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SpongeBob SquarePants season 3
Season 3
SpongeBob SquarePants season 3 DVD
No. of episodes20
Release
Original networkNickelodeon
Original releaseOctober 5, 2001 –
October 11, 2004
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The third season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by Stephen Hillenburg, aired on Nickelodeon from October 5, 2001 to October 11, 2004, and consists of 20 episodes. The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The season was executive produced by series creator Hillenburg, who also acted as the showrunner. Hillenburg halted production on the show to work on the 2004 film adaptation of the series, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. After production on the film, Hillenburg left the show, with Paul Tibbitt to overtake his place as showrunner.

The season was well received by media critics and fans. During its run, SpongeBob SquarePants became the highest rated children's show on cable, with over 50 million viewers a month. The show received several recognition, including its nomination at the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children's Program. The episodes "New Student Starfish" and "Clams" were nominated for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) category, while the entry "SpongeBob B.C. (Ugh)" won the same category. The season was also the first time the show received a nomination at the Kids' Choice Awards and won. It won the 2003 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon, and also won the following year's Kids' Choice Award for the same category. Celebrities—including Justin Timberlake, Kelly Osbourne, Britney Spears, Bruce Willis, Noel Gallagher, rapper Dr. Dre, Mike Myers, and Noel Gallagher—were reported that they are fans of the show.

Several compilation DVDs that contained episodes from the season were released. The SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 3rd Season DVD was released in Region 1 on September 27, 2005, Region 2 on December 3, 2007, and Region 4 on November 8, 2007.

Production

The season aired on Nickelodeon, which is owned by Viacom, and was produced by United Plankton Pictures and Nickelodeon. The season's executive producer was series creator Stephen Hillenburg, who also functioned as the series' showrunner.[1] During production of the previous season, Nickelodeon picked up a third season for SpongeBob SquarePants on September 20, 2000, due to the show's high ratings across basic cable television.[2] In 2002, Hillenburg and the show's staff members decided to stop making episodes to work on the 2004 film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, after completing the third season.[3] As a result, the show went into a "self-imposed" two-year hiatus on television.[4] During the break, Nickelodeon expanded the programming for the third season to cover the delay, however, according to Nickelodeon executive Eric Coleman, "there certainly was a delay and a built-up demand."[5] Nickelodeon announced nine "as-yet-unaired" episodes would be shown.[6] "The Sponge Who Could Fly" first aired during a two-hour "Sponge"-a-thon, while the other eight were broadcast subsequently.[6]

Once the production on the film was completed, Hillenburg wanted to end the series "so the show wouldn't jump the shark," but Nickelodeon wanted to do more episodes.[7] Hillenburg said "Well, there was concern when we did the movie [in 2004] that the show had peaked. There were concerns among executives at Nickelodeon."[8][9] Hillenburg resigned as the series' showrunner,[10] and appointed Paul Tibbitt, who previously served as the show's supervising producer, writer, director, and storyboard artist, to overtake the role.[11] Hillenburg considered Tibbitt one of his favorite members of the show's crew,[2] and "totally trusted him."[12] Tibbitt still holds the showrunner position and also functions as an executive producer.[11][13] Hillenburg no longer writes or runs the show on a day-to-day basis, but reviews each episode and delivers suggestions. He said "I figure when I'm pretty old I can still paint[...] I don't know about running shows."[10][14] Tom Kenny and Bill Fagerbakke and the rest of the crew confirmed they have completed four new episodes for broadcast on Nickelodeon in early 2005, and planned to finish about 20 total for the then-fourth season.[15][16]

Animation was handled overseas in South Korea at Rough Draft Studios.[12][17] Animation directors credited with episodes in the third season included Sean Dempsey, Andrew Overtoom, Frank Weiss, and Tom Yasumi.[note 1] Episodes were written by a team of writers, which consisted of Walt Dohrn, C.H. Greenblatt, Sam Henderson, Kaz, Jay Lender, Mark O'Hare, Kent Osborne, Aaron Springer, Paul Tibbitt, and Merriwether Williams.[note 1] The season was storyboarded by Zeus Cervas, Dohrn, Greenblatt, Henderson, Kaz, Chuck Klein, Carson Kugler, Lender, Heather Martinez, Caleb Meurer, O'Hare, Osborne, Dan Povenmire, William Reiss, Mike Roth, Springer, Tibbitt, Wiese, and Williams.[note 1]

Cast

Kevin Michael Richardson portrayed King Neptune in the live action segments of "Party Pooper Pants".

