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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!

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...
Genres:AnimationComedyFamily
Network:Nickelodeon

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 1220 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/21/2002. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Doing Time".

  • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV
    8.7/101,220 votes

    #1 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

    Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Doing Time
    9.1/101,491 votes

    #2 - Doing Time

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/21/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Welcome to the Chum Bucket
    9.0/101,414 votes

    #3 - Welcome to the Chum Bucket

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2002

    SpongeBob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Frankendoodle
    9.5/101,880 votes

    #4 - Frankendoodle

    Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 1/21/2002

    SpongeBob creates DoodleBob.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Snowball Effect
    8.5/101,145 votes

    #5 - Snowball Effect

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/22/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • One Krab's Trash
    9.0/101,325 votes

    #6 - One Krab's Trash

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 2/22/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Nasty Patty
    8.7/101,190 votes

    #7 - Nasty Patty

    Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 3/1/2002

    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?

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare, Kaz

  • Idiot Box
    9.1/101,306 votes

    #8 - Idiot Box

    Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 3/1/2002

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • As Seen on TV
    8.9/101,225 votes

    #9 - As Seen on TV

    Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/8/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Can You Spare a Dime?
    9.5/102,147 votes

    #10 - Can You Spare a Dime?

    Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 3/8/2002

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • No Weenies Allowed
    7.7/101,201 votes

    #11 - No Weenies Allowed

    Season 3 Episode 11 - Aired 3/15/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Squilliam Returns
    9.5/102,479 votes

    #12 - Squilliam Returns

    Season 3 Episode 12 - Aired 3/15/2002

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Algae's Always Greener
    8.6/101,145 votes

    #13 - The Algae's Always Greener

    Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/22/2002

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • SpongeGuard on Duty
    8.1/101,222 votes

    #14 - SpongeGuard on Duty

    Season 3 Episode 14 - Aired 3/22/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Krab Borg
    8.4/101,127 votes

    #15 - Krab Borg

    Season 3 Episode 15 - Aired 3/29/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rock-a-Bye Bivalve
    8.6/101,134 votes

    #16 - Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

    Season 3 Episode 16 - Aired 3/29/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Wet Painters
    9.0/101,348 votes

    #17 - Wet Painters

    Season 3 Episode 17 - Aired 5/10/2002

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Mark O'Hare, C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz

  • Krusty Krab Training Video
    8.5/101,111 votes

    #18 - Krusty Krab Training Video

    Season 3 Episode 18 - Aired 5/10/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Party Pooper Pants
    7.7/101,163 votes

    #19 - Party Pooper Pants

    Season 3 Episode 19 - Aired 5/17/2002

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Chocolate with Nuts
    9.0/101,322 votes

    #20 - Chocolate with Nuts

    Season 3 Episode 20 - Aired 6/1/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Kaz, Kent Osborne

  • Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V
    10.0/102 votes

    #21 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

    Season 3 Episode 21 - Aired 6/1/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: C.H. Greenblatt, Merriwether Williams, Kaz

  • Club SpongeBob
    10.0/102 votes

    #22 - Club SpongeBob

    Season 3 Episode 22 - Aired 7/12/2002

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • My Pretty Seahorse
    10.0/101 votes

    #23 - My Pretty Seahorse

    Season 3 Episode 23 - Aired 7/12/2002

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

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Graveyard Shift
    9.7/103 votes

    #24 - Graveyard Shift

    Season 3 Episode 24 - Aired 9/6/2002

    SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Krusty Love
    10.0/101 votes

    #25 - Krusty Love

    Season 3 Episode 25 - Aired 9/6/2002

    Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A