The book that Bilson uses to convey coded messages is a 50+ year old tome called "Fables in Slang" by George Treymaine. In reality, there was a book of that title published in 1906, though it was authored by one George Ade.
During rehearsal, Cricket serenades Tom with the 1941 torch song "Don't Take Your Love From Me" by Henry Nemo.
The episode title is a play on the common military term "rogue missile."