While he and Maeby (Alia Shawkat) are watching a screening for their studio's new horror film, Mort (Jeff Garlin) comments that the monster "looks like ALF". We then hear a character in the film say "That's the creature that ate our cat!" The alien character ALF (1986) was well known for wanting to eat the family cat.
The strippers that Gob (Will Arnett) introduces are named Barbara and Dee. These were the names of two of Michael (Jason Bateman)'s past girlfriends seen in Forget Me Now (2005).
The voice over for the trailer of Maeby (Alia Shawkat)'s movie 'Gangie' is the voice of Will Arnett (Gob).
The Narrator (Ron Howard) refers to Maeby (Alia Shawkat) as "Hollywood's third youngest movie studio executive." This is a reference to the Olsen Twins, Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen.
This episode is show creator Mitchell Hurwitz's joint-favorite episode, the other being companion piece episode 1.10, Pier Pressure (2004).