During the original air date, Fox was having a "Tribute to The Simpsons" week during which their shows would somehow reference The Simpsons (1989). In this episode, Dan Castellaneta (who voices Homer Simpson) makes a guest appearance. Also, in the first scene inside the lab at the Jeffersonian, an X-Ray of Homer Simpson's head is clearly hanging in the background.
When Cam and Vincent first talk in the lab Cam walks past a posted x-ray. The x-ray is of cartoon character Homer Simpson. Dan Castellaneta, the voice of Homer Simpson, guest stars briefly as Officer Novarro in this episode. (Additionally, the dwarf wrestling match is won by Bumblebee Man, a recurring character in The Simpsons.) A few bars of the Simpson's theme is played at end of the scene with Officer Novarro.
The Sudbury mentioned by the new "Iron Leprechaun" is an actual town in Canada, famous for its 330 lakes within the city area.
The original airing of this episode was 11 November 2009, during an event called Simpson's Scavenger Hunt. All Simpson's references are not coincidental.
Chef Gordon Gordon serves amuse-bouche he describes as sperm on corn smut. Corn smut is an actual disease that results in an edible fungus on plants that is popular in Mexico as a delicacy.