Executive producer Marc Ceccarelli says they want each series to feel “completely different” but still interconnected.

SpongeBob is going from Bikini Bottom to San Diego.

Now the eponymous yellow sponge is taking overSan Diego Comic-Contoo.

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“Nickelodeon wants to keep expanding theSpongeBobuniverse, soPatrickseemed like the next logical step from that.

We want each show to feel completely different, but still be within theSpongeBobuniverse.”

“The fun of thePatrickshow is that it’s almost like a sketch show, right?”

It’s kind of in and out of everything.

It’s incredible, and it’s very different fromSpongeBoborKamp Koral.

“OnSpongeBob, we never exchanged dialogue ever, in these 20-something years,” Fagerbakke says.

Watch the video above for more from theSpongeBobteam.