- The title is a play on the phrase "buried treasure".
- The scene where Donna and Cleveland witness Holt supposedly murdering his mother is a reference to Rear Window. During the scene, Cleveland imitates Ricky Ricardo from I Love Lucy and the scene ends with a bumper for Hart to Hart.
- Rallo saluting Holt at the end of the episode is an allusion to when John F. Kennedy Jr. saluted the casket carrying his father after he was assassinated in 1963.
- Cleveland calls Tim "Boo Boo", referring to the Yogi Bear sidekick.
- The end with Holt carrying Kimi is a parody of An Officer and a Gentleman, complete with "Up Where We Belong" by Joe Cocker.
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