Ryan Gosling (Zylus) played a younger version of Kevin Sorbo's in the spin-off show Young Hercules (1998), acknowledged humorously in the end credits of this one. This is his only appearance in Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. HTLJ has shown the younger Hercules, but he was played by Ian Bohen.
At 31:33 teacher Iolaus II refers to his students as the "army of darkness." Army of Darkness (1992) is the third movie in the "Evil Dead" franchise, which involves Xenaverse stalwarts Bruce Campbell, Sam Raimi and his brother, Ted Raimi.
Iolaus II's hair is shorter than in his previous appearances.
In the first ninja fight Hercules says, "Don't tell me. It slices and dices. Act now and get...But that is not all." Those are the standard lines from countless late night Ronco infomercials. Since the late 1960s Ron Pompiel's ubiquitous Ronco ads have presented half-clever cheap devices that no one needs but everyone buys.