The actress that plays the blonde girl Elena feeds on and takes the ribbon from later went on to play Dana, a rival of the next generation, in Legacies.
Episode title is from the 2000 cheerleader movie Bring It On
The Salvatore Boarding House has a special water-purifying filter so that vampires won't be burned by the vervain in the town's water supply there.
This episode had about 2.41 million viewers in the USA, which was 0.22 million less than the previous episode.
Hashtag during the airing was #BittenByPep