Zach Hadel is a frequent guest on Chris O'Neill's Youtube channel "OneyPlays". In a video where they play the game Worms, Zach mentioned that he would put a worm in episode 2. On the second episode after the pilot, Pim can be seen eating a bowl of worms from Alan's compost.
Shrimp is voiced by David Firth, the British artist and animator known for his creations Salad Fingers, Burnt Face Man and the series Sock 1-6.
A puppet version of Shrimp's Odyssey was made for Adult Swim's 2024 April Fools Day broadcast.
At the coffee shop Pim could have easily seen that Jennifer wasn't Shrimpena if he wasn't blinded by her good looks and instead looked at her name tag
This episode features the iconic hyper-detailed single-frame gag popularized by SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)