Season 3 Discussion

[SpongeNicko]

My Season 3 scores:

The Algae's Always Greener: 11/10 (One of 8 episodes this score is reserved for)

SpongeGuard on Duty: 8/10

Club SpongeBob: 8.5/10

My Pretty Seahorse: 9.5/10

The Bully: 9/10

Just One Bite: 10/10

Nasty Patty: 9.5/10

Idiot Box: 9.5/10

MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy IV: 10/10

Doing Time: 8.5/10

Snowball Effect: 9.5/10

One Krabs Trash: 9.5/10

As Seen on TV: 8.5/10

Can You Spare a Dime? : 10/10

No Weenies Allowed: 9.5/10

Squilliam Returns: 9/10

Krab Borg: 9/10

Rock-a-Bye-Bivalve: 9.5/10

Wet Painters: 10/10

Krusty Krab Training Video: 11/10 (One of 8 episodes this score is reserved for).

Party Pooper Pants: 5/10

Chocolate With Nuts: 11/10 (One of 8 episodes the score is reserved for and also my favorite episode ever!!!!)

MermaidMan and BarnacleBoy V: 10/10

New Student Starfish: 8.5/10

Clams: 8.5/10

Ugh: 5/10

The Great Snail Race: 6.5/10

Mid-Life Crustacean: 10/10

Born Again Krabs: 9/10 (severely underrated episode again)

I Had an Accident: 9.5/10

Krabby Land: 3.5/10

The Camping Episode: 10/10

Missing Identity: 9/10

Plankton's Army: 9.5/10

The Sponge Who Could Fly: 5.5/10

SpongeBob Meets the Strangler: 10/10

Pranks a Lot: 7.5/10

EASILY my favorite season ever, the great episodes are just WAY too great!!!!

[jack_of_all_traids]

This is my personal favorite season of SB. So many memorable episodes, so many hilarious jokes, and it's just overall great. There's only one stinker this season.

Favorite episode: Chocolate With Nuts

Least favorite episode: Mid-Life Crustacean

In-the-middle episode: Club SpongeBob

Overrated episode: Mid-Life Crustacean

Underrated episode: Snowball Effect

[hippythehippo]

The Algae's Always Greener 10/10

SpongeGaurd On Duty 7/10

Club SpongeBob 10/10

My Pretty Seahorse 8/10

Just One Bite 9/10

The Bully 7/10

Nasty Patty 10/10

Idiot Box 10/10

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV 5/10 (would have gotten a 9/10 if the last 2 minutes did not exist RIP)

Doing Time 8/10

Snowball Effect 9/10

One Krab's Trash 10/10

As Seen On TV 9/10

Can You Spare A Dime? 10/10

No Weenies Allowed 9/10

Squilliam Returns 8/10

Krab Borg 9/10

Rock-A-Bye Bivalve 9/10

Wet Painters 10/10 (best ep)

Krusty Krab Training Video 10/10

Party Pooper Pants 4/10

Chocolate With Nuts 10/10

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V 9/10

New Student Starfish 7/10

Clams 10/10

Ugh 7/10

The Great Snail Race 7/10

Mid-Life Crustacean 10/10

Born Again Krabs 6/10

I Had an Accident 10/10

Krabby Land 6/10

The Camping Episode 10/10

Missing Identity 7/10

Plankton's Army 8/10

The Sponge Who Could Fly 5/10

Spongebob Meets the Strangler 10/10

Pranks A Lot 6/10

 

Top 5

5. I Had an Accident 

4. Nasty Patty

3. Mid Life Crustacean 

2. The Algae's Always Greener

1. Wet Painters

 

Still a great season, but this is where the cracks begin to show. There was a small chunk of eps I didn't care about towards the end. However, the season still produced some god tier episodes, and even exceeds season 2s quality at times. Great season, but still has some flaws that start to show.

