Towards the end of the episode, Josh dresses up as Willy Wonka from the film Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory. He also eats part of the chocolate cup like Wonka does in the film.
The GameSphere nearly shares the same name as the GameCube parody the 2001 Okama Gamesphere, from the South Park episode, "Towelie."
This was the first episode to include the current setting of Drake and Josh's room.
This is the first episode where Drake doesn't have spiky hair but a bowl-cut instead.
The GameSphere runs both PS2 and XBOX games, due to the system being built for CD-sized discs; and it works both N64 and XBOX controllers, in which Drake uses the two devices on-screen.