• When Stewie swats the spoon away from his face and says “Well, I guess the pilot was JFK, Junior,” he is referring to the death of John F. Kennedy, Jr, who died while piloting a plane. Stewie then says sadly, “Wow, even I found that to be in bad taste.”
• After Brian rejects a donkey for the group date with Brooke, Prince Adam takes the animal and transforms him into Battle-Cat, and himself into He-Man.
• The show is centered around a parody of the ABC show The Bachelorette.
• The first thing that Chris’s pimple says is “Feed me,” like Audrey II from the Little Shop of Horrors.
• The message Chris spray-paints on the wall, "That's enough, John Mayer", refers to the singer-songwriter whose albums have been widely panned by some music fans.
• One of Chris’ pimples demands, “Where are all the whiteheads at?” This is a reference to Cleavon Little’s ploy to goad the Klansmen to leave the line of villains in Blazing Saddles: “Where are all the white women at?” (or more generally, a reference to the stereotype of black men preferring white women).
• When Herbert hops outside Chris’ window on a ladder, the whole scene up to when he falls down is a parody from the film Animal House.
• When Mort Goldman throws the pot of hot coffee on Peter, it is a direct parody of the ending of the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
• Brian and Brooke share an interest in jazz musician John Coltrane “early Coltrane, before he got clean.” Coltrane was a heroin addict until 1957. She is also interested in Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster. (She also jokingly lists DJ Jazzy Jeff.)

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