Donovan says to his mother "You said it could never happen here, but we woke up one morning and we were in a fascist state." The 1935 anti-fascist novel "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis was the inspiration for V (1983).
In the hospital attack Donovan wears the name tag of Ben Taylor, a medical doctor and founding member of the resistance who died in V (1983).
When Mike and Julie get the ticket to the Counterfeiter to copy the computer he uses has the sound effects of another popular sci-fi TV show, Star Trek (1966). The sounds were those of the doors opening and the Communicators and several common sound from the USS Enterprise.
Nuremberg Trials: Held for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice, the Nuremberg trials were a series of 13 trials carried out in Nuremberg, Germany, between 1945 and 1949. The defendants, who included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers along with German industrialists, lawyers and doctors, were indicted on such charges as crimes against peace and crimes against humanity.
The raw "meat" Robin eats was made from marzipan.