Fisher suggests that the murder is based on the 3 stooges and he likes the idea of murder weapon being a frying pan. Yet when the character is first introduced, he adamantly rejects the antics of the stooges
The victim Morgan Donnelly is played by Ralph Garman who was a long time contributor to the Kevin and Bean radio show in Los Angeles and cohosts the podcast Hollywood Babble-On with writer/director/actor Kevin Smith. Ralph Garman has a very avid fan base known as The Garmy.
Toyota product placement: Bones demonstrates the voice-activated navigation system in her Prius to Booth, extolling it's real-time traffic monitoring by tapping the display screen not once, but twice.
When you commit vandalism and land in the middle of a federal murder investigation they don't just clean you up, let you get a nap, and then let you go on your merry way.