Pete Townshend's "It Must Be Done" is a new song composed specifically for this episode.
A pioneer movement, dubbed as "young pioneer" by Nina in the episode, is an organization for children operated by a communist party. Typically children enter into the organization in elementary school and continue until adolescence. The adolescents then typically join the Young Communist League. The Pioneer movement was modeled in many aspects on the Scout movement. The two movements share some principles like preparedness and promotion of sports and outdoor skills. A member of the movement is known as a Pioneer, with the name stemming from the pioneering activity in Scouting. A neckerchief-typically red, but sometimes light blue-is the traditional item of clothing worn by a pioneer. This tradition was adapted from the Scout uniform. But there are some distinct differences between the two movements. Most notably, the Scout movement is independent of government control and political parties. In contrast, the Pioneer movement is controlled by the Communist Party and includes teaching of communist principles. Opponents of Communism claim that this is a form of indoctrination. During the existence of the Soviet Union, thousands of Young Pioneer camps and Young Pioneer Palaces were built exclusively for Young Pioneers, which were free of charge, sponsored by the government and trade unions. There were many newspapers and magazines published for Young Pioneers in millions of copies.
Henry protests that "April Fool's (Day) is in a week, Dad," dating the episode around March 25, 1982.
The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is the premier intelligence agency of Pakistan. The agency gained global recognition and fame in the 1980s, when it supported the Afghan mujahideen against the Soviet Union during the Soviet-Afghan War in the erstwhile Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. During the war, the ISI worked in close coordination with the United States' Central Intelligence Agency and the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service to run Operation Cyclone-a program to train and fund the mujahideen with support from China, Israel, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim nations.
The nomenklatura were a category of people within the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries who held various key administrative positions in the bureaucracy, running all spheres of those countries' activity: government, industry, agriculture, education, etc., whose positions were granted only with approval by the communist party of each country or region. The nomenklatura forming a de facto elite of public powers in the former Eastern Bloc; one may compare them to the western establishment holding or controlling both private and public powers (for example, in media, finance, trade, industry, the state and institutions).