Edited April 1, 2019 by hippythehippo

[Klu]

The Algae's Always Greener - 10/10

SpongeGaurd On Duty - 8/10

Club SpongeBob - 10/10

My Pretty Seahorse - 8/10

Just One Bite - 11/10 (the best episode in the show's history)

The Bully - 8/10

Nasty Patty - 10/10

Idiot Box - 10/10

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV - 7/10

Doing Time - 9/10

Snowball Effect - 10/10

One Krab's Trash - 10/10

As Seen On TV - 8/10

Can You Spare A Dime? - 10/10

No Weenies Allowed - 9/10

Squilliam Returns - 8/10

Krab Borg - 8/10

Rock-A-Bye Bivalve - 9/10

Wet Painters - 10/10 

Krusty Krab Training Video - 10/10

Party Pooper Pants - 6/10

Chocolate With Nuts - 10/10

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V - 10/10

New Student Starfish - 8/10

Clams - 9/10

Ugh - 8/10

The Great Snail Race - 7/10

Mid-Life Crustacean - 10/10

Born Again Krabs - 6/10

I Had an Accident 10/10

Krabby Land - 6/10

The Camping Episode - 10/10

Missing Identity - 9/10

Plankton's Army - 10/10

The Sponge Who Could Fly - 7/10

Spongebob Meets the Strangler - 10/10

Pranks A Lot - 6/10

Top 5

1. Just One Bite

2. Nasty Patty

3. Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V

4. Chocolate with Nuts

5. Krusty Krab Training Video

[RD Rockruff]

Ah, Season 3. This season is hailed as being the best of the show by many, and not without good reason. Personally, however, I think I've been edging towards liking Season 4 more, in part due to preferring that season's atmosphere and also due to not being as burnt out on it as with Season 3. That doesn't make Season 3 not good though, as I find it at least part of the top four seasons of the show in my opinion.

The Algae's Always Greener: 9/10 / A (Very creative episode about Plankton switching lives with Mr. Krabs)
SpongeGuard on Duty: 7/10 / B (Enjoyable but not the best the season has to offer)
Club Spongebob: 7/10 / B (Really funny episode about Squidward's karma when he doesn't submit to a talking conch shell, what's not to like here)
My Pretty Seahorse: 8/10 / B+ (Enjoyable)
Just One Bite: 9/10 / A (Iconic episode)
The Bully: 9/10 / A (Overall a funny episode)
Nasty Patty: 9/10 / A (One of the best uses of dark humor in the entire show)
Idiot Box: 7/10 / B- (One of S3's weaker episodes in my opinion but it's not bad either)
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV: 8/10 / B+ (Not much to say here, just a good episode)
Doing Time: 9/10 / A (An overall insane episode, using that to its full potential)
Snowball Effect: 8/10 / B+ (Another creative experimental episode)
One Krabs Trash: 8/10 / B+ (Another good use of dark humor)
As Seen on TV: 6/10 / C+ (Ehh... I don't find it all that interesting and most of the humor doesn't work for me but the plot's not bad)
Can You Spare a Dime?: 10/10 / A+ (Great Spongebob characterization, great conflict... everything goes well together here)
No Weenies Allowed: 9/10 / A (Iconic episode)
Squilliam Returns: 8/10 / B+ (Explores an uncommonly-used character rather well)
Krab-Borg!: 8/10 / A- (Really good but I've seen it too many times to feel that strongly about it anymore)
Rock-a-Bye Bivalve: 9/10 / A (Just an enjoyable episode all around)
Wet Painters: 9/10 / A (I overrated this last year but it's still a really good episode)
Krusty Krab Training Video: 8/10 / B+ (Seen this one too many times as well, still good however)
Party Pooper Pants: 5/10 / C (*snooze*)
Chocolate With Nuts: 8/10 / B+ (Enjoyable but extremely overrated)
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy V: 9/10 / A- (One of the best MM&BB episodes, if not the best)
New Student Starfish: 7/10 / B- (Has some things I dislike but overall it's fine)
Clams: 10/10 / A+ (Just all-around great)
Ugh: 7/10 / B- (Not the most interesting special out there but it's S3's best special and it's good enough at least)
The Great Snail Race: 7/10 / B- (Flawed but enjoyable)
Mid-Life Crustacean: 8/10 / B+ (Good, not much else to say)
Born Again Krabs: 7/10 / B- (Pretty good, if not the most interesting out there)
I Had an Accident: 9/10 / A (Rather insane, something I like)
Krabby Land: 6/10 / C+ (Kind of uninteresting)
The Camping Episode: 9/10 / A (All-around great)
Missing Identity: 7/10 / B (Enjoyable but not the most interesting?)
Plankton's Army: 9/10 / A (Great all-around)
The Sponge Who Could Fly: 4/10 / C- (Hate to break it to you but pre-movie is not perfect, this episode has passable but overrated Patchy segments and sucky Spongebob segments)
Spongebob Meets the Strangler: 9/10 / A (Underrated)
Pranks a Lot: 7/10 / B- (Kind of weak in comparison to the rest of the season but still enjoyable)

