The title comes from King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3: "Captain: I cannot draw a cart, nor eat dried oats; If it be man's work, I'll do 't."
Sebastian's quote, "the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on", is from Othello, Act 3, Scene 3 by William Shakespeare.
Spider says he is a ronin, a samurai who has no lord or master. A samurai becomes a ronin upon the death of his master.
Falstaff Woods is named for Falstaff, a character in three Shakespear plays: Henry IV, Part 1 and Part 2, and The Merry Wives of Windsor.
The ball that Bertie Tark is using as a stress ball is actually a Whitmor Dryer Ball.