The third season had a cast of six main actors. Tom Kenny provided the voice of the title character SpongeBob SquarePants and his pet snail Gary. SpongeBob's best friend, a starfish named Patrick Star, was voiced by Bill Fagerbakke,[18] while Rodger Bumpass played the voice of Squidward Tentacles, an arrogant and ill-tempered octopus.[19] Other members of the cast were Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel from Texas;[20] Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs, a miserly crab obsessed with money and SpongeBob's boss at the Krusty Krab;[21] and Mr. Lawrence as Plankton, a small green copepod and Mr. Krabs' business rival.[22] The season had a number of secondary characters including Mary Jo Catlett as Mrs. Puff, SpongeBob's driving instructor;[23] Lori Alan as Pearl, Mr. Krabs' daughter;[24] and Jill Talley as Plankton's computer wife, Karen.[25]

In addition to the regular cast members, episodes feature guest voices from various professions, including actors, bands, and musicians. McHale's Navy actors Ernest Borgnine and Tim Conway returned in the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV", reprising their roles as Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy, respectively.[26][27] Borgnine and Conway reappeared in the episode "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V", which was also guest starred by Martin Olson as The Chief.[26][27][27] Radio disc jockey Rodney Bingenheimer guest starred in the episode "Krab Borg" as The DJ.[26][27] In "Party Pooper Pants", Kevin Michael Richardson appeared in the live action segments of the episode as King Neptune.[26][27] Various other characters were voiced by voice acting veterans Dee Bradley Baker, Thomas F. Wilson and Frank Welker.[26][27]

Reception

During its third season, SpongeBob SquarePants passed Rugrats and earned the title of being the highest rated children's show on cable, with a 6.7 rating and 2.2 million kids 2 to 11 in the second quarter of 2002, up 22% over 2001.[28][29] Forbes called the show "a $1 billion honeypot," and said the show is "almost single-handedly responsible for making Viacom's Nickelodeon the most-watched cable channel during the day and the second most popular during prime time."[28] It was also reported that of the 50 million viewers who watch it every month, 20 million are adults.[30]

The season was well received by media critics and fans. In 2002, the show itself was nominated at the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children's Program.[31] Its episodes "New Student Starfish" and "Clams" were nominated for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) category,[32] while the entry "SpongeBob B.C. (Ugh)" won the same category.[33] The show also won the Television Critics Association Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming.[34] The season was also the first time the show received a nomination at the Kids' Choice Awards and won. In 2003, the show won the 2003 Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Cartoon,[35] and also won the succeeding year's Kids' Choice Award for the same category.[36] At the 2003 Golden Reel Awards, the show won Best Sound Editing in Television Animation and Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music categories for the episodes "Nasty Patty"/"Idiot Box" and "Wet Painters"/"Krusty Krab Training Video", respectively.[37] The episodes "The Great Snail Race" and "Mid-Life Crustacean" won at the 2004 Golden Reel Awards for "Best Sound Editing in Television Animation — Music", while the episode "Mid-Life Crustacean" itself received a nomination for "Best Sound Editing in Television Animation".[38]

In his review for the DVD Verdict, Bryan Pope wrote that "the show's charm lies in the vast world of nautical nonsense" and that the show is "a world of aquanaut squirrels, clarinet-playing squids, underwater campfires, retired superheroes, plankton obsessed with world domination, and the most head-scratching family units I've ever come across (a crab and a puffer fish are parents to a teenage whale, while pint-sized Plankton is married to a no-nonsense computer named Karen)."[39] Pope pointed out that the season "remains the high point for the series" as it had produced "classic" episodes such as "No Weenies Allowed", "SpongeBob Meets the Strangler", and "Krusty Krab Training Video".[39] However, Pope described "The Lost Episode" as a "misstep" that "veers too far away from Bikini Bottom and into unfunny live-action territory."[39] Furthermore, various celebrities—including Justin Timberlake, Kelly Osbourne, Britney Spears, Bruce Willis, Noel Gallagher, rapper Dr. Dre, Mike Myers, and Noel Gallagher—were reported that they are fans of the show.[40][41] American actor Rob Lowe said, "You've got to love a sponge in tightie whities."[40] In 2002, fans of the show formed a "new religion"—the Church of SpongeBob SquarePants.[40][41] The organization has more than 700 members.[41] Its manifesto said it wanted to push "simple things like having fun and using your imagination", and even offered study courses on the show.[41] A Nickelodeon spokesman said "SpongeBob's appeal is extraordinary."[41]

