Brett, Stan's Satanic Best friend from Season 3, episode 3 (Dope & Faith) appears briefly before he is killed by a flying mascot from the bus crash earlier in the episode.

An artist rendition of Hayley and Jeff shows them as Velma and Shaggy from Scooby Doo.

Roger is shown dressed up as the Cryptkeeper at the beginning of the episode.

The episode opens with Roger, dressed as the Crypt Keeper, telling the audience "tonight we're going to find out who shot Mr. Burns. What? 15 years ago? Who was it? Really? The baby?" a reference to 'The Simpsons'.

At the end of the episode, Haley and Jeff fly off in a car similar to the one in the film 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'.

At Groff Community College, a math professor asks "who solved my theorem? Which one of you is the genius?" (the chalkboard reads 2+2=4) He then points to the janitor saying "You there!" as the janitor runs away.

Stan flies around the Earth to turn back time the same way Superman did at the end of the first Superman movie.

This song is played when Jeff's car turns into the flying car from the film, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.