Cyborg's love for waffles - as was seen in Crash (2004) - is remembered by Raven in the opening scene.
Sarasim name is a reference to Cyborg's love interest in the comic book series, Sarah Simms. But the similarities end there as the comic book character Sarasim is named after is a far cry from a barbarian queen, Sarah Simms was a teacher at West Side School for the Handicapped - where the students coped with prosthetic limbs. The children looked up to Vic (Cyborg), who had his own 'metal prosthetics,' of a sort. Vic and Sarah Simms remained close friends. Although each of them danced around the idea of a romantic relationship, this would never come to pass. Sarah first appeared in "The New Teen Titans" (vol. 1) #8 and remained a supporting player in the Titans comic book until the late 1980s.
According to Tara Strong, Michael Clarke Duncan (Krall) came in and said that he was so excited to do Teen Titans and that his girlfriend made fun of him because he was in his boxers and watching it. Strong thought Duncan was a really wonderful guy and such a gentle soul, and everyone was asking him about The Green Mile (1999).
This episode originally aired out of production order. It is the second episode of Season 4, but the fourth one to be aired.
When Cyborg worries about messing with the timeline, we see an image of a 'baby' version of Warp, the villain from the episode How Long Is Forever? (2004).