After the Donovan McNabb "McDonalds" plug, Mac asks: "Was that the guy from the Cosby show!?" The actor who played the Donovan McNabb impostor is Geoffrey Owens, who was indeed on the The Cosby Show (1984) as Elvin Tibideaux, eventually marrying the daughter, Sondra Huxtable.
First appearance of "Green Man".
The McPoyle brothers are dressed in 70's apparel, which was the time period of the film Invincible (2006).
The first scenes at the Lincoln Financial Field are filmed in parking lot F. The spot they urinated is located at 3795 S. 11th St.
The episode gets its title and story from the movie Invincible (2006) which starred Mark Wahlberg. However, in the episode, several characters refer to it as the "New Kids movie", with reference to the boy band New Kids on the Block. Mark Wahlberg, at age thirteen, had been one of the group's original members, along with Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood, Jordan Knight, and Jonathan Knight. However, he soon quit. It was his departure that eventually allowed Joey McIntyre to take his place as the fifth member of the group.