This episode borrows largely on themes from two motion pictures - Frankenstein (1931) - the story of a rampaging monster and The Last Detail (1973) - the story of two sailors escorting another sailor to prison and decide to give him one last night on the town.
Lucas comments how he could have been Johnny Depp in the past life. The main focus of this episode is about Dagwood, played by Peter DeLuise. DeLuise played the character Penhall in the TV show 21 Jump Street (1987), co-starring with Depp.
At 04.46 we see a video clip from the original Frankenstein movie.