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{{Short description|Season of television series}}
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| showrunner = [[Stephen Hillenburg]]
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* [[Tom Kenny]]
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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 production of the third season.<ref name=EVT>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Koltnow|first=Barry|title=SpongeBob creator is soaking up success|url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/get_out/article_08af58a9-3a6c-5af6-a86a-2754502d0bd9.html|access-date=June 16, 2013|newspaper=East Valley Tribune|date=November 14, 2004}}</ref> As a result, the show went into a "self-imposed" two-year [[hiatus (television)|hiatus]] on television.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Aqua Maniac|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-785914461.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108172352/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-785914461.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2013|work=Syracuse New Times|access-date=October 31, 2013|date=November 23, 2004}}</ref> 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."<ref name=ColemanHA>{{cite magazine|last=Coleman|first=Eric|title=The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants|magazine=[[Hogan's Alley (magazine)|Hogan's Alley]]|number=17|date=2010|access-date=September 21, 2012|url=http://cartoonician.com/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants/|publisher=Bull Moose Publishing Corporation}}</ref> Nickelodeon announced nine "as-yet-unaired" (full) episodes would be shown.<ref name=Maurstad/> "[[The Sponge Who Could Fly]]" first aired during a two-hour "Sponge"-a-thon, while the other eight were broadcast subsequently.<ref name=Maurstad>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Maurstad|first=Tom|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98968139.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108172343/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98968139.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2013|title='SpongeBob SquarePants' special Friday night on Nickelodeon|newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|date=March 19, 2003|access-date=September 11, 2013}}</ref>
Once the production on the film was completed, Hillenburg wanted to end the series "so the show wouldn't [[jumping the shark|jump the shark]]", citing concerns among executives at Nickelodeon that the show "had peaked" during the movie's production, however the network "couldn't afford to [end the show]" due to its massive financial success.<ref name=OralHistory>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://cartoonician.com/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants/|title=The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants|date=September 21, 2012|access-date=August 23, 2013|work=[[Hogan's Alley (magazine)|Hogan's Alley]]|last=Heintjes|first=Tom}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|title=The Interview: 'SpongeBob' Creator Stephen Hillenburg|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2009/07/_tom_kenny_who_voices.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=August 18, 2013|date=July 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=The brilliance behind SpongeBob|url=https://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/07/16/interview_with_spongebob_squarepants_cartoonist_steve_hillenburg/|publisher=Boston.com|access-date=August 18, 2013|date=July 16, 2009}}</ref> Hillenburg resigned as the series' showrunner,<ref name=Huffington/> and appointed [[Paul Tibbitt]], who previously served as the show's supervising producer, writer, director, and [[storyboard artist]], to overtake the role.<ref name=Tibbitt>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Fletcher|first=Alex|title=Paul Tibbitt ('Spongebob Squarepants')|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/interviews/a312387/paul-tibbitt-spongebob-squarepants.html|work=Digital Spy|access-date=May 25, 2013|date=April 3, 2011}}</ref> Hillenburg considered Tibbitt one of his favorite members of the show's crew,<ref name=Hillenburg1/> and "totally trusted him."<ref name=Childhood>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Cavna|first=Michael|title=The Interview: 'SpongeBob' Creator Stephen Hillenburg|url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/comic-riffs/2009/07/_tom_kenny_who_voices.html|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=May 25, 2013|date=July 14, 2009}}</ref> Tibbitt held the showrunner and executive producer position until 2016.<ref name=Tibbitt/><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Rae|first=Fiona|title=Paul Tibbitt interview|url=http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/television/paul-tibbitt-interview/|work=New Zealand Listener|access-date=May 25, 2013|date=September 26, 2009}}</ref> Hillenburg did not
Animation was handled overseas in [[South Korea]] at [[Rough Draft Studios]].<ref name="Childhood"/><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.roughdraftstudios.com/press/press_20040115.html|title=Special Report: Animation|last=Richmond|first=Ray|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=January 15, 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080310222309/http://www.roughdraftstudios.com/press/press_20040115.html|archive-date=March 10, 2008|access-date=May 22, 2013}}</ref> Animation directors credited with episodes in the third season included Sean Dempsey, [[Andrew Overtoom]], Frank Weiss, and [[Tom Yasumi]].<ref group="lower-alpha" name="credits" /> Episodes were written by a team of writers, which consisted of [[Walt Dohrn]], [[C.H. Greenblatt]], [[Sam Henderson]], [[Kazimieras G. Prapuolenis|Kaz]], [[Jay Lender]], Joe Liss (''The Great Snail Race'' only), [[Mark O'Hare]], [[Kent Osborne]], [[Aaron Springer]], [[Paul Tibbitt]], and [[Merriwether Williams]].<ref group="lower-alpha" name="credits" /> The season was [[storyboard]]ed 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, and Wiese.<ref group="lower-alpha" name="credits" />
