- The title of this episode is a reference to the third part of The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King; and to the TV show King of Queens.
- Coincidentally, the episode's air date of December 17, 2023 is the 20th anniversary of the release of the 2003 film adaptation of Return of the King.[1]
- Peter asks regarding Meg, "Who is this person who speaks to me as though I needed his advice?" and then throws her out a castle window, which Peter acknowledges is a very old movie reference, being Braveheart.[2]
- This scene is repeated several times.
- Peter answering his Netflix security question of his first concert he references a Smash Mouth concert from 2015 at a food festival where people were throwing pieces of bread at the band. [3]
- In order to get Kevin James back on network television, Chris pitches a show titled Big Wonder, a parody of Small Wonder.
- The old sitcom stars appearing out of the cornfield is an allusion to the film Field of Dreams.
- In the end of the episode after Stewie and Brian's pitch was rejected, Stewie goes to pitch Bakers Dozen to Scott Rudin who then throws a computer at Stewie in reference to when Rudin smashed his computer monitor on his assistant's hand. [4]
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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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