The shot of the Vietnam Memorial at the end of the episode includes the names of Pretender creators Steve Mitchell and Craig Van Sickle, producers Craig Brinkley, Paul Clausen, Robert Vasquez, Tommy Thompson, Jan Dewitt, Carlos Soto, and composer Velton Ray Bunch (among many others)
Jarod experiences Jell-O.
The aria playing while Miss Parker is remembering her mother's death is "La Mamma Morta" from Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier. The aria title is usually translated into English as "They killed my mother".
Jarod pretends to be an Army Ranger.