- Prior this episode, Rex Smythe-Higgins III has won the Tour de Pond competition 4 years in a row.
- Grandpa and Rex Smythe Higgins have another confrontation in the episode "The Pig War".
- The episode title could be a reference to popular bicycle race Tour de France, an annual bicycle race since 1903.
- The race is being sponsored by the "Hobby Hut" this could be a reference to retail arts and crafts chain Hobby Lobby.
- The Smythe-Higgins own the town park.
- In the flashback of when Phil raced the Gibraltar in the Tour de Pond when he was a boy, young Rex's boat's design resembles that of the RMS Titanic.
- Arnold, Gerald, Rex III and the other kids had many different types of boats in the race.
- Steve: Viking Ship
- Nadine: Cruise Ship
- Rhonda: Fishing Boat
- Stinky: Steamboat
- Robert: Tugboat
- Curly: Yacht
- Arnold and Gerald: S.S. Gibraltar
- Rex Smythe-Higgins III: Hydro Flame 4000
