

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. The show received several recognitions, including its nomination at the Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Children's Program. During its run, SpongeBob SquarePants became the highest rated children's show on cable, with over 50 million viewers a month. The season was well received by media critics and fans. It began on Octowith the episode " Just One Bite" and ended on Octowith the episode " Pranks a Lot."

Season 3 was announced on September 20, 2000. The season was executive-produced by series creator Hillenburg, who also acted as the showrunner. The series chronicles the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The new show will be the same except there will be a new resident, or one of the cast members will take SpongeBob's place as the 1st main character.The third season of the American animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants, created by former marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg, aired on Nickelodeon from Octoto October 11, 2004, and consists of 20 episodes.

The end credits song will be replaced with the ocean man song.This will be the last episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, but one of the cast members will take his place and a new show will be related to the original one.(Like how the Jimmy Neutron show ended, Sheen Estevez took Jimmy's place and is in his own show, Planet Sheen).After that, everyone cheers and Sandy walks up to SpongeBob, and the 2 kiss, leaving in a happy ending. But it still doesn't end there: At the theatre, a play is about to begin and the entire cast sings the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song. At the end of the episode, SpongeBob stays in Bikini Bottom for now, is now the new manager of the Krusty Krab 3, now made friends with Plankton, Squidward is now nice to him, and now entire Bikini Bottom is his friend. The SpongeBob Series Finale is the last episode, SpongeBob feels like moving back with his parents because his life isn't going so bright.
