| AIDs |    | There is a song about AIDs in this episode which parodies the musical "Rent." This song has caused some controversy from AIDs groups in the US. |
| B52's | | Peter plays an acoustic version of the B52's "Rock Lobster" to cheer Cleveland up. |
| Bewitched | | Stewie is seen watching the 60s sitcom "Bewitched" on TV. "Bewitched" was about a witch who married a normal guy and attempts to settle down to a normal domestic life, except her mother (also a witch) kept interferring. |
| Bill Clinton | | Glen Quagmire's apology to America is reference to the time that President Bill Clinton appologized to the nation for his affair with Monica Lewinsky in 1998. |
| Charades | | On the boat, the gang play the game Charades. |
| CPR | | The Griffins learn Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation. |
| Emeril Lagasse | | Peter turns the "Bam!" chanting to Bam-Bam, who then turns it over to Emeril Lagasse, famous TV chef. |
| Growing Pains | | When Adam West is next to Quagmire Protecting him during the night, he starts laughing because of the main character's friend from Growing Pains was named Boner. |
| Hindenburg | | Peter flies a blimp that he calls the "Hindenpeter" past the window and crashes it in the same manner has the real airship. |
| Kicked in the Nuts | | The orange haired guy at the end of the episode that kicks Peter in the nuts is a reference to Mike Henry's online show "Kicked in the Nuts." |
| Lost | | Peter's marriage gift to Quagmire is a big foot with four fingers and a roman's sandal that seems to remind the giant foot we saw on the last episcode from the second seson of Lost. |
| Popeye | | Cleveland eats a can of spinach to develop big muscles like Popeye does in the classic cartoon. |
| Rent | | There is a song about AIDs in this episode which parodies the musical "Rent." |
| Rocky 3 | | At the end of this episode, Cleveland and Quagmire are in the ring ready to fight just like Rocky and Apollo at the end of Rocky 3. Quagmire also says "Do you wanna ring the bell Apollo?" which was said by Rocky. The last shot that it freezes on is just like a shot done in the same style at the end of Rocky 3. Also, the song "Eye of the Tiger" is played when it goes to credits. |
| Saturday Night Live | | The scene in which Quagmire and Cleveland are in 70's clothes and shakin' is a skit from SNL as is Peter when he comes in with a conehead. |
| Star Wars | | When Cleveland is standing over Quagmire Emperor Palpatine appears and says,"Good. Let the hate flow through you." |
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| The Flinstones | | Bam-Bam makes an apperance at the Drunken Clam while Peter is saying, "Bam!" repeatedly. |
| Transformers | | When peter say that cleveland need a revenge lay, the cutaway to Quagmire's house is similar to the "Transformers" cutaway, including the music. |
