- The title is a reference to Black History Month.
- The plot parodies The Da Vinci Code beginning with a museum curator left for dead that manages to write a note in his own blood, Angels & Demons, The Washingtonians, The Matrix, and National Treasure.
- A Raiders of the Lost Ark reference occurs when Steve hangs the monocle from the pole for the rising sun to shine though.
- The Illuminuti are a parody of the real and fictitious secret society the Illuminati.
- Steve's quote "Curiouser and curiouser" originates in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
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