Pacific Coast High School, mentioned as an opponent of the football team in this episode, is the setting of fellow 90s NBC teen sitcom California Dreams (1992).
West Beverly High referenced in this episode is the fictional high school of Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), the show Tiffani Thiessen joins in its fifth season, following her stint on Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993). She moves from Kelly Kapowski to play Valerie Malone on Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990) for more than four seasons, where she filled the Brenda Walsh void following Shannen Doherty's exit.