The music playing while Belle and Rumple are building and decorating their home is the opening song from Up, when Carl and Ellie are decorating their home.
It was confirmed on July 22, 2017, that Emilie de Ravin (Belle) and Giles Matthey (Gideon) would return for just this one episode.
When Tilly is talking to Victoria in the car, in conversation she says "who are you?". Which is a reference to the Disney movie Alice In Wonderland where the catepilar asks the same question. She was also wearing a rabbit mask, also reference to the White Rabbit.
The music that plays while Belle and Gold are dancing in their home is the theme from the Beauty and the Beast movies.
At the end of the episode when Henry and Ivy are in the bar, there are three women dressed up as Winnifred, Mary, and Sarah Sanderson from Hocus Pocus.