Visible when she is answering the phone, Ruby is wearing a wolf shaped ring, which references her story.
Ruby's love interest in this episode is named Peter. This is possibly a reference to the story "Peter and Wolf," which was made into a short animated film by Disney also titled Peter and the Wolf (1946).
Snow White tells Little Red Riding Hood to call her "Margaret," then she says no "call me Mary." Her name in Storybrooke is Mary Margaret Blanchard. This Makes Snow White the third person to use her name in both Storybrooke and the Enchanted Forest.
August claims to have seen lemurs in Nepal. However, lemurs are only found in Madagascar, an island off the cost of Africa. There are none in Nepal.
The title card features Red Riding Hood.