When Britta's anarchist group leaves her, she is standing in front of a Greendale Citizen of the month board. Every photo is of Annie.
When at the frozen yogurt shop in the mall, the Simple Minds song from 'The Breakfast Club' is playing in the background. The movie is referenced several times in the first pilot.
Abed was going to call his chart the "Loom of Fate," a reference to the comic book movie Wanted (2008), where such a device was used.
Near the end of the episode, Troy says, "and we're all Spider-Man!" In 2010, one of Donald Glover's fans suggested that Glover play Peter Parker in the then-upcoming Amazing Spider-Man movie. Fans showed their support on Twitter by retweeting the hashtag #donald4spiderman.
In this episode, Abed talks about how terrible the Star Wars prequels are, while this episode is, ironically, a prequel.