This is the first episode where the Foreskins' song "Murder Train" is played. It will also feature in episodes 4x10 The Fight, 4x24 The Leap, 5x07 The Rough Patch, 7x06 Mystery vs. History, 8x21 Romeward Bound, 9x24 Last Forever - Part Two.
In the dubbed version of this episode for German television, Barney doesn't identify the man in the armchair in Robin's video as Alan Thicke, but as Jason Segel - the actor who plays Marshall. The writers may have assumed that Thicke wasn't known enough in Germany, even though Thicke's previous television show Growing Pains (1985) was a hit on the same German station that originally broadcast How I Met Your Mother.
Barney asks Robin if her friend is someone she went to Degrassi with. Degrassi is a popular Canadian/US dramatic TV series franchise that centers around teens and their dramatic high school lives.
Guest cameo of the character inspiration for 'Robin Sparkles', Canadian pop-star Tiffany as a supportive backing singer in second video that parodies her former career.
First episode Adam "Punchy" Punciarello appears.