Contains many references to sci-fi movies:
- Gort the robot from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) can be seen holding an oil can.
- One of the aliens has a Princess Leia "cinnamon buns" hairdo.
- An alien from Alien (1979) is drinking at the bar.
- Darth Vader is arm-wrestling Yoda.
- The two dancing robots are Robbie from Forbidden Planet (1956) and the Robot from Lost in Space (1965).
- The alien who warns Meeper about the ChubbChubbs is Jar Jar Binks.
- One of the escaping spaceships is a Martian War Machine from The War of the Worlds (1953).
- An escaping alien is riding a bicycle with E.T. in the basket. John Williams E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) score is also referenced.
The credits say: "How Many Babies were born whilst making this movie? None". This is a little jab at the animation colleagues/competitors at Pixar and their habit of listing "Production babies" in their credits.
This cartoon accompanied the US theatrical release of Men in Black II (2002) in selected theaters. In every other theater, it accompanied Stuart Little 2 (2002).
The robots in the nightclub are performing a dance called "The Robot".
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