In preparation for Season 7, Rob McElhenney put on 50 pounds of weight and let his beard grow out in order to give extra humor to his character and add a new comedic direction for the season.
In the final scene, both Dee and Roxy are wearing the "$500 jacket" which they were looking at in the clothing store earlier in the episode.
Alanna Ubach played Danny DeVito's daughter in Renaissance Man (1994).
In the cold open, Sweet Dee calls an animal shelter to adopt a dog that she wants to use to attack people. In 2014, two actors from the show, real life couple Rob McElhenney (Mac) and Kaitlyn Olson (Sweet Dee) were sued after their dog allegedly attacked a kid at their home.