The title is derived from a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: "And when she was good, She was very, very good. But when she was bad she was horrid."
As part of the band Cibo Matto, Sean Lennon can be seen performing at The Bronze. He is John Lennon and Yoko Ono's son.
This marks the start of the tradition of all Buffy season premiers beginning in, or close to, a cemetery.
Xander makes a comment about Buffy's new shorter, blonder hair. This is because Sarah Michelle Gellar had had her hair restyled for Scream 2 (1997) which she filmed during the hiatus between Seasons 1 and 2 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997).