The plainclothes officer who arrests Marty is Frank Ilarraza, a real-life police detective who arrested the real Martin Puccio in 1993. His character is listed in the credits as "Detective Frank Ilarazza", playing "himself".
The character of Heather wears a t-shirt bearing the logo of the Rockstar video game company. In 2006, Rockstar would release an unrelated game, also titled "Bully".