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== 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.<ref name=Ratings1>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Are Kids Tuned In?|url=
The season was acclaimed by media critics and fans. In 2002, the show itself was nominated at the [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s for Outstanding Children's Program.<ref name="Lenburg141">{{Harvnb|Lenburg|2006|p=141}}</ref> Its episodes "New Student Starfish" and "Clams" were nominated for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)|Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)]] category,<ref name="starledger2003">{{citation|last=Staff|title=The nominations|work=[[The Star-Ledger]]|page=56|publisher=The Star-Ledger|date=July 18, 2003}}</ref> while the entry "Ugh" was also nominated for the same category.<ref name="nypost2004">{{citation|last=Staff|title='Angels' & Demons – HBO's AIDs Film, 'Sopranos' Lead Pack|work=[[New York Post]]|page=19|publisher=N.Y.P. Holdings, Inc.|date=July 16, 2004}}</ref> The show also won the [[TCA Awards|Television Critics Association Awards]] [[TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming|for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=2002 TCA Awards winners|url=http://tvcritics.org/2002/07/20/2002-tca-awards-winners/|publisher=Television Critics Association|access-date=May 21, 2013|date=July 20, 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120813131741/http://tvcritics.org/2002/07/20/2002-tca-awards-winners/|archive-date=August 13, 2012}}</ref> The season was also the first time the show received a nomination at the [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards|Kids' Choice Awards]] and won. In 2003, the show won the [[2003 Kids' Choice Awards]] for Favorite Cartoon,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Press Sire|url=http://www.nickkcapress.com/2003KCA/|work=Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards|publisher=Nickelodeon|access-date=May 21, 2013|archive-date=December 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191201035436/http://www.nickkcapress.com/2003KCA/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and also won the [[2004 Kids' Choice Awards|succeeding year's Kids' Choice Award]] for the same category.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Nickelodeon KidsChoice Awards Press Site|url=http://www.nickkcapress.com/2004KCA/|work=Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards|publisher=Nickelodeon|access-date=May 21, 2013|archive-date=March 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316091713/http://nickkcapress.com/2004KCA/|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|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.<ref name=GRA2003>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000452/2003|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=May 22, 2013|date=March 22, 2003|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110804072131/http://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000452/2003|archive-date=August 4, 2011}}</ref> 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".<ref name=GRA04>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA|url=https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000452/2004|publisher=Internet Movie Database|access-date=May 22, 2013|date=February 28, 2004}}</ref>
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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)."<ref name=DVD2/> Pope said 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".<ref name=DVD2/> However, Pope described "[[The Sponge Who Could Fly|The Lost Episode]]" as a "misstep" that "veers too far away from Bikini Bottom and into unfunny live-action territory."<ref name=DVD2/> Furthermore, various celebrities—including [[Justin Timberlake]], [[Kelly Osbourne]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Bruce Willis]], [[Noel Gallagher]], rapper [[Dr. Dre]], and [[Mike Myers]]—were reported to be fans of the show.<ref name=Church/> In 2002, fans of the show formed a "new religion"—the Church of SpongeBob SquarePants.<ref name=Church/> The organization has more than 700 members.<ref name=Church/> Its manifesto said it wanted to push "simple things like having fun and using your imagination", and even offered study courses on the show.<ref name=Church/> A Nickelodeon spokesman said "SpongeBob's appeal is extraordinary."<ref name=Church>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Fans set up church of SpongeBob|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3906687.stm|work=BBC News|access-date=November 1, 2013|date=July 19, 2004}}</ref>
The popularity of ''SpongeBob'' translated well into