The popularity of SpongeBob translated well into sales figures. In 2002, SpongeBob SquarePants dolls sold at a rate of 75,000 per week, which was faster than Tickle Me Elmo dolls were selling at the time.[42] SpongeBob has gained popularity in Japan, specifically with Japanese women.[43] Nickelodeon's parent company Viacom purposefully targeted marketing at women in the country as a method of the SpongeBob SquarePants brand.[43] Skeptics initially doubted that SpongeBob could be popular in Japan as the character's design is very different to already popular designs for Hello Kitty and Pikachu.[43] Nickelodeon also expanded the merchandising of the show, bringing it around $500 million revenue.[29] It was reported that SpongeBob-themed goods are the best-selling character merchandise at Hot Topic store at Park City Center.[30] T-shirts, pillows, shoelaces, pins, sunglasses, and air fresheners were sold "extremely well if they have SpongeBob's likeness on them," said Erin Aguirre, lead sales associate of Hot Topic.[30] He added "[Customers] come in and they just jump right into it. "Did you see last week's episode?' They totally talk all about it, just that it's funny, that it's hilarious."[30]

Moreover, the gay community had embraced the show, according to BBC Online.[44] The Wall Street Journal also raised questions about SpongeBob and Patrick in a recent article that pointed up the show's popularity in the gay community.[45] Tom Kenny, in response to the article, said "[I] felt the insinuation was a stretch."[45] Kenny said "I had heard that gay viewers enjoy the show in the same way that lots of people—college students, parents and children—like the show[...] I thought it was rather silly to hang an entire article on that. I don't think it's a case of it being a gay-friendly show—It's a human-being-friendly show. They're all welcome."[45] Hillenburg responded about the character's sexual orientation that it is "[a] cheerful character [but] is not gay."[44] He clarified that he considers the character to be "almost asexual".[46][47] The show's popularity among gay men would become controversial. In 2005 a promotional video, which showed SpongeBob along with other characters from children's shows singing together to promote diversity and tolerance,[48] was attacked by an evangelical group in the United States because they saw SpongeBob being used as an "advocate for homosexuality".[49] James Dobson of Focus on the Family accused the makers of the video of "promoting homosexuality due to a pro-tolerance group sponsoring the video".[49] After Dobson made the comments, Hillenburg repeated this assertion that sexual preference was never considered during the creation of the show.[50] Tom Kenny and other production members were shocked and surprised that such an issue had arisen.[51] Dobson later asserted that his comments were taken out of context and that his original complaints were not with SpongeBob, the video, or any of the characters in the video but with the organization that sponsored the video, We Are Family Foundation. Dobson indicated that the We Are Family Foundation posted pro-homosexual material on their website, but later removed it.[52]

