This is a spoof of the Goosebumps story, Night of the Living Dummy.
Title of this episode is a play on the title of the movie The Talented Mr. Ripley.
Playbills and posters on the wall of the dressing room reference Madam Butterfly, Evita, Rent, Groucho Marx, Wicked, Violet, and others.
Rodger is doing a spoof of a character in Goosebumps a living ventriloquist doll named Slappy who also didn't like being called a dummy.