There's a scene where Stewie is doing a skit for Jackass in which he attacks Peter on the toilet and tears off his shirt. This was actually featured in Jackass: The Movie (2002) where Bam Margera does the same to his father Phil Margera. Peter even goes as far as nearly quoting what Phil says after his attack.
Joe Swanson's movie theater logo is a parody of Tri-Star pictures.
In the scene where Peter found the skull of a native chief, he did an reenactment of Robin Williams as a gay Elmer Fudd. According to the featurette, "The Genie Outtakes" in the diamond edition of Aladdin, Robin Williams did a recording of his impression of Elmer Fudd.
The song Stewie sings is "In The Air Tonight" (1981) by Phil Collins.
In 2015 Fox 2000 Pictures a defunct division of 20th Century Fox which is now 20th Century Studios the studio behind Family Guy would later remake Poltergeist.