- Celebrity Voice Actor: Andy Samberg voices Colonel Carper.
- Development Gag: SpongeBob and Squidward playing in a ukulele-clarinet duet together was originally a tidbit from the original pitch bible.
- End of an Age: This is not only the final episode of season 8, but also the final episode for various people for a multitude of reasons:
- This was the final SpongeBob episode to be produced in 480i standard-def. All future episodes are produced in HD widescreen.
- This was the final episode that writers Aaron Springer, Sean Charmatz, and Dani Michaeli worked on as regular writers before leaving the show.
- This was the final season that story editor Steven Banks worked on, a position he had since season 4.
- This is the final episode that voice director Andrea Romano worked on, a position she's had since "Pest of the West" in season 5.
- Out of Order: This is the season 8 finale in production order, but "It's a SpongeBob Christmas" aired as the season finale.
- Role Reprise: Ned from Ned And The Needlefish is once again voiced by Dee Bradley Baker. He last voiced the character 6 years earlier in the season 4 episode "Wigstruck".
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