Busy Philipps and Dan Byrd from the TBS show Cougar Town (2009) make a quick cameo after the paintball war is over. This cameo is in reference to Abed's love for "Cougar Town" and his appearance in the background of an episode of the show.
Ludwig Göransson, who wrote the music for this Star Wars homage episode, has since gone on to write the music for The Mandalorian (2019) and The Book of Boba Fett (2021) in the Star Wars universe.
The scene were Magnitude throws himself onto the paint grenade is similar to a scene in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Joe Russo, who directed this episode would later go on to direct Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), along with his brother Anthony Russo.
The scene in which City College students destroy the statue of Luis Guzmán parodies the video of a statue of Saddam Hussein being pulled down during the 2003 Iraq War.