- The title puns on a "teacher's pet" and "heavy petting."[1][2]
- The students mimic Fonzie from Happy Days.
- In a cutaway, Peter tells some footballers that when they kill themselves not to damage their brain, so it can be examined, a reference to the link between football concussions, chronic traumatic encephalopathy and suicide.[3]
- The video of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee Jones is a reference to the Hulu show "Pam & Tommy" about her sex tape with musician Tommy Lee.[4]
- The piñata wants to move in with his sister Hilaria Baldwin, a reference to her controversial Spanish identity.[5]
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| #01 | Fertilized Megg | #06 | Boston Stewie | #11 | Teacher's Heavy Pet | |||
| #02 | Supermarket Pete | #07 | Snap(ple) Decision | #12 | Take This Job and Love It | |||
| #03 | A 'Stache from the Past | #08 | Baking Sad | #13 | Lifeguard Meg | |||
| #04 | Old World Harm | #09 | The Return of the King (of Queens) | #14 | Fat Actor | |||
| #05 | Baby, It's Cold Inside | #10 | Cabin Pressure | #15 | Faith No More |
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