The origin of the Night-Breed along with it's members Brickhouse and Fade, resembles the Blood Syndicate a street gang of superpowered metahumans that appear in the comics from Milestone Media.
Static wraps a pole around Brickhouse with the names "Swinton Street" and "Cowan Street", named after producer Swinton O. Scott III and Static Co-creator/director Denys Cowan. Cowan street had previously appeared in The Breed (2000).
Gear guesses that Batman is "a rich guy who gets to sleep all day", and nags Static for protecting the Caped Crusader's secret identity. Static learned Batman's identity in Hard as Nails (2003).
"Virgil" and "Richie" do not appear in this episode, Static and Gear remain in costume throughout the episode.