The opening of the episode pays homage to the evil dead films with Webby and Huey attempting to watch the necromonicon (the book of the dead from said film) and Donald even sports ash Williams chainsaw hand whilst fighting demon zombie ducks (deadites)
This is the 2nd time that Donald loses all his feathers and is seen without them, after Duck the Halls: A Mickey Mouse Christmas Special (2016), which was also due to him feeling under the weather.
When Della enters her ship at the start of the episode, the television broadcast from the end of the Season 1 finale can be seen playing.
The opening scene of Donald relaxing in his hammock is similar to the classic Donald Duck short Self Control (1938).
Experienced voice actor Rob Paulsen (Gibbous) is the 7th cast member of the DuckTales (2017) Reboot to've previously been in the Original DuckTales (1987) as well, where he'd been the original voice of Gladstone Gander. The other 6 cast members had been Tony Anselmo, Frank Welker (uncredited in the reboot), Jim Cummings, Michael Bell, Corey Burton and Russi Taylor.