When Gus is dreaming about graduating, one of the kids coming up to receive his diploma is named Thomas Germain, who in real life, is the son of co-creator Paul Germain. When the show was being made, he attended Third Street Elementary School, which gave the school in the show it's name.
We find out that the Recess gang would've graduated in 2006.
This is the first time God is referred to on the show, first when Hank says, "God rest her soul", and when Gus is having a nightmare. The only other Disney animated series to reference God was in 101 Dalmatians: The Series.
In this episode, Tress MacNeille plays an old lady named Dot. Tress MacNeille was also the voice of Dot Warner on the 1993 cartoon, Animaniacs.
This is the first episode where Paul Dooley voices Hank.