Trivia

Tom Kenny admitted that the animation shift to CGI (for both the movie and the series) caught him, some of his fellow-cast members, and even series creator Stephen Hillenburg by surprise. He stated in an interview "Hillenburg and we were a little unsure about the CGI thing. SpongeBob is such a determinedly 2D classic animated looking show." But their wariness was calmed by the producers of the new series, who were also responsible for the still-running original series, "They were able to find a way to take that CGI and lend it the same squashy, stretchy, kinetic, the craziness of 2D, classic animation. That was a puzzle they worked really, really hard to figure out, and I think are still learning on Kamp Koral. I think it's fun to have to learn new tricks when you've been doing something for a while."

Showrunner Vincent Waller stated on Twitter that Stephen Hillenburg was aware of the spin-off series, but retracted his statement the next day. He stated "Steve was aware it was being developed. Sadly he did not get to see it completed, I think it would have made him smile." The next day, Waller wrote, "When I said that last night, I was feeling it was right, but full disclosure. That time period has so much traumatic scar tissue for me. [cont] I had lost two friends to death in a short [sic] and it has kinked up my chronological memories of events into a bit of a slippery jumble for that entire block of time."

First SpongeBob SquarePants spin-off.

In the episode "The Ho! Ho! Horror!" Santa Claus was originally going to be played by a live-action actor, but this was later changed.

Missy Upton, one of the camp counselors, first appeared in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode Krusty Katering (2017).