Moreover, the [[LGBT community|gay community]] had embraced the show, according to [[BBC Online]].<ref name=Gay2/> ''[[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.<ref name=Gay1>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Tom Kenny finds his voice in the world of cartoons|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-119973977.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108172347/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-119973977.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2013|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=October 31, 2013|date=November 25, 2002|___location=Chicago}}</ref> [[Tom Kenny]], in response to the article, said "[I] felt the insinuation was a stretch."<ref name=Gay1/> 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."<ref name=Gay1/> Hillenburg responded about the character's sexual orientation and stated that he is "[a] cheerful character [but] is not gay."<ref name=Gay2>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=People in the news|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-92666234.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108172344/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-92666234.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 8, 2013|work=Knight Ridder|access-date=October 31, 2013|date=October 9, 2002}}</ref> He clarified that he considers the character to be "almost [[asexuality|asexual]]".<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2313221.stm|title=Camp cartoon star 'is not gay'|date=October 9, 2002|access-date=June 11, 2007|author=BBC Staff|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,1021976,00.html|title=SpongeBob Asexual, Not Gay: Creator|date=January 28, 2005|access-date=August 26, 2009|first=Stephen M.|last=Silverman|work=[[People (magazine)|People]] }}</ref> 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 [[cultural diversity|diversity]] and [[Toleration|tolerance]],<ref name="Icon">{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4190699.stm|title=US right attacks SpongeBob video|date=January 20, 2005|access-date=June 11, 2007|author=BBC Staff|work=BBC News}}</ref> was attacked by an [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] group in the United States because they saw SpongeBob being used as an "advocate for [[homosexuality]]".<ref name=accuse>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/television/2005-01-22-kids-video_x.htm|title=Spongebob, Muppets and the Sister Sledge writer suffer criticism|date=January 22, 2005|access-date=June 11, 2007|agency=Associated Press|work=USA Today }}</ref> [[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".<ref name=accuse /> After Dobson made the comments, Hillenburg repeated this assertion that sexual preference was never considered during the creation of the show.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.iol.co.za/news/world/spongebob-isn-t-gay-or-straight-creator-says-1.232667|title=SpongeBob isn't gay or straight, creator says|date=January 29, 2005|agency=Reuters|access-date=November 9, 2008}}</ref> Tom Kenny and other production members were shocked and surprised that such an issue had arisen.<ref name="Radio">{{cite AV media|interviewer-last=Farhat|interviewer-first=Basima|date=December 5, 2006|title=Tom Kenny: Voice of SpongeBob SquarePants – Interview|url=http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/archives/mp3/tps-2006-12-05-kenny.mp3|format=mp3|medium=Radio production|publisher=The People Speak Radio|access-date=November 8, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724101824/http://www.thepeoplespeakradio.net/archives/mp3/tps-2006-12-05-kenny.mp3|archive-date=July 24, 2011}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/dobson-clarifies-pro-gay-spongebob-video-controversy-20875/|title=Dobson clarifies Pro-Gay SpongeBob Video Controversy|last=Chang|first=Pauline J.|date=January 28, 2005|newspaper=[[The Christian Post]]|access-date=June 11, 2007}}</ref>
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"Just One Bite": When SpongeBob learns that Squidward has never tasted a Krabby Patty, it becomes his obsession to get his co-worker to take even just one little bite, believing that it is the reason why he is "always so miserable". After several attempts of making him taste the sandwich, Squidward finally gives in and tries the patty. He pretends to hate it at first, but actually likes it. Squidward gets obsessed and desperate for more (despite SpongeBob's protests that Squidward should not eat too many Krabby Patties at one time), and as a result blows up after eating thousands of Krabby Patty sandwiches in a vault full of them.
{{hr}} "The Bully": SpongeBob gets terrified when a new student named
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| Viewers = 3.60<ref>{{cite report|title=Nickelodeon Ratings Report (September 30 – October 6, 2003)|publisher=Nielsen Media Research}}</ref>
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"Born Again Krabs": Mr. Krabs keeps a rotten Krabby Patty to save little money. To prove it is still good, Mr. Krabs tries it and ends up hospitalized for [[Foodborne illness|food poisoning]]. The [[Flying Dutchman (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Flying Dutchman]] visits Mr. Krabs in hospital and threatens to take his soul unless he changes his greedy ways. Things at first go well for Mr. Krabs as his employees and customers thank him for being more generous, but he takes spending to extremes and goes bankrupt, believing the entire experience to be a dream until SpongeBob informs him otherwise. Enraged, Mr. Krabs reverts to his old habits, but instead of taking his soul, the Dutchman gives him a choice between SpongeBob and 62 cents. Mr. Krabs takes the money and is overcome with regret when Squidward calls him out for it. Finally, the Dutchman, annoyed by SpongeBob's rambling, returns him unharmed to Mr. Krabs.
{{hr}} "I Had an Accident": SpongeBob shatters his buttocks in a [[sandboarding]] injury. He soon becomes paranoid of everything in Bikini Bottom and confines himself to his house with inanimate objects for friends. Sandy and Patrick repeatedly try to get him back outside, but find that they must resort to trickery to succeed. Patrick dresses as a [[gorilla]], but someone who looks like him arrives and unmasks himself as a real gorilla that puts Patrick and Sandy in a bag, forcing SpongeBob to face his fears and rescue his friends. The gorilla rips him in half, and while he apologizes to Patrick and Sandy, he wonders
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