A Skin Wrinkle in Time

Characters

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• GrandPat Star
• French Narrator
• Painty the Pirate
• Hans
• Cecil Star Template:Cameo
• Bunny Star Template:Cameo
• Patrick Star Template:Cameo
• Squidina Star Template:Cameo
• Cowboy #1
• Cowboy #2
• Townsfolk #1
• Old Klopnodian man

Production

This episode was confirmed by Cartoonlounge.de on August 2, 2022.

Trivia

General

• This episode premiered as a part of "The Tidal Zone" special event.
• This episode was originally scheduled to premiere on Friday, November 25, 2022 in the United States sometime between 7:00 PM and 7:30 PM, but it instead got replaced with the premiere of the 2021 Nickelodeon film The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.
• This is the first third segment since "BlackJack" in season 5 and the seventh third segment overall after "Tea at the Treedome", "Fungus Among Us", "Good Ol' Whatshisname", "Slimy Dancing", "The Krusty Plate", and "BlackJack".
• This is the fourth episode of the main SpongeBob SquarePants series to feature a character from a spin-off series. The first was "Something Narwhal This Way Comes", the second was "Upturn Girls", and the third was "Slappy Daze".
• This is the second episode that features an animated character on the title card. The first was "Trident Trouble", which featured all the members of the Greek chorus speaking to the viewers.
• The SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song is featured in this episode with a new recording, but all instances of SpongeBob's name are changed to GrandPat's name.
• This is the second episode to have no onscreen credits, following "Reef Blower".
• This is the first episode to not only play instantly after another episode, but to have the title card play after the intro and first scene.

Cultural references

• This episode's title is a pun of the 1962 novel A Wrinkle in Time.

Videos

• File:⚠️ THE TIDAL ZONE IS COMING! ⚠️ SpongeBob Universe Special Trailer - 3-Night Crossover Event
• File:The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)
• File:The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo 2 - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)
• File:The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo 3 - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)
• File:The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo 4 - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)
• File:The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo 5 - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)
• File:The Tidal Zone SpongeBob Universe Special Promo 6 - January 13, 2023 (Nickelodeon U.S.)
• File:New on Nick in 2023 Promo 1 (Nickelodeon U.S.)
• File:SpongeBob Universe - "The Tidal Zone" Event Promo