Beast Boy says to Raven: "You're just jealous because I sound like a rock star." Greg Cipes, the voice actor for Beast Boy is a singer and musician in his own right.
There are several references in this episode to the wildly creative Terry Gilliam. Gilliam may be best known as the director of The Fisher King (1991), Time Bandits (1981) and 12 Monkeys (1995). But Gilliam 's revolutionary animation was featured in Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969). Gilliam was part of the Monty Python comedy troupe; He also contributed to their movies, as well as "Flying Circus."
This episode contained quite a few references to The Beatles. With all the Beatles references, it's worth noting that The Teen Titans first appeared in the comics at the height of The Beatles' popularity. DC used to refer to the original Teen Titans (Robin, Kid Flash, Aqualad and Wonder Girl) as the "Fab Four" - a term also used to refer to The Beatles. When Speedy was retro-actively made a member later on, fans came to refer to the founding five Titans as "The Fab Five." To this day, Titans fans still call the original members The Fab Five.
The building facings look like the album cover to Led Zeppelin's "Physical Graphitti".
Near the end of the episode, Mad Mod has small statues of Raven, Cyborg, Beast Boy, and Starfire on a chess-like strategy table. The poses for Mad Mod's chess pieces are taken directly from the line of Teen Titans Collectible Maquettes released from DC Direct. A Robin statue was made but wasn't included in this episode.