Wreck-Gar claims he "dares to be stupid." Wreck-Gar is voiced by 'Weird Al' Yankovic, whose song "Dare to Be Stupid" was used in The Transformers: The Movie (1986) (around the scene that introduced Wreck-Gar).
The producers originally wanted Eric Idle, the original voice of Wreck-Gar from The Transformers: The Movie (1986), to reprise his role. But he was unavailable, so 'Weird Al' Yankovic played the role instead.
One of the two policemen Wreck-Gar picks up resembles Officer Dibble from the Hanna-Barbara (now Cartoon Network) cartoon Top Cat (1961).
This is only episode where Captain Fanzone appears without saying his catchphrase "This is why I hate machines".