A folk song for children influenced the episode.
The illustrated storybook Cubbi Finds a Friend (and audio tape/record) from the Disney Read-Along series, is based on this episode.
The name Loopy implies the animal in question, as "canis lupus" is Latin for wolf.
This episode's title is a play on the animated Peanuts film title Snoopy, Come Home.
The Hunter is one of a relatively small group of humans who find out about the existence of Gummi Bears during the course of the series. Other humans that become explicitly aware of the bears, are Cavin, Princess Calla, Duke Igthorn, Lady Bane, Sir Gawain, Princess Marie, Angelo Davini, Flint Shrubwood, Rotocelli, Doctor Dexter, Marzipan, Lord Willoughby, Prince Yen Moon and his subjects, Carney's assistant from the episode "Never Give a Gummi an Even Break", and the boy who turned himself into a Giant, from the episode "When You Wish Upon a Stone".