The animation of Mantenna falling down the trapdoor will be used again in For Want of a Horse (1985), Flowers for Hordak (1985), A Lesson in Love (1986) and The Bibbet Story (1987).
The animation models for Barris, Therin and Vesser were designed by artists Alice Hamm and Bruce Timm. Their character models were finalized on February 13, 1985.
The script describes Mantenna's expression as he prepares to drop Hordak down the trapdoor as a 'sly Benny Hill grin'.