Stewie is shown studying the details of this painting.

Stewie at a party with other tan-obsessed people is a reference to the Tony Lacey scene in Annie Hall.

At Stewie's party, Devon gives Brian a copy of his new movie, telling Brian it's basically 'Brokeback Mountain' from the viewpoint of the horses.

Stewie and Brian visiting the Chicago Museum of Art as one of Stewie's last wishes is a reference to Ferris Bueller's Day Off. The scene with Stewie staring at the painting is taken directly from the movie.

Lois is angry that Peter took Stewie on the golf course without sunscreen. She tells Peter this is more irresponsible than the time he fed his Mogwai after midnight.

The title of this Family Guy episode is a parody of the film "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou".

Peter remembers the time he tried to make his own electric razor, by taping razor blades to the blades of an average desk fan. The results are disastrous and after blood is seen splattered all over the window, Peter says "Lois! I done it again!". Then an image of The red bullseye rings appears, in the style of the endings of the Looney Tunes shows. But instead of Porky Pig inside the rings, it's Peter.

When Brian advises Stewie to “wait and see” whether or not he has cancer, Stewie says “Jim Henson had a wait and see attitude, and look what happened to him. Now we’ve got wrong-sounding Muppets.". The scene then cuts to Kermit the Frog and the Swedish Chef (two characters Henson voiced) in a dialogue sequence, with much different voice tones. The two would later appear at the end of the show, discussing the preceding events, when Fozzie Bear walks in, and says in a deep voice: “Wocka wocka. Who wants to hear a funny-ass joke?”

After Stewie is badly sunburned, he asks Brian to apply lotion to his skin. Brian squirts the lotion onto Stewie when Mr. Furley, from the television series 'Three's Company' walks in, thinking he's witnessing a dirty scene between Brian and Stewie.

Stewie includes learning to ballroom dance on his bucket list. He and Brian dance to this song together.

An instrumental only version of this song plays while Stewie sunbathes and drinks a can of TAB.

Stewie sings this song while he's in his tanning bed, trying to keep up with his golden bronze color.

Peter becomes a bully, and makes Joe his puppet, but holding Joe's body up with ropes, making him dance while singing 'The Lonely Goatherd', a song from the film 'The Sound of Music'.

Peter has a flashback to his school days when he was bullied by Randy Fulcher. He remembers giving a book report on 'The Giving Tree' when Randy comes to the front of the class and pulls Peter's pants down around his ankles.

After thinking he might have cancer, Stewie creates a bucket list, which includes writing poetry. Stewie recites a poem he wrote to Brian is a reference to the novel Tuesdays with Morrie.