Alyson Hannigan could not attend this episode and the following one due to her giving birth to her first child. This makes her the only member of the main cast not present in every episode of the series.
While texting, a reference is made to a poem by Pablo Neruda. The poem cited is titled "And Because Love Battles". Pablo Neruda is also the poet whose book was found in The Naked Man (2008).
The girl Ted is pursuing is named Holli. The restaurant Marshall gets take out from is Generro's. "Holli Gennaro" is the name of John McClane's wife in Die Hard. The movie is referenced several times throughout the series.
While texting, Stan feeds Barney and Marshall romantic lines from a Pablo Neruda poem. Throughout the series Ted repeatedly states that Pablo Neruda is his favorite poet.
Ted's naked lady noise is in reference to the popular 90's MTV cartoon Beavis and Butthead