Final Score: 7.9/10 -> 8/10 / B+ (GREAT season)

Other Notes:
* This season's animation is, well... not its strong suit. A lot of character motions here feel really stiff outside of a few exceptions. It doesn't detract from the quality of the episodes, as they rely more on writing than on animation, but it's still pre-movie's weakest season animation-wise.
*Another thing I'm not too keen on is the color scheme. Maybe I'm just nitpicking but the colors are a tad bit too vibrant for my personal liking... that's just me though.
*I'd say this season has the strongest writing of the whole show overall, tied with Season 2.
*As I've said above, some episodes of this season I've been overexposed to and I don't feel nearly as strongly about them as I used to.
*This season is interesting in that it had a quality turning point; after Party Pooper Pants, the season had a slight downtick in quality for its second half (that doesn't mean the entire season went down in quality, it's just that the second half wasn't as strong as the first even with some really good episodes thrown here and there). The other three seasons I've noticed this with are Season 5 (downtick after Atlantis SquarePantis), Season 6 (huge downtick after Spongebob vs. The Big One) and Season 11 (uptick after Ink Lemonade). Season 9 is a different story due to the production halt for the 2nd movie.

[CakeCup]

The Algae's Always Greener: 9/10

SpongeGuard on Duty: 7/10

Club SpongeBob: 8/10

My Pretty Seahorse: 9/10

Just One Bite: 10/10 

The Bully: 7/10

Nasty Patty: 9/10

Idiot Box: 9/10

MM/BB IV: 8/10

Doing Time: 9/10

Snowball Effect: 9/10

One Krab's Trash: 9/10

As Seen on TV: 8/10

Can You Spare a Dime?: 10/10

No Weenies Allowed: 9/10

Squilliam Returns: 9/10

Krab-Borg: 9/10

Rock-A-Bye Bivalve: 8/10

Wet Painters: 10/10

Krusty Krab Training Video: 10/10

Party Pooper Pants: 7/10

Chocolate with Nuts: 10/10

MM/BB V: 10/10

New Student Starfish: 7/10

Clams: 9/10

Ugh: 9/10

The Great Snail Race: 8/10

Mid-Life Crustacean: 9/10

Born Again Krabs: 6/10

I Had an Accident: 9/10

Krabby Land: 6/10

The Camping Episode: 10/10

Missing Identity: 7/10

Plankton's Army: 9/10

The Sponge Who Could Fly: 7/10

SpongeBob Meets the Strangler: 9/10

Pranks a Lot: 7/10 

Top 5:

5: Krusty Krab Training Video

4: Can you Spare a Dime?

3: Just One Bite

2: The Camping Episode

1: Chocolate with Nuts (Yeah, I know that it's kind of a generic choice, but this episode delivers so many hilarious lines and scenes)

Bottom 5:

5: SpongeGuard on Duty

4: Pranks a Lot

3: Party Pooper Pants

2: Krabby Land

1: Born Again Krabs (Even though it's the weakest S3 episode overall, this episode isn't that bad. Just flawed.)

[Jelly Lelly]

8/10 Good

[Spongebill]

My favorites from this season are Clams and Club SpongeBob.