This is the first time Shiv acts on his own outside of a group of other meta human Bang Babies.
One of the posters at the Dakota Multiplex advertises the movie "Giant Iron", a parody of the Warner Bros animated film The Iron Giant (1999).
When Mrs. Watkins was first featured in Tantrum (2001), he spoke with a heavy West Indian accent. However, there's no sign of the accent in this episode.
This Season 2 episode was produced for the 2001-2001 TV season, but ended up airing in the 2002-2003 TV season while Season 3 was being aired on Kids WB.