Dick is never seen walking in this episode and is only in an upright position when he moves from the chair in the lounge room to the wheelchair in the opening scene. This is because John Lithgow hurt his ankle playing tennis, and the episode was written to allow him to be in a wheelchair for the entire episode.
Dick reads a Turkish newspaper in the beginning of the episode.
Dick gives a speech while in a wheelchair that is a parody of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to congress after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The setting for the Sindrome club setting is also used for a club entrance in That 70's Show.
In one scene, Dick imitates President Franklin Roosevelt. John Lithgow starred as President Roosevelt in a 1994 2-part docudrama miniseries called World War II: When Lions Roared.