This series surprisingly has a lot of them, especially when it comes to stuff that only the older people watching would get.
- Flap's voice sounds incredibly similar to that of Daffy Duck, complete with a lisp. This makes sense, given that Keith Scott, his voice actor, is an animation historian known for his wide range of voices.
- Daisy Dingo wears her shirt in the exact same way her apparent namesake does (that of a knotted crop top).
- In "Blinky and the Film Star", Danny introduces himself and his siblings' movie-making personas as Danny Spielberg, Clint Meatball, and Miss Daisy Driving.
- In said episode, both the accent that Daisy uses and the way she acts while flirting with Blinky, Flap and Splodge are obvious references to Mae West and her... signature style of acting. She even says West's iconic line originating from She Done Him Wrong!note
Daisy: You want my autograph? How darling... there you go... and come up and see me sometime.- In the same episode, taking a cue from Bugs Bunny, Blinky disguises himself in drag to foil Danny Dingo's scheme to rob the bank.
- Slick Possum is practically Eddie Murphy as a talking Australian animal; his voice even sounds similar, as Marcia points out.
- A Shout-Out to Shakespeare; the charity play in "Blinky Saves Granny's Glasses" is Blinky's rewrite of Romeo and Juliet. After it gets hijacked by the Dingoes in an attempt to steal the money raised, we hear lines from Macbeth.
- Prior to this, while the town discusses what Romeo and Juliet is actually about, this conversation occurs.
Celia: Psst! What's that Romeo and Juliet about?Jacko: I think it's a comedy! You know, like Laurel and Hardy, and Abbott and Costello!Mr. Rabbit: No, no, it's a cop show, like Cagney & Lacey!Mr. Kangaroo: No, it sounds like a funk group like Simon & Garfunkel. - In "Blinky Bill and the Earthquake", Miss Magpie reads a story to her students about a human girl who learns to speak to animals. Sound familiar?
- The title of the Season 3 episode "Crouching Dragon, Hidden Koala" is a direct takeoff of the title of the 2000 martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon directed by Ang Lee and starring Chow Yun-fat and Michelle Yeoh.
- Near the end of the aforementioned episode, the Circus Bros. light a match in a shed full of explosives, which is very similar to the Match in a Bomb Shack gag you would see in some Looney Tunes cartoons note .
- The title of season 3’s penultimate episode, "Paris Au-Go-Go" is a possible reference to the Australian record company Au Go Go Records
.- Similarly, the name of season 3‘s finale, "How Green is my Greenpatch", is a reference to How Green Was My Cactus, a radio show which also stars Keith Scott and Robyn Moore.
