In this episode, Stewie runs nude in the mall shouting "Help! I've escaped from Kevin Spacey's basement." 12 years later, allegations against Spacey came out claiming he sexually harassed underage males.
In this episode, Alex Borstein reprises her role as Miss Swan from the FOX variety show Mad TV (1995).
When Tricia Takanawa is in the mall announcing that some hideous girl would receive a free make-over, the girl in the background seated on the bench is the girl hired by the El Dorado Cigarette Company to stand next to Meg that so that Meg by comparison would seem pretty, in the episode "Mr. Griffin Goes to Washington".