When Michael (Jason Bateman) is passing through the Phoenix airport, a mural behind him depicts highlights from the entire series.
In the episode Michael (Jason Bateman) repeatedly tells George-Michael (Michael Cera) that his calendar on his phone is stuck in 2003. This is a reference to when the first season of Arrested Development aired in 2003.
In May 2013, Mitchell Hurwitz encouraged everyone to watch the 15 episodes in season four in order. In October 2014 Hurwitz announced he was re-editing Season Four to be in chronological order. In May 2018, Hurwitz announced the re-edit would be titled Season Four Remix: Fateful Consequences and would release May 4, 2018 on Netflix. The re-edited season is more like the original pacing of the original three seasons and is comprised of 22 episodes.
The upcoming fourth season of the show that will precede the film is to be distributed by Netflix, after a bidding war that included other companies such as Hulu.
During the college scenes where Michael (Jason Bateman), George Michael (Michael Cera) and Maeby (Alia Shawkat) are discussing the vote to kick someone out of the dorm room, Michael Cera is wearing the same shirt he wears in the majority of the film .Superbad (2007)