Kristanna Loken reprises her role as Jennifer Bassett, now the wife of Stuart Minkus (Lee Norris) and the mother of Farkle Minkus (Corey Fogelmanis), from An Affair to Forget (1996) and First Girlfriends' Club (1998).
This episode marks a rare instance of a Disney character diagnosed with autism.
The original airing contains a title linked to a website on autism.
Kristanna Loken (Jennifer Bassett-Minkus) previously appeared in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) as a robot. The irony of her being Farkle's mother is that he he himself was suspected of being a robot in a previous episode by Eric Matthews (Will Friedle).
August Maturo (Auggie Matthews) does not appear in this episode.