The pamphlet Donald is holding up of Cape Suzette has the name of the place formatted in the same style as the TaleSpin (1990) logo, which happens to take place at that very location. Baloo's airplane from the series, the Sea Duck, is also featured on the pamphlet.
The song Launchpad makes up when he climbs onto the roof of the plane is sung to the tune of the Darkwing Duck (1991) theme song.
This episode marks the 4th time that Donald has taken medication to improve his unusual voice. The 3 previous times were in the Donald Duck short Donald's Dream Voice (1948), in the Mickey and the Roadster Racers (2017) episode "Tea Time Trouble" and in the Mickey Mouse (2013) Shorts episode "Split Decisions".
Gyro's voicebox is called the "Barksian modulator", named after Carl Barks, creator of Scrooge mcDuck among others, whose work has been a major influence on the DuckTales franchise.
Marks the first time Donald is voiced by someone with the same first name. Don Cheadle steps in for the character's long time voice actor, Tony Anselmo.