When heard, the episode title "Bend or Blockbuster" could be mistaken for Bend, OR Blockbuster; the last Blockbuster standing is located in Bend, Oregon.
The video store in this episode was featured in the documentary film The Last Blockbuster (2020). Located at 211 Northeast Revere Avenue in Bend, Oregon, the store opened in 1992 as Pacific Video and became a Blockbuster franchise in 2000. As of October 2022, it is still in business.
The last Blockbuster in the U.S. actually is located in Bend, Oregon.
When the Griffins leave the diner it is a parody of the closing scene from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds