The phallus drawn on Tyler's face bears an uncanny resemblance (in form, style and location) to the drawing on Michael's (David Krumholtz) face in the film "10 Things I Hate about You". In both cases, the drawing was done as a demonstration of the power imbalance between high schoolers on the basis of popularity. However, the latter was not released until 1999- 3 years after this episode takes place.