One of the girls in the crowd at the disco is Amanda Fuller, who portrayed Donna's younger sister, Tina, in the earlier episode "Eric's Burger Job".
In this episode, Hyde says, "The truth is out there". This was the tagline for "The X-Files", which also aired on Fox.
Red advises Hyde to learn to dance. Kurtwood Smith (Red) played a choreographer in Staying Alive (1983), the sequel to Saturday Night Fever (1977).