• Peter names the giraffe he steals from the zoo Allison Janney, a reference to the actress who is often caricatured with a distinctively long neck.
• The townsfolk (after they remove their white disguises and are revealed to be black) sing “A Brand New Day/Everybody Rejoice”, a song from the Broadway musical The Wiz. The scene spoofs the corresponding scene in the film version of the musical, in which the Wicked Witch of the West’s slaves (grotesque, leather-skinned creatures) shed their skin to reveal attractive young black people underneath. The song where black people dance and celebrate the absence of police officers is actually "Everybody Rejoice". This scene may also reference the alleged racism of many police officers.
• During the scene in which Stewie is asking Brian what happened at the dance, he states: "She seems to have taken a shine to you, Brian!" Judging by the movies Seth MacFarlane likes, this may have come from a similar line in the 1987 The Secret Of My Success".
• In a scene, Meg says "Can you feel me? Can you feel me inside you?", referencing Casino.
• The formula that the Emperor from Star Wars used to create good dialog was "Something something something Dark Side. Something Something Something Complete". It is a joke on how those two words are said so often by him, or at least remembered better than anything else. The first sentence would later become the title of the Empire Strikes Back parody episode of Family Guy.
• The music playing when Peter and the gang arrive at the Quahog Police Academy is the theme song from the Police Academy movies. Peter mentions that “it is our first day at Police Academy 4,” in which ordinary civilians are trained as police officers. Quagmire specifically also wears a T-shirt that says “ONE IN THE OVEN” as worn by Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg). During the scene when Peter and the boys raid Meg’s hotel room (where Brian is tied up), Cleveland yells “Don’t move, dirtbag!”, a line that was said by Sgt. Hooks from Police Academy.
• Most of Meg’s scenes (where she obsesses over Brian) are reminiscent to Glenn Close’s scenes in the movie Fatal Attraction. Such as when Meg turns the lights on and off, while listening to opera and the "I won't be ignored, Brian" line Meg uses.
• Garrett Morris cameoed as the “headmaster of the New York School for the Hard-of-Hearing,” a part that he played while a cast member on Saturday Night Live during Weekend Update (particularly during the first season, when Chevy Chase was Weekend Update anchor). At the end, he says “Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow,” which was the closing line during Chevy Chase’s tenure on Weekend Update.
• The scene in which Brian is kidnapped and tied up by Meg is a parody of The King of Comedy.
• Quagmire hands Meg the book The Missing Piece by Shel Silverstein, a book that deals with relationships using a round creature missing a piece.

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