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SpongeBob SquarePants

Season 3 · 40 episodes · Jan 20, 2002

Check out some of the funniest moments in SpongeBob history, like when Plankton trades lives with Mr. Krabs, SpongeBob patrols the beach, Patrick comes to school, the boys go camping, SpongeBob throws a party to remember, and more!

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    Episode 1

    Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV

    Jan 21, 2002

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

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    Episode 2

    Doing Time

    Jan 21, 2002

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

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    Episode 3

    Welcome to the Chum Bucket

    Jan 21, 2002

    SpongeBob is forced to work at the Chum Bucket.

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    Episode 4

    Frankendoodle

    Jan 21, 2002

    SpongeBob creates DoodleBob.

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    Episode 5

    Snowball Effect

    Feb 22, 2002

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

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    Episode 6

    One Krab's Trash

    Feb 22, 2002

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

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    Episode 7

    Nasty Patty

    Mar 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?

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    Episode 8

    Idiot Box

    Mar 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.

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    Episode 9

    As Seen on TV

    Mar 8, 2002

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

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    Episode 10

    Can You Spare a Dime?

    Mar 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.

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    Episode 11

    No Weenies Allowed

    Mar 15, 2002

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

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    Episode 12

    Squilliam Returns

    Mar 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.

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    Episode 13

    The Algae's Always Greener

    Mar 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.

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    Episode 14

    SpongeGuard on Duty

    Mar 22, 2002

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

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    Episode 15

    Krab Borg

    Mar 29, 2002

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

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    Episode 16

    Rock-a-Bye Bivalve

    Mar 29, 2002

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

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    Episode 17

    Wet Painters

    May 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.

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    Episode 18

    Krusty Krab Training Video

    May 10, 2002

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

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    Episode 19

    Party Pooper Pants

    May 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.

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    Episode 20

    Chocolate with Nuts

    Jun 1, 2002

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

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    Episode 21

    Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

    Jun 1, 2002

    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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    Episode 22

    Club SpongeBob

    Jul 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.

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    Episode 23

    My Pretty Seahorse

    Jul 12, 2002

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

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    Episode 24

    Graveyard Shift

    Sep 6, 2002

    SpongeBob and Squidward work the night shift.

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    Episode 25

    Krusty Love

    Sep 6, 2002

    Mr. Krabs falls in love with Mrs. Puff.

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    Episode 26

    New Student Starfish

    Sep 20, 2002

    Patrick gets bored everyday when SpongeBob goes to boating school, so SpongeBob insists that Patrick could join him. But what happens when Patrick makes SpongeBob lose a Noodle Student Star?

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    Episode 27

    Clams

    Sep 20, 2002

    In celebration of Mr. Krabs' one millionth dollar, he takes Squidward and SpongeBob on a fishing trip. After a giant clam snatches his precious dollar, Mr. Krabs tries to get it back.

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    Episode 28

    The Great Snail Race

    Jan 24, 2003

    When Squidward gets a purebred snail named Snelle, SpongeBob challenges him in the great snail race.

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    Episode 29

    Mid-Life Crustacean

    Jan 24, 2003

    When Mr. Krabs feels like an aging old man, he tries to feel young again, so he goes out with SpongeBob and Patrick for a night on the town.

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    Episode 30

    The Sponge Who Could Fly

    Mar 21, 2003

    SpongeBob tries his best to make an invention that allows him to fly. When all of them fail, people start to think that SpongeBob is crazy until he puts a hair dryer his pants. The hot air in his pants allows him to fly! But then, people start asking SpongeBob to do things for them, stopping him from flying with the jellyfish.

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    Episode 31

    Gary Takes a Bath

    Jul 26, 2003

    The day that Gary has to take a bath arrives, but he doesn't want to take one.

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    Episode 32

    Born Again Krabs

    Oct 4, 2003

    After Mr. Krabs eats a rotten Krabby Patty to save money, he ends up hospitalized for food poisoning and bargains with the Flying Dutchman for his soul, leading him to second-guess his cheap and miserly ways.

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    Episode 33

    I Had an Accident

    Oct 4, 2003

    After SpongeBob shatters his buttocks in a sandboarding injury, he becomes paranoid of everything and confines himself to his own home with inanimate objects for friends.

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    Episode 34

    Missing Identity

    Jan 19, 2004

    While at a diner, SpongeBob tells the story of when he lost his name tag.

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    Episode 35

    Plankton's Army

    Jan 19, 2004

    It's the 25th anniversary of Plankton's first attempt to steal the Krabby Patty Secret Formula, and Plankton enlists his relatives to help him try again.

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    Episode 36

    Ugh

    Mar 5, 2004

    SpongeBob, Patrick, and Squidward's long ago ancestors, SpongeGar, Pattar, and Squagg, discover fire.

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    Episode 37

    Krabby Land

    Apr 3, 2004

    The first day of summer lures Mr. Krabs into making a children's theme park, which doesn't turn out the way he thinks it should.

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    Episode 38

    The Camping Episode

    Apr 3, 2004

    SpongeBob and Patrick decide to go camping for the weekend, they camp out in the backyard. Squidward lures a sea bear to the campsite by doing stuff that would allure a sea bear.

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    Episode 39

    SpongeBob Meets the Strangler

    Oct 11, 2004

    SpongeBob goes on his early litter patrol when he catches The Strangler. After he calls the police, The Strangler (disguised with a fake mustache) decides to be SpongeBob's bodyguard. After three parties at SpongeBob's house, The Strangler tries to strangle SpongeBob, but never gets the chance to be alone.

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    Episode 40

    Pranks a Lot

    Oct 11, 2004

    SpongeBob and Patrick buy a prank called Invisible Spray. After taunting each other with the spray, they run out and decide to haunt Bikini Bottom while being invisible, preferably being ghosts. But with their last victim Mr. Krab, he washes them out with water and exposes them nude (they took their clothes off because the spray stains clothes) to the whole Krusty Krab, embarrassing them.