First episode in the series to not feature a flashback.
The dance moves that Shawn performs when on the roof with Abigail are dance moves done in the movie The Breakfast Club.
Shawn asks Henry if he can have Henry's underwear. This is a reference to Sixteen Candles.
When Shawn is talking to a couple of former classmates he says "We spent our wonder years together." The writer of this episode is Andy Berman who played Chuck on The Wonder Years.
Shawn introduces himself as "Abe Froman, Sausage King of Chicago". This is the name Ferris Bueller goes by to get him a table at the fancy restaurant.