3 Hour Marathon!

3 Hour Marathon! was an event airing a variety of SpongeBob SquarePants episodes from season 1 that occurred on October 2, 1999 from 10:00am - 12:00pm. It consisted of airing 2 world premiere episodes from 10:00am - 10:30am, and then airing 6 rerun episodes from 10:30am - 12:00pm.

Schedule

Time	Episode
10:00am - 10:30am	(#11): "MuscleBob BuffPants" / "Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" NEW!
10:30am - 11:00am	(#6): "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" / "Pickles"
11:00am - 11:30am	(#3): "Jellyfishing" / "Plankton!"
11:30am - 12:00pm	(#9): "Nature Pants" / "Opposite Day"

Premieres

Title card	#	Title	U.S. airdate	U.S. viewers (millions)
File:MuscleBob BuffPants title card.png	11a	"MuscleBob BuffPants" (tr • ga)	October 2, 1999	2.61
	SpongeBob orders fake arms with inflatable muscles to impress Sandy.
File:Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost title card.png	11b	"Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost" (tr • ga)	October 2, 1999	2.61
	Squidward pretends to be a ghost after SpongeBob and Patrick think he is dead.

Trivia

• Even though this marathon was initially scheduled to be 3 hours long (10:00am - 1:00pm), it ended up cutting short at the 2 hour mark (10:00am - 12:00pm).

Gallery

• An airing of "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" and "Pickles" during this event.
  An airing of "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy" and "Pickles" during this event.
• An airing of "Nature Pants" and "Opposite Day" during this event.
  An airing of "Nature Pants" and "Opposite Day" during this event.

Videos

• File:Nickelodeon SNICK Commercial Breaks (October 2, 1999)