Bender's actual top 10 words based on transcript are:
- 1: bender (104)
- 2: fry (85)
- 3: robot(s) (81)
- 4: human(s) (52)
- 5: whoa (50)
- 6: love (47)
- 7: god (!42!)
- 8: ass (39)
- 9: old (38)
- 10: kill (30)
The headline near the end of the episode was going to say "Earth Licks Balls," but the censors thought it was too risque. Instead, they changed it to the even more risque "Balls Thoroughly Licked."
The army hospital scene refers to the classic American TV series M*A*S*H (1972). The PA announcer is voiced by Todd Susman, the same actor from the original series, and Dr. Zoidberg argues with a robot surgeon named iHawk, a parody of Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, the series' main character.
Bender uses every one of the words in the Top Ten List at various moments throughout the episode.
One of the propaganda posters in the Army mess hall says "Round Hips Sink Ships." In addition to being a satirical commentary on a then-controversial issue of women serving in combat units, this poster is a parody of a common propaganda slogan from World War II, which cautioned soldiers not to share potentially confidential military information, warning that "Loose Lips Sink Ships."