Continuity
- In the scene where Fry, Leela, and Bender are surrounded by the mutants, Leela's real mother and father (who are not introduced until season four) are clearly visible in the crowd. This appearance was intentional on the part of the creators who had conceived of Leela's true origin before they even pitched the idea for Futurama to FOX. This episode features the original design for Leela's parents in which Morris has a normal mouth and Munda has normal human arms. It was later decided that the characters would need to appear more mutated and the design was changed.
- Raoul, the 'Supreme Mutant', is depicted in this episode with his third arm having replaced his right ear, with a few jokes being made referencing his reduced ability to hear as a result of it. However, later episodes show him as having both ears, and his third arm is placed slightly higher on his head.
- Bender imitates a Harlem Globetrotters routine and whistles their theme song, Sweet Georgia Brown. His love of the Globetrotters and desire to become one would become a subplot in the season three episode Time Keeps On Slippin'.
- Although celebrating Nibbler's fifth birthday in this episode, it is later revealed in "The Day the Earth Stood Stupid" that Nibbler is, in fact, seventeen years older than the universe itself.
- Bender's catchphrase is "bite my shiny metal ass". Nibbler actually does so at the beginning of the episode.
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