SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS THE COMPLETE 3RD SEASON has arrived on DVD (Paramount Home Ent., $49.99). All 21 episodes appear on the three-disc set, as the popular series hits its full stride. A more compact case, but still light on extras (except for the never-before-released HELP WANTED pilot).
Episodes include:* The Algae's Always Greener / SpongeGuard On Duty* Club SpongeBob / My Pretty SeaHorse* Just One Bite / The Bully* Nasty Patty / Idiot Box* Mermaid Man And Barnacle Boy IV / Doing Time* The Snowball Effect / One Krab's Trash* As Seen On TV / Can You Spare A Dime?* No Weenies Allowed / Squilliam Returns* Krab Borg / Rock-A-Bye Bivalve* Wet Painters / Krusty Krab Training Video* SpongeBob's House Party* Chocolate With Nuts / Mermaid Man And Barnacle Boy V* New Student Starfish / Clams* SpongeBob BC* The Great Snail Race / Mid-Life Crustacean* Born Again Krabs / I Had An Accident* Krabby Land / The Camping Episode* Missing Identity / Plankton's Army* The Sponge Who Could Fly* SpongeBob Meets The Strangler / Pranks A Lot
Bonus features include:* Pop-Up Video Track on select episodes* "How-To-Draw SpongeBob And Friends" featurette
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