Shade and Jennie both accuse the other's powers of leaking into their own in an old Reese's Peanut Butter Cups commercial style reference.
Jennie says, "and now the darkness is leaking into it."
Shade responds, "No, your light is leaking into my darkness."
Pat then mentions that they have a real "peanut butter and chocolate type" situation, alluding to the early commercials where two people would get their chocolate and peanut butter mixed up with each other and decide that they're delicious together.
The two officers that capture Todd are named Andreyko and McFarlane, after comic book creators Marc Andreyko and Todd McFarlane.
Todd Rice becomes the super hero Obsidian. Like the Shade his powers come from a connection to the Shadow Lands.