The title comes from the 1978 song "My Best Friend's Girl" written by Ric Ocasek and recorded by The Cars peaking at number 35 on the U.S. Hot 100 chart.
When Cory is saluting people in the lunchroom, he calls one of them Steve, which is the name stitched on the student's jacket.
The characters Joey and Frankie pretend to be, Mr. Blue and Mr. Brown, are a reference to the movie Reservoir Dogs (1992).