Reginald Vel Johnson, who plays Officer James, was never in an episode of Boy Meets World but was associated with that show indirectly via ABC's TGIF lineup. At the time, he starred in Family Matters as Officer Carl Otis Winslow.
This episode marks the fourth time guest star Reginald VelJohnson has portrayed a cop, following his roles as a jail guard in Ghostbusters (1984), Sargent Al Powell in Die Hard (1988) and Die Hard 2 (1990), and Officer Carl Winslow in Family Matters (1989).
When speaking to Riley and Maya, Renee and Carla refer to Riley as "Dorothy." Riley's actress Rowan Blanchard' from the Disney Channel Original Movie Invisible Sister (2015) dressed up as Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz.