Meowth breaks the fourth wall in this episode. This occurs when the bridge is about to collapse and Meowth says "We usually don't wash out this early in the episode!"
This is the first episode in which Brock imitates Dexter (Ash's Pokédex) when describing a girl. He also does so in Asagi Gym! Vs Haganeil!! (2001).
If you play the scene when James and Jessie unleash their Pokemon to attack in reverse, you can hear James (Eric Stuart) actually say Leo Burnett and 4Kids are the Devil." Stuart said he slipped the line in due to 4Kids not paying him for commercials.
Jessie's Lickitung is revealed to know Supersonic and Stomp.
This is the first Japanese episode of the 2000s.