When Professor Whitman snaps Jeff's rainbow suspenders and says, "Sorry, Mr. Winger, these won't cut it!" Jeff responds with, "Shazbott!" a common word used by Robin Williams' character Mork from Ork, who always wore rainbow suspenders.
Abed's father telling Jeff to "Go host American Idol (2002)" is one of many Ryan Seacrest jokes that will be made at Joel McHale throughout the series.
The student's desk collapsing underneath her was a prop failure.
Pierce expresses surprise that Shirley isn't Troy's mother. Yvette Nicole Brown (Shirley) is only 12 years older than Donald Glover (Troy).
In a rare move for the series, Britta is seen sitting to Jeff's left while Abed is filming in the study room.