The start of the "Ripped Pants" song is a small parody of the song "Be True to Your School" by the Beach Boys. The lyrics go in the "Ripped Pants" song go, "When Big Larry came 'round just to put him down...", and the Beach Boys lyrics go, "When some loud braggart tries to put me down...".
This is the first official premiere on Nickelodeon in the summer of 1999.
Patrick says that the elephant bubble is a giraffe. But in one of the books that features this episode Patrick says correctly that the bubble is an elephant.
This is the first non-pilot episode of the show.