Janice Covington's costume with boots, whip and fedora is nearly identical to Indiana Jones.
The Xena Scrolls was based on the website of the same name created and written by Robert Sidney Mellette for Universal. When the episode aired, it became the first intellectual property to move from the web to television.
A similar format was used in Athens City Academy of the Performing Bards (1996), in that much of the screen time is devoted to clips from earlier episodes as well as clips from classical films.
At 14:51 this trick staircase makes its second appearance in the Xena saga.
Jack Kleinman uses "janes" and "tomatoes" as popular 1930s slang terms for women.