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- Helga plays (or had once played) soccer.
- Miriam habitually leaves her purse on top of the car, causing her to lose it.
- This episode features the original song, "We Got Tomorrow", co-written by the show's creator, Craig Bartlett
- According to Miriam, she was a "a state bull-riding champion" when she was a girl.
- Miriam mentions that when she was 15, it was the "Summer of Love," which was in 1967. This places her birth year around 1952.
- At the end of the episode, Miriam and Helga pass a sign welcoming them to Washington state.
- At the start of the episode, while the other kids are working on Mother's Day cards, Arnold is instead working on a sculpture of himself and Gerald, since he does not have a mother to give a card to.
- Before Helga gives her mom their last $5.00, she orders a strawberry milkshake with her burger and fries but in the episode Quantity Time, it is revealed that she’s allergic to strawberries because they give her hives.
Cultural References[]
- The mechanic who is set to fix Miriam's car is based off of the main character Karl from the 1996 movie Sling Blade, who was also mechanically inclined. The character is played by the director and screenwriter of the film, Billy Bob Thornton.
- In the diner, in the background, there are many license plates. One of them says 28IF which is a reference to the cover of The Beatles' album, Abbey Road.