When Kylie (Sasha Jackson) gets her hair caught in the locker it's like when the character Caroline gets her hair caught in the door in the movie "Sixteen Candles." Caroline was played by Haviland Morris who played Haley and Nathan's therapist, Olivia, in Season 6.
Julian dresses up as Ducky from "Pretty in Pink" and Alex dresses up as Sloane Peterson from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off"
Episode is named for the song by Simple Minds, featured in the John Hughes movie "The Breakfast Club."
Craig Sheffer who portrayed Keith Scott on earlier seasons of "One Tree Hill" played Hardy Jenns in John Hughes' movie "Some Kind of Wonderful"
There are several references to many different 80's movies within the episode.