It is revealed that Glomgold's former assistant Zan Owlson has become the mayor of St. Canard.
The reality that Scrooge and the boys are sent to spoofs a scene from Catch as Cash Can: Part 2 - A Whale of a Bad Time (1987) of the original series of Scrooge throwing a temper tantrum on a table about how a "sea monster" ate his "ice cream" (which was really part of his fortune being transported across the sea). Like that episode they are in their outfits from the original series (though the triplets did not wear their hats in the original scene), but the differences are the newer animation, the absence of Webby and Mrs. Beakley and a one-time character Mr. Wimpleman who were part of the scene in the original episode, Dewey who was sitting down at the table instead of standing up near the booth like in the original episode, Scrooge only doing the one pose, and the triplets' different hairstyles due to the changes made to them in the reboot.
Gosalyn uses a crossbow with trick arrows as her weapon. This can be seen as a reference to her superhero identity the Quiverwing Quack from the Darkwing Duck series, specifically the episodes, The Quiverwing Quack (1991) and Paint Misbehavin' (1992).
First appearance of Gosalyn Waddlemayer in this episode who was Drake Mallard's adopted daughter, where unlike the Darkwing Duck (1991) series she is known by her original family name here, instead of Gosalyn Mallard which she was known for in the majority of the Darkwing Duck (1991) series. Also Stephanie Beatriz takes over as her new voice actress, replacing the late Christine Cavanaugh (who had already retired from acting prior to her death).
For Gosalyn's new character design, she is now wearing regular clothes instead of an oversized sports shirt like she did in Darkwing Duck (1991) though the sports shirt appears as a regular shirt, (and the number 1 also appears on the left-hand side of her jacket as an additional homage), and her hair is now seen in a regular ponytail instead of in pig-tails. Also much like with Fenton and his mother, her origins were also changed into a Latin background and her feathers are darker than in Darkwing Duck (1991).