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The Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3

Every episode of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3!

The Best Episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3

Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a...
  1. Background image for Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV
    8.7/10(1.3k votes)

    #1 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

    S3:E1

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

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  2. Background image for Doing Time
    9.1/10(1.6k votes)

    #2 - Doing Time

    S3:E2

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

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  3. Background image for Welcome to the Chum Bucket
    9.1/10(1.5k votes)

    #3 - Welcome to the Chum Bucket

    S3:E3

    SpongeBob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket.

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  4. Background image for Frankendoodle
    9.5/10(2.0k votes)

    #4 - Frankendoodle

    S3:E4

    SpongeBob creates DoodleBob.

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  5. Background image for Snowball Effect
    8.6/10(1.3k votes)

    #5 - Snowball Effect

    S3:E5

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

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  6. Background image for One Krab's Trash
    9.0/10(1.4k votes)

    #6 - One Krab's Trash

    S3:E6

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

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  8. Background image for Nasty Patty
    8.7/10(1.3k votes)

    #7 - Nasty Patty

    S3:E7

    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?

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  9. Background image for Idiot Box
    9.1/10(1.4k votes)

    #8 - Idiot Box

    S3:E8

    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.

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  10. Background image for As Seen on TV
    8.9/10(1.3k votes)

    #9 - As Seen on TV

    S3:E9

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

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  11. Background image for Can You Spare a Dime?
    9.5/10(2.3k votes)

    #10 - Can You Spare a Dime?

    S3:E10

    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.

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  12. Background image for No Weenies Allowed
    7.7/10(1.3k votes)

    #11 - No Weenies Allowed

    S3:E11

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

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  13. Background image for Squilliam Returns
    9.5/10(2.6k votes)

    #12 - Squilliam Returns

    S3:E12

    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.

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  14. Background image for The Algae's Always Greener
    8.6/10(1.3k votes)

    #13 - The Algae's Always Greener

    S3:E13

    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.

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  15. Background image for SpongeGuard on Duty
    8.1/10(1.4k votes)

    #14 - SpongeGuard on Duty

    S3:E14

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

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  16. Background image for Krab Borg
    8.4/10(1.2k votes)

    #15 - Krab Borg

    S3:E15

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

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  17. Background image for Rock-a-Bye Bivalve
    8.6/10(1.2k votes)

    #16 - Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

    S3:E16

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

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  18. Background image for Wet Painters
    9.0/10(1.5k votes)

    #17 - Wet Painters

    S3:E17

    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.

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  19. Background image for Krusty Krab Training Video
    8.6/10(1.2k votes)

    #18 - Krusty Krab Training Video

    S3:E18

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

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  20. Background image for Party Pooper Pants
    7.7/10(1.3k votes)

    #19 - Party Pooper Pants

    S3:E19

    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.

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  21. Background image for Chocolate with Nuts
    9.0/10(1.4k votes)

    #20 - Chocolate with Nuts

    S3:E20

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

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  22. Background image for Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V
    10.0/10(2 votes)

    #21 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

    S3:E21

    After being treated too much like a child by everyone, Barnacle Boy quits being a superhero and decides to be a supervillain.

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  23. Background image for Club SpongeBob
    9.5/10(4 votes)

    #22 - Club SpongeBob

    S3:E22

    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.

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  24. Background image for My Pretty Seahorse
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #23 - My Pretty Seahorse

    S3:E23

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

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  25. Background image for Graveyard Shift
    9.8/10(4 votes)

    #24 - Graveyard Shift

    S3:E24

    SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.

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  26. Background image for Krusty Love
    10.0/10(1 votes)

    #25 - Krusty Love

    S3:E25

    Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV" is the best rated episode of "SpongeBob SquarePants" season 3. It scored 8.7/10 based on 1318 votes. Directed by Jay Lender, Sam Henderson and written by Merriwether Williams, Sam Henderson, Jay Lender, it aired on 1/21/2002. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Doing Time".