In a potent, topical political jab, the alleged blackmailer of Neptune High's gay students is named Rick Santorum, the arch neo-conservative former Republican senator from Pennsylvania whose outspoken views on homosexuality as an abomination, not to mention the constitutionally protected right to privacy, became a cause celebre in 2004.
The text of the poster in Keith's (Enrico Colantoni) office is as follows:
- "In lesser gods we trust This ransom note is worth exactly what you are willing to give in order to get it OBEY FEDERAL RESERVE CASH FOR CHAOS PROP. MANUFACTURING SUPPLY AND DEMAND THIS IS YOUR GOD OBEY
- Capitalism without discretion is an ugly religion."
One of the names on Veronica's (Kristen Bell) list is "John Ramos." John Ramos is the real name of the "Couch Baron," the person who recapped the show each week on the website Television Without Pity.
The title of this episode is a pun on pizza toppings and gay sexual slang.
We get a closeup of one of the posters on the wall in Keith's (Enrico Colantoni) office in this episode. It's a piece of "This Is Your God" works created by Shepard Fairey, who is better known for his "Andre the Giant has a posse" sticker (Andre's face can be seen in the star at the centre of the poster) and for creating the artwork for The Black Eyed Peas' CD Elephunk. Fairey is perhaps best known for his Barack Obama "HOPE" poster.