Bring on the Bugs!/References

• Charlie Adler makes his second appearance as a guest voice.
• Deema's shop, 99 Bug Balloons is a reference to the song "99 Red Balloons" by German artist, Nena.
• The story segment in this episode is the second time the characters acted as bugs.
• The laughing sound is used from 2011.
• This is the 16th episode of Season 2 in production code order.
• After Molly and Gil spitting the web, Molly says “We did it” that she is copying Oona sounded as her.
• The bee is shown but the first time was in The Bubble Bee-athlon!.
  • The first time was in The Spring Chicken is Coming! where Oona was a ladybug and Goby was a bee.
  • The expression "ants in your pants" is used for people who are so excited that they can't keep still, but in the story segment, the phrase is taken literally when the Queen Ant (Deema) orders her troops to crawl up the Anteater's pants.
  • The tiara that Deema wore in the story segment was the same one that she wore in the song "Here She Is" from A Tooth on the Looth!.
• The instrumental from I Want a Pet Today played during the start of the parade.
• The caterpillar is shown but the first time was in Boy Meets Squirrel!.
  • A similar instrumental that was previously used for "Everybody March" and was later used for "The Dog Dance", also played in the score when the butterfly balloon appears.
• On two occasions, Nonny shows interest in ants, so ants must be his favorite insect.
• Molly, Gil, and Bubble Puppy met a spider named Charlie, which may or may not be a reference to the titular character from Charlotte's Web.
• When Deema was making an insect balloon for Nonny, he got scared a little bit.
• This episode was made in 2012.