References
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- When Tilly enters to kill Barry Cuda in the end of the episode, she says "Here's Tilly", a la Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
- Cricket's theories and stories on how Barry Cuda was killed are a homage to the style and story of the Film Noir genre, which commonly deals with mysteries, crimes, and private eyes. One of the most famous film noir movies is the critically acclaimed 1941 movie The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart.
- In the beginning of this episode, Bill, Tilly, and Gramma Alice are seen playing the famous card game Go Fish.
- Barry Cuda is a parody of the famous animatronic singing fish toy, Big Mouth Billy Bass.
- Barry Cuda's song is heard sounding similar to the first lyrics of Elvis Presley's song, Jailhouse Rock.
- The episode title itself may reference the song "Barracuda" by Heart.
- This episode shares some similarities with the Family Guy episode "I Dream of Jesus" where Peter obtains a record of his favorite song "Surfin' Bird", and plays it nonstop over and over. He constantly annoys his family to the point where Brian and Stewie steal the record, then proceed to destroy it.
- The plot is also very simliar to "40% 40% 20%" from Teen Titans Go!, "The Crying Dame" from The Loud House, and "Play it Again, D.W." from Arthur which involves the main characters being annoyed over someone repeating their favorite song over and over again.