Episodes

See also: List of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes
Key
  • The following episodes listed in the chart are arranged according to their production order, rather than by their original air dates.
SpongeBob SquarePants season 3 episodes
No. in
series 		No. in
season 		Title Animation directors[note 1] Written by[note 1] Original air date[53]
41a1a"The Algae's Always Greener"Frank WeissAaron Springer, C.H. Greenblatt & Merriwether WilliamsMarch 22, 2002
41b1b"SpongeGuard on Duty"Sean DempseyJay Lender, Sam Henderson & Mark O'HareMarch 22, 2002
42a2a"Club SpongeBob"Andrew OvertoomWalt Dohrn & Mark O'HareJuly 12, 2002
42b2b"My Pretty Seahorse"Tom YasumiKent Osborne & Paul TibbittJuly 12, 2002
43a3a"The Bully"Frank WeissAaron Springer, C. H. Greenblatt & Merriwether WilliamsOctober 5, 2001
43b3b"Just One Bite"Sean DempseyJay Lender, Sam Henderson & Merriwether WilliamsOctober 5, 2001
44a4a"Nasty Patty"Tom YasumiPaul Tibbitt, Kaz & Mark O'HareMarch 1, 2002
44b4b"Idiot Box"Andrew OvertoomPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Merriwether WilliamsMarch 1, 2002
45a5a"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV"Sean DempseyJay Lender, Sam Henderson & Merriwether WilliamsJanuary 21, 2002
45b5b"Doing Time"Frank WeissAaron Springer, C. H. Greenblatt & Merriwether WilliamsJanuary 21, 2002
46a6a"Snowball Effect"Andrew OvertoomPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Merriwether WilliamsFebruary 22, 2002
46b6b"One Krab's Trash"Tom YasumiPaul Tibbitt, Kaz & Mark O'HareFebruary 22, 2002
47a7a"As Seen on TV"Frank WeissAaron Springer, C. H. Greenblatt & Merriwether WilliamsMarch 8, 2002
47b7b"Can You Spare a Dime?"Sean DempseyJay Lender, Sam Henderson & Merriwether WilliamsMarch 8, 2002
48a8a"No Weenies Allowed"Andrew OvertoomPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Merriwether WilliamsMarch 15, 2002
48b8b"Squilliam Returns"Sean DempseyJay Lender, Sam Henderson & Merriwether WilliamsMarch 15, 2002
49a9a"Krab Borg"Tom YasumiPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Mark O'HareMarch 29, 2002
49b9b"Rock-a-Bye Bivalve"Sean DempseyJay Lender, Sam Henderson & Mark O'HareMarch 29, 2002
50a10a"Wet Painters"Frank WeissC. H. Greenblatt, Kaz & Mark O'HareMay 10, 2002
50b10b"Krusty Krab Training Video"Frank WeissAaron Springer, C. H. Greenblatt, Kent OsborneMay 10, 2002
5111"Party Pooper Pants"Andrew OvertoomPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Mark O'HareMay 17, 2002
52a12a"Chocolate with Nuts"Andrew OvertoomPaul Tibbitt, Kaz, Kent Osborne & Merriwether WilliamsJune 1, 2002
52b12b"Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V"Frank WeissC. H. Greenblatt, Kaz & Merriwether WilliamsJune 1, 2002
53a13a"New Student Starfish"Tom YasumiPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Mark O'HareSeptember 20, 2002
53b13b"Clams"Sean DempseyJay Lender, Sam Henderson & Mark O'HareSeptember 20, 2002
5414"Ugh (SpongeBob B.C.)"Andrew OvertoomPaul Tibbitt & Kent OsborneMarch 5, 2004
55a15a"The Great Snail Race"Andrew OvertoomPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Merriwether WilliamsJanuary 24, 2003
55b15b"Mid-Life Crustacean"Frank WeissC. H. Greenblatt, Kaz & Mark O'HareJanuary 24, 2003
56a16a"Born Again Krabs"Tom YasumiPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Merriwether WilliamsOctober 4, 2003
56b16b"I Had an Accident"Frank WeissC. H. Greenblatt, Kaz & Merriwether WilliamsOctober 4, 2003
57a17a"Krabby Land"Andrew OvertoomPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Mark O'HareApril 3, 2004
57b17b"The Camping Episode"Sean DempseyJay Lender, Sam Henderson & Merriwether WilliamsApril 3, 2004
58a18a"Missing Identity"Tom YasumiPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Merriwether WilliamsJanuary 19, 2004
58b18b"Plankton's Army"Sean DempseyJay Lender, Sam Henderson & Merriwether WilliamsJanuary 19, 2004
5919"The Sponge Who Could Fly"Andrew OvertoomPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Merriwether WilliamsMarch 21, 2003
60a20a"SpongeBob Meets the Strangler"Tom YasumiPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne, C. H. Greenblatt & Merriwether WilliamsOctober 11, 2004
60b20b"Pranks a Lot"Andrew OvertoomPaul Tibbitt, Kent Osborne & Merriwether WilliamsOctober 11, 2004

DVD release

The DVD boxset for season three was released by Paramount Home Entertainment and Nickelodeon in the United States and Canada in October 2004, a year after the season had completed broadcast on television.[39][54] The DVD release features bonus materials including the pilot episode "Help Wanted" and featurettes.[39]

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete 3rd Season
Set Details[39] Special Features[39]
  • "Help Wanted"
  • Pop-Up Video Track on select episodes
  • How-To-Draw SpongeBob And Friends featurette
Release Dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
September 27, 2005[54] December 3, 2007[55] November 8, 2007[56]

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e Information regarding story development, storyboard artists and animation directors is taken from the opening credits of each episodes.

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Bibliography
  • Lenburg, Jeff (2006), Who's Who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award Winning and Legendary Animators, Hal Leonard, ISBN 1-55783-671-X

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