The Jumping Ground (season 3)

The third season of The Jumping Ground, an internationally co-produced animated television science fiction comedy series, originally aired in the United States on Showtime between September 15, 1999 and April 5, 2000. The season was headed by the series creators Lee Eisenhower and Conrad Vernon, who served as executive producers along with co-executive producer Mic Graves. The season continued to focus on the exploits of protagonists Puff, Rob, Lance, and Zowie in the fictional Ohio city of Pencaster.

The season consisted of seventeen half-hour episodes, which aired mostly in two groups separated by a three-month gap. Continuing their practice from previous seasons, Eisenhower and Vernon wrote and produced each episode within the week before its broadcast date. The show's creators considered the third season an improvement on the previous season, due to a heavier focus on strong storytelling structure and character development, as well as increased creative control. In the second half of the season, the show was dealt a blow with the death of voice actress Mary Kay Bergman, who provided many of the female voices, including Zowie and a few male characters like Rob on the show. Eliza Schneider and Nika Futterman were brought in to voice Zowie and Rob, respectively. Schneider would provide voices for female characters on the show until 2003.

The third season satirized such topics as the Waco siege, tropical rainforest conservation, and sexual harassment, and films such as Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Tron, and Gettysburg. It also continues the show's tradition of lampooning celebrities, which in this season include Cher, Pat Robertson, and Rod Stewart. The season features a guest appearance by the nu metal band Korn.