When Sam and Cat find out the speedboat they won is a model speedboat, Cat says "What is this, a speedboat for ants?" This is a reference to the famous quote from Zoolander (2001): "What is this, a center for ants?" Guest star Cyrus Arnold would later appear in Zoolander 2 (2016) .
When Butler Torso is in the first round of texting against Debbie Paunch, for a split second, the words on the screen include: "Why did you freeze frame on this? Press play and keep watching the show!"
Cat makes a reference to The Beatles songs while practicing texting with Butler. Cat references "Eleanor Rigby" and "Yellow Submarine".