Tokka in this episode is inspired by the turtle monster Gamera.
Chompy Picasso is named after artist Pablo Picasso, in keeping with the Ninja Turtle being named after artists (Leonardo Da Vinci, Donatello di Niccolò di Betto Bardi, Raphael Sanzio da Urbino, Michelangelo Buonarotti). However, Picasso was a Spanish artist specializing in 20th-century modern art, while the other artists were Italian artists specializing in 16th-century Renaissance art.