The donuts featured in the show are said to come from Huckleberry's, which is a real place in Santa Monica owned by Zoe Nathan, the daughter of Executive Producer, Stephen Nathan.
The set that the movie is being filmed at is in Fox Studios, where the actual TV show Bones is filmed.
The director in the episode, called Jocco, is a nod to the actual show's first assistant director Michael "Jocco" Phillips.
The victim has the same name as the show's writer, Hanson.
In Booth's fake office in Hollywood they have the same ice hockey picture as Booth has in his real office