This episode included five story references in the dialog:
- Henry refers to dreaming about Princess Leia and using his Lightsaber
- Henry says that 'I saw Tron'
- Will is worried about 'this Frankenstein contraption'
- Nikola is expecting 'something cooler like the Matrix'
- Will says 'are we talking "SkyNet"?'
Also; Henry mentions a Praxian Babblefish program. In Douglas Adams' "Hitcher's Guide to the Galaxy " everyone has a Babblefish in their ear which is a universal translator.
Also: Tesla says of cyber Worth, " best little operating system butler this side of OS12". OS 12 was the operating system in Tron.
Amanda Tapping (Helen Magnus) previously appeared in an episode of Stargate SG-1 (1997) with the same title: Chimera (2004).