Tom Kenny's first time voicing Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy who are the young depictions of their elderly selves retired from the original show.
"The Patterfly Effect" marks the transition to a storyboard-driven format, as opposed to the script-driven format used previously. The show also got a crew shake up separate from the main SpongeBob SquarePants series.
The design of Patrick's parents for the series are taken from the designs of both his original series' parents and his fake parents Marty and Janet in "I'm with Stupid."
"Blorpsgiving" marks the first time the SpongeBob Franchise has had a Thanksgiving special.