This is the only episode to feature subtitles for the Pokemon speech.
A Slowpoke can be seen fishing with its tail in an attempt to evolve.
The boat tour uses the surf music from the game.
More Pokémon's Pokérap images come from this episode than any other episode, providing the images for Meowth, Rhydon, Zapdos, Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Kabutops, and Slowbro. Out of these, only Slowbro and Meowth were actual Pokémon.
This episode contains one of the few instances of Pokémon eating humans being mentioned (by Squirtle, who jokingly claimed, that Ash, Misty and Brock may have been eaten by wild Pokémon, which Pikachu and Charmander didn't find funny at all and told him to stop talking that way).