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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 1 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV
    8.7/10(1470 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.

    Directors:Jay Lender, Sam Henderson
    Writers:Merriwether Williams, Sam Henderson, Jay Lender

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  2. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 2 - Doing Time
    9.1/10(1797 votes)

    #2 - Doing Time

    S3:E2

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

    Director:Aaron Springer
    Writers:Merriwether Williams, C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer

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  3. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 3 - Welcome to the Chum Bucket
    9.1/10(1718 votes)

    #3 - Welcome to the Chum Bucket

    S3:E3

    SpongeBob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket.

    Directors:Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt
    Writers:Mr. Lawrence, Paul Tibbitt, Walt Dohrn

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  4. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 4 - Frankendoodle
    9.5/10(2278 votes)

    #4 - Frankendoodle

    S3:E4

    SpongeBob creates DoodleBob.

    Directors:Walt Dohrn, Paul Tibbitt
    Writers:Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Walt Dohrn

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  5. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 5 - Snowball Effect
    8.5/10(1407 votes)

    #5 - Snowball Effect

    S3:E5

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

    Directors:Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt
    Writers:Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Kent Osborne

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  6. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 6 - One Krab's Trash
    9.0/10(1596 votes)

    #6 - One Krab's Trash

    S3:E6

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

    Directors:Kaz, Paul Tibbitt
    Writers:Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare, Kent Osborne

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  7. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 7 - Nasty Patty
    8.7/10(1436 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?

    Directors:Kaz, Paul Tibbitt
    Writers:Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare, Kaz

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  8. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 8 - Idiot Box
    9.1/10(1590 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.

    Directors:Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt
    Writers:Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Kent Osborne

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  9. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 9 - As Seen on TV
    8.9/10(1479 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.

    Director:Aaron Springer
    Writers:Merriwether Williams, C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer

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  10. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 10 - Can You Spare a Dime?
    9.5/10(2518 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.

    Directors:Jay Lender, Sam Henderson
    Writers:Merriwether Williams, Sam Henderson, Jay Lender

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  11. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 11 - No Weenies Allowed
    7.6/10(1524 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.

    Directors:Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt
    Writers:Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Kent Osborne

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  12. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 12 - Squilliam Returns
    9.5/10(2909 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.

    Directors:Jay Lender, Sam Henderson
    Writers:Merriwether Williams, Sam Henderson, Jay Lender

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  13. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 13 - The Algae's Always Greener
    8.6/10(1422 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.

    Director:Aaron Springer
    Writers:Merriwether Williams, C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer

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  14. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 14 - SpongeGuard on Duty
    8.1/10(1539 votes)

    #14 - SpongeGuard on Duty

    S3:E14

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

    Directors:Jay Lender, Sam Henderson
    Writers:Mark O'Hare, Sam Henderson, Jay Lender

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  15. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 15 - Krab Borg
    8.4/10(1382 votes)

    #15 - Krab Borg

    S3:E15

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

    Directors:Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt
    Writers:Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare, Kent Osborne

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  16. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 16 - Rock-a-Bye Bivalve
    8.7/10(1401 votes)

    #16 - Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

    S3:E16

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

    Directors:Jay Lender, Sam Henderson
    Writers:Mark O'Hare, Sam Henderson, Jay Lender

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  17. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 17 - Wet Painters
    9.0/10(1635 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.

    Directors:C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz
    Writers:Mark O'Hare, C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz

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  18. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 18 - Krusty Krab Training Video
    8.6/10(1371 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.

    Directors:Aaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt
    Writers:C.H. Greenblatt, Aaron Springer, Kent Osborne

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  19. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 19 - Party Pooper Pants
    7.6/10(1465 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.

    Directors:Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt
    Writers:Paul Tibbitt, Mark O'Hare, Kent Osborne

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  20. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 20 - Chocolate with Nuts
    9.0/10(1603 votes)

    #20 - Chocolate with Nuts

    S3:E20

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

    Directors:Kaz, Paul Tibbitt
    Writers:Paul Tibbitt, Merriwether Williams, Kaz, Kent Osborne

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  21. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 21 - Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V
    8.8/10(4 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.

    Directors:C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz
    Writers:Merriwether Williams, C.H. Greenblatt, Kaz

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  22. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 22 - Club SpongeBob
    9.0/10(6 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.

    Directors:Walt Dohrn, Mark O'Hare
    Writers:Mark O'Hare, Walt Dohrn

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  23. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 23 - My Pretty Seahorse
    8.1/10(4 votes)

    #23 - My Pretty Seahorse

    S3:E23

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

    Directors:Kent Osborne, Paul Tibbitt
    Writers:Paul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne

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  24. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 24 - Graveyard Shift
    9.5/10(6 votes)

    #24 - Graveyard Shift

    S3:E24

    SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.

    Directors:Jay Lender, Dan Povenmire
    Writers:Mr. Lawrence, Jay Lender, Dan Povenmire

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  25. SpongeBob SquarePants Season 3 Episode 25 - Krusty Love
    8.7/10(3 votes)

    #25 - Krusty Love

    S3:E25

    Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

    Director:Jay Lender
    Writers:Mr. Lawrence, William Reiss, Jay Lender

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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 1470 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".