SpongeBob SquarePants season 3

SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series. The third season was on television from October 5, 2001 to March 21, 2003.

SpongeBob SquarePants season 3
Starring	Tom Kenny Bill Fagerbakke Rodger Bumpass Clancy Brown Mr. Lawrence Jill Talley Carolyn Lawrence Mary Jo Catlett Lori Alan
No. of episodes	20 (37 segments)
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon
Original release	October 5, 2001 (2001-10-05) – March 21, 2003 (2003-03-21)
chronology
List of episodes

Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of SpongeBob Squarepants, stopped making the television series in order to make The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The television series was meant to end after the movie was released. Because the movie was so popular, the television series continued.

The third season won both the 2003 and 2004 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon.

Episodes

See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Animation directors [a]	Written by [a]	Original air date [1]	Prod. code [2]	U.S. viewers (millions)
41	1	"The Algae's Always Greener"	Frank Weiss	Written by : Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	March 22, 2002 (2002-03-22)	5572–188	4.55[3] 2.64[3] (HH)[b]
		"SpongeGuard on Duty"	Sean Dempsey	Written by : Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Mark O'Hare		5572–187
42	2	"Club SpongeBob"	Andrew Overtoom	Written by : Walt Dohrn and Mark O'Hare	July 5, 2002 (2002-07-05)[DVD 1]	5572–192	2.52[4]
		"My Pretty Seahorse"	Tom Yasumi	Written by : Kent Osborne and Paul Tibbitt		5572–193
43	3	"Just One Bite"	Sean Dempsey	Written by : Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams	October 5, 2001 (2001-10-05)	5572–194	2.92[5]
		"The Bully"	Frank Weiss	Written by : Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams		5572–191
44	4	"Nasty Patty"	Tom Yasumi	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kaz, and Mark O'Hare	March 1, 2002 (2002-03-01)	5572–195	3.91[6] 2.65[6] (HH)[b]
		"Idiot Box"	Andrew Overtoom	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams		5572–178
45	5	"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV"	Sean Dempsey	Written by : Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams	January 21, 2002 (2002-01-21)	5572–177	5.74[7] 3.29[7] (HH)[b]
		"Doing Time"	Frank Weiss	Written by : Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams		5572–186
46	6	"Snowball Effect"	Andrew Overtoom	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	February 22, 2002 (2002-02-22)	5572–189	3.85[8] 2.29[8] (HH)[b]
		"One Krabs Trash"	Tom Yasumi	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Mark O'Hare		5572–184
47	7	"As Seen on TV"	Frank Weiss	Written by : Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	March 8, 2002 (2002-03-08)	5572–172	3.65[9]
		"Can You Spare a Dime?"	Sean Dempsey	Written by : Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams		5572–190
48	8	"No Weenies Allowed"	Andrew Overtoom	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	March 15, 2002 (2002-03-15)	5572–200	4.78[10] 2.92[10] (HH)[b]
		"Squilliam Returns"	Sean Dempsey	Written by : Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams		5572–199
49	9	"Krab Borg"	Tom Yasumi	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Mark O'Hare	March 29, 2002 (2002-03-29)	5572–197	4.58[11] 2.65[11] (HH)[b]
		"Rock-a-Bye Bivalve"	Sean Dempsey	Written by : Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Mark O'Hare		5572–203
50	10	"Wet Painters"	Frank Weiss	Written by : C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz, and Mark O'Hare	May 10, 2002 (2002-05-10)	5572–202	3.86[12] 2.60[12] (HH)[b]
		"Krusty Krab Training Video"		Written by : Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt, Kent Osborne		5572–198
51	11	"Party Pooper Pants" "SpongeBob’s House Party"	Andrew Overtoom	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Mark O'Hare Merriwether Williams, Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne (Live Action)	May 17, 2002 (2002-05-17)	5572–204	6.32[13] 3.88[13] (HH)[b]
						5572–205
52	12	"Chocolate with Nuts"	Andrew Overtoom	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kaz, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	May 31, 2002 (2002-05-31)	5572–196	4.33[14] 3.41[14] (HH)[b]
		"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V"	Frank Weiss	Written by : C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz, and Merriwether Williams		5572–206
53	13	"New Student Starfish"	Tom Yasumi	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Mark O'Hare	September 20, 2002 (2002-09-20)	5572–201	3.92[15] 2.69[15] (HH)[b]
		"Clams"	Sean Dempsey	Written by : Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Mark O'Hare		5572–207
54	14	"Ugh" "SpongeBob B.C."	Andrew Overtoom	Written by : Paul Tibbitt and Kent Osborne Merriwether Williams (Live Action)	November 5, 2002 (2002-11-05)	5572–208	5.96[16] 4.11[16] (HH)[b]
						5572–220
55	15	"The Great Snail Race"	Andrew Overtoom	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Joe Liss (TV), Merriwether Williams (DVD)	November 6, 2002 (2002-11-06)	5572–216	4.10[17] 2.72[17] (HH)[b]
		"Mid-Life Crustacean"	Frank Weiss	Written by : C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz, and Mark O'Hare		5572–210
56	16	"Born Again Krabs"	Tom Yasumi	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	November 12, 2002 (2002-11-12)[DVD 2]	5572–213	3.60[18]
		"I Had an Accident"	Frank Weiss	Written by : C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz, and Merriwether Williams		5572–214
57	17	"Krabby Land"	Andrew Overtoom	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Mark O'Hare	November 13, 2002 (2002-11-13)	5572–212	5.40[19] 3.57[20] (HH)[b]
		"The Camping Episode"	Sean Dempsey	Written by : Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams		5572–215
58	18	"Missing Identity"	Tom Yasumi	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams	November 14, 2002 (2002-11-14)	5572–209	5.66[21] 4.07[22] (HH)[b]
		"Plankton's Army"	Sean Dempsey	Written by : Jay Lender, Sam Henderson, and Merriwether Williams		5572–211
59	19	"The Sponge Who Could Fly" "Lost Episode"	Andrew Overtoom and Tom Yasumi	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams Jay Lender and Sam Henderson (Live Action)	March 21, 2003 (2003-03-21)[DVD 3]	5572–217	7.64[23] 4.33[23] (HH)[b]
						5572–219
60	20	"SpongeBob Meets the Strangler"	Tom Yasumi	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, C.H. Greenblatt, and Merriwether Williams	November 19, 2002 (2002-11-19)[DVD 4]	5572–221	4.61[24] 3.47[24] (HH)[b]
		"Pranks a Lot"	Andrew Overtoom	Written by : Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, and Merriwether Williams		5572–218

DVD release

The DVD boxset for season three was released by Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon in the United States and Canada on September 27, 2005, almost a year after the season had completed broadcast on television.^[25][26] The DVD release features bonus materials including the pilot episode "Help Wanted" and featurettes.^[25]

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 3rd Season
Set details[25]			Special features[25]
20 episodes 3-disc set 1.33:1 aspect ratio Languages: English, French and Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)			"Help Wanted" Pop-Up Trivia Facts for "My Pretty Seahorse", "No Weenies Allowed", and "Krusty Krab Training Video" How to Draw SpongeBob and Friends featurette
Release dates
Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
September 27, 2005[26]	December 3, 2007[27]	November 8, 2007[28]

Notes

1. Information is taken from the opening credits of each episode.
2. (HH) denotes the amount of households that an episode was viewed in on premiere.

1. This episode was released on the Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies DVD in 2002.
2. This episode was released on the Tales from the Deep DVD in 2003.
3. This episode was released on the Lost at Sea DVD in 2003.
4. This episode was released on The Seascape Capers DVD in 2004.