpongeBob Meets The Strangler
40. Pranks a Lot
Production[]
- During production of the previous season, Nickelodeon already renewed SpongeBob SquarePants for a third season on September 20, 2000, due to the show's high ratings across basic cable television
- Hillenburg halted production on the show to work on the 2004 film adaptation of the series, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. After production on the film, Hillenburg resigned from the show as its showrunner and appointed staff writer Paul Tibbitt to overtake the position. Season 3 was originally set to end the series after the release of the first film, but Nickelodeon denied the series from ending, leading to a fourth season.
Trivia[]
- There were three years and six days between the airing of the season 3 premiere and finale.
- To date, this is the only season in which the music tracks "Gator" and "Hello Blues" do not play.
- Most episodes in this season were produced in 2001 and 2002, and most aired in 2002, due to production of The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. Some episodes were aired in 2003 and 2004.
- * "Just One Bite" and "The Bully" are the only episodes to premiere in 2001.