It is revealed that Shawn Hunter is Italian on his mother's side. Her maiden name is Cordini.
In this episode, Feeny has Cory teach his class. Cory will ultimately become a history teacher in the series spin-off Girl Meets World (2014).
According to Will Friedle, Danielle Fishel, and Rider Strong the racial slur which Linda (Lindsay Price) was referred to at the mall, was included in an earlier version of the script. As recounted on the "Pod Meets World" podcast, the word (heard in films such as Platoon (1986)) was mispronounced by Ben Savage at the table read and subsequently removed.
This is the first reappearance of Topanga, whose first episode was Cory's Alternative Friends (1993)
The title is a reference to the phrase "teacher's pet."