On November 13, 2019, Netflix and Nickelodeon entered into a multi-year content production agreement to produce several original animated feature films and television series based on Nickelodeon's library of characters, in order to compete with Disney's new streaming service Disney+, which had launched the day before. This agreement expanded on their existing relationship, in which new specials based on the past Nickelodeon series "Invader Zim" and "Rocko's Modern Life" (' and ' respectively) were released by Netflix. "Glitch Techs" was the first series to be released as part of the new agreement. Other new projects planned under the team-up include a music project featuring Squidward Tentacles from the animated television series "SpongeBob SquarePants", and films based on "The Loud House" and "Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles". In early March 2020, ViacomCBS announced that it will be producing two spin-off films based on "SpongeBob SquarePants" for Netflix.