In a scene between Shaquilla and Nicki, Shaquilla says "What would you do if I gave you a basket of kisses?" Nicki replies, "I'd give you a basket of hugs." This dialogue was shared between the mother and daughter in the film "The Bad seed" from which this episode draws it's inspiration.
In this episode, Professor Oglevee is mentor in the Big Brother and Sister program. In a season 5 two part episode of Seinfeld, The Raincoats (1994), Dorien Wilson (the actor who plays Stanley Oglevee) plays a character named Alec who does the same thing.