Throughout "Speak for Yourself, Farmer Smurf", Farmer has four partners: Grouchy, Vanity, Handy, and Poet.
Other than the Johan and Peewit episodes, "A Hovel Is Not a Home" is one of the few episodes where the Smurfs aren't the main focus.
The title of the episode "A Hovel Is Not a Home" is an allusion to the 1964 ballad "A House Is Not a Home".
"Speak for Yourself, Farmer Smurf" is one of the few episodes (besides Season 9 episodes) that does not feature any background Smurfs.
"Speak for Yourself, Farmer Smurf" has some similarities with "Cyrano de Bergerac", with Farmer in the role of the titular character; Smurfette as Cyrano's love interest Roxanne; Papa Smurf as Cyrano's old friend Let Bred; and Grouchy, Vanity, and Handy splitting the role of Christian. The only difference is that in the original story, there is a love triangle, and here in the episode, Farmer is all by himself trying to win the heart of Smurfette.