The background prom music is the Arrested Development theme music.
Beth Baerly (Heather Graham) became the new ethics teacher after Mr. Daniels had a stroke, which was actually caused by Maeby (Alia Shawkat) asking him to the Diversity Dance.
At first the series had a 13-episode order. This is the first episode produced after the show was picked up for a full, 22-episode season.
In the scene at the High School with Maeby (Alia Shawkat), George Michael (Michael Cera), Buster (Tony Hale), and Annyong (Justin Lee), there is a poster in the background that says "Hold on Surely Fünke!" This foreshadows Maeby's impersonation of a disabled person using the name Surely in episode 1.17, Justice Is Blind (2004).
The film featuring men dressed as women, Some Like It Hot (1959), is referenced in an ad for coffee at Klimpy's Express: "Some Like It Hot! Some Like it Cold". The ad appears behind Nazhgalia (Iqbal Theba), who is actually a male actor portraying a woman.