When Faye is Looking at the Identikit Boxs one has the Star Trek USS Enterprise's identity number NCC1701-B. This was the third Federation ship (Excelsior class, captained by John Harriman) to bear the name Enterprise. In its maiden launch it had Demora Sulu, recently graduated from the Academy, as helmsman, to which the visiting Capt. James T. Kirk said, "It wouldn't be the Enterprise without a Sulu at the helm." John Cho played Sulu in the rebooted Star Trek series of films.
Easter Egg: When Faye is in the warehouse where she receives the videotape the "Major Award" from "A Christmas Story" (1893) can be seen in the background.
Elena Satine is married Tyson Ritter in real life.
At the very beginning of the episode, where Spike is telling Faye that he still has a migraine, she says: "What YOU need is 'The Big O.'" The Big O is another older anime/manga that came out around the same time as the 1st run Cowboy Bebop.