There are elements from this episode that follow the happenings of the film Ladyhawke (1985). Some of which were the curse that was put on the young lovers, the man lover attempting to kill the main villain in order to break the curse and one of the lovers getting wounded by an arrow while transformed as a bird. At one point, Piper even says, "I swear to God I've seen this in a movie somewhere"
One of the books that Phoebe is holding in line in the bookstore is "The Giving Tree" by Shel Silverstein.
Phoebe states that Grams was married 4 times in this episode.
This is the first episode to feature the backyard of the Halliwell manor.
This is the first episode where the plot is almost direct from a movie but not the last