This episode features a Holodeck like on Star Trek: The Next Generation. Bullock says he didn't watch Star Trek because he was busy "getting laid." Bullock is voiced by Patrick Stewart, who played Capt. Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The scene where Steve, Barry, Toshi & Snot are spooning together & the bear chasing them are references to the movie "Without a Paddle". One of the main stars of that movie is Seth Green who voiced a few minor characters on American Dad over the years.
This episode shows Steve, Barry, Snot and Toshi to be totally inept in the outdoors, however, only ten episodes previously in 'Buck,Wild' Steve had been loving in the wild for a whole year, even raising two fawns as his own.
The title of this episode is likely to be a play on the song "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani. This song was used earlier in the Family Guy episode "Three Kings" (in the "Shawshank" segment).
Thomas Sangster's first role in an American animated series other than Phineas and Ferb.