* CreatorBacklash: Downplayed. Musician Frank Larrabee reportedly didn't care for the "Fish-Lipped Guy" sobriquet the episode bestowed upon him (not that you can blame him; it's certainly not a nickname most people would insist on), but he otherwise enjoyed the show's riffing.
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments:
--> '''Johnny:''' "I know what you're thinking..."
--> '''Servo:''' [[AreYouPonderingWhatImPondering "I'm boring and my slide-show eats."]]
** As Paul transforms in the hospital:
--> '''Mike:''' [[Recap/StarTrekS1E18Arena "I'm ready to fight Captain Kirk."]]
** Tom having the doctor greet Paul with "What up, bitch?", perfectly timed with the doctor's nod.
** "And the monster's red glare..."
** In the crowd watching The Band That Played "California Lady", Mike spots a skinny guy wearing a red/white striped shirt & coke bottle glasses:
--->'''Mike:''' "Hey, look there behind Longbone; [[Literature/WheresWaldo it's Waldo!]]"
--->'''Crow:''' "Waldo!"
** The CallBack to Johnny's LongList of stew ingredients.
--> '''Johnny:''' "The thought of it makes me sick to my stomach!"
--> '''Servo:''' "Soon I'll be throwing up corn....green pepper....chicken....(sigh) onion..."
** This:
--> '''Johnny:''' "The Demon in the painting..."
--> '''Crow:''' [[NoYay "We were lovers, once..."]]
** Mike's "Behind the Music" segment on the Band That Played "California Lady" is this from beginning to end.
*** Adding to that is the fact that The Band That Played "California Lady" has all this history and drama, but never receives a '''proper name''' (nor do its members, who are exclusively known as The Fish-Lipped Guy, The Eskimo, and The Friendly-Looking Backup Singer).
** Crow's dismay at the shot of the Moon obviously being just the camera zooming in on a ''picture'' of the moon, with Tom surmising that the Moon must have backed out at the movie at the last minute.
* HoYay: Servo broaches the topic briefly.
--> '''Johnny''': "If Paul calls me during the night..."
--> '''Servo''' (As Johnny): "I'll roll over and say, 'What?'"
** The Bots spying on Mike just to see his pajamas is questionable enough, but some of their remarks when it looks like they're about to get a shot really add to it.
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