- Brian does not appear in this episode.
- Peter has not checked his work email since he started his job at the Pawtucket Brewery, and now has to scroll through 17,000 emails. One of which told him that he had 9/11 off.
- Peter also says he never wanted to work at the brewery.
Peter
- The bad guys are from Finland due to their depiction not offending American or Chinese audiences.
- Lap Band tries to hide that his skiing stunts were faked.
- Lap Band escapes the mountains on an Ozempic parachute due to the brand throwing a lot of money at the episode.
- The parodied intro is sung by Randy Newman.
- Meg, who plays the character of Miss Takeapenny, gets married and becomes Mrs. Misstakeapenny-Leaveapenny.
- Despite his protests to the contrary, Peter believes that agent Q's (Chris) spy gadgets came from Best Buy.
- Upon making his entrance, Blofella's speech is drowned out by the noise of his own helicopter.
- Blofella's goons are all independent contractors who log into an app whenever they feel like working for him.
- Band and Blofella continue to get lost throughout the casino during their chase, constantly winding up in the same spot.
- The two decide to break to see the Santana concert due to his age, but Band only knows one song.
- Band is able to find Blofella on the hotel roof due to it being part of a tour related to The Hangover.
- After Alice begs him to sleep with her after saving her, Band reveals that he is gay.
Quagmire
- Quagmire notes he is the only one who actually got to live his dream job.
- Quagmire has a pre-transition photo of Ida Davis on his dresser.
- Quagmire has a Rubik's Cube in his 1980s apartment, and he appears to be playing an Atari console.
- Peter briefly speeds up the flashback to 1.5x speed, his preference for podcasts.
- He is tempted to speed things up again while Quagmire is listing out the various sweat bands.
- One of the films in the shop window is intended to be Weekend at Bernie's.
- According to Quagmire, women in the 80s all desired long, flat rear ends.
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is guest hosted by John Davidson; he appears with Jane Fonda.
- Quagmire initially mistakes the initials on the note for Jodie Foster's.
- All of the scene transitions in Quagmire's segment are pixelated and accompanied by 8-bit sound effects.
Joe/Cleveland
- Cleveland is only interested in being a cop on his last day on the job due to the benefits package.
- The police chief only considers the cocaine crisis a big deal because a white girl got a minor nosebleed from it, despite black people having been affected by it for much longer.
- Sergeant Maniac briefly walks around without pants to make sure women are part of the audience.
- He repeats this gag a second time while visiting Cleveland's for dinner.
- Cleveland has a picture of Ice-T on his dining room wall.
- The story ends with the same logos as Quagmire's story, with Quagmire interrupting by stating that he produced both.
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