- Francine was responsible, in whole or in part, for starting fires at her high school twice in "Now and Gwen".
- Steve takes up needlepoint.
- Instead of flyers for his knife show, Roger grabs a stack of ads for a high school air guitar show.
- Francine is concerned that there is no attempts being made to resurrect the World's fair. At the time of initial broadcast, Dubai was hosting Expo 2020 and future world's fairs were scheduled for Argentina (Expo 2023) and Japan (Expo 2025).
- Stan is given the nickname Casser-hole by the fireman.
- Francine drinks "SADGRL" brand vodka. It is 80% alcohol by volume, making it highly flammable.

- When searching for matches, Francine pulls Reginald Koala out of her purse.
- As of this episode, Reginald is voiced by Arif Zahir, the current voice of Cleveland Brown on Family Guy.
- Roger steals the sign from City Hall to advertise his knife throwing act at the Smith house.
- The clues that Stan deciphers during the barn fire include Francine's stories:
- Her adoption by Mah Mah Ling and Bah Bah Ling.
- Falling down a well "National Treasure 4: Baby Franny: She's Doing Well: The Hole Story".
- Stints in acting in "Tears of a Clooney" and "White Rice".
- Body building in "One-Woman Swole".
- Muffin sales in "Finances With Wolves".
- Having her vagina displayed in a museum in "Portrait of Francine's Genitals".
- "Only You" by Steve Monite plays during the montage of Francine setting fires.
- One of the fire shows the Griffin family house being burned.
- Franny listens to a radio station where she can freestyle rap with her own lyrics to the tune of "Insane in the Brain" by Cypress Hill.
- Francine has a menorah in her car.
- If Stan neglects to return the fire truck, the firefighters will be forced to close the fire station.
- Just before Stan catches up with her at the dumpster warehouse, Francine considers setting fire to a person.
- Knee Slappers comedy club was Stan's dream venue for their wedding before they got bumped for Ray Romano.
- A family of raccoons were their flower girls.
- Francine considers 'arsonist' an ugly term, she prefers 'friend of the flame' or 'firefucker'.
- Stan notes that Francine carried him on their wedding day.
- According to this episode, Stan and Francine had their wedding at a dumpster warehouse, which contradicts "Roots" where Stan mentioned his wedding took place by the magnolia tree.
- During the montage, one of the houses Francine sets on fire is designed like the Griffin residence in Family Guy.
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