SpongeBob SquarePants (musim 3): Perbedaan antara revisi

Dalam produksi musim sebelumnya, Nickelodeon meminta musim ketiga untuk ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' pada 20 September 2000, karena rating tinggi seri di televisi kabel.<ref name=Hilleburg1>{{cite video | people=Hillenburg, Stephen|date=2009|title=The First 100 Episodes - Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants|medium=DVD|publisher=Paramount Home Entertainment}}</ref> Pada 2002, Hillenburg dan staff acara berhenti membuat episode untuk mengerjakan film ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'', setelah menyelesaikan musim ketiga.<ref name=EVT>{{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|accessdate=June 16, 2013|newspaper=East Valley Tribune|date=November 14, 2004}}</ref> Ini menyebabkan pengurangan penayangan episode baru di televisi.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aqua Maniac|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-785914461.html|work=Syracuse New Times|accessdate=October 31, 2013|date=November 23, 2004|archive-date=2013-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108172352/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-785914461.html|dead-url=yes}} {{subscription required|via=HighBeam}}</ref> Nickelodeon mengumumkan bahwa sembilan episode baru akan ditayangkan.<ref name=Maurstad/> "[[The Sponge Who Could Fly]]" pertama kali ditayangkan dalam sebuah "Sponge"-a-thon berdurasi dua jam, sementara delapan episode lain ditayangkan kemudian.<ref name=Maurstad>{{cite news|author=Maurstad, Tom|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98968139.html|title='SpongeBob SquarePants' special Friday night on Nickelodeon|newspaper=[[The Dallas Morning News]]|date=March 19, 2003|accessdate=September 11, 2013|archive-date=2013-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108172343/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-98968139.html|dead-url=yes}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

Setelah film selesai diproduksi, Hillenburg ingin mengakhiri seri, tetapi Nickelodeon ingin lebih banyak episode.<ref name=OralHistory>{{cite web|url=http://cartoonician.com/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants/|title=The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants|date=September 21, 2012|accessdate=August 23, 2013|work=[[Hogan's Alley (magazine)|Hogan's Alley]]|author=Heintjes, Tom|archive-date=2015-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831044034/http://cartoonician.com/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants/|dead-url=yes}}</ref> Hillenburg berkata "Begini, ada kekhawatiran ketika kami membuat film [pada tahun 2004] bahwa acara telah memuncak. Ada kekhawatiran di kalangan eksekutif Nickelodeon.."<ref>{{cite web|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|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=August 18, 2013|date=July 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The brilliance behind SpongeBob|url=http://www.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2009/07/16/interview_with_spongebob_squarepants_cartoonist_steve_hillenburg/|publisher=Boston.com|accessdate=August 18, 2013|date=July 16, 2009}}</ref> Hillenburg berhenti menjadi ''[[showrunner]]'',<ref name=Huffington/> dan memilih [[Paul Tibbitt]] untuk menggantikannya.<ref name=Tibbitt>{{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|accessdate=May 25, 2013|date=April 3, 2011}}</ref> Hillenburg menganggap Tibbitt adalah anggota kru acara favoritnya,<ref name=Hilleburg1/> dan "benar-benar mempercayainya [Paul Tibbitt]."<ref name=Childhood>{{cite web|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|work=The Washington Post|accessdate=May 25, 2013|date=July 14, 2009}}</ref> Tibbitt mendapat posisi showrunner dan juga menjadi produser eksekutif.<ref name=Tibbitt/><ref>{{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|accessdate=May 25, 2013|date=September 26, 2009}}</ref> Hillenburg tidak lagi menulis atau menjalankan acara dengan basis hari per hari, tetapi memeriksa setiap episode dan memberi saran.<ref name=Huffington>{{cite web|last=Bauder|first=David|title=SpongeBob Turns 10 Valued At $8 Billion|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/14/spongebob-turns-10-valued_n_231304.html|work=Huffington Post|accessdate=May 22, 2013|date=July 13, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nickelodeon’s ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Reaches A Milestone: 10 Years|url=http://www.accesshollywood.com/nickelodeons-spongebob-squarepants-reaches-a-milestone-10-years_article_20514|work=Access Hollywood|accessdate=May 25, 2013|date=July 13, 2009}}</ref> [[Tom Kenny]] dan [[Bill Fagerbakke]] dan seluruh kru mengkonfirmasi bahwa mereka telah menyelesaikan empat episode baru untuk ditayangkan di Nickelodeon pada 2005,<ref name=10Secrets1>{{cite web|title=10 secrets of SpongeBob SquarePants|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-11-19/news/0411200079_1_spongebob-and-patrick-spongebob-creator-stephen-hillenburg-starfish-friend-patrick|work=The Chicago Tribune|accessdate=August 18, 2013|date=November 19, 2004}}</ref><ref name=10Secrets2>{{cite web|title=Ten secrets of the SpongeBob movie|url=http://www.today.com/id/6494823/ns/today-entertainment/t/ten-secrets-spongebob-movie/#.UVTqlxf-GZc|work=Today|accessdate=August 18, 2013}}</ref> dan berencana menyelesaikan sekitar 20 episode yang kemudian akan menjadi musim keempat.<ref name=10Secrets1/><ref name=10Secrets2/>